Kevin D. Dobson

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kevin D. Dobson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin D. Dobson has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Kevin D. Dobson's work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (30 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (29 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (8 papers). Kevin D. Dobson is often cited by papers focused on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (30 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (29 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (8 papers). Kevin D. Dobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Israel. Kevin D. Dobson's co-authors include A. James McQuillan, Brian E. McCandless, Paul A. Connor, Robert W. Birkmire, Gary Hodes, David Cahen, Iris Visoly‐Fisher, Jingguang G. Chen, Daniel V. Esposito and Sean T. Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kevin D. Dobson

55 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Low‐Cost Hydrogen‐Evolution Catalysts Based on Monolayer ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Low‐Cost Hydrogen‐Evolution Catalysts Based on Monolayer Platinum on Tungsten Monocarbide Substrates
    2010 511 citations Daniel V. Esposito, Sean T. Hunt et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

Kevin D. Dobson
L. Wan China
Qing Ma United States
Jiali Peng China
Nelson Y. Dzade United Kingdom
Guangzhao Wang China
Chen Zhao China
Yaron Paz Israel
Yaw‐Wen Yang Taiwan
Alexander D. Modestov Russia
Xinan Yang China
L. Wan China
Kevin D. Dobson
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin D. Dobson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Du, Bert N. La, Kevin D. Dobson, Jennifer P. Teixeira, et al.. (2024). Development of an Optical Library for Coevaporated CdSe x Te1− x . IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 15(2). 252–260. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Bin, et al.. (2024). The Role of Oxygen Exposure on the Performance of All-Vapor-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells With CuPC Hole Transport Layers. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 14(5). 758–764. 2 indexed citations
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Das, Ujjwal, et al.. (2024). Air-Induced Conductivity Loss in Fullerene ETLs Can Drive Charge Extraction Losses in Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 7(24). 11921–11928. 2 indexed citations
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Du, Bin, Kevin D. Dobson, Brian E. McCandless, et al.. (2023). Pyrolyzer Assisted Vapor Transport Deposition of Antimony-Doped Cadmium Telluride. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Dobson, Kevin D., et al.. (2021). Thermal and Structural Characterization of Methylammonium‐ and Formamidinium‐Halide Salts. physica status solidi (a). 218(22). 16 indexed citations
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McCandless, Brian E., et al.. (2020). The growth of methylammonium lead iodide perovskites by close space vapor transport. RSC Advances. 10(27). 16125–16131. 13 indexed citations
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Berg, Dominik M., Cheng‐Yu Lai, Kevin H. Stone, et al.. (2018). The promise of solution-processed Fe2GeS4 thin films in iron chalcogenide photovoltaics. Journal of Materials Science. 53(10). 7725–7734. 11 indexed citations
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Luc, Wesley, et al.. (2018). Computation and assessment of solar electrolyzer field performance: comparing coupling strategies. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 3(2). 422–430. 17 indexed citations
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Forest, Robert V., Brian E. McCandless, Xiaoqing He, et al.. (2017). Diffusion of sodium in single crystal CuInSe2. Journal of Applied Physics. 121(24). 16 indexed citations
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Thibeault, B.J., D.N. Payne, Ivan Perez‐Würfl, et al.. (2017). Broadband Ta2O5 moth-eye antireflection coatings for tandem solar cells on Si. 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). 315–318. 1 indexed citations
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McCandless, Brian E., et al.. (2015). Thermochemical and kinetic aspects of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin film growth by reacting Cu-Zn-Sn precursors in H2S and H2Se. Journal of Applied Physics. 118(6). 12 indexed citations
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Lai, Cheng‐Yu, et al.. (2014). Novel Solution Process for Fabricating Ultra-Thin-Film Absorber Layers in Fe2SiS4 and Fe2GeS4 Photovoltaics. MRS Proceedings. 1670. 2 indexed citations
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Zou, Yi, Danning Zhang, Hongtao Lin, et al.. (2014). High‐Performance, High‐Index‐Contrast Chalcogenide Glass Photonics on Silicon and Unconventional Non‐planar Substrates. Advanced Optical Materials. 2(5). 478–486. 47 indexed citations
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Esposito, Daniel V., Sean T. Hunt, Alan L. Stottlemyer, et al.. (2010). Low‐Cost Hydrogen‐Evolution Catalysts Based on Monolayer Platinum on Tungsten Monocarbide Substrates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(51). 9859–9862. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Esposito, Daniel V., et al.. (2009). A new photoelectrochemical test cell and its use for a combined two-electrode and three-electrode approach to cell testing. Review of Scientific Instruments. 80(12). 125107–125107. 7 indexed citations
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Esposito, Daniel V., Kevin D. Dobson, Brian E. McCandless, Robert W. Birkmire, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2009). Comparative Study of Tungsten Monocarbide and Platinum as Counter Electrodes in Polysulfide-Based Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 156(8). B962–B962. 28 indexed citations
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Dobson, Kevin D. & A. James McQuillan. (2000). In situ infrared spectroscopic analysis of the adsorption of aromatic carboxylic acids to TiO2, ZrO2, Al2O3, and Ta2O5 from aqueous solutions. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 56(3). 557–565. 288 indexed citations
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Connor, Paul A., Kevin D. Dobson, & A. James McQuillan. (1999). Infrared Spectroscopy of the TiO2/Aqueous Solution Interface. Langmuir. 15(7). 2402–2408. 225 indexed citations
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Duffy, Noel W., Kevin D. Dobson, Keith C. Gordon, Brian H. Robinson, & A. James McQuillan. (1997). In situ infrared spectroscopic analysis of the adsorption of ruthenium(II) bipyridyl dicarboxylic acid photosensitisers to TiO2 in aqueous solutions. Chemical Physics Letters. 266(5-6). 451–455. 109 indexed citations

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