Xiaodi Ren

16.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
110 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaodi Ren is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaodi Ren has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 53 papers in Automotive Engineering and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaodi Ren's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (98 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (81 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (53 papers). Xiaodi Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (98 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (81 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (53 papers). Xiaodi Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Xiaodi Ren's co-authors include Wu Xu, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Mark Engelhard, Yiying Wu, Jianming Zheng, Jun Liu, Brian D. Adams, Hongkyung Lee, Chongmin Wang and Chaojiang Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaodi Ren

108 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

Accurate Determination of Coulombic Efficiency for Lithiu... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2018 2019 2018 2019 250 500 750 1000
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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. Accurate Determination of Coulombic Efficiency for Lithium Metal Anodes and Lithium Metal Batteries
    2017 1.2k citations Xiaodi Ren, Wu Xu et al. profile →
  2. Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes
    2018 1.0k citations Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren et al. profile →
  3. Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions
    2019 883 citations Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou et al. profile →
  4. Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries
    2018 854 citations Xiaodi Ren, Hongkyung Lee et al. profile →
  5. Monolithic solid–electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization
    2019 809 citations Xia Cao, Xiaodi Ren et al. profile →
  6. High-Efficiency Lithium Metal Batteries with Fire-Retardant Electrolytes
    2018 568 citations Xiaodi Ren, Mark Engelhard et al. profile →
  7. High-Concentration Ether Electrolytes for Stable High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries
    2019 416 citations Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
  8. Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid–electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery
    2020 386 citations Yufan Zhou, Mao Su et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  9. Effects of fluorinated solvents on electrolyte solvation structures and electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries
    2021 251 citations Xia Cao, Xiaodi Ren et al. profile →
  10. Localized Alkaline Environment via In Situ Electrostatic Confinement for Enhanced CO2-to-Ethylene Conversion in Neutral Medium
    2023 205 citations Zihong Wang, Yecheng Li et al. profile →
  11. Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes
    2023 166 citations Yawei Chen, Menghao Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  12. Molecular anchoring of free solvents for high-voltage and high-safety lithium metal batteries
    2024 102 citations Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zhuangzhuang Jia et al. Nature Communications profile →
  13. Highly reversible zinc metal anode enabled by strong Brønsted acid and hydrophobic interfacial chemistry
    2024 87 citations Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaodi Ren China 55 13.5k 7.1k 1.5k 1.1k 865 110 14.2k
Arnd Garsuch Germany 45 12.3k 0.9× 4.5k 0.6× 2.7k 1.8× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 83 13.3k
Lidan Xing China 61 9.8k 0.7× 5.4k 0.8× 974 0.6× 2.4k 2.1× 883 1.0× 176 10.7k
Jun Ming China 61 10.8k 0.8× 3.9k 0.5× 1.9k 1.3× 2.7k 2.4× 637 0.7× 157 11.9k
Keegan R. Adair Canada 61 10.7k 0.8× 3.9k 0.5× 3.1k 2.1× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 84 11.6k
Marshall A. Schroeder United States 31 9.5k 0.7× 4.0k 0.6× 948 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 449 0.5× 56 9.8k
Liumin Suo China 57 16.2k 1.2× 4.9k 0.7× 2.3k 1.5× 3.2k 2.8× 573 0.7× 107 17.0k
Rémi Dedryvère France 46 9.8k 0.7× 4.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.7× 403 0.5× 100 10.4k
Xiangxin Guo China 55 10.5k 0.8× 4.9k 0.7× 2.4k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 432 0.5× 161 11.2k
Betar M. Gallant United States 36 7.3k 0.5× 2.4k 0.3× 1.3k 0.9× 2.3k 2.0× 876 1.0× 76 8.3k
Gui‐Liang Xu United States 65 11.7k 0.9× 3.8k 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 2.8k 2.5× 1.8k 2.1× 153 12.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Liwen, Hongyu Liu, Tingting Wang, et al.. (2025). Solvation structure modulation via dipole–dipole interactions for high-rate lithium metal batteries exceeding 400 Wh kg−1. Chemical Science. 16(30). 13774–13783. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yecheng, Zihong Wang, Hehe Zhang, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the effect of alkali cations on Fe single atom catalysts with high coordination numbers. Chemical Science. 16(15). 6366–6375. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Zhuangzhuang, Zhuangzhuang Jia, Digen Ruan, et al.. (2024). Molecular anchoring of free solvents for high-voltage and high-safety lithium metal batteries. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2033–2033. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dong, Qi, Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, et al.. (2024). Biomimetic proton pocket and effective interfacial modulation for zinc metal anodes. Science China Chemistry. 68(2). 526–535. 3 indexed citations
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Xiong, Bingqing, Jianwei Zhang, Qingshun Nian, et al.. (2024). Long‐Life All‐Solid‐State Batteries Enabled by Cold‐Pressed Garnet Composite Electrolytes with Enhanced Li+ Conduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(1). e202413502–e202413502. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Pei, Tao Huang, Biwei Xiao, et al.. (2024). Ultra‐thin and Mechanically Stable LiCoO2‐Electrolyte Interphase Enabled by Mg2+ Involved Electrolyte. Small. 20(28). e2311520–e2311520. 5 indexed citations
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Ruan, Digen, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in electrolyte molecular design for alkali metal batteries. Chemical Science. 15(12). 4238–4274. 13 indexed citations
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Cui, Zhuangzhuang, Xiao Li, Xiaoyu Bai, Xiaodi Ren, & Xing Ou. (2023). A comprehensive review of foreign-ion doping and recent achievements for nickel-rich cathode materials. Energy storage materials. 57. 14–43. 120 indexed citations
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Xiang, Le, Daochuan Jiang, Yue Gao, et al.. (2023). Self‐Formed Fluorinated Interphase with Fe Valence Gradient for Dendrite‐Free Solid‐State Sodium‐Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(5). 53 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaodi. (2023). High efficiency electrolytes for high voltage battery systems. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Chen, Yawei, Menghao Li, Yue Liu, et al.. (2023). Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2655–2655. 166 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Zhuangzhuang, Shunqiang Chen, Qingshun Nian, et al.. (2023). Durable semi-crystalline interphase engineering to stabilize high voltage Ni-rich cathode in dilute ether electrolyte. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 79. 110–117. 6 indexed citations
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Du, Peng, Xiaoyu Cui, Kaifu Zhang, et al.. (2022). A dendrite-suppressed and utilization-improved metallic Li anode enabled by lithiophilic nano-Pb decoration on carbon cloth. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(15). 8424–8431. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Rui, Daochuan Jiang, Peng Du, et al.. (2022). Negating Na‖Na3Zr2Si2PO12 interfacial resistance for dendrite-free and “Na-less” solid-state batteries. Chemical Science. 13(47). 14132–14140. 55 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yufan, Mao Su, Xiaofei Yu, et al.. (2020). Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid–electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery. Nature Nanotechnology. 15(3). 224–230. 386 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Jin Hong, Hyung‐Seok Lim, Xia Cao, et al.. (2020). Lithium Dendrite Suppression with a Silica Nanoparticle-Dispersed Colloidal Electrolyte. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(33). 37188–37196. 38 indexed citations
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Cao, Xia, Yaobin Xu, Linchao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Nonflammable Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries Enabled by Ultraconformal Passivation Interphases. ACS Energy Letters. 4(10). 2529–2534. 142 indexed citations
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Park, Jin-Kyu, Jin Hong Lee, Xiaodi Ren, et al.. (2019). High-Rate Cycling of Lithium-Metal Batteries Enabled by Dual-Salt Electrolyte-Assisted Micropatterned Interfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(35). 31777–31785. 27 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaodi, Yaohui Zhang, Mark Engelhard, et al.. (2017). Guided Lithium Metal Deposition and Improved Lithium Coulombic Efficiency through Synergistic Effects of LiAsF6 and Cyclic Carbonate Additives. ACS Energy Letters. 3(1). 14–19. 180 indexed citations

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