Kenneth J. McDonald

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kenneth J. McDonald is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. McDonald has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. McDonald's work include Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers), Iron oxide chemistry and applications (4 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers). Kenneth J. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers), Iron oxide chemistry and applications (4 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers). Kenneth J. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. Kenneth J. McDonald's co-authors include Kyoung‐Shin Choi, Yiseul Park, Ryan Spray, Han Gi Chae, Satish Kumar, Bradley A. Newcomb, Kevin M. Lyons, Nathan Post, William Rodríguez-Córdoba and Zhuangqun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Energy & Environmental Science and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth J. McDonald

24 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Progress in bismuth vanadate photoanodes for use in solar water oxidation

2012 1.3k citations Yiseul Park, Kenneth J. McDonald et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth J. McDonald United States	12	2.2k	1.8k	1.1k	213	137	27	2.6k
Andebet Gedamu Tamirat China	22	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	515 2.4×	105 0.8×	27	3.1k
Yanhua Peng China	25	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	227 1.1×	95 0.7×	48	2.5k
Zhifeng Liu China	33	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	296 1.4×	134 1.0×	102	3.3k
Chaoran Jiang China	17	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	918 0.8×	402 1.9×	59 0.4×	28	2.6k
Mu Xiao Australia	31	3.3k 1.5×	3.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.8×	406 1.9×	279 2.0×	70	4.5k
Zhi Zheng China	30	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	921 4.3×	257 1.9×	82	3.2k
Dongdong Han China	16	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	298 1.4×	137 1.0×	28	3.0k
Shaoce Zhang Hong Kong	26	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	988 0.9×	257 1.2×	77 0.6×	54	3.5k
Flávio L. Souza Brazil	24	1.1k 0.5×	860 0.5×	350 0.3×	117 0.5×	112 0.8×	91	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

McDonald, Kenneth J., et al.. (2024). Changing Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy in Learning Objectives and Exam Questions in First-Semester Introductory Chemistry before and during Adoption of Guided Inquiry. Education Sciences. 14(9). 943–943.

McDonald, Kenneth J., et al.. (2022). The STEM Faculty Experience at West Point. Journal of College Science Teaching. 51(6). 29–34. 1 indexed citations

Nowicki, Margaret, et al.. (2021). Strength and Quality of Recycled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS). 2 indexed citations

McDonald, Kenneth J., et al.. (2017). Electrochemical Growth of Copper Hydroxy Double Salt Films and Their Conversion to Nanostructured p-Type CuO Photocathodes. Langmuir. 33(37). 9262–9270. 46 indexed citations

Newcomb, Bradley A., Lucille A. Giannuzzi, Kevin M. Lyons, et al.. (2015). High resolution transmission electron microscopy study on polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotube based carbon fibers and the effect of structure development on the thermal and electrical conductivities. Carbon. 93. 502–514. 88 indexed citations

McDonald, Kenneth J., Ruigang Zhang, Chen Ling, et al.. (2014). Hydrothermal synthesis, structure refinement, and electrochemical characterization of Li₂CoGeO₄ as an oxygen evolution catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2(43). 18428–18434. 8 indexed citations

Park, Yiseul, Kenneth J. McDonald, & Kyoung‐Shin Choi. (2012). Progress in bismuth vanadate photoanodes for use in solar water oxidation. Chemical Society Reviews. 42(6). 2321–2337. 1281 indexed citations breakdown →

McDonald, Kenneth J. & Kyoung‐Shin Choi. (2012). A new electrochemical synthesis route for a BiOI electrode and its conversion to a highly efficient porous BiVO4 photoanode for solar water oxidation. Energy & Environmental Science. 5(9). 8553–8553. 368 indexed citations

Huang, Zhuangqun, Yongjing Lin, Xu Xiang, et al.. (2012). In situ probe of photocarrier dynamics in water-splitting hematite (α-Fe2O3) electrodes. Energy & Environmental Science. 5(10). 8923–8923. 125 indexed citations

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McDonald, Kenneth J. & Kyoung‐Shin Choi. (2011). Photodeposition of Co-Based Oxygen Evolution Catalysts on α-Fe₂O₃ Photoanodes. Chemistry of Materials. 23(7). 1686–1693. 196 indexed citations

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McDonald, Kenneth J. & Kyoung‐Shin Choi. (2011). Synthesis and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Fe₂O₃/ZnFe₂O₄ Composite Photoanodes for Use in Solar Water Oxidation. Chemistry of Materials. 23(21). 4863–4869. 221 indexed citations

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Post, Nathan, et al.. (2007). Residual strength prediction of composite materials: Random spectrum loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 75(9). 2707–2724. 48 indexed citations

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Herman, Michael, et al.. (2006). Did intelligence matter in the Cold War. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo).

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McLauchlan, C.C. & Kenneth J. McDonald. (2006). Cocrystallization of dichloro(N,N-dimethylformamide)[hydrotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borato]vanadium(III) with its partially oxidized analog chloro(N,N-dimethylformamide)[hydrotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borato]oxovanadium(IV). Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 62(3). m588–m590. 7 indexed citations

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McLauchlan, C.C. & Kenneth J. McDonald. (2005). Chloro[hydrotris(pyrazol-1-yl)borato]oxo(1H-pyrazole)vanadium(IV). Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 61(11). m2379–m2381. 7 indexed citations

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Bruckard, Warren J., et al.. (1992). Platinum, palladium, and gold extraction from Coronation Hill ore by cyanidation at elevated temperatures. Hydrometallurgy. 30(1-3). 211–227. 21 indexed citations

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Bear, I. J., et al.. (1992). Activated basket anodes from nickel powder Part III: Electrochemical behaviour of sulphur activated anodes. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 22(1). 16–20. 2 indexed citations

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Bear, I. J., et al.. (1992). Activated basket anodes from nickel powder Part II: Fabrication of anodes by a liquid phase sintering process. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 22(1). 8–15. 4 indexed citations

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Bethell, Donald, et al.. (1979). Chemically induced dynamic polarisation of¹⁹F nuclei in the dimerisation of α-fluorobenzyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 603–606. 2 indexed citations

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Bethell, Donald, et al.. (1977). Generation of carbenium ions by phase transfer catalysis. A convenient preparation of benzylic fluorides.. Tetrahedron Letters. 18(17). 1447–1448. 1 indexed citations

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