Francis Opoku

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Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2024per ORCID

Dr Francis Opoku is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He graduated cum laude with his B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry (2010) and M. Phil. Inorganic Chemistry (2014) degrees from KNUST, Ghana. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa in 2019 with Prof. Penny Govender, focusing on first–principles studies on the development of semiconductor–based… More on ORCID

In their own words

Computational Chemistry & Materials
Water and food quality assessment
Photocatalysis
Gas and
Energy and Environment Management
Water Treatment
Photovoltaic cells
Optoelectronic and Electronic Device
Fuel Cell
Sensors

Publications

128

Citations

4,289

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Google Scholar shows 5,196 citations, h-index 36 and i10-index 77 (4,395 citations and h-index 34 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

Career

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Positions

Senior Lecturer, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2024
Lecturer, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2020–2024
Post Doctural Researchers, Chemical SciencesUniversity of Johannesburg - Doornfontein Campus2019–2021
Tutor, Department of Chemical SciencesUniversity of Johannesburg - Doornfontein Campus2017–2019
Research and Teaching Assistant, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology