Hern Kim

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
331 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Hern Kim is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Hern Kim has authored 331 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Materials Chemistry, 88 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 80 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Hern Kim's work include Hydrogen Storage and Materials (40 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (39 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (38 papers). Hern Kim is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogen Storage and Materials (40 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (39 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (38 papers). Hern Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, India and China. Hern Kim's co-authors include Wook‐Jin Chung, Harshad A. Bandal, Ashif H. Tamboli, Avinash A. Chaugule, Amutha Chinnappan, Arvind H. Jadhav, Amol R. Jadhav, Richard Appiah‐Ntiamoah, Grace M. Nisola and John Marc C. Puguan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Hern Kim

328 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

Critical Review, Recent Updates on Zeolitic Imidazolate F... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Critical Review, Recent Updates on Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework‐67 (ZIF‐67) and Its Derivatives for Electrochemical Water Splitting
    2021 349 citations Harsharaj S. Jadhav, Harshad A. Bandal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hern Kim South Korea 52 3.5k 3.1k 2.5k 2.1k 2.0k 331 9.7k
Bing Zhang China 59 4.2k 1.2× 3.9k 1.3× 4.6k 1.8× 2.2k 1.0× 961 0.5× 241 11.4k
Robin J. White Germany 38 3.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 84 10.2k
Yong‐Gun Shul South Korea 48 3.5k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 896 0.5× 288 7.4k
Sheng Han China 51 3.4k 1.0× 3.7k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 358 10.5k
Weiquan Cai China 48 3.6k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 2.4k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 168 7.8k
Changhai Liang China 57 6.5k 1.9× 2.8k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 3.5k 1.7× 4.2k 2.2× 370 12.2k
Qin Wu China 44 2.8k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 994 0.5× 240 7.0k
Tingting Xu China 45 2.9k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 250 7.0k
Hui Sun China 48 3.1k 0.9× 2.9k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 852 0.4× 187 7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Hern Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hern Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hern Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hern Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hern Kim based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hern Kim. Hern Kim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kim, Hern, et al.. (2025). (220) facet exposed layered Co3O4: A bifunctional catalyst for electrochemical urea oxidation, and rapid 4-nitrophenol reduction to 4-aminophenol. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 71. 107217–107217. 3 indexed citations
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Rathod, Pramod V., et al.. (2025). Strategically engineered NiSe/Co(OH)2 heterostructure via active site optimization for efficient urea electrooxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 118. 24–34. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Hern, et al.. (2025). Enargite (Cu 3 AsS 4 ): a ductile mid-temperature thermoelectric material. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(27). 13986–14000. 1 indexed citations
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Baye, Anteneh F., et al.. (2024). Modulating effect of urea/melamine on Co2+/Co3+ ratio of Co3O4 microplates for rapid hydrogen generation via NaBH4 hydrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 57. 856–868. 20 indexed citations
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Bandal, Harshad A. & Hern Kim. (2024). Enhancing electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction efficiency through heat-induced metamorphosis of copper nanowires into copper oxide/copper nanotubes with tunable surface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 664. 210–219. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Wu, Junyu Hou, Yunlei Zhou, et al.. (2024). Amorphous FeSnOx Nanosheets with Hierarchical Vacancies for Room‐Temperature Sodium‐Sulfur Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(38). e202404816–e202404816. 25 indexed citations
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Appiah‐Ntiamoah, Richard, et al.. (2024). Engineering FeOOH/Fe2O3@Carbon Interfaces With Biomass‐Derived Carbon Nanodot/Iron Colloids for Efficient Redox‐Modulated Dopamine Voltammetric Detection. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 19(15). e202400435–e202400435. 4 indexed citations
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Jadhav, Harsharaj S., et al.. (2023). Layer interfacing strategy to derive free standing CoFe@PANI bifunctional electrocatalyst towards oxygen evolution reaction and methanol oxidation reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 653(Pt A). 949–959. 19 indexed citations
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Bandal, Harshad A. & Hern Kim. (2023). In situ formed Cu3P@CuOx as an efficient electrocatalyst for urea electrooxidation. Applied Surface Science. 622. 156925–156925. 14 indexed citations
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Nisola, Grace M., et al.. (2023). “Knitted” tetrabenzo-24-crown-8 ether sulfonate as reusable and practical hydrophilic adsorbent for aqueous Cs+ sequestration. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(1). 111690–111690. 5 indexed citations
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Appiah‐Ntiamoah, Richard, et al.. (2023). Optimizing Co2+ concentration on high-index Co3O4 facets enhances the catalytic performance in NaBH4 hydrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 108–119. 23 indexed citations
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Algethami, Jari S., M. Shamshi Hassan, Touseef Amna, et al.. (2023). Nanotextured CeO2−SnO2 Composite: Efficient Photocatalytic, Antibacterial, and Energy Storage Fibers. Nanomaterials. 13(6). 1001–1001. 14 indexed citations
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Kim, Hern, et al.. (2022). Efficient imidazolium ionic liquid as a tri-functional robust catalyst for chemical fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates. Journal of Environmental Management. 314. 115045–115045. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Qiming, et al.. (2012). Preparation of sol–gel modified electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for improved photocatalytic decomposition of ethylene. Materials Letters. 76. 169–172. 28 indexed citations
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Kim, Hern & Raj Rajagopalan. (1994). Computer Simulation Model for the Analysis of Microstructural Changes during Particle Deposition. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering. 32(5). 659–659. 1 indexed citations

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