2026 Zhongfan Liu: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	151	154	148	38	37	787	77877

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Materials Science

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77877

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhongfan Liu is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research focuses primarily on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering, with a particular emphasis on graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within materials science, including:

Graphene research and applications
Advancements in battery materials
2D materials and applications
Thermal properties of materials
Supercapacitor materials and fabrication
Advanced battery materials and technologies
Graphene and nanomaterials applications

Among the recent papers published by Zhongfan Liu are:

Chemical vapour deposition, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Directly Grown Vertical Graphene Carpets as Janus Separators toward Stabilized Zn Metal Anodes, 2020, Advanced Materials
Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials, 2021, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
Epitaxial Growth of Centimeter-Scale Single-Crystal MoS₂ Monolayer on Au(111), 2020, ACS Nano
Rational design of porous nitrogen-doped Ti3C2 MXene as a multifunctional electrocatalyst for Li-S chemistry, 2020, Nano Energy

The frequent publication venues for Zhongfan Liu include:

Advanced Materials
Nano Research
Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
Advanced Functional Materials
Nature Communications

Zhongfan Liu collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

Jingyu Sun
Luzhao Sun
Hailin Peng
Li Lin
Kaicheng Jia

The body of work produced by Zhongfan Liu reveals a sustained effort in exploring the synthesis, properties, and applications of 2D materials such as graphene and MoS₂. Their studies also address challenges related to energy storage and conversion, including the development of electrocatalysts and electrode materials for batteries and supercapacitors.

Best Publications

Applications of 2D MXenes in energy conversion and storage systems

Jinbo Pang;Rafael G Mendes;Rafael G Mendes;Alicja Bachmatiuk;Alicja Bachmatiuk;Alicja Bachmatiuk;Liang Zhao

1851
Citations
Effect of Chemical Oxidation on the Structure of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Jin Zhang;Hongling Zou;Quan Qing;Yanlian Yang

1455
Citations
Can graphene be used as a substrate for Raman enhancement

Xi Ling;Liming Xie;Yuan Fang;Hua Xu

1418
Citations
PHENIX detector overview

K. Adcox;S.S. Adler;M. Aizama;N.N. Ajitanand

1015
Citations
Toward Clean and Crackless Transfer of Graphene

Xuelei Liang;Xuelei Liang;Brent A. Sperling;Irene Calizo;Guangjun Cheng

998
Citations
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanosheets

Manish Chhowalla;Zhongfan Liu;Hua Zhang

936
Citations
Controlled growth of high-quality monolayer WS2 layers on sapphire and imaging its grain boundary.

Yu Zhang;Yanfeng Zhang;Qingqing Ji;Jing Ju

902
Citations
Hierarchical Graphene Foam for Efficient Omnidirectional Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion.

Huaying Ren;Miao Tang;Baolu Guan;Kexin Wang

875
Citations
Synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene using embedded carbon and nitrogen sources.

Chaohua Zhang;Lei Fu;Nan Liu;Minhao Liu

875
Citations
Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals as Stable Interfacial Layer for Improvement of Lithium Metal Anode

Kai Yan;Hyun-Wook Lee;Teng Gao;Guangyuan Zheng

781
Citations
Photoelectrochemical information storage using an azobenzene derivative

Z. F. Liu;K. Hashimoto;A. Fujishima

762
Citations
Transferring and Identification of Single- and Few-Layer Graphene on Arbitrary Substrates

Alfonso Reina;Hyungbin Son;Liying Jiao;Ben Fan

732
Citations
High electron mobility and quantum oscillations in non-encapsulated ultrathin semiconducting Bi2O2Se.

Jinxiong Wu;Hongtao Yuan;Mengmeng Meng;Cheng Chen

695
Citations
Epitaxial monolayer MoS2 on mica with novel photoluminescence.

Qingqing Ji;Yanfeng Zhang;Teng Gao;Yu Zhang

660
Citations
Synchronous immobilization and conversion of polysulfides on a VO2–VN binary host targeting high sulfur load Li–S batteries

Yingze Song;Wen Zhao;Long Kong;Li Zhang

653
Citations
Chemical vapour deposition

Luzhao Sun;Guowen Yuan;Libo Gao;Jieun Yang

650
Citations
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy on a flat graphene surface

Weigao Xu;Xi Ling;Jiaqi Xiao;Mildred S. Dresselhaus

609
Citations
Synthesis of Graphdiyne Nanowalls Using Acetylenic Coupling Reaction

Jingyuan Zhou;Xin Gao;Rong Liu;Ziqian Xie

588
Citations
Ultrafast epitaxial growth of metre-sized single-crystal graphene on industrial Cu foil

Xiaozhi Xu;Zhihong Zhang;Jichen Dong;Ding Yi

587
Citations
Graphene as a substrate to suppress fluorescence in resonance Raman spectroscopy.

Liming Xie;Xi Ling;Yuan Fang;Jin Zhang

584
Citations
The edge- and basal-plane-specific electrochemistry of a single-layer graphene sheet

Wenjing Yuan;Yu Zhou;Yingru Li;Chun Li

578
Citations
Organizing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Gold Using a Wet Chemical Self-Assembling Technique

Zhongfan Liu;Ziyong Shen;Tao Zhu;Shifeng Hou

543
Citations