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D-Index
45
Citations
20334
World Ranking
11580
National Ranking
3208

Gangjian Tan 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 Gangjian Tan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 140 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gangjian Tan 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 Gangjian Tan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gangjian Tan is affiliated with Wuhan University of Technology in China. Their research spans materials science and engineering, with a particular focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. They have contributed extensively to advancements in thermoelectric materials and devices, as well as battery materials.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization encompass:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Gangjian Tan's research topics cover:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Thermal properties of materials

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Xinfeng Tang (59 joint publications)
  • Hongyao Xie (25 joint publications)
  • Jinsong Wu (16 joint publications)
  • Songlin Li (13 joint publications)
  • Jinchang Sun (12 joint publications)

Gangjian Tan has published frequently in several scientific journals, among which the most common venues are:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (11 publications)
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials (6 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (5 publications)
  • Materials Today Physics (4 publications)
  • Chemistry of Materials (4 publications)

Significant recent publications include:

  • Power generation and thermoelectric cooling enabled by momentum and energy multiband alignments, 2021, Science
  • Strategies for boosting thermoelectric performance of PbSe: A review, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Lead-free SnTe-based compounds as advanced thermoelectrics, 2021, Materials Today Physics
  • Mitigated Oxygen Loss in Lithium-Rich Manganese-Based Cathode Enabled by Strong Zr-O Affinity, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance in Sb-Doped Ag2Te Compounds with a Low-Temperature Monoclinic Structure, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

    Li Dong Zhao;Shih Han Lo;Yongsheng Zhang;Hui Sun

  • Rationally Designing High-Performance Bulk Thermoelectric Materials

    Gangjian Tan;Li Dong Zhao;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

    Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao;Gangjian Tan;Shiqiang Hao;Jiaqing He

  • High Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type SnTe via a Synergistic Band Engineering and Nanostructuring Approach

    Gangjian Tan;Li Dong Zhao;Fengyuan Shi;Jeff W. Doak

  • Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe-SrTe.

    Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao

  • SnSe: a remarkable new thermoelectric material

    Li Dong Zhao;Cheng Chang;Gangjian Tan;Mercouri G Kanatzidis

  • Power generation and thermoelectric cooling enabled by momentum and energy multiband alignments.

    Bingchao Qin;Dongyang Wang;Xixi Liu;Yongxin Qin

  • Codoping in SnTe: Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance through Synergy of Resonance Levels and Band Convergence

    Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Hang Chi

  • Valence Band Modification and High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe Heavily Alloyed with MnTe

    Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Hang Chi

  • Mechanically robust BiSbTe alloys with superior thermoelectric performance: A case study of stable hierarchical nanostructured thermoelectric materials

    Yun Zheng;Qiang Zhang;Xianli Su;Hongyao Xie

  • Extraordinary role of Hg in enhancing the thermoelectric performance of p-type SnTe

    Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Jeff W. Doak;Hui Sun

  • Distinct Impact of Alkali-Ion Doping on Electrical Transport Properties of Thermoelectric p-Type Polycrystalline SnSe.

    Tian Ran Wei;Gangjian Tan;Xiaomi Zhang;Chao Feng Wu

  • Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in the Counter-Doped SnTe System with Strained Endotaxial SrTe

    Li Dong Zhao;Xiao Zhang;Haijun Wu;Haijun Wu;Gangjian Tan

  • Lattice Softening Significantly Reduces Thermal Conductivity and Leads to High Thermoelectric Efficiency.

    Riley Hanus;Matthias T. Agne;Alexander J. E. Rettie;Zhiwei Chen

  • 3D Printing of highly textured bulk thermoelectric materials: mechanically robust BiSbTe alloys with superior performance

    Junhao Qiu;Yonggao Yan;Tingting Luo;Kechen Tang

  • Enhanced thermoelectric properties of Bi2(Te1−xSex)3-based compounds as n-type legs for low-temperature power generation

    Shanyu Wang;Shanyu Wang;Gangjian Tan;Wenjie Xie;Gang Zheng

  • High Thermoelectric Performance SnTe-In2Te3 Solid Solutions Enabled by Resonant Levels and Strong Vacancy Phonon Scattering

    Gangjian Tan;Wolfgang G. Zeier;Fengyuan Shi;Pengli Wang

  • Concerted Rattling in CsAg5Te3 Leading to Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance

    Hua Lin;Gangjian Tan;Jin Ni Shen;Shiqiang Hao

  • Thermoelectric power generation: From new materials to devices

    Gangjian Tan;Michihiro Ohta;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

  • High Thermoelectric Performance in Electron-Doped AgBi3S5 with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity

    Gangjian Tan;Shiqiang Hao;Jing Zhao;Chris Wolverton

  • Integrating band structure engineering with all-scale hierarchical structuring for high thermoelectric performance in PbTe system

    Yanling Pei;Gangjian Tan;Dan Feng;Lei Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Xinfeng Tang
Xinfeng Tang Wuhan University of Technology
Ctirad Uher
Ctirad Uher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chris Wolverton
Chris Wolverton Northwestern University
Xianli Su
Xianli Su Wuhan University of Technology
Li-Dong Zhao
Li-Dong Zhao Beihang University
Vinayak P. Dravid
Vinayak P. Dravid Northwestern University
Shiqiang Hao
Shiqiang Hao National Energy Technology Laboratory
G. Jeffrey Snyder
G. Jeffrey Snyder Northwestern University
Jinsong Wu
Jinsong Wu Wuhan University of Technology

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