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D-Index
101
Citations
44209
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999
National Ranking
36

Tze Chien Sum 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 Tze Chien Sum sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 425 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tze Chien Sum 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 Tze Chien Sum sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tze Chien Sum is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their published work spans various subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, notably Perovskite Materials and Applications, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and 2D Materials and Applications.

Recent notable publications by Tze Chien Sum include:

  • Linkage-engineered donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for optimal photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide from water and air, 2024, Nature Catalysis
  • Highly Efficient Thermally Co-evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells and Mini-modules, 2020, Joule
  • Strong coupling and pressure engineering in WSe2-MoSe2 heterobilayers, 2020, Nature Physics
  • Giant second-harmonic generation in ferroelectric NbOI2, 2022, Nature Photonics
  • Hierarchical assembly of donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks for photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide from water and air, 2024, Nature Synthesis

Tze Chien Sum has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including David Giovanni, Nripan Mathews, Minjun Feng, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar, and Benny Febriansyah.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in specific venues, reflecting a pattern of contribution in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

In addition to journal articles, Tze Chien Sum has contributed to book publishing, including a title released by Springer Nature:

  • Halide Perovskite Lasers, 2022

Best Publications

  • Long-Range Balanced Electron- and Hole-Transport Lengths in Organic-Inorganic CH3NH3PbI3

    Guichuan Xing;Nripan Mathews;Shuangyong Sun;Swee Sien Lim

  • Low-temperature solution-processed wavelength-tunable perovskites for lasing

    Guichuan Xing;Nripan Mathews;Swee Sien Lim;Natalia Yantara

  • Perovskite Materials for Light-Emitting Diodes and Lasers.

    Sjoerd Antonius Veldhuis;Pablo P. Boix;Natalia Yantara;Mingjie Li

  • The origin of high efficiency in low-temperature solution-processable bilayer organometal halide hybrid solar cells

    Shuangyong Sun;Teddy Salim;Nripan Mathews;Martial Duchamp

  • Advancements in perovskite solar cells: photophysics behind the photovoltaics

    Tze Chien Sum;Nripan Mathews

  • Formamidinium-Containing Metal-Halide: An Alternative Material for Near-IR Absorption Perovskite Solar Cells

    Teck Ming Koh;Kunwu Fu;Yanan Fang;Shi Chen

  • Room-temperature near-infrared high-Q perovskite whispering-gallery planar nanolasers.

    Qing Zhang;Son Tung Ha;Xinfeng Liu;Tze Chien Sum

  • High-Quality Whispering-Gallery-Mode Lasing from Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets

    Qing Zhang;Qing Zhang;Rui Su;Xinfeng Liu;Xinfeng Liu;Jun Xing

  • Transcending the slow bimolecular recombination in lead-halide perovskites for electroluminescence

    Guichuan Xing;Bo Wu;Xiangyang Wu;Mingjie Li

  • Hot carrier cooling mechanisms in halide perovskites.

    Jianhui Fu;Qiang Xu;Guifang Han;Bo Wu

  • Solar-to-fuels conversion over In2O3/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts

    Shao-Wen Cao;Xin-Feng Liu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Zhen-Yi Zhang

  • Vapor Phase Synthesis of Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanowires for Tunable Room-Temperature Nanolasers

    Jun Xing;Xin Feng Liu;Qing Zhang;Son Tung Ha

  • Defect Engineered g-C3N4 for Efficient Visible Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Qiuling Tay;Pushkar Kanhere;Chin Fan Ng;Shi Chen

  • Synthesis of Organic–Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Towards High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronic Devices

    Son Tung Ha;Xinfeng Liu;Qing Zhang;David Giovanni

  • Slow cooling and highly efficient extraction of hot carriers in colloidal perovskite nanocrystals

    Mingjie Li;Saikat Bhaumik;Teck Wee Goh;Muduli Subas Kumar

  • The Physics of ultrafast saturable absorption in graphene

    Guichuan Xing;Hongchen Guo;Xinhai Zhang;Tze Chien Sum

  • A room temperature low-threshold ultraviolet plasmonic nanolaser

    Qing Zhang;Guangyuan Li;Xinfeng Liu;Fang Qian

  • Discerning the Surface and Bulk Recombination Kinetics of Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskite Single Crystals

    Bo Wu;Huy Tiep Nguyen;Zhiliang Ku;Guifang Han

  • Highly Efficient Thermally Co-evaporated Perovskite Solar Cells and Mini-modules

    Jia Li;Hao Wang;Xin Yu Chin;Herlina Arianita Dewi

  • Long Electron–Hole Diffusion Length in High-Quality Lead-Free Double Perovskite Films

    Weihua Ning;Weihua Ning;Feng Wang;Bo Wu;Jun Lu

  • Surface plasmon enhanced band edge luminescence of ZnO nanorods by capping Au nanoparticles

    C. W. Cheng;E. J. Sie;B. Liu;C. H. A. Huan

  • Comparative Study of Room‐Temperature Ferromagnetism in Cu‐Doped ZnO Nanowires Enhanced by Structural Inhomogeneity

    Guo Zhong Xing;Jia Bao Yi;Jun Guang Tao;Tao Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Nripan Mathews
Nripan Mathews Nanyang Technological University
Guichuan Xing
Guichuan Xing University of Macau
Xinfeng Liu
Xinfeng Liu National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Subodh G. Mhaisalkar
Subodh G. Mhaisalkar Nanyang Technological University
Qihua Xiong
Qihua Xiong Tsinghua University
Qing Zhang
Qing Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Shi Chen
Shi Chen University of Macau
Hilmi Volkan Demir
Hilmi Volkan Demir Bilkent University
Andrew A. Bettiol
Andrew A. Bettiol National University of Singapore
Hong Jin Fan
Hong Jin Fan Nanyang Technological University

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