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D-Index
63
Citations
29399
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6029
National Ranking
1536

Letian Dou 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 Letian Dou sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 151 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Letian Dou 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 Letian Dou sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Letian Dou is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research focuses primarily on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with significant work in related subfields such as Polymers and Plastics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

Letian Dou has published a substantial number of papers, many appearing in prominent journals and specialized databases. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Nanotechnology

Several notable recent papers illustrate the breadth of their work:

  • "Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures," 2020, Nature
  • "Long-range exciton transport and slow annihilation in two-dimensional hybrid perovskites," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Near-Infrared Materials: The Turning Point of Organic Photovoltaics," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Suppressing phase disproportionation in quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Multifunctional Conjugated Ligand Engineering for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells," 2021, Advanced Materials

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers; frequent co-authors include Libai Huang, Kang Wang, Brett M. Savoie, Zitang Wei, and Yao Gao, with collaboration counts ranging from around 30 to 50 joint works per individual.

Best Publications

  • A polymer tandem solar cell with 10.6% power conversion efficiency

    Jingbi You;Letian Dou;Ken Yoshimura;Takehito Kato

  • Solution-processed hybrid perovskite photodetectors with high detectivity

    Letian Dou;Yang Micheal Yang;Jingbi You;Ziruo Hong

  • Tandem polymer solar cells featuring a spectrally matched low-bandgap polymer

    Letian Dou;Jingbi You;Jun Yang;Chun Chao Chen

  • Controllable self-induced passivation of hybrid lead iodide perovskites toward high performance solar cells.

    Qi Chen;Huanping Zhou;Tze-Bin Song;Song Luo

  • Atomically thin two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites

    Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Andrew B. Wong;Andrew B. Wong;Yi Yu;Yi Yu;Yi Yu;Minliang Lai

  • 25th Anniversary Article: A Decade of Organic/Polymeric Photovoltaic Research

    Letian Dou;Jingbi You;Ziruo Hong;Zheng Xu

  • Low-Bandgap Near-IR Conjugated Polymers/Molecules for Organic Electronics

    Letian Dou;Yongsheng Liu;Ziruo Hong;Gang Li

  • Solution-Phase Synthesis of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires

    Dandan Zhang;Samuel W. Eaton;Yi Yu;Letian Dou

  • Thermochromic halide perovskite solar cells

    Jia Lin;Jia Lin;Jia Lin;Minliang Lai;Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Christopher S. Kley

  • Lasing in robust cesium lead halide perovskite nanowires

    Samuel W. Eaton;Minliang Lai;Natalie A. Gibson;Natalie A. Gibson;Andrew B. Wong;Andrew B. Wong

  • Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells: breaking the 10% power conversion efficiency

    Yongsheng Liu;Chun-Chao Chen;Ziruo Hong;Jing Gao

  • Visibly Transparent Polymer Solar Cells Produced by Solution Processing

    Chun-Chao Chen;Letian Dou;Rui Zhu;Choong-Heui Chung

  • Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene- and Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low-Bandgap Polymers Designed for Single Junction and Tandem Polymer Solar Cells

    Letian Dou;Jing Gao;Eric Richard;Jingbi You

  • High-performance multiple-donor bulk heterojunction solar cells

    Yang (Michael) Yang;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Letian Dou;Wei-Hsuan Chang

  • A Selenium‐Substituted Low‐Bandgap Polymer with Versatile Photovoltaic Applications

    Letian Dou;Wei-Hsuan Chang;Jing Gao;Chun-Chao Chen

  • Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells

    Yao Gao;Enzheng Shi;Shibin Deng;Stephen B. Shiring

  • Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures.

    Enzheng Shi;Biao Yuan;Stephen B. Shiring;Yao Gao

  • Bandgap engineering in semiconductor alloy nanomaterials with widely tunable compositions

    Cun-Zheng Ning;Cun-Zheng Ning;Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Peidong Yang;Peidong Yang

  • Two-dimensional halide perovskite nanomaterials and heterostructures

    Enzheng Shi;Yao Gao;Blake P. Finkenauer;Akriti

  • Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as an Electron‐Transport Layer in High‐Performance and Stable Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

    Jingbi You;Chun-Chao Chen;Letian Dou;Seiichiro Murase

  • Growth and Anion Exchange Conversion of CH3NH3PbX3 Nanorod Arrays for Light-Emitting Diodes.

    Andrew Barnabas Wong;Minliang Lai;Samuel Wilson Eaton;Yi Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang University of California, Berkeley
Gang Li
Gang Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yi Yu
Yi Yu ShanghaiTech University
Jingbi You
Jingbi You Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ziruo Hong
Ziruo Hong University of California, Los Angeles
Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Nankai University
Libai Huang
Libai Huang Purdue University West Lafayette
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Huanping Zhou
Huanping Zhou Peking University
Zhiqiang Niu
Zhiqiang Niu Nankai University

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