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Zhiqiang Niu

Zhiqiang Niu

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
97
Citations
34888
World Ranking
1214
National Ranking
378

Zhiqiang Niu 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 Zhiqiang Niu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 222 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhiqiang Niu 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 Zhiqiang Niu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhiqiang Niu is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on engineering and materials chemistry within the context of advanced battery technologies. Their work spans multiple subfields, with key emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, automotive engineering, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research contributions prominently address topics related to advanced battery technologies research, advanced battery materials and technologies, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advancements in battery materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and perovskite materials and applications.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Materials chemistry for rechargeable zinc-ion batteries, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Direct Self-Assembly of MXene on Zn Anodes for Dendrite-Free Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Electrochemically Induced Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Amorphous V2O5 for Superior Rate Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Proton Insertion Chemistry of a Zinc-Organic Battery, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Design Strategies for High-Performance Aqueous Zn/Organic Batteries, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Zhiqiang Niu frequently collaborates with several coauthors, with the most regular collaborators being Songshan Bi, Zhiwei Tie, Jiacai Zhu, Jin-Lei Tian, and Min Yang.

The scientist's work is predominantly published in journals specializing in chemistry and materials science, with frequent appearances in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

The focus of Zhiqiang Niu's research aligns with the development of novel materials and methodologies to enhance battery performance, longevity, and sustainability, with particular attention to zinc-ion batteries and related aqueous systems. This is supported by their concentration on engineering and advanced battery materials across diverse applications.

Best Publications

  • Aqueous rechargeable zinc/sodium vanadate batteries with enhanced performance from simultaneous insertion of dual carriers.

    Fang Wan;Linlin Zhang;Xi Dai;Xinyu Wang

  • Materials chemistry for rechargeable zinc-ion batteries

    Ning Zhang;Ning Zhang;Xuyong Chen;Meng Yu;Zhiqiang Niu

  • Well-Defined Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Nanoparticles to Isolated Single-Atom Sites.

    Zhi Li;Shufang Ji;Yiwei Liu;Xing Cao

  • A leavening strategy to prepare reduced graphene oxide foams.

    Zhiqiang Niu;Jun Chen;Huey Hoon Hng;Jan Ma

  • Removal and Utilization of Capping Agents in Nanocatalysis

    Zhiqiang Niu;Yadong Li

  • Surface and Interface Control in Nanoparticle Catalysis.

    Chenlu Xie;Zhiqiang Niu;Dohyung Kim;Dohyung Kim;Mufan Li

  • Direct Self‐Assembly of MXene on Zn Anodes for Dendrite‐Free Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries

    Nannan Zhang;Shuo Huang;Zishun Yuan;Jiacai Zhu

  • Design Strategies toward Enhancing the Performance of Organic Electrode Materials in Metal-Ion Batteries

    Yong Lu;Qiu Zhang;Lin Li;Zhiqiang Niu

  • Design Strategies for Vanadium-based Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

    Fang Wan;Zhiqiang Niu

  • Single Nickel Atoms on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Enabling Enhanced Kinetics of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Linlin Zhang;Daobin Liu;Zahir Muhammad;Fang Wan

  • Microstructured Graphene Arrays for Highly Sensitive Flexible Tactile Sensors

    Bowen Zhu;Zhiqiang Niu;Hong Wang;Wan Ru Leow

  • An Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Organic Battery with Hybrid Mechanism

    Fang Wan;Linlin Zhang;Xinyu Wang;Songshan Bi

  • All-solid-state flexible ultrathin micro-supercapacitors based on graphene.

    Zhiqiang Niu;Li Zhang;Lili Liu;Bowen Zhu

  • Unconventional supercapacitors from nanocarbon-based electrode materials to device configurations

    Lili Liu;Lili Liu;Zhiqiang Niu;Jun Chen

  • Highly Stretchable, Integrated Supercapacitors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films with Continuous Reticulate Architecture

    Zhiqiang Niu;Haibo Dong;Bowen Zhu;Jinzhu Li

  • Ultrathin rhodium nanosheets

    Haohong Duan;Ning Yan;Rong Yu;Chun-Ran Chang

  • Electrolyte and Interface Engineering for Solid-State Sodium Batteries

    Yong Lu;Lin Li;Qiu Zhang;Zhiqiang Niu

  • A Self-Healing Integrated All-in-One Zinc-Ion Battery.

    Shuo Huang;Fang Wan;Songshan Bi;Jiacai Zhu

  • Freestanding graphene/VO2 composite films for highly stable aqueous Zn-ion batteries with superior rate performance

    Xi Dai;Fang Wan;Linlin Zhang;Hongmei Cao

  • Proton Insertion Chemistry of a Zinc–Organic Battery

    Zhiwei Tie;Luojia Liu;Shenzhen Deng;Dongbing Zhao

  • Nanostructured graphene composite papers for highly flexible and foldable supercapacitors

    Lili Liu;Zhiqiang Niu;Li Zhang;Weiya Zhou

  • Recent Progress in the Electrolytes of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries

    Shuo Huang;Jiacai Zhu;Jinlei Tian;Zhiqiang Niu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Sishen Xie
Sishen Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiya Zhou
Weiya Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaodong Chen
Xiaodong Chen Nanyang Technological University
Yadong Li
Yadong Li Tsinghua University
Li Song
Li Song University of Science and Technology of China
Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang University of California, Berkeley
Dingsheng Wang
Dingsheng Wang Tsinghua University
Yi Yu
Yi Yu ShanghaiTech University
Qing Peng
Qing Peng Tsinghua University

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