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Kwang-Bum Kim

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Chemistry
Korea
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
71
Citations
16437
World Ranking
4282
National Ranking
157

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
16349
World Ranking
5622
National Ranking
86

Kwang-Bum Kim 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 Kwang-Bum Kim sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 339 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kwang-Bum Kim 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 Kwang-Bum Kim sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Kwang-Bum Kim is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has a significant research presence primarily in engineering and materials science. Their work spans several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, automotive engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics of Kwang-Bum Kim's research include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

Frequent coauthors in their research network include:

  • Young Hwan Kim
  • Masoud Nazarian-Samani
  • Yeon Jun Choi
  • Safa Haghighat-Shishavan
  • Mahboobeh Nazarian-Samani

Their publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Energy Storage Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Notable recent papers by Kwang-Bum Kim include:

  • "Thermo-Adaptive Block Copolymer Structural Color Electronics", 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Perforated two-dimensional nanoarchitectures for next-generation batteries: Recent advances and extensible perspectives", 2020, Progress in Materials Science
  • "Electrolyte modulation of BiPS4 concurrently suppressing the Bi coarsening and polysulfide shuttle effect in K-ion batteries", 2021, Energy Storage Materials
  • "Realization of Sn2P2S6-carbon nanotube anode with high K+/Na+ storage performance via rational interface manipulation-induced shuttle-effect inhibition and self-healing", 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Mechanically Resilient Graphene Assembly Microspheres with Interlocked N-Doped Graphene Nanostructures Grown In Situ for Highly Stable Lithium Metal Anodes", 2022, Advanced Functional Materials

Kwang-Bum Kim's publication record includes 96 works categorized under engineering and 42 works under materials science. In the subfields, the majority of publications focus on electrical and electronic engineering (79), followed by materials chemistry (23), and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials (19). Additional contributions are found in automotive engineering and mechanical engineering.

Best Publications

  • Structural changes and thermal stability of charged LiNixMnyCozO2 cathode materials studied by combined in situ time-resolved XRD and mass spectroscopy

    Seong Min Bak;Enyuan Hu;Yongning Zhou;Xiqian Yu

  • Synthesis and characterization of manganese dioxide spontaneously coated on carbon nanotubes

    Sang Bok Ma;Kyun Young Ahn;Eun Sung Lee;Ki Hwan Oh

  • A Study of the Preparation of NiO x Electrode via Electrochemical Route for Supercapacitor Applications and Their Charge Storage Mechanism

    Kyung Wan Nam;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Correlating Structural Changes and Gas Evolution during the Thermal Decomposition of Charged LixNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathode Materials

    Seong Min Bak;Seong Min Bak;Seong Min Bak;Kyung Wan Nam;Wonyoung Chang;Xiqian Yu

  • Oxygen contribution on Li-ion intercalation-deintercalation in LiCoO2 investigated by O K-edge and Co L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Won Sub Yoon;Kwang Bum Kim;Min Gyu Kim;Min Kyu Lee

  • Electrochemical properties of manganese oxide coated onto carbon nanotubes for energy-storage applications

    Sang Bok Ma;Kyung Wan Nam;Won Sub Yoon;Xiao Qing Yang

  • Synthesis and electrochemical properties of a sulfur-multi walled carbon nanotubes composite as a cathode material for lithium sulfur batteries

    Wook Ahn;Kwang Bum Kim;Kyu Nam Jung;Kyoung Hee Shin

  • X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies of nickel oxide thin film electrodes for supercapacitors

    Kyung Wan Nam;Won Sub Yoon;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Li3PO4 surface coating on Ni-rich LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 by a citric acid assisted sol-gel method: Improved thermal stability and high-voltage performance

    Suk Woo Lee;Myeong Seong Kim;Jun Hui Jeong;Dong Hyun Kim

  • Electrodeposited manganese oxides on three-dimensional carbon nanotube substrate: Supercapacitive behaviour in aqueous and organic electrolytes

    Kyung Wan Nam;Kyung Wan Nam;Chang Wook Lee;Xiao Qing Yang;Byung Won Cho

  • In Situ Mn K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Electrodeposited Manganese Oxide Films for Electrochemical Capacitors

    Kyung Wan Nam;Kyung Wan Nam;Min Gyu Kim;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Electrochemical Characterization of Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide Thin-Film Electrodes for Electrochemical Capacitor Applications

    Il Hwan Kim;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Pseudocapacitive properties of electrochemically prepared nickel oxides on 3-dimensional carbon nanotube film substrates

    Kyung Wan Nam;Kyung Wan Nam;Kwang Heon Kim;Eun Sung Lee;Won Sub Yoon

  • Electrochemical properties of leucoemeraldine, emeraldine, and pernigraniline forms of polyaniline/multi-wall carbon nanotube nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications

    Seung Beom Yoon;Eun Hyea Yoon;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Fabrication and electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube film electrodes

    Jae Hong Kim;Kyung Wan Nam;Sang Bok Ma;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Manganese Oxide Film Electrodes Prepared by Electrostatic Spray Deposition for Electrochemical Capacitors

    Kyung Wan Nam;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Ruthenium Oxide Thin Film Electrodes for Supercapacitors

    Il Hwan Kim;Kwang Bum Kim

  • Spinel LiMn2O4/reduced graphene oxide hybrid for high rate lithium ion batteries

    Seong Min Bak;Kyung Wan Nam;Chang Wook Lee;Kwang Heon Kim

  • A novel concept of hybrid capacitor based on manganese oxide materials

    Sang Bok Ma;Kyung Wan Nam;Won Sub Yoon;Xiao Qing Yang

  • Investigations into capacity fading as a result of a Jahn–Teller distortion in 4 V LiMn2O4 thin film electrodes

    Kyung Yoon Chung;Kwang Bum Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwang Chul Roh
Kwang Chul Roh Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
Kyung-Wan Nam
Kyung-Wan Nam Dongguk University
Won-Sub Yoon
Won-Sub Yoon Sungkyunkwan University
Kyung Yoon Chung
Kyung Yoon Chung Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Xiao-Qing Yang
Xiao-Qing Yang Brookhaven National Laboratory
Byung Won Cho
Byung Won Cho Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Vanchiappan Aravindan
Vanchiappan Aravindan Indian Institute of Science
Kisuk Kang
Kisuk Kang Seoul National University
Suk Woo Nam
Suk Woo Nam Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Zhongwei Chen
Zhongwei Chen University of Waterloo

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