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D-Index
70
Citations
23631
World Ranking
4353
National Ranking
1365

Cheng Tang publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng Tang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 157 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Cheng Tang D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng Tang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cheng Tang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research spans 101 publications in Materials Science and 74 in Engineering, indicating a broad interdisciplinary engagement.

The scientist's work covers several specialized subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering. These subfields reflect a focus on both fundamental material properties and applications in emerging technologies.

Specific research topics addressed by Cheng Tang include:

  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Cheng Tang has published in prominent scientific journals with repeated contributions to venues such as:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Small

Notable recent papers include:

  • A S-Scheme MOF-on-MOF Heterostructure, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Bimetallic Au@Pt Core-Shell Nanosphere-Functionalized Electrospun ZnFe2O4 Nanofibers for Chemiresistive Breath Acetone Detection, 2024, ACS Sensors
  • First-principles screening of novel ferroelectric MXene phases with a large piezoelectric response and unusual auxeticity, 2020, Nanoscale
  • Prediction of room-temperature ferromagnetism and large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in a planar hypercoordinate FeB3 monolayer, 2020, Nanoscale Horizons
  • Thermal Reductive Perforation of Graphene Cathode for High-Performance Aluminum-Ion Batteries, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with coauthors including Aijun Du, Haijiao Zhang, Lei Zhang, Guanjia Zhu, and Minghong Wu. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications, with the highest number of joint works being 64 with Aijun Du.

Best Publications

  • A Review of Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia under Ambient Conditions

    Xiaoyang Cui;Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • How to explore ambient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reliably and insightfully.

    Cheng Tang;Shi-Zhang Qiao

  • Tailoring Acidic Oxygen Reduction Selectivity on Single-Atom Catalysts via Modification of First and Second Coordination Spheres.

    Cheng Tang;Ling Chen;Haijing Li;Laiquan Li

  • Nanocarbon for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis: Dopants, Edges, and Defects.

    Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • A Review of Precious-Metal-Free Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts: Rational Design and Applications in Zn−Air Batteries

    Hao-Fan Wang;Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • Topological Defects in Metal-Free Nanocarbon for Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

    Cheng Tang;Cheng Tang;Hao-Fan Wang;Xiang Chen;Bo-Quan Li

  • Defect Engineering toward Atomic Co–Nx–C in Hierarchical Graphene for Rechargeable Flexible Solid Zn-Air Batteries

    Cheng Tang;Bin Wang;Hao-Fan Wang;Qiang Zhang

  • Spatially Confined Hybridization of Nanometer-Sized NiFe Hydroxides into Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Frameworks Leading to Superior Oxygen Evolution Reactivity.

    Cheng Tang;Han-Sen Wang;Hao-Fan Wang;Qiang Zhang

  • Electrocatalytic Refinery for Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals

    Cheng Tang;Yao Zheng;Mietek Jaroniec;Shi-Zhang Qiao

  • Nitrogen‐Doped Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Sandwiches: Facile Catalytic Growth on Bifunctional Natural Catalysts and Their Applications as Scaffolds for High‐Rate Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries

    Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang;Meng-Qiang Zhao;Jia-Qi Huang

  • Hard Carbon Anodes for Next-Generation Li-Ion Batteries: Review and Perspective

    Lijing Xie;Cheng Tang;Zhihong Bi;Zhihong Bi;Mingxin Song

  • Two-dimensional mosaic bismuth nanosheets for highly selective ambient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

    Laiquan Li;Cheng Tang;Bingquan Xia;Huanyu Jin

  • Coordination Tunes Selectivity: Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction on High-Loading Molybdenum Single-Atom Catalysts

    Cheng Tang;Yan Jiao;Bingyang Shi;Jia-Ning Liu

  • Multiscale Principles To Boost Reactivity in Gas-Involving Energy Electrocatalysis.

    Cheng Tang;Hao-Fan Wang;Qiang Zhang

  • Nitrogen Vacancies on 2D Layered W2N3: A Stable and Efficient Active Site for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

    Huanyu Jin;Laiquan Li;Xin Liu;Cheng Tang

  • Stable and Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution from Seawater Enabled by an Unsaturated Nickel Surface Nitride

    Huanyu Jin;Xuesi Wang;Cheng Tang;Anthony Vasileff

  • Tailoring Selectivity of Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Generation by Tunable Pyrrolic-Nitrogen-Carbon

    Laiquan Li;Cheng Tang;Yao Zheng;Bingquan Xia

  • Bifunctional Transition Metal Hydroxysulfides: Room-Temperature Sulfurization and Their Applications in Zn-Air Batteries.

    Hao-Fan Wang;Cheng Tang;Bin Wang;Bo-Quan Li

  • CaO‐Templated Growth of Hierarchical Porous Graphene for High‐Power Lithium–Sulfur Battery Applications

    Cheng Tang;Bo-Quan Li;Qiang Zhang;Lin Zhu

  • A porphyrin covalent organic framework cathode for flexible Zn–air batteries

    Bo-Quan Li;Shu-Yuan Zhang;Bin Wang;Zi-Jing Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Fei Wei
Fei Wei Tsinghua University
Bo-Quan Li
Bo-Quan Li Beijing Institute of Technology
Jia-Qi Huang
Jia-Qi Huang Beijing Institute of Technology
Shi-Zhang Qiao
Shi-Zhang Qiao University of Adelaide
Hong-Jie Peng
Hong-Jie Peng University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Meng-Qiang Zhao
Meng-Qiang Zhao New Jersey Institute of Technology
Xin-Bing Cheng
Xin-Bing Cheng Tsinghua University

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