I‐Kang Ding

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

I‐Kang Ding is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, I‐Kang Ding has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in I‐Kang Ding's work include TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (14 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (11 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (8 papers). I‐Kang Ding is often cited by papers focused on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (14 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (11 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (8 papers). I‐Kang Ding collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. I‐Kang Ding's co-authors include Michael D. McGehee, Michaël Grätzel, Brian E. Hardin, Alan Sellinger, Jason T. Bloking, Tomas Leijtens, Tommaso Giovenzana, Baoquan Chen, Alex K.‐Y. Jen and David S. Ginger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, ACS Nano and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

I‐Kang Ding

17 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Efficient CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Usin... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Efficient CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using a Thermally Polymerized Hole Transport Layer
    2006 480 citations Jialong Zhao, Julie A. Bardecker et al. Nano Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
I‐Kang Ding United States 16 1.3k 1.3k 749 467 267 17 2.0k
Abdelhak Belaidi Germany 27 1.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 645 0.9× 373 0.8× 172 0.6× 56 2.2k
Zuobao Yang China 24 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 621 0.8× 245 0.5× 130 0.5× 49 2.0k
Doh‐Kwon Lee South Korea 23 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 356 0.5× 284 0.6× 179 0.7× 66 1.7k
Chi‐Chung Kei Taiwan 24 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 631 0.8× 130 0.3× 212 0.8× 76 1.7k
Jamil Elias France 19 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 403 0.5× 191 0.4× 331 1.2× 32 1.8k
Hyunbok Lee South Korea 20 1.1k 0.9× 709 0.6× 315 0.4× 540 1.2× 130 0.5× 102 1.5k
Yo‐Sep Min South Korea 25 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 460 0.6× 118 0.3× 192 0.7× 79 2.2k
Janice E. Boercker United States 17 966 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 652 0.9× 101 0.2× 266 1.0× 30 1.7k
V. M. Pathak India 26 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 259 0.3× 169 0.4× 355 1.3× 110 1.9k
Jijun Qiu China 23 999 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 417 0.6× 142 0.3× 150 0.6× 57 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by I‐Kang Ding

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I‐Kang Ding

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of I‐Kang Ding. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of I‐Kang Ding 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 I‐Kang Ding. I‐Kang Ding is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Kayes, Brendan M., et al.. (2014). Flexible Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells With >30% Efficiency. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 4(2). 729–733. 87 indexed citations
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Brennan, Thomas P., Jukka T. Tanskanen, Katherine E. Roelofs, et al.. (2013). TiO2 Conduction Band Modulation with In2O3 Recombination Barrier Layers in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117(46). 24138–24149. 31 indexed citations
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Margulis, George Y., Brian E. Hardin, I‐Kang Ding, Eric T. Hoke, & Michael D. McGehee. (2013). Parasitic Absorption and Internal Quantum Efficiency Measurements of Solid‐State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 3(7). 959–966. 25 indexed citations
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Brennan, Thomas P., Jonathan R. Bakke, I‐Kang Ding, et al.. (2012). The importance of dye chemistry and TiCl4 surface treatment in the behavior of Al2O3 recombination barrier layers deposited by atomic layer deposition in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(35). 12130–12130. 35 indexed citations
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Leijtens, Tomas, I‐Kang Ding, Tommaso Giovenzana, et al.. (2012). Hole Transport Materials with Low Glass Transition Temperatures and High Solubility for Application in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Nano. 6(2). 1455–1462. 304 indexed citations
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Brennan, Thomas P., Han‐Bo‐Ram Lee, Jonathan R. Bakke, et al.. (2011). Atomic Layer Deposition of CdS Quantum Dots for Solid‐State Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 1(6). 1169–1175. 72 indexed citations
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Brennan, Thomas P., Han‐Bo‐Ram Lee, Jonathan R. Bakke, et al.. (2011). Effects of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Solid-State CdS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Nano. 5(2). 1495–1504. 92 indexed citations
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Hardin, Brian E., Whitney Gaynor, I‐Kang Ding, et al.. (2011). Laminating solution-processed silver nanowire mesh electrodes onto solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Organic Electronics. 12(6). 875–879. 63 indexed citations
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Abrusci, Agnese, I‐Kang Ding, Mohammed Al‐Hashimi, et al.. (2011). Facile infiltration of semiconducting polymer into mesoporous electrodes for hybrid solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 4(8). 3051–3051. 59 indexed citations
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Ding, I‐Kang, Arianna Marchioro, Angela Punzi, et al.. (2011). The Effect of Hole Transport Material Pore Filling on Photovoltaic Performance in Solid‐State Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 1(3). 407–414. 124 indexed citations
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Ding, I‐Kang, C. C. Chen, Yihan Yang, et al.. (2010). Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Dye‐Sensitized SnO2 Nanowire Field‐Effect Transistors. Advanced Functional Materials. 21(3). 474–479. 23 indexed citations
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Ding, I‐Kang, et al.. (2010). Deposition of hole-transport materials in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells by doctor-blading. Organic Electronics. 11(7). 1217–1222. 83 indexed citations
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Ding, I‐Kang, Jia Zhu, Wenshan Cai, et al.. (2010). Plasmonic Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 1(1). 52–57. 211 indexed citations
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Ding, I‐Kang, Jia Zhu, Wenshan Cai, et al.. (2010). Plasmonic Back Reflectors: Plasmonic Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 1(1). 51–51. 13 indexed citations
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Ding, I‐Kang, Nicolas Tétreault, Jérémie Brillet, et al.. (2009). Pore‐Filling of Spiro‐OMeTAD in Solid‐State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Quantification, Mechanism, and Consequences for Device Performance. Advanced Functional Materials. 19(15). 2431–2436. 239 indexed citations
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Williams, Stuart, Vignesh Gowrishankar, I‐Kang Ding, et al.. (2008). Nanostructured Titania−Polymer Photovoltaic Devices Made Using PFPE-Based Nanomolding Techniques. Chemistry of Materials. 20(16). 5229–5234. 66 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jialong, Julie A. Bardecker, Andrea M. Munro, et al.. (2006). Efficient CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using a Thermally Polymerized Hole Transport Layer. Nano Letters. 6(3). 463–467. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

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