Nicolas Blouin

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Blouin is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Blouin has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Blouin's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (21 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (18 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (9 papers). Nicolas Blouin is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (21 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (18 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (9 papers). Nicolas Blouin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Germany. Nicolas Blouin's co-authors include Mario Leclerc, A. Michaud, Salem Wakim, Ye Tao, Gilles Durocher, Michel Belletête, E. H. Blair, David Gendron, Rodica Neagu‐Plesu and Pierre‐Luc Boudreault and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Blouin

22 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Toward a Rational Design of Poly(2,7-Carbazole) Derivativ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2007 2008 400 800 1.2k
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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. Toward a Rational Design of Poly(2,7-Carbazole) Derivatives for Solar Cells
    2007 1.3k citations Nicolas Blouin, A. Michaud et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. A Low‐Bandgap Poly(2,7‐Carbazole) Derivative for Use in High‐Performance Solar Cells
    2007 1.1k citations Nicolas Blouin, A. Michaud et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Poly(2,7-carbazole)s: Structure−Property Relationships
    2008 448 citations Nicolas Blouin, Mario Leclerc Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicolas Blouin Canada 17 3.6k 3.1k 890 560 265 23 4.2k
Salem Wakim Canada 18 3.3k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 693 0.8× 620 1.1× 265 1.0× 26 3.8k
Claire H. Woo United States 15 3.0k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 574 0.6× 381 0.7× 214 0.8× 15 3.3k
Ailing Tang China 40 5.4k 1.5× 4.6k 1.5× 962 1.1× 588 1.1× 317 1.2× 127 5.9k
Guofang Yang China 18 5.3k 1.5× 4.6k 1.5× 455 0.5× 408 0.7× 295 1.1× 34 5.6k
Sarah Holliday United Kingdom 18 5.1k 1.4× 4.3k 1.4× 679 0.8× 526 0.9× 317 1.2× 25 5.5k
Cunbin An China 30 4.8k 1.3× 3.9k 1.3× 560 0.6× 383 0.7× 200 0.8× 89 5.1k
Yunke Li China 22 4.8k 1.3× 4.2k 1.3× 447 0.5× 423 0.8× 277 1.0× 34 5.1k
Clément Cabanetos France 26 2.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 792 0.9× 628 1.1× 175 0.7× 99 3.2k
Fuwen Zhao China 27 5.6k 1.5× 4.7k 1.5× 574 0.6× 474 0.8× 273 1.0× 53 5.8k
Ahmed Iraqi United Kingdom 32 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 685 0.8× 377 0.7× 152 0.6× 113 3.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lundblad, Lennart K. A., et al.. (2021). Comparing lung oscillometry with a novel, portable flow interrupter device to measure lung mechanics. Journal of Applied Physiology. 130(4). 933–940. 5 indexed citations
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Burgués‐Ceballos, Ignasi, Luca Lucera, Priti Tiwana, et al.. (2021). Transparent organic photovoltaics: A strategic niche to advance commercialization. Joule. 5(9). 2261–2272. 78 indexed citations
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Stephen, Meera, Graham E. Morse, Nicolas Blouin, et al.. (2016). The effect of polymer solar cell degradation on charge carrier dynamics in benzodithiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole polymers. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 183. 485–489. 1 indexed citations
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Morse, Graham E., Aurélien Tournebize, Agnès Rivaton, et al.. (2015). The effect of polymer solubilizing side-chains on solar cell stability. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(17). 11884–11897. 40 indexed citations
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Berny, Stéphane, Nicolas Blouin, Andreas Distler, et al.. (2015). Solar Trees: First Large‐Scale Demonstration of Fully Solution Coated, Semitransparent, Flexible Organic Photovoltaic Modules. Advanced Science. 3(5). 1500342–1500342. 227 indexed citations
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Menelaou, Christopher, Steve Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, et al.. (2014). Effect of Nanocrystalline Domains in Photovoltaic Devices with Benzodithiophene-Based Donor–Acceptor Copolymers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(31). 17351–17361. 9 indexed citations
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Dibb, George F. A., Thomas Kirchartz, Sebastian Engmann, et al.. (2013). Influence of doping on charge carrier collection in normal and inverted geometry polymer:fullerene solar cells. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 66 indexed citations
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Larsen‐Olsen, Thue T., Florian Machui, Balthazar Lechêne, et al.. (2012). Round‐Robin Studies as a Method for Testing and Validating High‐Efficiency ITO‐Free Polymer Solar Cells Based on Roll‐to‐Roll‐Coated Highly Conductive and Transparent Flexible Substrates. Advanced Energy Materials. 2(9). 1091–1094. 39 indexed citations
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Wakim, Salem, Serge Beaupré, Nicolas Blouin, et al.. (2009). Highly efficient organic solar cells based on a poly(2,7-carbazole) derivative. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 19(30). 5351–5351. 178 indexed citations
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Aïch, R., et al.. (2009). Electrical and Thermoelectric Properties of Poly(2,7-Carbazole) Derivatives. Chemistry of Materials. 21(4). 751–757. 154 indexed citations
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Blouin, Nicolas & Mario Leclerc. (2008). Poly(2,7-carbazole)s: Structure−Property Relationships. Accounts of Chemical Research. 41(9). 1110–1119. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blouin, Nicolas. (2008). Conception, synthèse et caractérisation de poly(2,7-carbazole)s et poly(indolo[3,2-B]carbazole)s pour des applications en électronique organique. Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval). 1 indexed citations
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Blouin, Nicolas, A. Michaud, & Mario Leclerc. (2007). A Low‐Bandgap Poly(2,7‐Carbazole) Derivative for Use in High‐Performance Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 19(17). 2295–2300. 1108 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boudreault, Pierre‐Luc, Salem Wakim, Nicolas Blouin, et al.. (2007). Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Indolo[3,2-b]carbazole Semiconductors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(29). 9125–9136. 200 indexed citations
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Wakim, Salem, et al.. (2007). Poly(2,7‐carbazole) Derivatives as Semiconductors for Organic Thin‐Film Transistors. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 28(17). 1798–1803. 55 indexed citations
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Belletête, Michel, Nicolas Blouin, Pierre‐Luc Boudreault, Mario Leclerc, & Gilles Durocher. (2006). Optical and Photophysical Properties of Indolocarbazole Derivatives. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(51). 13696–13704. 46 indexed citations
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Blouin, Nicolas, A. Michaud, Salem Wakim, et al.. (2006). Optical, Electrochemical, Magnetic, and Conductive Properties of New Polyindolocarbazoles and Polydiindolocarbazoles. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 207(2). 166–174. 61 indexed citations
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Blouin, Nicolas, Mario Leclerc, Barbara Vercelli, Sandro Zecchin, & Gianni Zotti. (2006). Optical, Electrochemical, Magnetic, and Conductive Properties of New Poly(indolocarbazole‐alt‐bithiophene)s. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 207(2). 175–182. 39 indexed citations
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Lévesque, Isabelle, Xing Gao, Christopher I. Ratcliffe, et al.. (2005). New Conjugated Polymers Derived from Carbazole as Thermoelectric Materials. MRS Proceedings. 871.
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Wakim, Salem, Jimmy Bouchard, Nicolas Blouin, A. Michaud, & Mario Leclerc. (2004). Synthesis of Diindolocarbazoles by Ullmann Reaction:  A Rapid Route to Ladder Oligo(p-aniline)s. Organic Letters. 6(19). 3413–3416. 106 indexed citations

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