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52
Citations
13620
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9426
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2280

Kee Sung Han 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 Kee Sung Han sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 160 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kee Sung Han 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 Kee Sung Han sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kee Sung Han is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering, geophysics, environmental chemistry, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research spans several specialized topics including:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications

Frequent coauthors with whom Kee Sung Han has collaborated include:

  • Ying Chen
  • David Bazak
  • Vijay Murugesan
  • Sarah Burton
  • Hannah Gruenwald

The scientist has published articles in multiple venues, with the most frequent including:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Some recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Kee Sung Han are:

  • Stabilizing Zinc Anode Reactions by Polyethylene Oxide Polymer in Mild Aqueous Electrolytes, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Non-polar ether-based electrolyte solutions for stable high-voltage non-aqueous lithium metal batteries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Metal-Organic Framework-Based Microfluidic Impedance Sensor Platform for Ultrasensitive Detection of Perfluorooctanesulfonate, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Diversity-oriented synthesis of polymer membranes with ion solvation cages, 2021, Nature
  • Advanced Low-Flammable Electrolytes for Stable Operation of High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Reversible aqueous zinc/manganese oxide energy storage from conversion reactions

    Huilin Pan;Yuyan Shao;Pengfei Yan;Yingwen Cheng

  • High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries Enabled by Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes.

    Shuru Chen;Jianming Zheng;Donghai Mei;Kee Sung Han

  • Manipulating Adsorption–Insertion Mechanisms in Nanostructured Carbon Materials for High‐Efficiency Sodium Ion Storage

    Shen Qiu;Lifen Xiao;Lifen Xiao;Maria L. Sushko;Kee Sung Han

  • Non-flammable electrolytes with high salt-to-solvent ratios for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries

    Ziqi Zeng;Vijayakumar Murugesan;Kee Sung Han;Xiaoyu Jiang

  • Joint Charge Storage for High-Rate Aqueous Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Batteries.

    Yan Jin;Yan Jin;Lianfeng Zou;Lili Liu;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Non-encapsulation approach for high-performance Li–S batteries through controlled nucleation and growth

    Huilin Pan;Junzheng Chen;Ruiguo Cao;Vijay Murugesan

  • Stabilizing Zinc Anode Reactions by Polyethylene Oxide Polymer in Mild Aqueous Electrolytes

    Yan Jin;Kee Sung Han;Yuyan Shao;Maria L. Sushko

  • Controlling Solid–Liquid Conversion Reactions for a Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc–Iodine Battery

    Huilin Pan;Bin Li;Donghai Mei;Zimin Nie

  • Enabling room temperature sodium metal batteries

    Ruiguo Cao;Kuber Mishra;Kuber Mishra;Xiaolin Li;Jiangfeng Qian

  • Non-polar ether-based electrolyte solutions for stable high-voltage non-aqueous lithium metal batteries

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  • Conversion of glucose into levulinic acid with solid metal(IV) phosphate catalysts

    Ronen Weingarten;Yong Tae Kim;Geoffrey A. Tompsett;Alejandro Fernández

  • Addressing Passivation in Lithium–Sulfur Battery Under Lean Electrolyte Condition

    Huilin Pan;Kee Sung Han;Kee Sung Han;Mark H. Engelhard;Ruiguo Cao

  • Long term stability of Li-S batteries using high concentration lithium nitrate electrolytes

    Brian D. Adams;Emily V. Carino;Justin G. Connell;Kee Sung Han

  • Elucidating the Solvation Structure and Dynamics of Lithium Polysulfides Resulting from Competitive Salt and Solvent Interactions

    Nav Nidhi Rajput;Vijayakumar Murugesan;Yongwoo Shin;Kee Sung Han

  • Highly active electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries based on a [Mg2(μ-Cl)2]2+ cation complex in dimethoxyethane

    Yingwen Cheng;Ryan M. Stolley;Kee Sung Han;Yuyan Shao

  • Nanocomposite polymer electrolyte for rechargeable magnesium batteries

    Yuyan Shao;Nav Nidhi Rajput;Jianzhi Hu;Mary Hu

  • Effect of the Anion Activity on the Stability of Li Metal Anodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

    Ruiguo Cao;Junzheng Chen;Kee Sung Han;Wu Xu

  • Metal-Organic Framework-Based Microfluidic Impedance Sensor Platform for Ultrasensitive Detection of Perfluorooctanesulfonate.

    Yu H. Cheng;Dushyant Barpaga;Jennifer A. Soltis;V. Shutthanandan

  • Improving Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance under Lean Electrolyte through Nanoscale Confinement in Soft Swellable Gels

    Junzheng Chen;Wesley A. Henderson;Huilin Pan;Brian R. Perdue

  • Mechanism of Formation of Li7P3S11 Solid Electrolytes through Liquid Phase Synthesis

    Yuxing Wang;Dongping Lu;Mark Bowden;Patrick Z. El Khoury

  • Lithium-Pretreated Hard Carbon as High-Performance Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes

    Biwei Xiao;Fernando A. Soto;Meng Gu;Kee Sung Han

  • Efficient CO2 Capture by Porous, Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Adsorbents Derived from Task-Specific Ionic Liquids

    Xiang Zhu;Xiang Zhu;Patrick C Hillesheim;Shannon Mark Mahurin;Chongmin Wang;Chongmin Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl T. Mueller
Karl T. Mueller Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Vijayakumar Murugesan
Vijayakumar Murugesan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ji-Guang Zhang
Ji-Guang Zhang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Yuyan Shao
Yuyan Shao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kristin A. Persson
Kristin A. Persson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xiaolin Li
Xiaolin Li Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chongmin Wang
Chongmin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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