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Ya-Ping Deng 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 Ya-Ping Deng sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 84 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ya-Ping Deng 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 Ya-Ping Deng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Ya-Ping Deng is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on advanced battery technologies, materials science, and energy conversion. Deng's work spans multiple interrelated fields, including engineering and materials science, with emphasis on subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and automotive engineering.

The scientist has contributed notably to topics such as advanced battery technologies research, advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and fuel cells and related materials.

Ya-Ping Deng has published in a range of scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Nano Energy
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Energy Storage Materials

They have collaborated with co-authors including Zhongwei Chen, Aiping Yu, Yongfeng Hu, Yi Jiang, and Zhen Zhang, reflecting a collaborative research network in their field.

Highlighted recent publications by or involving Ya-Ping Deng include:

  • "The Current State of Aqueous Zn-Based Rechargeable Batteries", 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Dynamic electrocatalyst with current-driven oxyhydroxide shell for rechargeable zinc-air battery", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Ni-Rich/Co-Poor Layered Cathode for Automotive Li-Ion Batteries: Promises and Challenges", 2020, Advanced Energy Materials (first author: Xinxin Wang)
  • "Revealing the Rapid Electrocatalytic Behavior of Ultrafine Amorphous Defective Nb2O5-x Nanocluster toward Superior Li-S Performance", 2020, ACS Nano (first author: Dan Luo)
  • "Recent Progress on Flexible Zn-Air Batteries", 2020, Energy Storage Materials (first author: Yongguang Zhang)

The body of work indicates an involvement in both fundamental and applied aspects of battery materials and energy storage technologies, covering topics from cathode composition in lithium-ion batteries to innovations in zinc-based rechargeable systems and electrocatalysis.

Best Publications

  • Ni-Rich/Co-Poor Layered Cathode for Automotive Li-Ion Batteries: Promises and Challenges

    Xinxin Wang;Yuan‐Li Ding;Yuan‐Li Ding;Ya‐Ping Deng;Zhongwei Chen

  • The Current State of Aqueous Zn-Based Rechargeable Batteries

    Ya-Ping Deng;Ruilin Liang;Gaopeng Jiang;Yi Jiang

  • Interpenetrating Triphase Cobalt-Based Nanocomposites as Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Long-Lasting Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries

    Yi Jiang;Yi Jiang;Yi Jiang;Ya-Ping Deng;Jing Fu;Dong Un Lee

  • Synthesis of single crystalline hexagonal nanobricks of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 with high percentage of exposed {010} active facets as high rate performance cathode material for lithium-ion battery

    Fang Fu;Gui-Liang Xu;Qi Wang;Ya-Ping Deng

  • Stringed “tube on cube” nanohybrids as compact cathode matrix for high-loading and lean-electrolyte lithium–sulfur batteries

    Gaoran Li;Wen Lei;Dan Luo;Yaping Deng

  • Revealing the Rapid Electrocatalytic Behavior of Ultrafine Amorphous Defective Nb2O5-x Nanocluster toward Superior Li-S Performance.

    Dan Luo;Zhen Zhang;Gaoran Li;Shaobo Cheng

  • Dynamic electrocatalyst with current-driven oxyhydroxide shell for rechargeable zinc-air battery.

    Ya-Ping Deng;Yi Jiang;Ruilin Liang;Shao-Jian Zhang

  • 3D Porous Carbon Sheets with Multidirectional Ion Pathways for Fast and Durable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Gaoran Li;Wen Lei;Dan Luo;Ya-Ping Deng

  • Recent Progress on Flexible Zn-Air Batteries

    Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Ya-Ping Deng;Jiayi Wang;Jiayi Wang;Yi Jiang

  • Synergistic Engineering of Defects and Architecture in Binary Metal Chalcogenide toward Fast and Reliable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Dan Luo;Gaoran Li;Ya‐Ping Deng;Zhen Zhang

  • An Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich Semiconductor-Supported Bifunctional Catalyst for Efficient and Stable Zinc-Air Batteries.

    Guihua Liu;Jingde Li;Jing Fu;Gaopeng Jiang

  • 3d-Orbital Occupancy Regulated Ir-Co Atomic Pair Toward Superior Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis

    Meiling Xiao;Jianbing Zhu;Shuang Li;Gaoran Li

  • Two-Dimensional Phosphorus-Doped Carbon Nanosheets with Tunable Porosity for Oxygen Reactions in Zinc-Air Batteries

    Wen Lei;Wen Lei;Ya-Ping Deng;Gaoran Li;Zachary P. Cano

  • Linker-Compensated Metal-Organic Framework with Electron Delocalized Metal Sites for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

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  • Design Criteria for Silicon‐Based Anode Binders in Half and Full Cells

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  • Materials Engineering toward Durable Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

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  • Modulating Metal–Organic Frameworks as Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalysts

    Zhaoqiang Li;Zhaoqiang Li;Rui Gao;Ming Feng;Ya-Ping Deng

  • Multidimensional Ordered Bifunctional Air Electrode Enables Flash Reactants Shuttling for High-Energy Flexible Zn-Air Batteries

    Yi Jiang;Ya‐Ping Deng;Ruilin Liang;Jing Fu

  • d-Orbital steered active sites through ligand editing on heterometal imidazole frameworks for rechargeable zinc-air battery.

    Yi Jiang;Ya-Ping Deng;Ruilin Liang;Jing Fu;Jing Fu

  • Hierarchically Porous Multimetal‐Based Carbon Nanorod Hybrid as an Efficient Oxygen Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

    Dezhang Ren;Dezhang Ren;Jie Ying;Meiling Xiao;Ya‐Ping Deng

  • "Ship in a Bottle" Design of Highly Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Long-Lasting Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries.

    Zhen Zhang;Ya-Ping Deng;Zhenyu Xing;Zhenyu Xing;Dan Luo

  • Layered/spinel heterostructured Li-rich materials synthesized by a one-step solvothermal strategy with enhanced electrochemical performance for Li-ion batteries

    Ya-Ping Deng;Fang Fu;Zhen-Guo Wu;Zhen-Guo Wu;Zu-Wei Yin

  • Revealingthe Rapid Electrocatalytic Behavior of UltrafineAmorphous Defective Nb2O5–x Nanocluster toward Superior Li–S Performance

    Dan Luo;Zhen Zhang;Gaoran Li;Shaobo Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongwei Chen
Zhongwei Chen University of Waterloo
Aiping Yu
Aiping Yu University of Waterloo
Jun-Tao Li
Jun-Tao Li Xiamen University
Shi-Gang Sun
Shi-Gang Sun Xiamen University
Yongfeng Hu
Yongfeng Hu Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Ling Huang
Ling Huang Xiamen University
Zhengyu Bai
Zhengyu Bai Henan Normal University
Zhenguo Wu
Zhenguo Wu Sichuan University
Gaoran Li
Gaoran Li Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Dong Su
Dong Su Chinese Academy of Sciences

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