Kwadwo Mensah‐Darkwa

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Associate Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Materials Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Polymers and Plastics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

In their own words

Renewable Energy Materials
Nanostructured materials
Machine Learning
Biomaterials
Mechanics
Materials for Energy Development
Nanomaterials
Degradable Biomaterials
Photovoltaics devices
Mechanics of Materials

Publications: 1212011–2026
Citations: 2,290to those papers
h-index: 27i10-index 52
Field-weighted impact: 1.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 24%21 of 89 scored papers
Open access: 39%35 of the 89 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,657 citations, h-index 29 and i10-index 58 (2,147 citations and h-index 25 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Associate Professor, Materials EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2023
Senior Lecturer, Materials EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Engineering2018–2023
Lecturer, Materials EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2014–2018
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical EngineeringNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University2013
Production Planner, CDC

Publications

121 in all

Electrochemical corrosion behavior of silver doped tricalcium phosphate coatings on magnesium for biomedical application
2016Surface and Coatings TechnologyJournalOpen access26 citations10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.03.017
New type of Schottky diode-based Cu–Al–Mn–Cr shape memory material films
2016Applied Physics A

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Electrical and Electronic Engineering4537%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials4033%
Materials Chemistry3126%
Biomedical Engineering1714%
Polymers and Plastics1412%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment1210%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics119%
Biomaterials119%
Mechanical Engineering97%
Automotive Engineering76%

Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication39
Advancements in Battery Materials18
Conducting polymers and applications11
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies10
Advanced battery technologies research9
Semiconductor materials and interfaces9
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications8
Advanced Battery Technologies Research7
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion7
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials5
Nanowire Synthesis and Applications5
Perovskite Materials and Applications5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

81% of their 89 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States58
South Africa18
China15
Saudi Arabia10
Turkey10
India9
Finland8
Russia4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Pittsburg State UniversityUS47 papers
Fırat UniversityTR10 papers
King Abdulaziz UniversitySA10 papers
Aalto UniversityFI8 papers
GLA UniversityIN8 papers
University of JohannesburgZA8 papers
Hohai UniversityCN7 papers
Hubei University of Automotive TechnologyCN6 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH6 papers
Tshwane University of TechnologyZA6 papers

Where they publish

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition4
Journal of Energy Storage4
Next Materials4
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University4
Current Graphene Science3
Journal of Materials Science & Technology3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy28
12Responsible consumption and production10
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure6
6Clean water and sanitation2
2Zero hunger1
13Climate action1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Supercapacitor Energy Storage Device Using Biowastes: A Sustainable Approach to Green Energy
Sustainability
2019324 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Facile synthesis and morphogenesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for high-performance supercapacitor applications
New Journal of Chemistry
2014127 citationsWorld top 10%
MXene: fundamentals to applications in electrochemical energy storage
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Production Planning and Logistics Executive, ProductionBritish American Tobacco, Ghana2005–2006

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical EngineeringNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University2008–2012
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2000–2004

Honours, memberships and service

Associate EditorGhana Institution of Engineeringsince 2022
Head of Department, Materials Engineering DepartmentKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2022
Commonwealth Academic Fellow, Energy TechnologyUniversity of Southampton2017
Associate Editor: College of Engineering Student JournalKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2017
Chairman: College of Engineering CampKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2016
Ghana Institution of Engineeringsince 2015
College Exams OfficerKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2018–2021