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D-Index
87
Citations
27431
World Ranking
1960
National Ranking
624

Xun Shi 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 Xun Shi sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 297 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xun Shi 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 Xun Shi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xun Shi is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, focusing primarily on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work concentrates on several topics related to material properties and applications. These topics include:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Phase-change materials and chalcogenides

Xun Shi has authored research papers published in notable journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Flexible thermoelectrics based on ductile semiconductors, 2022, Science
  • Exceptional plasticity in the bulk single-crystalline van der Waals semiconductor InSe, 2020, Science
  • Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Superhigh Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in (Mg, Bi) Co-Doped GeTe, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Cu2Se-Based liquid-like thermoelectric materials: looking back and stepping forward, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Electrode interface optimization advances conversion efficiency and stability of thermoelectric devices, 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Materials Today Physics
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Collaborations form a significant part of Xun Shi's research, with frequent co-authors being Pengfei Qiu, Lidong Chen, Tian-Ran Wei, Kunpeng Zhao, and Tingting Deng.

Xun Shi has contributed to the academic literature beyond journal articles, having authored at least one book titled Thermoelectric materials: principles and concepts for enhanced properties, published in 2020 by De Gruyter.

Best Publications

  • Copper ion liquid-like thermoelectrics

    Huili Liu;Xun Shi;Fangfang Xu;Linlin Zhang

  • Multiple-filled skutterudites: high thermoelectric figure of merit through separately optimizing electrical and thermal transports.

    Xun Shi;Xun Shi;Jiong Yang;James R. Salvador;Miaofang Chi

  • High thermoelectric performance in non-toxic earth-abundant copper sulfide.

    Ying He;Tristan Day;Tiansong Zhang;Huili Liu

  • Flexible Thermoelectric Materials and Generators: Challenges and Innovations.

    Yuan Wang;Lei Yang;Xiao‐Lei Shi;Xun Shi

  • High efficiency Bi2Te3-based materials and devices for thermoelectric power generation between 100 and 300 °C

    Feng Hao;Pengfei Qiu;Yunshan Tang;Shengqiang Bai

  • Low thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in n-type BaxYbyCo4Sb12 double-filled skutterudites

    X. Shi;H. Kong;C.-P. Li;C. Uher

  • On the tuning of electrical and thermal transport in thermoelectrics: an integrated theory–experiment perspective

    Jiong Yang;Lili Xi;Wujie Qiu;Wujie Qiu;Lihua Wu

  • Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Performance by Electron and Phonon Critical Scattering in Cu2Se1‐xIx

    Huili Liu;Xun Yuan;Ping Lu;Xun Shi

  • Room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductor.

    Xun Shi;Hongyi Chen;Hongyi Chen;Feng Hao;Ruiheng Liu

  • Recent advances in high-performance bulk thermoelectric materials

    X. Shi;L. Chen;C. Uher

  • Ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in Cu2Se-based hybrid materials with highly dispersed molecular CNTs

    Raghavendra Nunna;Pengfei Qiu;Meijie Yin;Hongyi Chen

  • Measuring thermoelectric transport properties of materials

    Kasper A. Borup;Johannes de Boor;Heng Wang;Fivos Drymiotis

  • Thermoelectric Devices for Power Generation: Recent Progress and Future Challenges

    Qi Hao Zhang;Xiang Yang Huang;Sheng Qiang Bai;Xun Shi

  • Cu-based thermoelectric materials

    Pengfei Qiu;Xun Shi;Lidong Chen

  • Thermoelectric materials step up

    Xun Shi;Lidong Chen

  • Realizing a thermoelectric conversion efficiency of 12% in bismuth telluride/skutterudite segmented modules through full-parameter optimization and energy-loss minimized integration

    Qihao Zhang;Jincheng Liao;Yunshan Tang;Ming Gu

  • High-Performance Pseudocubic Thermoelectric Materials from Non-cubic Chalcopyrite Compounds

    Jiawei Zhang;Ruiheng Liu;Nian Cheng;Yubo Zhang

  • Ternary compound CuInTe2: a promising thermoelectric material with diamond-like structure

    Ruiheng Liu;Lili Xi;Huili Liu;Xun Shi

  • Entropy as a Gene‐Like Performance Indicator Promoting Thermoelectric Materials

    Ruiheng Liu;Hongyi Chen;Hongyi Chen;Kunpeng Zhao;Yuting Qin

  • Exceptional plasticity in the bulk single-crystalline van der Waals semiconductor InSe

    Tian-Ran Wei;Tian-Ran Wei;Min Jin;Yuecun Wang;Hongyi Chen

  • Synthesis of YbyCo4Sb12∕Yb2O3 composites and their thermoelectric properties

    X. Y. Zhao;X. Shi;L. D. Chen;W. Q. Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lidong Chen
Lidong Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pengfei Qiu
Pengfei Qiu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenqing Zhang
Wenqing Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Jihui Yang
Jihui Yang University of Washington
Ctirad Uher
Ctirad Uher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
G. Jeffrey Snyder
G. Jeffrey Snyder Northwestern University
Fangfang Xu
Fangfang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bo B. Iversen
Bo B. Iversen Aarhus University
Qiang Li
Qiang Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yuri Grin
Yuri Grin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

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