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D-Index
66
Citations
19979
World Ranking
5251
National Ranking
1604

Tao Deng 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 Tao Deng sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 241 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tao Deng 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 Tao Deng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tao Deng is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, materials science, and energy, with a significant number of publications in these fields. Subfields of their work include renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Their main research topics cover solar-powered water purification methods, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, phase change materials research, thermal properties of materials, and advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials.

Tao Deng has contributed to multiple highly cited papers, including:

  • Highly conductive phase change composites enabled by vertically-aligned reticulated graphite nanoplatelets for high-temperature solar photo/electro-thermal energy conversion, harvesting and storage (2021, Nano Energy)
  • All-in-one polymer sponge composite 3D evaporators for simultaneous high-flux solar-thermal desalination and electricity generation (2021, Nano Energy)
  • Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems (2023, Science)
  • Solar-driven interfacial desalination for simultaneous freshwater and salt generation (2020, Desalination)
  • Liquid Metal Composites with Enhanced Thermal Conductivity and Stability Using Molecular Thermal Linker (2021, Advanced Materials)

Their frequent co-authors include Wen Shang, Chengyi Song, Peng Tao, Benwei Fu, and Jianbo Wu, indicating collaborations across a range of related research topics and interdisciplinary approaches.

Publication venues where Tao Deng's research frequently appears include Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Nano, and Nano Letters. These venues are recognized for their focus on high-impact materials science and engineering research.

Best Publications

  • Solar-driven interfacial evaporation

    Peng Tao;George Ni;Chengyi Song;Wen Shang

  • Temperature effect and thermal impact in lithium-ion batteries: A review

    Shuai Ma;Modi Jiang;Peng Tao;Chengyi Song

  • Hierarchically ordered oxides

    Peidong Yang;Tao Deng;Dongyuan Zhao;Pingyun Feng

  • Frost formation and ice adhesion on superhydrophobic surfaces

    Kripa K. Varanasi;Tao Deng;J. David Smith;Ming Hsu

  • A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper‐Based System for High‐Performance Large‐Scale Evaporation

    Yanming Liu;Shengtao Yu;Rui Feng;Antoine Bernard

  • Spatial control in the heterogeneous nucleation of water

    Kripa K. Varanasi;Ming Hsu;Nitin Bhate;Wensha Yang

  • Bio-Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface

    Zhenhui Wang;Yanming Liu;Peng Tao;Qingchen Shen

  • Nonwetting of impinging droplets on textured surfaces

    Tao Deng;Kripa K. Varanasi;Ming Hsu;Nitin Bhate

  • High‐Performance Thermally Conductive Phase Change Composites by Large‐Size Oriented Graphite Sheets for Scalable Thermal Energy Harvesting

    Si Wu;Tingxian Li;Zhen Tong;Jingwei Chao

  • Dispersion stability of thermal nanofluids

    Fan Yu;Yingying Chen;Xingbo Liang;Jiale Xu

  • Bioinspired Engineering of Thermal Materials

    Peng Tao;Wen Shang;Chengyi Song;Qingchen Shen

  • Highly conductive phase change composites enabled by vertically-aligned reticulated graphite nanoplatelets for high-temperature solar photo/electro-thermal energy conversion, harvesting and storage

    Tingxian Li;Minqiang Wu;Si Wu;Shizhao Xiang

  • Coupling Interface Constructions of MoS2/Fe5Ni4S8 Heterostructures for Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting

    Yi Wu;Fan Li;Wenlong Chen;Qian Xiang

  • Bioinspired Multifunctional Paper-Based rGO Composites for Solar-Driven Clean Water Generation

    Jinwei Lou;Yang Liu;Zhongyong Wang;Dengwu Zhao

  • Towards outperforming conventional sensor arrays with fabricated individual photonic vapour sensors inspired by Morpho butterflies

    Radislav A. Potyrailo;Ravi K. Bonam;John G. Hartley;Timothy A. Starkey

  • Towards high-speed imaging of infrared photons with bio-inspired nanoarchitectures

    Andrew D. Pris;Yogen Utturkar;Cheryl Surman;William G. Morris

  • Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems

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  • Bioinspired Bifunctional Membrane for Efficient Clean Water Generation.

    Yang Liu;Jinwei Lou;Mengtian Ni;Chengyi Song

  • In Situ Vertical Growth of Fe–Ni Layered Double-Hydroxide Arrays on Fe–Ni Alloy Foil: Interfacial Layer Enhanced Electrocatalyst with Small Overpotential for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Qian Xiang;Fan Li;Wenlong Chen;Yanling Ma

  • Dynamic tuning of optical absorbers for accelerated solar-thermal energy storage

    Zhongyong Wang;Zhen Tong;Qinxian Ye;Hang Hu

  • The impact of surface chemistry on the performance of localized solar-driven evaporation system.

    Shengtao Yu;Yao Zhang;Haoze Duan;Yanming Liu

  • Efficient Solar-Thermal Energy Harvest Driven by Interfacial Plasmonic Heating-Assisted Evaporation

    Chao Chang;Chao Yang;Yanming Liu;Peng Tao

Frequent Co-Authors

Chengyi Song
Chengyi Song Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jianbo Wu
Jianbo Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wang Zhang
Wang Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jiajun Gu
Jiajun Gu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Di Zhang
Di Zhang Tohoku University
Xiaoqing Pan
Xiaoqing Pan University of California, Irvine
Qinglei Liu
Qinglei Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Radislav A. Potyrailo
Radislav A. Potyrailo General Electric (United States)
Deren Yang
Deren Yang Zhejiang University

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