2026 Bumjoon J. Kim: 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	89	1807	1740	51	50	377	25470
Chemistry	86	2575	2325	36	36	351	24147

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Bumjoon J. Kim is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics, including:

Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Conducting polymers and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Thin-Film Transistor Technologies

Recent publications illustrate the breadth of their research interests. Examples include:

"Elastomeric electrolytes for high-energy solid-state lithium batteries", 2022, Nature
"Eco-Friendly Polymer Solar Cells: Advances in Green-Solvent Processing and Material Design", 2020, ACS Nano
"A 3D Hierarchical Host with Enhanced Sodiophilicity Enabling Anode-Free Sodium-Metal Batteries", 2022, Advanced Materials
"Dimerized small-molecule acceptors enable efficient and stable organic solar cells", 2023, Joule
"Material Design and Device Fabrication Strategies for Stretchable Organic Solar Cells", 2022, Advanced Materials

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated extensively with Bumjoon J. Kim include:

Jin-Woo Lee
Seungjin Lee
Taek-Soo Kim
Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan
Young Jun Lee

The scientist often publishes in leading journals within their research domain. The most common publication venues associated with their work are:

Advanced Energy Materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Materials
Chemistry of Materials

Best Publications

Flexible, highly efficient all-polymer solar cells

Taesu Kim;Jae-Han Kim;Tae Eui Kang;Changyeon Lee

906
Citations
Control of nanoparticle location in block copolymers.

Julia J. Chiu;Bumjoon J. Kim;Edward J. Kramer;David J. Pine

696
Citations
Recent Advances, Design Guidelines, and Prospects of All-Polymer Solar Cells.

Changyeon Lee;Seungjin Lee;Geon-U Kim;Wonho Lee

695
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
From Fullerene-Polymer to All-Polymer Solar Cells: The Importance of Molecular Packing, Orientation, and Morphology Control.

Hyunbum Kang;Wonho Lee;Jiho Oh;Taesu Kim

454
Citations
Determining the role of polymer molecular weight for high-performance all-polymer solar cells: its effect on polymer aggregation and phase separation.

Hyunbum Kang;Mohammad Afsar Uddin;Changyeon Lee;Ki Hyun Kim

390
Citations
Effect of Areal Chain Density on the Location of Polymer-Modified Gold Nanoparticles in a Block Copolymer Template

Bumjoon J. Kim;Joona Bang;Craig J. Hawker;Edward J. Kramer

371
Citations
Photocrosslinkable Polythiophenes for Efficient, Thermally Stable, Organic Photovoltaics

Bumjoon J. Kim;Bumjoon J. Kim;Yoshikazu Miyamoto;Biwu Ma;Jean M. J. Fréchet

327
Citations
High-performance all-polymer solar cells via side-chain engineering of the polymer acceptor: the importance of the polymer packing structure and the nanoscale blend morphology.

Changyeon Lee;Hyunbum Kang;Wonho Lee;Taesu Kim

305
Citations
Nanoparticle‐Induced Phase Transitions in Diblock‐Copolymer Films

Bumjoon J. Kim;Julia J. Chiu;Gi Ra Yi;David J. Pine

286
Citations
Hybrid particle-field simulations of polymer nanocomposites.

Scott W. Sides;Bumjoon J. Kim;Edward J. Kramer;Glenn H. Fredrickson

277
Citations
A 3D Hierarchical Host with Enhanced Sodiophilicity Enabling Anode‐Free Sodium‐Metal Batteries

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274
Citations
Striped, Ellipsoidal Particles by Controlled Assembly of Diblock Copolymers

Se Gyu Jang;Debra J. Audus;Daniel Klinger;Daniel V. Krogstad

272
Citations
Material Design and Device Fabrication Strategies for Stretchable Organic Solar Cells

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236
Citations
Solvent-resistant Organic Transistors and Thermally Stable Organic Photovoltaics Based on Cross-linkable Conjugated Polymers

Hyeong Jun Kim;A-Reum Han;Chul-Hee Cho;Hyunbum Kang

235
Citations
Dimerized small-molecule acceptors enable efficient and stable organic solar cells

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233
Citations
Eco-Friendly Polymer Solar Cells: Advances in Green-Solvent Processing and Material Design.

Seungjin Lee;Dahyun Jeong;Changkyun Kim;Changyeon Lee

224
Citations
Sequentially Fluorinated PTAA Polymers for Enhancing VOC of High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Youngwoong Kim;Eui Hyuk Jung;Geunjin Kim;Donguk Kim

220
Citations
Creating Surfactant Nanoparticles for Block Copolymer Composites through Surface Chemistry

Bumjoon J. Kim;Joona Bang;Craig J. Hawker;Julia J. Chiu

215
Citations
Effect of Addition of a Diblock Copolymer on Blend Morphology and Performance of Poly(3-hexylthiophene):Perylene Diimide Solar Cells

Sridhar Rajaram;Paul B. Armstrong;Bumjoon J. Kim;Jean M. J. Fréchet

213
Citations
Nanoparticle surfactants as a route to bicontinuous block copolymer morphologies.

Bumjoon J. Kim;Glenn H. Fredrickson;Craig J. Hawker;Edward J. Kramer

198
Citations
Efficient colorimetric pH sensor based on responsive polymer-quantum dot integrated graphene oxide.

Kwanyeol Paek;Hyunseung Yang;Junhyuk Lee;Junwoo Park

191
Citations
Effects of Solubilizing Group Modification in Fullerene Bis-Adducts on Normal and Inverted Type Polymer Solar Cells

Ki-Hyun Kim;Hyunbum Kang;Hyeong Jun Kim;Pan Seok Kim

181
Citations