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Perla B. Balbuena

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
25206
World Ranking
2940
National Ranking
996

Perla B. Balbuena publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Perla B. Balbuena sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 411 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Perla B. Balbuena D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Perla B. Balbuena sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Perla B. Balbuena is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research also spans areas such as Automotive Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to battery technology and energy materials. The main themes in their research include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Perla B. Balbuena has published in numerous scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Power Sources
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Jorge M. Seminario
  • Saul Perez Beltran
  • Dacheng Kuai
  • Yaobin Xu
  • Francisco Ospina-Acevedo

Significant papers authored or co-authored by Perla B. Balbuena include:

  • "The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries", 2021, Nature Reviews Materials
  • "Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Batteries enabled by Zincophilic-Zincophobic Interfacial Layers and Interrupted Hydrogen-Bond Electrolytes", 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Strategies towards enabling lithium metal in batteries: interphases and electrodes", 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Localized High Concentration Electrolytes for High Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries: Correlation between the Electrolyte Composition and Its Reductive/Oxidative Stability", 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Reversible Crosslinked Polymer Binder for Recyclable Lithium Sulfur Batteries with High Performance", 2020, Advanced Functional Materials

Perla B. Balbuena received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Carbon dioxide capture-related gas adsorption and separation in metal-organic frameworks

    Jian-Rong Li;Yuguang Ma;M. Colin McCarthy;Julian Sculley

  • CO2 Capture and Separations Using MOFs: Computational and Experimental Studies

    Jiamei Yu;Lin-Hua Xie;Jian-Rong Li;Yuguang Ma

  • Porous materials with pre-designed single-molecule traps for CO 2 selective adsorption

    Jian-Rong Li;Jiamei Yu;Weigang Lu;Lin-Bing Sun

  • Kinetics and mechanism of hydrogenation of furfural on Cu/SiO2 catalysts

    Surapas Sitthisa;Tawan Sooknoi;Yuguang Ma;Perla B. Balbuena

  • Lithium-ion batteries : solid-electrolyte interphase

    Perla B Balbuena;Yixuan Wang

  • Theoretical Studies To Understand Surface Chemistry on Carbon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Reduction Mechanisms of Ethylene Carbonate

    Yixuan Wang;Shinichiro Nakamura;Makoto Ue;Perla B. Balbuena

  • Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications

    Rahul Rao;Cary L. Pint;Ahmad E. Islam;Robert S. Weatherup

  • Examination of the Approximations Used in Determining the Isosteric Heat of Adsorption from the Clausius−Clapeyron Equation

    Huanhua Pan;James A. Ritter;Perla B. Balbuena

  • Theoretical interpretation of adsorption behavior of simple fluids in slit pores

    Perla B. Balbuena;Keith E. Gubbins

  • The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries

    Xin He;Xin He;Dominic Bresser;Stefano Passerini;Florian Baakes

  • Theoretical studies to understand surface chemistry on carbon anodes for lithium-ion batteries: how does vinylene carbonate play its role as an electrolyte additive?

    Yixuan Wang;Shinichiro Nakamura;Ken Tasaki;Perla B. Balbuena

  • Formation and Growth Mechanisms of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Layers in Rechargeable Batteries

    Fernando A. Soto;Yuguang Ma;Julibeth M. Martinez de la Hoz;Jorge M. Seminario

  • Pt surface segregation in bimetallic Pt3M alloys: A density functional theory study

    Yuguang Ma;Perla B. Balbuena

  • Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Batteries enabled by Zincophilic-Zincophobic Interfacial Layers and Interrupted Hydrogen-Bond Electrolytes.

    Longsheng Cao;Dan Li;Fernando A. Soto;Victor Ponce

  • A versatile metal-organic framework for carbon dioxide capture and cooperative catalysis.

    Jinhee Park;Jian-Rong Li;Ying-Pin Chen;Jiamei Yu

  • Multipoint Interactions Enhanced CO2 Uptake: A Zeolite-like Zinc–Tetrazole Framework with 24-Nuclear Zinc Cages

    Ping Cui;Yu-Guang Ma;Huan-Huan Li;Bin Zhao

  • Tuning the Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Selective Li- and Na-Ion Storage in Hard Carbon

    Fernando A. Soto;Pengfei Yan;Mark H. Engelhard;Asma Marzouk

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Electrolyte Solutions in Ambient and Supercritical Water. 1. Ion Solvation

    Perla B. Balbuena;Keith P. Johnston;Peter J. Rossky

  • Structure and dynamics of graphite-supported bimetallic nanoclusters

    Shi-Ping Huang;Daniela S. Mainardi;Perla B. Balbuena

  • Design of oxygen reduction bimetallic catalysts: ab-initio-derived thermodynamic guidelines.

    Yixuan Wang;Perla B Balbuena

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge M. Seminario
Jorge M. Seminario Texas A&M University
Partha P. Mukherjee
Partha P. Mukherjee Purdue University West Lafayette
Peter J. Rossky
Peter J. Rossky Rice University
Khalil Amine
Khalil Amine Argonne National Laboratory
Keith P. Johnston
Keith P. Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Jian-Rong Li
Jian-Rong Li Beijing University of Technology
Manuel P. Soriaga
Manuel P. Soriaga California Institute of Technology
Hong-Cai Zhou
Hong-Cai Zhou Texas A&M University
Minhua Shao
Minhua Shao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar University of Illinois at Chicago

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