Sean Li

18.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
362 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Sean Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Li has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Materials Chemistry, 170 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 103 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Sean Li's work include Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (42 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (38 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (37 papers). Sean Li is often cited by papers focused on Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (42 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (38 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (37 papers). Sean Li collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Sean Li's co-authors include Dewei Chu, Adnan Younis, Zhanhu Guo, Xiaotao Zu, Zhixin Chen, Jack Yang, Kin Liao, Wenxian Li, Jianfeng Mao and Jiabao Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Sean Li

349 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

Phosphorus-Based Alloy Materials for Advanced Potassium-I... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2017 2020 2022 2024 250 500 750
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. Phosphorus-Based Alloy Materials for Advanced Potassium-Ion Battery Anode
    2017 772 citations Sean Li et al. profile →
  2. Atomic Interface Engineering and Electric‐Field Effect in Ultrathin Bi2MoO6 Nanosheets for Superior Lithium Ion Storage
    2017 400 citations Sean Li et al. profile →
  3. A review of Sb2Se3 photovoltaic absorber materials and thin-film solar cells
    2020 327 citations Xiaotao Zu, Sean Li et al. profile →
  4. The effect of coordination environment on the activity and selectivity of single-atom catalysts
    2022 212 citations Yuqi Zhang, Jack Yang et al. profile →
  5. Polymer nanocomposite dielectrics for capacitive energy storage
    2024 198 citations Sean Li 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
Sean Li Australia 66 8.3k 7.4k 4.0k 3.4k 1.7k 362 14.4k
Dai‐Ming Tang China 55 7.4k 0.9× 7.5k 1.0× 4.0k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 155 12.9k
Andreu Cabot Spain 76 11.6k 1.4× 12.4k 1.7× 2.5k 0.6× 5.8k 1.7× 2.2k 1.3× 381 19.4k
Jun Xu China 63 8.0k 1.0× 6.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.4× 270 12.2k
Mohamed Nejib Hedhili Saudi Arabia 76 11.9k 1.4× 11.5k 1.6× 3.8k 0.9× 5.4k 1.6× 2.0k 1.2× 251 19.6k
Wei Lü China 62 7.0k 0.8× 8.7k 1.2× 3.6k 0.9× 1.9k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 328 14.1k
Yi Du China 69 8.3k 1.0× 7.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.7× 5.8k 1.7× 1.9k 1.1× 291 15.7k
Ye Zhu China 67 8.8k 1.1× 12.2k 1.7× 2.5k 0.6× 3.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 371 18.1k
Ajit K. Roy United States 53 7.5k 0.9× 4.3k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 2.3k 1.4× 265 13.0k
Zonghoon Lee South Korea 59 9.9k 1.2× 5.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.6× 235 13.9k
Hee‐Tae Jung South Korea 67 9.2k 1.1× 6.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 5.3k 3.2× 345 17.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Li

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All Works

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Su, Jiaqi, Hao Peng, Ziyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Transition metal single-atom catalysts for water splitting: Unravelling coordination strategies and catalytic mechanisms for sustainable hydrogen generation. Next Materials. 6. 100491–100491. 5 indexed citations
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Sha, Simiao, Yi Li, Liming Dai, et al.. (2024). Efficient pathways for photogenerated charge transfer induced by Co dopants in WO3/TiO2 nanorod arrays. Acta Materialia. 281. 120389–120389. 6 indexed citations
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Huo, Juanjuan, Yang Ming, Xiang Huang, et al.. (2024). Arrayed metal phosphide heterostructure by Fe doping for robust overall water splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 678(Pt C). 669–681. 12 indexed citations
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Zhu, Mingyuan, Lijun Yu, Simiao Sha, et al.. (2024). Highly efficient nanosized MoS2/MoP heterocatalyst for enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction over a wide pH range. Sustainable materials and technologies. 41. e01090–e01090. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Mingjie, Riyue Ge, Sean Li, et al.. (2024). The component-activity interrelationship of cobalt-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting: Strategies and performance. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 91. 453–474. 44 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Junjie Shi, Richard F. Webster, Wenxian Li, & Sean Li. (2024). High-density spherical nanocarbon clusters for pouch-type ionic liquid supercapacitors with high volumetric energy density and rate performance. Journal of Energy Storage. 85. 111101–111101. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Zhiwei, Ting Hao, Bo Li, et al.. (2024). Janus-type monolayer M2SSe (M = Ga, In, B, and al) as sulfur host materials for lithium-sulfur batteries: A first-principles study. Journal of Power Sources. 625. 235629–235629. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xue, Feng Yuan, Haifeng Lv, et al.. (2024). Enhancing the NO 2 detection ability of surface acoustic wave sensors with ZnO-decorated N-doped porous carbon nanosheets. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(1). 365–372. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Wenxian, et al.. (2023). Molten salt assisted self-activated carbon with controllable architecture for aqueous supercapacitor. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 156. 107–117. 40 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ying, Wenhua Xue, Huanyu Chen, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient twinned MnxCd1-xS homojunction photocatalyst modified by noble metal-free Ni12P5 for H2 evolution under visible light. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(80). 31161–31171. 12 indexed citations
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Deng, Hongxiang, Biyi Wang, Bo Li, et al.. (2023). Gamma‐ray irradiation effect on microstructure and physical performances of porous silica. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 106(11). 6555–6564. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Haobo, Jiancheng Li, Yuqi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Boosted water electrolysis capability of NixCoyP via charge redistribution and surface activation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145397–145397. 32 indexed citations
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Liu, Haobo, Yuqi Zhang, Jiancheng Li, et al.. (2023). Ultra-thin carbon layer encapsulated NiCoP coralline-like catalysts for efficient overall water electrolysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(9). 5100–5114. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Jiancheng, Yao Xu, Liping Liang, et al.. (2022). Metal-organic frameworks-derived nitrogen-doped carbon with anchored dual-phased phosphides as efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Sustainable materials and technologies. 32. e00421–e00421. 30 indexed citations
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Merhebi, Salma, Mohannad Mayyas, Roozbeh Abbasi, et al.. (2020). Magnetic and Conductive Liquid Metal Gels. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(17). 20119–20128. 84 indexed citations
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Cai, Chao, Shaobo Han, Wei Liu, et al.. (2019). Tuning catalytic performance by controlling reconstruction process in operando condition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 260. 118103–118103. 75 indexed citations
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Shirsath, Sagar E., Xiaoxi Liu, M. Hussein N. Assadi, et al.. (2018). Au quantum dots engineered room temperature crystallization and magnetic anisotropy in CoFe2O4 thin films. Nanoscale Horizons. 4(2). 434–444. 103 indexed citations
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