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Top publications

Silica-supported Fe/Fe–O nanoparticles for the catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles to amines in the presence of aluminium additives,

NATURE CATALYSIS, vol. 5, iss. 1, pp. 20-29, 2022.
IF = 41.813

V. G. Chandrashekhar, T. Senthamarai, R. G. Kadam, O. Malina, J. Kašlík, R. Zbořil, M. B. Gawande, R. V. Jagadeesh and M. Beller

DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00722-x

Fast and selective reduction of nitroarenes under visible light with an earth-abundant plasmonic photocatalyst,

NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 17, iss. 5, pp. 485-492, 2022.
IF = 39.213

A. Cheruvathoor Poulose, G. Zoppellaro, I. Konidakis, E. Serpetzoglou, E. Stratakis, O. Tomanec, M. Beller, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zbořil

DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01087-3

Nitrogen doped graphene with diamond-like bonds achieves unprecedented energy density at high power in a symmetric sustainable supercapacitor,

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, vol. 15, iss. 2, pp. 740-748, 2022.
IF = 38.532

V. Šedajová, A. Bakandritsos, P. Błoński, M. Medveď, R. Langer, D. Zaoralová, J. Ugolotti, J. Dzíbelová, P. Jakubec, V. Kupka and M. Otyepka

DOI: 10.1039/d1ee02234b

Graphene Acid for Lithium‐Ion Batteries—Carboxylation Boosts Storage Capacity in Graphene,

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, vol. 12, iss. 5, pp. 2103010, 2022.
IF = 29.368

I. Obraztsov, A. Bakandritsos, V. Šedajová, R. Langer, P. Jakubec, G. Zoppellaro, M. Pykal, V. Presser, M. Otyepka and R. Zbořil

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202103010

Acidic graphene organocatalyst for the superior transformation of wastes into high-added-value chemicals,

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 1373, 2023.
IF = 14.919

A. Cheruvathoor Poulose, M. Medveď, V. R. Bakuru, A. Sharma, D. Singh, S. B. Kalidindi, H. Bares, M. Otyepka, K. Jayaramulu, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zbořil

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36602-0

Silver Covalently Bound to Cyanographene Overcomes Bacterial Resistance to Silver Nanoparticles and Antibiotics,

ADVANCED SCIENCE, vol. 8, iss. 12, pp. 2003090, 2021.
IF = 16.806

D. Panáček, L. Hochvaldová, A. Bakandritsos, T. Malina, M. Langer, J. Belza, J. Martincová, R. Večeřová, P. Lazar, K. Poláková, J. Kolařík, L. Válková, M. Kolář, M. Otyepka, A. Panáček and R. Zbořil

DOI: 10.1002/advs.202003090

Addition Reaction between Piperidine and C₆₀ to Form 1,4-Disubstituted C₆₀ Proceeds through van der Waals and Dative Bond Complexes: Theoretical and Experimental Study,

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 143, iss. 29, pp. 10930-10939, 2021.
IF = 15.419

R. Lo, D. Manna, M. Lamanec, W. Wang, A. Bakandritsos, M. Dračínský, R. Zbořil, D. Nachtigallová and P. Hobza

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01542

Solar steam generation on scalable ultrathin thermoplasmonic TiN nanocavity arrays,

NANO ENERGY, vol. 83, a.n. 105828, 2021.
IF = 17.881

L. Mascaretti, A. Schirato, R. Zbořil, Š. Kment, P. Schmuki, A. Alabastri and A. Naldoni

DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105828

Photocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions Using Water as the Proton Source,

ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 13, iss. 11, pp. 7557-7567, 2023.
IF = 13.700

E. Zhao, W. Zhang, L. Dong, R. Zbořil and Z. Chen

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00326

Carboxylated Graphene for Radical-Assisted Ultra-Trace-Level Water Treatment and Noble Metal Recovery,

ACS NANO, vol. 15, iss. 2, pp. 3349-3358, 2021.
IF = 15.881

J. Kolařík, A. Bakandritsos, Z. Bad’ura, R. Lo, G. Zoppellaro, Š. Kment, A. Naldoni, Y. Zhang, M. Petr, O. Tomanec, J. Filip, M. Otyepka, P. Hobza and R. Zbořil

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10093

Covalently Interlinked Graphene Sheets with Sulfur‐Chains Enable Superior Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathodes at Full‐Mass Level,

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, vol. 31, iss. 30, pp. 2101326, 2021.
IF = 18.808

I. Tantis, A. Bakandritsos, D. Zaoralová, M. Medveď, P. Jakubec, J. Havláková, R. Zbořil and M. Otyepka

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202101326

Antibacterial Nanomaterials: Mechanisms, Impacts on Antimicrobial Resistance and Design Principles,

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 62, iss. 17, a.n. e202217345, 2023.
IF = 16.823

M. Xie, M. Gao, Y. Yun, M. Malmsten, V. M. Rotello, R. Zboril, O. Akhavan, A. Kraskouski, J. Amalraj, X. Cai, J. Lu, H. Zheng and R. Li

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217345

Graphene-Based Metal–Organic Framework Hybrids for Applications in Catalysis, Environmental, and Energy Technologies,

CHEMICAL REVIEWS, vol. 122, iss. 24, pp. 17241-17338, 2022.
IF = 72.087

K. Jayaramulu, S. Mukherjee, D. M. Morales, D. P. Dubal, A. K. Nanjundan, A. Schneemann, J. Masa, S. Kment, W. Schuhmann, M. Otyepka, R. Zbořil and R. A. Fischer

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00270

Covalent Graphene‐MOF Hybrids for High‐Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors,

ADVANCED MATERIALS, vol. 33, iss. 4, pp. 2004560, 2021.
IF = 30.849

K. Jayaramulu, M. Horn, A. Schneemann, H. Saini, A. Bakandritsos, V. Ranc, M. Petr, V. Stavila, C. Narayana, B. Scheibe, Š. Kment, M. Otyepka, N. Motta, D. Dubal, R. Zbořil and R. A. Fischer

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004560

Silver nanomaterials: synthesis and (electro/photo) catalytic applications,