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D-Index
64
Citations
15588
World Ranking
5857
National Ranking
1770

Kui 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 Kui Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 131 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kui 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 Kui Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kui Zhao is affiliated with Shaanxi Normal University in China and conducts research primarily in materials science and engineering. Their work focuses extensively on the study and development of perovskite materials and their applications, particularly within the realms of electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Zhao's research can be categorized into several main areas including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry. The main topics covered in their publications emphasize perovskite materials and applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, conducting polymers and applications, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, organic electronics and photovoltaics, and luminescence properties of advanced materials.

Frequent coauthors in Zhao's work include Shengzhong Liu, Tinghuan Yang, Zicheng Ding, Chuang Ma, and Haojin Li.

Publications by Kui Zhao are commonly found in a range of scientific journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhao include:

  • Inch-Size 0D-Structured Lead-Free Perovskite Single Crystals for Highly Sensitive Stable X-Ray Imaging, 2020, Matter
  • Triple-Cation and Mixed-Halide Perovskite Single Crystal for High-Performance X-ray Imaging, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • One-stone-for-two-birds strategy to attain beyond 25% perovskite solar cells, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Centimeter-Sized Single Crystal of Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites Incorporating Straight-Chain Symmetric Diammonium Ion for X-Ray Detection, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • 40.1% Record Low-Light Solar-Cell Efficiency by Holistic Trap-Passivation using Micrometer-Thick Perovskite Film, 2021, Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • Ligand-Stabilized Reduced-Dimensionality Perovskites

    Li Na Quan;Li Na Quan;Mingjian Yuan;Riccardo Comin;Oleksandr Voznyy

  • Stable High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells via Grain Boundary Passivation.

    Tianqi Niu;Jing Lu;Rahim Munir;Jianbo Li

  • Stable high efficiency two-dimensional perovskite solar cells via cesium doping

    Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xiaodong Ren;Bin Liu;Rahim Munir

  • Inch-Size 0D-Structured Lead-Free Perovskite Single Crystals for Highly Sensitive Stable X-Ray Imaging

    Yucheng Liu;Yucheng Liu;Zhuo Xu;Zhou Yang;Yunxia Zhang;Yunxia Zhang;Yunxia Zhang

  • A 1300 mm2 Ultrahigh-Performance Digital Imaging Assembly using High-Quality Perovskite Single Crystals.

    Yucheng Liu;Yunxia Zhang;Kui Zhao;Zhou Yang

  • Precursor Engineering for All‐Inorganic CsPbI2Br Perovskite Solar Cells with 14.78% Efficiency

    Guannan Yin;Huan Zhao;Hong Jiang;Shihao Yuan

  • Triple-Cation and Mixed-Halide Perovskite Single Crystal for High-Performance X-ray Imaging

    Yucheng Liu;Yucheng Liu;Yunxia Zhang;Xuejie Zhu;Jiangshan Feng

  • Low-temperature-gradient crystallization for multi-inch high-quality perovskite single crystals for record performance photodetectors

    Yucheng Liu;Yunxia Zhang;Zhou Yang;Jiangshan Feng

  • Multi-inch single-crystalline perovskite membrane for high-detectivity flexible photosensors

    Yucheng Liu;Yunxia Zhang;Zhou Yang;Haochen Ye

  • High performance ambient-air-stable FAPbI3 perovskite solar cells with molecule-passivated Ruddlesden–Popper/3D heterostructured film

    Tianqi Niu;Jing Lu;Ming-Chun Tang;Dounya Barrit

  • Phase Transition Control for High Performance Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Rahim Munir;Zhuo Xu;Yucheng Liu

  • Solution-processed small molecule-polymer blend organic thin-film transistors with hole mobility greater than 5 cm2/Vs.

    Jeremy Smith;Weimin Zhang;Rachid Sougrat;Kui Zhao

  • Surface-Tension-Controlled Crystallization for High-Quality 2D Perovskite Single Crystals for Ultrahigh Photodetection

    Yucheng Liu;Haochen Ye;Yunxia Zhang;Kui Zhao

  • Phase Transition Control for High-Performance Blade-Coated Perovskite Solar Cells

    Jianbo Li;Rahim Munir;Yuanyuan Fan;Tianqi Niu

  • Ionic Liquid Treatment for Highest‐Efficiency Ambient Printed Stable All‐Inorganic CsPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

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  • Hole‐Transporting Transistors and Circuits Based on the Transparent Inorganic Semiconductor Copper(I) Thiocyanate (CuSCN) Processed from Solution at Room Temperature

    Pichaya Pattanasattayavong;Nir Yaacobi-Gross;Kui Zhao;Guy Olivier Ngongang Ndjawa

  • Dynamical Transformation of Two-Dimensional Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space for High-Performance Photovoltaics

    Yalan Zhang;Peijun Wang;Ming Chun Tang;Dounya Barrit

  • Compositional Control in 2D Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space for Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 18.

    Tao Luo;Yalan Zhang;Zhuo Xu;Tianqi Niu

  • Blade-Coated Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency > 17%: An In Situ Investigation

    Yufei Zhong;Rahim Munir;Jianbo Li;Ming-Chun Tang

  • Centimeter-Sized Single Crystal of Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites Incorporating Straight-Chain Symmetric Diammonium Ion for X-Ray Detection

    Yue Shen;Yue Shen;Yucheng Liu;Haochen Ye;Yiting Zheng

  • High-performance ZnO transistors processed via an aqueous carbon-free metal oxide precursor route at temperatures between 80-180 °C

    Yen-Hung Lin;Hendrik Faber;Kui Zhao;Qingxiao Wang

  • Electric field-induced hole transport in copper(I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) thin-films processed from solution at room temperature

    Pichaya Pattanasattayavong;Guy Olivier Ngongang Ndjawa;Kui Zhao;Kang Wei Chou

Frequent Co-Authors

Aram Amassian
Aram Amassian North Carolina State University
Shengzhong Frank Liu
Shengzhong Frank Liu Shaanxi Normal University
Ruipeng Li
Ruipeng Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Detlef-M. Smilgies
Detlef-M. Smilgies Cornell University
Thomas D. Anthopoulos
Thomas D. Anthopoulos University of Manchester
Zhou Yang
Zhou Yang Shaanxi Normal University
Yucheng Liu
Yucheng Liu Shaanxi Normal University
Rahim Munir
Rahim Munir ATB Financial
Yanchun Han
Yanchun Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Martyn A. McLachlan
Martyn A. McLachlan Imperial College London

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