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2026
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Chemistry
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2025

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Materials Science

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74
Citations
29216
World Ranking
3552
National Ranking
116

Engineering and Technology

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74
Citations
29117
World Ranking
790
National Ranking
8

Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
28931
World Ranking
4584
National Ranking
64

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Jin Young Kim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea, specializing in research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work extensively covers several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties

Jin Young Kim has contributed to several publication venues with multiple papers, frequently appearing in:

  • Small
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Some of the recent papers authored by Jin Young Kim include:

  • "High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells" (2020), published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Efficient, stable silicon tandem cells enabled by anion-engineered wide-bandgap perovskites" (2020), published in Science (co-authored by Daehan Kim)
  • "Naked metallic skin for homo-epitaxial deposition in lithium metal batteries" (2023), published in Nature Communications (co-authored by Minsung Baek)
  • "Near-complete charge separation in tailored BiVO4-based heterostructure photoanodes toward artificial leaf" (2021), published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (co-authored by Jin Wook Yang)
  • "Stable pure-iodide wide-band-gap perovskites for efficient Si tandem cells via kinetically controlled phase evolution" (2022), published in Joule (co-authored by Ji Su)

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ji Su
  • Ik Jae Park
  • Jae Hyun Park
  • Ho Won Jang
  • Jin Wook Yang

Best Publications

  • Efficient tandem polymer solar cells fabricated by all-solution processing.

    Jin Young Kim;Jin Young Kim;Kwanghee Lee;Kwanghee Lee;Nelson E. Coates;Nelson E. Coates;Daniel Moses;Daniel Moses

  • Efficiency enhancement in low-bandgap polymer solar cells by processing with alkane dithiols

    J. Peet;J. Y. Kim;N. E. Coates;W. L. Ma

  • High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Jin Young Kim;Jin-Wook Lee;Hyun Suk Jung;Hyunjung Shin

  • Processing Additives for Improved Efficiency from Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Jae Kwan Lee;Wan Li Ma;Christoph J. Brabec;Jonathan Yuen

  • Efficient, stable silicon tandem cells enabled by anion-engineered wide-bandgap perovskites

    Daehan Kim;Hee Joon Jung;Ik Jae Park;Bryon W. Larson

  • An ultra-thin, un-doped NiO hole transporting layer of highly efficient (16.4%) organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells

    Seongrok Seo;Ik Jae Park;Ik Jae Park;Myungjun Kim;Seonhee Lee

  • Effect of the Molecular Weight of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) on the Morphology and Performance of Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Wanli Ma;Jin Young Kim;Kwanghee Lee;Alan J. Heeger

  • Preparation of nanoporous MgO-coated TiO2 nanoparticles and their application to the electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Hyun Suk Jung;Jung-Kun Lee;Michael Nastasi;Sang-Wook Lee

  • Nb-Doped TiO2: A New Compact Layer Material for TiO2 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Sangwook Lee;Jun Hong Noh;Hyun Soo Han;Dong Kyun Yim

  • Carbon dioxide mediated, reversible chemical hydrogen storage using a Pd nanocatalyst supported on mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride

    Jin Hee Lee;Jaeyune Ryu;Jin Young Kim;Suk Woo Nam;Suk Woo Nam

  • Two-step sol-gel method-based TiO2 nanoparticles with uniform morphology and size for efficient photo-energy conversion devices

    Sangwook Lee;In Sun Cho;Ji Hae Lee;Dong Hoe Kim

  • Ni–NiO core–shell inverse opal electrodes for supercapacitors

    Jae-Hun Kim;Soon Hyung Kang;Kai Zhu;Jin Young Kim

  • High-efficiency poly(p-phenylenevinylene)-based copolymers containing an oxadiazole pendant group for light-emitting diodes.

    Sung-Ho Jin;Mock-Yeon Kim;Jin Young Kim;Kwanghee Lee

  • Highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction via facile bubble transport realized by three-dimensionally stack-printed catalysts.

    Ye Ji Kim;Ahyoun Lim;Jong Min Kim;Donghoon Lim

  • Oxygen‐Vacancy‐Introduced BaSnO3−δ Photoanodes with Tunable Band Structures for Efficient Solar‐Driven Water Splitting

    Myeongjin Kim;Myeongjin Kim;Byeongyong Lee;Hyun Ju;Jin Young Kim

  • Al-Doped ZnO Thin Film: A New Transparent Conducting Layer for ZnO Nanowire-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Sung Hae Lee;Se Hoon Han;Hyun Suk Jung;Hyunjung Shin

  • Improved quantum efficiency of highly efficient perovskite BaSnO₃-based dye-sensitized solar cells.

    Seong Sik Shin;Ju Seong Kim;Jae Ho Suk;Kee Doo Lee;Kee Doo Lee

  • Calcium Niobate Semiconductor Nanosheets as Catalysts for Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution from Water

    Owen C. Compton;Elizabeth C. Carroll;Jin Y. Kim;Delmar S. Larsen

  • Effects of Annealing Temperature on the Charge-Collection and Light-Harvesting Properties of TiO2 Nanotube-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Kai Zhu;Nathan R. Neale;Adam F. Halverson;Jin Young Kim

  • Uterine biology in pigs and sheep

    Fuller W Bazer;Fuller W Bazer;Gwonhwa Song;Jinyoung Kim;Kathrin A Dunlap

  • Poly(fluorenevinylene) Derivative by Gilch Polymerization for Light-Emitting Diode Applications

    Sung-Ho Jin;Hye-Jin Park;Jin Young Kim;Kwanghee Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Jong Hyun Jang
Jong Hyun Jang Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Sung Jong Yoo
Sung Jong Yoo Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Hyoung-Juhn Kim
Hyoung-Juhn Kim Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Min Jae Ko
Min Jae Ko Hanyang University
Dirk Henkensmeier
Dirk Henkensmeier Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Fuller W. Bazer
Fuller W. Bazer Texas A&M University
Suk Woo Nam
Suk Woo Nam Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Hyun Suk Jung
Hyun Suk Jung Sungkyunkwan University
Bongsoo Kim
Bongsoo Kim Pusan National University
Kug Sun Hong
Kug Sun Hong Seoul National University

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