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Yong-Mook Kang

Yong-Mook Kang

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
78
Citations
21315
World Ranking
2987
National Ranking
93

Yong-Mook Kang 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 Yong-Mook Kang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 344 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yong-Mook Kang 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 Yong-Mook Kang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yong-Mook Kang is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and has a substantial publication record in engineering and materials science. Their work primarily focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, with significant contributions to electronic, optical, and magnetic materials as well as materials chemistry and automotive engineering.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to battery materials and advanced energy storage technologies. Key research areas include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications

Their recent publications highlight a focus on sodium-ion batteries, electrocatalysts, and electrochemical energy conversion. Notable papers include:

  • "Tuning local chemistry of P2 layered-oxide cathode for high energy and long cycles of sodium-ion battery" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Spinel/Post-spinel engineering on layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries" (2021, eScience)
  • "Mesoporous Iron-doped MoS2/CoMo2S4 Heterostructures through Organic-Metal Cooperative Interactions on Spherical Micelles for Electrochemical Water Splitting" (2020, ACS Nano)
  • "Activating a Multielectron Reaction of NASICON-Structured Cathodes toward High Energy Density for Sodium-Ion Batteries" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Oxygen Reduction Kinetics of Fe-N-C Single Atom Catalysts Boosted by Pyridinic N Vacancy for Temperature-Adaptive Zn-Air Batteries" (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, with prominent coauthors including Jiliang Zhang, Gi-Hyeok Lee, Mihui Park, Suwon Lee, and Vincent Wing-hei Lau. Their research has been disseminated through several key publication venues known for materials and chemical sciences:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy & Environmental Science

Yong-Mook Kang's contributions span advanced materials for electrochemical energy storage, including battery cathode design, electrocatalysts, and supercapacitor fabrication. The interplay of materials chemistry and engineering principles is a central theme across their work.

Best Publications

  • Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of SnO2 Nanowires for Application in Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Min-Sik Park;Guo-Xiu Wang;Yong-Mook Kang;David Wexler

  • Recent Developments on and Prospects for Electrode Materials with Hierarchical Structures for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Limin Zhou;Limin Zhou;Kai Zhang;Zhe Hu;Zhanliang Tao

  • Urchin-Like CoSe2 as a High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Kai Zhang;Mihui Park;Limin Zhou;Gi-Hyeok Lee

  • Advances in the Cathode Materials for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries.

    Wontae Lee;Shoaib Muhammad;Chernov Sergey;Hayeon Lee

  • Rational Design of 3D Dendritic TiO2 Nanostructures with Favorable Architectures

    Ziqi Sun;Jung Ho Kim;Yue Zhao;Fargol Hasani Bijarbooneh

  • Cobalt-Doped FeS2 Nanospheres with Complete Solid Solubility as a High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Kai Zhang;Mihui Park;Limin Zhou;Gi-Hyeok Lee

  • Tuning local chemistry of P2 layered-oxide cathode for high energy and long cycles of sodium-ion battery.

    Chenchen Wang;Luojia Liu;Shuo Zhao;Yanchen Liu

  • Elaborately assembled core-shell structured metal sulfides as a bifunctional catalyst for highly efficient electrochemical overall water splitting

    Yanna Guo;Yanna Guo;Yanna Guo;Jing Tang;Zhongli Wang;Yong Mook Kang

  • The effect of morphological modification on the electrochemical properties of SnO2 nanomaterials

    Min-Sik Park;Yong-Mook Kang;Gou-Xiu Wang;Shi-Xue Dou

  • Recent Developments of the Lithium Metal Anode for Rechargeable Non‐Aqueous Batteries

    Kai Zhang;Gi-Hyeok Lee;Mihui Park;Weijie Li

  • Emerging Pt-based electrocatalysts with highly open nanoarchitectures for boosting oxygen reduction reaction

    Cuiling Li;Cuiling Li;Haibo Tan;Haibo Tan;Jianjian Lin;Xiliang Luo

  • Carbon‐Coated Si Nanoparticles Anchored between Reduced Graphene Oxides as an Extremely Reversible Anode Material for High Energy‐Density Li‐Ion Battery

    Daniel Adjei Agyeman;Kyeongse Song;Gi-Hyeok Lee;Mihui Park

  • Manganese based layered oxides with modulated electronic and thermodynamic properties for sodium ion batteries

    Kai Zhang;Duho Kim;Duho Kim;Zhe Hu;Mihui Park

  • Cobalt‐Doped FeS<sub>2</sub> Nanospheres with Complete Solid Solubility as a High‐Performance Anode Material for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

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  • A study on the charge-discharge mechanism of Co3O4 as an anode for the Li ion secondary battery

    Yong-Mook Kang;Min-Sang Song;Jin-Ho Kim;Hyun-Seok Kim

  • Spinel/Post-spinel engineering on layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries

    Yan-Fang Zhu;Yao Xiao;Shi-Xue Dou;Yong-Mook Kang

  • Effects of Nanosized Adsorbing Material on Electrochemical Properties of Sulfur Cathodes for Li/S Secondary Batteries

    Min-Sang Song;Sang-Cheol Han;Hyun-Seok Kim;Jin-Ho Kim

  • Large‑Scale Synthesis of MOF‑Derived Superporous Carbon Aerogels with Extraordinary Adsorption Capacity for Organic Solvents

    Chaohai Wang;Chaohai Wang;Jeonghun Kim;Jeonghun Kim;Jeonghun Kim;Jing Tang;Jongbeom Na

  • Structural and chemical synergistic effect of CoS nanoparticles and porous carbon nanorods for high-performance sodium storage

    Limin Zhou;Kai Zhang;Jinzhi Sheng;Qinyou An

  • Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanowires for Application in Lithium‐Ion Batteries

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  • Maximum Li storage in Si nanowires for the high capacity three-dimensional Li-ion battery

    Kibum Kang;Hyun Seung Lee;Dong Wook Han;Gil Sung Kim

  • Ultra-low overpotential and high rate capability in Li–O2 batteries through surface atom arrangement of PdCu nanocatalysts

    Ran Choi;Jaepyeong Jung;Gyubong Kim;Kyeongse Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuke Yamauchi
Yusuke Yamauchi University of Queensland
Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong
Shulei Chou
Shulei Chou Wenzhou University
Nam-Soon Choi
Nam-Soon Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hua-Kun Liu
Hua-Kun Liu University of Wollongong
Min-Sik Park
Min-Sik Park Kyung Hee University
Yoshio Bando
Yoshio Bando University of Wollongong
Jeonghun Kim
Jeonghun Kim Yonsei University
Hyuk-Sang Kwon
Hyuk-Sang Kwon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Won-Sub Yoon
Won-Sub Yoon Sungkyunkwan University

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