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Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
10579
World Ranking
10432
National Ranking
2924

Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
10572
World Ranking
14689
National Ranking
2281

Ligui Li 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 Ligui Li sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 132 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ligui Li 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 Ligui Li sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 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: 203 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: 117 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: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ligui Li is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China, focusing research efforts on fields including Engineering, Energy, and Materials Science. Their work is particularly concentrated within the subfields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of critical areas, notably advanced battery technologies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advancements in battery materials, and advanced photocatalysis techniques. Additional interests extend to electrochemical analysis and applications as well as fuel cells and related materials.

Among their recent publications are several papers that reflect these interests:

  • "Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Graphene composites with Ru-RuO2 heterostructures: Highly efficient Mott-Schottky-type electrocatalysts for pH-universal water splitting and flexible zinc-air batteries," 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Facile synthesis of carboxymethyl cellulose sulfur quantum dots for live cell imaging and sensitive detection of Cr(VI) and ascorbic acid," 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • "Establishing structure/property relationships in atomically dispersed Co-Fe dual site M-Nx catalysts on microporous carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction," 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "FeN4-doped carbon nanotubes derived from metal organic frameworks for effective degradation of organic dyes by peroxymonosulfate: Impacts of FeN4 spin states," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Ligui Li frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • Small

Their collaborative network includes coauthors with whom they have worked multiple times, including Dengke Zhao, Qikai Wu, Minzhe Chen, Wei Zhou, and Shaowei Chen.

Ligui Li's research contributions span engineering disciplines with a targeted focus on sustainable energy solutions and material innovations related to electrochemical technologies. The work integrates chemistry, material science, and engineering principles aimed at advancing the understanding and application of electrocatalysts and battery-related materials.

Best Publications

  • Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites.

    Yuxuan Wang;Hongyang Su;Yanghua He;Ligui Li

  • Mesoporous N-Doped Carbons Prepared with Thermally Removable Nanoparticle Templates: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Wenhan Niu;Ligui Li;Xiaojun Liu;Nan Wang

  • Hierarchically Porous Carbon Plates Derived from Wood as Bifunctional ORR/OER Electrodes

    Xinwen Peng;Lei Zhang;Zhongxin Chen;Linxin Zhong

  • Ultrahigh‐Performance Pseudocapacitor Electrodes Based on Transition Metal Phosphide Nanosheets Array via Phosphorization: A General and Effective Approach

    Kai Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Linjing Yang;Jia Lu

  • N-Doped Carbon-Wrapped Cobalt Nanoparticles on N-Doped Graphene Nanosheets for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Production

    Weijia Zhou;Jian Zhou;Yucheng Zhou;Jia Lu

  • Biomass-derived nitrogen self-doped porous carbon as effective metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

    Xiaojun Liu;Yucheng Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Ligui Li

  • Improving performance of polymer photovoltaic devices using an annealing-free approach via construction of ordered aggregates in solution

    Ligui Li;Guanghao Lu;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Porous metallic MoO2-supported MoS2 nanosheets for enhanced electrocatalytic activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Linjing Yang;Weijia Zhou;Dongman Hou;Kai Zhou

  • Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. May 1962

    Weijia Zhou;Dongman Hou;Yuanhua Sang;Shuhua Yao

  • MoO2 nanobelts@nitrogen self-doped MoS2 nanosheets as effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Weijia Zhou;Dongman Hou;Yuanhua Sang;Shuhua Yao

  • Graphitic Nitrogen Is Responsible for Oxygen Electroreduction on Nitrogen-Doped Carbons in Alkaline Electrolytes: Insights from Activity Attenuation Studies and Theoretical Calculations

    Nan Wang;Bingzhang Lu;Ligui Li;Ligui Li;Wenhan Niu

  • MoS2 nanosheet-coated CoS2 nanowire arrays on carbon cloth as three-dimensional electrodes for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Jilin Huang;Dongman Hou;Yucheng Zhou;Weijia Zhou

  • Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Frameworks Based on MoS2 Nanosheets Self-Assembled on Graphene Oxide for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Weijia Zhou;Kai Zhou;Dongman Hou;Xiaojun Liu

  • Ultrathin MoO3 nanocrystalsself-assembled on graphene nanosheets via oxygen bonding as supercapacitor electrodes of high capacitance and long cycle life

    Kai Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Xiaojun Liu;Yuanhua Sang

  • Graphene composites with Ru-RuO2 heterostructures: Highly efficient Mott–Schottky-type electrocatalysts for pH-universal water splitting and flexible zinc–air batteries

    Nan Wang;Shunlian Ning;Xiaolong Yu;Di Chen

  • Core–Shell Nanocomposites Based on Gold Nanoparticle@Zinc–Iron-Embedded Porous Carbons Derived from Metal–Organic Frameworks as Efficient Dual Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

    Jia Lu;Weijia Zhou;Likai Wang;Jin Jia

  • Precise construction of PCBM aggregates for polymer solar cells via multi-step controlled solvent vapor annealing

    Haowei Tang;Guanghao Lu;Ligui Li;Jun Li

  • Achieving Perpendicular Alignment of Rigid Polythiophene Backbones to the Substrate by Using Solvent‐Vapor Treatment

    Guanghao Lu;Ligui Li;Xiaoniu Yang

  • Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped porous carbon derived from human hair as highly efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions

    Xiaojun Liu;Weijia Zhou;Linjing Yang;Ligui Li

  • Bioreduction of Precious Metals by Microorganism: Efficient Gold@N-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Tanli Xiong;Chaohong Shi;Jian Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaowei Chen
Shaowei Chen University of California, Santa Cruz
Zhenghua Tang
Zhenghua Tang South China University of Technology
Weijia Zhou
Weijia Zhou University of Jinan
Guanghao Lu
Guanghao Lu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Hong Liu
Hong Liu Shandong University
Ling Zang
Ling Zang University of Utah
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology
Yuanhua Sang
Yuanhua Sang Shandong University
Zhiming Cui
Zhiming Cui South China University of Technology
Zhongxin Chen
Zhongxin Chen National University of Singapore

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