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Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
20082
World Ranking
6052
National Ranking
1824

Engineering and Technology

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61
Citations
19780
World Ranking
1997
National Ranking
405

Xiaopeng Zheng publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaopeng Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 79 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Xiaopeng Zheng D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaopeng Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xiaopeng Zheng is affiliated with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with substantial contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Their work also intersects with disciplines such as Polymers and Plastics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, and Computational Mechanics.

Their publication record includes papers in several prominent scientific journals and venues. Frequent venues for Xiaopeng Zheng's work include:

  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Joule
  • Angewandte Chemie

Xiaopeng Zheng has extensively studied topics related to advanced materials for energy and electronic applications. The main subjects of their research are:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation

Among recent publications attributed to Xiaopeng Zheng is the paper titled "Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells" published in 2020 in Nature Energy. This highly cited work forms part of their contributions to perovskite solar cell research.

Additional significant papers related to Xiaopeng Zheng's coauthorship network, though not directly authored by them, are representative of closely related research areas and include:

  • "Self-Assembled Monolayer Enables Hole Transport Layer-Free Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency and Improved Operational Stability" (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "Stabilized hole-selective layer for high-performance inverted p-i-n perovskite solar cells" (2023, Science)
  • "Regulating surface potential maximizes voltage in all-perovskite tandems" (2022, Nature)
  • "All-Inorganic Quantum-Dot LEDs Based on a Phase-Stabilized α-CsPbI3 Perovskite" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, including:

  • Osman M. Bakr
  • Na Lei
  • Omar F. Mohammed
  • Edward H. Sargent
  • Joseph M. Luther

Best Publications

  • Defect passivation in hybrid perovskite solar cells using quaternary ammonium halide anions and cations

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Bo Chen;Jun Dai;Yanjun Fang

  • Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yi Hou;Chunxiong Bao;Jun Yin

  • High-throughput synthesis of single-layer MoS2 nanosheets as a near-infrared photothermal-triggered drug delivery for effective cancer therapy.

    Wenyan Yin;Liang Yan;Jie Yu;Jie Yu;Gan Tian;Gan Tian

  • Strained hybrid perovskite thin films and their impact on the intrinsic stability of perovskite solar cells.

    Jingjing Zhao;Yehao Deng;Haotong Wei;Xiaopeng Zheng

  • Surfactant-controlled ink drying enables high-speed deposition of perovskite films for efficient photovoltaic modules

    Yehao Deng;Yehao Deng;Xiaopeng Zheng;Yang Bai;Qi Wang;Qi Wang

  • Self-assembled Monolayer Enables HTL-free Organic Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency and Improved Operational Stability

    Yuanbao Lin;Yuliar Firdaus;Furkan Halis Isikgor;Mohamad Insan Nugraha

  • π-Conjugated Lewis Base: Efficient Trap-Passivation and Charge-Extraction for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Yuze Lin;Liang Shen;Jun Dai;Yehao Deng

  • 17% Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on Liquid Exfoliated WS2 as a Replacement for PEDOT:PSS

    Yuanbao Lin;Begimai Adilbekova;Yuliar Firdaus;Emre Yengel

  • Single-Crystal MAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells Exceeding 21% Power Conversion Efficiency

    Zhaolai Chen;Bekir Turedi;Abdullah Y. Alsalloum;Chen Yang

  • Bismuth sulfide nanorods as a precision nanomedicine for in vivo multimodal imaging-guided photothermal therapy of tumor

    Jing Liu;Xiaopeng Zheng;Liang Yan;Liangjun Zhou

  • Enhanced Thermal Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells by Assembling 2D/3D Stacking Structures

    Yun Lin;Yang Bai;Yanjun Fang;Zhaolai Chen

  • Stabilizing the α-Phase of CsPbI3 Perovskite by Sulfobetaine Zwitterions in One-Step Spin-Coating Films

    Qi Wang;Xiaopeng Zheng;Yehao Deng;Jingjing Zhao

  • Bright high-colour-purity deep-blue carbon dot light-emitting diodes via efficient edge amination

    Fanglong Yuan;Ya-Kun Wang;Geetu Sharma;Yitong Dong

  • Grain Engineering for Perovskite/Silicon Monolithic Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency of 25.4%

    Bo Chen;Bo Chen;Zhengshan Yu;Kong Liu;Kong Liu;Xiaopeng Zheng

  • Dual Functions of Crystallization Control and Defect Passivation Enabled by Sulfonic Zwitterions for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Yehao Deng;Bo Chen;Haotong Wei

  • All-Inorganic Quantum-Dot LEDs Based on a Phase-Stabilized α-CsPbI 3 Perovskite

    Ya-Kun Wang;Ya-Kun Wang;Fanglong Yuan;Yitong Dong;Jiao-Yang Li

  • WS2 nanosheet as a new photosensitizer carrier for combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy of cancer cells.

    Yuan Yong;Liangjun Zhou;Zhanjun Gu;Liang Yan

  • Is Cu a stable electrode material in hybrid perovskite solar cells for a 30-year lifetime?

    Jingjing Zhao;Xiaopeng Zheng;Yehao Deng;Tao Li

  • Suppressed Ion Migration along the In-Plane Direction in Layered Perovskites

    Xun Xiao;Jun Dai;Yanjun Fang;Jingjing Zhao;Jingjing Zhao

  • Chlorine Vacancy Passivation in Mixed Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots by Organic Pseudohalides Enables Efficient Rec. 2020 Blue Light-Emitting Diodes

    Xiaopeng Zheng;Shuai Yuan;Jiakai Liu;Jun Yin

  • Efficient Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells for 23.0%‐Efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Four‐Terminal Tandem Cells

    Bo Chen;Yang Bai;Zhengshan Yu;Tao Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinsong Huang
Jinsong Huang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Osman M. Bakr
Osman M. Bakr King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Omar F. Mohammed
Omar F. Mohammed King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Zhanjun Gu
Zhanjun Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yehao Deng
Yehao Deng Chongqing University
Yuliang Zhao
Yuliang Zhao National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Liang Yan
Liang Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanjun Fang
Yanjun Fang Zhejiang University
Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. Sargent Northwestern University
Yuze Lin
Yuze Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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