Quan Li

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
229 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Quan Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Quan Li has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 41 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Quan Li's work include Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (65 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (51 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (37 papers). Quan Li is often cited by papers focused on Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (65 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (51 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (37 papers). Quan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Ukraine. Quan Li's co-authors include Yanming Ma, Changfeng Chen, Yanchao Wang, Dan Zhou, Hui Wang, Tian Cui, Weitao Zheng, Guangtian Zou, Hanyu Liu and Artem R. Oganov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Quan Li

217 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Superhard Monoclinic Polymorph of Carbon 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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. Superhard Monoclinic Polymorph of Carbon
    2009 497 citations Quan Li, Yanming Ma et al. profile →

Peers

Quan Li
Michel Côté Canada
Stuart Turner Belgium
Rolf Hempelmann Germany
Amitesh Maiti United States
Francesco Delogu Italy
Peter Zapol United States
Yanling Li China
R. Dupree United Kingdom
Ago Samoson Estonia
Daniel J. Lacks United States
Michel Côté Canada
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Countries citing papers authored by Quan Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Quan Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Quan Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Quan Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Quan Li 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 Quan Li. Quan Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hou, Pengfei, et al.. (2025). Alkali Metal Cations Induce Pseudo-outer-sphere Oxygen Reduction Reaction Mechanism in Electrolyte-Catalyst Synergy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(38). 35118–35127.
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Li, Quan, et al.. (2024). Umbilical Cord–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Ornidazole‐Induced Asthenozoospermia in Rats via Activation of the AKT/mTOR Pathway. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2024(1). 3494652–3494652. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Ravhi S., Han Liu, Quan Li, et al.. (2024). Effect of Pressure on Crystal Structure and Phonon Density of States of FeSi. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(21). 8774–8784.
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Yang, Haoyi, Yajun Zhao, Hongyi Pan, et al.. (2024). Chemically Active Sulfonate Additive with Transition Metal and Oxygen Dual-Site Deactivation for High-Voltage LiCoO2. ACS Energy Letters. 9(9). 4475–4484. 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuli, Kun Zhou, Zhen Geng, et al.. (2024). Construction of Sulfone‐Based Polymer Electrolyte Interface Enables the High Cyclic Stability of 4.6 V LiCoO2 Cathode by In Situ Polymerization. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(39). 5 indexed citations
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Hou, Pengfei, Yu Xie, Quan Li, et al.. (2024). Proton‐Driven Dynamic Behavior of Nanoconfined Water in Hydrophilic MXene Sheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(51). e202411849–e202411849. 16 indexed citations
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Liang, Hui, et al.. (2023). Theoretical design of superhard twinned BC2N. Scripta Materialia. 240. 115843–115843. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Jingyuan, Quan Li, Huiqin Lian, et al.. (2023). Significant differences in the electrochemical activity of black phosphorus anodes prepared under different atmospheres. Chemical Communications. 59(10). 1349–1352. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Quan, et al.. (2022). Study on the Position Deviation between the Iron Roughneck’s Spin-Rollers and the Drilling Tool. Applied Sciences. 12(12). 5827–5827. 1 indexed citations
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Adeleke, Adebayo A., Pengyue Gao, Yu Xie, et al.. (2021). Machine learning metadynamics simulation of reconstructive phase transition. Physical review. B.. 103(5). 22 indexed citations
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Song, Xianqi, Ketao Yin, Yanchao Wang, et al.. (2019). Exotic Hydrogen Bonding in Compressed Ammonia Hydrides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(11). 2761–2766. 26 indexed citations
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Zhou, Dan, et al.. (2019). Mechanical properties and superconductivity in two-dimensional B2O under extreme strain. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(46). 25859–25864. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Changyan, Haifeng Lv, Xin Qu, et al.. (2019). TMC (TM = Co, Ni, and Cu) monolayers with planar pentacoordinate carbon and their potential applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(21). 6406–6413. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Chang, et al.. (2018). Strain-induced modulations of electronic structure and electron–phonon coupling in dense H3S. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(8). 5952–5957. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Yingying, Yanming Ma, Guangtao Liu, et al.. (2018). Experimental Observation of the High Pressure Induced Substitutional Solid Solution and Phase Transformation in Sb2S3. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14795–14795. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Meiling, Sen Shao, Bo Gao, et al.. (2017). Anatase (101)-like Structural Model Revealed for Metastable Rutile TiO2(011) Surface. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(9). 7891–7896. 29 indexed citations
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Zhou, Dan, Quan Li, Weitao Zheng, Yanming Ma, & Changfeng Chen. (2017). Structural metatransition of energetically tangled crystalline phases. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(6). 4560–4566. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Laicai, et al.. (2016). Computational investigation of the co-doping effect of sulphur and nitrogen on the electronics of CsTaWO 6. Journal of Materiomics. 3(1). 71–76. 1 indexed citations
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Mi, Wenhui, Xuecheng Shao, Yuanyuan Zhou, et al.. (2015). ATLAS: A real-space finite-difference implementation of orbital-free density functional theory. Computer Physics Communications. 200. 87–95. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Quan. (2000). Spectrophotometric Determination of Tungsten(VI) Enriched by Activated Carbon Loading Alizarin Violet in Water. Journal of Instrumental Analysis. 1 indexed citations

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