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69
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Ralf B. Wehrspohn 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 Ralf B. Wehrspohn sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 347 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralf B. Wehrspohn 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 Ralf B. Wehrspohn 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.

Overview

Ralf B. Wehrspohn is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and materials science, focusing mainly on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as electrocatalysts for energy conversion, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, advancements in battery materials, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced battery technologies research, and photonic crystals and applications.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Bifunctional Heterostructured Transition Metal Phosphides for Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting," 2020, published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Atomic Layer Deposition of Cobalt Phosphide for Efficient Water Splitting," 2020, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Tailored Light Scattering through Hyperuniform Disorder in Self-Organized Arrays of High-Index Nanodisks," 2021, published in Advanced Optical Materials
  • "Synthesis of monolithic shape-stabilized phase change materials with high mechanical stability via a porogen-assisted in situ sol-gel process," 2020, published in RSC Advances
  • "All-Room-Temperature Processed 17.25%-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell," 2020, published in ACS Applied Energy Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wehrspohn include:

  • Juliana Martins de Souza e Silva
  • Alexander Sprafke
  • Peter M. Piechulla
  • Stefan L. Schweizer
  • Carsten Rockstuhl

They have published multiple papers in venues such as Advanced Optical Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Their work focuses on engineering and materials science, with particular investigation into:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Research topics extensively addressed include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Best Publications

  • Self-ordering Regimes of Porous Alumina: The 10% Porosity Rule

    Kornelius Nielsch;Jinsub Choi;Kathrin Schwirn;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Polymer nanotubes by wetting of ordered porous templates.

    Martin Steinhart;Joachim H. Wendorff;Andreas Greiner;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Bifunctional Heterostructure Assembly of NiFe LDH Nanosheets on NiCoP Nanowires for Highly Efficient and Stable Overall Water Splitting

    Haojie Zhang;Xiaopeng Li;Angelika Hähnel;Volker Naumann

  • Hexagonally ordered 100 nm period nickel nanowire arrays

    K. Nielsch;R. B. Wehrspohn;J. Barthel;J. Kirschner

  • Modelling hysteresis of interacting nanowires arrays

    M. Vázquez;K. Nielsch;P. Vargas;J. Velázquez

  • Bifunctional Heterostructured Transition Metal Phosphides for Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting

    Haojie Zhang;A. Wouter Maijenburg;Xiaopeng Li;Stefan L. Schweizer

  • Highly ordered monocrystalline silver nanowire arrays

    G. Sauer;G. Brehm;S. Schneider;K. Nielsch

  • Nanotubes by template wetting: a modular assembly system.

    Martin Steinhart;Ralf B. Wehrspohn;Ulrich Gösele;Joachim H. Wendorff

  • Silicon‐Based Photonic Crystals

    A. Birner;A. Birner;R. B. Wehrspohn;U. M. Gösele;K. Busch

  • Nanoshell tubes of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate and barium titanate

    Yun Luo;Izabela Szafraniak;Nikolai D. Zakharov;Valanoor Nagarajan

  • Photonic crystals : advances in design, fabrication, and characterization

    Kurt Busch;Stefan Lolkes;Ralf B. Wehrspohn;Helmut Foll

  • Hexagonally Arranged Monodisperse Silver Nanowires with Adjustable Diameter and High Aspect Ratio

    Jinsub Choi;Guido Sauer;Kornelius Nielsch;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Highly directional emission from photonic crystal waveguides of subwavelength width.

    P Kramper;M Agio;CM Soukoulis;A Birner

  • High strength in combination with high toughness in robust and sustainable polymeric materials

    Xiaojian Liao;Martin Dulle;Juliana Martins de Souza e Silva;Ralf B. Wehrspohn;Ralf B. Wehrspohn

  • Perfect two-dimensional porous alumina photonic crystals with duplex oxide layers

    Jinsub Choi;Yun Luo;Ralf B. Wehrspohn;Reinald Hillebrand

  • Curvature-Directed Crystallization of Poly(vinylidene difluoride) in Nanotube Walls

    Martin Steinhart;Stephan Senz;Ralf B. Wehrspohn;Ulrich Gösele

  • Ultrafast band-edge tuning of a two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal via free-carrier injection

    S. W. Leonard;H. M. van Driel;J. Schilling;R. B. Wehrspohn

  • Spin-wave quantization in ferromagnetic nickel nanowires.

    Z. K. Wang;M. H. Kuok;S. C. Ng;D. J. Lockwood

  • Black Silicon Photovoltaics

    Martin Otto;Michael Algasinger;Howard Branz;Benjamin Gesemann

  • Three-dimensional photonic crystals based on macroporous silicon with modulated pore diameter

    Joerg Schilling;F. Muller;S. Matthias;R.B. Wehrspohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Gösele
Ulrich Gösele Max Planck Society
Martin Steinhart
Martin Steinhart Osnabrück University
Kornelius Nielsch
Kornelius Nielsch Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Joachim H. Wendorff
Joachim H. Wendorff Philipp University of Marburg
Jung-Ho Lee
Jung-Ho Lee Hanyang University
Falk Lederer
Falk Lederer Friedrich Schiller University Jena
H. M. van Driel
H. M. van Driel University of Toronto
Vahid Sandoghdar
Vahid Sandoghdar Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Andreas Greiner
Andreas Greiner University of Bayreuth

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