Seongjae Ko

4.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
33 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Seongjae Ko is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Seongjae Ko has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Automotive Engineering and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Seongjae Ko's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (25 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (21 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (12 papers). Seongjae Ko is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (25 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (21 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (12 papers). Seongjae Ko collaborates with scholars based in Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. Seongjae Ko's co-authors include Atsuo Yamada, Yuki Yamada, Eriko Watanabe, Jianhui Wang, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Kenji Usui, Keitaro Sodeyama, Qifeng Zheng, Tatau Shimada and Norio Takenaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Seongjae Ko

33 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Advances and issues in developing salt-concentrated battery electrolytes

2019 1.5k citations Yuki Yamada, Jianhui Wang et al. Nature Energy profile →
Hydrate-melt electrolytes for high-energy-density aqueous batteries

2016 834 citations Yuki Yamada, Kenji Usui et al. Nature Energy profile →
A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high voltage and safe operation

2020 396 citations Qifeng Zheng, Yuki Yamada et al. Nature Energy profile →
Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes

2022 217 citations Seongjae Ko, Tatau Shimada et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seongjae Ko Japan	20	3.7k	1.5k	534	403	165	33	4.0k
Ryoichi Tatara Japan	33	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	427 0.8×	376 0.9×	229 1.4×	107	3.4k
Nicholas E. Drewett Spain	22	2.7k 0.7×	824 0.6×	615 1.2×	437 1.1×	132 0.8×	37	2.9k
Ismael A. Rodríguez‐Pérez United States	23	2.6k 0.7×	626 0.4×	758 1.4×	441 1.1×	171 1.0×	28	2.9k
Wandi Wahyudi Saudi Arabia	29	3.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	469 0.9×	620 1.5×	455 2.8×	45	4.1k
Yasuhiro Domi Japan	27	2.0k 0.5×	760 0.5×	547 1.0×	235 0.6×	128 0.8×	105	2.2k
Isidora Cekić-Lasković Germany	30	2.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	270 0.5×	185 0.5×	104 0.6×	91	2.7k
Chibueze V. Amanchukwu United States	21	3.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	150 0.3×	353 0.9×	140 0.8×	44	3.3k
Heino Sommer Germany	25	3.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	551 1.0×	637 1.6×	121 0.7×	45	4.0k
Leela Mohana Reddy Arava United States	27	2.8k 0.7×	760 0.5×	519 1.0×	796 2.0×	266 1.6×	62	3.2k
Hyeokjun Park South Korea	32	3.6k 1.0×	973 0.7×	817 1.5×	533 1.3×	181 1.1×	58	3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seongjae Ko

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ko, Seongjae, Shin‐ichi Nishimura, Norio Takenaka, Atsushi Kitada, & Atsuo Yamada. (2025). Practical issues toward high-voltage aqueous rechargeable batteries. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(9). 4200–4313. 12 indexed citations

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Ubando, Aristotle T., Seongjae Ko, Wei‐Hsin Chen, & Su Shiung Lam. (2025). From CO₂ to electrodes: A life cycle assessment of microalgal biochar for graphite substitution. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 198. 107099–107099. 2 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae, et al.. (2025). Rapid safety screening realized by accelerating rate calorimetry with lab-scale small batteries. Nature Energy. 10(6). 707–714. 11 indexed citations

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Zhong, Fang, Seongjae Ko, & Atsuo Yamada. (2025). Manipulating the Potential Diagram for Better Lithium–Metal Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 10(7). 3526–3532. 1 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae, Wenting Chen, Shoji Yamaguchi, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional Cyclic Phosphoramidate Solvent for Safe Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 9(7). 3628–3635. 6 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae & Atsuo Yamada. (2024). Hidden potential of lithium oxide. Nature Energy. 9(5). 510–511. 5 indexed citations

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Takenaka, Norio, Seongjae Ko, Atsushi Kitada, & Atsuo Yamada. (2024). Liquid Madelung energy accounts for the huge potential shift in electrochemical systems. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1319–1319. 22 indexed citations

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Takenaka, Norio, et al.. (2023). Quantitative Expression of Electrode Potentials by Liquid Madelung Potential and Multi-Stage Machine Learning Protocol. 91(2). 140–144. 1 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae, et al.. (2023). Electrolyte design for lithium-ion batteries with a cobalt-free cathode and silicon oxide anode. Nature Sustainability. 6(12). 1705–1714. 82 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae, Tatau Shimada, Norio Takenaka, et al.. (2022). Electrode potential influences the reversibility of lithium-metal anodes. Nature Energy. 7(12). 1217–1224. 217 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Zihan, Xiang‐Mei Shi, Shin‐ichi Nishimura, et al.. (2022). Anhydrous Fast Proton Transport Boosted by the Hydrogen Bond Network in a Dense Oxide‐Ion Array of α‐MoO ₃. Advanced Materials. 34(34). e2203335–e2203335. 80 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianhui, Qifeng Zheng, Mingming Fang, et al.. (2021). Concentrated Electrolytes Widen the Operating Temperature Range of Lithium‐Ion Batteries (Adv. Sci. 18/2021). Advanced Science. 8(18). 10 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae, Yuki Yamada, & Atsuo Yamada. (2021). An overlooked issue for high-voltage Li-ion batteries: Suppressing the intercalation of anions into conductive carbon. Joule. 5(4). 998–1009. 75 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianhui, Qifeng Zheng, Mingming Fang, et al.. (2021). Concentrated Electrolytes Widen the Operating Temperature Range of Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Science. 8(18). 108 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qifeng, Yuki Yamada, Rui Shang, et al.. (2020). A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high voltage and safe operation. Nature Energy. 5(4). 291–298. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Qifeng, Kasumi Miyazaki, Seongjae Ko, et al.. (2019). Sodium‐ and Potassium‐Hydrate Melts Containing Asymmetric Imide Anions for High‐Voltage Aqueous Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 131(40). 14340–14345. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qifeng, Kasumi Miyazaki, Seongjae Ko, et al.. (2019). Sodium‐ and Potassium‐Hydrate Melts Containing Asymmetric Imide Anions for High‐Voltage Aqueous Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(40). 14202–14207. 97 indexed citations

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Ando, Yasunobu, Akira Sugahara, Seongjae Ko, et al.. (2019). Dense Charge Accumulation in MXene with a Hydrate-Melt Electrolyte. Chemistry of Materials. 31(14). 5190–5196. 49 indexed citations

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Ko, Seongjae, Yuki Yamada, Laura Lander, & Atsuo Yamada. (2019). Stability of conductive carbon additives in 5 V-class Li-ion batteries. Carbon. 158. 766–771. 16 indexed citations

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Yamada, Yuki, Kenji Usui, Keitaro Sodeyama, et al.. (2016). Hydrate-melt electrolytes for high-energy-density aqueous batteries. Nature Energy. 1(10). 834 indexed citations breakdown →

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