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D-Index
49
Citations
8895
World Ranking
10533
National Ranking
2947

Xiaodong Pi 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 Pi sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 267 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaodong Pi 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 Pi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiaodong Pi is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ceramics and composites, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main topics of research include silicon carbide semiconductor technologies, advanced memory and neural computing, semiconductor materials and devices, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, silicon and solar cell technologies, and thin-film transistor technologies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Xiaodong Pi illustrate a focus on optoelectronic synaptic devices and related topics. These papers include:

  • Optoelectronic Synaptic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing, 2020, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • Optically Stimulated Synaptic Devices Based on the Hybrid Structure of Silicon Nanomembrane and Perovskite, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Dual-Modal Optoelectronic Synaptic Devices with Versatile Synaptic Plasticity, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Zero-power optoelectronic synaptic devices, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Ink Engineering of Inkjet Printing Perovskite, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent collaborators of Xiaodong Pi include Deren Yang, Rong Wang, Yiqiang Zhang, and Yuanchao Huang.

The scientist's publications are often found in venues with repeated contributions, such as:

  • CrystEngComm
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Semiconductors
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Applied Physics Letters

Best Publications

  • Plasmonic Silicon Quantum Dots Enabled High-Sensitivity Ultrabroadband Photodetection of Graphene-Based Hybrid Phototransistors

    Zhenyi Ni;Lingling Ma;Sichao Du;Yang Xu

  • A self-powered high-performance graphene/silicon ultraviolet photodetector with ultra-shallow junction: breaking the limit of silicon?

    Xia Wan;Yang Xu;Yang Xu;Hongwei Guo;Khurram Shehzad

  • Graphene Coupled with Silicon Quantum Dots for High-Performance Bulk-Silicon-Based Schottky-Junction Photodetectors

    Ting Yu;Feng Wang;Yang Xu;Lingling Ma

  • Doping efficiency, dopant location, and oxidation of Si nanocrystals

    X. D. Pi;R. Gresback;R. W. Liptak;S. A. Campbell

  • Broadband optoelectronic synaptic devices based on silicon nanocrystals for neuromorphic computing

    Hua Tan;Zhenyi Ni;Wenbing Peng;Sichao Du

  • Optically Stimulated Synaptic Devices Based on the Hybrid Structure of Silicon Nanomembrane and Perovskite.

    Lei Yin;Wen Huang;Rulei Xiao;Wenbing Peng

  • Air-stable full-visible-spectrum emission from silicon nanocrystals synthesized by an all-gas-phase plasma approach.

    X D Pi;R W Liptak;J Deneen Nowak;N P Wells

  • Tuning the Band Gap in Silicene by Oxidation

    Yi Du;Jincheng Zhuang;Hongsheng Liu;Xun Xu

  • Spin-coating silicon-quantum-dot ink to improve solar cell efficiency

    Xiaodong Pi;Qing Li;Dongsheng Li;Deren Yang

  • A Broadband Fluorographene Photodetector

    Sichao Du;Wei Lu;Ayaz Ali;Pei Zhao

  • Comparative study on the localized surface plasmon resonance of boron- and phosphorus-doped silicon nanocrystals.

    Shu Zhou;Xiaodong Pi;Zhenyi Ni;Yi Ding

  • Dual-Modal Optoelectronic Synaptic Devices with Versatile Synaptic Plasticity

    Yue Wang;Yiyue Zhu;Yayao Li;Yiqiang Zhang

  • Synaptic silicon-nanocrystal phototransistors for neuromorphic computing

    Lei Yin;Cheng Han;Qingtian Zhang;Zhenyi Ni

  • Room-temperature atmospheric oxidation of Si nanocrystals after HF etching

    X. D. Pi;L. Mangolini;S. A. Campbell;U. Kortshagen

  • Zero-power optoelectronic synaptic devices

    Wen Huang;Pengjie Hang;Yue Wang;Kun Wang

  • Ink Engineering of Inkjet Printing Perovskite.

    Zehua Li;Pengwei Li;Gangshu Chen;Yajie Cheng

  • Chemical–Mechanical Polishing of 4H Silicon Carbide Wafers

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  • Quasi-Two-Dimensional SiC and SiC2: Interaction of Silicon and Carbon at Atomic Thin Lattice Plane

    Shisheng Lin;Shengjiao Zhang;Xiaoqiang Li;Wenli Xu

  • Electroluminescent synaptic devices with logic functions

    Shuangyi Zhao;Zhenyi Ni;Hua Tan;Yue Wang

  • Enhancing the Efficiency of Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells by the Inkjet Printing of Silicon-Quantum-Dot Ink

    Xiaodong Pi;Li Zhang;Deren Yang

  • Silicon nanocrystals: unfading silicon materials for optoelectronics

    Zhenyi Ni;Shu Zhou;Shuangyi Zhao;Wenbing Peng

  • Fluorine in silicon: diffusion, trapping, and precipitation.

    X D Pi;C P Burrows;P G Coleman

  • Nonthermal plasma synthesized freestanding silicon-germanium alloy nanocrystals.

    X. D. Pi;X. D. Pi;Uwe R Kortshagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Deren Yang
Deren Yang Zhejiang University
Mingsheng Xu
Mingsheng Xu Zhejiang University
Uwe R. Kortshagen
Uwe R. Kortshagen University of Minnesota
Stephen A. Campbell
Stephen A. Campbell University of Minnesota
Yang Xu
Yang Xu Zhejiang University
Jianyi Yang
Jianyi Yang Zhejiang University
Christophe Delerue
Christophe Delerue University of Lille
Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong
Yi Du
Yi Du University of Wollongong
Yanlin Song
Yanlin Song Chinese Academy of Sciences

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