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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 48 10835 10467 3009 2996 164 8530

Guanghao Lu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Guanghao Lu between 2007 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Guanghao Lu published across 19 years, from 2007 to 2025, averaging 13.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 51 publications in 2024. 95 of the 260 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2007 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 51. Peak 51 publications in 2024. 2007: 4 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 51 publications 2025: 44 publications
2007 2025

260 publications in total across all disciplines

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Guanghao Lu: publications per year, 2007 to 2025
Year Publications
2007 4
2008 5
2009 2
2010 4
2011 0
2012 4
2013 2
2014 3
2015 2
2016 4
2017 3
2018 11
2019 10
2020 19
2021 21
2022 38
2023 33
2024 51
2025 44
Total 260
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Guanghao 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 Guanghao Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 150–169 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 164 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835 164
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Guanghao 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 Guanghao Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48–49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598 48
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Guanghao Lu is affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University in China. Their research mainly focuses on engineering and materials science, with a significant body of work in electrical and electronic engineering and polymers and plastics. They also contribute to biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and cellular and molecular neuroscience subfields.

The scientist's research topics include organic electronics and photovoltaics, conducting polymers and applications, perovskite materials and applications, thin-film transistor technologies, advanced memory and neural computing, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and nanowire synthesis and applications.

Guanghao Lu has published numerous papers in several notable journals and conferences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Some recent papers by Guanghao Lu highlight advances in organic solar cells and related materials science:

  • "Binary Organic Solar Cells Breaking 19% via Manipulating the Vertical Component Distribution" (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • "Optimized active layer morphology toward efficient and polymer batch insensitive organic solar cells" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Vertically optimized phase separation with improved exciton diffusion enables efficient organic solar cells with thick active layers" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Balancing the efficiency, stability, and cost potential for organic solar cells via a new figure of merit" (2021, Joule)
  • "Non-halogenated Solvent-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Approaching 20% Efficiency and Improved Photostability" (2024, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Throughout their career, Guanghao Lu has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Laju Bu
  • Yuanwei Zhu
  • Wei Ma
  • Guanyu Lu
  • Jifa Yu

Best Publications

  • Binary Organic Solar Cells Breaking 19% via Manipulating the Vertical Component Distribution

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  • Effect of Isomerization on High-Performance Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors

    Jiayu Wang;Junxiang Zhang;Yiqun Xiao;Tong Xiao

  • Optimized active layer morphology toward efficient and polymer batch insensitive organic solar cells.

    Kangkang Weng;Linglong Ye;Linglong Ye;Lei Zhu;Jinqiu Xu

  • Moderate doping leads to high performance of semiconductor/insulator polymer blend transistors

    Guanghao Lu;James Blakesley;James Blakesley;Scott Himmelberger;Patrick Pingel;Patrick Pingel

  • Improving performance of polymer photovoltaic devices using an annealing-free approach via construction of ordered aggregates in solution

    Ligui Li;Guanghao Lu;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Vertically optimized phase separation with improved exciton diffusion enables efficient organic solar cells with thick active layers

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  • Balancing the efficiency, stability, and cost potential for organic solar cells via a new figure of merit

    Wenyan Yang;Wei Wang;Yuheng Wang;Yuheng Wang;Rui Sun

  • Precise construction of PCBM aggregates for polymer solar cells via multi-step controlled solvent vapor annealing

    Haowei Tang;Guanghao Lu;Ligui Li;Jun Li

  • Achieving Perpendicular Alignment of Rigid Polythiophene Backbones to the Substrate by Using Solvent‐Vapor Treatment

    Guanghao Lu;Ligui Li;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Layer-by-layer processed binary all-polymer solar cells with efficiency over 16% enabled by finely optimized morphology

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  • Self-Powered Organic Photodetectors with High Detectivity for Near Infrared Light Detection Enabled by Dark Current Reduction

    Yanan Wei;Hao Chen;Tianhua Liu;Song Wang

  • Nonhalogenated Dual‐Slot‐Die Processing Enables High‐Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

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  • Fibril Network Strategy Enables High-Performance Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells

    Yuanpeng Xie;Yunhao Cai;Lei Zhu;Ruoxi Xia

  • Regulating the vertical phase distribution by fullerene-derivative in high performance ternary organic solar cells

    Pengqing Bi;Tong Xiao;Xiaoyu Yang;Mengsi Niu

  • Versatile Sequential Casting Processing for Highly Efficient and Stable Binary Organic Photovoltaics

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  • A Top‐Down Strategy to Engineer ActiveLayer Morphology for Highly Efficient and Stable All‐Polymer Solar Cells

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  • Ternary All‐Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency up to 18.14% Employing a Two‐Step Sequential Deposition

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  • Achieving over 18% Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Enabled by a ZnO-Based Hybrid Electron Transport Layer with an Operational Lifetime up to 5 Years.

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  • Enhanced electrical conductivity of highly crystalline polythiophene/ insulating-polymer composite

    Guanghao Lu;Haowei Tang;Yunpeng Qu;Ligui Li

  • Dual-Accepting-Unit Design of Donor Material for All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 11%

    Yong Huo;Xiao-Ting Gong;Tsz-Ki Lau;Tong Xiao

  • Separating Crystallization Process of P3HT and O-IDTBR to Construct Highly Crystalline Interpenetrating Network with Optimized Vertical Phase Separation

    Qiuju Liang;Xuechen Jiao;Ye Yan;Zhiyuan Xie

  • Morphology and crystalline transition of poly (3-butylthiophene) associated with its polymorphic modifications

    Guanghao Lu;Ligui Li;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Creating a uniform distribution of fullerene C60 nanorods in a polymer matrix and its photovoltaic applications.

    Guanghao Lu;Ligui Li;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Film-Depth-Dependent Light Absorption and Charge Transport for Polymer Electronics: A Case Study on Semiconductor/Insulator Blends by Plasma Etching

    Laju Bu;Shuang Gao;Weichen Wang;Ling Zhou

  • Dark Current Reduction Strategy via a Layer-By-Layer Solution Process for a High-Performance All-Polymer Photodetector.

    Zhiming Zhong;Laju Bu;Peng Zhu;Tong Xiao

  • Effects of fullerene solubility on the crystallization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and performance of photovoltaic devices

    Ligui Li;Haowei Tang;Haoxi Wu;Guanghao Lu

  • Bulk interpenetration network of thermoelectric polymer in insulating supporting matrix.

    Guanghao Lu;Guanghao Lu;Laju Bu;Sijun Li;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Enhanced Charge Transportation in Semiconducting Polymer/Insulating Polymer Composites: The Role of an Interpenetrating Bulk Interface

    Guanghao Lu;Haowei Tang;Yan Huan;Sijun Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Ligui Li
Ligui Li South China University of Technology
Shengtao Li
Shengtao Li Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhixiang Wei
Zhixiang Wei National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Jie Min
Jie Min Wuhan University
Jianqi Zhang
Jianqi Zhang Center for Excellence in Education
Norbert Koch
Norbert Koch Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University
Yanming Sun
Yanming Sun Beihang University
Dieter Neher
Dieter Neher University of Potsdam
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Wuhan University of Technology

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