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D-Index
120
Citations
65194
World Ranking
485
National Ranking
179

Xiaodong Li 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 Xiaodong Li sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 1,162 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaodong Li 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 Xiaodong Li sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiaodong Li is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main topics of work cover a range of areas related to advanced materials and composites. These include:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties

Frequent publication venues for Xiaodong Li include Carbon and the Journal of Polymer Research, each with six publications. Additional venues with multiple publications are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Small
  • Advanced Engineering Materials

The researcher has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent coauthors, including:

  • Timothy M. Harrell
  • Cole Love-Baker
  • Meishuai Zou
  • Kenneth R. Brown
  • Alexander Scherschel

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Xiaodong Li highlight diverse topics within material science and engineering:

  • "Graphene reinforced carbon fibers," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Cotton-Derived Fe/Fe3C-Encapsulated Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries," 2022, Nano Letters
  • "Recent advances in biomass-derived graphene and carbon nanotubes," 2022, Materials Today Sustainability
  • "Carbon fibers derived from commodity polymers: A review," 2022, Carbon
  • "Tuning the Properties of Graphdiyne by Introducing Electron-Withdrawing/Donating Groups," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • A Review of Nanoindentation Continuous Stiffness Measurement Technique and Its Applications

    Xiaodong Li;Bharat Bhushan

  • Freestanding three-dimensional graphene/MnO2 composite networks as ultralight and flexible supercapacitor electrodes.

    Yongmin He;Wanjun Chen;Xiaodong Li;Zhenxing Zhang

  • Selective visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO 2 reduction to CH 4 mediated by atomically thin CuIn 5 S 8 layers

    Xiaodong Li;Yongfu Sun;Jiaqi Xu;Yanjie Shao

  • Constructing heterojunctions by surface sulfidation for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

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  • Defect-Mediated Electron–Hole Separation in One-Unit-Cell ZnIn2S4 Layers for Boosted Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction

    Xingchen Jiao;Zongwei Chen;Xiaodong Li;Yongfu Sun

  • Flexible Zn2SnO4/MnO2 Core/Shell Nanocable - Carbon Microfiber Hybrid Composites for High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes

    Xiaodong Li

  • A Fiber Supercapacitor with High Energy Density Based on Hollow Graphene/Conducting Polymer Fiber Electrode

    Guoxing Qu;Jianli Cheng;Jianli Cheng;Xiaodong Li;Demao Yuan

  • Nanoscale Structural and Mechanical Characterization of a Natural Nanocomposite Material: The Shell of Red Abalone

    Xiaodong Li;Wei-Che Chang;Yuh J. Chao;Rizhi Wang

  • Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO 2 Reduction Mediated by Defect-Engineered BiOBr Atomic Layers

    Ju Wu;Xiaodong Li;Wen Shi;Peiquan Ling

  • An overview of residual stresses in metal powder bed fusion

    Jamison L. Bartlett;Xiaodong Li

  • Selectively nitrogen-doped carbon materials as superior metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction

    Qing Lv;Wenyan Si;Jianjiang He;Lei Sun

  • Towards Textile Energy Storage from Cotton T‐Shirts

    Lihong Bao;Xiaodong Li

  • Biomass-derived renewable carbon materials for electrochemical energy storage

    Zan Gao;Yunya Zhang;Ningning Song;Xiaodong Li

  • Intrinsic electrical transport properties of monolayer silicene and MoS 2 from first principles

    Xiaodong Li;Jeffrey T. Mullen;Zhenghe Jin;Kostyantyn M. Borysenko

  • Graphene-based counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

    D.W. Zhang;D.W. Zhang;X.D. Li;H.B. Li;S. Chen

  • Nanomechanical characterisation of solid surfaces and thin films

    Bharat Bhushan;Xiaodong Li

  • Partially Oxidized SnS2 Atomic Layers Achieving Efficient Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction

    Xingchen Jiao;Xiaodong Li;Xiuyu Jin;Yongfu Sun

  • Nanoindentation of Silver Nanowires

    Xiaodong Li;Hongsheng Gao;Catherine Jones Murphy;K. K. Caswell

  • Cosmology from the Chinese Space Station Optical Survey (CSS-OS)

    Yan Gong;Xiangkun Liu;Ye Cao;Xuelei Chen;Xuelei Chen

  • Efficient and Robust Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction Enabled by Atomically Dispersed Sn δ + Sites.

    Xiaolong Zu;Xiaodong Li;Wei Liu;Yongfu Sun

  • Highly efficient electron transport obtained by doping PCBM with graphdiyne in planar-heterojunction perovskite solar cells.

    Chaoyang Kuang;Gang Tang;Gang Tang;Tonggang Jiu;Hui Yang

  • Scanning Electron Microscopy for Quantitative Small and Large Deformation Measurements Part I: SEM Imaging at Magnifications from 200 to 10,000

    Michael A. Sutton;N. Li;D. C. Joy;Anthony P. Reynolds

  • Mechanical characterization of micro/nanoscale structures for MEMS/NEMS applications using nanoindentation techniques.

    Xiaodong Li;Bharat Bhushan;Kazuki Takashima;Chang Wook Baek

  • Monodispersed Colloidal Spheres for Uniform Y2O3:Eu3+ Red-Phosphor Particles and Greatly Enhanced Luminescence by Simultaneous Gd3+ Doping

    Ji-Guang Li;Xiaodong Li;Xudong Sun;Takamasa Ishigaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Erqing Xie
Erqing Xie Lanzhou University
Jianli Cheng
Jianli Cheng China Academy of Engineering Physics
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Wei Ni
Wei Ni Edith Cowan University
Bharat Bhushan
Bharat Bhushan The Ohio State University
Xin Yao
Xin Yao Lingnan University
Zhenxing Zhang
Zhenxing Zhang Lanzhou University
Yi Mei
Yi Mei Victoria University of Wellington
Michael A. Sutton
Michael A. Sutton University of South Carolina
Xinyong Tao
Xinyong Tao Zhejiang University of Technology

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