2026 Barry C. Thompson: 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	50	10075	9731	2416	2241	143	15400
Chemistry	50	14221	12807	3671	3003	134	15345

Overview

Barry C. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. The research focuses primarily on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and automotive engineering.

The main topics of Barry C. Thompson's work include:

Conducting polymers and applications
Organic electronics and photovoltaics
Perovskite materials and applications
Advancements in battery materials
Advanced battery materials and technologies
Luminescence and fluorescent materials
Advanced battery technologies research

Recent published research includes the following papers:

Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells (2023) in Nature Reviews Materials
The development of conjugated polymers as the cornerstone of organic electronics (2020) in Polymer
High-Performance Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Solar Cell with Record Efficiency and Stretchability Enabled by Thymine-Functionalized Terpolymer (2023) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Dihexyl-Substituted Poly(3,4-Propylenedioxythiophene) as a Dual Ionic and Electronic Conductive Cathode Binder for Lithium-Ion Batteries (2020) in Chemistry of Materials
What students write about when students write about mechanisms: analysis of features present in students' written descriptions of an organic reaction mechanism (2020) in Chemistry Education Research and Practice

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Barry C. Thompson include:

Pratyusha Das
Qingpei Wan
Billal Zayat
Rodrigo Elizalde-Segovia
Liwei Ye

Key venues where the researcher often publishes work are:

ACS Macro Letters
Chemistry of Materials
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Polymer
Journal of Polymer Science

Best Publications

Polymer–Fullerene Composite Solar Cells

Barry C. Thompson;Barry C. Thompson;Jean M. J. Fréchet;Jean M. J. Fréchet

5023
Citations
Multicolored Electrochromism in Polymers: Structures and Devices

Avni A. Argun;Pierre-Henri Aubert;Barry C. Thompson;Irina Schwendeman

1027
Citations
The influence of poly(3-hexylthiophene) regioregularity on fullerene-composite solar cell performance.

Claire H. Woo;Barry C. Thompson;Bumjoon J. Kim;Michael F. Toney

492
Citations
Soluble Narrow Band Gap and Blue Propylenedioxythiophene-Cyanovinylene Polymers as Multifunctional Materials for Photovoltaic and Electrochromic Applications

Barry C Thompson;Young-Gi Kim;Tracy D McCarley;John R Reynolds

474
Citations
Origin of the tunable open-circuit voltage in ternary blend bulk heterojunction organic solar cells.

Robert A Street;Daniel Davies;Petr P Khlyabich;Beate Burkhart

377
Citations
Efficient ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells with tunable open-circuit voltage.

Petr P. Khlyabich;Beate Burkhart;Barry C. Thompson

364
Citations
In situ colorimetric analysis of electrochromic polymers and devices

Barry C. Thompson;Philippe Schottland;Kyukwan Zong;John R. Reynolds

343
Citations
Compositional Dependence of the Open-Circuit Voltage in Ternary Blend Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Two Donor Polymers

Petr P. Khlyabich;Beate Burkhart;Barry C. Thompson

325
Citations
Spectral Broadening in MEH-PPV:PCBM-Based Photovoltaic Devices via Blending with a Narrow Band Gap Cyanovinylene−Dioxythiophene Polymer

Barry C. Thompson;Young-Gi Kim;John R. Reynolds

293
Citations
Polymer-Fulleren-Solarzellen

Barry C. Thompson;Barry C. Thompson;Jean M. J. Fréchet;Jean M. J. Fréchet

291
Citations
Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Polythiophene:Fullerene Solar Cells by Decreasing Effective Polymer Regioregularity

Kevin Sivula;Christine K. Luscombe;Barry C. Thompson;Jean M. J. Frechet

285
Citations
A round robin study of flexible large-area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules

Frederik C. Krebs;Suren A. Gevorgyan;Bobak Gholamkhass;Steven Holdcroft

262
Citations
Optimization of direct arylation polymerization (DArP) through the identification and control of defects in polymer structure

Andrey E. Rudenko;Barry C. Thompson

235
Citations
Poly(3,4-alkylenedioxypyrrole)s: Highly Stable Electronically Conducting and Electrochromic Polymers

Philippe Schottland;Kyukwan Zong;Carleton L. Gaupp;Barry C. Thompson

229
Citations
All-polymer photovoltaic devices of poly(3-(4-n-octyl)-phenylthiophene) from Grignard Metathesis (GRIM) polymerization.

Thomas W. Holcombe;Claire H. Woo;David F.J. Kavulak;Barry C. Thompson

203
Citations
Regiosymmetric Dibutyl-Substituted Poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene)s as Highly Electron-Rich Electroactive and Luminescent Polymers

Dean M. Welsh;Leroy J. Kloeppner;Luis Madrigal;Mauricio R. Pinto

191
Citations
Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells

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176
Citations
Direct arylation polymerization: A guide to optimal conditions for effective conjugated polymers

Nemal S. Gobalasingham;Barry C. Thompson

174
Citations
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxypyrrole): Organic Electrochemistry of a Highly Stable Electrochromic Polymer

Carleton L. Gaupp;Kyukwan Zong;Philippe Schottland;Barry C. Thompson

161
Citations
Optimization and simplification of polymer–fullerene solar cells through polymer and active layer design

Petr P. Khlyabich;Beate Burkhart;Andrey E. Rudenko;Barry C. Thompson

156
Citations
Influence of the Ethylhexyl Side-Chain Content on the Open-Circuit Voltage in rr-Poly(3-hexylthiophene-co-3-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophene) Copolymers

Beate Burkhart;Petr P. Khlyabich;Barry C. Thompson

151
Citations