2026 Hugo Bronstein: 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	11619	11230	479	460	123	10599

Overview

Hugo Bronstein is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans several core areas within materials science and engineering, emphasizing the chemistry and physics of organic electronic materials.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these broader disciplines, their subfields of expertise cover:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Bronstein's research topics focus on several specialized areas, notably:

Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Conducting polymers and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications

The scientist has published extensively in various venues. The frequent publication outlets include:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Journal of the American Chemical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Chemical Science

Among the recent papers credited to Hugo Bronstein are:

The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors, 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry
Perspectives for next generation lithium-ion battery cathode materials, 2021, APL Materials
Suppression of Dexter transfer by covalent encapsulation for efficient matrix-free narrowband deep blue hyperfluorescent OLEDs, 2024, Nature Materials
Electro-optical π-radicals: design advances, applications and future perspectives, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Decoupling excitons from high-frequency vibrations in organic molecules, 2024, Nature

Frequent collaborators in their work are:

Weixuan Zeng
Daniel G. Congrave
Richard H. Friend
Akshay Rao
Andrew D. Bond

Best Publications

On the application of the tolerance factor to inorganic and hybrid halide perovskites: a revised system

Will Travis;Emily Nicola Kate Glover;Hugo Bronstein;David O. Scanlon

1102
Citations
Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Polymers for High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Hugo Bronstein;Zhuoying Chen;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Weimin Zhang

1020
Citations
The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors

Hugo Bronstein;Christian B. Nielsen;Bob C. Schroeder;Iain McCulloch;Iain McCulloch

684
Citations
Recent Progress in High-Mobility Organic Transistors: A Reality Check.

Alexandra F. Paterson;Saumya Singh;Kealan J. Fallon;Thomas Hodsden

618
Citations
Molecular origin of high field-effect mobility in an indacenodithiophene–benzothiadiazole copolymer

Xinran Zhang;Hugo Bronstein;Auke J. Kronemeijer;Jeremy Smith

607
Citations
Exploring the origin of high optical absorption in conjugated polymers

Michelle S. Vezie;Sheridan Few;Iain Meager;Galatia Pieridou

423
Citations
Photocurrent Enhancement from Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Solar Cells through Alkyl-Chain Branching Point Manipulation

Iain Meager;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Sonya Mollinger;Bob C. Schroeder

325
Citations
Externally initiated regioregular P3HT with controlled molecular weight and narrow polydispersity.

Hugo A. Bronstein;Christine K. Luscombe

319
Citations
Design of Semiconducting Indacenodithiophene Polymers for High Performance Transistors and Solar Cells

Iain McCulloch;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Laure Biniek;Hugo Bronstein

300
Citations
Effect of Fluorination on the Properties of a Donor–Acceptor Copolymer for Use in Photovoltaic Cells and Transistors

Hugo Bronstein;Jarvist M. Frost;Afshin Hadipour;Youngju Kim

268
Citations
Charge recombination in organic photovoltaic devices with high open-circuit voltages.

Sebastian Westenhoff;Ian A. Howard;Justin M. Hodgkiss;Kiril R. Kirov

259
Citations
On the Energetic Dependence of Charge Separation in Low-Band-Gap Polymer/Fullerene Blends

Stoichko D. Dimitrov;Artem A. Bakulin;Christian B. Nielsen;Bob C. Schroeder

227
Citations
Indacenodithiophene-co-benzothiadiazole Copolymers for High Performance Solar Cells or Transistors via Alkyl Chain Optimization

Hugo Bronstein;Dong Seok Leem;Richard Hamilton;Paul Woebkenberg

218
Citations
Correlating triplet yield, singlet oxygen generation and photochemical stability in polymer/fullerene blend films.

Ying W. Soon;Hoduk Cho;Jonathan Low;Hugo Bronstein

187
Citations
A Simple Molecular Design Strategy for Delayed Fluorescence toward 1000 nm.

Daniel G Congrave;Bluebell H Drummond;Patrick J Conaghan;Haydn Francis

175
Citations
The Influence of Polymer Purification on Photovoltaic Device Performance of a Series of Indacenodithiophene Donor Polymers

Raja Shahid Ashraf;Bob C. Schroeder;Hugo A. Bronstein;Zhenggang Huang

165
Citations
Manipulating molecules with strong coupling: harvesting triplet excitons in organic exciton microcavities

Daniel Polak;Rahul Jayaprakash;Thomas P Lyons;Luis Á Martínez-Martínez

152
Citations
Silaindacenodithiophene semiconducting polymers for efficient solar cells and high mobility ambipolar transistors

Raja Shahid Ashraf;Zhuoying Chen;Dong Seok Leem;Hugo Bronstein

151
Citations
Morphological Stability and Performance of Polymer–Fullerene Solar Cells under Thermal Stress: The Impact of Photoinduced PC60BM Oligomerization

Him Cheng Wong;Zhe Li;Ching Hong Tan;Hongliang Zhong

151
Citations
Singlet Exciton Lifetimes in Conjugated Polymer Films for Organic Solar Cells

Stoichko D Dimitrov;Bob C Schroeder;Christian B Nielsen;Hugo Bronstein

151
Citations
Identification of Oxidation Products of Squalene in Solution and in Latent Fingerprints by ESI-MS and LC/APCI-MS

Katrina A. Mountfort;Hugo Bronstein;Nia Archer;Sue M. Jickells

131
Citations