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D-Index
64
Citations
24111
World Ranking
5770
National Ranking
1752

Zhiyuan Zeng 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 Zhiyuan Zeng sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 105 publications — 4th percentile

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

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

Zhiyuan Zeng 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 Zhiyuan Zeng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhiyuan Zeng is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research is situated primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with particular emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Other subfields include Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Zeng has published extensively in leading scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues associated with their work are:

  • Small
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators include Ruijie Yang, Liang Mei, Yuefeng Zhang, Jiaqian Qin, and Damien Voiry.

Notable recent papers authored by Zhiyuan Zeng encompass a range of topics relevant to energy and materials research:

  • "Strategies of regulating Zn2+ solvation structures for dendrite-free and side reaction-suppressed zinc-ion batteries," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials," 2021, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
  • "MnO2-Based Materials for Environmental Applications," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Photocatalysis," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "ZnIn2S4-Based Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications," 2021, Small Methods

Best Publications

  • Metal dichalcogenide nanosheets: preparation, properties and applications

    Xiao Huang;Zhiyuan Zeng;Hua Zhang

  • Single‐Layer Semiconducting Nanosheets: High‐Yield Preparation and Device Fabrication

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Zongyou Yin;Xiao Huang;Hai Li

  • Synthesis of Few-Layer MoS2 Nanosheet-Coated TiO2 Nanobelt Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities

    Weijia Zhou;Zongyou Yin;Yaping Du;Xiao Huang

  • Solution-phase epitaxial growth of noble metal nanostructures on dispersible single-layer molybdenum disulfide nanosheets

    Xiao Huang;Zhiyuan Zeng;Shuyu Bao;Mengfei Wang

  • Single-Layer MoS2-Based Nanoprobes for Homogeneous Detection of Biomolecules

    Changfeng Zhu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Hai Li;Fan Li

  • Graphene-Based Electrodes

    Xiao Huang;Zhiyuan Zeng;Zhanxi Fan;Juqing Liu

  • Fabrication of flexible MoS2 thin-film transistor arrays for practical gas-sensing applications.

    Qiyuan He;Zhiyuan Zeng;Zongyou Yin;Hai Li

  • Three-Dimensional Graphene Foam Supported Fe3O4 Lithium Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life and High Rate Capability

    Jingshan Luo;Jilei Liu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Chin Fan Ng

  • Strategies on regulating Zn2+ solvation structure for dendrites-free and side reactions-suppressed zinc-ion batteries

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  • An Effective Method for the Fabrication of Few‐Layer‐Thick Inorganic Nanosheets

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Ting Sun;Jixin Zhu;Xiao Huang

  • One-step synthesis of Ni3S2 nanorod@Ni(OH)2nanosheet core–shell nanostructures on a three-dimensional graphene network for high-performance supercapacitors

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Xiehong Cao;Zhiyuan Zeng;Wenhui Shi

  • Preparation of MoS2‐Polyvinylpyrrolidone Nanocomposites for Flexible Nonvolatile Rewritable Memory Devices with Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrodes

    Juqing Liu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Xiehong Cao;Gang Lu

  • Synthesis of Free‐Standing Metal Sulfide Nanoarrays via Anion Exchange Reaction and Their Electrochemical Energy Storage Application

    Xinhui Xia;Xinhui Xia;Changrong Zhu;Jingshan Luo;Zhiyuan Zeng

  • Electrochemically Reduced Single‐Layer MoS2 Nanosheets: Characterization, Properties, and Sensing Applications

    Shixin Wu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Qiyuan He;Zhijuan Wang

  • Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials

    Cheng Chang;Wei Chen;Ye Chen;Yonghua Chen

  • A general method for the large-scale synthesis of uniform ultrathin metal sulphide nanocrystals

    Yaping Du;Zongyou Yin;Jixin Zhu;Xiao Huang

  • Visualization of Electrode–Electrolyte Interfaces in LiPF6/EC/DEC Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Batteries via in Situ TEM

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Wen I. Liang;Wen I. Liang;Hong Gang Liao;Huolin L. Xin

  • MnO2 -Based Materials for Environmental Applications.

    Ruijie Yang;Yingying Fan;Ruquan Ye;Yuxin Tang

  • Growth of noble metal nanoparticles on single-layer TiS2 and TaS2 nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Chaoliang Tan;Xiao Huang;Shuyu Bao

  • ZnIn2S4-Based Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications

    Ruijie Yang;Liang Mei;Yingying Fan;Qingyong Zhang

  • Surface-Confined Fabrication of Ultrathin Nickel Cobalt-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for High-Performance Supercapacitors

    Juan Yang;Chang Yu;Chao Hu;Man Wang

  • A Solution‐Processed Hole Extraction Layer Made from Ultrathin MoS2 Nanosheets for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Xing Gu;Wei Cui;Hai Li;Zhongwei Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Xiao Huang
Xiao Huang Nanjing Tech University
Haimei Zheng
Haimei Zheng Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zongyou Yin
Zongyou Yin Australian National University
Xiehong Cao
Xiehong Cao Zhejiang University of Technology
Qingyu Yan
Qingyu Yan Nanyang Technological University
Xinhui Xia
Xinhui Xia Zhejiang University
Hong Jin Fan
Hong Jin Fan Nanyang Technological University
Qiyuan He
Qiyuan He City University of Hong Kong
Zhanxi Fan
Zhanxi Fan City University of Hong Kong

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