Li Song

84.3k total citations · 45 hit papers
1.1k papers, 72.0k citations indexed

About

Li Song is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Song has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 72.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 474 papers in Materials Chemistry, 457 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 328 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Li Song's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (198 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (145 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (145 papers). Li Song is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (198 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (145 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (145 papers). Li Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Li Song's co-authors include Shuangming Chen, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Daobin Liu, Changda Wang, Lijie Ci, Qun He, Yujie Xiong, Zheng Liu, Xiaojun Wu and Chuanqiang Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Li Song

1.1k papers receiving 71.0k citations

Hit Papers

Large Scale Growth and Characterization ... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2010 2012 2010 2011 2019 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Large Scale Growth and Characterization of Atomic Hexagonal Boron Nitride Layers
    2010 2.3k citations Li Song et al. profile →
  2. Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers
    2012 2.1k citations Li Song et al. profile →
  3. Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains
    2010 1.9k citations Li Song et al. profile →
  4. Direct laser writing of micro-supercapacitors on hydrated graphite oxide films
    2011 1.3k citations Li Song et al. profile →
  5. Atomically dispersed platinum supported on curved carbon supports for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
    2019 1.0k citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  6. Oxide Defect Engineering Enables to Couple Solar Energy into Oxygen Activation
    2016 1.0k citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Cyclodextrins and their applications in analytical chemistry
    1992 916 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  8. Refining Defect States in W18O49 by Mo Doping: A Strategy for Tuning N2 Activation towards Solar-Driven Nitrogen Fixation
    2018 875 citations Shuangming Chen, Xiaojun Wu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Progress and Perspective of Ceramic/Polymer Composite Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries
    2020 683 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  10. A versatile MOF-based trap for heavy metal ion capture and dispersion
    2018 673 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  11. Single Nickel Atoms on Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Enabling Enhanced Kinetics of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
    2019 640 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  12. Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide
    2021 636 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  13. Few-layer graphdiyne doped with sp-hybridized nitrogen atoms at acetylenic sites for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis
    2018 633 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  14. Super-stretchable, Transparent Carbon Nanotube-Based Capacitive Strain Sensors for Human Motion Detection
    2013 589 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  15. Gram-Scale Aqueous Synthesis of Stable Few-Layered 1T-MoS2: Applications for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
    2015 582 citations Xiaojun Wu, Li Song et al. profile →
  16. Systematic design of superaerophobic nanotube-array electrode comprised of transition-metal sulfides for overall water splitting
    2018 542 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  17. Amorphous Metallic NiFeP: A Conductive Bulk Material Achieving High Activity for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media
    2017 528 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  18. Isolation of Cu Atoms in Pd Lattice: Forming Highly Selective Sites for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CH4
    2017 504 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  19. Charge-Redistribution-Enhanced Nanocrystalline Ru@IrOx Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media
    2018 490 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  20. Short-Range Ordered Iridium Single Atoms Integrated into Cobalt Oxide Spinel Structure for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation
    2021 475 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  21. Precisely Tuning the Number of Fe Atoms in Clusters on N-Doped Carbon toward Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2019 474 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  22. Nitrogen Vacancies on 2D Layered W2N3: A Stable and Efficient Active Site for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction
    2019 474 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  23. Highly Sensitive Detection of Polarized Light Using Anisotropic 2D ReS2
    2016 461 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  24. Heteroatom‐Mediated Interactions between Ruthenium Single Atoms and an MXene Support for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution
    2019 452 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  25. Ion Gated Synaptic Transistors Based on 2D van der Waals Crystals with Tunable Diffusive Dynamics
    2018 441 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  26. Electrochemically Induced Metal–Organic‐Framework‐Derived Amorphous V2O5 for Superior Rate Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries
    2020 435 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  27. Isolated single atom cobalt in Bi3O4Br atomic layers to trigger efficient CO2 photoreduction
    2019 422 citations Shuangming Chen, Hailong Chen et al. profile →
  28. Point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases: From methods to devices
    2021 412 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  29. Reversible Oxygen Redox Chemistry in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries
    2019 409 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  30. Hydrogen‐Substituted Graphdiyne Ion Tunnels Directing Concentration Redistribution for Commercial‐Grade Dendrite‐Free Zinc Anodes
    2020 396 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  31. Heteroatom-Doped Transition Metal Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    2019 396 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  32. Achieving Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction over a Ni5P4 Catalyst Incorporating Single‐Atomic Ru Sites
    2020 364 citations Dengfeng Cao, Shiqiang Wei et al. profile →
  33. Uncovering sulfur doping effect in MnO2 nanosheets as an efficient cathode for aqueous zinc ion battery
    2022 328 citations Pengjun Zhang, Li Song et al. Energy storage materials profile →
  34. Single Carbon Vacancy Traps Atomic Platinum for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis
    2022 287 citations Shiqiang Wei, Li Song et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  35. Dynamically Formed Surfactant Assembly at the Electrified Electrode–Electrolyte Interface Boosting CO2 Electroreduction
    2022 283 citations Li Song et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  36. A Defect Engineered Electrocatalyst that Promotes High-Efficiency Urea Synthesis under Ambient Conditions
    2022 274 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  37. Synergic Reaction Kinetics over Adjacent Ruthenium Sites for Superb Hydrogen Generation in Alkaline Media
    2022 265 citations Shuangming Chen, Xiaojun Wu et al. profile →
  38. Defect engineering on V2O3 cathode for long-cycling aqueous zinc metal batteries
    2021 227 citations Shuangming Chen, Pengjun Zhang et al. profile →
  39. Breaking Local Charge Symmetry of Iron Single Atoms for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia
    2023 223 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  40. A clicking confinement strategy to fabricate transition metal single-atom sites for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis
    2022 216 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  41. Room-temperature self-healing supramolecular polyurethanes based on the synergistic strengthening of biomimetic hierarchical hydrogen-bonding interactions and coordination bonds
    2022 195 citations Li Song, Liming Tao et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
  42. Asymmetrically Coordinated CoB1N3 Moieties for Selective Generation of High‐Valence Co‐Oxo Species via Coupled Electron–Proton Transfer in Fenton‐like Reactions
    2023 171 citations Li Song et al. profile →
  43. Unveiling the dynamic active site of defective carbon-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production
    2023 141 citations Shuangming Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  44. First-principles investigation for the hydrogen storage properties of XTiH3 (X=K, Rb, Cs) perovskite type hydrides
    2023 140 citations Shanjun Chen, Li Song et al. profile →
  45. In situ formation of solid electrolyte interphase facilitates anode-free aqueous zinc battery
    2025 39 citations Li Song et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Li Song China 132 34.8k 32.0k 31.0k 9.6k 9.2k 1.1k 72.0k
Huijun Zhao China 124 25.3k 0.7× 26.2k 0.8× 29.4k 0.9× 7.1k 0.7× 8.8k 1.0× 1.1k 60.7k
Xin Wang China 130 31.8k 0.9× 39.0k 1.2× 42.7k 1.4× 6.7k 0.7× 11.7k 1.3× 1.1k 73.8k
Xiaoming Sun China 124 26.2k 0.8× 28.7k 0.9× 28.1k 0.9× 14.4k 1.5× 9.8k 1.1× 549 60.4k
Yang Liu China 117 46.9k 1.3× 23.1k 0.7× 29.0k 0.9× 8.7k 0.9× 7.0k 0.8× 1.7k 71.9k
Hui Wang China 106 25.8k 0.7× 25.2k 0.8× 22.0k 0.7× 10.0k 1.0× 9.6k 1.0× 1.8k 62.3k
Yujie Xiong China 118 34.9k 1.0× 17.5k 0.5× 32.3k 1.0× 7.1k 0.7× 10.5k 1.1× 517 55.4k
Wei Li China 109 25.4k 0.7× 22.0k 0.7× 16.2k 0.5× 7.5k 0.8× 11.3k 1.2× 1.2k 54.1k
Wei Chen China 113 31.5k 0.9× 26.6k 0.8× 13.2k 0.4× 9.8k 1.0× 8.8k 1.0× 1.1k 56.3k
Zhiyong Tang China 131 31.9k 0.9× 21.8k 0.7× 18.7k 0.6× 9.7k 1.0× 10.8k 1.2× 604 58.9k
Min Liu China 105 20.3k 0.6× 22.8k 0.7× 26.8k 0.9× 3.4k 0.4× 6.9k 0.7× 1.1k 51.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Li Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Li Song based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Li Song. Li Song is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wang, Yixiu, Heng Zhou, Shiqiang Wei, et al.. (2025). Boosting Ion Transport in Manganese Dioxide Cathodes through Electronically Tuned Molecular Intercalants. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(45). 41297–41307.
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Yao, Tianshun, Huan Zhang, Jun Ma, et al.. (2024). Effective regeneration of waste LiFePO4 cathode material by Cu doping modification. Applied Surface Science. 659. 159920–159920. 17 indexed citations
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Qian, Lihua, Ximin Li, Xiangji Zhou, et al.. (2024). Shock-endurable and reversible evolution between CoOOH and intermediate governed by interfacial strain for fluctuating oxygen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151699–151699. 12 indexed citations
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Fu, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Activating reversible multi-electron reaction of Na3(VO)2(PO4)2F cathode via Fe/F dual-doping for high-energy and stable sodium storage. Energy storage materials. 74. 103960–103960. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chuanzhao, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen anion unit and high-temperature superconductivity in ternary hydride Mg3TiH12 under moderate pressures. Materials Today Communications. 41. 110944–110944. 2 indexed citations
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Xiong, Ye, Ping Zhang, Weijie Ren, Li Song, & Chunde Jin. (2024). Rapid and selective removal of radioactive iodide ions from wastewater via bismuth-based metal-organic frameworks. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(1). 111906–111906. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Ximin, Xiangji Zhou, Wu Zhang, et al.. (2024). An intrinsic mechanism of surface reconstruction of cobalt-based oxide intermediated by oxygen vacancies. Sustainable materials and technologies. 40. e00955–e00955. 15 indexed citations
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Song, Li, Yanhong Lyu, Jianyun Zheng, Zdeněk Sofer, & Huaijuan Zhou. (2024). Boosting the built-in electric field in heterojunctions of 2D and 3D systems to accelerate the separation and transfer of photogenerated carriers for efficient photocatalysis. FlatChem. 47. 100718–100718. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Li, Pengjie Wang, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Bioreduction of Se(IV) by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NML21 and synthesis of selenium nanospheres Se(0). Food Chemistry. 452. 139595–139595. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Li, Yanan Yang, Dandan Liu, et al.. (2024). Development of bioassay platforms for biopharmaceuticals using Jurkat-CAR cells by AICD. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 251. 116431–116431.
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Zhao, Junze, Hailong Chen, Mengxia Ji, et al.. (2024). Sulfur-vacancy induced asymmetric active site for Bi19S27Br3 nanorods photocatalyzes CO2 conversion to ethylene. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124647–124647. 21 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenkai, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Minsu Han, et al.. (2023). Fibrous cellulose nanoarchitectonics on N-doped Carbon-based Metal-Free catalytic nanofilter for highly efficient advanced oxidation process. Chemical Engineering Journal. 460. 141593–141593. 78 indexed citations
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Li, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2023). A highly sensitive strain fiber sensor based on waved core structure. Optics & Laser Technology. 169. 110103–110103. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Chencheng, Fanjun Kong, Lele Fan, et al.. (2023). Modulating electronic structure with heteroatom dopants in porous hard carbon towards ultralong lifespan sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144419–144419. 22 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenkai, Minsu Han, Dong‐Gyun Kim, et al.. (2023). Highly catalytic and durable nanocellulose fibers-based nanoporous membrane film for efficient organic pollutant degradation. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 53. 103620–103620. 55 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pengchao, et al.. (2023). V3O7·H2O@CNTs as cathode for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Materials Letters. 355. 135523–135523. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Shanjun, et al.. (2023). Low-lying electronic states of the diatomic sodium antimonide cation. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 299. 108508–108508. 5 indexed citations

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