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D-Index
70
Citations
18074
World Ranking
4413
National Ranking
1177

Lee J. Richter 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 Lee J. Richter sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 284 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lee J. Richter 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 Lee J. Richter 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

Lee J. Richter is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of engineering and materials science, with a substantial output in specialized subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, highlighting areas such as organic electronics and photovoltaics, conducting polymers and their applications, perovskite materials and applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and thin-film transistor technologies.

Recent publications by Lee J. Richter include the following:

  • "CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm −2", 2020, Science
  • "Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation", 2020, Nature Energy
  • "Sub-picosecond charge-transfer at near-zero driving force in polymer:non-fullerene acceptor blends and bilayers", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Dynamical evolution of the 2D/3D interface: a hidden driver behind perovskite solar cell instability", 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Fast Near-Infrared Photodetection Using III-V Colloidal Quantum Dots", 2022, Advanced Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee J. Richter include:

  • Lucas Q. Flagg
  • Ruipeng Li
  • Ahmad R. Kirmani
  • Christine K. Luscombe
  • F. Pelayo García de Arquer

The scientist regularly publishes in several academic venues. These include:

  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm−2

    F. Pelayo García de Arquer;Cao-Thang Dinh;Adnan Ozden;Joshua Wicks

  • Optical properties of coupled metallic nanorods for field-enhanced spectroscopy

    J. Aizpurua;J. Aizpurua;Garnett W. Bryant;Lee J. Richter;F. J. García de Abajo;F. J. García de Abajo

  • Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation

    Xue Wang;Ziyun Wang;F. Pelayo García de Arquer;Cao Thang Dinh

  • Molecular origin of high field-effect mobility in an indacenodithiophene–benzothiadiazole copolymer

    Xinran Zhang;Hugo Bronstein;Auke J. Kronemeijer;Jeremy Smith

  • Contact-induced crystallinity for high-performance soluble acene-based transistors and circuits.

    D. J. Gundlach;J. E. Royer;S. K. Park;S. Subramanian

  • Semiconducting Thienothiophene Copolymers: Design, Synthesis, Morphology, and Performance in Thin‐Film Organic Transistors

    I McCulloch;M Heeney;ML Chabinyc;D DeLongchamp

  • Molecular packing of high-mobility diketo pyrrolo-pyrrole polymer semiconductors with branched alkyl side chains

    Xinran Zhang;Lee J. Richter;Dean M. DeLongchamp;R. Joseph Kline

  • Vibrationally resolved sum-frequency generation with broad-bandwidth infrared pulses.

    Lee J. Richter;Teresa P. Petralli-Mallow;John C. Stephenson

  • Critical Role of Side-Chain Attachment Density on the Order and Device Performance of Polythiophenes

    R. Joseph Kline;Dean M. Delongchamp;Daniel A. Fischer;Eric K. Lin

  • Anisotropic Structure and Charge Transport in Highly Strain‐Aligned Regioregular Poly(3‐hexylthiophene)

    Brendan O'Connor;R. Joseph Kline;Brad R. Conrad;Lee J. Richter

  • High Carrier Mobility Polythiophene Thin Films: Structure Determination by Experiment and Theory†

    Dean M. DeLongchamp;Regis J. Kline;Eric K. Lin;Daniel A. Fischer

  • Molecular Order in High-Efficiency Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Matthew R. Hammond;Regis J. Kline;Andrew A. Herzing;Lee J. Richter

  • Variations in semiconducting polymer microstructure and hole mobility with spin-coating speed

    Dean M. Delongchamp;Brandon M. Vogel;Youngsuk Jung;Marc C. Gurau

  • Molecular characterization of organic electronic films.

    Dean M. DeLongchamp;R. Joseph Kline;Daniel A. Fischer;Lee J. Richter

  • Measuring Molecular Order in Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Thin Films with Polarizing Spectroscopies

    Marc C. Gurau;Dean M. Delongchamp;Brandon M. Vogel;Eric K. Lin

  • Substrate-dependent interface composition and charge transport in films for organic photovoltaics

    David S. Germack;Calvin K. Chan;Behrang H. Hamadani;Lee J. Richter

  • Correlations between Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polythiophenes

    Brendan O’Connor;Edwin P. Chan;Calvin Chan;Brad R. Conrad

  • State‐resolved evidence for hot carrier driven surface reactions: Laser‐induced desorption of NO from Pt(111)

    S. A. Buntin;L. J. Richter;D. S. King;R. R. Cavanagh

  • Optically driven surface reactions: Evidence for the role of hot electrons.

    Steven A. Buntin;Lee J. Richter;Richard R. Cavanagh;David S. King

  • Interfacial Segregation in Polymer/Fullerene Blend Films for Photovoltaic Devices

    David S. Germack;Calvin K. Chan;R. Joseph Kline;Daniel A. Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean M. DeLongchamp
Dean M. DeLongchamp National Institute of Standards and Technology
Daniel A. Fischer
Daniel A. Fischer National Institute of Standards and Technology
David J. Gundlach
David J. Gundlach National Institute of Standards and Technology
R. Joseph Kline
R. Joseph Kline National Institute of Standards and Technology
Curt A. Richter
Curt A. Richter National Institute of Standards and Technology
John C. Stephenson
John C. Stephenson National Institute of Standards and Technology
Martin Heeney
Martin Heeney Imperial College London
Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford
Thomas P. Moffat
Thomas P. Moffat National Institute of Standards and Technology
Andrew A. Herzing
Andrew A. Herzing National Institute of Standards and Technology

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