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D-Index
47
Citations
9409
World Ranking
15537
National Ranking
296

Seoin Back publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seoin Back sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 96 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Seoin Back D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seoin Back sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Seoin Back is affiliated with Sogang University in South Korea and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on energy conversion, engineering, and materials science. Their scholarly contributions cover multiple subfields including renewable energy, sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and electrochemistry.

The main topics of Back's research include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Recent publication venues where Seoin Back frequently publishes include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Their notable recent papers showcase research on catalyst design, electrochemical synthesis, and related topics. Selected papers include:

  • "A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2 by Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction," 2020, Chem
  • "A Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Tailoring the Spacing between Active-Sites through Chain-Based Inorganic Building Units," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Transition Metal Ion Doping on ZIF-8 Enhances the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction," 2022, Advanced Materials

Seoin Back collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Dong Hyeon Mok
  • Ho Yeon Jang
  • Taeghwan Hyeon
  • Hyun Dong Jung
  • Samira Siahrostami

Best Publications

  • Highly selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on transition metal single atom coordination.

    Kun Jiang;Seoin Back;Austin J. Akey;Chuan Xia

  • Suppression of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Electrochemical N2 Reduction Using Single-Atom Catalysts: A Computational Guideline

    Changhyeok Choi;Seoin Back;Na Young Kim;Juhyung Lim

  • Active Sites of Au and Ag Nanoparticle Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction to CO

    Seoin Back;Min Sun Yeom;Yousung Jung

  • Single-atom catalysts for CO2 electroreduction with significant activity and selectivity improvements

    Seoin Back;Juhyung Lim;Na Young Kim;Yong-Hyun Kim

  • A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Samira Siahrostami;Santiago Jimenez Villegas;Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi;Seoin Back

  • Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide

    Chuan Xia;Seoin Back;Stefan Ringe;Kun Jiang

  • Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2 by Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction

    Xinjian Shi;Seoin Back;Thomas Mark Gill;Samira Siahrostami

  • Balancing activity, stability and conductivity of nanoporous core-shell iridium/iridium oxide oxygen evolution catalysts.

    Yong-Tae Kim;Pietro Papa Lopes;Shin-Ae Park;A-Yeong Lee

  • ZnO As an Active and Selective Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide

    Sara R. Kelly;Xinjian Shi;Seoin Back;Lauren Vallez

  • Convolutional Neural Network of Atomic Surface Structures To Predict Binding Energies for High-Throughput Screening of Catalysts

    Seoin Back;Junwoong Yoon;Nianhan Tian;Wen Zhong

  • TiC- and TiN-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts for Dramatic Improvements in CO2 Electrochemical Reduction to CH4

    Seoin Back;Yousung Jung

  • A Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Tailoring the Spacing between Active-Sites through Chain-Based Inorganic Building Units.

    Magdalena Ola Cichocka;Zuozhong Liang;Dawei Feng;Seoin Back

  • Selective Heterogeneous CO2 Electroreduction to Methanol

    Seoin Back;Heejin Kim;Yousung Jung

  • Toward a Design of Active Oxygen Evolution Catalysts: Insights from Automated Density Functional Theory Calculations and Machine Learning

    Seoin Back;Kevin Tran;Zachary W. Ulissi

  • On the mechanism of electrochemical ammonia synthesis on the Ru catalyst

    Seoin Back;Yousung Jung

  • Improved reversibility in lithium-oxygen battery: Understanding elementary reactions and surface charge engineering of metal alloy catalyst

    Byung Gon Kim;Hyung-Jin Kim;Seoin Back;Kwan Woo Nam

  • Mixed Transition Metal Oxide with Vacancy-Induced Lattice Distortion for Enhanced Catalytic Activity of Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Hyeon Jeong Lee;Seoin Back;Ji Hoon Lee;Sun Hee Choi

  • The Role of Adsorbed CN and Cl on an Au Electrode for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

    Minhyung Cho;Jun Tae Song;Seoin Back;Yousung Jung

  • Data-driven discovery of electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction using active motifs-based machine learning

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  • Bifunctional Interface of Au and Cu for Improved CO2 Electroreduction.

    Seoin Back;Jun-Hyuk Kim;Yong-Tae Kim;Yousung Jung

  • Doping palladium with tellurium for the highly selective electrocatalytic reduction of aqueous CO2 to CO

    Hengcong Tao;Xiaofu Sun;Seoin Back;Zishan Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Yousung Jung
Yousung Jung Seoul National University
Samira Siahrostami
Samira Siahrostami Simon Fraser University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Haotian Wang
Haotian Wang Rice University
Kun Jiang
Kun Jiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yong-Hyun Kim
Yong-Hyun Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jang Wook Choi
Jang Wook Choi Seoul National University
Xiaolin Zheng
Xiaolin Zheng Stanford University
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Jeong Young Park
Jeong Young Park Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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