2026 Raul Arenal: 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	58	7641	7388	128	126	391	13112

Overview

Raul Arenal is affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Their research spans multiple disciplines within materials science and engineering, focusing on areas related to advanced materials and their applications.

The main fields of study for Raul Arenal include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these broad fields, their subfields of expertise feature:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Biomedical Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The principal research topics covered by Raul Arenal are:

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Graphene Research and Applications
2D Materials and Applications
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Perovskite Materials and Applications

Raul Arenal has contributed to several recent papers in well-known journals and conferences. Some of the key publications include:

"Production and processing of graphene and related materials," 2020, 2D Materials
"One-Pot Cooperation of Single-Atom Rh and Ru Solid Catalysts for a Selective Tandem Olefin Isomerization-Hydrosilylation Process," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"High performance LATP thin film electrolytes for all-solid-state microbattery applications," 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
"Rhodium Single-Atom Catalyst Design through Oxide Support Modulation for Selective Gas-Phase Ethylene Hydroformylation," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Shelling with MoS2: Functional CuS@MoS2 hybrids as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Raul Arenal has repeatedly published in various scientific venues, including:

Nanomaterials
arXiv (Cornell University)
BIO Web of Conferences
Carbon
Small

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field, with notable co-authors such as:

Simón Hettler
Nikos Tagmatarchis
Abhijit Roy
Mario Peláez-Fernández
Ana M. Benito

Best Publications

The doping of carbon nanotubes with nitrogen and their potential applications

Paola Ayala;Raul Arenal;M. Rümmeli;Angel Rubio;Angel Rubio

679
Citations
Generation of subnanometric platinum with high stability during transformation of a 2D zeolite into 3D

Lichen Liu;Urbano Díaz;Raul Arenal;Giovanni Agostini

609
Citations
Resonant Raman scattering in cubic and hexagonal boron nitride

S. Reich;A. C. Ferrari;R. Arenal;A. Loiseau

496
Citations
Production and processing of graphene and related materials

Claudia Backes;Claudia Backes;Amr M Abdelkader;Concepción Alonso;Amandine Andrieux-Ledier

456
Citations
Raman spectroscopy of single-wall boron nitride nanotubes.

Raul Arenal;A. C. Ferrari;Stephanie Reich;Ludger Wirtz

376
Citations
The physical and chemical properties of heteronanotubes

Paola Ayala;Raul Arenal;Annick Loiseau;Angel Rubio

308
Citations
Vibrational Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Inelastic X-Ray Scattering and Ab Initio Calculations

J. Serrano;A. Bosak;R. Arenal;M. Krisch

293
Citations
Determination of the Evolution of Heterogeneous Single Metal Atoms and Nanoclusters under Reaction Conditions: Which Are the Working Catalytic Sites?

Lichen Liu;Debora M Meira;Debora M Meira;Raul Arenal;Patricia Concepcion

273
Citations
Electron energy loss spectroscopy measurement of the optical gaps on individual boron nitride single-walled and multiwalled nanotubes.

R. Arenal;O. Stéphan;M. Kociak;D. Taverna

258
Citations
Ab initio calculations of the lattice dynamics of boron nitride nanotubes

Ludger Wirtz;Angel Rubio;Raul Arenal de la Concha;Annick Loiseau

242
Citations
Optical Transitions in Single-Wall Boron Nitride Nanotubes

J. S. Lauret;R. Arenal;F. Ducastelle;A. Loiseau

235
Citations
Evolution and stabilization of subnanometric metal species in confined space by in situ TEM.

Lichen Liu;Dmitri N. Zakharov;Raul Arenal;Patricia Concepcion

202
Citations
Root-growth mechanism for single-walled boron nitride nanotubes in laser vaporization technique.

Raul Arenal;Odile Stephan;Jean-Lou Cochon;Annick Loiseau

198
Citations
Boron-nitride and boron-carbonitride nanotubes: synthesis, characterization and theory

Raul Arenal;Xavier Blase;Annick Loiseau

183
Citations
Exfoliated semiconducting pure 2H-MoS2 and 2H-WS2 assisted by chlorosulfonic acid

Georgia Pagona;Carla Bittencourt;Raul Arenal;Nikos Tagmatarchis

182
Citations
Preserving π -conjugation in covalently functionalized carbon nanotubes for optoelectronic applications

Antonio Setaro;Mohsen Adeli;Mohsen Adeli;Mareen Glaeske;Daniel Przyrembel

181
Citations
Diamond nanowires and the insulator-metal transition in ultrananocrystalline diamond films

R. Arenal;P. Bruno;D. J. Miller;M. Bleuel

170
Citations
Young modulus, mechanical and electrical properties of isolated individual and bundled single-walled boron nitride nanotubes.

Raul Arenal;Raul Arenal;Ming-Sheng Wang;Zhi Xu;Annick Loiseau

170
Citations
Extending the analysis of EELS spectrum-imaging data, from elemental to bond mapping in complex nanostructures.

R. Arenal;F. de la Peña;O. Stéphan;M. Walls

154
Citations
Atomistic Description of Electron Beam Damage in Nitrogen-Doped Graphene and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Toma Susi;Jani Kotakoski;Jani Kotakoski;Raul Arenal;Simon Kurasch

143
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of MoS2 nanosheets

Geetanjali Deokar;D. Vignaud;R. Arenal;Pierre Louette

139
Citations