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Itaru Honma

Itaru Honma

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Materials Science
Japan
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
91
Citations
34312
World Ranking
1589
National Ranking
62

Itaru Honma publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Itaru Honma sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 484 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Itaru Honma D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Itaru Honma sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Itaru Honma is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics centered around energy materials and technologies. These topics include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Notable recent publications by Itaru Honma include:

  • "Macro- and Nano-Porous 3D-Hierarchical Carbon Lattices for Extraordinarily High Capacitance Supercapacitors" (2022) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized via Supercritical Hydrothermal Processing as Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts" (2022) in ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "A 3D-Printed, Freestanding Carbon Lattice for Sodium Ion Batteries" (2022) in Small
  • "Rational Route for Increasing Intercalation Capacity of Hard Carbons as Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes" (2020) in ChemSusChem
  • "Ultraporous, Ultrasmall MgMn2O4 Spinel Cathode for a Room-Temperature Magnesium Rechargeable Battery" (2023) in ACS Nano

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • ChemSusChem
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Itaru Honma collaborates often with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Kazuyuki Iwase
  • Yoshiyuki Gambe
  • Yuto Katsuyama
  • Reona Iimura

Best Publications

  • Large reversible Li storage of graphene nanosheet families for use in rechargeable lithium ion batteries.

    Eun Joo Yoo;Jedeok Kim;Eiji Hosono;Hao Shen Zhou

  • Enhanced Cyclic Performance and Lithium Storage Capacity of SnO2/Graphene Nanoporous Electrodes with Three-Dimensionally Delaminated Flexible Structure

    Seung Min Paek;Eun Joo Yoo;Itaru Honma

  • Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Pt Subnanoclusters on Graphene Nanosheet Surface

    Eun Joo Yoo;Tatsuhiro Okata;Tornoki Akita;Masanori Kohyama

  • Biomimetic Pathways for Assembling Inorganic Thin Films

    Ilhan A. Aksay;M. Trau;S. Manne;I. Honma

  • Nanosize Effect on High-Rate Li-Ion Intercalation in LiCoO2 Electrode

    Masashi Okubo;Masashi Okubo;Eiji Hosono;Jedeok Kim;Masaya Enomoto

  • Lithium Storage in Ordered Mesoporous Carbon (CMK-3) with High Reversible Specific Energy Capacity and Good Cycling Performance

    Haoshen Zhou;Shenmin Zhu;Mitsuhiro Hibino;Itaru Honma

  • Synthesis of single crystalline spinel LiMn2O4 nanowires for a lithium ion battery with high power density.

    Eiji Hosono;Tetsuichi Kudo;Itaru Honma;Hirofumi Matsuda

  • Coordination polymer structure and revisited hydrogen evolution catalytic mechanism for amorphous molybdenum sulfide

    Phong D. Tran;Phong D. Tran;Thu V. Tran;Maylis Orio;Stephane Torelli

  • Superhydrophobic Perpendicular Nanopin Film by the Bottom-Up Process

    Eiji Hosono;Shinobu Fujihara;Itaru Honma;Haoshen Zhou

  • The Fabrication of an Upright‐Standing Zinc Oxide Nanosheet for Use in Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Eiji Hosono;Eiji Hosono;Shinobu Fujihara;Itaru Honma;Haoshen Zhou;Haoshen Zhou

  • Hydrothermal and Solvothermal Process Towards Development of LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn) Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Murukanahally Kempaiah Devaraju;Itaru Honma

  • Layer‐by‐Layer Films of Graphene and Ionic Liquids for Highly Selective Gas Sensing

    Qingmin Ji;Itaru Honma;Seung Min Paek;Misaho Akada

  • Particle size dependence of the lithium storage capability and high rate performance of nanocrystalline anatase TiO2 electrode

    Chunhai Jiang;Mingdeng Wei;Zhimei Qi;Tetsuichi Kudo

  • Ultrathin nanosheets of Li2MSiO4 (M = Fe, Mn) as high-capacity Li-ion battery electrode.

    Dinesh Rangappa;Dinesh Rangappa;Kempaiah Devaraju Murukanahally;Takaaki Tomai;Atsushi Unemoto

  • Controlled synthesis and quantum-size effect in gold-coated nanoparticles.

    H. S. Zhou;I. Honma;H. Komiyama;J. W. Haus

  • A self-ordered, crystalline-glass, mesoporous nanocomposite for use as a lithium-based storage device with both high power and high energy densities.

    Haoshen Zhou;Donglin Li;Mitsuhiro Hibino;Itaru Honma

  • Design and synthesis of self-ordered mesoporous nanocomposite through controlled in-situ crystallization.

    Donglin Li;Haoshen Zhou;Itaru Honma

  • Ultrasound‐Triggered Smart Drug Release from a Poly(dimethylsiloxane)– Mesoporous Silica Composite

    Hyun Jong Kim;Hirofumi Matsuda;Haoshen Zhou;Itaru Honma;Itaru Honma

  • Properties of selected sulfonated polymers as proton-conducting electrolytes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

    Joongmyeon Bae;I Honma;M Murata;T Yamamoto

  • Quantum confinement in semiconductor heterostructure nanometer-size particles.

    Joseph W. Haus;H. S. Zhou;I. Honma;H. Komiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Haoshen Zhou
Haoshen Zhou Nanjing University
Takeo Yamada
Takeo Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masaki Ichihara
Masaki Ichihara University of Tokyo
Eiji Hosono
Eiji Hosono National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Toshiyuki Mori
Toshiyuki Mori National Institute for Materials Science
Shinobu Fujihara
Shinobu Fujihara Keio University
Marappan Sathish
Marappan Sathish Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Shenmin Zhu
Shenmin Zhu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Brian Yuliarto
Brian Yuliarto Bandung Institute of Technology
Masashi Okubo
Masashi Okubo Waseda University

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