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D-Index
74
Citations
21447
World Ranking
3595
National Ranking
989

Jeff Sakamoto 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 Jeff Sakamoto sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 253 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeff Sakamoto 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 Jeff Sakamoto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeff Sakamoto is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering, with a significant emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Sakamoto's publication record includes contributions to journals and conferences with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nature Materials

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sakamoto include:

  • Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li 'filament' formation within solid electrolytes, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries, 2021, ACS Energy Letters
  • Li Penetration in Ceramic Solid Electrolytes: Operando Microscopy Analysis of Morphology, Propagation, and Reversibility, 2020, Matter
  • Efficient fast-charging of lithium-ion batteries enabled by laser-patterned three-dimensional graphite anode architectures, 2020, Journal of Power Sources
  • Enabling 6C Fast Charging of Li-Ion Batteries with Graphite/Hard Carbon Hybrid Anodes, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials

In collaboration, Sakamoto has frequently worked with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Neil P. Dasgupta
  • Jürgen Janek
  • Catherine G. Haslam
  • Till Fuchs
  • Michael J. Wang

Best Publications

  • Surface Chemistry Mechanism of Ultra-Low Interfacial Resistance in the Solid-State Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12

    Asma Sharafi;Eric Kazyak;Andrew L. Davis;Seungho Yu

  • The Role of Al and Li Concentration on the Formation of Cubic Garnet Solid Electrolyte of Nominal Composition Li7La3Zr2O12

    Ezhiyl Rangasamy;Jeff Wolfenstine;Jeffrey Sakamoto

  • Intergranular Li metal propagation through polycrystalline Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12 ceramic electrolyte

    Eric Jianfeng Cheng;Asma Sharafi;Jeff Sakamoto

  • Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair

    Jacob Koffler;Wei Zhu;Xin Qu;Oleksandr Platoshyn

  • Elastic Properties of the Solid Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO)

    Seungho Yu;Robert D. Schmidt;Regina Garcia-Mendez;Erik Herbert

  • Cover Picture: Excellent Stability of a Lithium‐Ion‐Conducting Solid Electrolyte upon Reversible Li+/H+ Exchange in Aqueous Solutions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2015)

    Cheng Ma;Ezhiylmurugan Rangasamy;Chengdu Liang;Jeffrey Sakamoto

  • Effect of substitution (Ta, Al, Ga) on the conductivity of Li7La3Zr2O12

    J.L. Allen;J. Wolfenstine;E. Rangasamy;J. Sakamoto

  • Characterizing the Li–Li7La3Zr2O12 interface stability and kinetics as a function of temperature and current density

    Asma Sharafi;Harry M. Meyer;Jagjit Nanda;Jeff Wolfenstine

  • The Limits of Low‐Temperature Performance of Li‐Ion Cells

    C. ‐K. Huang;J. S. Sakamoto;J. Wolfenstine;S. Surampudi

  • Impact of air exposure and surface chemistry on Li–Li7La3Zr2O12 interfacial resistance

    Asma Sharafi;Seungho Yu;Michael Naguib;Marcus Lee

  • Characterizing the Li-Solid-Electrolyte Interface Dynamics as a Function of Stack Pressure and Current Density

    Michael J. Wang;Rishav Choudhury;Jeff Sakamoto

  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries

    Paul Albertus;Venkataramani Anandan;Chunmei Ban;Nitash Balsara

  • Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li 'filament' formation within solid electrolytes.

    Xiaoming Liu;Regina Garcia-Mendez;Andrew R. Lupini;Yongqiang Cheng

  • Tetragonal vs. cubic phase stability in Al – free Ta doped Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO)

    Travis Thompson;Jeff Wolfenstine;Jan L. Allen;Michelle Johannes

  • Li Penetration in Ceramic Solid Electrolytes: Operando Microscopy Analysis of Morphology, Propagation, and Reversibility

    Eric Kazyak;Regina Garcia-Mendez;William S. LePage;Asma Sharafi

  • Electrochemical Window of the Li-Ion Solid Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12

    Travis Thompson;Seungho Yu;Logan Williams;Robert D. Schmidt

  • Interfacial Stability of Li Metal-Solid Electrolyte Elucidated via in Situ Electron Microscopy.

    Cheng Ma;Yongqiang Cheng;Kuibo Yin;Jian Luo

  • Elastic, plastic, and creep mechanical properties of lithium metal

    Alvaro Masias;Alvaro Masias;Nando Felten;Regina Garcia-Mendez;Jeff Wolfenstine

  • Room temperature elastic moduli and Vickers hardness of hot-pressed LLZO cubic garnet

    Jennifer E. Ni;Eldon D. Case;Jeffrey S. Sakamoto;Ezhiyl Rangasamy

  • Vanadium Oxide-Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes for Use in Secondary Lithium Batteries

    Jeffrey S. Sakamoto;Bruce Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Wolfenstine
Jeff Wolfenstine United States Army Research Laboratory
Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
Jan L. Allen
Jan L. Allen United States Army Research Laboratory
Neil P. Dasgupta
Neil P. Dasgupta University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nancy J. Dudney
Nancy J. Dudney Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Donald J. Siegel
Donald J. Siegel The University of Texas at Austin
Bruce Dunn
Bruce Dunn University of California, Los Angeles
Miaofang Chi
Miaofang Chi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cheng Ma
Cheng Ma University of Science and Technology of China
Katsuyo Thornton
Katsuyo Thornton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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