2026 Matjaz Valant: 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	54	8932	8627	9	7	267	10103

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Overview

Matjaz Valant is affiliated with the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and renewable energy fields.

The main fields of study in their work include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Their research spans several subfields such as:

Materials Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Valant's work covers a range of topics including:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Advanced battery technologies research
2D Materials and Applications
Covalent Organic Framework Applications

Some of their recent papers are:

"Covalent Organic Polymers and Frameworks for Fluorescence-Based Sensors," 2021, ACS Sensors
"The Effects of Severe Plastic Deformation and/or Thermal Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Mg-Alloys," 2020, Metals
"Spectroelectrochemical Tracking of Nickel Hydroxide Reveals Its Irreversible Redox States upon Operation at High Current Density," 2020, ACS Catalysis
"Influence of exposed facets, morphology and hetero-interfaces of BiVO4 on photocatalytic water oxidation: A review," 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
"Non-covalent ligand-oxide interaction promotes oxygen evolution," 2023, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

Mattia Fanetti
Andraž Mavrič
Sandra Gardonio
Tina Škorjanc
Iztok Arčon

Their publications often appear in journals such as:

Nature Communications
ACS Omega
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
ACS Sensors

Best Publications

Electrocaloric materials for future solid-state refrigeration technologies

Matjaz Valant

785
Citations
Peculiarities of a Solid-State Synthesis of Multiferroic Polycrystalline BiFeO3

Matjaz Valant;and Anna-Karin Axelsson;Neil Alford

472
Citations
Covalent Organic Polymers and Frameworks for Fluorescence-Based Sensors.

Tina Skorjanc;Dinesh Shetty;Matjaz Valant;Matjaz Valant

357
Citations
High-Q Microwave Dielectric Materials Based on the Spinel Mg2TiO4

Anatolii Belous;Oleg Ovchar;Dmitrii Durilin;Marjeta Macek Krzmanc

241
Citations
Direct and indirect electrocaloric measurements on 〈001〉-PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-30PbTiO3 single crystals

Florian Le Goupil;Andrey Berenov;Anna-Karin Axelsson;Matjaz Valant

240
Citations
Chemical Compatibility between Silver Electrodes and Low-Firing Binary-Oxide Compounds: Conceptual Study

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

216
Citations
Crystal Chemistry and Dielectric Properties of Chemically Substituted (Bi1.5Zn1.0Nb1.5)O7 and Bi2(Zn2/3Nb4/3)O7 Pyrochlores

Matjaz Valant;Peter K. Davies

216
Citations
A mechanism for low-temperature sintering

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov;Robert C. Pullar;Kumaravinothan Sarma

209
Citations
Characterization of CaTiO3-NdAlO3 dielectric ceramics

Bostjan Jancar;Danilo Suvorov;Matjaz Valant;Goran Drazic

190
Citations
Sodium deficiency in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3

Matjaž Spreitzer;Matjaž Valant;Danilo Suvorov

173
Citations
Processing and Dielectric Properties of Sillenite Compounds Bi12MO20−δ (M = Si, Ge, Ti, Pb, Mn, B1/2P1/2)

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

171
Citations
Titanium Incorporation in Zn2TiO4 Spinel Ceramics

Hyo Tae Kim;Yoonho Kim;Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

153
Citations
Glass-free low-temperature cofired ceramics: calcium germanates, silicates and tellurates

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

143
Citations
Dielectric characterisation of ceramics from the TiO2–TeO2 system

M. Udovic;M. Valant;D. Suvorov

142
Citations
Phase Formation and Dielectric Characterization of the Bi2O3–TeO2 System Prepared in an Oxygen Atmosphere

Marko Udovic;Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

141
Citations
Review of Ag(Nb, Ta)O3 as a functional material

Matjaz Valant;Anna-Karin Axelsson;Neil Alford

139
Citations
Efficient hydrogen sensor based on Ni-doped ZnO nanostructures by RF sputtering

Vijendra Singh Bhati;Sapana Ranwa;Mattia Fanetti;Matjaz Valant;Matjaz Valant

138
Citations
Electrocaloric enhancement near the morphotropic phase boundary in lead-free NBT-KBT ceramics

Florian Le Goupil;James Bennett;Anna-Karin Axelsson;Anna-Karin Axelsson;Matjaz Valant;Matjaz Valant

137
Citations
A Stoichiometric Model for Sillenites

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

133
Citations
Nanostructured Bi2O3@TiO2 photocatalyst for enhanced hydrogen production

N. Lakshmana Reddy;S. Emin;M. Valant;M. Valant;M.V. Shankar

128
Citations
New High‐Permittivity AgNb1‐xTaxO3 Microwave Ceramics: Part II, Dielectric Characteristics

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov

125
Citations