Ling Kang

5.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
88 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Ling Kang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Kang has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 29 papers in Materials Chemistry and 28 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Ling Kang's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (20 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (15 papers). Ling Kang is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (20 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (15 papers). Ling Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Ling Kang's co-authors include Shude Liu, Seong Chan Jun, Jian Zhang, Barry E. Levin, Vanessa H. Routh, Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Yusuke Yamauchi, Lawrence D. Gaspers, Euigeol Jung and Nicole M. Sanders and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ling Kang

83 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

  1. Recent Advances in Vanadium‐Based Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc‐Ion Batteries
    2020 431 citations Shude Liu, Ling Kang et al. profile →
  2. Challenges and Strategies toward Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Potassium‐Ion Batteries
    2021 305 citations Shude Liu, Ling Kang et al. profile →
  3. Structural engineering and surface modification of MOF-derived cobalt-based hybrid nanosheets for flexible solid-state supercapacitors
    2020 289 citations Shude Liu, Ling Kang et al. Energy storage materials profile →
  4. Unlocking the Potential of Oxygen-Deficient Copper-Doped Co3O4 Nanocrystals Confined in Carbon as an Advanced Electrode for Flexible Solid-State Supercapacitors
    2021 240 citations Shude Liu, Ling Kang et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
  5. Recent Advances and Perspectives of Battery-Type Anode Materials for Potassium Ion Storage
    2021 229 citations Shude Liu, Ling Kang et al. ACS Nano profile →
  6. Stabilizing Zn Metal Anode Through Regulation of Zn Ion Transfer and Interfacial Behavior with a Fast Ion Conductor Protective Layer
    2023 143 citations Shude Liu, Ling Kang et al. Small profile →
  7. Hierarchical Spatial Confinement Unlocking the Storage Limit of MoS2 for Flexible High-Energy Supercapacitors
    2024 135 citations Ling Kang, Shude Liu et al. ACS Nano profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ling Kang 2.6k 1.7k 901 803 598 88 4.8k
Jiang He 884 0.3× 185 0.1× 628 0.7× 828 1.0× 553 0.9× 62 4.5k
Ji Liu 1.2k 0.4× 2.4k 1.4× 1.9k 2.1× 93 0.1× 716 1.2× 95 4.7k
Ok Kyu Park 873 0.3× 192 0.1× 955 1.1× 99 0.1× 89 0.1× 97 5.1k
Young Jun Lee 1.6k 0.6× 302 0.2× 1.4k 1.5× 20 0.0× 256 0.4× 164 4.1k
Yoshiki Shimizu 1.3k 0.5× 627 0.4× 3.3k 3.6× 52 0.1× 546 0.9× 222 5.8k
Wei He 631 0.2× 148 0.1× 814 0.9× 59 0.1× 99 0.2× 208 5.3k
Qingyuan Meng 676 0.3× 59 0.0× 1.7k 1.9× 231 0.3× 1.9k 3.2× 158 7.9k
Laura Ballerini 773 0.3× 122 0.1× 1.7k 1.8× 179 0.2× 41 0.1× 127 6.3k
R. D. Rauh 2.4k 0.9× 312 0.2× 811 0.9× 23 0.0× 137 0.2× 105 4.7k
Jie Zhou 2.3k 0.9× 819 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 13 0.0× 223 0.4× 208 4.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Zhenni, Xiangyu Xu, Lingjie Bao, et al.. (2025). Highly Sensitive Solar‐Blind Ultraviolet Photodetectors and 64 × 64 Photodetector Arrays Realized by Molecule Beam Epitaxy Grown Ga2O3 Epitaxial Thin Films. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(12). 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Taili, Ruonan Liu, Keke Huang, et al.. (2025). Engineering Twins within Lattice-Matched Co/CoO Heterostructure Enables Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. Nano Letters. 25(19). 7707–7715. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Shude, Peng Xue, Jieming Chen, et al.. (2025). Emerging Issues and Opportunities of 2D Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Architectures for Supercapacitors. ACS Nano. 19(14). 13591–13636. 25 indexed citations
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Kang, Ling, et al.. (2024). High performance self-powered solar-blind photodetector based on amorphous MgGa2O4/p-Si heterojunction. Materials Letters. 359. 135898–135898. 4 indexed citations
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Feng, Ziyi, Feng Yang, Fangfang Fan, et al.. (2024). Functionalization design of zinc anode for advanced aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 53 indexed citations
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Chen, Hao, et al.. (2023). Facile fabrication of amorphous-In2Se3/Si heterojunction for fast ultraviolet to near-infrared broadband photodetection. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 959. 170492–170492. 7 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xinyan, Ling Kang, Ziyu Peng, et al.. (2023). Stabilizing zinc anode using zeolite imidazole framework functionalized separator for durable aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 90. 23–31. 76 indexed citations
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Patil, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Electronic and Structural Engineering of Atomically Dispersed Isolated Single‐Atom and Alloy Architectures. Small. 19(29). e2301675–e2301675. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Shude, Ling Kang, Jian Zhang, Seong Chan Jun, & Yusuke Yamauchi. (2023). Sodium preintercalation-induced oxygen-deficient hydrated potassium manganese oxide for high-energy flexible Mg-ion supercapacitors. NPG Asia Materials. 15(1). 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Shude, Ling Kang, Joel Henzie, et al.. (2021). Recent Advances and Perspectives of Battery-Type Anode Materials for Potassium Ion Storage. ACS Nano. 15(12). 18931–18973. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Shude, Ling Kang, Jisong Hu, et al.. (2021). Unlocking the Potential of Oxygen-Deficient Copper-Doped Co3O4 Nanocrystals Confined in Carbon as an Advanced Electrode for Flexible Solid-State Supercapacitors. ACS Energy Letters. 6(9). 3011–3019. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Shude, Ling Kang, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Structural engineering and surface modification of MOF-derived cobalt-based hybrid nanosheets for flexible solid-state supercapacitors. Energy storage materials. 32. 167–177. 289 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Nan, Haojie Gu, Huanxi Zheng, et al.. (2020). Boosting the output performance of volume effect electricity generator (VEEG) with water column. Nano Energy. 73. 104748–104748. 82 indexed citations
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Kang, Ling, Mengyao Zhang, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Dual-defect surface engineering of bimetallic sulfide nanotubes towards flexible asymmetric solid-state supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(45). 24053–24064. 167 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mengyao, Jia Li, Ling Kang, et al.. (2020). Machine learning-guided design and development of multifunctional flexible Ag/poly (amic acid) composites using the differential evolution algorithm. Nanoscale. 12(6). 3988–3996. 23 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mengyao, Nan Zhang, Chun Huang, et al.. (2019). Paper-Based ZnS:Cu Alternating Current Electroluminescent Devices for Current Humidity Sensors with High–Linearity and Flexibility. Sensors. 19(21). 4607–4607. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Nan, Chun Huang, Ling Kang, et al.. (2019). A Novel Flexible Silver Heater Fabricated by a Solution-Based Polyimide Metalization and Inkjet-Printed Carbon Masking Technique. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 1(6). 928–935. 17 indexed citations
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Huang, Chun, et al.. (2019). Bioinspired Interfacial Strengthening Flexible Supercapacitors via Hierarchically Topological Interlocking Strategy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(41). 38303–38312. 16 indexed citations
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Huang, Chun, Ling Kang, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2018). RGO-Protected Electroless Plated Nickel Electrode with Enhanced Stability Performance for Flexible Micro-Supercapacitors. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 1(12). 7182–7190. 12 indexed citations

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