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Kang Wang

Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1976Rising activity
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsCrystallization and Solubility Studies

Publications

454

Citations

10,141

Est. group size

~20

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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This profile aggregates a broad body of energy-materials research, with recent work spanning covalent organic frameworks (porous crystalline materials) for photocatalysis (using light to drive chemical reactions such as hydrogen peroxide or hydrogen production), perovskite solar cells and quantum dots, hydrogen production and storage, and various materials-characterization and simulation methods. The publication record covers many distinct sub-topics, suggesting either a very broad individual research program or output that reflects multiple collaborators sharing this name. Prospective students should note the wide topical spread across photocatalysis, energy storage, optics, and computational materials science.

Covalent organic frameworks for photocatalysisPerovskite solar cells and quantum dotsHydrogen production and energy storageNanomaterials and optical/chiral materialsComputational and machine-learning materials modeling

Publication output grew from 26 papers in 2017 to a peak of around 56-57 papers annually in 2023-2024, before showing a partial-year count for 2026, indicating an overall growing to steady trend over the past decade.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 39.8/year recently
2017: 26 publications172018: 39 publications182019: 37 publications192020: 37 publications202021: 42 publications212022: 42 publications222023: 57 publications57232024: 56 publications242025: 41 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×25
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society×12
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×12
  • Advanced Materials×10
  • Angewandte Chemie×10
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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