Thomas W. Holcombe

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Holcombe is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Holcombe has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Holcombe's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (11 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (10 papers). Thomas W. Holcombe is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (11 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (10 papers). Thomas W. Holcombe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. Thomas W. Holcombe's co-authors include Jean M. J. Fréchet, Claire H. Woo, Pierre M. Beaujuge, Jessica D. Douglas, Claudia Piliego, Olivia P. Lee, Michaël Grätzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun‐Ho Yum and Jared H. Delcamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Holcombe

27 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Synthetic Control of Structural Order in N-Alkylthieno[3,... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 250 500 750
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. Synthetic Control of Structural Order in N-Alkylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Polymers for Efficient Solar Cells
    2010 854 citations Claudia Piliego, Thomas W. Holcombe et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas W. Holcombe United States 22 2.5k 2.2k 1.1k 876 622 27 3.9k
Qiang Guo China 39 3.6k 1.4× 2.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.6× 254 0.3× 1.3k 2.1× 132 5.2k
Philippe Leriche France 28 3.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 230 0.3× 718 1.2× 83 4.1k
Taweesak Sudyoadsuk Thailand 35 2.1k 0.8× 955 0.4× 2.0k 1.8× 817 0.9× 333 0.5× 158 3.6k
Ming‐Chou Chen Taiwan 30 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 696 0.6× 352 0.4× 654 1.1× 88 2.9k
Vytautas Getautis Lithuania 33 4.3k 1.7× 2.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 178 0.2× 402 0.6× 173 5.0k
Lian‐Ming Yang China 35 1.5k 0.6× 794 0.4× 1.5k 1.4× 754 0.9× 1.3k 2.1× 98 3.6k
Gustavo de Miguel Spain 28 1.5k 0.6× 472 0.2× 2.0k 1.9× 451 0.5× 496 0.8× 80 2.7k
Timothy C. Parker United States 17 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 1.5× 270 0.3× 600 1.0× 27 3.2k
Yoshihito Kunugi Japan 30 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 923 0.9× 135 0.2× 860 1.4× 118 3.3k
Robert S. Loewe United States 23 1.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 122 0.1× 585 0.9× 31 2.6k

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All Works

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Yang, Yang, et al.. (2023). The competition between radical copolymerization and charge separation of cyclic ketene acetals and electron‐deficient olefins. Journal of Polymer Science. 62(16). 3716–3729. 1 indexed citations
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Yum, Jun‐Ho, Thomas W. Holcombe, YongJoo Kim, et al.. (2013). Blue-Coloured Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Implementing the Diketopyrrolopyrrole Chromophore. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2446–2446. 153 indexed citations
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Wielopolski, Mateusz, Kwang‐Yol Kay, Thomas W. Holcombe, et al.. (2013). Position-Dependent Extension of π-Conjugation in D-π-A Dye Sensitizers and the Impact on the Charge-Transfer Properties. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117(27). 13805–13815. 61 indexed citations
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Yum, Jun‐Ho, Thomas W. Holcombe, Yong‐Joo Kim, et al.. (2012). Towards high-performance DPP-based sensitizers for DSC applications. Chemical Communications. 48(87). 10727–10727. 77 indexed citations
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Holcombe, Thomas W., Jun‐Ho Yum, Peng Gao, et al.. (2012). A structural study of DPP-based sensitizers for DSC applications. Chemical Communications. 48(87). 10724–10724. 65 indexed citations
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Delcamp, Jared H., Aswani Yella, Thomas W. Holcombe, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, & Michaël Grätzel. (2012). The Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Solar‐Cell Applications. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(1). 376–380. 155 indexed citations
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Woo, Claire H., Claudia Piliego, Thomas W. Holcombe, Michael F. Toney, & Jean M. J. Fréchet. (2012). A Quantitative Correlation between the Mobility and Crystallinity of Photo-Cross-Linkable P3HT. Macromolecules. 45(7). 3057–3062. 50 indexed citations
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Douglas, Jessica D., Gianmarco Griffini, Claudia Piliego, et al.. (2012). Long-term Thermal Stability of High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Based on Photocrosslinkable Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 877–888. 1 indexed citations
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Delcamp, Jared H., Aswani Yella, Thomas W. Holcombe, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, & Michaël Grätzel. (2012). The Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Solar‐Cell Applications. Angewandte Chemie. 125(1). 394–398. 21 indexed citations
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Griffini, Gianmarco, Jessica D. Douglas, Claudia Piliego, et al.. (2011). Long‐Term Thermal Stability of High‐Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Based on Photocrosslinkable Donor‐Acceptor Conjugated Polymers. Advanced Materials. 23(14). 1660–1664. 151 indexed citations
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Holcombe, Thomas W., Joseph E. Norton, Jonathan Rivnay, et al.. (2011). Steric Control of the Donor/Acceptor Interface: Implications in Organic Photovoltaic Charge Generation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(31). 12106–12114. 180 indexed citations
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Lee, Olivia P., Alan T. Yiu, Pierre M. Beaujuge, et al.. (2011). Efficient Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Fill Factors via Pyrene‐Directed Molecular Self‐Assembly. Advanced Materials. 23(45). 5359–5363. 356 indexed citations
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Piliego, Claudia, Thomas W. Holcombe, Jessica D. Douglas, et al.. (2010). Synthetic Control of Structural Order in N-Alkylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Polymers for Efficient Solar Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(22). 7595–7597. 854 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woo, Claire H., Thomas W. Holcombe, David A. Unruh, Alan Sellinger, & Jean M. J. Fréchet. (2010). Phenyl vs Alkyl Polythiophene: A Solar Cell Comparison Using a Vinazene Derivative as Acceptor. Chemistry of Materials. 22(5). 1673–1679. 117 indexed citations
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Millstone, Jill E., David F. J. Kavulak, Claire H. Woo, et al.. (2010). Synthesis, Properties, and Electronic Applications of Size-Controlled Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanoparticles. Langmuir. 26(16). 13056–13061. 86 indexed citations
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Boydston, Andrew J., Thomas W. Holcombe, David A. Unruh, Jean M. J. Fréchet, & Robert H. Grubbs. (2009). A Direct Route to Cyclic Organic Nanostructures via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization of a Dendronized Macromonomer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(15). 5388–5389. 122 indexed citations
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Heath, William H., Frank L. Palmieri, Brian K. Long, et al.. (2008). Degradable Cross-Linkers and Strippable Imaging Materials for Step-and-Flash Imprint Lithography. Macromolecules. 41(3). 719–726. 107 indexed citations

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