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Fullerene Chemistry and Applications

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yuanyuan Jiang
Shanghai Normal University
2
Elena Meirzadeh
Weizmann Institute of Science
3
Jincheng Yu
Duke University
4
Luye Sun
Tongji University
5
Qingling Nie
Beijing Institute of Technology
6
Ernest Ubasart
Universitat de Girona
7
Kwan Yin Cheung
National Sun Yat-sen University
8
Zeming Xia
Chinese University of Hong Kong
9
Naveen Kosar
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
10
Shinobu Arikawa
The University of Osaka

Rising Stars Papers

1
Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells
Nature Energy|2024
746 cit.
2
20.6% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Incorporating a Lower Bandgap Guest Nonfullerene Acceptor Without Open‐Circuit Voltage Loss
Advanced Materials|2025
136 cit.
3
On-surface synthesis and characterization of anti-aromatic cyclo[12]carbon and cyclo[20]carbon
Nature Communications|2024
50 cit.
4
On-surface synthesis and characterization of linear and cyclic C6
Nature Synthesis|2025
16 cit.
5
Electrochemical properties of lithium metal doped C60 fullerene for battery applications
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing|2024
14 cit.
6
A new armchair carbon nanobelt synthesized by tuning the regioselectivity of the Scholl reaction of quinquephenyl
Chemical Communications|2024
13 cit.
7
Tailoring Si12C12 nanocluster with late first-row transition metals: A promising approach during single-atom catalysis toward hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|2024
11 cit.
8
Effect of SARA Fractions on Fatigue Properties of Hard Asphalt
Materials|2024
10 cit.
9
Exploration of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by using first row transition metals doped B6 complexes as support materials
Inorganic Chemistry Communications|2024
10 cit.
10
Scrutinization of late first-row transition metals decorated octagonal boron (B8) ring complexes as single-atom catalysts for green hydrogen and oxygen production
RSC Advances|2025
10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Qinxue Chen
Beijing Museum of Natural History
2
Junzhi Liu
Sichuan University
3
Stanislav M. Avdoshenko
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
4
Shipra Mital Gupta
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
5
Ferdinand S. Melkonyan
Northwestern University
6
Haiming Zhu
Zhejiang University
7
Mingming Zhen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
Micaela Matta
King's College Hospital
9
Jan Freudenberg
Heidelberg University
10
Ori Gidron
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition: A new method for visual study of interactions in chemical systems
Journal of Computational Chemistry|2022
3.5k cit.
2
Simple, Efficient, and Universal Energy Decomposition Analysis Method Based on Dispersion-Corrected Density Functional Theory
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A|2023
449 cit.
3
Dynamic Exciton Polaron in Two-Dimensional Lead Halide Perovskites and Implications for Optoelectronic Applications
Accounts of Chemical Research|2022
92 cit.
4
Synthesis of a Dicyclohepta[<i>a</i>,<i>g</i>]heptalene‐Containing Polycyclic Conjugated Hydrocarbon and the Impact of Non‐Alternant Topologies
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
76 cit.
5
Benzo-Extended Heli(aminoborane)s: Inner Rim BN-Doped Helical Molecular Carbons with Remarkable Chiroptical Properties
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
69 cit.
6
Ultrafast energy transfer from polymer donors facilitating spectral uniform photocurrent generation and low energy loss in high-efficiency nonfullerene organic solar cells
Energy & Environmental Science|2023
55 cit.
7
Nonalternant Nanographenes Containing N-Centered Cyclopenta[<i>ef</i>]heptalene and Aza[7]Helicene Units
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
55 cit.
8
Efficient solid-state infrared-to-visible photon upconversion on atomically thin monolayer semiconductors
Science Advances|2022
53 cit.
9
Photoinduced Charge Transfer and Recombination Dynamics in Star Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters|2022
43 cit.
10
Facile Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Doped Nanographenes with Joined Nonhexagons via a Ring Expansion Strategy
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2023
43 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
A. K. Geǐm
University of Manchester
2
Fred Wudl
University of California System
3
Andreas Hirsch
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
4
Shigeru Nagase
Institute for Molecular Science
5
Dirk M. Guldi
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
6
François Diederich
Central South University
7
Nazario Martı́n
Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
8
Osamu Ito
Kurashiki Central Hospital
9
James M. Tour
GeoEngineers (United States)
10
Shunichi Fukuzumi
Ewha Womans University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The rise of graphene
Nature Materials|2007
39.5k cit.
2
The electronic properties of graphene
Reviews of Modern Physics|2009
24.6k cit.
3
Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers
Physical Review Letters|2006
14.9k cit.
4
Graphene: Status and Prospects
Science|2009
13.9k cit.
5
Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide
ACS Nano|2010
11.8k cit.
6
Two-dimensional atomic crystals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
11.6k cit.
7
Fine Structure Constant Defines Visual Transparency of Graphene
Science|2008
9k cit.
8
Photoinduced Electron Transfer from a Conducting Polymer to Buckminsterfullerene
Science|1992
4.2k cit.
9
Chiral tunnelling and the Klein paradox in graphene
Nature Physics|2006
3.9k cit.
10
Longitudinal unzipping of carbon nanotubes to form graphene nanoribbons
Nature|2009
3.5k cit.

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