2026 Ruying Li: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	116	568	542	7	6	363	41694

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Ruying Li is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their scholarly output spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research topics concentrate on advanced battery materials and technologies, including:

Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Advanced battery technologies research
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Li has published extensively in a range of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

Advanced Energy Materials
Nano Energy
Advanced Functional Materials
Energy Storage Materials
Advanced Materials

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Li are:

"Determining the limiting factor of the electrochemical stability window for PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes: main chain or terminal -OH group?", 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
"Site-Occupation-Tuned Superionic Li_xScCl_3+xHalide Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries", 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"A Versatile Sn-Substituted Argyrodite Sulfide Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries", 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
"Ultrastable Anode Interface Achieved by Fluorinating Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries", 2020, ACS Energy Letters
"Insight into MoS₂-MoN Heterostructure to Accelerate Polysulfide Conversion toward High-Energy-Density Lithium-Sulfur Batteries", 2021, Advanced Energy Materials

Li collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including:

Xueliang Sun
Jianwen Liang
Huan Huang
Changhong Wang
Yang Zhao

Best Publications

Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

Niancai Cheng;Samantha Stambula;Da Wang;Mohammad Norouzi Banis

2006
Citations
An Electrochemical Avenue to Blue Luminescent Nanocrystals from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Jigang Zhou;Christina Booker;Ruying Li;Xingtai Zhou

1485
Citations
High oxygen-reduction activity and durability of nitrogen-doped graphene

Dongsheng Geng;Ying Chen;Yougui Chen;Yongliang Li

1359
Citations
Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition

Shuhui Sun;Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Gaixia Zhang;Nicolas Gauquelin;Ning Chen

1002
Citations
Air-stable Li3InCl6 electrolyte with high voltage compatibility for all-solid-state batteries

Xiaona Li;Jianwen Liang;Jing Luo;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Mohammad Norouzi Banis

696
Citations
Determining the limiting factor of the electrochemical stability window for PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes: main chain or terminal –OH group?

Xiaofei Yang;Ming Jiang;Xuejie Gao;Danni Bao

621
Citations
Nitrogen doping effects on the structure of graphene

Dongsheng Geng;Songlan Yang;Yong Zhang;Jinli Yang

589
Citations
Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying their active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction

Lei Zhang;Rutong Si;Hanshuo Liu;Ning Chen

554
Citations
Ultrathin MoS2/Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Nanosheets with Highly Reversible Lithium Storage

Kun Chang;Dongsheng Geng;Xifei Li;Jinli Yang

486
Citations
Site-Occupation-Tuned Superionic LixScCl3+xHalide Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries.

Jianwen Liang;Xiaona Li;Shuo Wang;Keegan R Adair

485
Citations
A Highly Durable Platinum Nanocatalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Multiarmed Starlike Nanowire Single Crystal

Shuhui Sun;Gaixia Zhang;Dongsheng Geng;Yougui Chen

470
Citations
Tin Oxide with Controlled Morphology and Crystallinity by Atomic Layer Deposition onto Graphene Nanosheets for Enhanced Lithium Storage

Xifei Li;Xiangbo Meng;Jian Liu;Dongsheng Geng

469
Citations
Water-Mediated Synthesis of a Superionic Halide Solid Electrolyte

Xiaona Li;Jianwen Liang;Ning Chen;Jing Luo

452
Citations
Atomic layer deposition of solid-state electrolyte coated cathode materials with superior high-voltage cycling behavior for lithium ion battery application

Xifei Li;Jian Liu;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Andrew Lushington

440
Citations
Structural and morphological control of aligned nitrogen- doped carbon nanotubes

Hao Liu;Yong Zhang;Ruying Li;Xueliang Sun

404
Citations
Superior cycle stability of nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets as anodes for lithium ion batteries

Xifei Li;Dongsheng Geng;Yong Zhang;Xiangbo Meng

402
Citations
Superior energy capacity of graphene nanosheets for a nonaqueous lithium-oxygen battery

Yongliang Li;Jiajun Wang;Xifei Li;Dongsheng Geng

380
Citations
Promoting the Transformation of Li2S2 to Li2S: Significantly Increasing Utilization of Active Materials for High‐Sulfur‐Loading Li–S Batteries

Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xuejie Gao;Qian Sun;Sara Panahian Jand

374
Citations
Layer by layer assembly of sandwiched graphene/SnO2 nanorod/carbon nanostructures with ultrahigh lithium ion storage properties

Dongniu Wang;Jinli Yang;Xifei Li;Dongsheng Geng

352
Citations
Superior Stable and Long Life Sodium Metal Anodes Achieved by Atomic Layer Deposition.

Yang Zhao;Lyudmila V. Goncharova;Andrew Lushington;Qian Sun

349
Citations
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as cathode for lithium–air batteries

Yongliang Li;Jiajun Wang;Xifei Li;Jian Liu

330
Citations