Barry C. Thompson

13.2k citations

139 papers · 11.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.2%
Polymers and Plastics top 0.05%
Materials Chemistry top 2%
Organic Chemistry top 1%
Biomedical Engineering top 5%

Co-authors: Jean M. J. Fréchet Petr P. Khlyabich Beate Burkhart John R. Reynolds Andrey E. Rudenko Young‐Gi Kim Nemal S. Gobalasingham Robert M. Pankow
Topics: Conducting polymers and applications (103 papers)Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (92 papers)Perovskite Materials and Applications (38 papers)
Cited by: Polymers and Plastics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Organic Chemistry
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society Advanced Materials Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Partner nations: United States Denmark South Korea

In The Last Decade

Barry C. Thompson

135 papers receiving 11.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Polymer–Fullerene Composite Solar Cells

2007 3.8k citations Barry C. Thompson, Jean M. J. Fréchet profile →
Multicolored Electrochromism in Polymers: Structures and Devices

2004 708 citations Barry C. Thompson et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synthesis of a Well-Defined Conjugated Polymer Via Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization (Ni-DArP) 2025 ·Organometallics ·(unknown),Barry C. Thompson	0
2	Measuring the Electric Fields of Ions Captured in Crown Ethers 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Sean C. Edington,Pratyusha Das,Barry C. Thompson,Sharon Hammes‐Schiffer,Mark A. Johnson,Jahan M. Dawlaty	6
3	Distinguishing between the Electrostatic Effects and Explicit Ion Interactions in a Stark Probe 2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·(unknown),Pratyusha Das,Barry C. Thompson,Jahan M. Dawlaty	7
4	Control of Properties through Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Conjugated Polymers 2023 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown),Barry C. Thompson	46
5	Stereoregular pendant electroactive polymers with extended pendants via post‐polymerization copper catalyzed azide‐alkyne cycloaddition 2023 ·Journal of Polymer Science ·Alexander Schmitt,(unknown),Barry C. Thompson	2
6	The Role of Functionalized Conducting Polymer Binders in Improving Power Density and Cycle Life of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 2022 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·(unknown),(unknown),Pratyusha Das,(unknown),Ahamed Irshad,Sarah H. Tolbert,Barry C. Thompson,S. R. Narayanan	6
7	What students write about when students write about mechanisms: analysis of features present in students’ written descriptions of an organic reaction mechanism 2020 ·Chemistry Education Research and Practice ·Field M. Watts,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Barry C. Thompson,Anne Ruggles Gere,Ginger V. Shultz	48
8	An Efficient Precatalyst Approach for the Synthesis of Thiazole-Containing Conjugated Polymers via Cu-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization (Cu-DArP) 2020 ·ACS Macro Letters ·Liwei Ye,Alexander Schmitt,Robert M. Pankow,Barry C. Thompson	17
9	Analysis of the role of a writing-to-learn assignment in student understanding of organic acid–base concepts 2019 ·Chemistry Education Research and Practice ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Barry C. Thompson,Anne Ruggles Gere,Ginger V. Shultz	43
10	Influence of Acceptor Side-Chain Length and Conjugation-Break Spacer Content on the Mechanical and Electronic Properties of Semi-Random Polymers 2019 ·ACS Applied Polymer Materials ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Darren J. Lipomi,Barry C. Thompson	36
11	Sustainable Synthesis of a Fluorinated Arylene Conjugated Polymer via Cu-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) 2018 ·ACS Macro Letters ·Robert M. Pankow,Liwei Ye,Barry C. Thompson	19
12	The effect of amide solvent structure on the direct arylation polymerization (DArP) of 2‐Bromo‐3‐hexylthiophene 2015 ·Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry ·Andrey E. Rudenko,Barry C. Thompson	19
13	Breakdown mechanisms and reverse current-voltage characteristics of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells and photodetectors 2014 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Kejia Li,(unknown),Petr P. Khlyabich,Beate Burkhart,(unknown),Zhiwen Lu,Barry C. Thompson,Joe C. Campbell	7
14	Influence of β-linkages on the morphology and performance of DArP P3HT–PC₆₁BM solar cells 2013 ·Nanotechnology ·Andrey E. Rudenko,(unknown),Barry C. Thompson	54
15	Influence of selenophene on the properties of semi-random polymers and their blends with PC₆₁BM 2013 ·Nanotechnology ·Andrey E. Rudenko,Sangtaik Noh,Barry C. Thompson	5
16	Novel semi-random and alternating copolymer hybrid solar cells utilizing CdSe multipods as versatile acceptors 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Matthew J. Greaney,(unknown),Beate Burkhart,Barry C. Thompson,Richard L. Brutchey	23
17	Influence of the Acceptor Composition on Physical Properties and Solar Cell Performance in Semi-Random Two-Acceptor Copolymers 2012 ·ACS Macro Letters ·Beate Burkhart,Petr P. Khlyabich,Barry C. Thompson	80
18	Polymer-Based Solar Cells: State-of-the-Art Principles for the Design of Active Layer Components 2011 ·Barry C. Thompson,Petr P. Khlyabich,Beate Burkhart,(unknown),Andrey E. Rudenko,Ginger V. Shultz,(unknown),(unknown)	50
19	Polymer‐Fulleren‐Solarzellen 2007 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Barry C. Thompson,Jean M. J. Fréchet	235
20	Evaluation of the water environments in deoxygenated sickle cells by longitudinal and transverse water proton relaxation rates 1975 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Barry C. Thompson,Michael R. Waterman,G.Larry Cottam	32

About Barry C. Thompson

Barry C. Thompson is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry, having authored 139 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Conducting polymers and applications (103 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (92 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (38 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (8.8k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (9.3k citations) and Organic Chemistry (1.9k citations). Barry C. Thompson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Denmark and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Jean M. J. Fréchet, Petr P. Khlyabich, Beate Burkhart, John R. Reynolds, Andrey E. Rudenko, Young‐Gi Kim, Nemal S. Gobalasingham, Robert M. Pankow, R. A. Street and Philippe Schottland. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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