2026 Ralf B. Wehrspohn: 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	69	4598	4449	258	248	347	18864

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

1437
Citations
Polymer nanotubes by wetting of ordered porous templates.

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

1083
Citations
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

938
Citations
Hexagonally ordered 100 nm period nickel nanowire arrays

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

716
Citations
Modelling hysteresis of interacting nanowires arrays

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

648
Citations
Bifunctional Heterostructured Transition Metal Phosphides for Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting

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

630
Citations
Highly ordered monocrystalline silver nanowire arrays

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

566
Citations
Nanotubes by template wetting: a modular assembly system.

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

547
Citations
Silicon‐Based Photonic Crystals

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

465
Citations
Nanoshell tubes of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate and barium titanate

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

392
Citations
Photonic crystals : advances in design, fabrication, and characterization

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

355
Citations
Hexagonally Arranged Monodisperse Silver Nanowires with Adjustable Diameter and High Aspect Ratio

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

342
Citations
Highly directional emission from photonic crystal waveguides of subwavelength width.

P Kramper;M Agio;CM Soukoulis;A Birner

290
Citations
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

265
Citations
Perfect two-dimensional porous alumina photonic crystals with duplex oxide layers

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

258
Citations
Curvature-Directed Crystallization of Poly(vinylidene difluoride) in Nanotube Walls

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

243
Citations
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

230
Citations
Spin-wave quantization in ferromagnetic nickel nanowires.

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

224
Citations
Black Silicon Photovoltaics

Martin Otto;Michael Algasinger;Howard Branz;Benjamin Gesemann

223
Citations
Three-dimensional photonic crystals based on macroporous silicon with modulated pore diameter

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

214
Citations