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Canada
2025

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Materials Science

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96
Citations
30867
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1284
National Ranking
23

Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
30367
World Ranking
1568
National Ranking
36

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Karim Zaghib is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada and specializes primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research portfolio predominantly focuses on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with additional contributions in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Zaghib has an extensive record of publications in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Batteries
  • Materials
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Scientific Reports

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Brief History of Early Lithium-Battery Development," 2020, published in Materials
  • "Progress and Status of Hydrometallurgical and Direct Recycling of Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond," 2020, published in Materials
  • "Sulfide and Oxide Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Batteries: A Review," 2020, published in Nanomaterials
  • "High-Performance Manganese Hexacyanoferrate with Cubic Structure as Superior Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries," 2020, published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Highly Active and Durable Single-Atom Tungsten-Doped NiS0.5Se0.5 Nanosheet @ NiS0.5Se0.5 Nanorod Heterostructures for Water Splitting," 2022, published in Advanced Materials

Zaghib's frequent co-authors include:

  • M. V. Reddy
  • Michel L. Trudeau
  • Yuesheng Wang
  • Hendrix Demers
  • Nicolas Delaporte

Throughout their career, Karim Zaghib has contributed to multiple areas within battery technology research such as extraction and separation processes, advanced battery materials, and electrocatalyst development for energy conversion. Their research extends across fundamental materials chemistry to applied engineering disciplines aimed at the development and improvement of energy storage solutions.

Karim Zaghib has been recognized by the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen Storage for Mobility: A Review

    Etienne Rivard;Michel L. Trudeau;Karim Zaghib

  • Current density dependence of peroxide formation in the Li–O2 battery and its effect on charge

    Brian D. Adams;Claudio Radtke;Robert Black;Michel L. Trudeau

  • Electrochemical study of Li4Ti5O12 as negative electrode for Li-ion polymer rechargeable batteries

    K. Zaghib;M. Simoneau;M. Armand;M. Gauthier

  • Quantifying tortuosity in porous Li-ion battery materials

    Indrajeet V. Thorat;David E. Stephenson;Nathan A. Zacharias;Karim Zaghib

  • Comparative Issues of Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

    Christian M. Julien;Alain Mauger;Karim Zaghib;Henri Groult

  • Improved electrolytes for Li-ion batteries: Mixtures of ionic liquid and organic electrolyte with enhanced safety and electrochemical performance

    A. Guerfi;M. Dontigny;P. Charest;M. Petitclerc

  • Safe and fast-charging Li-ion battery with long shelf life for power applications

    K. Zaghib;M. Dontigny;A. Guerfi;P. Charest

  • Brief History of Early Lithium-Battery Development.

    Mogalahalli V. Reddy;Alain Mauger;Christian M. Julien;Andrea Paolella

  • Progress and Status of Hydrometallurgical and Direct Recycling of Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond.

    François Larouche;Farouk Tedjar;Kamyab Amouzegar;Georges Houlachi

  • Challenges and issues facing lithium metal for solid-state rechargeable batteries

    A. Mauger;M. Armand;C.M. Julien;K. Zaghib

  • Rechargeable solid-state lithium metal batteries with vertically aligned ceramic nanoparticle/polymer composite electrolyte

    Xue Wang;Xue Wang;Haowei Zhai;Boyu Qie;Qian Cheng

  • Study of the Li-insertion/extraction process in LiFePO4/FePO4

    C.V. Ramana;A. Mauger;F. Gendron;C.M. Julien

  • Stabilizing Solid Electrolyte-Anode Interface in Li-Metal Batteries by Boron Nitride-Based Nanocomposite Coating

    Qian Cheng;Aijun Li;Aijun Li;Na Li;Shuang Li

  • Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of LiFePO4: Small Magnetic Polaron Effects

    K. Zaghib;A. Mauger;John B Goodenough;F. Gendron

  • A review on hexacyanoferrate-based materials for energy storage and smart windows: challenges and perspectives

    Andrea Paolella;Cyril Faure;Vladimir Timoshevskii;Sergio Marras

  • LiFePO4 water-soluble binder electrode for Li-ion batteries

    A. Guerfi;M. Kaneko;M. Petitclerc;M. Mori

  • Electrochemistry of Anodes in Solid‐State Li‐Ion Polymer Batteries

    K. Zaghib;M. Armand;M. Gauthier

  • Sulfide and Oxide Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Batteries: A Review

    Mogalahalli V Reddy;Christian M Julien;Alain Mauger;Karim Zaghib

  • LiFePO4 and graphite electrodes with ionic liquids based on bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (FSI)-for Li-ion batteries

    A. Guerfi;S. Duchesne;Y. Kobayashi;Y. Kobayashi;A. Vijh

  • Characterization of Na-based phosphate as electrode materials for electrochemical cells

    K. Zaghib;J. Trottier;P. Hovington;F. Brochu

  • Nano-particle Li4Ti5O12 spinel as electrode for electrochemical generators

    A. Guerfi;S. Sévigny;M. Lagacé;P. Hovington

  • Challenges and Issues Facing Lithium Metal for Solid State Rechargeable Batteries

    Karim Zaghib;A Mauger;C.M Julien;M Armand

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdelbast Guerfi
Abdelbast Guerfi Hydro-Québec
Alain Mauger
Alain Mauger Sorbonne University
Christian M. Julien
Christian M. Julien Sorbonne University
George P. Demopoulos
George P. Demopoulos McGill University
Michel Trudeau
Michel Trudeau Hydro-Québec
Xia Lu
Xia Lu Sun Yat-sen University
John B. Goodenough
John B. Goodenough The University of Texas at Austin
Daniel Bélanger
Daniel Bélanger University of Quebec at Montreal
Michel Armand
Michel Armand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jigang Zhou
Jigang Zhou Canadian Light Source (Canada)

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