2026 Shixuan Du: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	62	6410	6198	1931	1924	330	15830
Chemistry	64	7976	7234	1401	1386	321	16248

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

6410

6198

1931

1924

330

15830

Chemistry

7976

7234

1401

1386

321

16248

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

15830

World Ranking

6410

National Ranking

1931

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

16248

World Ranking

7976

National Ranking

1401

Overview

Shixuan Du is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research profile characterized by extensive contributions across materials science, physics, and engineering. Their academic output includes a wide focus on materials chemistry and electronic engineering, with intersections in atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics, and biomedical engineering.

The main fields of study in Shixuan Du's work are:

Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Engineering

They have explored numerous subfields including:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Biomedical Engineering

The research spans several prominent topical areas such as:

2D Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
Topological Materials and Phenomena
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Shixuan Du's published papers include some that have been cited widely, reflecting active engagement in electrochemical and materials research. Notable recent publications are:

Silver Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction Synthesized from Thermal Transformation and Surface Reconstruction (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
Engineering the Local Atomic Environments of Indium Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
A stable rhombohedral phase in ferroelectric Hf(Zr)_1+xO₂ capacitor with ultralow coercive field (2023, Science)
Plastic deformation in silicon nitride ceramics via bond switching at coherent interfaces (2022, Science)
On-Surface Synthesis of NBN-Doped Zigzag-Edged Graphene Nanoribbons (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Their frequent coauthors include:

Yuyang Zhang
Jinbo Pan
Hong-Jun Gao
C. Chen
F. De Mori

Publication activity is concentrated in several venues, with highest counts in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Chinese Physics B
Nano Research
Physical Review Letters
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Buckled silicene formation on Ir(111).

Lei Meng;Yeliang Wang;Lizhi Zhang;Shixuan Du

1303
Citations
Buckled Germanene Formation on Pt(111)

Linfei Li;Shuang-zan Lu;Jinbo Pan;Zhihui Qin

937
Citations
Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor.

Dongfei Wang;Lingyuan Kong;Peng Fan;Hui Chen

770
Citations
Monolayer PtSe2, a New Semiconducting Transition-Metal-Dichalcogenide, Epitaxially Grown by Direct Selenization of Pt

Yeliang Wang;Linfei Li;Wei Yao;Shiru Song

712
Citations
Highly Ordered, Millimeter‐Scale, Continuous, Single‐Crystalline Graphene Monolayer Formed on Ru (0001)

Yi Pan;Haigang Zhang;Dongxia Shi;Jiatao Sun

541
Citations
Evidence for Majorana bound state in an iron-based superconductor

Dongfei Wang;Lingyuan Kong;Peng Fan;Hui Chen

525
Citations
Epitaxial Growth and Air-Stability of Monolayer Antimonene on PdTe2.

Xu Wu;Yan Shao;Hang Liu;Zili Feng

379
Citations
Silver Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Synthesized from Thermal Transformation and Surface Reconstruction

Ningqiang Zhang;Xinxin Zhang;Lei Tao;Peng Jiang

333
Citations
Epitaxial growth and structural property of graphene on Pt(111)

M. Gao;Y. Pan;L. Huang;H. Hu

323
Citations
Site-specific kondo effect at ambient temperatures in iron-based molecules

L. Gao;W. Ji;Y. B. Hu;Z. H. Cheng

321
Citations
Graphyne- and Graphdiyne-based Nanoribbons: Density Functional Theory Calculations of Electronic Structures

Lida Pan;Lizhi Zhang;Boqun Song;Shixuan Du

284
Citations
Nearly quantized conductance plateau of vortex zero mode in an iron-based superconductor

Shiyu Zhu;Lingyuan Kong;Lu Cao;Hui Chen

251
Citations
Half-integer level shift of vortex bound states in an iron-based superconductor

Lingyuan Kong;Shiyu Zhu;Michal Papaj;Hui Chen

203
Citations
Adsorption Behavior of Iron Phthalocyanine on Au(111) Surface at Submonolayer Coverage

ZH Cheng;L Gao;ZT Deng;N Jiang

177
Citations
Prediction of a Dirac state in monolayer TiB 2

L. Z. Zhang;L. Z. Zhang;Z. F. Wang;S. X. Du;H.-J. Gao

173
Citations
Constructing an Array of Anchored Single-Molecule Rotors on Gold Surfaces

L. Gao;Q. Liu;Y. Y. Zhang;N. Jiang

159
Citations
Surface Structures of Black Phosphorus Investigated with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

C. D. Zhang;J. C. Lian;W. Yi;Y. H. Jiang

158
Citations
Tunable interfacial properties of epitaxial graphene on metal substrates

Min Gao;Yi Pan;Chendong Zhang;Hao Hu

154
Citations
Epitaxial Growth of Iron Phthalocyanine at the Initial Stage on Au(111) Surface

ZH Cheng;L Gao;ZT Deng;Q Liu

153
Citations
Epitaxial Growth of Honeycomb Monolayer CuSe with Dirac Nodal Line Fermions.

Lei Gao;Jia-Tao Sun;Jian-Chen Lu;Hang Li

148
Citations
Atomically precise, custom-design origami graphene nanostructures

Hui Chen;Xian-Li Zhang;Yu-Yang Zhang;Yu-Yang Zhang;Dongfei Wang

95
Citations