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Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
71
Citations
18621
World Ranking
4236
National Ranking
42

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18601
World Ranking
5522
National Ranking
75

Maarten B. J. Roeffaers 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 Maarten B. J. Roeffaers sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 264 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maarten B. J. Roeffaers 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 Maarten B. J. Roeffaers sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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

Maarten B. J. Roeffaers is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, focusing primarily on research in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans interdisciplinary subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research contributions emphasize several main topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications.

Roeffaers has published notable papers across a variety of respected journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Tuning the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Cs2AgBiBr6 Double-Perovskite Single Crystals through Alkali-Metal Substitution, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Solar-Driven Metal Halide Perovskite Photocatalysis: Design, Stability, and Performance, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Direct Z-Scheme Heterojunction of Semicoherent FAPbBr3/Bi2WO6 Interface for Photoredox Reaction with Large Driving Force, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Edge stabilization in reduced-dimensional perovskites, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors of Roeffaers include Johan Hofkens, Julian A. Steele, Haowei Huang, Elke Debroye, and Bo Weng. The scientist's collaboration network indicates frequent partnerships supporting a broad and interdisciplinary research portfolio.

Roeffaers' work is regularly published in the following venues:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Amrita Dey;Junzhi Ye;Apurba De;Elke Debroye

  • Ambient black carbon particles reach the fetal side of human placenta

    Hannelore Bové;Hannelore Bové;Eva Bongaerts;Eli Slenders;Esmée M. Bijnens

  • Iron(III)-based metal-organic frameworks as visible light photocatalysts.

    Katrien G. M. Laurier;Frederik Vermoortele;Rob Ameloot;Dirk E. De Vos

  • Thermal unequilibrium of strained black CsPbI3 thin films

    Julian A. Steele;Handong Jin;Iurii Dovgaliuk;Robert F. Berger

  • Tuning the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Cs(2)AgBiBr(6)Double-Perovskite Single Crystals through Alkali-Metal Substitution

    Masoumeh Keshavarz;Elke Debroye;Martin Ottesen;Cristina Martin;Cristina Martin

  • Interfacial synthesis of hollow metal–organic framework capsules demonstrating selective permeability

    Rob Ameloot;Frederik Vermoortele;Wim Vanhove;Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

  • Solar-Driven Metal Halide Perovskite Photocatalysis: Design, Stability, and Performance

    Haowei Huang;Bapi Pradhan;Johan Hofkens;Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

  • It's a trap! On the nature of localised states and charge trapping in lead halide perovskites

    Handong Jin;Elke Debroye;Masoumeh Keshavarz;Ivan G. Scheblykin

  • Spatially resolved observation of crystal-face-dependent catalysis by single turnover counting

    Maarten B. J. Roeffaers;Bert F. Sels;Hiroshi Uji-i;Frans C. De Schryver

  • Degradation of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Structures through Light and Electron Beam Driven Ion Migration.

    Haifeng Yuan;Elke Debroye;Kris P F Janssen;Hiroyuki Naiki

  • Efficient and Selective Photocatalytic Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols with Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskite Materials

    Haowei Huang;Haifeng Yuan;Kris P. F. Janssen;Guillermo Solís-Fernández

  • Giant Electron-Phonon Coupling and Deep Conduction Band Resonance in Metal Halide Double Perovskite.

    Julian A. Steele;Pascal Puech;Masoumeh Keshavarz;Ruoxi Yang;Ruoxi Yang

  • S-scheme CoTiO3/Cd9.51Zn0.49S10 heterostructures for visible-light driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction

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  • Direct Z-Scheme Heterojunction of Semicoherent FAPbBr3/Bi2WO6 Interface for Photoredox Reaction with Large Driving Force

    Haowei Huang;Jiwu Zhao;Yijie Du;Chen Zhou

  • Photophysical Pathways in Highly Sensitive Cs2AgBiBr6 Double‐Perovskite Single‐Crystal X‐Ray Detectors

    Julian A. Steele;Weicheng Pan;Cristina Martin;Masoumeh Keshavarz

  • Characterization of fluorescence in heat-treated silver-exchanged zeolites.

    Gert De Cremer;Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez;Maarten B J Roeffaers;Bart Moens

  • Edge stabilization in reduced-dimensional perovskites.

    Li Na Quan;Dongxin Ma;Yongbiao Zhao;Oleksandr Voznyy

  • Hot π‐electron Tunneling of Metal‐Insulator‐COF Nanostructures for Efficient Hydrogen Production

    Jintao Ming;Ai Liu;Jiwu Zhao;Pu Zhang

  • Small molecule perimeter defense in entomopathogenic bacteria.

    Jason M. Crawford;Cyril Portmann;Xu Zhang;Maarten B. J. Roeffaers

  • Super‐Resolution Reactivity Mapping of Nanostructured Catalyst Particles

    Maarten B J Roeffaers;Gert De Cremer;Julien Libeert;Rob Ameloot

  • p-Xylene-selective metal-organic frameworks: a case of topology-directed selectivity.

    Frederik Vermoortele;Michael Maes;Peyman Z Moghadam;Matthew J Lennox

  • Iron(III)-Based MetalOrganic Frameworks As Visible Light Photocatalysts

    Katrien G. M. Laurier;Frederik Vermoortele;Rob Ameloot;Dirk E. De Vos

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Hofkens
Johan Hofkens KU Leuven
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
Bert F. Sels
Bert F. Sels KU Leuven
Tom Vosch
Tom Vosch University of Copenhagen
Hiroshi Uji-i
Hiroshi Uji-i KU Leuven
Tim S. Nawrot
Tim S. Nawrot Hasselt University

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