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Thomas E. Mallouk 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 Thomas E. Mallouk sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 580 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas E. Mallouk 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 Thomas E. Mallouk sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 151 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Thomas E. Mallouk is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. The research focus encompasses several fields including Engineering, Materials Science, and Energy, with substantial contributions to related subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The research topics covered by Mallouk include advanced photocatalysis techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, fuel cells and related materials, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advanced battery technologies research, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, and micro and nano robotics.

Recent notable publications by Mallouk include:

  • Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Photocatalytic water splitting, 2023, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Improving the efficiency of CO2 electrolysis by using a bipolar membrane with a weak-acid cation exchange layer, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • An Artificial Z-Scheme Constructed from Dye-Sensitized Metal Oxide Nanosheets for Visible Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Mallouk frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors including Langqiu Xiao, Colton Sheehan, Pratibha Mahale, Zhifei Yan, and Kazuhiko Maeda.

Publications appear regularly in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Chemistry of Materials.

The scientist has been recognized with several fellowships and memberships, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2015, fellowships from the American Chemical Society (2013), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2006, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Ultrathin Composite Films from Micron-Sized Graphite Oxide Sheets and Polycations

    Nina I. Kovtyukhova;Patricia J. Ollivier;Benjamin R. Martin;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Catalytic Nanomotors: Autonomous Movement of Striped Nanorods

    Walter F. Paxton;Kevin C. Kistler;Christine C. Olmeda;Ayusman Sen

  • Remediation of Cr(VI) and Pb(II) aqueous solutions using supported, nanoscale zero-valent iron

    Sherman M. Ponder;John G. Darab;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Beyond: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Single- and Few-Layer Nanosheets

    Ruitao Lv;Joshua A. Robinson;Raymond E. Schaak;Du Sun

  • Combinatorial Electrochemistry: A Highly Parallel, Optical Screening Method for Discovery of Better Electrocatalysts

    Erik Reddington;Anthony Sapienza;Anthony Sapienza;Bogdan Gurau;Bogdan Gurau;Rameshkrishnan Viswanathan;Rameshkrishnan Viswanathan

  • Electric-field assisted assembly and alignment of metallic nanowires

    Peter A. Smith;Christopher D. Nordquist;Thomas N. Jackson;Theresa S. Mayer

  • Visible Light Water Splitting Using Dye-Sensitized Oxide Semiconductors

    W. Justin Youngblood;Seung Hyun Anna Lee;Kazuhiko Maeda;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Photoassisted Overall Water Splitting in a Visible Light-Absorbing Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cell

    Justin W. Youngblood;Seung Hyun Anna Lee;Yoji Kobayashi;Emil A. Hernandez-Pagan

  • Perovskites by Design: A Toolbox of Solid-State Reactions

    Raymond E. Schaak;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • A Facile and Template-Free Hydrothermal Synthesis of Mn3O4 Nanorods on Graphene Sheets for Supercapacitor Electrodes with Long Cycle Stability

    Jeong Woo Lee;Jeong Woo Lee;Anthony S. Hall;Jong Duk Kim;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Ordered Mesoporous Polymers of Tunable Pore Size from Colloidal Silica Templates

    Stacy A. Johnson;Patricia J. Ollivier;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • LAYERED METAL PHOSPHATES AND PHOSPHONATES : FROM CRYSTALS TO MONOLAYERS

    Guang Cao;Hun Gi Hong;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Optical properties of coupled metallic nanorods for field-enhanced spectroscopy

    J. Aizpurua;J. Aizpurua;Garnett W. Bryant;Lee J. Richter;F. J. García de Abajo;F. J. García de Abajo

  • Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroethylene to Hydrocarbons Using Bimetallic Nickel-Iron Nanoparticles

    Bettina Schrick;Jennifer L. Blough;A. Daniel Jones;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Intercalation Compounds and Heterostructures on Surfaces: Toward Molecular "Beaker" Epitaxy

    Steven W. Keller;Hyuk Nyun Kim;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Small power: Autonomous nano- and micromotors propelled by self-generated gradients

    Wei Wang;Wentao Duan;Suzanne Ahmed;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Turning Down the Heat: Design and Mechanism in Solid-State Synthesis

    Andreas Stein;Steven W. Keller;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Autonomous Motion of Metallic Microrods Propelled by Ultrasound

    Wei Wang;Luz Angelica Castro;Mauricio Hoyos;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Fast and Efficient Preparation of Exfoliated 2H MoS2 Nanosheets by Sonication-Assisted Lithium Intercalation and Infrared Laser-Induced 1T to 2H Phase Reversion

    Xiaobin Fan;Pengtao Xu;Dekai Zhou;Yifan Sun

  • Polymer-inorganic solid-electrolyte interphase for stable lithium metal batteries under lean electrolyte conditions.

    Yue Gao;Zhifei Yan;Jennifer L. Gray;Xin He

  • Delivery Vehicles for Zerovalent Metal Nanoparticles in Soil and Groundwater

    Bettina Schrick;Bianca W. Hydutsky;Jennifer L. Blough;Thomas E. Mallouk

  • Orthogonal Self‐Assembly on Colloidal Gold‐Platinum Nanorods

    Benjamin R. Martin;Daniel J. Dermody;Brian D. Reiss;Mingming Fang

Frequent Co-Authors

Theresa S. Mayer
Theresa S. Mayer Purdue University West Lafayette
Allen J. Bard
Allen J. Bard The University of Texas at Austin
Stephen E. Webber
Stephen E. Webber The University of Texas at Austin
J. M. White
J. M. White The University of Texas at Austin
Alan Campion
Alan Campion The University of Texas at Austin
Moses H. W. Chan
Moses H. W. Chan Pennsylvania State University
Ayusman Sen
Ayusman Sen Pennsylvania State University
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Marye Anne Fox
Marye Anne Fox North Carolina State University
Mauricio Terrones
Mauricio Terrones Pennsylvania State University

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