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D-Index
47
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8895
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11081
National Ranking
492

Sang Soo Han 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 Sang Soo Han sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 157 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sang Soo Han 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 Sang Soo Han sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sang Soo Han is affiliated with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, energy, and engineering, with particular emphasis on materials chemistry, renewable energy and environmental sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their work covers several interconnected topics in scientific research, including:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Sang Soo Han has published extensively in a range of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nature Communications

Several recent papers highlight the direction of their research. These include:

  • "Mass Transport Control by Surface Graphene Oxide for Selective CO Production from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "Hydrogen Bonding-Mediated Enhancement of Bioinspired Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction on Cu2-xS Catalysts" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "Penta nitrogen coordinated cobalt single atom catalysts with oxygenated carbon black for electrochemical H2O2 production" (2023) in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Accessible Ni-Fe-Oxalate Framework for Electrochemical Urea Oxidation with Radically Enhanced Kinetics" (2024) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "CO2-derived edge-boron-doped hierarchical porous carbon catalysts for highly effective electrochemical H2O2 production" (2023) in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Their frequent collaborators include Dong-Hun Kim, Min Cheol Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Kwan-Young Lee, and Kihoon Bang, indicating ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Covalent organic frameworks as exceptional hydrogen storage materials.

    Sang Soo Han;Hiroyasu Furukawa;Omar M. Yaghi;William A. Goddard

  • Recent advances on simulation and theory of hydrogen storage in metal–organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks

    Sang Soo Han;José L. Mendoza-Cortés;William A. Goddard

  • Doped metal organic frameworks for reversible H2 storage at ambient temperature

    William A. Goddard;Sang Soo Han

  • Improved Designs of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Storage

    Sang Soo Han;Wei-Qiao Deng;Wei-Qiao Deng;William A. Goddard

  • Adsorption Mechanism and Uptake of Methane in Covalent Organic Frameworks: Theory and Experiment

    Joseé L Mendoza-Cortés;Sang Soo Han;Hiroyasu Furukawa;Omar M Yaghi

  • Metal−Organic Frameworks Provide Large Negative Thermal Expansion Behavior

    Sang Soo Han;William A. Goddard

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of stability of metal–organic frameworks against H2O using the ReaxFF reactive force field

    Sang Soo Han;Seung Hoon Choi;Adri C.T. Van Duin

  • ADSORPTION PROPERTIES OF HYDROGEN ON (10, 0) SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE THROUGH DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY

    Sang Soo Han;Hyuck Mo Lee

  • Exceptional CO2 working capacity in a heterodiamine-grafted metal–organic framework

    Woo Ram Lee;Hyuna Jo;Li Ming Yang;Hanyeong Lee

  • Unraveling the Atomistic Sodiation Mechanism of Black Phosphorus for Sodium Ion Batteries by First-Principles Calculations

    K. P. S. S. Hembram;Hyun Jung;Byung Chul Yeo;Sung Jin Pai

  • Tuning Electronic and magnetic properties of phosphorene by vacancies and adatoms

    Pooja Srivastava;K.P.S.S. Hembram;Hiroshi Mizuseki;Kwang-Ryeol Lee

  • Tuning Metal-Organic Frameworks with Open-Metal Sites and Its Origin for Enhancing CO2 Affinity by Metal Substitution.

    Joonho Park;Heejin Kim;Sang Soo Han;Yousung Jung

  • Boron doped defective graphene as a potential anode material for Li-ion batteries

    Rahul P. Hardikar;Deya Das;Sang Soo Han;Kwang-Ryeol Lee

  • ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for the Y-Doped BaZrO3 Proton Conductor with Applications to Diffusion Rates for Multigranular Systems

    Adri C. T. van Duin;Boris V. Merinov;Sang Soo Han;Claudio O. Dorso

  • Facile control of defect site density and particle size of UiO-66 for enhanced hydrolysis rates: insights into feasibility of Zr(IV)-based metal-organic framework (MOF) catalysts

    Kie Yong Cho;Kie Yong Cho;Jin Young Seo;Hyun Ji Kim;Sung Jin Pai

  • Optimization and application of lithium parameters for the reactive force field, ReaxFF.

    Sang Soo Han;Adri C. T. van Duin;William A. Goddard;Hyuck Mo Lee

  • Simultaneously Controllable Doping Sites and the Activity of a W–N Codoped TiO2 Photocatalyst

    Heechae Choi;Dongbin Shin;Byung Chul Yeo;Taeseup Song

  • Band Gap Engineering of Paradigm MOF-5

    Li Ming Yang;Li Ming Yang;Guo Yong Fang;Jing Ma;Eric Ganz

  • Reaction Mechanism of Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition for Al2O3 Nanopatterns.

    Seunggi Seo;Byung Chul Yeo;Sang Soo Han;Chang Mo Yoon

  • High H2 uptake in Li-, Na-, K-metalated covalent organic frameworks and metal organic frameworks at 298 K.

    José L. Mendoza-Cortés;Sang Soo Han;William A. Goddard

  • High H2 Storage of Hexagonal Metal−Organic Frameworks from First-Principles-Based Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations

    Sang Soo Han;William A. Goddard

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Hyuck Mo Lee
Hyuck Mo Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Kwang-Ryeol Lee
Kwang-Ryeol Lee Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Kwan Young Lee
Kwan Young Lee Korea University
Byeong-Soo Bae
Byeong-Soo Bae Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Adri C. T. van Duin
Adri C. T. van Duin Pennsylvania State University
Noejung Park
Noejung Park Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Abhishek K. Singh
Abhishek K. Singh Indian Institute of Science
Jeung Ku Kang
Jeung Ku Kang Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hyungjun Kim
Hyungjun Kim Yonsei University

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