2026 Antonio Facchetti: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	142	220	212	91	85	697	83845

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2013 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Antonio Facchetti is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a research profile concentrated in the intersection of engineering and materials science. Their work spans a broad range of topics, primarily focusing on organic electronics, conducting polymers, and advanced materials for sensing and energy applications.

Facchetti's main fields of study include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Their research contributes extensively to various subfields such as:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Biomedical Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Key topics covered in their work are:

Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Conducting polymers and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Antonio Facchetti has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications and frequent venues include:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Chemistry of Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts encompass:

Tobin J. Marks
Wei Huang
Ding Zheng
Yao Chen
Jianhua Chen

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Facchetti include:

"Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors" (2023), published in ACS Nano
"The journey of conducting polymers from discovery to application" (2020), published in Nature Materials
"High-Performance n-Type Polymer Semiconductors: Applications, Recent Development, and Challenges" (2020), published in Chem
"Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells" (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Vertical organic electrochemical transistors for complementary circuits" (2023), published in Nature

Antonio Facchetti's research output has earned recognition in the form of fellowships, including:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2015)
Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2013)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011)

The scientist's work integrates fundamental and applied perspectives, contributing to the development of new materials and technologies for electronics and energy harvesting, with a focus on understanding material properties, device performance, and practical applications in flexible and organic electronic systems.

Best Publications

A high-mobility electron-transporting polymer for printed transistors

He Yan;Zhihua Chen;Yan Zheng;Christopher Newman

3412
Citations
π-Conjugated Polymers for Organic Electronics and Photovoltaic Cell Applications†

Antonio Facchetti

2640
Citations
Rylene and related diimides for organic electronics.

Xiaowei Zhan;Antonio Facchetti;Stephen Barlow;Tobin J. Marks

1875
Citations
Metal oxides for optoelectronic applications

Xinge Yu;Tobin J. Marks;Antonio Facchetti

1614
Citations
Low-temperature fabrication of high-performance metal oxide thin-film electronics via combustion processing

Myung Gil Kim;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin J. Marks

1370
Citations
n-Type organic semiconductors in organic electronics.

John E. Anthony;Antonio Facchetti;Martin Heeney;Seth R. Marder

1331
Citations
Gate Dielectrics for Organic Field‐Effect Transistors: New Opportunities for Organic Electronics

Antonio Facchetti;Myung Han Yoon;Tobin Jay Marks

1314
Citations
Tuning orbital energetics in arylene diimide semiconductors. materials design for ambient stability of n-type charge transport.

Brooks A. Jones;Antonio Facchetti;Michael R. Wasielewski;Tobin J. Marks

1189
Citations
Semiconductors for organic transistors

Antonio Facchetti

1156
Citations
High-mobility air-stable n-type semiconductors with processing versatility: dicyanoperylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximides).

Brooks A. Jones;Michael J. Ahrens;Myung Han Yoon;Antonio Facchetti

1122
Citations
Imide- and Amide-Functionalized Polymer Semiconductors

Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin J. Marks

1056
Citations
Polymer solar cells with enhanced fill factors

Xugang Guo;Xugang Guo;Nanjia Zhou;Sylvia J. Lou;Jeremy Smith

1046
Citations
Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors

Jianquan Zhang;Huei Shuan Tan;Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti

996
Citations
High-k organic, inorganic, and hybrid dielectrics for low-voltage organic field-effect transistors.

Rocfo Ponce Ortiz;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin Jay Marks

985
Citations
Polymer donor–polymer acceptor (all-polymer) solar cells

Antonio Facchetti

831
Citations
Universal quinone electrodes for long cycle life aqueous rechargeable batteries

Yanliang Liang;Yan Jing;Saman Gheytani;Kuan-Yi Lee

786
Citations
High- k Gate Dielectrics for Emerging Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

Binghao Wang;Binghao Wang;Wei Huang;Lifeng Chi;Mohammed Al-Hashimi

769
Citations
n-Channel Semiconductor Materials Design for Organic Complementary Circuits

Hakan Usta;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin Jay Marks

747
Citations
Organic and Polymeric Semiconductors Enhanced by Noncovalent Conformational Locks.

Hui Huang;Lei Yang;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin J. Marks

731
Citations
Design, synthesis, and characterization of ladder-type molecules and polymers. Air-stable, solution-processable n-channel and ambipolar semiconductors for thin-film transistors via experiment and theory.

Hakan Usta;Chad Risko;Zhiming Wang;Hui Huang

714
Citations
Molecular self-assembled monolayers and multilayers for organic and unconventional inorganic thin-film transistor applications

Sara A. DiBenedetto;Antonio Facchetti;Mark A. Ratner;Tobin J. Marks

706
Citations
Naphthalenedicarboximide- vs Perylenedicarboximide-Based Copolymers. Synthesis and Semiconducting Properties in Bottom-Gate N-Channel Organic Transistors

Zhihua Chen;Yan Zheng;He Yan;Antonio Facchetti

687
Citations