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Citations
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James R. Durrant 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 James R. Durrant sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 689 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Durrant 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 James R. Durrant sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 167 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2018 - Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London for his distinguished photochemical studies for the design solar energy devices
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1994 - Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

James R. Durrant is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several key fields, notably Engineering and Materials Science, where they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Polymers and Plastics, and Electrochemistry.

Their principal research topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

James R. Durrant has published research extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Communications

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Hyojung Cha
  • Michael Sachs
  • Reshma R. Rao
  • Ji-Seon Kim
  • Iain McCulloch

Recent publications by James R. Durrant include:

  • "A piperidinium salt stabilizes efficient metal-halide perovskite solar cells" (2020, Science)
  • "Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles" (2020, Nature Materials)
  • "Electronic defects in metal oxide photocatalysts" (2022, Nature Reviews Materials)
  • "Generation of long-lived charges in organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution" (2022, Nature Energy)
  • "The kinetics of metal oxide photoanodes from charge generation to catalysis" (2021, Nature Reviews Materials)

Among the awards received are:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2019)
  • Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London (2018) for photochemical studies related to solar energy devices design
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2017)
  • Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2012)
  • Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1994)

Best Publications

  • Charge Photogeneration in Organic Solar Cells

    Tracey M. Clarke;James R. Durrant

  • A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells

    Youngkyoo Kim;Steffan Cook;Sachetan M. Tuladhar;Stelios A. Choulis

  • Artificial photosynthesis for solar water-splitting

    Yasuhiro Tachibana;Yasuhiro Tachibana;Yasuhiro Tachibana;Lionel Vayssieres;James R. Durrant

  • Mechanism of photocatalytic water splitting in TiO2. Reaction of water with photoholes, importance of charge carrier dynamics, and evidence for four-hole chemistry.

    Junwang Tang;James R. Durrant;David R. Klug

  • Control of Charge Recombination Dynamics in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by the Use of Conformally Deposited Metal Oxide Blocking Layers

    Emilio Palomares;John N. Clifford;Saif A. Haque;Thierry Lutz

  • High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor

    Sarah Holliday;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Andrew Wadsworth;Derya Baran

  • Subpicosecond interfacial charge separation in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline titanium dioxide films

    Yasuhiro Tachibana;Jacques E. Moser;Michael Grätzel;and David R. Klug

  • Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells

    Derya Baran;Derya Baran;Derya Baran;Raja Shahid Ashraf;Raja Shahid Ashraf;David A. Hanifi;Maged Abdelsamie

  • Light and oxygen induced degradation limits the operational stability of methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells

    Daniel Bryant;Daniel Bryant;Nicholas Aristidou;Sebastian Pont;Irene Sanchez-Molina

  • 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

  • Device annealing effect in organic solar cells with blends of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and soluble fullerene

    Youngkyoo Kim;Stelios A. Choulis;Jenny Nelson;Donal D. C. Bradley

  • Current understanding and challenges of solar-driven hydrogen generation using polymeric photocatalysts

    Yiou Wang;Anastasia Vogel;Michael Sachs;Reiner Sebastian Sprick

  • Degradation of organic solar cells due to air exposure

    Kenji Kawano;Roberto Pacios;Dmitry Poplavskyy;Jenny Nelson

  • Charge carrier formation in polythiophene/fullerene blend films studied by transient absorption spectroscopy.

    Hideo Ohkita;Steffan Cook;Yeni Astuti;Warren Duffy

  • Parameters Influencing Charge Recombination Kinetics in Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Films

    Saif A. Haque;Yasuhiro Tachibana;Richard L. Willis;Jacques E. Moser

  • Nanocrystalline dye‐sensitized solar cells having maximum performance

    J. M. Kroon;N. J. Bakker;H. J. P. Smit;P. Liska

  • Electron Transfer Dynamics in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Andrea Listorti;Brian O’Regan;James R Durrant

  • Influence of the TiCl4 Treatment on Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. 2. Charge Density, Band Edge Shifts, and Quantification of Recombination Losses at Short Circuit

    Brian C. O'regan;James R. Durrant;Paul M. Sommeling;Nicolaas J. Bakker

  • Parameters influencing the efficiency of electron injection in dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Sara E. Koops;Brian C. O’Regan;Piers R. F. Barnes;James R. Durrant

  • Hybrid Polymer/Zinc Oxide Photovoltaic Devices with Vertically Oriented ZnO Nanorods and an Amphiphilic Molecular Interface Layer

    Punniamoorthy Ravirajan;Ana M. Peiro;Mohammed K. Nazeeruddin;Michael Graetzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford
Jenny Nelson
Jenny Nelson Imperial College London
Saif A. Haque
Saif A. Haque Imperial College London
David R. Klug
David R. Klug Imperial College London
Emilio Palomares
Emilio Palomares Institut Català d'Investigació Química
Martin Heeney
Martin Heeney Imperial College London
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Andreas Kafizas
Andreas Kafizas Imperial College London
Raja Shahid Ashraf
Raja Shahid Ashraf Government College University, Lahore

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