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Materials Science

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46
Citations
13731
World Ranking
11299
National Ranking
501

Engineering and Technology

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45
Citations
13586
World Ranking
5335
National Ranking
145

Overview

Youngkyoo Kim is affiliated with Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with notable contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their work is concentrated in several specialized topics, including:

  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic electronics and photovoltaics
  • Advanced memory and neural computing
  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Perovskite materials and applications
  • Organic light-emitting diodes research
  • Advanced battery materials and technologies

Youngkyoo Kim has published extensively in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • ChemSusChem
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • Advanced Electronic Materials

The following is a selection of recent publications, presenting the title, year of publication, and venue:

  • Organic thermoelectric devices with PEDOT:PSS/ZnO hybrid composites, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Progress in organic semiconducting materials with high thermal stability for organic light-emitting devices, 2020, InfoMat
  • Short-wave infrared organic phototransistors with strong infrared-absorbing polytriarylamine by electron-transfer doping, 2021, npj Flexible Electronics
  • Near-Infrared Organic Phototransistors with p-Channel Photosensitive Layers of Conjugated Polymer Composed of bis-Octyldodecyl-Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Benzothiadiazole Units, 2020, Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Highly efficient flexible organic photovoltaic modules for sustainable energy harvesting under low-light condition via suppressing voltage-drop by metal-mediated cross-linkable polymer interfacial layer, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal

Collaborations have involved multiple frequent co-authors, including Hwajeong Kim, Woongki Lee, Chulyeon Lee, Soo-Yong Lee, and Taehoon Kim, with co-authorship counts ranging from 8 to 31 publications.

Best Publications

  • A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells

    Youngkyoo Kim;Steffan Cook;Sachetan M. Tuladhar;Stelios A. Choulis

  • Morphology evolution via self-organization and lateral and vertical diffusion in polymer:fullerene solar cell blends.

    Mariano Campoy-Quiles;Toby Ferenczi;Tiziano Agostinelli;Pablo G. Etchegoin

  • Polymers for flexible displays: From material selection to device applications

    Myeon-Cheon Choi;Youngkyoo Kim;Chang-Sik Ha

  • Device annealing effect in organic solar cells with blends of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and soluble fullerene

    Youngkyoo Kim;Stelios A. Choulis;Jenny Nelson;Donal D. C. Bradley

  • Organic Photovoltaic Devices Based on Blends of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole)

    Youngkyoo Kim;Steffan Cook;Stelios A. Choulis;Jenny Nelson

  • Composition and annealing effects in polythiophene/fullerene solar cells

    Y. Kim;S. A. Choulis;J. Nelson;D. D. C. Bradley

  • Effects of thickness and thermal annealing of the PEDOT:PSS layer on the performance of polymer solar cells

    Youngkyoo Kim;Youngkyoo Kim;Amy M. Ballantyne;Jenny Nelson;Donal D.C. Bradley

  • High Ambipolar and Balanced Carrier Mobility in Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    S. A. Choulis;Y. Kim;J. Nelson;D. D. C. Bradley

  • 8.9% Single-Stack Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Electron-Rich Polymer Nanolayer-Modified Inorganic Electron-Collecting Buffer Layers

    Sungho Woo;Wook Hyun Kim;Hwajeong Kim;Yeonjin Yi

  • A photophysical study of PCBM thin films

    Steffan Cook;Hideo Ohkita;Hideo Ohkita;Youngkyoo Kim;Youngkyoo Kim;Jessica J. Benson-Smith

  • Inverted polymer fullerene solar cells exceeding 10% efficiency with poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) nanodots on electron-collecting buffer layers

    Sungho Nam;Sungho Nam;Jooyeok Seo;Sungho Woo;Wook Hyun Kim

  • Investigation of transport properties in polymer/fullerene blends using time-of-flight photocurrent measurements

    S. A. Choulis;J. Nelson;Y. Kim;D. Poplavskyy

  • Abrupt Morphology Change upon Thermal Annealing in Poly(3-Hexylthiophene)/Soluble Fullerene Blend Films for Polymer Solar Cells

    Minjung Shin;Hwajeong Kim;Hwajeong Kim;Jiho Park;Sungho Nam

  • Effect of the end group of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) polymers on the performance of polymer/fullerene solar cells

    Y. Kim;S. Cook;J. Kirkpatrick;J. Nelson

  • Thermal and Optical Stabilities of Photoisomerizable Polyimide Layers for Nematic Liquid Crystal Alignments

    Byoungchoo Park;Youngyi Jung;Hyun–Hee Choi;Ha–Keun Hwang

  • Distinct Annealing Temperature in Polymer:Fullerene:Polymer Ternary Blend Solar Cells

    Hwajeong Kim;Minjung Shin;Youngkyoo Kim

  • Organic solar cells based on conjugated polymers : History and recent advances

    Hwajeong Kim;Sungho Nam;Jaehoon Jeong;Sooyong Lee

  • Singlet exciton transfer and fullerene triplet formation in polymer-fullerene blend films

    Steffan Cook;Hideo Ohkita;James R. Durrant;Youngkyoo Kim

  • Influence of Controlled Acidity of Hole-Collecting Buffer Layers on the Performance and Lifetime of Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells

    Hwajeong Kim;Sungho Nam;Hyena Lee;Sungho Woo;Sungho Woo

  • Folate Ligand Anchored Liquid Crystal Microdroplets Emulsion for in Vitro Detection of KB Cancer Cells

    Seong H Yoon;Kailash C Gupta;Jyoti S Borah;Soo-Young Park

  • ON THE STABILITY OF POLYMER SOLAR CELLS

    Hwajeong Kim;Joonhyeon Kim;Jaehoon Jeong;Sungho Nam

Frequent Co-Authors

Chang-Sik Ha
Chang-Sik Ha Pusan National University
Moonhor Ree
Moonhor Ree Pohang University of Science and Technology
Jenny Nelson
Jenny Nelson Imperial College London
James R. Durrant
James R. Durrant Imperial College London
Inn-Kyu Kang
Inn-Kyu Kang Kyungpook National University
Stelios A. Choulis
Stelios A. Choulis Cyprus University of Technology
Soo Young Park
Soo Young Park Seoul National University
Il Kim
Il Kim Pusan National University
Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford

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