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Liming Dai 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 Liming Dai sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 774 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liming Dai 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 Liming Dai 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: 184 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2019 - Australian Laureate Fellow
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Liming Dai is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans a wide range of topics within engineering, energy, and materials science, with significant contributions to subfields such as renewable energy, sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and catalysis.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Liming Dai has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nano Energy

Key recent papers highlight the scope of their work:

  • "Electrocatalysis for CO2conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Two-birds-one-stone: multifunctional supercapacitors beyond traditional energy storage," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Heteroatom-doped carbon catalysts for zinc-air batteries: progress, mechanism, and opportunities," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Harnessing the interplay of Fe-Ni atom pairs embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis," 2020, Nano Energy

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yang Hou
  • Rose Amal
  • Chuangang Hu
  • Jingwen Sun
  • Junwu Zhu

The scientist has received several honors and recognitions over their career:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2020)
  • Australian Laureate Fellow (2019)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2012)

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction.

    Kuanping Gong;Feng Du;Zhenhai Xia;Michael Durstock

  • Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells

    Liangti Qu;Yong Liu;Jong Beom Baek;Liming Dai

  • Metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions

    Liming Dai

  • Metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.

    Liming Dai;Yuhua Xue;Liangti Qu;Hyun-Jung Choi

  • Plasma-Engraved Co3 O4 Nanosheets with Oxygen Vacancies and High Surface Area for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Lei Xu;Qianqian Jiang;Zhaohui Xiao;Xingyue Li

  • Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots with Oxygen-Rich Functional Groups

    Yan Li;Yang Zhao;Huhu Cheng;Yue Hu

  • Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Conversion and Storage

    Liming Dai;Dong Wook Chang;Jong-Beom Baek;Wen Lu

  • Defect Chemistry of Nonprecious-Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reactions

    Dafeng Yan;Yunxiao Li;Jia Huo;Ru Chen

  • Scalable synthesis of hierarchically structured carbon nanotube–graphene fibres for capacitive energy storage

    Dingshan Yu;Kunli Goh;Hong Wang;Li Wei

  • Carbon-based metal-free catalysts

    Xien Liu;Liming Dai;Liming Dai

  • Self-Assembled Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films for Supercapacitors

    Dingshan Yu;Liming Dai

  • BCN Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Shuangyin Wang;Lipeng Zhang;Zhenhai Xia;Ajit Roy

  • Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution in N-doped graphene materials: Development of highly efficient metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst

    Hong Bin Yang;Jianwei Miao;Sung Fu Hung;Jiazang Chen

  • Electrocatalysis for CO2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

    Genxiang Wang;Junxiang Chen;Yichun Ding;Pingwei Cai

  • Novel MOF‐Derived Co@N‐C Bifunctional Catalysts for Highly Efficient Zn–Air Batteries and Water Splitting

    Mingdao Zhang;Mingdao Zhang;Quanbin Dai;Hegen Zheng;Mindong Chen

  • Etched and doped Co9S8/graphene hybrid for oxygen electrocatalysis

    Shuo Dou;Li Tao;Jia Huo;Shuangyin Wang

  • Power generation with laterally packaged piezoelectric fine wires

    Rusen Yang;Yong Qin;Liming Dai;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Highly luminescent carbon nanodots by microwave-assisted pyrolysis

    Xinyun Zhai;Peng Zhang;Peng Zhang;Changjun Liu;Changjun Liu;Tao Bai

  • Are diamond nanoparticles cytotoxic

    Amanda M. Schrand;Houjin Huang;Cataleya Carlson;John J. Schlager

  • Polyaniline-grafted reduced graphene oxide for efficient electrochemical supercapacitors

    Nanjundan Ashok Kumar;Hyun-Jung Choi;Yeon Ran Shin;Dong Wook Chang

  • N,P-Codoped Carbon Networks as Efficient Metal-free Bifunctional Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions.

    Jintao Zhang;Jintao Zhang;Liangti Qu;Gaoquan Shi;Jiangyong Liu;Jiangyong Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Liangti Qu
Liangti Qu Tsinghua University
Jong-Beom Baek
Jong-Beom Baek Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Chuangang Hu
Chuangang Hu Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Dingshan Yu
Dingshan Yu Sun Yat-sen University
Zhenhai Xia
Zhenhai Xia University of North Texas
Ajit K. Roy
Ajit K. Roy United States Air Force Research Laboratory
In-Yup Jeon
In-Yup Jeon Wonkwang University
Jiantie Xu
Jiantie Xu South China University of Technology
Jia Qu
Jia Qu Wenzhou Medical University
Tong Lin
Tong Lin Tianjin Polytechnic University

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