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Researcher · University of the Free State · South Africa

David E. Motaung

David E. Motaung publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as ZnO doping and properties, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics and Ga2O3 and related materials.

ORCID 0000-0001-9888-6089 OpenAlex
World rank
#137,935
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#316
of 5,570
Works
32
Citations
186
Citations per work
5.8

What does David E. Motaung research?

Materials Chemistry: 38.1%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 28.6%Polymers and Plastics: 14.3%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9.5%other fields: 9.5%38%top field
Materials Chemistry38.1%Electrical and Electronic Engineering28.6%Polymers and Plastics14.3%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials9.5%other fields9.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Materials Chemistry38% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering29% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics14% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David E. Motaung's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Photodetectors, Field-Effect Transistors, Nanostructures, Semiconductors, Ferromagnetism, Semiconductor, Zinc Oxide and Bulk Heterojunction.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Photodetectors52 topics
  2. Field-Effect Transistors42 topics
  3. Nanostructures42 topics
  4. Semiconductors42 topics
  5. Ferromagnetism31 topic
  6. Semiconductor32 topics
  7. Zinc Oxide31 topic
  8. Bulk Heterojunction21 topic
  9. Conducting Polymers21 topic
  10. Conjugated Polymers21 topic
  11. Gallium Oxide21 topic
  12. Nanomaterials22 topics
  13. Polyaniline21 topic
  14. Ultrawide Bandgap21 topic
  15. Battery Materials11 topic
  16. Gas Sensors11 topic
  17. Laser Ablation11 topic
  18. Lithium-ion Batteries11 topic
  19. Metal Oxide11 topic
  20. Nanoparticles11 topic
  21. Photocatalyst11 topic
  22. Visible Light11 topic

Where does David E. Motaung work?

David E. Motaung's main affiliation in the publication record is University of the Free State, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does David E. Motaung have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 186 citations for David E. Motaung, ranking #137,935 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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