Chemical Engineering papers

Pofolia organises Chemical Engineering into 1 subfields: 16 papers in total (2025–2026), each with a short summary. The subfields come first, then the most-cited work across the whole field.

Subfields

• Catalysis 16 papers

At a glance

• Most cited: Plasma-electrocatalytic synthesis of urea from air and CO2 (2025, 86 citations).
• The 12 papers listed have 518 citations between them.
• 11 of the 11 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 5 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of the American Chemical Society.
• Published between 2025 and 2026.

Most cited across the field

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• Plasma-electrocatalytic synthesis of urea from air and CO2

  Nature Communications · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 20.24 · 86 citations · Open access

  Researchers developed a novel plasma-electrocatalytic method to synthesize urea directly from ambient air and CO2, bypassing the need for fossil fuel-derived feedstocks.

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• Robust Oxygen‐Vacancy‐Engineered Co(OH) 2 /Cu Heterostructures Boost Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia beyond 2 A cm −2

  Advanced Materials · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 15.20 · 65 citations · Open access

  Engineered oxygen vacancy-enriched Co(OH)2/Cu heterostructures achieve an unprecedented ammonia yield rate of 167.8 mg h−1 cm−2 and 97.7% Faradaic efficiency at current densities over 2 A cm−2 for sustainable ammonia synthesis.

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• Maximized atom utilization in a high-entropy metallene via single atom alloying for boosted nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

  Nature Communications · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 12.38 · 52 citations · Open access

  Researchers developed two-dimensional high-entropy metallenes by alloying single atoms, significantly improving atom utilization and ammonia production from nitrate electroreduction.

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• Unlocking a Water Coordination Environment in Co-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Advanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroreduction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 10.99 · 47 citations

  A novel cobalt-based metal-organic framework (HUST-38) featuring water coordination within its structure achieves a high ammonia yield rate of 13.38 mg h⁻¹ mg cat⁻¹ for nitrate electroreduction, significantly outperforming a similar framework without water coordination.

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• Ultrasound-assisted extraction with deep eutectic solvents for valorization of agro-food waste: A sustainable and eco-friendly approach

  Ultrasonics Sonochemistry · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 10.76 · 46 citations

  Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) using deep eutectic solvents (DESs) is a superior, eco-friendly method for extracting valuable compounds from agro-food waste, outperforming conventional techniques.

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• Antiferroelectric SnO2 Network with Amorphous Surface for Electrochemical N2 Fixation

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 11.37 · 46 citations

  Researchers developed an antiferroelectric SnO₂ catalyst with an amorphous surface that significantly enhances electrochemical nitrogen fixation by improving N₂ adsorption and activation.

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• CeOx-Integrated dual site enhanced urea electrosynthesis from nitrate and carbon dioxide

  Nature Communications · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 10.29 · 44 citations · Open access

  A novel CeOx-integrated diatomic electrocatalyst (CuSn/CS−1) simultaneously converts nitrate and carbon dioxide into urea with a yield of 55.81 mmol g−1cat. h−1 and 79.27% Faradaic efficiency, overcoming the typical trade-off between these metrics.

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• Pulsed Electrocatalysis Driven Efficient Ammonia Synthesis by Facilitating *NOOH Formation and Balancing *H Supply

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 10.05 · 42 citations

  Pulsed electrocatalysis on a Janus Cu@Co/NC catalyst significantly boosts ammonia synthesis from nitrate reduction, achieving a 98.32% Faradaic efficiency and a high yield rate.

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• Stabilizing Cu0-Cuδ+ sites via ohmic contact interface engineering for ampere-level nitrate electroreduction to ammonia

  Nature Communications · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 9.82 · 42 citations · Open access

  Researchers engineered an "ohmic contact interface" by loading copper onto indium hydroxide, which stabilizes crucial Cu0-Cuδ+ active sites for ammonia synthesis from nitrate.

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• Facilitating Anodic Ammonia Oxidation over Trace Cobalt-Substituted Solid Solution of Platinum to Boost Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell up to 853.75 mW cm–2

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 9.89 · 40 citations

  Researchers developed a novel platinum catalyst with trace cobalt substitution that significantly enhances ammonia oxidation, enabling a direct ammonia fuel cell to achieve a record power density of 853.75 mW cm^–2.

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• Dense Gas Toolbox

  2026 · 5 citations

  The Dense Gas Toolbox is a new software package that infers physical properties of interstellar gas, including density, temperature, and line optical depths, from observed molecular emission lines.

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• Atomically Engineered RuO x ‐Cu Interfaces Enabling Tandem Catalysis for Ampere‐Level Nitrite–Ethanol Co‐Electrolysis

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 7.82 · 3 citations

  Researchers engineered RuOx clusters on Cu nanowires to create tandem catalysts that efficiently co-electrolyze nitrite and ethanol at high current densities. This atomically engineered interface significantly boosts the reaction kinetics for producing ammonia and acetate.

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Journals in this field

The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?

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