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D-Index
65
Citations
18625
World Ranking
5544
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1443

Gang Lu 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 Gang Lu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 222 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gang Lu 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 Gang Lu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gang Lu is affiliated with California State University, Northridge in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and materials science, with a notable focus on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and applied mathematics.

The scientist has produced 67 publications in engineering and 58 in materials science. Their subfields extend to 60 publications in electrical and electronic engineering, 50 in materials chemistry, 37 in renewable energy and sustainability, 14 in atomic and molecular physics and optics, and 8 in applied mathematics.

The primary research topics covered in their work include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gang Lu are:

  • Zhonglong Zhao (21 publications)
  • Xu Zhang (21 publications)
  • Qing Li (11 publications)
  • Yunhui Huang (10 publications)
  • Jiashun Liang (9 publications)

The scientist regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (7 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (5 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (4 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (3 publications)
  • Advanced Energy Materials (3 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Gang Lu include:

  • Exclusive Strain Effect Boosts Overall Water Splitting in PdCu/Ir Core/Shell Nanocrystals, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Single-Atom Cr-N4 Sites with High Oxophilicity Interfaced with Pt Atomic Clusters for Practical Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Anti-dissolution Pt single site with Pt(OH)(O3)/Co(P) coordination for efficient alkaline water splitting electrolyzer, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Biaxial Strains Mediated Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis on Fenton Reaction Resistant L10-PtZn Fuel Cell Cathode, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Improving the Stability of Non-Noble-Metal M-N-C Catalysts for Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells through M-N Bond Length and Coordination Regulation, 2021, Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • Biaxially strained PtPb/Pt core/shell nanoplate boosts oxygen reduction catalysis

    Lingzheng Bu;Nan Zhang;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang

  • PdMo bimetallene for oxygen reduction catalysis

    Mingchuan Luo;Zhonglong Zhao;Yelong Zhang;Yingjun Sun

  • Precise tuning in platinum-nickel/nickel sulfide interface nanowires for synergistic hydrogen evolution catalysis.

    Pengtang Wang;Xu Zhang;Jin Zhang;Sheng Wan

  • Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis

    Lingzheng Bu;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang;Xuan Shen

  • Tuning Sn-Catalysis for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to CO via the Core/Shell Cu/SnO2 Structure

    Qing Li;Jiaju Fu;Wenlei Zhu;Zhengzheng Chen

  • Tuning Nanoparticle Structure and Surface Strain for Catalysis Optimization

    Sen Zhang;Xu Zhang;Guangming Jiang;Huiyuan Zhu

  • Efficient oxygen reduction catalysis by subnanometer Pt alloy nanowires

    Kezhu Jiang;Dandan Zhao;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang

  • Generalized-stacking-fault energy surface and dislocation properties of aluminum

    Gang Lu;Nicholas Kioussis;Vasily V. Bulatov;Efthimios Kaxiras

  • Stable High-Index Faceted Pt Skin on Zigzag-Like PtFe Nanowires Enhances Oxygen Reduction Catalysis.

    Mingchuan Luo;Yingjun Sun;Yingjun Sun;Xu Zhang;Yingnan Qin;Yingnan Qin

  • Hydrogen Embrittlement of Aluminum: The Crucial Role of Vacancies

    Gang Lu;Efthimios Kaxiras

  • Ordered PdCu-Based Nanoparticles as Bifunctional Oxygen-Reduction and Ethanol-Oxidation Electrocatalysts.

    Kezhu Jiang;Pengtang Wang;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang

  • A New Core/Shell NiAu/Au Nanoparticle Catalyst with Pt-like Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Haifeng Lv;Haifeng Lv;Zheng Xi;Zhengzheng Chen;Shaojun Guo

  • Surface Doping to Enhance Structural Integrity and Performance of Li-Rich Layered Oxide

    Shuai Liu;Zepeng Liu;Xi Shen;Weihan Li

  • A General Method for Multimetallic Platinum Alloy Nanowires as Highly Active and Stable Oxygen Reduction Catalysts.

    Lingzheng Bu;Jiabao Ding;Shaojun Guo;Xu Zhang

  • Steering elementary steps towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution via size-dependent Ni/NiO nanoscale heterosurfaces

    Lu Zhao;Yun Zhang;Yun Zhang;Zhonglong Zhao;Qing-Hua Zhang

  • Highly flexible polyelectrolyte nanotubes.

    Sufen Ai;Gang Lu;Qiang He;Junbai Li

  • Exclusive Strain Effect Boosts Overall Water Splitting in PdCu/Ir Core/Shell Nanocrystals

    Menggang Li;Menggang Li;Zhonglong Zhao;Zhonghong Xia;Mingchuan Luo

  • Cu3N Nanocubes for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Ethylene.

    Zhouyang Yin;Chao Yu;Zhonglong Zhao;Xuefeng Guo

  • Tungsten‐Doped L1 0 ‐PtCo Ultrasmall Nanoparticles as a High‐Performance Fuel Cell Cathode

    Jiashun Liang;Na Li;Na Li;Zhonglong Zhao;Zhonglong Zhao;Liang Ma

  • Carbon nanotube interaction with DNA

    Gang Lu;Paul Maragakis;Efthimios Kaxiras

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaojun Guo
Shaojun Guo Peking University
Efthimios Kaxiras
Efthimios Kaxiras Harvard University
Dong Su
Dong Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Vasily V. Bulatov
Vasily V. Bulatov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Qing Li
Qing Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zhi-Xiang Wang
Zhi-Xiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nasr M. Ghoniem
Nasr M. Ghoniem University of California, Los Angeles
Shouheng Sun
Shouheng Sun Brown University
Yunhui Huang
Yunhui Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Mingchuan Luo
Mingchuan Luo Peking University

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