2026 Gangjian Tan: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	45	11582	11195	3207	3192	140	20334

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

5345
Citations
Rationally Designing High-Performance Bulk Thermoelectric Materials

Gangjian Tan;Li Dong Zhao;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

2228
Citations
Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

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

2058
Citations
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

698
Citations
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

669
Citations
SnSe: a remarkable new thermoelectric material

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

569
Citations
Power generation and thermoelectric cooling enabled by momentum and energy multiband alignments.

Bingchao Qin;Dongyang Wang;Xixi Liu;Yongxin Qin

514
Citations
Codoping in SnTe: Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance through Synergy of Resonance Levels and Band Convergence

Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Hang Chi

499
Citations
Valence Band Modification and High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe Heavily Alloyed with MnTe

Gangjian Tan;Fengyuan Shi;Shiqiang Hao;Hang Chi

438
Citations
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

423
Citations
Extraordinary role of Hg in enhancing the thermoelectric performance of p-type SnTe

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

404
Citations
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

341
Citations
Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in the Counter-Doped SnTe System with Strained Endotaxial SrTe

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

328
Citations
Lattice Softening Significantly Reduces Thermal Conductivity and Leads to High Thermoelectric Efficiency.

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

275
Citations
3D Printing of highly textured bulk thermoelectric materials: mechanically robust BiSbTe alloys with superior performance

Junhao Qiu;Yonggao Yan;Tingting Luo;Kechen Tang

233
Citations
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

227
Citations
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

226
Citations
Concerted Rattling in CsAg5Te3 Leading to Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance

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

213
Citations
Thermoelectric power generation: From new materials to devices

Gangjian Tan;Michihiro Ohta;Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

206
Citations
High Thermoelectric Performance in Electron-Doped AgBi3S5 with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity

Gangjian Tan;Shiqiang Hao;Jing Zhao;Chris Wolverton

204
Citations
Integrating band structure engineering with all-scale hierarchical structuring for high thermoelectric performance in PbTe system

Yanling Pei;Gangjian Tan;Dan Feng;Lei Zheng

200
Citations