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Materials Science

D-Index
52
Citations
13291
World Ranking
9432
National Ranking
115

Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
13300
World Ranking
13786
National Ranking
104

Yen-Ju Cheng 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 Yen-Ju Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 142 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yen-Ju Cheng 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 Yen-Ju Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yen-Ju Cheng is affiliated with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan and specializes primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The main research topics covered by Yen-Ju Cheng include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, and Perovskite Materials and Applications. Additional areas of study extend to Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research.

Yen-Ju Cheng has contributed to several scientific journals with frequent publications in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors in Cheng's research collaborations include:

  • Fong-Yi Cao
  • Chia-Lin Tsai
  • Hancheng Lu
  • Ching-Li Huang
  • Chain-Shu Hsu

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Yen-Ju Cheng highlight developments in organic photovoltaic materials and device fabrication techniques:

  • Unraveling the Structure-Property-Performance Relationships of Fused-Ring Nonfullerene Acceptors: Toward a C-Shaped ortho-Benzodipyrrole-Based Acceptor for Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaics, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Fabrication of WO3 electrochromic devices using electro-exploding wire techniques and spray coating, 2021, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Non-Volatile Perfluorophenyl-Based Additive for Enhanced Efficiency and Thermal Stability of Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells via Supramolecular Fluorinated Interactions, 2022, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Isomeric effect of fluorene-based fused-ring electron acceptors to achieve high-efficiency organic solar cells, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • s-Indacene Revisited: Modular Synthesis and Modulation of Structures and Molecular Orbitals of Hexaaryl Derivatives, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Sheng-Hsiung Yang;Chain-Shu Hsu

  • Donor–acceptor conjugated polymers based on multifused ladder-type arenes for organic solar cells

    Jhong Sian Wu;Sheng Wen Cheng;Yen-Ju Cheng;Chain-Shu Hsu

  • Highly Efficient and Stable Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Integrated with a Cross-Linked Fullerene Material as an Interlayer

    Chao Hsiang Hsieh;Yen-Ju Cheng;Pei Jung Li;Chiu Hsiang Chen

  • Combination of indene-C60 bis-adduct and cross-linked fullerene interlayer leading to highly efficient inverted polymer solar cells.

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Chao Hsiang Hsieh;Youjun He;Chain-Shu Hsu

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Bridged Bithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications: Acceptor Strength and Ternary Blends

    Chiu-Hsiang Chen;Chao-Hsiang Hsieh;Martin Dubosc;Yen-Ju Cheng

  • Applications of functional fullerene materials in polymer solar cells

    Yu Ying Lai;Yen-Ju Cheng;Chain-Shu Hsu

  • Enhanced Performance and Stability of a Polymer Solar Cell by Incorporation of Vertically Aligned, Cross-Linked Fullerene Nanorods†

    Chih Yu Chang;Cheng En Wu;Shih Yung Chen;Shih Yung Chen;Chaohua Cui

  • Large Electro-optic Activity and Enhanced Thermal Stability from Diarylaminophenyl-Containing High-β Nonlinear Optical Chromophores

    Yen Ju Cheng;Jingdong Luo;Steven Hau;Denise H. Bale

  • Crosslinkable hole-transporting materials for solution processed polymer light-emitting diodes

    Fei Huang;Yen-Ju Cheng;Yong Zhang;Michelle S. Liu

  • Morphological Stabilization by In Situ Polymerization of Fullerene Derivatives Leading to Efficient, Thermally Stable Organic Photovoltaics

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Chao-Hsiang Hsieh;Pei-Jung Li;Chain-Shu Hsu

  • Donor-Acceptor Thiolated Polyenic Chromophores Exhibiting Large Optical Nonlinearity and Excellent Photostability

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Jingdong Luo;Su Huang;Xinghua Zhou

  • Improved Performance from Multilayer Quantum Dot Light‐Emitting Diodes via Thermal Annealing of the Quantum Dot Layer

    Yu Hua Niu;Andrea M. Munro;Yen Ju Cheng;Yanqing Tian

  • Combination of molecular, morphological, and interfacial engineering to achieve highly efficient and stable plastic solar cells.

    Chih Yu Chang;Yen Ju Cheng;Shih Hsiu Hung;Jhong Sian Wu

  • Binary Chromophore Systems in Nonlinear Optical Dendrimers and Polymers for Large Electrooptic Activities

    Tae-Dong Kim;Jingdong Luo;Yen-Ju Cheng;Zhengwei Shi

  • Self-assembled Electroactive Phosphonic Acids on ITO : Maximizing Hole-Injection in Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes

    Julie A. Bardecker;Hong Ma;Taedong Kim;Fei Huang

  • Thermally Cross-Linkable Hole-Transporting Materials on Conducting Polymer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications for Polymer Light-Emitting Devices

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Michelle S. Liu;Yong Zhang;Yuhua Niu

  • Supramolecular self-assembled dendritic nonlinear optical chromophores: Fine-tuning of arene-perfluoroarene interactions for ultralarge electro-optic activity and enhanced thermal stability

    Xing Hua Zhou;Jingdong Luo;Su Huang;Tae Dong Kim

  • Dithienocarbazole‐Based Ladder‐Type Heptacyclic Arenes with Silicon, Carbon, and Nitrogen Bridges: Synthesis, Molecular Properties, Field‐Effect Transistors, and Photovoltaic Applications

    Jhong Sian Wu;Yen Ju Cheng;Tai Yen Lin;Chih Yu Chang

  • Self-Assembled and Cross-Linked Fullerene Interlayer on Titanium Oxide for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

    Yen-Ju Cheng;Fong Yi Cao;Wei Cheng Lin;Chiu Hsiang Chen

  • Donor–acceptor polymers based on multi-fused heptacyclic structures: synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic applications

    Jhong-Sian Wu;Yen-Ju Cheng;Martin Dubosc;Chao-Hsiang Hsieh

Frequent Co-Authors

Chain-Shu Hsu
Chain-Shu Hsu National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong
Tien-Yau Luh
Tien-Yau Luh National Taiwan University
Jingdong Luo
Jingdong Luo City University of Hong Kong
Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology
Larry R. Dalton
Larry R. Dalton University of Washington
Lijian Zuo
Lijian Zuo Zhejiang University
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Hin-Lap Yip
Hin-Lap Yip City University of Hong Kong
U-Ser Jeng
U-Ser Jeng National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

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