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Kangning Zhao

Kangning Zhao

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
74
Citations
18726
World Ranking
3663
National Ranking
1174

Kangning Zhao 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 Kangning Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 193 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kangning Zhao 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 Kangning Zhao 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

Kangning Zhao is affiliated with Great Bay University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research spans several subfields, notably electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and automotive engineering.

Their research interests focus on advanced battery materials and technologies, with a particular emphasis on advancements in battery materials and supercapacitor materials and fabrication. Zhao has also explored electrocatalysts for energy conversion and perovskite materials and applications.

Frequent coauthors in Zhao's research include Congli Sun, Lei Zhang, Xiaobin Liao, Wangwang Xu, and Jiujun Zhang. These collaborations have contributed to numerous scientific publications.

Zhao's research has been published frequently in journals such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nano Energy

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhao include:

  • "Atomically targeting NiFe LDH to create multivacancies for OER catalysis with a small organic anchor," 2020, Nano Energy
  • "High-entropy materials for energy-related applications," 2021, iScience
  • "High-Voltage Cycling Induced Thermal Vulnerability in LiCoO2 Cathode: Cation Loss and Oxygen Release Driven by Oxygen Vacancy Migration," 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Fluoride-Rich, Organic-Inorganic Gradient Interphase Enabled by Sacrificial Solvation Shells for Reversible Zinc Metal Batteries," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "FeP Quantum Dots Confined in Carbon-Nanotube-Grafted P-Doped Carbon Octahedra for High-Rate Sodium Storage and Full-Cell Applications," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • Water-Lubricated Intercalation in V 2 O 5 ·nH 2 O for High-Capacity and High-Rate Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Batteries.

    Mengyu Yan;Mengyu Yan;Pan He;Ying Chen;Shanyu Wang

  • Low-crystalline iron oxide hydroxide nanoparticle anode for high-performance supercapacitors.

    Kwadwo Asare Owusu;Longbing Qu;Longbing Qu;Jiantao Li;Zhaoyang Wang

  • Ultrathin Surface Coating Enables Stabilized Zinc Metal Anode

    Kangning Zhao;Kangning Zhao;Chenxu Wang;Yanhao Yu;Mengyu Yan

  • Boosting the Kinetics and Stability of Zn Anodes in Aqueous Electrolytes with Supramolecular Cyclodextrin Additives.

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  • Diethyl ether as self-healing electrolyte additive enabled long-life rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries

    Weina Xu;Weina Xu;Kangning Zhao;Kangning Zhao;Kangning Zhao;Wangchen Huo;Yizhan Wang

  • H2V3O8 Nanowire/Graphene Electrodes for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Ion Batteries with High Rate Capability and Large Capacity

    Qiang Pang;Qiang Pang;Congli Sun;Yanhao Yu;Kangning Zhao

  • General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis

    Chaojiang Niu;Jiashen Meng;Xuanpeng Wang;Chunhua Han

  • Atomically dispersed metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: synthesis, characterization, reaction mechanisms and electrochemical energy applications

    Minmin Liu;Linlin Wang;Kangning Zhao;Shanshan Shi

  • MoB/g-C3N4 Interface Materials as a Schottky Catalyst to Boost Hydrogen Evolution

    Zechao Zhuang;Yong Li;Zilan Li;Fan Lv

  • Copper–Nickel Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Hydrazine-Assisted Electrolytic Hydrogen Production

    Zhaoyang Wang;Lin Xu;Fuzhi Huang;Longbing Qu

  • Manganese Oxide/Carbon Yolk–Shell Nanorod Anodes for High Capacity Lithium Batteries

    Zhengyang Cai;Lin Xu;Lin Xu;Mengyu Yan;Chunhua Han

  • SnO2 Quantum Dots@Graphene Oxide as a High-Rate and Long-Life Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Kangning Zhao;Lei Zhang;Rui Xia;Yifan Dong

  • Atomically targeting NiFe LDH to create multivacancies for OER catalysis with a small organic anchor

    Yaqiong Wang;Shi Tao;He Lin;Gaopeng Wang

  • Insight into the Mechanism of Axial Ligands Regulating the Catalytic Activity of Fe–N4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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  • Low-Crystalline Bimetallic Metal–Organic Framework Electrocatalysts with Rich Active Sites for Oxygen Evolution

    Jiantao Li;Wenzhong Huang;Manman Wang;Shibo Xi

  • Amorphous vanadium oxide matrixes supporting hierarchical porous Fe3O4/graphene nanowires as a high-rate lithium storage anode.

    Qinyou An;Fan Lv;Qiuqi Liu;Chunhua Han

  • VO2 nanowires assembled into hollow microspheres for high-rate and long-life lithium batteries.

    Chaojiang Niu;Jiashen Meng;Chunhua Han;Kangning Zhao

  • Self-sacrificed synthesis of three-dimensional Na3V2(PO4)3 nanofiber network for high-rate sodium–ion full batteries

    Wenhao Ren;Zhiping Zheng;Chang Xu;Chaojiang Niu

  • Defect engineering activating (Boosting) zinc storage capacity of MoS2

    Wangwang Xu;Congli Sun;Kangning Zhao;Xun Cheng

  • High-entropy materials for energy-related applications

    Maosen Fu;Xiao Ma;Kangning Zhao;Xiao Li

  • High-Voltage Cycling Induced Thermal Vulnerability in LiCoO2 Cathode: Cation Loss and Oxygen Release Driven by Oxygen Vacancy Migration.

    Congli Sun;Xiaobin Liao;Fanjie Xia;Yan Zhao

  • Field Effect Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of MoS2 Nanosheets.

    Junhui Wang;Mengyu Yan;Kangning Zhao;Xiaobin Liao

  • Hierarchical zigzag Na1.25V3O8 nanowires with topotactically encoded superior performance for sodium-ion battery cathodes

    Yifan Dong;Shuo Li;Shuo Li;Kangning Zhao;Chunhua Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Liqiang Mai
Liqiang Mai Wuhan University of Technology
Mengyu Yan
Mengyu Yan University of Washington
Qiulong Wei
Qiulong Wei Xiamen University
Wangwang Xu
Wangwang Xu Louisiana State University
Chaojiang Niu
Chaojiang Niu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Qinyou An
Qinyou An Wuhan University of Technology
Liang Zhou
Liang Zhou Wuhan University of Technology
Liang He
Liang He Sichuan University
Jiashen Meng
Jiashen Meng Wuhan University of Technology
Xuanpeng Wang
Xuanpeng Wang Wuhan University of Technology

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