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Yuan Tian

Yuan Tian

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
45
Citations
7047
World Ranking
454
National Ranking
2

Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
8535
World Ranking
10560
National Ranking
122

Yuan Tian 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 Yuan Tian sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 83 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.

Yuan Tian 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 Yuan Tian sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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

Yuan Tian is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and related subfields. Their research spans a variety of topics primarily related to battery materials and technologies.

The main topics of Yuan Tian's work include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

The scientist has published multiple papers in prominent venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Energy storage materials
  • ACS Nano
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Rational Design of Sulfur-Doped Three-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene/ZnS Heterostructure as Multifunctional Protective Layer for Dendrite-Free Zinc-Ion Batteries" (2021) published in ACS Nano
  • "Stable Aqueous Anode-Free Zinc Batteries Enabled by Interfacial Engineering" (2021) published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Reversible zinc-based anodes enabled by zincophilic antimony engineered MXene for stable and dendrite-free aqueous zinc batteries" (2021) published in Energy Storage Materials
  • "Recently advances and perspectives of anode-free rechargeable batteries" (2020) published in Nano Energy
  • "Recent Advances and Perspectives of Zn-Metal Free "Rocking-Chair"-Type Zn-Ion Batteries" (2020) published in Advanced Energy Materials

Yuan Tian frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Yongling An
  • Jinkui Feng
  • Yitai Qian
  • Shenglin Xiong
  • Chuanliang Wei

Best Publications

  • Flexible and Free-Standing Ti3C2Tx MXene@Zn Paper for Dendrite-Free Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries and Nonaqueous Lithium Metal Batteries.

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Chuanliang Wei;Baojuan Xi

  • Flexible and Freestanding Silicon/MXene Composite Papers for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries.

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Jinkui Feng

  • Low-Bandgap Se-Deficient Antimony Selenide as a Multifunctional Polysulfide Barrier toward High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Yuan Tian;Gaoran Li;Yongguang Zhang;Dan Luo

  • Micron-Sized Nanoporous Antimony with Tunable Porosity for High-Performance Potassium-Ion Batteries

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Lijie Ci;Shenglin Xiong

  • Porosity‐ and Graphitization‐Controlled Fabrication of Nanoporous Silicon@Carbon for Lithium Storage and Its Conjugation with MXene for Lithium‐Metal Anode

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Hao Wei;Baojuan Xi

  • Highly Reversible Zn Metal Anodes Enabled by Freestanding, Lightweight, and Zincophilic MXene/Nanoporous Oxide Heterostructure Engineered Separator for Flexible Zn-MnO2 Batteries.

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  • Rational Design of Sulfur-Doped Three-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene/ZnS Heterostructure as Multifunctional Protective Layer for Dendrite-Free Zinc-Ion Batteries.

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Chengkai Liu;Shenglin Xiong

  • Stable Aqueous Anode-Free Zinc Batteries Enabled by Interfacial Engineering

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Kai Zhang;Yongpeng Liu

  • One-Step, Vacuum-Assisted Construction of Micrometer-Sized Nanoporous Silicon Confined by Uniform Two-Dimensional N-Doped Carbon toward Advanced Li Ion and MXene-Based Li Metal Batteries.

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  • Recently advances and perspectives of anode-free rechargeable batteries

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Chuanliang Wei;Huiyu Jiang

  • Reversible zinc-based anodes enabled by zincophilic antimony engineered MXene for stable and dendrite-free aqueous zinc batteries

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Chengkai Liu;Shenglin Xiong

  • Scalable and Physical Synthesis of 2D Silicon from Bulk Layered Alloy for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Lithium Metal Batteries.

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Chuanliang Wei;Huiyu Jiang

  • Recent Advances and Perspectives of Zn‐Metal Free “Rocking‐Chair”‐Type Zn‐Ion Batteries

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Chuanliang Wei;Baojuan Xi

  • A general method for constructing robust, flexible and freestanding MXene@metal anodes for high-performance potassium-ion batteries

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Shenglin Xiong;Jinkui Feng

  • Recent Advances of Emerging 2D MXene for Stable and Dendrite-Free Metal Anodes

    Chuanliang Wei;Yuan Tao;Yongling An;Yuan Tian

  • Scalable and Controllable Synthesis of Interface-Engineered Nanoporous Host for Dendrite-Free and High Rate Zinc Metal Batteries.

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Shenglin Xiong;Jinkui Feng

  • Stable all-solid-state potassium battery operating at room temperature with a composite polymer electrolyte and a sustainable organic cathode

    Huifang Fei;Yining Liu;Yongling An;Xiaoyan Xu

  • Robust Nitrogen/Selenium Engineered MXene/ZnSe Hierarchical Multifunctional Interfaces for Dendrite-Free Zinc-Metal Batteries

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  • Dealloying: An effective method for scalable fabrication of 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D materials and its application in energy storage

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Chuanliang Wei;Yuan Tao

  • Heteroatom-doped 3D porous carbon architectures for highly stable aqueous zinc metal batteries and non-aqueous lithium metal batteries

    Yongling An;Yuan Tian;Yuan Li;Chuanliang Wei

  • Micron-Sized Nanoporous Vanadium Pentoxide Arrays for High-Performance Gel Zinc-Ion Batteries and Potassium Batteries

    Yuan Tian;Yongling An;Hao Wei;Chuanliang Wei

  • Isotropic Li nucleation and growth achieved by an amorphous liquid metal nucleation seed on MXene framework for dendrite-free Li metal anode

    Chuanliang Wei;Huifang Fei;Yuan Tian;Yongling An

  • Recent advances and perspectives in stable and dendrite-free potassium metal anodes

    Chuanliang Wei;Yuan Tao;Huifang Fei;Yongling An

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinkui Feng
Jinkui Feng Shandong University
Yongling An
Yongling An Shandong University
Yitai Qian
Yitai Qian University of Science and Technology of China
Shenglin Xiong
Shenglin Xiong Shandong University
Baojuan Xi
Baojuan Xi Shandong University
Jiwei Cui
Jiwei Cui Shandong University
Jingcheng Hao
Jingcheng Hao Shandong University
Lijie Ci
Lijie Ci Harbin Institute of Technology
Frank Caruso
Frank Caruso University of Melbourne
Guoqun Zhao
Guoqun Zhao Shandong University

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