2026 Yet-Ming Chiang: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	116	563	537	204	187	531	53129

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to understanding of new energy storage materials and their commercialization.

Overview

Yet-Ming Chiang is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a significant body of research focused on energy storage, battery technologies, and materials science. Their scholarly output intersects multiple fields, notably Engineering and Materials Science, with particular emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research covers central topics such as Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advancements in Battery Materials, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yet-Ming Chiang include:

"The challenges and opportunities of battery-powered flight," 2022, Nature
"Energy storage emerging: A perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Ultrafast ion transport at a cathode-electrolyte interface and its strong dependence on salt solvation," 2020, Nature Energy
"Semi-solid alkali metal electrodes enabling high critical current densities in solid electrolyte batteries," 2021, Nature Energy
"Controlling dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries with engineered stress," 2022, Joule

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, Advanced Energy Materials, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Advanced Materials, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Significant collaborators in their research include Fikile R. Brushett, Cole D. Fincher, Kevin M. Tenny, Duhan Zhang, and Charles Tai-Chieh Wan, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing collaborative relationships.

Yet-Ming Chiang has been recognized by several honors including being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017, a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2010, and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for contributions to the understanding and commercialization of new energy storage materials.

Best Publications

Electronically conductive phospho-olivines as lithium storage electrodes

Sung-Yoon Chung;Jason T Bloking;Yet-Ming Chiang

4172
Citations
Physical Ceramics: Principles for Ceramic Science and Engineering

Yet-ming Chiang;Dunbar P. Birnie;W. David Kingery

2226
Citations
Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

Steven J Davis;Nathan S. Lewis;Matthew Shaner;Sonia Aggarwal

2214
Citations
Virus-Enabled Synthesis and Assembly of Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes

Ki Tae Nam;Dong Wan Kim;Pil J. Yoo;Chung Yi Chiang

2213
Citations
The synergetic effect of lithium polysulfide and lithium nitrate to prevent lithium dendrite growth

Weiyang Li;Hongbin Yao;Kai Yan;Guangyuan Zheng

1582
Citations
Mechanism of Lithium Metal Penetration through Inorganic Solid Electrolytes

Lukas Porz;Lukas Porz;Tushar Swamy;Brian W. Sheldon;Daniel Rettenwander

1076
Citations
Identification of cathode materials for lithium batteries guided by first-principles calculations

Gerbrand Ceder;YetMing Chiang;Donald Sadoway;Mehmet Aydinol

1045
Citations
Mechanism and Kinetics of Li2S Precipitation in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Frank Y. Fan;W. Craig Carter;Yet-Ming Chiang

937
Citations
TEM Study of Electrochemical Cycling‐Induced Damage and Disorder in LiCoO2 Cathodes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

Haifeng Wang;Young‐Il Jang;Biying Huang;Donald R. Sadoway

874
Citations
Review—Practical Challenges Hindering the Development of Solid State Li Ion Batteries

Kian Kerman;Alan Luntz;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Yet-Ming Chiang

830
Citations
Semi‐Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery

Mihai Duduta;Bryan Ho;Vanessa C. Wood;Pimpa Limthongkul

761
Citations
Peptides with selective affinity for carbon nanotubes

Siqun Wang;Elen S. Humphreys;Sung-Yoon Chung;Daniel F. Delduco

703
Citations
Electrochemically-driven solid-state amorphization in lithium-silicon alloys and implications for lithium storage

Pimpa Limthongkul;Young-Il Jang;Nancy J. Dudney;Yet-Ming Chiang

615
Citations
Size-Dependent Lithium Miscibility Gap in Nanoscale Li1 − x FePO4

Nonglak Meethong;Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang;W. Craig Carter;Yet-Ming Chiang

587
Citations
Solute Segregation and Grain-Boundary Impedance in High-Purity Stabilized Zirconia

Makoto Aoki;Yet-Ming Chiang;Igor Kosacki;L. Jong-Ren Lee

549
Citations
Building a Better Battery

Yet-Ming Chiang

537
Citations
Strain Accommodation during Phase Transformations in Olivine-Based Cathodes as a Materials Selection Criterion for High-Power Rechargeable Batteries**

N. Meethong;H.-Y. S. Huang;S. A. Speakman;W. C. Carter

520
Citations
The challenges and opportunities of battery-powered flight

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517
Citations
Towards High Power High Energy Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries: The NaTi2(PO4)3/Na0.44MnO2 System

Zheng Li;David Young;Kai Xiang;W. Craig Carter

510
Citations
Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science.

Roger H. French;V. Adrian Parsegian;Rudolf Podgornik;Rick F. Rajter

498
Citations
Terawatt-scale photovoltaics: Transform global energy

Nancy M. Haegel;Harry Atwater;Teresa Barnes;Christian Breyer

498
Citations
Electronically Conductive Phospho-Olivines as Lithium Storage Electrodes

Sung-Yoon Chung;Jason T. Blocking;Anna S. Andersson;Yet-Ming Chiang

7
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