Digen Ruan

1.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Digen Ruan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Digen Ruan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Automotive Engineering and 6 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Digen Ruan's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (23 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (19 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (13 papers). Digen Ruan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (23 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (19 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (13 papers). Digen Ruan collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Digen Ruan's co-authors include Xiaodi Ren, Jiajia Fan, Qingshun Nian, Shunqiang Chen, Zihong Wang, Lijiang Tan, Shuhong Jiao, Yecheng Li, Zhuangzhuang Cui and Xin Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Digen Ruan

25 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Localized Alkaline Environment via In Situ Electrostatic Confinement for Enhanced CO₂-to-Ethylene Conversion in Neutral Medium

2023 205 citations Zihong Wang, Yecheng Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Molecular anchoring of free solvents for high-voltage and high-safety lithium metal batteries

2024 102 citations Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zhuangzhuang Jia et al. Nature Communications profile →
Highly reversible zinc metal anode enabled by strong Brønsted acid and hydrophobic interfacial chemistry

2024 87 citations Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Digen Ruan China	14	829	400	224	147	102	27	1.0k
Jiajia Fan China	11	646 0.8×	303 0.8×	219 1.0×	141 1.0×	91 0.9×	19	824
Shunqiang Chen China	12	665 0.8×	320 0.8×	210 0.9×	142 1.0×	94 0.9×	19	841
Zeheng Lin Australia	13	617 0.7×	155 0.4×	186 0.8×	51 0.3×	154 1.5×	19	753
Yingmin Jin China	15	568 0.7×	229 0.6×	182 0.8×	70 0.5×	271 2.7×	34	789
Weixing Wu China	11	577 0.7×	106 0.3×	224 1.0×	84 0.6×	104 1.0×	20	726
Yongze Qin China	12	328 0.4×	82 0.2×	342 1.5×	123 0.8×	173 1.7×	14	570
Alireza Kondori United States	8	342 0.4×	76 0.2×	283 1.3×	137 0.9×	131 1.3×	13	556
Sina Rastegar United States	9	429 0.5×	70 0.2×	302 1.3×	78 0.5×	245 2.4×	11	722
Heng Cao China	18	733 0.9×	133 0.3×	481 2.1×	54 0.4×	357 3.5×	38	1.1k
Mohammadreza Esmaeilirad United States	9	323 0.4×	71 0.2×	314 1.4×	159 1.1×	163 1.6×	13	584

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Digen Ruan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ruan, Digen, et al.. (2026). Molecularly aligned electron channels for ultrafast-charging practical lithium-metal batteries. Nature Energy. 11(3). 425–435.

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Li, Yecheng, Zihong Wang, Hehe Zhang, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the effect of alkali cations on Fe single atom catalysts with high coordination numbers. Chemical Science. 16(15). 6366–6375. 1 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhuangzhuang, Jun Ma, Liang Li, et al.. (2025). Harnessing Rapid Li⁺/H^δ+ Exchange within the Electric Double Layer for High Performance Li‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(41). e09735–e09735.

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Ruan, Digen, Yanru Wang, Zhuangzhuang Cui, et al.. (2025). Oscillating lithium ion-acceptor fluorine-donor electrolytes for practical fast-charging high-energy lithium metal pouch cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(12). 6224–6236. 4 indexed citations

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Yu, Xinyang, Digen Ruan, Yuan Ma, et al.. (2025). In Situ Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation on LiH Formation Prompted by LiF. Nano Letters. 25(20). 8303–8309. 1 indexed citations

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Ruan, Digen, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in electrolyte molecular design for alkali metal batteries. Chemical Science. 15(12). 4238–4274. 13 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhuangzhuang, Zhuangzhuang Jia, Digen Ruan, et al.. (2024). Molecular anchoring of free solvents for high-voltage and high-safety lithium metal batteries. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2033–2033. 102 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Qi, Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, et al.. (2024). Biomimetic proton pocket and effective interfacial modulation for zinc metal anodes. Science China Chemistry. 68(2). 526–535. 3 indexed citations

9.

Luo, Xuan, Qingshun Nian, Qi Dong, et al.. (2024). Anti‐Swelling Supramolecule‐Crosslinked Hydrogel Interphase for Stable Zn Metal Anodes. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(6). 8 indexed citations

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Nian, Qingshun, Xuan Luo, Digen Ruan, et al.. (2024). Highly reversible zinc metal anode enabled by strong Brønsted acid and hydrophobic interfacial chemistry. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4303–4303. 87 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xiong, Bingqing, Qingshun Nian, Zihong Wang, et al.. (2024). Field-responsive grain boundary against dendrite penetration for all-solid-state batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(18). 6707–6716. 15 indexed citations

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Ruan, Digen, Zixu He, Jiajia Fan, et al.. (2024). Selective Methylation of Cyclic Ether Towards Highly Elastic Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Silicon‐based Anodes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(2). 2 indexed citations

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Ruan, Digen, Zixu He, Jiajia Fan, et al.. (2024). Selective Methylation of Cyclic Ether Towards Highly Elastic Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Silicon‐based Anodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(2). e202414859–e202414859. 10 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhuangzhuang, Qingshun Nian, Digen Ruan, et al.. (2024). Push–Pull Electrolyte Design Strategy Enables High-Voltage Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(40). 27644–27654. 44 indexed citations

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Nian, Qingshun, Tianjiang Sun, Yecheng Li, et al.. (2023). Regulating Frozen Electrolyte Structure with Colloidal Dispersion for Low Temperature Aqueous Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 135(9). 3 indexed citations

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Ruan, Digen, Lijiang Tan, Shunqiang Chen, et al.. (2023). Solvent versus Anion Chemistry: Unveiling the Structure-Dependent Reactivity in Tailoring Electrochemical Interphases for Lithium-Metal Batteries. JACS Au. 3(3). 953–963. 69 indexed citations

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Chen, Shunqiang, Jiajia Fan, Zhuangzhuang Cui, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the Critical Role of Ion Coordination Configuration of Ether Electrolytes for High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202219310–e202219310. 76 indexed citations

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Nian, Qingshun, Tianjiang Sun, Yecheng Li, et al.. (2023). Regulating Frozen Electrolyte Structure with Colloidal Dispersion for Low Temperature Aqueous Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(9). e202217671–e202217671. 37 indexed citations

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Chen, Shunqiang, Weiduo Zhu, Lijiang Tan, et al.. (2023). Strongly Solvating Ether Electrolytes for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(10). 13155–13164. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Zihong, Yecheng Li, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2023). Localized Alkaline Environment via In Situ Electrostatic Confinement for Enhanced CO₂-to-Ethylene Conversion in Neutral Medium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(11). 6339–6348. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

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