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D-Index
152
Citations
72797
World Ranking
148
National Ranking
38

Chunyi Zhi 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 Chunyi Zhi sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 508 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chunyi Zhi 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 Chunyi Zhi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 152 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Chunyi Zhi is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China and focuses on research in engineering and materials science. The primary fields of study include engineering with 801 publications and materials science with 221 publications. Subfields reflect a concentration on electrical and electronic engineering (711 publications), renewable energy, sustainability and the environment (102), materials chemistry (90), electronic, optical and magnetic materials (86), and automotive engineering (56).

The researcher's work spans several main topics related to advanced energy systems. These include advanced battery technologies research (612 publications), advanced battery materials and technologies (430), advancements in battery materials (264), supercapacitor materials and fabrication (168), electrocatalysts for energy conversion (138), and conducting polymers and applications (72).

Frequent coauthors in Chunyi Zhi's collaborative network consist of Zhaodong Huang, Ze Chen, Xinliang Li, Guojin Liang, and Qing Li, each contributing from 72 to 128 joint publications.

The frequent venues for their scientific contributions feature leading journals such as:

  • Advanced Materials (39 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (38 publications)
  • Advanced Energy Materials (37 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (37 publications)
  • Energy & Environmental Science (28 publications)

Among the recent publications authored or coauthored by Chunyi Zhi are:

  • MXene chemistry, electrochemistry and energy storage applications, 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • Dendrites in Zn-Based Batteries, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Toward Practical High-Areal-Capacity Aqueous Zinc-Metal Batteries: Quantifying Hydrogen Evolution and a Solid-Ion Conductor for Stable Zinc Anodes, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Hydrogen-Free and Dendrite-Free All-Solid-State Zn-Ion Batteries, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Zwitterionic Sulfobetaine Hydrogel Electrolyte Building Separated Positive/Negative Ion Migration Channels for Aqueous Zn-MnO2 Batteries with Superior Rate Capabilities, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials

Best Publications

  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes and Nanosheets

    Dmitri G. Golberg;Yoshio Bando;Yang Huang;Takeshi Terao

  • Large‐Scale Fabrication of Boron Nitride Nanosheets and Their Utilization in Polymeric Composites with Improved Thermal and Mechanical Properties

    Chunyi Zhi;Yoshio Bando;Chengchun Tang;Hiroaki Kuwahara

  • Nanoporous CaCO3 Coatings Enabled Uniform Zn Stripping/Plating for Long-Life Zinc Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries

    Litao Kang;Mangwei Cui;Fuyi Jiang;Yanfeng Gao

  • Boron Nitride Nanotubes

    Dmitri Golberg;Yoshio Bando;Chengchun Tang;Chunyi Zhi

  • Dendrites in Zn-Based Batteries.

    Qi Yang;Qing Li;Zhuoxin Liu;Donghong Wang

  • Advanced rechargeable zinc-based batteries: Recent progress and future perspectives

    Hongfei Li;Longtao Ma;Cuiping Han;Zifeng Wang

  • Photoluminescent Ti3C2 MXene Quantum Dots for Multicolor Cellular Imaging

    Qi Xue;Huijie Zhang;Minshen Zhu;Zengxia Pei

  • An extremely safe and wearable solid-state zinc ion battery based on a hierarchical structured polymer electrolyte

    Hongfei Li;Cuiping Han;Yan Huang;Yang Huang

  • Nanostructured Polypyrrole as a flexible electrode material of supercapacitor

    Yang Huang;Hongfei Li;Zifeng Wang;Minshen Zhu

  • “White Graphenes”: Boron Nitride Nanoribbons via Boron Nitride Nanotube Unwrapping

    Haibo Zeng;Chunyi Zhi;Zhuhua Zhang;Xianlong Wei

  • A Superior δ-MnO2 Cathode and a Self-Healing Zn-δ-MnO2 Battery.

    Donghong Wang;Lufeng Wang;Guojin Liang;Hongfei Li

  • Three-dimensional strutted graphene grown by substrate-free sugar blowing for high-power-density supercapacitors

    Xuebin Wang;Yuanjian Zhang;Chunyi Zhi;Xi Wang

  • A self-healable and highly stretchable supercapacitor based on a dual crosslinked polyelectrolyte

    Yan Huang;Ming Zhong;Yang Huang;Minshen Zhu

  • Voltage issue of aqueous rechargeable metal-ion batteries

    Zhuoxin Liu;Yan Huang;Yang Huang;Qi Yang

  • Highly Flexible, Freestanding Supercapacitor Electrode with Enhanced Performance Obtained by Hybridizing Polypyrrole Chains with MXene

    Minshen Zhu;Yang Huang;Qihuang Deng;Jie Zhou

  • Toward Practical High-Areal-Capacity Aqueous Zinc-Metal Batteries: Quantifying Hydrogen Evolution and a Solid-Ion Conductor for Stable Zinc Anodes.

    Longtao Ma;Qing Li;Yiran Ying;Feixiang Ma

  • Fabrication and microwave absorption of carbon nanotubes/CoFe2O4 spinel nanocomposite

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  • Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane‐Modified Boron Nitride Nanotube Based Epoxy Nanocomposites: An Ideal Dielectric Material with High Thermal Conductivity

    Xingyi Huang;Chunyi Zhi;Pingkai Jiang;Dmitri Golberg

  • Single-Crystalline ZnS Nanobelts as Ultraviolet-Light Sensors

    Xiaosheng Fang;Yoshio Bando;Meiyong Liao;Ujjal K. Gautam

  • A flexible rechargeable aqueous zinc manganese-dioxide battery working at -20 °c

    Funian Mo;Guojin Liang;Qiangqiang Meng;Zhuoxin Liu

  • Do Zinc Dendrites Exist in Neutral Zinc Batteries: A Developed Electrohealing Strategy to In Situ Rescue In-Service Batteries.

    Qi Yang;Guojin Liang;Ying Guo;Zhuoxin Liu

  • Initiating a mild aqueous electrolyte Co3O4/Zn battery with 2.2 V-high voltage and 5000-cycle lifespan by a Co(III) rich-electrode

    Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Hongfei Li;Zhaoheng Ruan

  • Boron nitride nanotubes

    Chunyi Zhi;Yoshio Bando;Chengchun Tang;Dmitri Golberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshio Bando
Yoshio Bando University of Wollongong
Dmitri Golberg
Dmitri Golberg Queensland University of Technology
Chengchun Tang
Chengchun Tang Hebei University of Technology
Hongfei Li
Hongfei Li City University of Hong Kong
Yan Huang
Yan Huang Harbin Institute of Technology
Minshen Zhu
Minshen Zhu Chemnitz University of Technology
Zengxia Pei
Zengxia Pei University of Sydney
Zhuoxin Liu
Zhuoxin Liu Shenzhen University
Qi Yang
Qi Yang Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Yang Huang
Yang Huang Shenzhen University

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