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D-Index
80
Citations
31283
World Ranking
2653
National Ranking
752

Xiong Gong 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 Xiong Gong sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 284 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiong Gong 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 Xiong Gong sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiong Gong is affiliated with the University of Akron in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science, with particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering and polymers and plastics. Their body of work spans advanced developments in materials chemistry and biomedical engineering.

Their research covers several specialized areas, including:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gong include Jie Zheng, Tao Zhu, Lening Shen, Dong Zhang, and Yongrui Yang. These collaborative efforts have resulted in publications in several key venues.

The main publication venues for Gong's work include:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Organic Electronics
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Highly stretchable, self-adhesive, biocompatible, conductive hydrogels as fully polymeric strain sensors, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Recent Advancements and Challenges for Low-Toxicity Perovskite Materials, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • A General Crosslinker Strategy to Realize Intrinsic Frozen Resistance of Hydrogels, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Molecular simulations and understanding of antifouling zwitterionic polymer brushes, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Solution-Processed Flexible Broadband Photodetectors with Solution-Processed Transparent Polymeric Electrode, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • Thermally stable, efficient polymer solar cells with nanoscale control of the interpenetrating network morphology

    Wanli Ma;Cuiying Yang;Xiong Gong;Kwanghee Lee

  • New Architecture for High-Efficiency Polymer Photovoltaic Cells Using Solution-Based Titanium Oxide as an Optical Spacer

    Jin Young Kim;Jin Young Kim;Sun Hee Kim;Hyun-Ho Lee;Kwanghee Lee

  • High-detectivity polymer photodetectors with spectral response from 300 nm to 1450 nm.

    Xiong Gong;Minghong Tong;Yangjun Xia;Wanzhu Cai

  • Efficient, Air‐Stable Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Using MoOx as the Anode Interfacial Layer

    Yanming Sun;Christopher J. Takacs;Sarah R. Cowan;Jung Hwa Seo

  • Inverted polymer solar cells with 8.4% efficiency by conjugated polyelectrolyte

    Tingbin Yang;Tingbin Yang;Ming Wang;Chunhui Duan;Xiaowen Hu

  • Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymer Based on Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Ming Wang;Xiaowen Hu;Peng Liu;Wei Li

  • Organic photoresponse materials and devices

    Huanli Dong;Hongfei Zhu;Qing Meng;Xiong Gong

  • Polymer solar cells: Recent development and possible routes for improvement in the performance

    Wanzhu Cai;Xiong Gong;Yong Cao

  • Colorimetric detection of DNA, small molecules, proteins, and ions using unmodified gold nanoparticles and conjugated polyelectrolytes

    Fan Xia;Xiaolei Zuo;Renqiang Yang;Yi Xiao

  • Low bandgap semiconducting polymers for polymeric photovoltaics

    Chang Liu;Kai Wang;Xiong Gong;Alan J. Heeger

  • Multilayer polymer light-emitting diodes : White-light emission with high efficiency

    Xiong Gong;Shu Wang;Shu Wang;Daniel Moses;Guillermo C. Bazan

  • High‐Efficiency Polymer‐Based Electrophosphorescent Devices

    Xiong Gong;Matthew R. Robinson;Jacek C. Ostrowski;Daniel Moses

  • Stabilized Blue Emission from Polyfluorene‐Based Light‐Emitting Diodes: Elimination of Fluorenone Defects

    X. Gong;P.K. Iyer;D. Moses;G.C. Bazan

  • Electrophosphorescence from a Polymer Guest–Host System with an Iridium Complex as Guest: Förster Energy Transfer and Charge Trapping†

    X. Gong;J.C. Ostrowski;D. Moses;G.C. Bazan

  • Biosensors from conjugated polyelectrolyte complexes

    Deli Wang;Xiong Gong;Peter S. Heeger;Frauke Rininsland

  • Strain and Hückel Aromaticity: Driving Forces for a Promising New Generation of Electron Acceptors in Organic Electronics

    F. G. Brunetti;X. Gong;M. Tong;A. J. Heeger

  • Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells with Over 10% Efficiency by a Novel Two-Dimensional Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Copolymer

    Chang Liu;Chao Yi;Kai Wang;Yali Yang

  • Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Large Open‐Circuit Voltage: Electron Transfer with Small Donor‐Acceptor Energy Offset

    Xiong Gong;Minghong Tong;Fulvio G. Brunetti;Junghwa Seo

  • Electrophosphorescence from a Conjugated Copolymer Doped with an Iridium Complex: High Brightness and Improved Operational Stability

    Xiong Gong;Jacek C. Ostrowski;Guillermo C. Bazan;Daniel Moses

  • High-Efficiency Polymer-Based Electrophosphorescent Devices

    Xiong Gong

  • Stabilized Blue Emission from Polyfluorene-Based Light-Emitting Diodes: Elimination of Fluorenone Defects

    Xiong Gong

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Heeger
Alan J. Heeger University of California, Santa Barbara
Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Jie Zheng
Jie Zheng University of Akron
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Stephen Z. D. Cheng University of Akron
Wanli Ma
Wanli Ma Soochow University
Yung Chang
Yung Chang Chung Yuan Christian University
Wenping Hu
Wenping Hu Tianjin University

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