2026 Xiaofeng Fan: 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	60	6976	6741	2062	2054	254	14813
Chemistry	54	12526	11277	1963	1946	168	11655

Overview

Xiaofeng Fan is affiliated with Jilin University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science with a focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their research spans several main topics, which include:

2D Materials and Applications
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
High Entropy Alloys Studies

Xiaofeng Fan's publication record includes papers published in noted venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Applied Surface Science
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Xiaofeng Fan cover a range of topics and include:

"Favorable Energy Band Alignment of TiO₂ Anatase/Rutile Heterophase Homojunctions Yields Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Quantum Efficiency Exceeding 45.6%" (2022) in Advanced Energy Materials
"Engineering of Transition Metal Sulfide Nanostructures as Efficient Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors" (2022) in ACS Applied Energy Materials
"Potential anodic applications of 2D MoS2 for K-ion batteries" (2021) in Journal of Alloys and Compounds
"Humidity sensor based on a graphene oxide-coated few-mode fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer" (2020) in Optics Express
"An overview of 2D metal sulfides and carbides as Na host materials for Na-ion batteries" (2023) in Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Xiaofeng Fan include:

Weitao Zheng
David J. Singh
Xiaoqiang Cui
Xingshuo Liu
Changzhi Gu

Best Publications

Array of nanosheets render ultrafast and high-capacity Na-ion storage by tunable pseudocapacitance

Dongliang Chao;Changrong Zhu;Peihua Yang;Xinhui Xia

1429
Citations
Light scattering and surface plasmons on small spherical particles

Xiaofeng Fan;Weitao Zheng;David J Singh;David J Singh

659
Citations
Raman spectroscopy of epitaxial graphene on a SiC substrate

Z. H. Ni;W. Chen;X. F. Fan;J. L. Kuo

655
Citations
Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS 2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis

Kun Qi;Xiaoqiang Cui;Lin Gu;Shansheng Yu

506
Citations
Orbital analysis of electronic structure and phonon dispersion in MoS 2 , MoSe 2 , WS 2 , and WSe 2 monolayers under strain

Chung-Huai Chang;Xiaofeng Fan;Shi-Hsin Lin;Jer-Lai Kuo

459
Citations
Adsorption and diffusion of Li on pristine and defective graphene.

Xiaofeng Fan;W T Zheng;Jer-Lai Kuo

452
Citations
Thermal conductivity of Si/SiGe and SiGe/SiGe superlattices

Scott T. Huxtable;Alexis R. Abramson;Chang Lin Tien;Arun Majumdar

413
Citations
On the origin of the high coarsening resistance of Ω plates in Al–Cu–Mg–Ag Alloys

Christopher Ross Hutchinson;Xingyan Fan;Xingyan Fan;Stephen J Pennycook;Gary J Shiflet

362
Citations
SiGeC/Si superlattice microcoolers

Xiaofeng Fan;Gehong Zeng;Chris LaBounty;John E. Bowers

327
Citations
Favorable Energy Band Alignment of TiO2 Anatase/Rutile Heterophase Homojunctions Yields Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Quantum Efficiency Exceeding 45.6%

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288
Citations
Band gap opening of graphene by doping small boron nitride domains

Xiaofeng Fan;Xiaofeng Fan;Zexiang Shen;A. Q. Liu;Jer-Lai Kuo

284
Citations
Density Functional Theory Calculations for the Quantum Capacitance Performance of Graphene-Based Electrode Material

G. M. Yang;G. M. Yang;H. Z. Zhang;X. F. Fan;W. T. Zheng

243
Citations
Adsorption of Single Li and the Formation of Small Li Clusters on Graphene for the Anode of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Xiaofeng Fan;W. T. Zheng;Jer-Lai Kuo;David J. Singh;David J. Singh

238
Citations
Engineering of Transition Metal Sulfide Nanostructures as Efficient Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors

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234
Citations
FeCl3‐Based Few‐Layer Graphene Intercalation Compounds: Single Linear Dispersion Electronic Band Structure and Strong Charge Transfer Doping

Da Zhan;Li Sun;Zhen Hua Ni;Lei Liu

221
Citations
Recent progress of TMD nanomaterials: phase transitions and applications

H. H. Huang;Xiaofeng Fan;David J. Singh;W. T. Zheng

211
Citations
Unraveling the Potassium Storage Mechanism in Graphite Foam

Jilei Liu;Tingting Yin;Bingbing Tian;Bowei Zhang

209
Citations
Nucleation of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Xudong Fan;Xudong Fan;R. Buczko;R. Buczko;R. Buczko;Alexander A Puretzky;Alexander A Puretzky;David B Geohegan

199
Citations
DFT Study of Hydrogen Storage by Spillover on Graphene with Boron Substitution

Hong-Yu Wu;Hong-Yu Wu;Xiaofeng Fan;Jer-Lai Kuo;Wei-Qiao Deng

159
Citations
Controlling phase transition for single-layer MTe2 (M = Mo and W): modulation of the potential barrier under strain

H. H. Huang;Xiaofeng Fan;David J. Singh;David J. Singh;Hong Chen

156
Citations
Improving polysulfides adsorption and redox kinetics by the Co4N nanoparticle/N-Doped carbon composites for lithium-sulfur batteries

Kuikui Xiao;Kuikui Xiao;Jin Wang;Zhen Chen;Yuhong Qian

154
Citations
Interaction between graphene and the surface of SiO2.

X. F. Fan;W. T. Zheng;Viorel Chihaia;Zexiang Shen

140
Citations
In Situ Observation and Electrochemical Study of Encapsulated Sulfur Nanoparticles by MoS2 Flakes

Wei Tang;Wei Tang;Zhongxin Chen;Bingbing Tian;Hyun-Wook Lee

137
Citations
Roles of Cu codoping and oxygen vacancies on ferromagnetism in In2O3: Fe

L. X. Guan;J. G. Tao;Z. R. Xiao;B. C. Zhao

135
Citations
FeCl3 based Few-Layer Graphene Intercalation Compounds: Single Linear Dispersion Electronic Band Structure and Strong Charge Transfer Doping

Da Zhan;Li Sun;Zhenhua Ni;Lei Liu

42
Citations