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Materials Science

D-Index
93
Citations
35240
World Ranking
1440
National Ranking
458

Chemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
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Minhua Shao 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 Minhua Shao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 333 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Minhua Shao 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 Minhua Shao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Minhua Shao is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research portfolio spans several domains within engineering and energy, with a particular focus on advanced materials and electrochemical processes.

The primary fields of study for Minhua Shao include Engineering and Energy, with subfields centered around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Electrochemistry.

The topics most frequently addressed in Shao's work cover Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Revealing the closed pore formation of waste wood-derived hard carbon for advanced sodium-ion battery, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt-Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells, 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum, 2021, Nature Catalysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shao include:

  • Shangqian Zhu
  • Zidong Wei
  • Yian Wang
  • Ernest Pahuyo Delmo
  • Fei Xiao

Key publication venues where Minhua Shao has contributed multiple works are:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Minhua Shao;Qiaowan Chang;Jean-Pol Dodelet;Regis Chenitz

  • Platinum monolayer fuel cell electrocatalysts

    Radoslav R. Adzic;Junliang Zhang;Kotaro Sasaki;Miomir B. Vukmirovic

  • Electrocatalysis on Platinum Nanoparticles: Particle Size Effect on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity

    Minhua Shao;Amra Peles;Krista Shoemaker

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

    Yuxuan Wang;Hongyang Su;Yanghua He;Ligui Li

  • Direct Observation on Reaction Intermediates and the Role of Bicarbonate Anions in CO2 Electrochemical Reduction Reaction on Cu Surfaces

    Shangqian Zhu;Bei Jiang;Wen Bin Cai;Minhua Shao

  • Pd-Fe nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction.

    Min-Hua Shao;Kotaro Sasaki;Radoslav R Adzic

  • Catalytic Activity−d-Band Center Correlation for the O2 Reduction Reaction on Platinum in Alkaline Solutions

    F.H.B. Lima;J. Zhang;M.H. Shao;K. Sasaki

  • Platinum Monolayer on Nonnoble Metal−Noble Metal Core−Shell Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for O2 Reduction

    J. Zhang;F. H. B. Lima;M. H. Shao;K. Sasaki

  • A Spectroscopic Study on the Nitrogen Electrochemical Reduction Reaction on Gold and Platinum Surfaces.

    Yao Yao;Shangqian Zhu;Shangqian Zhu;Haijiang Wang;Haijiang Wang;Hui Li;Hui Li

  • Synthesis and Characterization of 9 nm Pt–Ni Octahedra with a Record High Activity of 3.3 A/mgPt for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Sang Il Choi;Shuifen Xie;Minhua Shao;Jonathan H. Odell

  • Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells.

    Fei Xiao;Yu-Cheng Wang;Zhi-Peng Wu;Guangyu Chen

  • Palladium Monolayer and Palladium Alloy Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

    M.H. Shao;T. Huang;P. Liu;J. Zhang

  • Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells

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  • Building ultraconformal protective layers on both secondary and primary particles of layered lithium transition metal oxide cathodes

    Guiliang Xu;Qiang Liu;Qiang Liu;Kenneth K.S. Lau;Yuzi Liu

  • Palladium-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions

    Minhua Shao

  • Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

    Lulu Zhang;Jin Xiao;Haiyan Wang;Haiyan Wang;Minhua Shao

  • Understanding and improving the initial Coulombic efficiency of high-capacity anode materials for practical sodium ion batteries

    Hanna Na He;Dan Sun;Yougen Tang;Haiyan Wang;Haiyan Wang

  • CO2 Electrochemical Reduction As Probed through Infrared Spectroscopy

    Shangqian Zhu;Tiehuai Li;Wen-Bin Cai;Minhua Shao

  • The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum

    Shangqian Zhu;Xueping Qin;Fei Xiao;Shuangli Yang

  • Origin of enhanced activity in palladium alloy electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.

    Minhua Shao;Ping Liu;Junliang Zhang;Radoslav Adzic

  • Superoxide anion is the intermediate in the oxygen reduction reaction on platinum electrodes

    Min-hua Shao;Ping Liu;Radoslav R Adzic

  • Polymer-Embedded Fabrication of Co2P Nanoparticles Encapsulated in N,P-Doped Graphene for Hydrogen Generation

    Minghao Zhuang;Xuewu Ou;Yubing Dou;Lulu Zhang

  • Recent advances in palladium-based electrocatalysts for fuel cell reactions and hydrogen evolution reaction

    Lulu Zhang;Qiaowan Chang;Huimei Chen;Huimei Chen;Minhua Shao

Frequent Co-Authors

Haiyan Wang
Haiyan Wang Central South University
Khalil Amine
Khalil Amine Argonne National Laboratory
Radoslav R. Adzic
Radoslav R. Adzic Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jian-Gan Wang
Jian-Gan Wang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Zidong Wei
Zidong Wei Chongqing University
Younan Xia
Younan Xia Johns Hopkins University
Tao Li
Tao Li Dongguan University of Technology
Kotaro Sasaki
Kotaro Sasaki Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yougen Tang
Yougen Tang Central South University
Gui-Liang Xu
Gui-Liang Xu Argonne National Laboratory

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