2026 Xingru Yan: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Rising Stars	52	275	275	47	47	110	8863
Materials Science	54	8963	8657	2190	2031	110	9597

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Xingru Yan is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and organic chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced battery technologies research
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Xingru Yan has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Selected recent papers are:

Efficient Solvent-Free Microwave Irradiation Synthesis of Highly Conductive Polypropylene Nanocomposites with Lowly Loaded Carbon Nanotubes, 2020, ES Materials & Manufacturing
Magnetic coupling engineered porous dielectric carbon within ultralow filler loading toward tunable and high-performance microwave absorption, 2020, Journal of Material Science and Technology
Directly Growing Graphdiyne Nanoarray Cathode to Integrate an Intelligent Solid Mg-Moisture Battery, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Electrochemical synthesis of FeNx doped carbon quantum dots for sensitive detection of Cu2+ ion, 2021, Green Energy & Environment
Boosting Fe Cationic Vacancies with Graphdiyne to Enhance Exceptional Pseudocapacitive Lithium Intercalation, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of Material Science and Technology
ES Materials & Manufacturing
Green Energy & Environment
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Xingru Yan collaborates with a range of co-authors, among the most frequent are:

Changshui Huang
Fan Yang
Yongfeng Li
Sai Che
Jingchi Gao

Best Publications

Electrically conductive thermoplastic elastomer nanocomposites at ultralow graphene loading levels for strain sensor applications

Hu Liu;Yilong Li;Kun Dai;Guoqiang Zheng

592
Citations
Electrically conductive strain sensing polyurethane nanocomposites with synergistic carbon nanotubes and graphene bifillers

Hu Liu;Hu Liu;Jiachen Gao;Wenju Huang;Kun Dai

590
Citations
An overview of multifunctional epoxy nanocomposites

Hongbo Gu;Chao Ma;Junwei Gu;Jiang Guo

522
Citations
Advanced micro/nanocapsules for self-healing smart anticorrosion coatings

Huige Wei;Yiran Wang;Jiang Guo;Nancy Z. Shen

414
Citations
Flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foam with a phosphorus-nitrogen single intumescent flame retardant

Chao Wang;Yicheng Wu;Yingchun Li;Qian Shao

274
Citations
Carbon Nanotubes-Adsorbed Electrospun PA66 Nanofiber Bundles with Improved Conductivity and Robust Flexibility.

Xiaoyang Guan;Guoqiang Zheng;Kun Dai;Chuntai Liu

271
Citations
Non-covalently functionalized graphene strengthened poly(vinyl alcohol)

Xiaodong Wang;Xianhu Liu;Hongyue Yuan;Hu Liu

270
Citations
Electropolymerized Polyaniline Stabilized Tungsten Oxide Nanocomposite Films: Electrochromic Behavior and Electrochemical Energy Storage

Huige Wei;Xingru Yan;Shijie Wu;Zhiping Luo

269
Citations
Polymer nanocomposites for energy storage, energy saving, and anticorrosion

Chongling Yang;Huige Wei;Huige Wei;Litao Guan;Jiang Guo

245
Citations
Organic vapor sensing behaviors of conductive thermoplastic polyurethane–graphene nanocomposites

Hu Liu;Hu Liu;Wenju Huang;Xinru Yang;Kun Dai

230
Citations
Tungsten-doped Ni–Co phosphides with multiple catalytic sites as efficient electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

Shan-Shan Lu;Li-Ming Zhang;Yi-Wen Dong;Jia-Qi Zhang

213
Citations
Electrically conductive thermoplastic polyurethane/polypropylene nanocomposites with selectively distributed graphene

Yan Lan;Hu Liu;Hu Liu;Xiaohan Cao;Shuaiguo Zhao

186
Citations
Cellulose derived magnetic mesoporous carbon nanocomposites with enhanced hexavalent chromium removal

Bin Qiu;Bin Qiu;Hongbo Gu;Xingru Yan;Jiang Guo

185
Citations
Flame-Retardant Epoxy Resin Nanocomposites Reinforced with Polyaniline-Stabilized Silica Nanoparticles

Hongbo Gu;Hongbo Gu;Jiang Guo;Qingliang He;Sruthi Tadakamalla

184
Citations
Anthraquinone on Porous Carbon Nanotubes with Improved Supercapacitor Performance

Xiao Chen;Huanwen Wang;Huan Yi;Xuefeng Wang

181
Citations
Electrically conductive polypropylene nanocomposites with negative permittivity at low carbon nanotube loading levels.

Xi Zhang;Xingru Yan;Qingliang He;Huige Wei

173
Citations
Carbon-coated MnO microparticulate porous nanocomposites serving as anode materials with enhanced electrochemical performances

Shimei Guo;Guixia Lu;Song Qiu;Jiurong Liu

166
Citations
Piezoresistive behavior of porous carbon nanotube-thermoplastic polyurethane conductive nanocomposites with ultrahigh compressibility

Hu Liu;Wenju Huang;Jiachen Gao;Kun Dai

156
Citations
Reinforced unsaturated polyester composites by chemically grafting amino-POSS onto carbon fibers with active double spiral structural spiralphosphodicholor

Dawei Jiang;Dawei Jiang;Li Liu;Jun Long;Jun Long;Lixin Xing

132
Citations
Highly Efficient Fe-N-C Nanoparticles Modified Porous Graphene Composites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Yan Zhang;Lei Qian;Wen Zhao;Xiaomin Li

130
Citations