Donald W. Kirk

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
213 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Donald W. Kirk is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald W. Kirk has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 69 papers in Materials Chemistry and 53 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Donald W. Kirk's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (48 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (33 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (33 papers). Donald W. Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (48 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (33 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (33 papers). Donald W. Kirk collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Donald W. Kirk's co-authors include J. W. Graydon, Steven J. Thorpe, M. Gattrell, Charles Q. Jia, F. R. Foulkes, Stephen Thorpe, Ryan Gilliam, Keryn Lian, Kevin M. Cole and W. F. Graydon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Donald W. Kirk

204 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

A review of specific conductivities of potassium hydroxide solutions for various concentrations and temperatures

2006 495 citations J. W. Graydon, Donald W. Kirk et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald W. Kirk Canada	43	2.5k	1.7k	1.6k	1.1k	989	213	5.9k
Edward P.L. Roberts Canada	37	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	529 0.5×	945 1.0×	162	4.7k
Ming Zhou China	45	3.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	490 0.5×	2.2k 2.2×	193	6.8k
Xuhui Mao China	45	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	291 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	172	6.3k
Suddhasatwa Basu India	50	4.8k 1.9×	4.0k 2.4×	3.1k 2.0×	965 0.9×	778 0.8×	315	8.7k
Ting Sun China	41	1.4k 0.6×	852 0.5×	2.3k 1.5×	339 0.3×	979 1.0×	259	6.3k
Qiyuan Chen China	47	3.7k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	299 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	228	7.5k
Jerry J. Wu Taiwan	46	2.6k 1.0×	3.4k 2.0×	3.7k 2.4×	371 0.3×	929 0.9×	228	7.5k
G. H. Kelsall United Kingdom	43	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.4×	608 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	169	5.8k
Qian Lin China	38	2.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	375 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	152	5.6k
Tingting Wu China	53	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	3.4k 2.2×	297 0.3×	2.6k 2.6×	212	8.3k

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Kirk, Donald W., et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Performance of Pre-Modified Birch Biochar Monolith Supercapacitors by Ferric Chloride and Ferric Citrate. Batteries. 11(2). 47–47. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yan, Miao He, Luyao Zhao, et al.. (2025). Nanocellulose functional materials for advanced adsorption and removal of emerging Contaminants: Green strategies and analytical perspectives. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 192. 118424–118424.

Tan, K. L., et al.. (2024). Intrinsic electrical conductivity of monolithic biochar. Biomass and Bioenergy. 181. 107051–107051. 22 indexed citations

Kirk, Donald W., et al.. (2024). Can Aqueous Na2SO4-Based Neutral Electrolyte Increase Energy Density of Monolithic Wood Biochar Electrode Supercapacitor?. Energies. 17(15). 3710–3710. 2 indexed citations

Mahdian, Mina, et al.. (2024). High-Efficiency Photothermal Water Evaporation under Low-Intensity Sunlight Using Wood Biochar Monolith. Langmuir. 40(29). 15059–15070. 6 indexed citations

Mir, Rameez Ahmad, Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2023). Recent progress and advances in nickel (Ni) based amorphous metal alloys towards alkaline water splitting: A review. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 976. 173211–173211. 15 indexed citations

Yang, Lin, et al.. (2022). Wood Biochar Monolith-Based Approach to Increasing the Volumetric Energy Density of Supercapacitor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 61(23). 7891–7901. 19 indexed citations

Wang, Jingwen, et al.. (2022). Reduced Graphene Oxide-Based Dielectric Nanocomposites with Small Dielectric Relaxation Times for Emerging Dielectric Electronics with High-Frequency Performance Demands. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(9). 13425–13433. 3 indexed citations

Cole, Kevin M., Jehad Abed, Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2021). Stabilizing Hydrous β-NiOOH for Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Integrating Y and Co into Amorphous Ni-Based Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(49). 58682–58690. 10 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2021). Co3O4 nanoparticles characterized by XPS and UPS. Surface Science Spectra. 28(1). 60 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Sagar Prabhudev, Gianluigi A. Botton, Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2020). Amorphous Ni-Based Nanoparticles for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 3(10). 10522–10530. 14 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2020). Co(OH)2 powder characterized by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). Surface Science Spectra. 27(2). 18 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2020). Y(OH)3 powder characterized by XPS. Surface Science Spectra. 27(2). 9 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2020). Surface Y2O3 layer formed on air exposed Y powder characterized by XPS. Surface Science Spectra. 27(2). 28 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., et al.. (2019). Characterization of Amorphous Ni-Nb-Y Nanoparticles for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Produced Through Surfactant-Assisted Ball Milling. Electrocatalysis. 10(6). 680–689. 9 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2018). Effect of Co Addition in Amorphous Ni-Based Alloys for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ECS Transactions. 85(11). 91–103. 1 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, Chandra Veer Singh, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2016). Optimizing electrochemical micromachining parameters for Zr-based bulk metallic glass. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 25. 227–234. 26 indexed citations

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Cole, Kevin M., Donald W. Kirk, Chandra Veer Singh, & Steven J. Thorpe. (2016). Role of niobium and oxygen concentration on glass forming ability and crystallization behavior of Zr-Ni-Al-Cu-Nb bulk metallic glasses with low copper concentration. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 445-446. 88–94. 11 indexed citations

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Song, F.M., Donald W. Kirk, J. W. Graydon, & D. E. Cormack. (2004). Predicting Carbon Dioxide Corrosion of Bare Steel Under an Aqueous Boundary Layer, August 2004. CORROSION. 60(8). 1 indexed citations

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Modi, Mahendra Kumar & Donald W. Kirk. (1994). The Effects of Codisposal of Alkaline Hazardous Waste with Municipal Solid Waste on Leachate Contamination. Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Materials. 11(2). 319–332. 6 indexed citations

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