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68
Citations
15621
World Ranking
95
National Ranking
3

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
76
Citations
18493
World Ranking
272
National Ranking
14

Yang Zhao publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yang Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 152 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Yang Zhao D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Yang Zhao is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and specializes in research across several engineering and materials science disciplines, with a focus on battery materials and advanced energy technologies.

Their body of work encompasses the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, particularly within subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Yang Zhao's main topics of research include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • Advanced Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Frequent collaborators in their research include Xueliang Sun, Ruying Li, Changhong Wang, Zhiyong Li, and Jianji Wang, reflecting a collaborative approach across multiple publications.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Yang Zhao highlight work on solid-state batteries and advanced materials for energy storage:

  • Site-Occupation-Tuned Superionic LixScCl3+x Halide Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • All-solid-state lithium batteries enabled by sulfide electrolytes: from fundamental research to practical engineering design (2021, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • A Versatile Sn-Substituted Argyrodite Sulfide Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Ultrastable Anode Interface Achieved by Fluorinating Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • Highly Stable 3D Ti3C2Tx MXene-Based Foam Architectures toward High-Performance Terahertz Radiation Shielding (2020, ACS Nano)

Best Publications

  • Recent Developments and Understanding of Novel Mixed Transition-Metal Oxides as Anodes in Lithium Ion Batteries

    Yang Zhao;Yang Zhao;Xifei Li;Bo Yan;Dongbin Xiong

  • Metal organic frameworks for energy storage and conversion

    Yang Zhao;Zhongxin Song;Xia Li;Qian Sun

  • Superior performance of ordered macroporous TiNb2O7 anodes for lithium ion batteries: Understanding from the structural and pseudocapacitive insights on achieving high rate capability

    Shuaifeng Lou;Shuaifeng Lou;Xinqun Cheng;Yang Zhao;Andrew Lushington

  • Recent developments and insights into the understanding of Na metal anodes for Na-metal batteries

    Yang Zhao;Keegan R. Adair;Xueliang Sun

  • Site-Occupation-Tuned Superionic LixScCl3+xHalide Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries.

    Jianwen Liang;Xiaona Li;Shuo Wang;Keegan R Adair

  • Magnetic graphene@PANI@porous TiO2 ternary composites for high-performance electromagnetic wave absorption

    Panbo Liu;Ying Huang;Jing Yan;Yang Zhao

  • Construction of CuS Nanoflakes Vertically Aligned on Magnetically Decorated Graphene and Their Enhanced Microwave Absorption Properties

    Panbo Liu;Ying Huang;Jing Yan;Yiwen Yang

  • Facile preparation, high microwave absorption and microwave absorbing mechanism of RGO–Fe3O4 composites

    Meng Zong;Ying Huang;Yang Zhao;Xu Sun

  • All-solid-state lithium batteries enabled by sulfide electrolytes: from fundamental research to practical engineering design

    Changhong Wang;Jianwen Liang;Yang Zhao;Matthew Zheng

  • Significant impact of 2D graphene nanosheets on large volume change tin-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries: A review

    Yang Zhao;Xifei Li;Bo Yan;Dejun Li

  • Promoting the Transformation of Li2S2 to Li2S: Significantly Increasing Utilization of Active Materials for High‐Sulfur‐Loading Li–S Batteries

    Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xuejie Gao;Qian Sun;Sara Panahian Jand

  • Superior Stable and Long Life Sodium Metal Anodes Achieved by Atomic Layer Deposition.

    Yang Zhao;Lyudmila V. Goncharova;Andrew Lushington;Qian Sun

  • A Versatile Sn-Substituted Argyrodite Sulfide Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries

    Feipeng Zhao;Jianwen Liang;Chuang Yu;Qian Sun

  • Stabilizing the Interface of NASICON Solid Electrolyte against Li Metal with Atomic Layer Deposition

    Yulong Liu;Qian Sun;Yang Zhao;Biqiong Wang

  • Inorganic–Organic Coating via Molecular Layer Deposition Enables Long Life Sodium Metal Anode

    Yang Zhao;Lyudmila V. Goncharova;Qian Zhang;Payam Kaghazchi

  • A Novel Organic "Polyurea" Thin Film for Ultralong-Life Lithium-Metal Anodes via Molecular-Layer Deposition.

    Yipeng Sun;Yang Zhao;Jiwei Wang;Jianneng Liang

  • Addressing Interfacial Issues in Liquid-Based and Solid-State Batteries by Atomic and Molecular Layer Deposition

    Yang Zhao;Kelly Zheng;Xueliang Sun

  • Ultrastable Anode Interface Achieved by Fluorinating Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries

    Feipeng Zhao;Qian Sun;Chuang Yu;Shumin Zhang

  • Insights into interfacial effect and local lithium-ion transport in polycrystalline cathodes of solid-state batteries.

    Shuaifeng Lou;Shuaifeng Lou;Qianwen Liu;Fang Zhang;Qingsong Liu

  • A high-energy sulfur cathode in carbonate electrolyte by eliminating polysulfides via solid-phase lithium-sulfur transformation

    Xia Li;Mohammad Banis;Mohammad Banis;Andrew Lushington;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang

  • Unravelling the Chemistry and Microstructure Evolutionof a Cathodic Interface in Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries

    Xia Li;Zhouhong Ren;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Sixu Deng

Frequent Co-Authors

Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Qian Sun
Qian Sun University of Western Ontario
Keegan R. Adair
Keegan R. Adair University of Western Ontario
Changhong Wang
Changhong Wang Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
Ying Huang
Ying Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Mohammad Norouzi Banis
Mohammad Norouzi Banis General Motors (United States)
Xiaofei Yang
Xiaofei Yang Nanjing Forestry University
Tsun-Kong Sham
Tsun-Kong Sham University of Western Ontario
Xia Li
Xia Li University of Western Ontario

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