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Kwangyeol Lee

Kwangyeol Lee

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
18880
World Ranking
4403
National Ranking
161

Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
18679
World Ranking
6134
National Ranking
94

Kwangyeol Lee 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 Kwangyeol Lee sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 282 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kwangyeol Lee 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 Kwangyeol Lee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kwangyeol Lee is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on the engineering and energy sectors, with significant contributions to materials science. These fields encompass a range of subfields, including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's major topics of work include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, advanced photocatalysis techniques, fuel cells and related materials, MXene and MAX phase materials, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts.

Frequently collaborating with various researchers, Kwangyeol Lee's closest coauthors include Hionsuck Baik, Taehyun Kwon, Taekyung Kim, Gracita M. Tomboc, and Minki Jun.

Lee has published extensively in several scientific venues, with notable recurring publications in:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Small Methods
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Small

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Lee are:

  • "Potential Link between Cu Surface and Selective CO2 Electroreduction: Perspective on Future Electrocatalyst Designs," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Safeguarding the RuO2 phase against lattice oxygen oxidation during acidic water electrooxidation," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "High entropy alloy electrocatalysts: a critical assessment of fabrication and performance," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Nanocatalyst Design for Long-Term Operation of Proton/Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Intermetallic PtCu Nanoframes as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts," 2020, Nano Letters

Best Publications

  • Nanomaterials for theranostics: recent advances and future challenges.

    Eun Kyung Lim;Eun Kyung Lim;Taekhoon Kim;Taekhoon Kim;Soonmyung Paik;Seungjoo Haam

  • Morphology‐Controlled Metal Sulfides and Phosphides for Electrochemical Water Splitting

    Jinwhan Joo;Taekyung Kim;Jaeyoung Lee;Sang Il Choi

  • Size‐Dependent Magnetic Properties of Colloidal Mn3O4 and MnO Nanoparticles

    Won Seok Seo;Hyong Hoon Jo;Kwangyeol Lee;Bongsoo Kim

  • MXene: an emerging two-dimensional material for future energy conversion and storage applications

    Nitin K. Chaudhari;Hanuel Jin;Byeongyoon Kim;Du San Baek

  • Convertible organic nanoparticles for near-infrared photothermal ablation of cancer cells.

    Jaemoon Yang;Jihye Choi;Doyeon Bang;Eunjung Kim

  • Nanostructured materials on 3D nickel foam as electrocatalysts for water splitting

    Nitin K. Chaudhari;Haneul Jin;Byeongyoon Kim;Kwangyeol Lee

  • Synthesis and optical properties of colloidal tungsten oxide nanorods.

    Kwangyeol Lee;Won Seok Seo;Joon T. Park

  • Multifunctional Magneto‐Polymeric Nanohybrids for Targeted Detection and Synergistic Therapeutic Effects on Breast Cancer

    Jaemoon Yang;Choong Hwan Lee;Hyun Ju Ko;Jin Suck Suh

  • Room-temperature semiconductor gas sensor based on nonstoichiometric tungsten oxide nanorod film

    Yong Shin Kim;Seung Chul Ha;Kyuwon Kim;Kyuwon Kim;Haesik Yang;Haesik Yang

  • Preparation and Optical Properties of Highly Crystalline, Colloidal, and Size‐Controlled Indium Oxide Nanoparticles

    Won Seok Seo;Hyong Hoon Jo;Kwangyeol Lee;Joon T. Park

  • Hollow silica nanocontainers as drug delivery vehicles.

    Jaemoon Yang;Jaewon Lee;Jinyoung Kang;Kwangyeol Lee

  • Iridium-Based Multimetallic Nanoframe@Nanoframe Structure: An Efficient and Robust Electrocatalyst toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Jongsik Park;Young Jin Sa;Hionsuck Baik;Taehyun Kwon

  • Potential Link between Cu Surface and Selective CO2 Electroreduction: Perspective on Future Electrocatalyst Designs

    Gracita M. Tomboc;Songa Choi;Taehyun Kwon;Yun Jeong Hwang;Yun Jeong Hwang

  • Hollow nanoparticles as emerging electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversion reactions

    Jongsik Park;Taehyun Kwon;Jun Kim;Haneul Jin

  • pH‐Triggered Drug‐Releasing Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy Guided by Molecular Imaging by MRI

    Eun Kyung Lim;Yong Min Huh;Jaemoon Yang;Kwangyeol Lee

  • Ga-Based Liquid Metal Micro/Nanoparticles: Recent Advances and Applications.

    Hyunsun Song;Taekyung Kim;Seohyun Kang;Haneul Jin

  • Cobalt Assisted Synthesis of IrCu Hollow Octahedral Nanocages as Highly Active Electrocatalysts toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Taehyun Kwon;Hyeyoun Hwang;Young Jin Sa;Jongsik Park

  • Ambient pressure syntheses of size-controlled corundum-type In2O3 nanocubes.

    Chang Hoon Lee;Minsik Kim;Taekhoon Kim;Ansoon Kim

  • Skeletal octahedral nanoframe with cartesian coordinates via geometrically precise nanoscale phase segregation in a Pt@Ni core-shell nanocrystal

    Aram Oh;Hionsuck Baik;Dong Shin Choi;Jae Yeong Cheon

  • Safeguarding the RuO2 phase against lattice oxygen oxidation during acidic water electrooxidation

    Haneul Jin;Haneul Jin;Songa Choi;Gi Joo Bang;Taehyun Kwon;Taehyun Kwon

  • [60]fullerene--metal cluster complexes: novel bonding modes and electronic communication.

    Kwangyeol Lee;Hyunjoon Song;Joon T. Park

  • Catalytic nanoparticles being facet-controlled

    Kwangyeol Lee;Minsik Kim;Heonjo Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Hionsuck Baik
Hionsuck Baik Samsung (South Korea)
Sang Hoon Joo
Sang Hoon Joo Seoul National University
Hyunjoon Song
Hyunjoon Song Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sang-Il Choi
Sang-Il Choi Kyungpook National University
Haesik Yang
Haesik Yang Pusan National University
Ho Seong Jang
Ho Seong Jang Korea Institute of Science and Technology
John R. Shapley
John R. Shapley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jinghong Li
Jinghong Li Tsinghua University
Bongsoo Kim
Bongsoo Kim Pusan National University
Changhoon Lee
Changhoon Lee Seoul National University

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