Pierre Frère

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Pierre Frère is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Frère has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 62 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 58 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Pierre Frère's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (74 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (62 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (51 papers). Pierre Frère is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (74 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (62 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (51 papers). Pierre Frère collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and United Kingdom. Pierre Frère's co-authors include Jean Roncali, Philippe Blanchard, Philippe Leriche, Antonio Cravino, Olivier Alévêque, Magali Allain, Sophie Roquet, Mathieu Turbiez, Nicolas Mercier and Peter J. Skabara and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Frère

149 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Triphenylamine−Thienylenevinylene Hybrid Systems with Internal Charge Transfer as Donor Materials for Heterojunction Solar Cells

2006 726 citations Sophie Roquet, Antonio Cravino et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Frère France	38	3.4k	2.7k	1.8k	1.2k	1.2k	152	5.5k
Igor F. Perepichka United Kingdom	38	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	666 0.6×	113	4.9k
Stéphane Guillerez France	30	3.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	984 0.8×	499 0.4×	61	5.1k
Lingyun Zhu China	41	3.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	761 0.6×	924 0.8×	111	5.6k
William Porzio Italy	35	2.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	848 0.7×	777 0.7×	210	4.7k
Denis Fichou France	45	5.2k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	887 0.7×	891 0.8×	161	7.1k
Eric Levillain France	46	2.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.9×	197	6.2k
Rocío Ponce Ortiz Spain	40	5.8k 1.7×	4.2k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	701 0.6×	111	7.3k
Hakan Usta Türkiye	33	3.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	687 0.6×	969 0.8×	73	5.5k
Ching‐Fong Shu Taiwan	47	4.5k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	3.2k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	800 0.7×	89	6.4k
Eigo Miyazaki Japan	35	4.9k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	990 0.8×	93	6.6k

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Gohier, Frédéric, et al.. (2025). Modulating Electrochemical and Optical Properties of Oligothiophenes via Subtle Changes in Donnor ‐ Acceptor Sequence. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(18).

Allain, Magali, et al.. (2023). Tuning the Solid State Luminescence of Benzofuran‐Cyanostilbenes by Functionalization with Electron Donors or Acceptors. ChemPlusChem. 88(12). e202300402–e202300402. 1 indexed citations

Mallet, Charlotte, et al.. (2015). Rational Topological Design for Fluorescence Enhancement upon Aggregation of Distyrylfuran Derivatives. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(21). 7944–7953. 19 indexed citations

Ripaud, Emilie, Philippe Leriche, Nicolas Cocherel, et al.. (2010). Tristhienylphenylamine – extended dithiafulvene hybrids as bifunctional electroactive species. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(4). 1034–1040. 10 indexed citations

Alévêque, Olivier, Pierre Frère, Philippe Leriche, et al.. (2009). Effects of aromatic spacers on the properties of organic field effect transistors based on π-extended tetrathiafulvalene derivatives. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 19(22). 3648–3648. 21 indexed citations

Frère, Pierre, et al.. (2007). Synthesis of 3,4-alkoxythieno[2,3-b]thiophene derivatives. The first block copolymer associating the 3,4-ethylenedioxythieno[2,3-b]thiophene (EDOThT) unit with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) moieties. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(21). 3442–3442. 18 indexed citations

Cravino, Antonio, et al.. (2007). 3D π‐Conjugated Oligothiophenes Based on Sterically Twisted Bithiophene Nodes. Advanced Functional Materials. 17(7). 1163–1171. 67 indexed citations

Melucci, Manuela, Pierre Frère, Magali Allain, et al.. (2007). Molecular engineering of hybrid π-conjugated oligomers combining 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) and thiophene-S,S-dioxide units. Tetrahedron. 63(39). 9774–9783. 20 indexed citations

Alévêque, Olivier, et al.. (2006). A star-shaped triphenylamine π-conjugated system with internal charge-transfer as donor material for hetero-junction solar cells. Chemical Communications. 1416–1416. 59 indexed citations

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Perepichka, Igor F., Sophie Roquet, Philippe Leriche, et al.. (2006). Electronic Properties and Reactivity of Short‐Chain Oligomers of 3,4‐Phenylenedioxythiophene (PheDOT). Chemistry - A European Journal. 12(11). 2960–2966. 47 indexed citations

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Frère, Pierre, et al.. (2005). Poly(3,6-dimethoxy-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene): a possible alternative to poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT). Chemical Communications. 1161–1163. 25 indexed citations

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Leriche, Philippe, Philippe Blanchard, Pierre Frère, et al.. (2005). 3,4-Vinylenedioxythiophene (VDOT): a new building block for thiophene-based π-conjugated systems. Chemical Communications. 275–277. 19 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Philippe, et al.. (2005). Fine Tuning of the Electronic Properties of Linear π‐Conjugated Oligomers by Covalent Bridging. Chemistry - A European Journal. 12(4). 1244–1255. 36 indexed citations

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Frère, Pierre & Peter J. Skabara. (2004). Salts of extended tetrathiafulvalene analogues: relationships between molecular structure, electrochemical properties and solid state organisation. Chemical Society Reviews. 34(1). 69–98. 160 indexed citations

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Roquet, Sophie, Igor F. Perepichka, Bruno Jousselme, et al.. (2004). 3,4-Phenylenedioxythiophene (PheDOT): a novel platform for the synthesis of planar substituted π–donor conjugated systems. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 14(9). 1396–1400. 50 indexed citations

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Frère, Pierre, Magali Allain, El Hadj Elandaloussi, et al.. (2002). Effects of Structural Factors on the π-Dimerization and/or Disproportionation of the Cation Radical of Extended TTF Containing Thiophene-Based π-Conjugated Spacers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 8(4). 784–792. 27 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xu‐Hui, Nicolas Mercier, Amédée Riou, Philippe Blanchard, & Pierre Frère. (2002). (C₄H₃SCH₂NH₃)₂(CH₃NH₃)Pb₂I₇: non-centrosymmetrical crystal structure of a bilayer hybrid perovskite. Chemical Communications. 2160–2161. 79 indexed citations

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Frère, Pierre, K. Boubekeur, Michel Jubault, Patrick Batail, & Alain Gorgues. (2001). Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Highly Extended and Sulfur-Rich Vinylogs of Tetrathiafulvalene. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2001(19). 3741–3741. 9 indexed citations

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Raimundo, Jean‐Manuel, et al.. (2000). Redox States and Associated Interchain Processes of Thienylenevinylene Oligomers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 6(9). 1698–1707. 22 indexed citations

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Frère, Pierre, et al.. (1998). Extended Thienylenevinylene Oligomers as Highly Efficient Molecular Wires. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(7). 942–945. 83 indexed citations

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