2026 Kunal Karan: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	54	3257	3118	136	132	188	9202
Chemistry	53	13166	11851	357	311	184	9175

Overview

Kunal Karan is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and is active in research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on various key topics, including:

Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Recent papers by Kunal Karan include the following:

Designing fuel cell catalyst support for superior catalytic activity and low mass-transport resistance, 2022, Nature Communications
Recent Advances in the Unconventional Design of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Devices, 2022, Electrochemical Energy Reviews
Filler-Free Conducting Polymers as a New Class of Transparent Electromagnetic Interference Shields, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Highly Sensitive and Stretchable Carbon Nanotube/Fluoroelastomer Nanocomposite with a Double-Percolated Network for Wearable Electronics, 2020, Advanced Electronic Materials
Ultrasensitive wearable sensor with novel hybrid structures of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes in fluoroelastomer: Multi-directional sensing for human health monitoring and stretchable electronics, 2021, Applied Materials Today

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kunal Karan are:

Vinayaraj Ozhukil Kollath
Steve Larter
Venkataraman Thangadurai
Arindom Sen
Uttandaraman Sundararaj

Publication venues where Kunal Karan frequently contributes include:

ECS Meeting Abstracts
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Applied Materials Today

Best Publications

An improved two-dimensional agglomerate cathode model to study the influence of catalyst layer structural parameters

Wei Sun;Brant A. Peppley;Brant A. Peppley;Kunal Karan

523
Citations
Experimental investigation of the role of a microporous layer on the water transport and performance of a PEM fuel cell

Hasan K. Atiyeh;Kunal Karan;Brant Peppley;Aaron Phoenix

267
Citations
Multi-variable optimization of PEMFC cathodes using an agglomerate model

M. Secanell;K. Karan;A. Suleman;N. Djilali

264
Citations
Self-Assembly and Transport Limitations in Confined Nafion Films

Miguel A. Modestino;Miguel A. Modestino;Devproshad K. Paul;Shudipto Dishari;Stephanie A. Petrina

253
Citations
On the evaluation of the viscosity of nanofluid systems: Modeling and data assessment

Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh;Amir Varamesh;Maen M. Husein;Kunal Karan

249
Citations
On effective transport coefficients in PEM fuel cell electrodes: Anisotropy of the porous transport layers

J.G. Pharoah;K. Karan;W. Sun

243
Citations
Integrated fuel processors for fuel cell application : A review

Aidu Qi;Aidu Qi;Brant Peppley;Brant Peppley;Kunal Karan

240
Citations
Impact of Substrate and Processing on Confinement of Nafion Thin Films

Ahmet Kusoglu;Douglas Kushner;Devproshad K. Paul;Kunal Karan

240
Citations
Computation of TPB length, surface area and pore size from numerical reconstruction of composite solid oxide fuel cell electrodes

Ben Kenney;Mikelis Valdmanis;Craig Baker;J.G. Pharoah

235
Citations
Modeling the Influence of GDL and flow-field plate parameters on the reaction distribution in the PEMFC cathode catalyst layer

Wei Sun;Brant A. Peppley;Brant A. Peppley;Kunal Karan

224
Citations
Proton Transport Property in Supported Nafion Nanothin Films by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Devproshad K. Paul;Devproshad K. Paul;Richard McCreery;Kunal Karan

223
Citations
Investigation of Charge-Transfer and Mass-Transport Resistances in PEMFCs with Microporous Layer Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Dzmitry Malevich;Ela Halliop;Brant A. Peppley;Jon G. Pharoah

205
Citations
The key mechanism of conductivity in PEDOT:PSS thin films exposed by anomalous conduction behaviour upon solvent-doping and sulfuric acid post-treatment

Ehsan Hosseini;Vinayaraj Ozhukil Kollath;Kunal Karan

200
Citations
Characteristics of self-assembled ultrathin Nafion films

Devproshad K. Paul;Kunal Karan;Aristides Docoslis;Javier B. Giorgi

193
Citations
A comparison of different approaches to modelling the PEMFC catalyst layer

D. Harvey;D. Harvey;J.G. Pharoah;J.G. Pharoah;K. Karan;K. Karan

187
Citations
Kinetic Studies of Reaction between Sodium Borohydride and Methanol, Water, and Their Mixtures

Chih-Ting F. Lo;Kunal Karan;Boyd R. Davis

187
Citations
Towards the understanding of proton conduction mechanism in PEMFC catalyst layer: Conductivity of adsorbed Nafion films

Devproshad K. Paul;Andrew Fraser;Kunal Karan

186
Citations
Analysis of Low Platinum Loading Thin Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Electrodes Prepared by Inkjet Printing

S. Shukla;K. Domican;K. Karan;S. Bhattacharjee

164
Citations
Designing fuel cell catalyst support for superior catalytic activity and low mass-transport resistance

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162
Citations
A Review of Mathematical Models for Hydrogen and Direct Methanol Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

K.Z. Yao;K. Karan;K.B. McAuley;P. Oosthuizen

160
Citations
A combined QCM and XPS investigation of asphaltene adsorption on metal surfaces.

Amit Rudrake;Kunal Karan;J. Hugh Horton

140
Citations