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Jan Fransaer

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
15468
World Ranking
4697
National Ranking
48

Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
14444
World Ranking
7345
National Ranking
91

Jan Fransaer 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 Jan Fransaer sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 395 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Fransaer 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 Jan Fransaer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jan Fransaer is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, specializing in fields related to engineering and materials science. Their published work spans various subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, mechanical engineering, and inorganic chemistry.

The researcher's main topics of investigation include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advancements in battery materials, advanced battery technologies research, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, advanced battery materials and technologies, electrochemical analysis and applications, and gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors.

Frequent publication venues for Jan Fransaer include ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Matter, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Fransaer cover a range of topics in materials chemistry and energy storage, with notable publications such as:

  • Electrochemical deposition of metal-organic framework films and their applications, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Oxygen redox activity with small voltage hysteresis in Na0.67Cu0.28Mn0.72O2 for sodium-ion batteries, 2020, Energy Storage Materials
  • Designing Oxide Catalysts for Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Insights from Mechanism to Application, 2023, Nano-Micro Letters
  • Boosting Lean Electrolyte Lithium-Sulfur Battery Performance with Transition Metals: A Comprehensive Review, 2023, Nano-Micro Letters
  • Critical Role of Phosphorus in Hollow Structures Cobalt-Based Phosphides as Bifunctional Catalysts for Water Splitting, 2021, Small

Jan Fransaer frequently collaborates with several co-authors, with the most notable being Xuan Zhang, Sijie Xie, Ning Han, Wei Guo, and Koen Binnemans.

Best Publications

  • Living on a surface: swarming and biofilm formation

    Natalie Verstraeten;Kristien Braeken;Bachaspatimayum Debkumari;Maarten Fauvart

  • Patterned Growth of Metal-Organic Framework Coatings by Electrochemical Synthesis

    Rob Ameloot;Linda Stappers;Jan Fransaer;Luc Alaerts

  • Exploiting particle shape in solid stabilized emulsions

    Basavaraj Madivala;Steven Vandebril;Jan Fransaer;Jan Vermant

  • Electrodeposition and sliding wear resistance of nickel composite coatings containing micron and submicron SiC particles

    I. Garcia;I. Garcia;Jan Fransaer;Jean-Pierre Celis

  • Self-assembly and rheology of ellipsoidal particles at interfaces.

    Basavaraj Madivala;Jan Fransaer;Jan Vermant

  • Hierarchical Porous Ni3S4 with Enriched High‐Valence Ni Sites as a Robust Electrocatalyst for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Kai Wan;Jiangshui Luo;Jiangshui Luo;Jiangshui Luo;Chen Zhou;Ting Zhang

  • Analysis of the Electrolytic Codeposition of Non‐Brownian Particles with Metals

    Jan Fransaer;Jean-Pierre Celis;Jozef Roos

  • Influence of the anodizing temperature on the porosity and the mechanical properties of the porous anodic oxide film

    Tom Aerts;Th. Dimogerontakis;I. De Graeve;Jan Fransaer

  • High pressure, high temperature electrochemical synthesis of metal–organic frameworks: films of MIL-100 (Fe) and HKUST-1 in different morphologies

    Nicolò Campagnol;Tom Van Assche;Tom Boudewijns;Joeri Denayer

  • Electrocarboxylation: towards sustainable and efficient synthesis of valuable carboxylic acids.

    Roman Matthessen;Jan Fransaer;Koen Binnemans;Dirk E De Vos

  • Electrochemical Film Deposition of the Zirconium Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 and Application in a Miniaturized Sorbent Trap

    Ivo Stassen;Mark Styles;Tom Van Assche;Nicolò Campagnol

  • Packing, flipping, and buckling transitions in compressed monolayers of ellipsoidal latex particles.

    M. G Basavaraj;G. G Fuller;Jan Fransaer;Jan Vermant

  • Improved corrosion resistance through microstructural modifications induced by codepositing SiC-particles with electrolytic nickel

    I. Garcia;I. Garcia;A. Conde;Gijsbertus Langelaan;Jan Fransaer

  • Electrochemical deposition of metal–organic framework films and their applications

    Xuan Zhang;Xuan Zhang;Kai Wan;Palaniappan Subramanian;Maowen Xu

  • On the electrochemical deposition of metal–organic frameworks

    Nicolò Campagnol;Nicolò Campagnol;Tom R. C. Van Assche;Minyuan Li;Linda Stappers

  • From rational design of a new bimetallic MOF family with tunable linkers to OER catalysts

    Xuan Zhang;Jiangshui Luo;Jiangshui Luo;Jiangshui Luo;Kai Wan;Dieter Plessers

  • A Hybrid Supercapacitor based on Porous Carbon and the Metal‐Organic Framework MIL‐100(Fe)

    Nicolò Campagnol;Ricardo Romero-Vara;Ricardo Romero-Vara;Willem Deleu;Linda Stappers

  • A universal strategy for metal oxide anchored and binder-free carbon matrix electrode: A supercapacitor case with superior rate performance and high mass loading

    Xuan Zhang;Jiangshui Luo;Jiangshui Luo;Pengyi Tang;Xiaoliang Ye

  • Luminescent terbium-containing metal–organic framework films: new approaches for the electrochemical synthesis and application as detectors for explosives

    Nicolò Campagnol;Ernesto Rezende Souza;Dirk E. De Vos;Koen Binnemans

  • Solvent-free synthesis of supported ZIF-8 films and patterns through transformation of deposited zinc oxide precursors

    Ivo Stassen;Nicolò Campagnol;Jan Fransaer;Philippe Vereecken

  • The development of composite plating for advanced materials

    Jozef Roos;Jean-Pierre Celis;Jan Fransaer;Christine Buelens

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
Jan Vermant
Jan Vermant ETH Zurich
Yann Garcia
Yann Garcia Université Catholique de Louvain
Jef Vleugels
Jef Vleugels KU Leuven
Peter Nockemann
Peter Nockemann Queen's University Belfast

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