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Hwan Kyu Kim

Hwan Kyu Kim

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
54
Citations
9300
World Ranking
8981
National Ranking
384

Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
9686
World Ranking
12672
National Ranking
243

Hwan Kyu Kim 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 Hwan Kyu Kim sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 209 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hwan Kyu Kim 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 Hwan Kyu Kim sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hwan Kyu Kim is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and conducts research primarily in the fields of energy, materials science, and engineering. Their work focuses extensively on renewable energy technologies, particularly relating to dye-sensitized solar cells and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

Kim has contributed to multiple subfields, such as renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Frequent publication venues for Kim include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Dyes and Pigments
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Recent notable publications include:

  • "14.2% Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Co-sensitizing Novel Thieno[3,2-b]indole-Based Organic Dyes with a Promising Porphyrin Sensitizer" (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • "Redox Shuttle-Based Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Comprehensive Guidance, Recent Progress, and Future Perspective" (2023, ACS Omega)
  • "In-depth understanding of the energy loss and efficiency limit of dye-sensitized solar cells under outdoor and indoor conditions" (2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • "D-π-A-structured organic sensitizers with π-extended auxiliary acceptor units for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells" (2021, Dyes and Pigments)
  • "Influence of the π-Bridge-Fused Ring and Acceptor Unit Extension in D−π-A-Structured Organic Dyes for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

Kim collaborates frequently with a group of researchers including Masud, Md Aftabuzzaman, Haoran Zhou, Jung-Min Ji, and Chul Hoon Kim.

Best Publications

  • Rational design criteria for D–π–A structured organic and porphyrin sensitizers for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

    Jung-Min Ji;Haoran Zhou;Hwan Kyu Kim

  • Lanthanide luminescence efficiency in eight- and nine-coordinate complexes: Role of the radiative lifetime

    Jean-Claude G. Bünzli;Jean-Claude G. Bünzli;Anne-Sophie Chauvin;Hwan Kyu Kim;Emmanuel Deiters

  • 14.2% Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Co-sensitizing Novel Thieno[3,2-b]indole-Based Organic Dyes with a Promising Porphyrin Sensitizer

    Jung‐Min Ji;Haoran Zhou;Yu Kyung Eom;Chul Hoon Kim

  • Significant light absorption enhancement by a single heterocyclic unit change in the π-bridge moiety from thieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene to thieno[3,2-b]indole for high performance dye-sensitized and tandem solar cells

    Yu Kyung Eom;Sung Ho Kang;In Taek Choi;Youngjun Yoo

  • N-Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets as Superior Metal-Free Counter Electrodes for Organic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Myung Jong Ju;Jae Cheon Kim;Hyun-Jung Choi;In Taek Choi

  • Direct nitrogen fixation at the edges of graphene nanoplatelets as efficient electrocatalysts for energy conversion

    In Yup Jeon;Hyun Jung Choi;Myung Jong Ju;In Taek Choi

  • Porphyrin Sensitizers with Donor Structural Engineering for Superior Performance Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells and Tandem Solar Cells for Water Splitting Applications

    Sung Ho Kang;Myung Jin Jeong;Yu Kyung Eom;In Taek Choi

  • Edge-Fluorinated Graphene Nanoplatelets as High Performance Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Lithium Ion Batteries

    In-Yup Jeon;Myung Jong Ju;Jiantie Xu;Hyun-Jung Choi

  • Organic dyes incorporating low-band-gap chromophores based on π-extended benzothiadiazole for dye-sensitized solar cells

    Dong Hyun Lee;Myung Jun Lee;Hae Min Song;Bok Joo Song

  • 14.8% perovskite solar cells employing carbazole derivatives as hole transporting materials.

    Sang Do Sung;Min Soo Kang;In Taek Choi;Hong Mo Kim

  • Unassisted photoelectrochemical water splitting exceeding 7% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency using photon recycling

    Xinjian Shi;Hokyeong Jeong;Seung Jae Oh;Ming Ma

  • Unassisted photoelectrochemical water splitting beyond 5.7% solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency by a wireless monolithic photoanode/dye-sensitised solar cell tandem device

    Xinjian Shi;Kan Zhang;Kahee Shin;Ming Ma

  • Thieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene Derivative as a New π-Bridge Unit in D–π–A Structural Organic Sensitizers with Over 10.47% Efficiency for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Yu Kyung Eom;In Taek Choi;Sung Ho Kang;Joori Lee

  • Coumarin dyes containing low-band-gap chromophores for dye-sensitised solar cells

    Kang Deuk Seo;Hae Min Song;Myung Jun Lee;Mariachiara Pastore

  • Graphene Nanoplatelets Doped with N at its Edges as Metal‐Free Cathodes for Organic Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Myung Jong Ju;In-Yup Jeon;Jae Cheon Kim;Kimin Lim

  • White Light-Emitting Diodes from Novel Silicon-Based Copolymers Containing Both Electron-Transport Oxadiazole and Hole-Transport Carbazole Moieties in the Main Chain†

    Kyung Lim Paik;Nam Seob Baek;Hwan Kyu Kim;Ji-Hoon Lee

  • Prevention of uncuffed hemodialysis catheter-related bacteremia using an antibiotic lock technique : A prospective, randomized clinical trial

    S.H. Kim;K.I. Song;J.W. Chang;S.B. Kim

  • Brilliant photoluminescence and triboluminescence from ternary complexes of Dy(III) and Tb(III) with 3-phenyl-4-propanoyl-5-isoxazolonate and a bidentate phosphine oxide coligand.

    S. Biju;N. Gopakumar;J.-C. G. Bünzli;J.-C. G. Bünzli;R. Scopelliti

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Tunable Electroluminescence of Novel Silicon-Based Alternating Copolymers

    Sung Hyun Jung;Hwan Kyu Kim;Sung Hyun Kim;Yong Hee Kim

  • Novel D–A–π–A coumarin dyes containing low band-gap chromophores for dye-sensitised solar cells

    Kang Deuk Seo;In Tack Choi;Young Geun Park;Sunwoo Kang

  • Tunable Electroluminescence from Silicon-Containing Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)-Related Copolymers with Well-Defined Structures

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jong-Beom Baek
Jong-Beom Baek Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Jean-Claude G. Bünzli
Jean-Claude G. Bünzli École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jae-Joon Lee
Jae-Joon Lee Dongguk University
In-Yup Jeon
In-Yup Jeon Wonkwang University
Jong Hyeok Park
Jong Hyeok Park Yonsei University
Liming Dai
Liming Dai University of New South Wales
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University
Jaejung Ko
Jaejung Ko Korea University
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Wan In Lee
Wan In Lee Inha University

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