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D-Index
55
Citations
16669
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8452
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2439

Ruiguo Cao 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 Ruiguo Cao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 120 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruiguo Cao 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 Ruiguo Cao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ruiguo Cao is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a concentration in electrical and electronic engineering. Additional subfields addressed in their work include renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics of Ruiguo Cao's research include advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, advanced battery technologies research, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Cao's work are diverse and include OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, and Advanced Materials.

Recent papers authored by Cao cover various aspects of battery and energy materials research:

  • Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid-electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Recent Progress in Electrocatalysts for Acidic Water Oxidation, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Advanced Liquid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Li Metal Batteries, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Coordination modulation of iridium single-atom catalyst maximizing water oxidation activity, 2022, Nature Communications

Cao has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Shuhong Jiao, Yulin Jie, Fanyang Huang, Yawei Chen, and Zhanwu Lei, with collaboration counts ranging from 29 to 73 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Metal–Air Batteries with High Energy Density: Li–Air versus Zn–Air

    Jang-Soo Lee;Sun Tai Kim;Ruiguo Cao;Nam-Soon Choi

  • Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes

    Shuhong Jiao;Shuhong Jiao;Xiaodi Ren;Ruiguo Cao;Ruiguo Cao;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Spindle-like mesoporous α-Fe₂O₃ anode material prepared from MOF template for high-rate lithium batteries.

    Xiaodong Xu;Ruiguo Cao;Sookyung Jeong;Jaephil Cho

  • Recent Progress in Non-Precious Catalysts for Metal-Air Batteries

    Ruiguo Cao;Jang-Soo Lee;Meilin Liu;Jaephil Cho

  • Promotion of oxygen reduction by a bio-inspired tethered iron phthalocyanine carbon nanotube-based catalyst.

    Ruiguo Cao;Ranjit Thapa;Ranjit Thapa;Hyejung Kim;Xiaodong Xu

  • Anodes for Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

    Ruiguo Cao;Wu Xu;Dongping Lv;Jie Xiao

  • Graphene/Graphene‐Tube Nanocomposites Templated from Cage‐Containing Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction in Li–O2 Batteries

    Qing Li;Qing Li;Ping Xu;Wei Gao;Shuguo Ma

  • Nanocarbon Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Media for Advanced Energy Conversion and Storage

    Qing Li;Ruiguo Cao;Jaephil Cho;Gang Wu

  • Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid-electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery.

    Yufan Zhou;Yufan Zhou;Mao Su;Mao Su;Xiaofei Yu;Xiaofei Yu;Yanyan Zhang

  • Dendrite-free lithium deposition with self-aligned nanorod structure.

    Yaohui Zhang;Jiangfeng Qian;Wu Xu;Selena M. Russell

  • Non-encapsulation approach for high-performance Li–S batteries through controlled nucleation and growth

    Huilin Pan;Junzheng Chen;Ruiguo Cao;Vijay Murugesan

  • Behavior of Lithium Metal Anodes under Various Capacity Utilization and High Current Density in Lithium Metal Batteries

    Shuhong Jiao;Shuhong Jiao;Jianming Zheng;Qiuyan Li;Xing Li;Xing Li

  • Ketjenblack Carbon Supported Amorphous Manganese Oxides Nanowires as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Solutions

    Jang-Soo Lee;Gi Su Park;Ho Il Lee;Sun Tai Kim

  • Recent Progress in Electrocatalysts for Acidic Water Oxidation

    Zhanwu Lei;Tanyuan Wang;Bote Zhao;Wenbin Cai

  • Advanced Liquid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Li Metal Batteries

    Yulin Jie;Xiaodi Ren;Ruiguo Cao;Wenbin Cai

  • Enabling room temperature sodium metal batteries

    Ruiguo Cao;Kuber Mishra;Kuber Mishra;Xiaolin Li;Jiangfeng Qian

  • Coordination modulation of iridium single-atom catalyst maximizing water oxidation activity

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  • Metal-organic framework-derived bamboo-like nitrogen-doped graphene tubes as an active matrix for hybrid oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts.

    Qing Li;Hengyu Pan;Drew Higgins;Ruiguo Cao

  • Enabling High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries by Manipulating Solvation Structure in Ester Electrolyte.

    Yulin Jie;Xiaojing Liu;Xiaojing Liu;Zhanwu Lei;Shiyang Wang

  • Comparative Study on MoO3 and HxMoO3 Nanobelts: Structure and Electric Transport

    Xiao Kai Hu;Yi Tai Qian;Z. T. Song;Jia Rui Huang

  • Addressing Passivation in Lithium–Sulfur Battery Under Lean Electrolyte Condition

    Huilin Pan;Kee Sung Han;Kee Sung Han;Mark H. Engelhard;Ruiguo Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuhong Jiao
Shuhong Jiao University of Science and Technology of China
Ji-Guang Zhang
Ji-Guang Zhang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wu Xu
Wu Xu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jaephil Cho
Jaephil Cho Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Kee Sung Han
Kee Sung Han Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Genqiang Zhang
Genqiang Zhang University of Science and Technology of China
Qing Li
Qing Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Karl T. Mueller
Karl T. Mueller Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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