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Materials Science

D-Index
59
Citations
10642
World Ranking
7477
National Ranking
2176

Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10377
World Ranking
10328
National Ranking
1701

Shu Kong So 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 Shu Kong So sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 199 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shu Kong So 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 Shu Kong So sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shu Kong So is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research focuses on various topics, notably:

  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Thermal properties of materials

Shu Kong So has published in several specialized journals, with frequent contributions to the following publication venues:

  • Solar RRL
  • Joule
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Selected recent papers provide insight into the scope and evolution of their research. These include:

  • Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation, 2021, Nature Photonics
  • Modulation of Defects and Interfaces through Alkylammonium Interlayer for Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, Joule
  • High-Efficiency Indoor Organic Photovoltaics with a Band-Aligned Interlayer, 2020, Joule
  • Zwitterionic-Surfactant-Assisted Room-Temperature Coating of Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, Joule
  • Effects of energetic disorder in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science

Their collaborations involve several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Hang Yin
  • Chujun Zhang
  • Zhuoqiong Zhang
  • Johnny Ka Wai Ho
  • Xiaotao Hao

Best Publications

  • Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation

    Guang Yang;Guang Yang;Zhiwei Ren;Kuan Liu;Minchao Qin

  • Fused Benzothiadiazole: A Building Block for n-Type Organic Acceptor to Achieve High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

    Jun Yuan;Yunqiang Zhang;Liuyang Zhou;Liuyang Zhou;Chujun Zhang

  • Modulation of Defects and Interfaces through Alkylammonium Interlayer for Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

    Shengfan Wu;Jie Zhang;Zhen Li;Danjun Liu

  • Application of admittance spectroscopy to evaluate carrier mobility in organic charge transport materials

    S. W. Tsang;Shu Kong So;J. B. Xu

  • Stable and Efficient Organo-Metal Halide Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells via π-Conjugated Lewis Base Polymer Induced Trap Passivation and Charge Extraction.

    Ping Li Qin;Ping Li Qin;Guang Yang;Guang Yang;Zhi Wei Ren;Sin Hang Cheung

  • Surface preparation and characterization of indium tin oxide substrates for organic electroluminescent devices

    Shu Kong So;W. K. Choi;C. H. Cheng;Louis M L Leung

  • High-Efficiency Indoor Organic Photovoltaics with a Band-Aligned Interlayer

    Lik Kuen Ma;Yuzhong Chen;Philip C.Y. Chow;Guangye Zhang

  • A multifunctional platinum-based triplet emitter for OLED applications

    Wai Yeung Wong;Ze He;Shu Kong So;Ka Lap Tong

  • Zwitterionic-Surfactant-Assisted Room-Temperature Coating of Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

    Kuan Liu;Qiong Liang;Minchao Qin;Dong Shen

  • Polyfluorene Derivatives are High‐Performance Organic Hole‐Transporting Materials for Inorganic−Organic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Zonglong Zhu;Yang Bai;Harrison Ka Hin Lee;Cheng Mu

  • A High-Efficiency Blue Emitter for Small Molecule-Based Organic Light-Emitting Diode

    Louis M. Leung;W. Y. Lo;S. K. So;and K. M. Lee

  • Designing a ternary photovoltaic cell for indoor light harvesting with a power conversion efficiency exceeding 20

    Hang Yin;Johnny Ka Wai Ho;Sin Hang Cheung;Roger Jie Yan

  • Electron transport in naphthylamine-based organic compounds

    S. C. Tse;K. C. Kwok;S. K. So

  • Hole transports in molecularly doped triphenylamine derivative

    H. H. Fong;K. C. Lun;Shu Kong So

  • Photodesorption of NO from Ag(111) and Cu(111)

    S. K. So;R. Franchy;W. Ho

  • Electrochemical degradation of 4-chlorophenol at nickel-antimony doped tin oxide electrode

    Y. H. Wang;K. Y. Chan;X. Y. Li;Shu Kong So

  • Device characteristics and material developments of indoor photovoltaic devices

    Addanki Venkateswararao;Johnny K.W. Ho;Shu Kong So;Shun Wei Liu

  • Unraveling Urbach Tail Effects in High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics: Dynamic vs Static Disorder

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  • Effects of Energetic Disorder in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

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  • From 33% to 57% – an elevated potential of efficiency limit for indoor photovoltaics

    Johnny Ka Wai Ho;Hang Yin;Shu Kong So

  • Regulating the vertical phase distribution by fullerene-derivative in high performance ternary organic solar cells

    Pengqing Bi;Tong Xiao;Xiaoyu Yang;Mengsi Niu

  • Electron transit time and reliable mobility measurements from thick film hydroxyquinoline-based organic light-emitting diode

    S. C. Tse;H. H. Fong;Shu Kong So

  • Molecular design enabled reduction of interface trap density affords highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with over 83% fill factor

    Xiangyue Meng;Carr Hoi Yi Ho;Shuang Xiao;Yang Bai

Frequent Co-Authors

Sai-Wing Tsang
Sai-Wing Tsang City University of Hong Kong
Gang Li
Gang Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuanhang Cheng
Yuanhang Cheng Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Shihe Yang
Shihe Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xinhui Lu
Xinhui Lu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Charles Surya
Charles Surya Nazarbayev University
Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Aleksandra B. Djurišić University of Hong Kong
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jun Yuan
Jun Yuan University of York
Yingping Zou
Yingping Zou Central South University

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