Kwan Young Lee

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kwan Young Lee is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kwan Young Lee has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kwan Young Lee's work include Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (12 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (11 papers). Kwan Young Lee is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (12 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (11 papers). Kwan Young Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Japan and United States. Kwan Young Lee's co-authors include Young Moo Park, Deog-Keun Kim, Hak Joo Kim, Min Ju Kim, Makoto Misono, Toshio Okuhara, Dae Won Lee, Wonchang Choi, Yongho Lee and Sachio Asaoka and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Energy & Environmental Science and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kwan Young Lee

59 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Transesterification of vegetable oil to biodiesel using h... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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. Transesterification of vegetable oil to biodiesel using heterogeneous base catalyst
    2004 592 citations Kwan Young Lee 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
Kwan Young Lee South Korea 26 1.1k 1.0k 856 655 408 61 2.6k
Yuxiang Liu China 29 629 0.6× 988 1.0× 505 0.6× 572 0.9× 416 1.0× 118 2.4k
Mohd Izham Saiman Malaysia 25 920 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 733 0.9× 218 0.3× 405 1.0× 46 2.2k
Liangjiu Bai China 36 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 662 0.8× 636 1.0× 712 1.7× 176 4.0k
Xiukai Li Singapore 28 893 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 294 0.3× 472 0.7× 1.1k 2.7× 45 2.4k
Haiyang Cheng China 32 1.3k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 909 1.1× 279 0.4× 452 1.1× 137 3.6k
Yanfu Ma China 23 658 0.6× 864 0.9× 538 0.6× 478 0.7× 817 2.0× 34 2.1k
Weiqing Zheng United States 30 1.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.4× 296 0.5× 624 1.5× 64 3.4k
Catia Cannilla Italy 34 1.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.5× 985 1.2× 252 0.4× 366 0.9× 62 3.2k
Donglei Wei China 31 804 0.7× 840 0.8× 559 0.7× 469 0.7× 684 1.7× 115 2.8k
Tamás I. Korányi Hungary 27 1.8k 1.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 177 0.3× 205 0.5× 58 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kwan Young Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kwan Young Lee

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hwang, Junphil, Jae Hyun Yun, Kwan Young Lee, et al.. (2023). Multiple electron & phonon scattering effect achieves highly efficient thermoelectricity due to nanostructuring. Materials Today Physics. 33. 101053–101053. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Ho Young, Yujin Hwang, Jeongho Kim, et al.. (2022). Tailor‐Made Charged Catechol‐Based Polymeric Ligands to Build Robust Fuel Cells Containing Antioxidative Nanoparticles. Advanced Electronic Materials. 8(9). 11 indexed citations
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Kim, Ho Young, Seok Jun Kim, Seungjoo Choi, et al.. (2021). Boosting antioxidation efficiency of nonstoichiometric CeOx nanoparticles via surface passivation toward robust polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 432. 134419–134419. 23 indexed citations
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Kim, Ye Eun, et al.. (2020). Recovery of Metallic Pd with High Purity from Pd/Al2O3 Catalyst by Hydrometallurgy in HCl. Clean Technology. 26(4). 270–278. 3 indexed citations
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Yoon, Ki Ro, Ju Sung Lee, Jong Min Kim, et al.. (2019). Effect of dispersion solvent on properties of fluorinated polymer reinforced composite membrane for fuel cell by solution coating method. Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering. 57(3). 413–419. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Yongho, Kwan Young Lee, & Wonchang Choi. (2017). One‐Pot Synthesis of Antimony‐Embedded Silicon Oxycarbide Materials for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 27(43). 53 indexed citations
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Lee, Yongho, Jieun Lee, Kwan Young Lee, et al.. (2016). Facile formation of a Li3PO4 coating layer during the synthesis of a lithium-rich layered oxide for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 315. 284–293. 96 indexed citations
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Cho, Hyeongrae, Eun Mi Hur, Dirk Henkensmeier, et al.. (2014). meta-PBI/methylated PBI-OO blend membranes for acid doped HT PEMFC. European Polymer Journal. 58. 135–143. 32 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyung Nam, et al.. (2014). A Economic Analysis on Photovoltaic and Energy Storage System for Remote Islands - Case of Heuksando -. 26(3). 41–62. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Dae Won, et al.. (2014). The catalytic activity of Sulfided Ni/W/TiO2 (anatase) for the hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 392. 241–246. 29 indexed citations
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Lee, Kwan Young, et al.. (2009). Dehydration of methanol over Nordstrandite based catalysts for dimethyl ether synthesis. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 15(5). 649–652. 18 indexed citations
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Suh, Jeong Kwon, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and Characteristics of ZSM-5 Zeolite Prepared from Water Glass. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 10(4). 645–652. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Jung‐Hyun, et al.. (2003). The Characteristics of Direct Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol with Molecular Oxygen Enhanced by Pulse DC Corona at Atmospheric Pressure. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. 23(3). 519–539. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, Kwan Young, et al.. (1991). Diffusion Controlled Alkylation of Aromatic Compounds in Cation-Exchanged ZSM-5 Zeolites. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 12(6). 625–628. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Kwan Young, Yuji Kanda, Noritaka Mizuno, et al.. (1988). NMR Evidence for Ethyl Cation and Protonated Ethanol in the Pseudoliquid Phase of H3PW12O40. Chemistry Letters. 17(7). 1175–1178. 9 indexed citations
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Zlatkis, A., Kwan Young Lee, Colin F. Poole, & Günther Holzer. (1979). Capillary column gas chromatographic profile analysis of volatile compounds in sera of normal and virus-infected patients. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 163(2). 125–133. 25 indexed citations
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Lee, Kwan Young, David Nurok, & A. Zlatkis. (1978). Combined headspace and extraction technique for profile analysis by capillary gas chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 158. 377–386. 17 indexed citations

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