2026 Kian Ping Loh: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	144	196	189	5	5	753	95209

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

144

196

189

753

95209

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Kian Ping Loh is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with a significant body of work spanning various subfields such as materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's work also covers multiple research topics, including:

2D Materials and Applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Kian Ping Loh has authored several papers, some of the recent prominent publications include:

"Graphene oxide for photonics, electronics and optoelectronics" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Chemistry
"Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials" (2021), published in Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
"Tracking the Role of Defect Types in Co₃O₄ Structural Evolution and Active Motifs during Oxygen Evolution Reaction" (2023), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Highly Efficient Thermally Co-evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells and Mini-modules" (2020), published in Joule
"A Defect Engineered Electrocatalyst that Promotes High-Efficiency Urea Synthesis under Ambient Conditions" (2022), published in ACS Nano

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Nature Communications
Advanced Materials
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ACS Nano

Kian Ping Loh often collaborates with various researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include:

Qing-Hua Xu
Zhongxin Chen
Xiaoxu Zhao
Kai Leng
Runlai Li

Best Publications

The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets

Manishkumar Chhowalla;Hyeon Suk Shin;Goki Eda;Lain Jong Li

10247
Citations
Graphene oxide as a chemically tunable platform for optical applications

Kian Ping Loh;Qiaoliang Bao;Goki Eda;Manishkumar Chhowalla;Manishkumar Chhowalla

3713
Citations
Atomic‐Layer Graphene as a Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Pulsed Lasers

Qiaoliang Bao;Han Zhang;Yu Wang;Zhenhua Ni

2983
Citations
Graphene photonics, plasmonics, and broadband optoelectronic devices.

Qiaoliang Bao;Kian Ping Loh

2187
Citations
Hydrothermal Dehydration for the “Green” Reduction of Exfoliated Graphene Oxide to Graphene and Demonstration of Tunable Optical Limiting Properties

Yong Zhou;Qiaoliang Bao;Lena Ai Ling Tang;Yulin Zhong

1778
Citations
The chemistry of graphene

Kian Ping Loh;Qiaoliang Bao;Priscilla Kailian Ang;Jiaxiang Yang

1772
Citations
One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanoribbons, Nanoparticles, and Graphene by the Exfoliation of Graphite in Ionic Liquids

Jiong Lu;Jia-xiang Yang;Junzhong Wang;Ailian Lim

1377
Citations
Broadband graphene polarizer

Qiaoliang Bao;Han Zhang;Han Zhang;Bing Wang;Zhenhua Ni

1256
Citations
Origin of Enhanced Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation on Graphene and Graphene Oxide

Wong Cheng Lee;Candy Haley Y. X. Lim;Hui Shi;Lena A. L. Tang

1162
Citations
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS_2) as a broadband saturable absorber for ultra-fast photonics

H. Zhang;S. B. Lu;J. Zheng;J. Du

1161
Citations
Length-dependent thermal conductivity in suspended single-layer graphene.

Xiangfan Xu;Luiz F. C. Pereira;Yu Wang;Jing Wu

1078
Citations
Electrocatalytically active graphene-porphyrin MOF composite for oxygen reduction reaction.

Maryam Jahan;Qiaoliang Bao;Kian Ping Loh

1053
Citations
A Graphene Oxide and Copper-Centered Metal Organic Framework Composite as a Tri-Functional Catalyst for HER, OER, and ORR

Maryam Jahan;Zhaolin Liu;Kian Ping Loh

1041
Citations
Solution-gated epitaxial graphene as pH sensor.

Priscilla Kailian Ang;Wei Chen;Andrew Thye Shen Wee;Kian Ping Loh

874
Citations
High yield exfoliation of two-dimensional chalcogenides using sodium naphthalenide

Jian Zheng;Han Zhang;Shaohua Dong;Yanpeng Liu

838
Citations
Low-dimensional catalysts for hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction

Damien Voiry;Hyeon Suk Shin;Kian Ping Loh;Manishkumar Chhowalla

799
Citations
Electrochemical Delamination of CVD-Grown Graphene Film: Toward the Recyclable Use of Copper Catalyst

Yu Wang;Yi Zheng;Xiangfan Xu;Emilie Dubuisson

775
Citations
Transforming C60 molecules into graphene quantum dots

Jiong Lu;Pei Shan Emmeline Yeo;Pei Shan Emmeline Yeo;Chee Kwan Gan;Ping Wu

751
Citations
Large nonlinear Kerr effect in graphene

Han Zhang;Stephane Virally;Qiaoliang Bao;Kian Ping Loh

683
Citations
High-yield synthesis of few-layer graphene flakes through electrochemical expansion of graphite in propylene carbonate electrolyte

Junzhong Wang;Kiran Kumar Manga;Qiaoliang Bao;Kian Ping Loh

681
Citations
Atomic layer graphene as saturable absorber for ultrafast pulsed lasers

Qiaoliang Bao;Han Zhang;Yu Wang;Zhenhua Ni

55
Citations