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Bongjin Simon Mun

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Chemistry

D-Index
41
Citations
17991
World Ranking
17647
National Ranking
342

Bongjin Simon Mun publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bongjin Simon Mun sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 167 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Bongjin Simon Mun D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bongjin Simon Mun sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bongjin Simon Mun is affiliated with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a significant emphasis on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Mun's work also covers electronic, optical, and magnetic materials along with atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their research topics encompass catalytic processes in materials science, electronic and structural properties of oxides, and Ga2O3 and related materials. Additionally, they investigate electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced chemical physics studies, and ZnO doping and properties.

Mun has contributed to several scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Activity-Stability Relationship in Au@Pt Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • How Rh surface breaks CO2 molecules under ambient pressure, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Understanding the Role of Electronic Effects in CO on the Pt-Sn Alloy Surface via Band Structure Measurements, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Crystallization and bandgap variation of non-stoichiometric amorphous Ga2O3-x thin films during post-annealing process, 2022, Applied Surface Science
  • Revealing CO2 dissociation pathways at vicinal copper (997) interfaces, 2023, Nature Communications

Mun frequently publishes in several venues including:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Applied Surface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis

Collaboration is an important aspect of Mun's work. They have frequent coauthors such as Hojoon Lim, Dongwoo Kim, Minsik Seo, Do Young Noh, and Hyon Chol Kang, each with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Improved Oxygen Reduction Activity on Pt3Ni(111) via Increased Surface Site Availability

    Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Ben Fowler;Bongjin Simon Mun;Guofeng Wang

  • Trends in electrocatalysis on extended and nanoscale Pt-bimetallic alloy surfaces

    Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Bongjin Simon Mun;Bongjin Simon Mun;Matthias Arenz;Karl J. J. Mayrhofer

  • Reaction-Driven Restructuring of Rh-Pd and Pt-Pd Core-Shell Nanoparticles

    Feng Tao;Feng Tao;Michael E. Grass;Michael E. Grass;Yawen Zhang;Yawen Zhang;Yawen Zhang;Derek R. Butcher;Derek R. Butcher

  • Effect of surface composition on electronic structure, stability, and electrocatalytic properties of Pt-transition metal alloys: Pt-skin versus Pt-skeleton surfaces.

    Vojislav R. Stamenkovic;Bongjin Simon Mun;Karl J. J. Mayrhofer;Philip N. Ross

  • Electron Spectroscopy of Aqueous Solution Interfaces Reveals Surface Enhancement of Halides

    Sutapa Ghosal;John C. Hemminger;Hendrik Bluhm;Bongjin Simon Mun

  • Highly Durable and Active PtFe Nanocatalyst for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

    Dong Young Chung;Samuel Woojoo Jun;Gabin Yoon;Soon Gu Kwon

  • Synthesis and characterization of atomically thin graphite films on a silicon carbide substrate

    E. Rollings;G.-H. Gweon;S.Y. Zhou;B.S. Mun

  • Design Principle of Fe-N-C Electrocatalysts: How to Optimize Multimodal Porous Structures?

    Soo Hong Lee;Jiheon Kim;Dong Young Chung;Ji Mun Yoo

  • Soft X-ray Microscopy and Spectroscopy at the Molecular Environmental Science Beamline at the Advanced Light Source

    H. Bluhm;K. Andersson;K. Andersson;T. Araki;K. Benzerara

  • Intrinsic relation between catalytic activity of CO oxidation on Ru nanoparticles and Ru oxides uncovered with ambient pressure XPS.

    Kamran Qadir;Sang Hoon Joo;Bongjin S. Mun;Bongjin S. Mun;Derek R. Butcher

  • In situ ambient pressure XPS observation of surface chemistry and electronic structure of α-Fe2O3 and γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles

    Dorota Flak;Dorota Flak;Dorota Flak;Qianli Chen;Qianli Chen;Bongjin Simon Mun;Zhi Liu

  • In situ ambient pressure XPS study of CO oxidation reaction on Pd(111) surfaces

    Ryo Toyoshima;Masaaki Yoshida;Yuji Monya;Yuka Kousa

  • A study of electronic structures of Pt3M (M=Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni) polycrystalline alloys with valence-band photoemission spectroscopy

    Bongjin Simon Mun;Masamitsu Watanabe;Massimiliano Rossi;Vojislav Stamenkovic

  • In Situ Oxidation Study of Pt(110) and Its Interaction with CO

    Derek R. Butcher;Michael E. Grass;Michael E. Grass;Zhenhua Zeng;Funda Aksoy;Funda Aksoy

  • On the Origin of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Electrospun Nitrogen–Carbon Species

    Dongyoon Shin;Beomgyun Jeong;Bongjin Simon Mun;Hongrae Jeon

  • Direct Observation of High-Temperature Polaronic Behavior in Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites

    Norman Mannella;Norman Mannella;Axel Rosenhahn;Corwin H. Booth;Stefano Marchesini

  • Deactivation mechanism of a Au/CeZrO4 catalyst during a low-temperature water gas shift reaction

    A. Goguet;R. Burch;Y. Chen;C. Hardacre

  • Adsorbate-driven reactive interfacial Pt-NiO1−x nanostructure formation on the Pt3Ni(111) alloy surface

    Jeongjin Kim;Woong Hyeon Park;Won Hui Doh;Si Woo Lee

  • Active Surface Oxygen for Catalytic CO Oxidation on Pd(100) Proceeding under Near Ambient Pressure Conditions.

    Ryo Toyoshima;Masaaki Yoshida;Yuji Monya;Kazuma Suzuki

  • Influence of N-doping on the structure and electronic properties of titania nanoparticle photocatalysts.

    Silvana J Stewart;Marcos Fernandez-García;Carolina Belver;B Simon Mun

  • Role of joule heating effect and bulk-surface phases in voltage-driven metal-insulator transition in VO2 crystal

    Bongjin Simon Mun;Joonseok Yoon;Sung Kwan Mo;Kai Chen;Kai Chen

  • The nature of the nonmetal–metal transition in LixCoO2 oxide

    A. Milewska;K. Świerczek;J. Tobola;F. Boudoire;F. Boudoire

  • In Situ Oxidation Study of Pt(110) and Its Interaction with CO DerekR.Butcher, †,#,$ MichaelE.Grass, †,‡,# ZhenhuaZeng, § FundaAksoy, †,|| HendrikBluhm, † Wei-XueLi,* ,§

    Bongjin S. Mun;Gabor A. Somorjai;Zhi Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhi Liu
Zhi Liu ShanghaiTech University
Charles S. Fadley
Charles S. Fadley University of California, Davis
Philip N. Ross
Philip N. Ross Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zahid Hussain
Zahid Hussain Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Vojislav R. Stamenkovic
Vojislav R. Stamenkovic University of California, Irvine
Nenad M. Markovic
Nenad M. Markovic Argonne National Laboratory
Nobumichi Tamura
Nobumichi Tamura Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hendrik Bluhm
Hendrik Bluhm Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jeong Young Park
Jeong Young Park Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley

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