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Zhigang Shuai

Zhigang Shuai

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
111
Citations
40853
World Ranking
691
National Ranking
211

Chemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
40813
World Ranking
783
National Ranking
134

Zhigang Shuai 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 Zhigang Shuai sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 458 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhigang Shuai 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 Zhigang Shuai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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

  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Zhigang Shuai is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a significant research footprint in areas spanning engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Their work extends into specialized subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, physical and theoretical chemistry, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist has contributed notably across several main research topics, including:

  • Luminescence and fluorescent materials
  • Organic light-emitting diodes research
  • Spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies
  • Perovskite materials and applications
  • Photochemistry and electron transfer studies
  • Organic electronics and photovoltaics
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena

The following are some recent representative papers authored or coauthored by Zhigang Shuai:

  • Thermal Vibration Correlation Function Formalism for Molecular Excited State Decay Rates, 2020, Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • Molecular mechanism of aggregation-induced emission, 2021, Aggregate
  • Theory of Long-Lived Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Organic Aggregates, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Biradical-Featured Stable Organic-Small-Molecule Photothermal Materials for Highly Efficient Solar-Driven Water Evaporation, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Organic Laser Molecule with High Mobility, High Photoluminescence Quantum Yield, and Deep-Blue Lasing Characteristics, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in their work include Jiajun Ren, Weitang Li, Qian Peng, Qi Ou, and Qi Sun, with whom Zhigang Shuai has coauthored numerous publications.

Their research has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Aggregate
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

In recognition of their academic contributions, Zhigang Shuai was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Efficient Degradation of Toxic Organic Pollutants with Ni2O3/TiO2-xBx under Visible Irradiation

    Wei Zhao;Wanhong Ma;Chuncheng Chen;Jincai Zhao

  • Electronic structure and carrier mobility in graphdiyne sheet and nanoribbons: theoretical predictions

    Mengqiu Long;Ling Tang;Dong Wang;Yuliang Li

  • Rational Molecular Design for Achieving Persistent and Efficient Pure Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

    Weijun Zhao;Zikai He;Jacky W.Y. Lam;Qian Peng

  • White light emission from a single organic molecule with dual phosphorescence at room temperature.

    Zikai He;Zikai He;Weijun Zhao;Jacky W. Y. Lam;Qian Peng

  • First-principles prediction of charge mobility in carbon and organic nanomaterials

    Jinyang Xi;Mengqiu Long;Ling Tang;Dong Wang

  • Tunable Band Gap Photoluminescence from Atomically Thin Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys

    Yanfeng Chen;Jinyang Xi;Dumitru O. Dumcenco;Zheng Liu

  • Structures, electronic states, photoluminescence, and carrier transport properties of 1,1-disubstituted 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles.

    Gui Yu;Shiwei Yin;Yunqi Liu;Jiangshan Chen

  • Efficient and Long-Lived Room-Temperature Organic Phosphorescence: Theoretical Descriptors for Molecular Designs

    Huili Ma;Huili Ma;Qian Peng;Zhongfu An;Wei Huang

  • Toward quantitative prediction of molecular fluorescence quantum efficiency: role of duschinsky rotation.

    Qian Peng;Yuanping Yi;Zhigang Shuai;Jiushu Shao

  • Computational methods for design of organic materials with high charge mobility

    Linjun Wang;Guangjun Nan;Xiaodi Yang;Qian Peng

  • A facile strategy for realizing room temperature phosphorescence and single molecule white light emission

    Jianguo Wang;Xinggui Gu;Xinggui Gu;Huili Ma;Qian Peng

  • Carrier Mobility in Graphyne Should Be Even Larger than That in Graphene: A Theoretical Prediction.

    Jianming Chen;Jinyang Xi;Dong Wang;Zhigang Shuai;Zhigang Shuai

  • Theory of excited state decays and optical spectra: application to polyatomic molecules.

    Yingli Niu;Qian Peng;Chunmei Deng;Xing Gao

  • Role of dimensionality on the two-photon absorption response of conjugated molecules: The case of octupolar compounds

    D. Beljonne;W. Wenseleers;Egbert Zojer;Z. Shuai

  • Excited states structure and processes: Understanding organic light-emitting diodes at the molecular level

    Zhigang Shuai;Qian Peng

  • MOlecular MAterials Property Prediction Package (MOMAP) 1.0: a software package for predicting the luminescent properties and mobility of organic functional materials

    Yingli Niu;Wenqiang Li;Qian Peng;Hua Geng

  • Spin-Orbit Coupling and Intersystem Crossing in Conjugated Polymers: A Configuration Interaction Description

    D. Beljonne;Z. Shuai;G. Pourtois;J. L. Bredas

  • Highly Efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence via J-Aggregates with Strong Intermolecular Charge Transfer.

    Jie Xue;Qingxin Liang;Rui Wang;Jiayue Hou

  • Charge separation in localized and delocalized electronic states in polymeric semiconductors

    Anna Köhler;D. A. dos Santos;David Beljonne;Z. Shuai

  • Excited-State Electronic Structure of Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers: A Quantum-Chemical Approach to Optical Phenomena

    Jean-Luc Brédas;Jérôme Cornil;David Beljonne;Donizetti A. dos Santos

  • Structures, electronic states, and electroluminescent properties of a zinc(II) 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazolate complex.

    Gui Yu;Shiwei Yin;Yunqi Liu;Zhigang Shuai

  • Influences of Crystal Structures and Molecular Sizes on the Charge Mobility of Organic Semiconductors: Oligothiophenes

    Xiaodi Yang;Linjun Wang;Caili Wang;Wei Long

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Luc Brédas
Jean-Luc Brédas University of Arizona
Qian Peng
Qian Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
David Beljonne
David Beljonne University of Mons
Yuanping Yi
Yuanping Yi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daoben Zhu
Daoben Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenping Hu
Wenping Hu Tianjin University
Yunqi Liu
Yunqi Liu Fudan University
Egbert Zojer
Egbert Zojer Graz University of Technology
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Jérôme Cornil
Jérôme Cornil University of Mons

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