Ken S. Chen

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ken S. Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken S. Chen has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ken S. Chen's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (33 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (11 papers). Ken S. Chen is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (33 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers) and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (11 papers). Ken S. Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Ken S. Chen's co-authors include Yun Wang, Sung Chan Cho, Jeffrey Mishler, Daniela Fernanda Ruiz Diaz, Zhe Wang, Chao‐Yang Wang, Hui Xu, Andrew Martinez, Yiheng Pang and Ugur Pasaogullari and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Ken S. Chen

36 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A review of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Technology, applications, and needs on fundamental research

2010 2.7k citations Yun Wang, Ken S. Chen et al. Applied Energy profile →
Materials, technological status, and fundamentals of PEM fuel cells – A review

2019 1.1k citations Yun Wang, Daniela Fernanda Ruiz Diaz et al. Materials Today profile →
PEM Fuel cell and electrolysis cell technologies and hydrogen infrastructure development – a review

2022 503 citations Yun Wang, Ken S. Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken S. Chen United States	19	4.8k	3.4k	1.5k	810	681	41	5.5k
Shawn Litster United States	37	5.3k 1.1×	4.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	782 1.0×	655 1.0×	150	6.5k
Zhiming Bao China	20	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	527 0.7×	380 0.6×	51	3.6k
J. W. Van Zee United States	38	3.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	607 0.7×	500 0.7×	113	4.3k
Simon Thiele Germany	47	5.2k 1.1×	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	594 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	180	6.4k
K.C. Neyerlin United States	42	6.0k 1.3×	5.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.1×	357 0.4×	429 0.6×	105	7.1k
Ahmet Kusoglu United States	44	7.8k 1.6×	4.9k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 2.5×	1.1k 1.6×	116	8.9k
Christopher Hebling Germany	25	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	551 0.7×	228 0.3×	51	3.4k
Sung Chan Cho United States	10	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	766 0.5×	419 0.5×	469 0.7×	14	3.1k
Félix N. Büchi Switzerland	52	7.1k 1.5×	4.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	1.5k 2.2×	170	7.9k
Lorenz Gubler Switzerland	38	4.4k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	835 0.5×	755 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	154	4.9k

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Wang, Yun, et al.. (2019). Materials, technological status, and fundamentals of PEM fuel cells – A review. Materials Today. 32. 178–203. 1068 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Yun, Ken S. Chen, & Sung Chan Cho. (2013). PEM Fuel Cells: Thermal and Water Management Fundamentals. 55 indexed citations

Cho, Sung Chan, Yun Wang, & Ken S. Chen. (2012). Droplet dynamics in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell gas flow channel: Forces, deformation, and detachment. I: Theoretical and numerical analyses. Journal of Power Sources. 206. 119–128. 108 indexed citations

Miller, James E., Richard B. Diver, Nathan P. Siegel, et al.. (2011). Sunshine to petrol: Solar thermochemistry for liquid fuels. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yun & Ken S. Chen. (2011). Effect of Spatially-Varying GDL Properties and Land Compression on Water Distribution in PEM Fuel Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 158(11). B1292–B1292. 52 indexed citations

Wang, Yun & Ken S. Chen. (2011). Elucidating two-phase transport in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Part 1: Characterizing flow regimes with a dimensionless group. Chemical Engineering Science. 66(15). 3557–3567. 29 indexed citations

Carnes, Brian, Ken S. Chen, Liang Hao, et al.. (2011). Validation and Uncertainty Quantification of a Two-Phase, Multidimensional PEMFC Computer Model Using High-Resolution Segmented Current Collector Data. 773–779. 1 indexed citations

Kalu, Egwu Eric, et al.. (2010). Continuous-flow biodiesel production using slit-channel reactors. Bioresource Technology. 102(6). 4456–4461. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Yun, et al.. (2010). A review of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Technology, applications, and needs on fundamental research. Applied Energy. 88(4). 981–1007. 2698 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miller, James E., Richard B. Diver, Nathan P. Siegel, et al.. (2010). Sunshine to petrol: A metal oxide-based thermochemical route to solar fuels. 27–38. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Yun & Ken S. Chen. (2010). Through-Plane Water Distribution in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell: Comparison of Numerical Prediction with Neutron Radiography Data. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 157(12). B1878–B1878. 51 indexed citations

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Jiang, Fangming, et al.. (2010). Effect of Cathode Pore Volume on PEM Fuel Cell Cold Start. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 157(5). B726–B726. 33 indexed citations

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Hickner, Michael A., Ken S. Chen, & Nathan P. Siegel. (2009). Elucidating Liquid Water Distribution and Removal in an Operating Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell via Neutron Radiography. Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology. 7(1). 3 indexed citations

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Basu, Suman, et al.. (2009). Two-Phase Flow Maldistribution and Mitigation in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology. 6(3). 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Ken S.. (2008). Modeling Water-Droplet Detachment From GDL/Channel Interface in PEM Fuel Cells. 797–803. 6 indexed citations

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Hickner, Michael A. & Ken S. Chen. (2005). Experimental Studies of Liquid Water Droplet Growth and Instability at the Gas Diffusion Layer/Gas Flow Channel Interface. 65–69. 2 indexed citations

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Pasaogullari, Ugur, Chao‐Yang Wang, & Ken S. Chen. (2005). Two-Phase Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells with Bilayer Cathode Gas Diffusion Media. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 152(8). A1574–A1574. 197 indexed citations

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Pasaogullari, Ugur, Chao‐Yang Wang, & Ken S. Chen. (2004). Liquid Water Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells With Multi-Layer Diffusion Media. 307–315. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Ken S. & Michael A. Hickner. (2004). A New Constitutive Model for Predicting Proton Conductivity in Polymer Electrolytes. 425–431. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Ken S.. (2000). Two-phase flow and transport in the air cathode of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

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