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Bright Walker

Bright Walker

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
13450
World Ranking
5995
National Ranking
162

Bright Walker publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bright Walker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 130 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Bright Walker D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bright Walker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bright Walker is affiliated with Kyung Hee University in South Korea and specializes in fields related to engineering and materials science. Their research is primarily focused on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and polymers and plastics, with additional work in molecular biology and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

Bright Walker has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Pseudo-halide anion engineering for α-FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells," 2021, Nature
  • "A new G-quadruplex-specific photosensitizer inducing genome instability in cancer cells by triggering oxidative DNA damage and impeding replication fork progression," 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Cu/graphene hybrid transparent conducting electrodes for organic photovoltaic devices," 2020, Carbon
  • "Manipulated Interface for Enhanced Energy Cascade in Quasi-2D Blue Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes," 2022, ACS Energy Letters
  • "A copper-based 2D hybrid perovskite solar absorber as a potential eco-friendly alternative to lead halide perovskites," 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The venues where Bright Walker frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Solar RRL
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ChemElectroChem
  • Advanced Materials Technologies

Throughout their career, Bright Walker has collaborated with several researchers consistently, among whom the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Jung Hwa Seo
  • Yeasin Khan
  • Yu Jung Park
  • Ju Hwan Kang
  • Jin Young Kim

Best Publications

  • Pseudo-halide anion engineering for α-FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells.

    Jaeki Jeong;Jaeki Jeong;Minjin Kim;Jongdeuk Seo;Haizhou Lu

  • Small Molecule Solution-Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells†

    Bright Walker;Chunki Kim;Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

  • Nanoscale Phase Separation and High Photovoltaic Efficiency in Solution-Processed, Small-Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Bright Walker;Arnold B. Tamayo;Xuan-Dung Dang;Peter Zalar

  • Endohedral fullerenes for organic photovoltaic devices

    Russel B. Ross;Claudia M. Cardona;Dirk M. Guldi;Shankara Gayathri Sankaranarayanan

  • Semi-crystalline photovoltaic polymers with efficiency exceeding 9% in a ∼300 nm thick conventional single-cell device

    Thanh Luan Nguyen;Hyosung Choi;Seojin Ko;Mohammad Afsar Uddin

  • Cesium-doped methylammonium lead iodide perovskite light absorber for hybrid solar cells

    Hyosung Choi;Jaeki Jeong;Hak Beom Kim;Seongbeom Kim

  • A Low Band Gap, Solution Processable Oligothiophene with a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Core for Use in Organic Solar Cells

    Arnold B. Tamayo;Bright Walker;Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

  • A low band gap, solution processable oligothiophene with a dialkylated diketopyrrolopyrrole chromophore for use in bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Arnold Bernarte Tamayo;Xuan-Dang Dang;Bright Walker;Junghwa Seo

  • Mixed solvents for the optimization of morphology in solution-processed, inverted-type perovskite/fullerene hybrid solar cells.

    Hak Beom Kim;Hyosung Choi;Jaeki Jeong;Seongbeom Kim

  • Small‐Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells with Unprecedented Short‐Circuit Current Density and High Fill Factor

    Hyosung Choi;Seo Jin Ko;Taehyo Kim;Pierre Olivier Morin

  • Quantification of Geminate and Non‐Geminate Recombination Losses within a Solution‐Processed Small‐Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell

    Dan Credgington;Fiona C. Jamieson;Bright Walker;Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

  • Design, Synthesis, and Self-assembly of Oligothiophene Derivatives with a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Core

    Arnold Bernarte Tamayo;Mananya Tantiwiwat;Bright Walker;Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

  • Capillary Printing of Highly Aligned Silver Nanowire Transparent Electrodes for High-Performance Optoelectronic Devices.

    Saewon Kang;Taehyo Kim;Seungse Cho;Youngoh Lee

  • Effects of Heteroatom Substitutions on the Crystal Structure, Film Formation, and Optoelectronic Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Materials

    Jianhua Liu;Bright Walker;Arnold Tamayo;Yuan Zhang

  • A Systematic Approach to Solvent Selection Based on Cohesive Energy Densities in a Molecular Bulk Heterojunction System

    Bright Walker;Arnold Tamayo;Duc T. Duong;Xuan‐Dung Dang

  • Influence of Structural Variation on the Solid-State Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Oligophenylenethiophenes: Single-Crystal Structures, Thermal Properties, Optical Bandgaps, Energy Levels, Film Morphology, and Hole Mobility

    Chunki Kim;Jianhua Liu;Jason Lin;Arnold B. Tamayo

  • Electronic Properties at Gold/Conjugated-Polyelectrolyte Interfaces

    Jung Hwa Seo;Renqiang Yang;Jacek Z. Brzezinski;Bright Walker

  • Molecular solubility and hansen solubility parameters for the analysis of phase separation in bulk heterojunctions

    Duc T. Duong;Bright Walker;Jason Lin;Chunki Kim

  • Improved injection in n-type organic transistors with conjugated polyelectrolytes.

    Jung Hwa Seo;Andrea Gutacker;Bright Walker;Shinuk Cho

  • Optimization of energy levels by molecular design: evaluation of bis-diketopyrrolopyrrole molecular donor materials for bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Bright Walker;Bright Walker;Jianhua Liu;Chunki Kim;Gregory C. Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin Young Kim
Jin Young Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Jung Hwa Seo
Jung Hwa Seo University of Seoul
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen University of California, Santa Barbara
Han Young Woo
Han Young Woo Korea University
Shinuk Cho
Shinuk Cho University of Ulsan
Changduk Yang
Changduk Yang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger University of California, Santa Barbara
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Jongnam Park
Jongnam Park Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Tae Joo Shin
Tae Joo Shin Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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