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Materials Science

D-Index
64
Citations
13709
World Ranking
5947
National Ranking
1793

Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13580
World Ranking
8457
National Ranking
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Liang Zhang 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 Liang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 158 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liang Zhang 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 Liang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 451 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 613 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 204 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 118 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
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

Liang Zhang is affiliated with Soochow University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on engineering and materials science. Their research contributions span various subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, notably advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced battery technologies research, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Frequent publication venues for Liang Zhang include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Small, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. These venues reflect a focus on materials science and applied engineering research.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Tianran Yan
  • Chen Cheng
  • Pan Zeng
  • Cheng Yuan
  • Jing Mao

Liang Zhang's noted recent papers include:

  • "Direct recovery: A sustainable recycling technology for spent lithium-ion battery" (2022), published in Energy Storage Materials
  • "Utilizing the Built-in Electric Field of p-n Junctions to Spatially Propel the Stepwise Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" (2021), published in Advanced Materials
  • "Na-substitution induced oxygen vacancy achieving high transition metal capacity in commercial Li-rich cathode" (2020), published in Nano Energy
  • "Regulating the Inner Helmholtz Plane with a High Donor Additive for Efficient Anode Reversibility in Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries" (2023), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Recent progress of functional separators with catalytic effects for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries" (2021), published in Nano Energy

Best Publications

  • Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Mufan Li;Zipeng Zhao;Tao Cheng;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Efficient hydrogen peroxide generation using reduced graphene oxide-based oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

    Hyo Won Kim;Hyo Won Kim;Michael B. Ross;Nikolay Kornienko;Liang Zhang

  • Single-atom tailoring of platinum nanocatalysts for high-performance multifunctional electrocatalysis

    Mufan Li;Kaining Duanmu;Chengzhang Wan;Tao Cheng;Tao Cheng

  • Electronic structure and chemical bonding of a graphene oxide–sulfur nanocomposite for use in superior performance lithium–sulfur cells

    Liang Zhang;Liang Zhang;Liwen Ji;Per-Anders Glans;Yuegang Zhang

  • Zinc–air batteries: are they ready for prime time?

    Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Qixing Zhou;Yawen Tang;Liang Zhang

  • Sonochemical Processes and Formation of Gold Nanoparticles within Pores of Mesoporous Silica.

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Weiping Cai;Liang Zhang;Guozhong Wang

  • A comparative study on the low-temperature performance of LiFePO4/C and Li3V2(PO4)(3)/C cathodes for lithium-ion batteries

    X.H. Rui;Y. Jin;X.Y. Feng;L.C. Zhang

  • Utilizing the Built-in Electric Field of p-n Junctions to Spatially Propel the Stepwise Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Hongtai Li;Chi Chen;Yingying Yan;Tianran Yan

  • The synergetic interaction between LiNO3 and lithium polysulfides for suppressing shuttle effect of lithium-sulfur batteries

    Liang Zhang;Min Ling;Jun Feng;Liqiang Mai

  • Designing principles of advanced sulfur cathodes toward practical lithium‐sulfur batteries

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  • Na-substitution induced oxygen vacancy achieving high transition metal capacity in commercial Li-rich cathode

    Quanxin Ma;Zaijun Chen;Shengwen Zhong;Junxia Meng

  • Enhanced Dual‐Directional Sulfur Redox via a Biotemplated Single‐Atomic Fe–N2 Mediator Promises Durable Li–S Batteries

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  • Enhanced Catalytic Conversion of Polysulfides Using Bimetallic Co7Fe3 for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Pan Zeng;Cheng Liu;Xiaofeng Zhao;Cheng Yuan

  • Electrochemical Reaction Mechanism of the MoS2 Electrode in a Lithium-Ion Cell Revealed by in Situ and Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    Liang Zhang;Dan Sun;Jun Kang;Jun Feng

  • Recent progress of functional separators with catalytic effects for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries

    Cheng Yuan;Xiaofei Yang;Pan Zeng;Jing Mao

  • Direct Observation of Two Electron Holes in a Hematite Photoanode during Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

    Artur Braun;Kevin Sivula;Debajeet K. Bora;Debajeet K. Bora;Debajeet K. Bora;Junfa Zhu

  • Review—Research Progress on Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries

    Fanglin Wei;Qiaoping Zhang;Peng Zhang;Wenqian Tian

  • Enhancing the Reversibility of Lattice Oxygen Redox Through Modulated Transition Metal–Oxygen Covalency for Layered Battery Electrodes

    Unknown

  • Titanium carbide nanosheets with defect structure for photothermal-enhanced sonodynamic therapy.

    Guangqiang Li;Xiaoyan Zhong;Xianwen Wang;Fei Gong

  • Nucleophilic substitution between polysulfides and binders unexpectedly stabilizing lithium sulfur battery

    Min Ling;Liang Zhang;Tianyue Zheng;Jun Feng

  • The Effect of Thermal Reduction on the Photoluminescence and Electronic Structures of Graphene Oxides

    C.-H. Chuang;Y.-F. Wang;Y.-C. Shao;Y.-C. Yeh

  • Enhancing Catalytic Activity of MoS2 Basal Plane S-Vacancy by Co Cluster Addition

    Sangwook Park;Joonsuk Park;Hadi Abroshan;Liang Zhang

  • Rice paper as a separator membrane in lithium-ion batteries

    L.C. Zhang;X. Sun;Z. Hu;C.C. Yuan

  • Deciphering the Reaction Mechanism of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by In Situ/Operando Synchrotron-Based Characterization Techniques

    Yingying Yan;Chen Cheng;Liang Zhang;Yanguang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinghua Guo
Jinghua Guo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Junfa Zhu
Junfa Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Hans-Peter Steinrück
Hans-Peter Steinrück University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Elton J. Cairns
Elton J. Cairns University of California, Berkeley
Yanguang Li
Yanguang Li Soochow University
Liqiang Mai
Liqiang Mai Wuhan University of Technology
Tiefeng Liu
Tiefeng Liu Zhejiang University of Technology
Jiangfeng Du
Jiangfeng Du University of Science and Technology of China
Qiulong Wei
Qiulong Wei Xiamen University
Huanxin Ju
Huanxin Ju CoreTech Integrated Limited

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