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D-Index
61
Citations
17814
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6664
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67

Jean Manca 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 Jean Manca sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 237 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean Manca 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 Jean Manca sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jean Manca is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium and has a research focus spanning engineering and environmental science. Their work intersects multiple subfields, notably environmental engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering, alongside contributions to molecular biology and materials chemistry.

Their research topics concentrate primarily on microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, with additional interest in electrochemical sensors and biosensors, microbial community ecology and physiology, neuroscience and neural engineering, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, electrochemical analysis and applications, and bacteriophages with microbial interactions.

Jean Manca has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several scientific venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Biosystems
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Solar RRL

Selected recent papers document advances in microbial electron transfer, electrical properties of cable bacteria, and renewable energy approaches from biological systems. These include:

  • "Long-distance electron transfer in a filamentous Gram-positive bacterium" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Efficient long-range conduction in cable bacteria through nickel protein wires" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "An Ordered and Fail-Safe Electrical Network in Cable Bacteria" (2020, Advanced Biosystems)
  • "Intrinsic electrical properties of cable bacteria reveal an Arrhenius temperature dependence" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Plant microbial fuel cells from the perspective of photovoltaics: Efficiency, power, and applications" (2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)

Jean Manca collaborates regularly with several other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Robin Bonné, Roland Valcke, Raghavendran Thiruvallur Eachambadi, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, and Filip J. R. Meysman.

Best Publications

  • Intrinsic Thermal Instability of Methylammonium Lead Trihalide Perovskite

    Bert Conings;Jeroen Drijkoningen;Nicolas Gauquelin;Aslihan Babayigit

  • On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells

    Koen Vandewal;Kristofer Tvingstedt;Abay Gadisa;Olle Inganäs

  • Relating the open-circuit voltage to interface molecular properties of donor:acceptor bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Koen Vandewal;Kristofer Tvingstedt;Abay Gadisa;Olle Inganäs

  • Perovskite-based hybrid solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency with high reproducibility using a thin film sandwich approach.

    Bert Conings;Linny Baeten;Christopher De Dobbelaere;Jan D'Haen

  • The Relation Between Open‐Circuit Voltage and the Onset of Photocurrent Generation by Charge‐Transfer Absorption in Polymer : Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Koen Vandewal;Abay Gadisa;Wibren D. Oosterbaan;Sabine Bertho

  • Assessing the toxicity of Pb- and Sn-based perovskite solar cells in model organism Danio rerio

    Aslihan Babayigit;Dinh Duy Thanh;Anitha Ethirajan;Jean Manca

  • P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells: Relation between morphology and electro-optical characteristics

    Peter Vanlaeke;A Swinnen;I Haeldermans;G Vanhoyland

  • Electroluminescence from charge transfer states in polymer solar cells.

    Kristofer Tvingstedt;Koen Vandewal;Abay Gadisa;Fengling Zhang

  • Phase diagram of P3HT/PCBM blends and its implication for the stability of morphology.

    Jun Zhao;Ann Swinnen;Guy Van Assche;Jean Manca

  • Charge Transfer State Versus Hot Exciton Dissociation in Polymer−Fullerene Blended Solar Cells

    Jiye Lee;Koen Vandewal;Shane R. Yost;Matthias E. Bahlke

  • Effect of temperature on the morphological and photovoltaic stability of bulk heterojunction polymer: fullerene solar cells

    Sabine Bertho;Griet Janssen;Thomas J. Cleij;Bert Conings

  • Disclosure of the nanostructure of MDMO-PPV:PCBM bulk hetero-junction organic solar cells by a combination of SPM and TEM

    T. Martens;J. D’Haen;T. Munters;Z. Beelen

  • Formation of a Ground‐State Charge‐Transfer Complex in Polyfluorene//[6,6]‐Phenyl‐C61 Butyric Acid Methyl Ester (PCBM) Blend Films and Its Role in the Function of Polymer/PCBM Solar Cells

    Jessica J. Benson-Smith;Ludwig Goris;Koen Vandewal;Ken Haenen

  • PEDOT/PSS: synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

    F. Louwet;L. Groenendaal;J. Dhaen;J. Manca

  • Life cycle analyses of organic photovoltaics: a review

    Sebastien Lizin;Steven Van Passel;Ellen De Schepper;Wouter Maes

  • Tuning the dimensions of C60-based needlelike crystals in blended thin films

    A. Swinnen;A. Swinnen;I. Haeldermans;I. Haeldermans;M. vande Ven;J. D'Haen;J. D'Haen

  • Influence of thermal ageing on the stability of polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Sabine Bertho;Ilse Haeldermans;Ann Swinnen;Wouter Moons

  • Organic and perovskite solar cells for space applications

    Ilaria Cardinaletti;Ilaria Cardinaletti;Tim Vangerven;Tim Vangerven;Steven Nagels;Steven Nagels;Rob Cornelissen

  • Absorption phenomena in organic thin films for solar cell applications investigated by photothermal deflection spectroscopy

    L Goris;K Haenen;M Nesladek;Patrick Hermann Wagner

  • Observation of the subgap optical absorption in polymer-fullerene blend solar cells

    L. Goris;A. Poruba;L. Hod’ákova;M. Vaněček

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Vanderzande
Dirk Vanderzande Hasselt University
Jan D'Haen
Jan D'Haen Hasselt University
Laurence Lutsen
Laurence Lutsen Hasselt University
Wouter Maes
Wouter Maes Hasselt University
Koen Vandewal
Koen Vandewal Hasselt University
Ken Haenen
Ken Haenen Hasselt University
Jef Poortmans
Jef Poortmans KU Leuven
Hans-Gerd Boyen
Hans-Gerd Boyen Hasselt University
Milos Nesladek
Milos Nesladek Hasselt University
Christophe Detrembleur
Christophe Detrembleur University of Liège

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