Nan Li

16.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
360 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Nan Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Li has authored 360 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 141 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 119 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nan Li's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (87 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (67 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers). Nan Li is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (87 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (67 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers). Nan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Nan Li's co-authors include Zhao‐Qing Liu, Yu‐Zhi Su, Tianyi Ma, Hui Cheng, Gao‐Feng Chen, Kang Xiao, Xia Tao, Yan‐Zhen Zheng, Shi‐Zhang Qiao and Ting Ouyang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Nan Li

342 papers receiving 14.1k 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.

Efficient and Stable Bifunctional Electrocatalysts Ni/Ni_xM_y (M = P, S) for Overall Water Splitting

2016 874 citations Nan Li et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Atomic Modulation of FeCo–Nitrogen–Carbon Bifunctional Oxygen Electrodes for Rechargeable and Flexible All‐Solid‐State Zinc–Air Battery

2017 780 citations Nan Li et al. profile →
ZnCo₂O₄ Quantum Dots Anchored on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Reversible Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Electrocatalysts

2016 686 citations Nan Li et al. profile →
Vertically-interlaced NiFeP/MXene electrocatalyst with tunable electronic structure for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction

2021 298 citations Nan Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Li China	60	8.5k	8.3k	5.1k	3.1k	1.0k	360	14.3k
Yaping Du China	74	7.0k 0.8×	7.8k 0.9×	9.4k 1.8×	3.0k 1.0×	557 0.5×	296	17.5k
Jaeyoung Lee South Korea	59	6.5k 0.8×	6.4k 0.8×	4.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	455	13.4k
Ming Gong China	52	11.8k 1.4×	14.3k 1.7×	6.5k 1.3×	4.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.9×	283	21.1k
Xiaoqiang Cui China	71	6.7k 0.8×	6.7k 0.8×	6.8k 1.3×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	294	15.0k
Xiaohe Liu China	57	4.4k 0.5×	5.8k 0.7×	4.9k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	519 0.5×	347	11.4k
Lixue Zhang China	53	3.8k 0.4×	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	797 0.8×	211	9.7k
Cuiling Li China	46	4.7k 0.6×	3.7k 0.4×	4.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	855 0.8×	163	9.5k
Jun Yang China	61	5.4k 0.6×	4.3k 0.5×	6.2k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	923 0.9×	387	13.1k
Mingyi Zhang China	64	9.4k 1.1×	6.6k 0.8×	9.5k 1.9×	3.0k 1.0×	405 0.4×	306	15.6k
Changpeng Liu China	65	14.7k 1.7×	11.9k 1.4×	6.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	2.2k 2.1×	343	18.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Wei, Xia Yu, Bin Wang, et al.. (2025). Dual Channel passivation enhancing stable perovskite Light-Emitting diodes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159796–159796. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Qiang, Dong Li, Yue Wang, et al.. (2025). Catalytic performance and reaction mechanism for CO-SCR of NOx on copper and nitrogen doped OMS-2 catalysts. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 14(1). 120791–120791.

Wang, Haoran, et al.. (2025). Pt inclusion effect on Ni-ABDC-derived PtNi-carbon nanomaterials for hydrogen evolution. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(10). 110890–110890. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhen, Bingxian Chu, Junwen Peng, et al.. (2025). Subnanometric Iridium Clusters Atomically Enrooted on Non‐Stoichiometric Tungsten Oxides for Boosting Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(9).

Li, Nan, Zhimin Guo, Qingfei Li, et al.. (2024). Construction of novel surfactant-modified metal-organic framework adenine-UiO-66 with enhanced piezocatalytic degradation of diclofenac sodium. Solid State Sciences. 148. 107436–107436. 4 indexed citations

Yan, Xiang, Zhou Fang, Qin Zhou, et al.. (2024). Proposing carbon reduction strategies for mega-urban agglomerations − a cluster analysis based on carbon emission intensity. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112336–112336. 2 indexed citations

Li, Nan, et al.. (2024). Tribological properties of graphene additive in steel/DLC composite lubrication systems. Diamond and Related Materials. 152. 111872–111872. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Jianfeng, et al.. (2024). Highly efficient broadband near-infrared-emitting (Sr,Ba)3ZnTa2O9:Cr3+ phosphors based on crystal-field engineering toward veins imaging and night vision applications. Materials Today Chemistry. 38. 102118–102118. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Linlin, S.F. Zhang, Nan Li, et al.. (2024). Prospects and Challenges of Practical Nonaqueous Potassium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 25 indexed citations

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Li, Nan, Yunsheng Wang, & Zhen Li. (2024). Photoinduced Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Triphenylamine-Phenothiazine Derivative-Doped Polymers. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(8). 2487–2487. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Nan, et al.. (2023). Tribological investigation of graphene or/and MoDTC as additives in PAO base oil. Diamond and Related Materials. 136. 110043–110043. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaodong, Huixia Xu, Nan Li, et al.. (2023). Experimental determination and high-throughput calculation of the interdiffusion coefficient matrix and atomic mobility in Ag-rich fcc Ag–Sn–Zn alloys. Calphad. 83. 102632–102632. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Guodong, et al.. (2023). Fluorescence properties and thermal stability of Sr2Gd1-xNbO6: xEu3+ with dual-wavelength excitation response. Optical Materials. 144. 114348–114348. 3 indexed citations

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Guan, Yi, Nan Li, Jiao He, et al.. (2023). Correction: Tuning and understanding the electronic effect of Co–Mo–O sites in bifunctional electrocatalysts for ultralong-lasting rechargeable zinc–air batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(5). 2482–2482. 2 indexed citations

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Niu, Xiaogang, Nan Li, Yifan Chen, et al.. (2023). Structure Evolution of V₂O₅ as Electrode Materials for Metal‐Ion Batteries. Batteries & Supercaps. 6(9). 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Huixia, Kaiming Cheng, Jing Zhong, et al.. (2023). High-throughput determination of interdiffusivity matrices and atomic mobilities in Cu-rich fcc Cu-Sn-Zn alloys by using the experimental composition profiles and HitDIC. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 944. 169205–169205. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Nan, et al.. (2023). Correlation of White Blood Cell, Neutrophils, and Hemoglobin with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 16. 1347–1355. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Nan, Boheng Yuan, Lei Li, et al.. (2022). Dielectric Modified Separators for High-Voltage and High-Rate Supercapacitors. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(12). 120522–120522. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Ying, Xu Xu, Wenxia Zhao, et al.. (2021). Damage accumulation during high temperature fatigue of Ti/SiCf metal matrix composites under different stress amplitudes. Acta Materialia. 213. 116976–116976. 19 indexed citations

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Guan, Yi, Nan Li, Yongliang Li, et al.. (2020). Two dimensional ZIF-derived ultra-thin Cu–N/C nanosheets as high performance oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for high-performance Zn–air batteries. Nanoscale. 12(26). 14259–14266. 37 indexed citations

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