2026 Kang Xu: 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	137	257	248	108	101	403	81215

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Materials Science

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101

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81215

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kang Xu is affiliated with the United States Army Research Laboratory in the United States and has a research profile focused on engineering, with significant expertise in electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. Their academic output is primarily concentrated in the field of advanced battery materials and technologies.

The main topics covered in Kang Xu's research include:

Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Kang Xu has published extensively in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Energy & environment materials
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent coauthors in Kang Xu's body of work include:

Oleg Borodin
Chunsheng Wang
Travis P. Pollard
Marshall A. Schroeder
Lin Ma

Kang Xu's research has contributed to a number of widely cited papers published in notable journals. Some of these include:

"Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms," 2020, published in Gut
"Realizing high zinc reversibility in rechargeable batteries," 2020, published in Nature Energy
"Fluorinated interphase enables reversible aqueous zinc battery chemistries," 2021, published in Nature Nanotechnology
"A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry," 2020, published in Science
"New Concepts in Electrolytes," 2020, published in Chemical Reviews

The subfields of study Kang Xu is active in include:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Molecular Biology
Automotive Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Kang Xu received the award of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2020.

Best Publications

Nonaqueous liquid electrolytes for lithium-based rechargeable batteries.

Kang Xu

8356
Citations
Electrolytes and interphases in Li-ion batteries and beyond.

Kang Xu

5344
Citations
"Water-in-salt" electrolyte enables high-voltage aqueous lithium-ion chemistries.

Liumin Suo;Oleg Borodin;Tao Gao;Marco Olguin

3694
Citations
Highly reversible zinc metal anode for aqueous batteries.

Fei Wang;Fei Wang;Oleg Borodin;Tao Gao;Xiulin Fan

3073
Citations
Before Li Ion Batteries

Martin Winter;Brian Barnett;Kang Xu

2058
Citations
Non-flammable electrolyte enables Li-metal batteries with aggressive cathode chemistries

Xiulin Fan;Long Chen;Oleg Borodin;Xiao Ji

1306
Citations
Quantifying inactive lithium in lithium metal batteries

Chengcheng Fang;Jinxing Li;Minghao Zhang;Yihui Zhang

1277
Citations
Realizing high zinc reversibility in rechargeable batteries

Lin Ma;Marshall A. Schroeder;Oleg Borodin;Travis P. Pollard

1125
Citations
Fluorinated interphase enables reversible aqueous zinc battery chemistries.

Longsheng Cao;Dan Li;Travis Pollard;Tao Deng

1080
Citations
Electrochemical impedance study on the low temperature of Li-ion batteries

S.S. Zhang;K. Xu;T.R. Jow

1032
Citations
A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry

Wei Sun;Fei Wang;Bao Zhang;Mengyi Zhang

957
Citations
Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries

Xiaodi Ren;Shuru Chen;Hongkyung Lee;Donghai Mei

930
Citations
Highly Fluorinated Interphases Enable High-Voltage Li-Metal Batteries

Xiulin Fan;Long Chen;Xiao Ji;Tao Deng

895
Citations
Hierarchical Nanoassembly of MoS2/Co9S8/Ni3S2/Ni as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting in a Wide pH Range.

Yan Yang;Huiqin Yao;Zihuan Yu;Saiful M. Islam;Saiful M. Islam

864
Citations
New Concepts in Electrolytes.

Matthew Li;Matthew Li;Chunsheng Wang;Zhongwei Chen;Kang Xu

847
Citations
The low temperature performance of Li-ion batteries

S.S. Zhang;K. Xu;T.R. Jow

793
Citations
EIS study on the formation of solid electrolyte interface in Li-ion battery

S.S. Zhang;K. Xu;T.R. Jow

786
Citations
Aqueous Li-ion battery enabled by halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite

Chongyin Yang;Ji Chen;Xiao Ji;Travis P. Pollard

769
Citations
Advanced High-Voltage Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery Enabled by "Water-in-Bisalt" Electrolyte.

Liumin Suo;Oleg Borodin;Wei Sun;Xiulin Fan

756
Citations
Electrospun Sb/C Fibers for a Stable and Fast Sodium-Ion Battery Anode

Yujie Zhu;Xiaogang Han;Yunhua Xu;Yihang Liu

680
Citations