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Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
12968
World Ranking
10394
National Ranking
184

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
49
Citations
12968
World Ranking
4224
National Ranking
178

Zhi Li publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhi Li sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 82 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Zhi Li D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhi Li is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Notable recent publications by Zhi Li include:

  • "Sodium-Ion Battery with a Wide Operation-Temperature Range from −70 to 100 °C," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Self-repairing interphase reconstructed in each cycle for highly reversible aqueous zinc batteries," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Ni3S2-embedded NiFe LDH porous nanosheets with abundant heterointerfaces for high-current water electrolysis," 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Cubic Manganese Potassium Hexacyanoferrate Regulated by Controlling of the Water and Defects as a High-Capacity and Stable Cathode Material for Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Electronic modulation induced by decorating single-atomic Fe-Co pairs with Fe-Co alloy clusters toward enhanced ORR/OER activity," 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Zhi Li has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Xuehai Tan
  • Keren Jiang
  • Shengli Zhai
  • Xianyou Wang
  • Shuang Cao

The scientist's research has been published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Lithium ion battery applications of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanocomposites

    Tyler Stephenson;Tyler Stephenson;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Brian Olsen;Brian Olsen;David Mitlin;David Mitlin

  • Mesoporous nitrogen-rich carbons derived from protein for ultra-high capacity battery anodes and supercapacitors

    Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Zhanwei Xu;Zhanwei Xu;Xuehai Tan;Xuehai Tan;Huanlei Wang;Huanlei Wang

  • Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High Energy

    Huanlei Wang;Zhanwei Xu;Zhanwei Xu;Alireza Kohandehghan;Alireza Kohandehghan;Zhi Li;Zhi Li

  • Carbon Nanosheet Frameworks Derived from Peat Moss as High Performance Sodium Ion Battery Anodes

    Jia Ding;Huanlei Wang;Huanlei Wang;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Alireza Kohandehghan;Alireza Kohandehghan

  • Peanut shell hybrid sodium ion capacitor with extreme energy–power rivals lithium ion capacitors

    Jia Ding;Jia Ding;Huanlei Wang;Huanlei Wang;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Kai Cui

  • Carbonized Chicken Eggshell Membranes with 3D Architectures as High‐Performance Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors

    Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Li Zhang;Li Zhang;Babak Shalchi Amirkhiz;Babak Shalchi Amirkhiz;Xuehai Tan;Xuehai Tan

  • Tin and Tin Compounds for Sodium Ion Battery Anodes: Phase Transformations and Performance.

    Zhi Li;Jia Ding;David Mitlin;David Mitlin

  • Graphene-Nickel Cobaltite Nanocomposite Asymmetrical Supercapacitor with Commercial Level Mass Loading

    Huanlei Wang;Huanlei Wang;Chris M. B. Holt;Chris M. B. Holt;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Xuehai Tan;Xuehai Tan

  • Colossal pseudocapacitance in a high functionality–high surface area carbon anode doubles the energy of an asymmetric supercapacitor

    Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Zhanwei Xu;Zhanwei Xu;Huanlei Wang;Huanlei Wang;Jia Ding;Jia Ding

  • Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries Based on Tin–Germanium–Antimony Alloys

    Behdokht Farbod;Behdokht Farbod;Kai Cui;W. Peter Kalisvaart;W. Peter Kalisvaart;Martin Kupsta

  • Direct-current triboelectricity generation by a sliding Schottky nanocontact on MoS 2 multilayers

    Jun Liu;Ankur Goswami;Keren Jiang;Faheem Khan

  • Hybrid device employing three-dimensional arrays of MnO in carbon nanosheets bridges battery-supercapacitor divide.

    Huanlei Wang;Zhanwei Xu;Zhanwei Xu;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Kai Cui

  • Electrochemical Supercapacitor Electrodes from Sponge-like Graphene Nanoarchitectures with Ultrahigh Power Density

    Zhanwei Xu;Zhanwei Xu;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Chris M. B. Holt;Chris M. B. Holt;Xuehai Tan;Xuehai Tan

  • Exceptional energy and new insight with a sodium–selenium battery based on a carbon nanosheet cathode and a pseudographite anode

    Jia Ding;Jia Ding;Hui Zhou;Hanlei Zhang;Tyler Stephenson

  • Supercapacitors based on carbons with tuned porosity derived from paper pulp mill sludge biowaste

    Huanlei Wang;Huanlei Wang;Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Jin Kwon Tak;Chris M.B. Holt;Chris M.B. Holt

  • Heteroatom enhanced sodium ion capacity and rate capability in a hydrogel derived carbon give record performance in a hybrid ion capacitor

    Jia Ding;Zhi Li;Kai Cui;Steven Boyer

  • Excellent energy–power characteristics from a hybrid sodium ion capacitor based on identical carbon nanosheets in both electrodes

    Huanlei Wang;David Mitlin;Jia Ding;Zhi Li

  • Carbonized nanocellulose sustainably boosts the performance of activated carbon in ionic liquid supercapacitors

    Zhi Li;Zhi Li;Jun Liu;Jun Liu;Keren Jiang;Keren Jiang;Thomas Thundat;Thomas Thundat

  • Sodiation vs. lithiation phase transformations in a high rate – high stability SnO2 in carbon nanocomposite

    Jia Ding;Zhi Li;Huanlei Wang;Kai Cui

  • High rate SnO2–Graphene Dual Aerogel anodes and their kinetics of lithiation and sodiation

    Zhi Li;Jia Ding;Huanlei Wang;Kai Cui

  • Mesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbons Derived from Protein for Ultra-High Capacity Battery Anodes and Supercapacitors

    David Mitlin;Zhi Li;Zhanwei Xu;Xuehai Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

David Mitlin
David Mitlin The University of Texas at Austin
Huanlei Wang
Huanlei Wang Ocean University of China
Zhanwei Xu
Zhanwei Xu Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
Thomas Thundat
Thomas Thundat University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jia Ding
Jia Ding Tianjin University
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Yangzhou University
Babak Shalchi Amirkhiz
Babak Shalchi Amirkhiz Natural Resources Canada
Ryan M. Richards
Ryan M. Richards Colorado School of Mines
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jianfeng Huang
Jianfeng Huang Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

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