2026 Itaru Honma: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	91	1590	1527	62	60	484	34312

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

3518
Citations
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

2016
Citations
Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Pt Subnanoclusters on Graphene Nanosheet Surface

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

1290
Citations
Biomimetic Pathways for Assembling Inorganic Thin Films

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

1066
Citations
Nanosize Effect on High-Rate Li-Ion Intercalation in LiCoO2 Electrode

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

893
Citations
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

687
Citations
Synthesis of single crystalline spinel LiMn2O4 nanowires for a lithium ion battery with high power density.

Eiji Hosono;Tetsuichi Kudo;Itaru Honma;Hirofumi Matsuda

629
Citations
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

595
Citations
Superhydrophobic Perpendicular Nanopin Film by the Bottom-Up Process

Eiji Hosono;Shinobu Fujihara;Itaru Honma;Haoshen Zhou

524
Citations
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

422
Citations
Hydrothermal and Solvothermal Process Towards Development of LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn) Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Murukanahally Kempaiah Devaraju;Itaru Honma

396
Citations
Layer‐by‐Layer Films of Graphene and Ionic Liquids for Highly Selective Gas Sensing

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

389
Citations
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

387
Citations
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

385
Citations
Controlled synthesis and quantum-size effect in gold-coated nanoparticles.

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

365
Citations
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

353
Citations
Design and synthesis of self-ordered mesoporous nanocomposite through controlled in-situ crystallization.

Donglin Li;Haoshen Zhou;Itaru Honma

330
Citations
Ultrasound‐Triggered Smart Drug Release from a Poly(dimethylsiloxane)– Mesoporous Silica Composite

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

325
Citations
Properties of selected sulfonated polymers as proton-conducting electrolytes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Joongmyeon Bae;I Honma;M Murata;T Yamamoto

317
Citations
Quantum confinement in semiconductor heterostructure nanometer-size particles.

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

313
Citations