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David Lee Phillips

David Lee Phillips

University of Hong Kong
China

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
22550
World Ranking
4618
National Ranking
870

David Lee Phillips 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 David Lee Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 565 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Lee Phillips 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 David Lee Phillips 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: 74 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Lee Phillips is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans several interconnected fields with a focus on materials science and chemistry. They have published extensively in main fields including Materials Science and Chemistry, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment, as well as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses several key research topics:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

David Lee Phillips has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Lili Du
  • Chi-Ming Che
  • Ziqi Deng
  • Ming-De Li
  • Xueqin Bai

They have contributed to multiple publications in top-tier journals and specialized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Their recent research papers include:

  • "Steering Electron-Hole Migration Pathways Using Oxygen Vacancies in Tungsten Oxides to Enhance Their Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Tailored self-assembled photocatalytic nanofibres for visible-light-driven hydrogen production," 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • "Organic Long-Persistent Luminescence from a Single-Component Aggregate," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Nitrogen-defect induced trap states steering electron-hole migration in graphite carbon nitride," 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "In situ protonated-phosphorus interstitial doping induces long-lived shallow charge trapping in porous C3−xN4 photocatalysts for highly efficient H2 generation," 2022, Energy & Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Defects in ZnO nanorods prepared by a hydrothermal method

    K. H. Tam;C. K. Cheung;Y. H. Leung;A. B. Djurišić

  • Defect emissions in ZnO nanostructures

    A. B. Djurišić;Y. H. Leung;K. H. Tam;Y. F. Hsu

  • Efficiency Enhancement of Perovskite Solar Cells through Fast Electron Extraction: The Role of Graphene Quantum Dots

    Zonglong Zhu;Jiani Ma;Zilong Wang;Cheng Mu

  • Mechanisms of Antibacterial Activity of MgO: Non‐ROS Mediated Toxicity of MgO Nanoparticles Towards Escherichia coli

    Yu Hang Leung;Alan M. C. Ng;Alan M. C. Ng;Xiaoying Xu;Zhiyong Shen

  • Steering Electron–Hole Migration Pathways Using Oxygen Vacancies in Tungsten Oxides to Enhance Their Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance

    Zhen Wei;Wenchao Wang;Wenlu Li;Xueqin Bai

  • Highly efficient photothermal nanoagent achieved by harvesting energy via excited-state intramolecular motion within nanoparticles

    Zheng Zhao;Chao Chen;Wenting Wu;Fenfen Wang

  • Raman and FTIR spectroscopic study of carboxymethylated non-starch polysaccharides

    Sze-Nga Yuen;Siu-Mei Choi;David Lee Phillips;Ching-Yung Ma

  • Cuprophilicity: Spectroscopic and Structural Evidence for Cu−Cu Bonding Interactions in Luminescent Dinuclear Copper(I) Complexes with Bridging Diphosphane Ligands

    Chi-Ming Che;Zhong Mao;Vincent M. Miskowski;Man-Chung Tse

  • Physical properties of octenyl succinic anhydride modified rice, wheat, and potato starches.

    Jinsong Bao;Jie Xing;David L Phillips;Harold Corke

  • Ultralong UV/mechano-excited room temperature phosphorescence from purely organic cluster excitons.

    Xuepeng Zhang;Lili Du;Weijun Zhao;Zheng Zhao

  • A doorway state leads to photostability or triplet photodamage in thymine DNA.

    Wai Ming Kwok;Chensheng Ma;David Lee Phillips

  • Strategies to Enhance the Photosensitization: Polymerization and the Donor–Acceptor Even–Odd Effect

    Shunjie Liu;Haoke Zhang;Yuanyuan Li;Junkai Liu

  • Triplet MLCT Photosensitization of the Ring‐Closing Reaction of Diarylethenes by Design and Synthesis of a Photochromic Rhenium(I) Complex of a Diarylethene‐Containing 1,10‐Phenanthroline Ligand

    Chi-Chiu Ko;Wai-Ming Kwok;Vivian Wing-Wah Yam;David Lee Phillips

  • Density functional theory studies of negishi alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by a methylterpyridyl-Ni(I) complex.

    Xufeng Lin;David Lee Phillips

  • Effective Prevention of Charge Trapping in Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Nanosized Red Phosphorus Modification for Superior Photo(electro)catalysis

    Lin Jing;Ruixue Zhu;David Lee Phillips;Jimmy C. Yu

  • Femtosecond Time- and Wavelength-Resolved Fluorescence and Absorption Spectroscopic Study of the Excited States of Adenosine and an Adenine Oligomer

    Wai Ming Kwok;Chensheng Ma;David Lee Phillips

  • Nitrogen-defect induced trap states steering electron-hole migration in graphite carbon nitride

    Unknown

  • Time‐Dependent Photodynamic Therapy for Multiple Targets: A Highly Efficient AIE‐Active Photosensitizer for Selective Bacterial Elimination and Cancer Cell Ablation

    Qiyao Li;Ying Li;Tianliang Min;Junyi Gong

  • Fullerene–Graphene Acceptor Drives Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics for Sustainable CdS Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Unknown

  • Deciphering the working mechanism of aggregation-induced emission of tetraphenylethylene derivatives by ultrafast spectroscopy

    Yuanjing Cai;Yuanjing Cai;Lili Du;Lili Du;Kerim Samedov;Xinggui Gu

  • CARS spectroscopy of O2(1Δg) from the Hartley band photodissociation of O3: Dynamics of the dissociation

    James J. Valentini;Daniel P. Gerrity;David L. Phillips;Jong‐Chen Nieh

  • Edge-Enriched Ultrathin MoS2 Embedded Yolk-Shell TiO2 with Boosted Charge Transfer for Superior Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

    Wenchao Wang;Wenchao Wang;Sai Zhu;Yingnan Cao;Ying Tao

Frequent Co-Authors

Wai Ming Kwok
Wai Ming Kwok Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Wei-Hai Fang
Wei-Hai Fang Beijing Normal University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Aleksandra B. Djurišić University of Hong Kong
Wai Kin Chan
Wai Kin Chan University of Hong Kong
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam University of Hong Kong
Harold Corke
Harold Corke Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Zhuofeng Ke
Zhuofeng Ke Sun Yat-sen University
Kwong-Yu Chan
Kwong-Yu Chan University of Hong Kong

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Best Scientists Citing David Lee Phillips

Ben Zhong Tang

Ben Zhong Tang

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Publications: 144

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Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

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Publications: 44

Jacky Wing Yip Lam

Jacky Wing Yip Lam

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Publications: 41

Wei-Hai Fang

Wei-Hai Fang

Beijing Normal University

Publications: 36

Alan Man Ching Ng

Alan Man Ching Ng

Southern University of Science and Technology

Publications: 36

David Phillips

David Phillips

Imperial College London

Publications: 33

Keith C. Gordon

Keith C. Gordon

University of Otago

Publications: 31

Shihe Yang

Shihe Yang

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Publications: 26

Ryan T. K. Kwok

Ryan T. K. Kwok

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Publications: 24

Wei Huang

Wei Huang

Northwestern Polytechnical University

Publications: 23

Wai Ming Kwok

Wai Ming Kwok

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Publications: 21

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