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Materials Science
Saudi Arabia
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
119
Citations
60663
World Ranking
498
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Osman M. Bakr is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans materials science and engineering, with a strong focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. Their work extends to subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, polymers and plastics, as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research topics cover various areas within materials science, notably:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Osman M. Bakr has published extensively across multiple high-impact journals, including significant contributions to:

  • ACS Energy Letters (30 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (21 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (18 publications)
  • ACS Materials Letters (13 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (13 publications)

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Osman M. Bakr are:

  • "State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" (2021, ACS Nano)
  • "Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells" (2020, Nature Energy)
  • "Metal Halide Perovskites for X-ray Imaging Scintillators and Detectors" (2021, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "Self-Assembled Monolayer Enables Hole Transport Layer-Free Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency and Improved Operational Stability" (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "Long-term operating stability in perovskite photovoltaics" (2023, Nature Reviews Materials)

Research collaborations are a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Omar F. Mohammed (192 co-authored works)
  • Jun Yin (83 co-authored works)
  • Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz (61 co-authored works)
  • Husam N. Alshareef (47 co-authored works)
  • Mohamed Eddaoudi (38 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Low trap-state density and long carrier diffusion in organolead trihalide perovskite single crystals

    Dong Shi;Valerio Adinolfi;Riccardo Comin;Mingjian Yuan

  • High-quality bulk hybrid perovskite single crystals within minutes by inverse temperature crystallization

    Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Ahmed L Abdelhady;Ahmed L Abdelhady;Banavoth Murali;Erkki Alarousu

  • All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal scintillators

    Qiushui Chen;Jing Wu;Xiangyu Ou;Bolong Huang

  • Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells.

    Graham H Carey;Ahmed L Abdelhady;Zhijun Ning;Susanna M Thon

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Amrita Dey;Junzhi Ye;Apurba De;Elke Debroye

  • Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yi Hou;Chunxiong Bao;Jun Yin

  • Highly Efficient Perovskite-Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes by Surface Engineering

    Jun Pan;Li Na Quan;Li Na Quan;Yongbiao Zhao;Wei Peng

  • Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Crystals with Unprecedented Long Carrier Dynamics and Diffusion Length

    Ayan A. Zhumekenov;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Azimul Haque;Erkki Alarousu

  • Bidentate Ligand-Passivated CsPbI3 Perovskite Nanocrystals for Stable Near-Unity Photoluminescence Quantum Yield and Efficient Red Light-Emitting Diodes.

    Jun Pan;Yuequn Shang;Jun Yin;Michele de Bastiani

  • CH3NH3PbCl3 Single Crystals: Inverse Temperature Crystallization and Visible-Blind UV-Photodetector.

    Giacomo Maculan;Arif D. Sheikh;Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Makhsud I. Saidaminov

  • A Study of the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Silver Nanoparticles by the Discrete Dipole Approximation Method: Effect of Shape, Size, Structure, and Assembly

    Vincenzo Amendola;Osman M. Bakr;Osman M. Bakr;Francesco Stellacci

  • Metal Halide Perovskites for X-ray Imaging Scintillators and Detectors

    Yang Zhou;Jie Chen;Osman M. Bakr;Omar F. Mohammed

  • Planar-integrated single-crystalline perovskite photodetectors

    Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Valerio Adinolfi;Riccardo Comin;Ahmed L. Abdelhady

  • Making and Breaking of Lead Halide Perovskites

    Joseph S. Manser;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Jeffrey A. Christians;Osman M. Bakr

  • Self-assembled Monolayer Enables HTL-free Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency and Improved Operational Stability

    Yuanbao Lin;Yuliar Firdaus;Furkan Halis Isikgor;Mohamad Insan Nugraha

  • Doping-Enhanced Short-Range Order of Perovskite Nanocrystals for Near-Unity Violet Luminescence Quantum Yield

    Zi-Jun Yong;Shao-Qiang Guo;Ju-Ping Ma;Jun-Ying Zhang

  • Air-stable n-type colloidal quantum dot solids

    Zhijun Ning;Oleksandr Voznyy;Jun Pan;Sjoerd H. Hoogland

  • Metal-Doped Lead Halide Perovskites: Synthesis, Properties, and Optoelectronic Applications

    Yang Zhou;Yang Zhou;Jie Chen;Osman M. Bakr;Hong-Tao Sun

  • Pure Cs4PbBr6: Highly Luminescent Zero-Dimensional Perovskite Solids

    Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Jawaher Almutlaq;Smritakshi P. Sarmah;Ibrahim Dursun

  • [Ag25(SR)18]−: The “Golden” Silver Nanoparticle

    Chakra Prasad Joshi;Megalamane Siddaramappa Bootharaju;Mohammad Jaber Alhilaly;Osman Bakr

  • 17% Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on Liquid Exfoliated WS2 as a Replacement for PEDOT:PSS

    Yuanbao Lin;Begimai Adilbekova;Yuliar Firdaus;Emre Yengel

  • Single Crystals: Inverse Temperature Crystallization and Visible-Blind UV-Photodetector

    Giacomo Maculan;Arif D. Sheikh;Ahmed Lutfi Abdelhady;Makhsud I. Saidaminov

Frequent Co-Authors

Omar F. Mohammed
Omar F. Mohammed King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jun Yin
Jun Yin Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Makhsud I. Saidaminov
Makhsud I. Saidaminov University of Victoria
Erkki Alarousu
Erkki Alarousu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. Sargent Northwestern University
Mohamed N. Hedhili
Mohamed N. Hedhili King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Boon S. Ooi
Boon S. Ooi King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Xiaopeng Zheng
Xiaopeng Zheng University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tom Wu
Tom Wu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jean-Luc Brédas
Jean-Luc Brédas University of Arizona

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