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Hannu-Pekka Komsa

Hannu-Pekka Komsa

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
45
Citations
11031
World Ranking
11611
National Ranking
49

Hannu-Pekka Komsa publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hannu-Pekka Komsa sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 127 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Hannu-Pekka Komsa D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hannu-Pekka Komsa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hannu-Pekka Komsa is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland. Their research primarily centers on materials science and engineering, with particular focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering subfields. Komsa's work spans renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Komsa frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Physical Review B
  • 2D Materials

The scientist has collaborated with multiple researchers, notably:

  • Arkady V. Krasheninnikov
  • Ethan Berger
  • Mohammad Bagheri
  • Arsalan Hashemi
  • Paul Erhart

Recent publications include:

  • "Surface Functionalization of 2D MXenes: Trends in Distribution, Composition, and Electronic Properties," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Highly Selective H2S Gas Sensor Based on Ti3C2Tx MXene-Organic Composites," 2023, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Native Vacancy Defects in MXenes at Etching Conditions," 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Raman spectra of 2D titanium carbide MXene from machine-learning force field molecular dynamics," 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides under electron irradiation: defect production and doping.

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Jani Kotakoski;Jani Kotakoski;Simon Kurasch;Ossi Lehtinen

  • Effects of confinement and environment on the electronic structure and exciton binding energy of MoS 2 from first principles

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

  • Native defects in bulk and monolayer MoS 2 from first principles

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

  • From point to extended defects in two-dimensional MoS 2 : Evolution of atomic structure under electron irradiation

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Simon Kurasch;Ossi Lehtinen;Ute Kaiser

  • Finite-size supercell correction schemes for charged defect calculations

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Tapio T. Rantala;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Electronic structures and optical properties of realistic transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures from first principles

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

  • Single-Layer ReS2: Two-Dimensional Semiconductor with Tunable In-Plane Anisotropy

    Yung-Chang Lin;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Chao-Hui Yeh;Torbjörn Björkman

  • Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys: Stability and Electronic Properties

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

  • Binding energies of exciton complexes in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and effect of dielectric environment

    Ilkka Kylänpää;Hannu-Pekka Komsa

  • Properties of Individual Dopant Atoms in Single‐Layer MoS2: Atomic Structure, Migration, and Enhanced Reactivity

    Yung-Chang Lin;Dumitru O. Dumcenco;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Yoshiko Niimi

  • Atomic Scale Microstructure and Properties of Se-Deficient Two-Dimensional MoSe2

    Ossi Lehtinen;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Artem Pulkin;Michael Brian Whitwick

  • Three-fold rotational defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

    Yung Chang Lin;Torbjörn Björkman;Hannu Pekka Komsa;Po Yuan Teng

  • Surface Functionalization of 2D MXenes: Trends in Distribution, Composition, and Electronic Properties.

    Rina Ibragimova;Paul Erhart;Patrick Rinke;Hannu Pekka Komsa;Hannu Pekka Komsa

  • Optical Waveplates Based on Birefringence of Anisotropic Two-Dimensional Layered Materials

    He Yang;Henri Jussila;Anton Autere;Hannu Pekka Komsa

  • Finite-size supercell correction for charged defects at surfaces and interfaces.

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Effect of Alkali Metal Atom Doping on the CuInSe2-Based Solar Cell Absorber

    M. Malitckaya;H.-P. Komsa;V. Havu;M. J. Puska

  • Charged Point Defects in the Flatland: Accurate Formation Energy Calculations in Two-Dimensional Materials

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Natalia Berseneva;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Risto M. Nieminen

  • Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects

    Susanne Siebentritt;Enrico Avancini;Marcus Bär;Jakob Bombsch

  • pH-Dependent Distribution of Functional Groups on Titanium-Based MXenes.

    Rina Ibragimova;Martti J. Puska;Hannu Pekka Komsa

  • Electron-Beam Induced Transformations of Layered Tin Dichalcogenides

    E. Sutter;Y. Huang;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;M. Ghorbani-Asl

  • Atomic structure and dynamic behaviour of truly one-dimensional ionic chains inside carbon nanotubes

    Ryosuke Senga;Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Zheng Liu;Kaori Hirose-Takai

Frequent Co-Authors

Arkady V. Krasheninnikov
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Kazu Suenaga
Kazu Suenaga Osaka University
Alfredo Pasquarello
Alfredo Pasquarello École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Chuanhong Jin
Chuanhong Jin Zhejiang University
Ute Kaiser
Ute Kaiser University of Ulm
Tapio Ala-Nissila
Tapio Ala-Nissila Aalto University
Ying-Sheng Huang
Ying-Sheng Huang National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Jani Kotakoski
Jani Kotakoski University of Vienna
Risto M. Nieminen
Risto M. Nieminen Aalto University
Peter Sutter
Peter Sutter University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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