2026 Richard H. Friend: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	209	205	193	27	25	1328	210595
Materials Science	213	22	22	1	1	1301	216843

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to science, engineering, and commercialization of organic polymer semiconductor devices.
2007 - IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies “For pioneering contributions to the development of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)”
2002 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
1998 - Rumford Medal, Royal Society (UK) In recognition of his leading research in the development of polymer-based electronics and optoelectronics leading to a very rapid growth of development activities aimed at plastic electronic displays, with advantages of very low cost, flexibility, and the option of curved or flat surfaces
1993 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1991 - Interdisciplinary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Richard H. Friend is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Other subfields of their work include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Polymers and Plastics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's main topics of study cover various aspects of materials and electronics, including:

Perovskite Materials and Applications
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Conducting polymers and applications

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Communications
Journal of the American Chemical Society
The Cambridge Structural Database
Nature

Recent published papers highlight evolving research in light-emitting diodes and perovskite materials:

Metal halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes, 2020, Nature Materials
Comprehensive defect suppression in perovskite nanocrystals for high-efficiency light-emitting diodes, 2021, Nature Photonics
Ligand-engineered bandgap stability in mixed-halide perovskite LEDs, 2021, Nature
Highly efficient luminescence from space-confined charge-transfer emitters, 2020, Nature Materials
Fast spin-flip enables efficient and stable organic electroluminescence from charge-transfer states, 2020, Nature Photonics

Richard H. Friend has a network of frequent co-authors, including:

Akshay Rao
Samuel D. Stranks
Hugo Bronstein
Neil C. Greenham
Alexander J. Gillett

Awards and honors received throughout their career comprise:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013) for contributions to science, engineering, and commercialization of organic polymer semiconductor devices
IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies (2007) for pioneering contributions to the development of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (2002)
Rumford Medal, Royal Society (UK) (1998) in recognition of research in polymer-based electronics and optoelectronics
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1993)
Interdisciplinary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (1991)

Best Publications

Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers

J. H. Burroughes;D. D. C. Bradley;A. R. Brown;R. N. Marks

16238
Citations
Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers

R. H. Friend;R. W. Gymer;A. B. Holmes;J. H. Burroughes

7929
Citations
Two-dimensional charge transport in self-organized, high-mobility conjugated polymers

Henning Sirringhaus;P. J. Brown;R. H. Friend;M. M. Nielsen

5628
Citations
Bright light-emitting diodes based on organometal halide perovskite

Zhi-Kuang Tan;Reza Saberi Moghaddam;May Ling Lai;Pablo Docampo

4615
Citations
Efficient photodiodes from interpenetrating polymer networks

J. J. M. Halls;C. A. Walsh;N. C. Greenham;E. A. Marseglia

4411
Citations
High-Resolution Inkjet Printing of All-Polymer Transistor Circuits

H. Sirringhaus;T. Kawase;R. H. Friend;T. Shimoda

4381
Citations
Integrated Optoelectronic Devices Based on Conjugated Polymers

Henning Sirringhaus;Nir Tessler;Richard H. Friend

3661
Citations
Overcoming the electroluminescence efficiency limitations of perovskite light-emitting diodes.

Himchan Cho;Su Hun Jeong;Min Ho Park;Young Hoon Kim

3033
Citations
Self-Organized Discotic Liquid Crystals for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

Lukas Schmidt-Mende;Andreas Fechtenkötter;Klaus Müllen;Ellen Moons

2969
Citations
General observation of n-type field-effect behaviour in organic semiconductors

Lay Lay Chua;Lay Lay Chua;Jana Zaumseil;Jui Fen Chang;Eric C.W. Ou

2837
Citations
Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors.

Jianhui Hou;Olle Inganäs;Richard Henry Friend;Feng Gao

2821
Citations
An improved experimental determination of external photoluminescence quantum efficiency

John C. de Mello;H. Felix Wittmann;Richard H. Friend

2409
Citations
Efficient light-emitting diodes based on polymers with high electron affinities

N. C. Greenham;S. C. Moratti;D. D. C. Bradley;R. H. Friend

2265
Citations
High Photoluminescence Efficiency and Optically Pumped Lasing in Solution-Processed Mixed Halide Perovskite Semiconductors

Felix Deschler;Michael Price;Sandeep Pathak;Lina E. Klintberg

1890
Citations
Perovskite light-emitting diodes based on solution-processed self-organized multiple quantum wells

Nana Wang;Lu Cheng;Rui Ge;Shuting Zhang

1832
Citations
Laminated fabrication of polymeric photovoltaic diodes

M. Granström;K. Petritsch;A. C. Arias;A. Lux

1804
Citations
Lasing from Conjugated-Polymer Microcavities

N. Tessler;G. J. Denton;R. H. Friend

1763
Citations
Maximizing and stabilizing luminescence from halide perovskites with potassium passivation

Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi;Zahra Andaji-Garmaroudi;Stefania Cacovich;Camille Stavrakas

1692
Citations
Enhanced photovoltage for inverted planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells

Deying Luo;Wenqiang Yang;Zhiping Wang;Aditya Sadhanala

1474
Citations
Metal halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes.

Xiao-Ke Liu;Weidong Xu;Sai Bai;Yizheng Jin

1364
Citations
Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers (vol 347, pg 539 1990)

J. H. Burroughes;D. D. C. Bradley;A. R. Brown;R. N. Marks

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