Hee‐Tak Kim

11.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
210 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Hee‐Tak Kim is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hee‐Tak Kim has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 64 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 52 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hee‐Tak Kim's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (87 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (78 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (77 papers). Hee‐Tak Kim is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (87 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (78 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (77 papers). Hee‐Tak Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Germany. Hee‐Tak Kim's co-authors include Hongkyung Lee, Jung-Ki Park, Sunwook Kim, Jihoon Cho, Yun‐Jung Kim, Ju‐Hyuk Lee, Riyul Kim, Hyungjun Noh, Ho‐Young Jung and Chanyong Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hee‐Tak Kim

209 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst

2016 774 citations Chang Hyuck Choi, Minho Kim et al. Nature Communications profile →
Achieving three-dimensional lithium sulfide growth in lithium-sulfur batteries using high-donor-number anions

2019 303 citations Hyungjun Noh, Seongmin Yuk et al. Nature Communications profile →
Borate–pyran lean electrolyte-based Li-metal batteries with minimal Li corrosion

2023 127 citations Hyeokjin Kwon, Youngil Roh et al. Nature Energy profile →
Miniature Li+ solvation by symmetric molecular design for practical and safe Li-metal batteries

2025 21 citations Jae‐Sun Shin, Jaewon Baek et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hee‐Tak Kim South Korea	47	8.0k	2.9k	2.3k	1.9k	1.4k	210	9.7k
Taeseup Song South Korea	55	8.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	3.8k 1.7×	3.4k 1.8×	3.2k 2.3×	231	11.2k
Chu Liang China	49	8.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	674 0.3×	4.1k 2.1×	2.7k 1.9×	179	10.2k
Xinping Qiu China	66	11.7k 1.5×	4.5k 1.6×	3.9k 1.7×	2.3k 1.2×	4.1k 2.9×	190	13.5k
Kun Rui China	46	5.5k 0.7×	839 0.3×	3.4k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	105	7.3k
Huigang Zhang China	46	6.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	3.2k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	173	9.1k
Chaojiang Niu China	55	12.7k 1.6×	4.8k 1.7×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	3.7k 2.7×	95	14.0k
Jesse S. Wainright United States	33	5.6k 0.7×	987 0.3×	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	554 0.4×	112	6.2k
Zheng‐Long Xu Hong Kong	46	6.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	971 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.7×	111	7.1k
Guanjie He United Kingdom	69	11.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	4.2k 1.9×	3.1k 1.6×	4.4k 3.1×	296	15.0k
Jianfeng Mao Australia	62	13.3k 1.7×	2.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	4.0k 2.0×	4.4k 3.1×	176	16.1k

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Kwon, Hyeokjin, Jonghyun Hyun, Haeun Lee, et al.. (2025). Covariance of interphasic properties and fast chargeability of energy-dense lithium metal batteries. Nature Energy. 10(9). 1132–1145. 5 indexed citations

Lee, Ju Hyun, Saehun Kim, Ji-Yoon Lee, et al.. (2025). Concurrent electrode–electrolyte interfaces engineering via nano-Si₃N₄ additive for high-rate, high-voltage lithium metal batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(7). 3148–3159. 9 indexed citations

Lee, Dong Wook, et al.. (2025). On the interface electron transport problem of highly active IrO _x catalysts. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(11). 5577–5585. 4 indexed citations

Han, Seung Hee, Joon-Young Kim, Jae‐Seung Kim, et al.. (2025). Unveiling Bidentate Nitrile-Driven Structural Degradation in High-Nickel Cathodes. ACS Energy Letters. 10(12). 6178–6187.

Shin, Jae‐Sun, Jaewon Baek, Hee‐Tak Kim, et al.. (2025). Miniature Li+ solvation by symmetric molecular design for practical and safe Li-metal batteries. Nature Energy. 10(4). 502–512. 21 indexed citations breakdown →

Lee, Yong‐Hee, Kyung‐Jae Shin, Jaewon Baek, & Hee‐Tak Kim. (2024). Boosting the kinetics of bromine cathode in Zn–Br flow battery by enhancing the electrode adsorption of the droplet of bromine sequestration agent/polybromides complex. Journal of Power Sources. 620. 235219–235219. 9 indexed citations

Ye, Fangmin, Zhixin Wang, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2024). High-Entropy Polymer Electrolytes Derived from Multivalent Polymeric Ligands for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries with Accelerated Li⁺ Transport. Nano Letters. 24(23). 6850–6857. 15 indexed citations

Jung, Jinkwan, et al.. (2024). Insight into the Impact of Electrolyte on Passivation of Lithium–Sulfur Cathodes. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(5). 1 indexed citations

Han, Seung Hee, Seoyoung Kim, Hyeong Yong Lim, et al.. (2023). Modified viologen-assisted reversible bromine capture and release in flowless zinc–bromine batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 464. 142624–142624. 28 indexed citations

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Jung, Jinkwan, et al.. (2023). Tuning of electrolyte solvation structure for low-temperature operation of lithium–sulfur batteries. Energy storage materials. 59. 102763–102763. 27 indexed citations

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Lee, Mingyu, Hyuntae Lee, Hyeokjin Kwon, et al.. (2023). Modulating Ionic Transport and Interface Chemistry via Surface‐Modified Silica Carrier in Nano Colloid Electrolyte for Stable Cycling of Li‐Metal Batteries. Small. 19(43). e2302722–e2302722. 8 indexed citations

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Kwon, Hyeokjin, Jin Hong Lee, Jinkwan Jung, et al.. (2023). Weakly coordinated Li ion in single-ion-conductor-based composite enabling low electrolyte content Li-metal batteries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4047–4047. 43 indexed citations

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Jung, Jinkwan, Ju Ye Kim, Hyeokjin Kwon, et al.. (2022). Insights on the work function of the current collector surface in anode-free lithium metal batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(39). 20984–20992. 15 indexed citations

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Shin, Kyung‐Jae, Ju‐Hyuk Lee, Jiyun Heo, & Hee‐Tak Kim. (2021). Current status and challenges for practical flowless Zn–Br batteries. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 32. 100898–100898. 34 indexed citations

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Lee, Hongkyung, et al.. (2019). Polydopamine-treated three-dimensional carbon fiber-coated separator for achieving high-performance lithium metal batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 430. 130–136. 44 indexed citations

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Heo, Jiyun, Soohyun Kim, Seongmin Yuk, et al.. (2019). Catalytic production of impurity-free V3.5+ electrolyte for vanadium redox flow batteries. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4412–4412. 51 indexed citations

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Kwon, Sung Hyun, So Young Lee, Hyoung‐Juhn Kim, Hee‐Tak Kim, & Seung Geol Lee. (2018). Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Reveal Effects of Binder Content on Pt/C Catalyst Coverage in a High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(7). 3251–3258. 26 indexed citations

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Choi, Chang Hyuck, Minho Kim, Han Chang Kwon, et al.. (2016). Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10922–10922. 774 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Kwiyong, Hee‐Tak Kim, & Jong‐In Han. (2015). Compatibility of platinum with alkaline sulfide fuel: Effectiveness and stability of platinum as an anode catalyst in direct alkaline sulfide fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 40(11). 4141–4145. 9 indexed citations

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Song, Jongchan, Hyungjun Noh, Hongkyung Lee, et al.. (2014). Polysulfide rejection layer from alpha-lipoic acid for high performance lithium–sulfur battery. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(1). 323–330. 40 indexed citations

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