2026 Hannu-Pekka Komsa: 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	45	11613	11225	49	45	127	11031

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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 Ti₃C₂T_x 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

1272
Citations
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

752
Citations
Native defects in bulk and monolayer MoS 2 from first principles

Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

615
Citations
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

544
Citations
Finite-size supercell correction schemes for charged defect calculations

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

544
Citations
Electronic structures and optical properties of realistic transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures from first principles

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

531
Citations
Single-Layer ReS2: Two-Dimensional Semiconductor with Tunable In-Plane Anisotropy

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

460
Citations
Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys: Stability and Electronic Properties

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

392
Citations
Binding energies of exciton complexes in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and effect of dielectric environment

Ilkka Kylänpää;Hannu-Pekka Komsa

335
Citations
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

319
Citations
Atomic Scale Microstructure and Properties of Se-Deficient Two-Dimensional MoSe2

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

263
Citations
Three-fold rotational defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

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

234
Citations
Surface Functionalization of 2D MXenes: Trends in Distribution, Composition, and Electronic Properties.

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

222
Citations
Optical Waveplates Based on Birefringence of Anisotropic Two-Dimensional Layered Materials

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

217
Citations
Finite-size supercell correction for charged defects at surfaces and interfaces.

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

206
Citations
Effect of Alkali Metal Atom Doping on the CuInSe2-Based Solar Cell Absorber

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

155
Citations
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

151
Citations
Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects

Susanne Siebentritt;Enrico Avancini;Marcus Bär;Jakob Bombsch

145
Citations
pH-Dependent Distribution of Functional Groups on Titanium-Based MXenes.

Rina Ibragimova;Martti J. Puska;Hannu Pekka Komsa

143
Citations
Electron-Beam Induced Transformations of Layered Tin Dichalcogenides

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

127
Citations
Atomic structure and dynamic behaviour of truly one-dimensional ionic chains inside carbon nanotubes

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

112
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