2026 Liangzhi Kou: 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	68	4955	4795	167	166	204	14209

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Overview

Liangzhi Kou is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions across various subfields and topics.

The main fields of study for their work include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these fields, they have concentrated on several subfields such as:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Biomedical Engineering
Catalysis

The key topics Liangzhi Kou explores in their research are:

2D Materials and Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Perovskite Materials and Applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Graphene research and applications
Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Multiferroics and related materials

Liangzhi Kou has published extensively in several journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

arXiv (Cornell University)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Advanced Functional Materials
Nanoscale
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Among their recent papers are:

"Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film" (2022), published in Nature Sustainability
"Janus WSSe Monolayer: An Excellent Photocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting" (2020), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Controllable CO2 electrocatalytic reduction via ferroelectric switching on single atom anchored In2Se3 monolayer" (2021), published in Nature Communications
"Enhanced Ion Sieving of Graphene Oxide Membranes via Surface Amine Functionalization" (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
"2D Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Properties and Applications" (2022), published in physica status solidi (b)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Yuantong Gu
Jing Shang
Junxian Liu
Xiao Tang
Yandong Ma

Best Publications

Phosphorene as a Superior Gas Sensor: Selective Adsorption and Distinct I-V Response.

Liangzhi Kou;Thomas Frauenheim;Changfeng Chen

1083
Citations
Phosphorene: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications.

Liangzhi Kou;Changfeng Chen;Sean C. Smith

886
Citations
Two-Dimensional Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries.

Jun Mei;Ting Liao;Ting Liao;Liangzhi Kou;Ziqi Sun

457
Citations
Synthesis of WS2xSe2–2x Alloy Nanosheets with Composition-Tunable Electronic Properties

Xidong Duan;Chen Wang;Zheng Fan;Guolin Hao

361
Citations
Tunable Photocatalytic Water Splitting by the Ferroelectric Switch in a 2D AgBiP2Se6 Monolayer

Lin Ju;Jing Shang;Xiao Tang;Liangzhi Kou

348
Citations
Janus WSSe Monolayer: An Excellent Photocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting.

Lin Ju;Mei Bie;Xiao Tang;Jing Shang

287
Citations
A Janus MoSSe monolayer: a superior and strain-sensitive gas sensing material

Cui Jin;Cui Jin;Xiao Tang;Xin Tan;Sean C. Smith

281
Citations
Tuning Magnetism and Electronic Phase Transitions by Strain and Electric Field in Zigzag MoS2 Nanoribbons.

Liangzhi Kou;Chun Tang;Chun Tang;Yi Zhang;Thomas Heine

262
Citations
Two-Dimensional Topological Insulators: Progress and Prospects

Liangzhi Kou;Yandong Ma;Ziqi Sun;Thomas Heine

258
Citations
Single-Layer Ag2S: A Two-Dimensional Bidirectional Auxetic Semiconductor

Rui Peng;Yandong Ma;Zhonglin He;Baibiao Huang

247
Citations
Structural and Electronic Properties of Layered Arsenic and Antimony Arsenide

Liangzhi Kou;Yandong Ma;Xin Tan;Thomas Frauenheim

243
Citations
Strain engineering of selective chemical adsorption on monolayer MoS2

Liangzhi Kou;Aijun Du;Changfeng Chen;Thomas Frauenheim

217
Citations
Auxetic and Ferroelastic Borophane: A Novel 2D Material with Negative Possion's Ratio and Switchable Dirac Transport Channels.

Liangzhi Kou;Yandong Ma;Chun Tang;Ziqi Sun

216
Citations
Controllable CO2 electrocatalytic reduction via ferroelectric switching on single atom anchored In2Se3 monolayer.

Lin Ju;Xin Tan;Xin Mao;Yuantong Gu

215
Citations
Hydrogenated borophene as a stable two-dimensional Dirac material with an ultrahigh Fermi velocity

Li-Chun Xu;Aijun Du;Liangzhi Kou

209
Citations
Tunable magnetism in strained graphene with topological line defect

Liangzhi Kou;Chun Tang;Wanlin Guo;Changfeng Chen

205
Citations
Robust Two-Dimensional Topological Insulators in Methyl-Functionalized Bismuth, Antimony, and Lead Bilayer Films

Yandong Ma;Yandong Ma;Ying Dai;Liangzhi Kou;Thomas Frauenheim

191
Citations
Enhanced Ion Sieving of Graphene Oxide Membranes via Surface Amine Functionalization

Yijun Qian;Jing Shang;Dan Liu;Guoliang Yang

188
Citations
Nanoscale Multilayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures: Band Gap Modulation by Interfacial Strain and Spontaneous Polarization.

Liangzhi Kou;Thomas Frauenheim;Changfeng Chen

182
Citations
Strain Engineering of Selective Chemical Adsorption on Monolayer MoS_2

Liangzhi Kou;Aijun Du;Changfeng Chen;Thomas Frauenheim

178
Citations
Tuning Magnetism and Electronic Phase Transitions by Strain and Electric Field in Zigzag MoS2 Nanoribbons

Liangzhi Kou

1
Citations