Kazuo Takimiya

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Facile Synthesis of Highly π-Extended Heteroarenes, Dinaphtho[2,3-b:2‘,3‘-f]chalcogenopheno[3,2-b]chalcogenophenes, and Their Application to Field-Effect Transistors

  Tatsuya Yamamoto;Kazuo Takimiya

  1245
  Citations

• Highly soluble [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene (BTBT) derivatives for high-performance, solution-processed organic field-effect transistors.

  Hideaki Ebata;Takafumi Izawa;Eigo Miyazaki;Kazuo Takimiya

  1109
  Citations

• Thienoacene‐Based Organic Semiconductors

  Kazuo Takimiya;Shoji Shinamura;Itaru Osaka;Eigo Miyazaki

  1058
  Citations

• Efficient inverted polymer solar cells employing favourable molecular orientation

  Varun Vohra;Varun Vohra;Kazuaki Kawashima;Kazuaki Kawashima;Takeshi Kakara;Tomoyuki Koganezawa

  892
  Citations

• Organic semiconductors based on [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene substructure.

  Kazuo Takimiya;Itaru Osaka;Takamichi Mori;Takamichi Mori;Masahiro Nakano

  540
  Citations

• 2,7-Diphenyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene, a new organic semiconductor for air-stable organic field-effect transistors with mobilities up to 2.0 cm2 V(-1) s(-1).

  Kazuo Takimiya;Hideaki Ebata;Katsuhiro Sakamoto;Takafumi Izawa

  521
  Citations

• Molecular Ordering of High‐Performance Soluble Molecular Semiconductors and Re‐evaluation of Their Field‐Effect Transistor Characteristics

  Takafumi Izawa;Eigo Miyazaki;Kazuo Takimiya

  487
  Citations

• Stretchable and waterproof elastomer-coated organic photovoltaics for washable electronic textile applications

  Hiroaki Jinno;Hiroaki Jinno;Kenjiro Fukuda;Kenjiro Fukuda;Xiaomin Xu;Sungjun Park

  465
  Citations

• Solution‐Processable Organic Single Crystals with Bandlike Transport in Field‐Effect Transistors

  Chuan Liu;Takeo Minari;Xubing Lu;Akichika Kumatani

  431
  Citations

• High-efficiency polymer solar cells with small photon energy loss.

  Kazuaki Kawashima;Yasunari Tamai;Hideo Ohkita;Hideo Ohkita;Itaru Osaka

  423
  Citations

• Patternable solution-crystallized organic transistors with high charge carrier mobility.

  Kengo Nakayama;Yuri Hirose;Junshi Soeda;Masahiro Yoshizumi

  415
  Citations

• Alkylated dinaphtho[2,3-b:2′,3′-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes (Cn-DNTTs): Organic semiconductors for high-performance thin-film transistors

  Myeong Jin Kang;Iori Doi;Hiroki Mori;Eigo Miyazaki

  396
  Citations

• Organic transistors with high thermal stability for medical applications

  Kazunori Kuribara;He Wang;Naoya Uchiyama;Kenjiro Fukuda

  389
  Citations

• Synthesis, Characterization, and Transistor and Solar Cell Applications of a Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymer

  Itaru Osaka;Masafumi Shimawaki;Hiroki Mori;Iori Doi

  383
  Citations

• Consecutive thiophene-annulation approach to π-extended thienoacene-based organic semiconductors with [1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) substructure.

  Takamichi Mori;Takeshi Nishimura;Tatsuya Yamamoto;Iori Doi

  368
  Citations

• Implication of Fluorine Atom on Electronic Properties, Ordering Structures, and Photovoltaic Performance in Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymers

  Kazuaki Kawashima;Kazuaki Kawashima;Tomohiro Fukuhara;Yousuke Suda;Yasuhito Suzuki

  357
  Citations

• Functional oligothiophenes as advanced molecular electronic materials

  Tetsuo Otsubo;Yoshio Aso;Kazuo Takimiya

  328
  Citations

• Very High Mobility in Solution-Processed Organic Thin-Film Transistors of Highly Ordered [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene Derivatives

  Takafumi Uemura;Yuri Hirose;Mayumi Uno;Kazuo Takimiya

  328
  Citations

• Naphthodithiophene–Naphthobisthiadiazole Copolymers for Solar Cells: Alkylation Drives the Polymer Backbone Flat and Promotes Efficiency

  Itaru Osaka;Takeshi Kakara;Noriko Takemura;Tomoyuki Koganezawa

  327
  Citations

• Linear- and Angular-Shaped Naphthodithiophenes: Selective Synthesis, Properties, and Application to Organic Field-Effect Transistors

  Shoji Shinamura;Itaru Osaka;Eigo Miyazaki;Akiko Nakao

  317
  Citations

• Erratum: Synthesis, characterization, and transistor and solar cell applications of a naphthobisthiadiazole-based semiconducting polymer (Journals American Chemical Society (2012) 134 (3498-3507) DOI: 10.1021/ja210687r)

  Itaru Osaka;Masafumi Shimawaki;Hiroki Mori;Iori Doi

  10
  Citations