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D-Index
65
Citations
16216
World Ranking
1524
National Ranking
294

An Li publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where An Li sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 414 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

An Li D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where An Li sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

An Li is affiliated with Lanzhou University of Technology in China, specializing in research areas primarily within Engineering, Energy, and Materials Science. Their work intersects several subfields, notably Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research focuses on topics including Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, Phase Change Materials Research, Membrane Separation Technologies, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity.

An Li has contributed to multiple scientific journals and publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Separation and Purification Technology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "High-Performance Salt-Rejecting and Cost-Effective Superhydrophilic Porous Monolithic Polymer Foam for Solar Steam Generation" (2020) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Biomass carbon aerogels based shape-stable phase change composites with high light-to-thermal efficiency for energy storage" (2020) in Renewable Energy
  • "Potentially scalable fabrication of salt-rejection evaporator based on electrogenerated polypyrrole-coated nickel foam for efficient solar steam generation" (2021) in Desalination
  • "Electrically Conductive Carbon Aerogels with High Salt-Resistance for Efficient Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation" (2020) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Solar-driven interfacial evaporation for water treatment: advanced research progress and challenges" (2022) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Their frequent collaborators include Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Jiyan Li, Weidong Liang, and Rui Jiao, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Superhydrophobic conjugated microporous polymers for separation and adsorption

    An Li;An Li;Han-Xue Sun;Da-Zhi Tan;Da-Zhi Tan;Wen-Jie Fan

  • Superwetting Monolithic Hollow-Carbon-Nanotubes Aerogels with Hierarchically Nanoporous Structure for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

    Peng Mu;Zheng Zhang;Wei Bai;Jingxian He

  • First-Principles Investigation of Anistropic Hole Mobilities in Organic Semiconductors

    Shu-Hao Wen;An Li;Junling Song;Wei-Qiao Deng

  • Heterostructure-Promoted Oxygen Electrocatalysis Enables Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery with Neutral Aqueous Electrolyte.

    Li An;Zhiyong Zhang;Jianrui Feng;Fan Lv

  • Capture and Reversible Storage of Volatile Iodine by Novel Conjugated Microporous Polymers Containing Thiophene Units.

    Xin Qian;Zhao-Qi Zhu;Han-Xue Sun;Feng Ren

  • Lithium-doped conjugated microporous polymers for reversible hydrogen storage.

    An Li;Rui-Feng Lu;Yi Wang;Xin Wang

  • Synthesis of conjugated microporous polymer nanotubes with large surface areas as absorbents for iodine and CO2 uptake

    Yingfan Chen;Hanxue Sun;Ruixia Yang;Tingting Wang

  • Chitosan/reduced graphene oxide-modified spacer fabric as a salt-resistant solar absorber for efficient solar steam generation

    Fei Wang;Dongyuan Wei;Yuanzhen Li;Tao Chen

  • Superhydrophobic Activated Carbon‐Coated Sponges for Separation and Absorption

    Hanxue Sun;An Li;Zhaoqi Zhu;Weidong Liang

  • High-Performance Salt-Rejecting and Cost-Effective Superhydrophilic Porous Monolithic Polymer Foam for Solar Steam Generation.

    Jingxian He;Zheng Zhang;Chaohu Xiao;Fang Liu

  • Fabrication of bilayered attapulgite for solar steam generation with high conversion efficiency

    Juan Jia;Weidong Liang;Hanxue Sun;Zhaoqi Zhu

  • Novel N-rich porous organic polymers with extremely high uptake for capture and reversible storage of volatile iodine

    Xin Qian;Bing Wang;Zhao-Qi Zhu;Han-Xue Sun

  • Conductive hollow kapok fiber-PPy monolithic aerogels with excellent mechanical robustness for efficient solar steam generation

    Peng Mu;Wei Bai;Yukang Fan;Zheng Zhang

  • Reception of mode and polarization multiplexed 107-Gb/s CO-OFDM signal over a two-mode fiber

    An Li;Abdullah Al Amin;Xi Chen;William Shieh

  • Novel thiophene-bearing conjugated microporous polymer honeycomb-like porous spheres with ultrahigh iodine uptake

    Feng Ren;Zhaoqi Zhu;Xin Qian;Weidong Liang

  • Robust aerogels based on conjugated microporous polymer nanotubes with exceptional mechanical strength for efficient solar steam generation

    Peng Mu;Wei Bai;Zheng Zhang;Jingxian He

  • Facile and Scalable Fabrication of Surface-Modified Sponge for Efficient Solar Steam Generation.

    Zheng Zhang;Peng Mu;Jingxian He;Zhaoqi Zhu

  • Biomass derived porous carbon for efficient capture of carbon dioxide, organic contaminants and volatile iodine with exceptionally high uptake

    Hanxue Sun;Boli Yang;An Li

  • Ultralight Biomass Porous Foam with Aligned Hierarchical Channels as Salt-Resistant Solar Steam Generators

    Jiyan Li;Xu Zhou;Peng Mu;Fei Wang

  • Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation for Water Treatment: Advanced Research Progress and Challenges

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  • Fatty amines/graphene sponge form-stable phase change material composites with exceptionally high loading rates and energy density for thermal energy storage

    Tao Chen;Chao Liu;Peng Mu;Hanxue Sun

  • Conductively monolithic polypyrrole 3-D porous architecture with micron-sized channels as superior salt-resistant solar steam generators

    Yukang Fan;Wei Bai;Peng Mu;Yanning Su

  • Graphene–nickel/n-carboxylic acids composites as form-stable phase change materials for thermal energy storage

    Weidong Liang;Guodong Zhang;Hanxue Sun;Pinsong Chen

  • Innovative nanoporous carbons with ultrahigh uptakes for capture and reversible storage of CO2 and volatile iodine

    Hanxue Sun;Peiqing La;Ruixia Yang;Zhaoqi Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peng Mu
Peng Mu Northwest Normal University
Wei-Qiao Deng
Wei-Qiao Deng Shandong University
Changgong Meng
Changgong Meng Dalian University of Technology
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junping Zhang
Junping Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tao Hu
Tao Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Jiangnan University

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