Nelson E. Coates

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Nelson E. Coates is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nelson E. Coates has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nelson E. Coates's work include Conducting polymers and applications (16 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (15 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (9 papers). Nelson E. Coates is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (16 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (15 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (9 papers). Nelson E. Coates collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. Nelson E. Coates's co-authors include D. Moses, Alan J. Heeger, Jin Young Kim, Kwanghee Lee, Guillermo C. Bazan, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen, Mark Dante, Jeff Peet, Shinuk Cho and Serge Beaupré and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nelson E. Coates

32 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100%

2009 3.6k citations Shinuk Cho, Nelson E. Coates et al. profile →
Efficient Tandem Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated by All-Solution Processing

2007 2.9k citations Jin Young Kim, Kwanghee Lee et al. Science profile →
Efficiency enhancement in low-bandgap polymer solar cells by processing with alkane dithiols

2007 2.8k citations Jeff Peet, Jin Young Kim et al. Nature Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nelson E. Coates United States	22	10.0k	8.0k	2.5k	1.1k	863	32	11.1k
Gilles Dennler Austria	43	10.1k 1.0×	6.1k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	84	11.3k
Vishal Shrotriya United States	19	10.7k 1.1×	8.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	899 1.0×	21	11.3k
Nicola Gasparini United Kingdom	51	9.4k 0.9×	7.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	547 0.6×	140	10.4k
Shinuk Cho South Korea	49	11.1k 1.1×	8.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	783 0.9×	217	12.4k
Zuo Xiao China	50	11.5k 1.2×	9.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	647 0.6×	717 0.8×	146	12.6k
Stelios A. Choulis Cyprus	40	8.4k 0.8×	5.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	823 1.0×	122	9.3k
Xugang Guo China	68	15.9k 1.6×	13.5k 1.7×	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	566 0.7×	253	17.3k
J.J.M. Halls United Kingdom	20	7.4k 0.7×	5.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	720 0.6×	586 0.7×	27	8.0k
Martin Brinkmann France	46	5.2k 0.5×	3.9k 0.5×	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	626 0.7×	142	6.8k
Bright Walker South Korea	40	7.6k 0.8×	5.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	637 0.6×	498 0.6×	120	8.5k

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Sahu, Ayaskanta, Boris Russ, Miao Liu, et al.. (2020). In-situ resonant band engineering of solution-processed semiconductors generates high performance n-type thermoelectric nano-inks. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2069–2069. 33 indexed citations

Forster, Jason D., Jared Lynch, Nelson E. Coates, et al.. (2017). Solution-Processed Cu2Se Nanocrystal Films with Bulk-Like Thermoelectric Performance. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2765–2765. 29 indexed citations

Sahu, Ayaskanta, Boris Russ, Jason D. Forster, et al.. (2017). Bottom-up design of de novo thermoelectric hybrid materials using chalcogenide resurfacing. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(7). 3346–3357. 48 indexed citations

Gordon, Madeleine P., Edmond W. Zaia, Boris Russ, et al.. (2016). Soft PEDOT:PSS aerogel architectures for thermoelectric applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 134(3). 40 indexed citations

Líu, Jùn, Xiaojia Wang, Dongyao Li, et al.. (2015). Thermal Conductivity and Elastic Constants of PEDOT:PSS with High Electrical Conductivity. Macromolecules. 48(3). 585–591. 266 indexed citations

Cho, Eun Seon, Nelson E. Coates, Jason D. Forster, et al.. (2015). Engineering Synergy: Energy and Mass Transport in Hybrid Nanomaterials. Advanced Materials. 27(38). 5744–5752. 34 indexed citations

Yee, Shannon K., Nelson E. Coates, Arun Majumdar, Jeffrey J. Urban, & Rachel A. Segalman. (2013). Thermoelectric power factor optimization in PEDOT:PSS tellurium nanowire hybrid composites. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(11). 4024–4024. 187 indexed citations

Coates, Nelson E., Shannon K. Yee, Bryan McCulloch, et al.. (2013). Effect of Interfacial Properties on Polymer–Nanocrystal Thermoelectric Transport. Advanced Materials. 25(11). 1629–1633. 208 indexed citations

Yee, Shannon K., Nelson E. Coates, Jeffrey J. Urban, Arun Majumdar, & Rachel A. Segalman. (2012). A High-Performance Solution-Processable Hybrid Thermoelectric Material. 539–543. 3 indexed citations

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Hernandez‐Sosa, Gerardo, Nelson E. Coates, Sebastian Valouch, & D. Moses. (2011). High Photoconductive Responsivity in Solution‐Processed Polycrystalline Organic Composite Films. Advanced Functional Materials. 21(5). 927–931. 22 indexed citations

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Coates, Nelson E., Huiqiong Zhou, Stephan Krämer, Liang Li, & D. Moses. (2010). Solution‐Based In Situ Synthesis and Fabrication of Ultrasensitive CdSe Photoconductors. Advanced Materials. 22(47). 5366–5369. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, Nelson E. Coates, & D. Moses. (2010). ChemInform Abstract: Solution‐Processed Inorganic Solar Cell Based on in situ Synthesis and Film Deposition of CuInS₂ Nanocrystals.. ChemInform. 41(21). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, Nelson E. Coates, & D. Moses. (2009). Solution-Processed Inorganic Solar Cell Based on in Situ Synthesis and Film Deposition of CuInS₂ Nanocrystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(1). 22–23. 173 indexed citations

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Yuen, Jonathan D., Reghu Menon, Nelson E. Coates, et al.. (2009). Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities. Nature Materials. 8(7). 572–575. 89 indexed citations

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Hwang, In‐Wook, Jin Young Kim, Shinuk Cho, et al.. (2008). Bulk Heterojunction Materials Composed of Poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene): Ultrafast Electron Transfer and Carrier Recombination. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 112(21). 7853–7857. 37 indexed citations

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Heyman, James, et al.. (2008). Resonant hole polarons in GaAs and InP. Physical Review B. 78(12). 1 indexed citations

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Heyman, James, et al.. (2008). Single shot high resolution THz upconversion spectrometer. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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Peet, Jeff, Jin Young Kim, Nelson E. Coates, et al.. (2007). Efficiency enhancement in low-bandgap polymer solar cells by processing with alkane dithiols. Nature Materials. 6(7). 497–500. 2837 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Jin Young, Kwanghee Lee, Nelson E. Coates, et al.. (2007). Efficient Tandem Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated by All-Solution Processing. Science. 317(5835). 222–225. 2851 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yuen, Jonathan D., A. S. Dhoot, Ebinazar B. Namdas, et al.. (2007). Electrochemical Doping in Electrolyte-Gated Polymer Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(46). 14367–14371. 138 indexed citations

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