| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Graphene photonics and optoelectronics | Nature Photonics | 2010 | 6,719 |
| 2 | The emergence of perovskite solar cells | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 5,727 |
| 3 | Cutting-edge terahertz technology | Nature Photonics | 2007 | 5,413 |
| 4 | Polymer solar cells | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 4,041 |
| 5 | Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100% | Nature Photonics | 2009 | 3,903 |
| 6 | Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 3,583 |
| 7 | Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 3,471 |
| 8 | Surface passivation of perovskite film for efficient solar cells | Nature Photonics | 2019 | 3,458 |
| 9 | Plasmonics beyond the diffraction limit | Nature Photonics | 2010 | 3,408 |
| 10 | Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency | Nature Photonics | 2009 | 3,015 |
| 11 | Photonics and optoelectronics of 2D semiconductor transition metal dichalcogenides | Nature Photonics | 2016 | 2,779 |
| 12 | First lasing and operation of an ångstrom-wavelength free-electron laser | Nature Photonics | 2010 | 2,700 |
| 13 | Graphene plasmonics | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 2,682 |
| 14 | Space-division multiplexing in optical fibres | Nature Photonics | 2013 | 2,606 |
| 15 | Femtosecond laser micromachining in transparent materials | Nature Photonics | 2008 | 2,601 |
| 16 | Optical negative-index metamaterials | Nature Photonics | 2007 | 2,568 |
| 17 | Advances in quantum metrology | Nature Photonics | 2011 | 2,567 |
| 18 | Topological photonics | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 2,492 |
| 19 | Perovskite solar cells with a planar heterojunction structure prepared using room-temperature solution processing techniques | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 2,425 |
| 20 | Efficient inorganic–organic hybrid heterojunction solar cells containing perovskite compound and polymeric hole conductors | Nature Photonics | 2013 | 2,423 |
| 21 | Lead-free solid-state organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 2,410 |
| 22 | Two-dimensional material nanophotonics | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 2,362 |
| 23 | Antennas for light | Nature Photonics | 2011 | 2,345 |
| 24 | Microwave photonics combines two worlds | Nature Photonics | 2007 | 2,257 |
| 25 | Plasmon-induced hot-electron generation at nanoparticle/metal-oxide interfaces for photovoltaic and photocatalytic devices | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 2,246 |
| 26 | Nonlinear plasmonics | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 2,200 |
| 27 | Emergence of colloidal quantum-dot light-emitting technologies | Nature Photonics | 2013 | 2,155 |
| 28 | Graphene photodetectors for high-speed optical communications | Nature Photonics | 2010 | 2,122 |
| 29 | Efficient blue organic light-emitting diodes employing thermally activated delayed fluorescence | Nature Photonics | 2014 | 2,064 |
| 30 | Silicon optical modulators | Nature Photonics | 2010 | 1,942 |
| 31 | Nano-optics from sensing to waveguiding | Nature Photonics | 2007 | 1,919 |
| 32 | Optical cloaking with metamaterials | Nature Photonics | 2007 | 1,887 |
| 33 | Prospects for LED lighting | Nature Photonics | 2009 | 1,847 |
| 34 | Deep learning with coherent nanophotonic circuits | Nature Photonics | 2017 | 1,845 |
| 35 | A hybrid plasmonic waveguide for subwavelength confinement and long-range propagation | Nature Photonics | 2008 | 1,819 |
| 36 | Artificial photosynthesis for solar water-splitting | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 1,790 |
| 37 | Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna | Nature Photonics | 2009 | 1,788 |
| 38 | Hyperbolic metamaterials | Nature Photonics | 2013 | 1,763 |
| 39 | Photonic quantum technologies | Nature Photonics | 2009 | 1,743 |
| 40 | Past achievements and future challenges in the development of optically transparent electrodes | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 1,688 |
| 41 | Tweezers with a twist | Nature Photonics | 2011 | 1,678 |
| 42 | 3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination | Nature Photonics | 2016 | 1,669 |
| 43 | Slow light in photonic crystals | Nature Photonics | 2008 | 1,663 |
| 44 | Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage | Nature Photonics | 2015 | 1,595 |
| 45 | Nanowire photonics | Nature Photonics | 2009 | 1,548 |
| 46 | A compact X-ray free-electron laser emitting in the sub-ångström region | Nature Photonics | 2012 | 1,542 |
| 47 | Perovskite light-emitting diodes based on solution-processed self-organized multiple quantum wells | Nature Photonics | 2016 | 1,535 |
| 48 | Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors | Nature Photonics | 2018 | 1,535 |
| 49 | Spin–orbit interactions of light | Nature Photonics | 2015 | 1,526 |
| 50 | Electro-optics of perovskite solar cells | Nature Photonics | 2015 | 1,485 |
