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Koen Vandewal

Koen Vandewal

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
76
Citations
22656
World Ranking
3252
National Ranking
30

Koen Vandewal 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 Koen Vandewal sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 230 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Koen Vandewal 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 Koen Vandewal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Koen Vandewal is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Materials Chemistry. Their research spans various subfields including Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.

The scientist's work predominantly covers topics such as Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, and Photonic and Optical Devices.

Their recent papers include:

  • A History and Perspective of Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells (2021, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Reverse dark current in organic photodetectors and the major role of traps as source of noise (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Sub-picosecond charge-transfer at near-zero driving force in polymer:non-fullerene acceptor blends and bilayers (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Intrinsic Detectivity Limits of Organic Near-Infrared Photodetectors (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Enhancing sub-bandgap external quantum efficiency by photomultiplication for narrowband organic near-infrared photodetectors (2021, Nature Communications)

Koen Vandewal frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors including Wouter Maes, Sam Gielen, Johannes Benduhn, Laurence Lutsen, and Donato Spoltore.

The major venues for their publications are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Materials Horizons
  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemistry of Materials

Best Publications

  • A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers

    Rodrigo Noriega;Rodrigo Noriega;Jonathan Rivnay;Jonathan Rivnay;Koen Vandewal;Felix P. V. Koch

  • 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

  • Efficient charge generation by relaxed charge-transfer states at organic interfaces

    Koen Vandewal;Steve N. Albrecht;Eric T. Hoke;Kenneth Graham

  • Intrinsic non-radiative voltage losses in fullerene-based organic solar cells

    Johannes Benduhn;Kristofer Tvingstedt;Fortunato Piersimoni;Sascha Ullbrich

  • 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

  • A History and Perspective of Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells

    Ardalan Armin;Wei Li;Oskar J. Sandberg;Zuo Xiao

  • Electroluminescence from charge transfer states in polymer solar cells.

    Kristofer Tvingstedt;Koen Vandewal;Abay Gadisa;Fengling Zhang

  • Beyond Langevin Recombination: How Equilibrium Between Free Carriers and Charge Transfer States Determines the Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells

    Timothy M. Burke;Sean Sweetnam;Koen Vandewal;Michael D. McGehee

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

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

  • An Easily Accessible Isoindigo-Based Polymer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Ergang Wang;Zaifei Ma;Zhen Zhang;Zhen Zhang;Koen Vandewal

  • Optical Gaps of Organic Solar Cells as a Reference for Comparing Voltage Losses

    Yuming Wang;Deping Qian;Yong Cui;Huotian Zhang

  • High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cell via Polymer Side-Chain Engineering

    Yan Zhou;Tadanori Kurosawa;Wei Ma;Yikun Guo

  • Importance of the Donor:Fullerene Intermolecular Arrangement for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

    Kenneth Graham;Kenneth Graham;Clement Cabanetos;Justin P. Jahnke;Matthew N. Idso

  • Organic narrowband near-infrared photodetectors based on intermolecular charge-transfer absorption.

    Bernhard Siegmund;Andreas Mischok;Johannes Benduhn;Olaf Zeika

  • Recombination in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltages Approaching and Exceeding 1.0 V

    Eric T. Hoke;Koen Vandewal;Jonathan A. Bartelt;William R. Mateker

  • Interfacial Charge Transfer States in Condensed Phase Systems

    Koen Vandewal

  • Redefining near-unity luminescence in quantum dots with photothermal threshold quantum yield.

    David A. Hanifi;Noah D. Bronstein;Brent A. Koscher;Brent A. Koscher;Zach Nett

  • Reverse dark current in organic photodetectors and the major role of traps as source of noise.

    Jonas Kublitski;Andreas Hofacker;Bahman K. Boroujeni;Johannes Benduhn

  • 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

  • Increased Open‐Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells by Reduced Donor‐Acceptor Interface Area

    Koen Vandewal;Koen Vandewal;Johannes Widmer;Thomas Heumueller;Christoph J. Brabec

  • Elementary steps in electrical doping of organic semiconductors

    Max Lutz Tietze;Johannes Benduhn;Paul Pahner;Bernhard Nell

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Leo
Karl Leo TU Dresden
Jean Manca
Jean Manca Hasselt University
Wouter Maes
Wouter Maes Hasselt University
Alberto Salleo
Alberto Salleo Stanford University
Dirk Vanderzande
Dirk Vanderzande Hasselt University
Dieter Neher
Dieter Neher University of Potsdam
Olle Inganäs
Olle Inganäs Linköping University
Laurence Lutsen
Laurence Lutsen Hasselt University
Jan D'Haen
Jan D'Haen Hasselt University
Zaifei Ma
Zaifei Ma Donghua University

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