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Materials Science

D-Index
110
Citations
49553
World Ranking
700
National Ranking
214

Chemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
48579
World Ranking
769
National Ranking
131

Qian Liu 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 Qian Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 508 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qian Liu 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 Qian Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qian Liu is affiliated with Chengdu University in China and specializes in engineering and materials science. Their research primarily focuses on advancements in battery materials and technologies, with a particular emphasis on the development and characterization of advanced battery materials, supercapacitor materials, and MXene and MAX phase materials.

Their most frequent subfields of study include electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, automotive engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Qian Liu has contributed extensively to the following research topics:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

They have collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including Rujia Zou, Zhe Cui, Shuang He, Jinqi Zhu, and Junqing Hu.

Their publications appear frequently in leading venues such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Small, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Construction of Ultrathin Layered MXene-TiN Heterostructure Enabling Favorable Catalytic Ability for High-Areal-Capacity Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (2022, Nano-Micro Letters)
  • Oxygen vacancies-rich cobalt-doped NiMoO4 nanosheets for high energy density and stable aqueous Ni-Zn battery (2020, Science China Materials)
  • Graphene-Like Carbon Film Wrapped Tin (II) Sulfide Nanosheet Arrays on Porous Carbon Fibers with Enhanced Electrochemical Kinetics as High-Performance Li and Na Ion Battery Anodes (2020, Advanced Science)
  • Enhanced kinetics and efficient activation of sulfur by ultrathin MXene coating S-CNTs porous sphere for highly stable and fast charging lithium-sulfur batteries (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Red Phosphorus Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Bubble-Carbon Nanotube Network for Highly Stable and Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries (2021, Small)

Best Publications

  • Self-Supported Nanoporous Cobalt Phosphide Nanowire Arrays: An Efficient 3D Hydrogen-Evolving Cathode over the Wide Range of pH 0–14

    Jingqi Tian;Qian Liu;Abdullah M. Asiri;Xuping Sun

  • Upconversion luminescent materials: advances and applications.

    Jing Zhou;Qian Liu;Wei Feng;Yun Sun

  • A library of atomically thin metal chalcogenides

    Jiadong Zhou;Junhao Lin;Xiangwei Huang;Yao Zhou

  • Hydrophilic Cu9S5 Nanocrystals: A Photothermal Agent with a 25.7% Heat Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Ablation of Cancer Cells in Vivo

    Qiwei Tian;Feiran Jiang;Rujia Zou;Qian Liu

  • A Cost-Effective 3D Hydrogen Evolution Cathode with High Catalytic Activity: FeP Nanowire Array as the Active Phase

    Ping Jiang;Qian Liu;Yanhui Liang;Jingqi Tian

  • Self‐Supported Cu3P Nanowire Arrays as an Integrated High‐Performance Three‐Dimensional Cathode for Generating Hydrogen from Water

    Jingqi Tian;Qian Liu;Ningyan Cheng;Abdullah M. Asiri

  • Closely interconnected network of molybdenum phosphide nanoparticles: a highly efficient electrocatalyst for generating hydrogen from water.

    Zhicai Xing;Qian Liu;Abdullah M. Asiri;Xuping Sun

  • Antibacterial Carbon-Based Nanomaterials.

    Qi Xin;Hameed Shah;Asmat Nawaz;Wenjing Xie

  • A review of oxygen reduction mechanisms for metal-free carbon-based electrocatalysts

    Ruguang Ma;Gaoxin Lin;Yao Zhou;Qian Liu

  • Simple Method of Calculating Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient.

    Ikuo Moriguchi;Shuichi Hirono;Qian Liu;Izumi Nakagome

  • Development of a genome-editing CRISPR/Cas9 system in thermophilic fungal Myceliophthora species and its application to hyper-cellulase production strain engineering

    Qian Liu;Ranran Gao;Jingen Li;Liangcai Lin

  • Metallic nanostructures for light trapping in energy-harvesting devices

    Chuan Fei Guo;Tianyi Sun;Feng Cao;Qian Liu

  • Au-Nanoparticle-Loaded Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets: Green Photocatalytic Synthesis and Application toward the Degradation of Organic Pollutants

    Ningyan Cheng;Jingqi Tian;Qian Liu;Chenjiao Ge

  • Hierarchical mesoporous NiCo2O4@MnO2 core–shell nanowire arrays on nickel foam for aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors

    Kaibing Xu;Wenyao Li;Qian Liu;Bo Li

  • NiP2 nanosheet arrays supported on carbon cloth: an efficient 3D hydrogen evolution cathode in both acidic and alkaline solutions

    Ping Jiang;Qian Liu;Xuping Sun;Xuping Sun

  • Graphene and Graphene Oxide Sheets Supported on Silica as Versatile and High‐Performance Adsorbents for Solid‐Phase Extraction

    Qian Liu;Jianbo Shi;Jianteng Sun;Thanh Wang

  • Ultrathin Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheet: A Highly Efficient Fluorosensor for Rapid, Ultrasensitive Detection of Cu2+

    Jingqi Tian;Qian Liu;Abdullah M. Asiri;Abdulrahman O. Al-Youbi

  • Ultrafine Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles Composited with Carbon as a Highly Active Hydrogen‐Evolution Electrocatalyst

    Ruguang Ma;Yao Zhou;Yongfang Chen;Pengxi Li

  • Ultrathin graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets: a low-cost, green, and highly efficient electrocatalyst toward the reduction of hydrogen peroxide and its glucose biosensing application.

    Jingqi Tian;Qian Liu;Chenjiao Ge;Zhicai Xing

  • Mo2C Nanoparticles Decorated Graphitic Carbon Sheets: Biopolymer-Derived Solid-State Synthesis and Application as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Generation

    Wei Cui;Ningyan Cheng;Qian Liu;Chenjiao Ge

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiacheng Wang
Jiacheng Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuping Sun
Xuping Sun University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Guibin Jiang
Guibin Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rujia Zou
Rujia Zou Donghua University
Junqing Hu
Junqing Hu Donghua University
Abdullah M. Asiri
Abdullah M. Asiri King Abdulaziz University
Kaibing Xu
Kaibing Xu Donghua University
Jingqi Tian
Jingqi Tian Yangzhou University
Ruguang Ma
Ruguang Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenyao Li
Wenyao Li Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences

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