Benjamin Agyei‐Tuffour

University of Ghana

Also at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energiefrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2008per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Polymers and Plastics
Biomedical Engineering
Building and Construction

In their own words

Renewable Energy Materials
Multipurpose Materials
Computational Simulations
Nanophotonics

Publications: 1032012–2026
Citations: 1,801to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 42
Field-weighted impact: 1.381.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%15 of 87 scored papers
Open access: 72%63 of the 87 whose access is recorded

8 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,241 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 50 (1,902 citations and h-index 23 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Ghanasince 2008

Education

BANGA-Africa Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Program in Materials Science and Engineering)Worcester Polytechnic Institute2018–2019
PhD, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringAfrican University of Science and Technology2012–2017

On their papers

University of Ghana80 works

Publications

104 in all

Characteristics of stabilized shrink-swell deposits using eggshell powder
2013Glob J Eng, Des TechnolJournal23 citations
Physico-mechanical properties of bauxite residue-clay bricks
2012Journal4 citations
Layered nanomaterials-a review

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Electrical and Electronic Engineering3130%
Materials Chemistry2625%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment1717%
Polymers and Plastics1616%
Biomedical Engineering1313%
Building and Construction99%
Biomaterials88%
Pollution88%
Mechanical Engineering77%
Mechanics of Materials77%

Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics12
Conducting polymers and applications11
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells10
Perovskite Materials and Applications7
Clay minerals and soil interactions6
ZnO doping and properties6
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies5
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques5
Advancements in Battery Materials5
Iron oxide chemistry and applications5
Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation5
Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production5

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

62% of their 87 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria26
United States24
South Africa15
Poland6
China6
Germany5
United Kingdom4
Estonia3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Institute of Science and TechnologyNG18 papers
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteUS17 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
Kwara State UniversityNG7 papers
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUS6 papers
Silesian University of TechnologyPL6 papers
University of Cape CoastGH6 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA6 papers
Princeton UniversityUS5 papers
University of PretoriaZA5 papers

Where they publish

Cogent Engineering12
Advanced materials research5
AIP Advances5
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering4
Heliyon4
ARPN J. Eng. Appl. Sci3
Energies

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy17
6Clean water and sanitation9
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure5
14Life below water5
12Responsible consumption and production3
2Zero hunger2
3Good health and well-being1
11

Most cited

Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine dyes using zinc oxide nanoparticles
Materials Today Proceedings7
2020139 citationsWorld top 10%
Fabrication and Characterisation of Ghanaian Bauxite Red Mud-Clay Composite Bricks for Construction Applications
Am. J. Mater. Sci
2013130 citations
Stabilizing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells via strategic interfacial contact engineering
Nature Photonics

How it can be read

72% free to read, of the 87 recorded

Diamond 2 · 2%Free to read and to publish
Gold 46 · 45%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 12 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 23%Behind a paywall
Unknown 16 · 16%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

52 of 103 papers name a funder

University of Ghana25
Carnegie Corporation of New York13
World Bank Group8
Worcester Polytechnic Institute7
African University of Science and Technology6
Pan African Materials Institute6
African Capacity Building Foundation3
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft3