Yuzhang Li

22.6k total citations · 22 hit papers
115 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Yuzhang Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuzhang Li has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 33 papers in Automotive Engineering and 20 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yuzhang Li's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (71 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (56 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (33 papers). Yuzhang Li is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (71 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (56 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (33 papers). Yuzhang Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Yuzhang Li's co-authors include Yi Cui, Hyun‐Wook Lee, Allen Pei, Kai Yan, Jie Sun, Yanbin Li, Jie Zhao, Zhenda Lu, Po‐Chun Hsu and William Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yuzhang Li

110 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Hit Papers

Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2015 2017 2015 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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. Selective deposition and stable encapsulation of lithium through heterogeneous seeded growth
    2016 1.9k citations Kai Yan, Hyun‐Wook Lee et al. Nature Energy profile →
  2. A phosphorene–graphene hybrid material as a high-capacity anode for sodium-ion batteries
    2015 1.3k citations Hyun‐Wook Lee, Yuzhang Li et al. profile →
  3. Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy
    2017 1.2k citations Yuzhang Li, Yanbin Li et al. Science profile →
  4. Ionic Conductivity Enhancement of Polymer Electrolytes with Ceramic Nanowire Fillers
    2015 874 citations Yuzhang Li, Hyun‐Wook Lee et al. Nano Letters profile →
  5. Growth of conformal graphene cages on micrometre-sized silicon particles as stable battery anodes
    2016 774 citations Yuzhang Li, Kai Yan et al. Nature Energy profile →
  6. Direct and continuous strain control of catalysts with tunable battery electrode materials
    2016 609 citations Yuzhang Li, Yi Cui et al. Science profile →
  7. Solubility-mediated sustained release enabling nitrate additive in carbonate electrolytes for stable lithium metal anode
    2018 498 citations Yuzhang Li, Allen Pei et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Entrapment of Polysulfides by a Black‐Phosphorus‐Modified Separator for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
    2016 481 citations Yuzhang Li, Yi Cui et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. A manganese–hydrogen battery with potential for grid-scale energy storage
    2018 460 citations Allen Pei, Yuzhang Li et al. Nature Energy profile →
  10. Surface Fluorination of Reactive Battery Anode Materials for Enhanced Stability
    2017 455 citations Allen Pei, Kai Yan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Nonfilling Carbon Coating of Porous Silicon Micrometer-Sized Particles for High-Performance Lithium Battery Anodes
    2015 452 citations Hyun‐Wook Lee, Yuzhang Li et al. profile →
  12. Improving cyclability of Li metal batteries at elevated temperatures and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy
    2019 442 citations William Huang, Allen Pei et al. Nature Energy profile →
  13. Air-stable and freestanding lithium alloy/graphene foil as an alternative to lithium metal anodes
    2017 425 citations Kai Yan, Yuzhang Li et al. profile →
  14. Correlating Structure and Function of Battery Interphases at Atomic Resolution Using Cryoelectron Microscopy
    2018 379 citations Yuzhang Li, William Huang et al. profile →
  15. Stabilized Li3N for efficient battery cathode prelithiation
    2016 342 citations Yongming Sun, Yanbin Li et al. Energy storage materials profile →
  16. Capturing the swelling of solid-electrolyte interphase in lithium metal batteries
    2022 340 citations Zewen Zhang, Yuzhang Li et al. Science profile →
  17. Corrosion of lithium metal anodes during calendar ageing and its microscopic origins
    2021 247 citations David Boyle, William Huang et al. Nature Energy profile →
  18. Tough Hydrogel Electrolytes for Anti‐Freezing Zinc‐Ion Batteries
    2023 193 citations Yuzhang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  19. High lithium oxide prevalence in the lithium solid–electrolyte interphase for high Coulombic efficiency
    2024 181 citations Yuzhang Li, Betar M. Gallant et al. Nature Energy profile →
  20. Ultrafast deposition of faceted lithium polyhedra by outpacing SEI formation
    2023 175 citations Xintong Yuan, Bo Liu et al. profile →
  21. All-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries through a reaction engineering lens
    2024 71 citations Jung Tae Kim, Yu Lin Zhong et al. profile →
  22. Miniature Li+ solvation by symmetric molecular design for practical and safe Li-metal batteries
    2025 21 citations Dong‐Hwa Seo, Yuzhang Li et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yuzhang Li United States 51 15.7k 7.2k 3.2k 2.9k 2.1k 115 17.8k
Laurence J. Hardwick United Kingdom 49 16.3k 1.0× 5.9k 0.8× 3.1k 1.0× 3.2k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 133 17.8k
Stefan A. Freunberger Austria 43 23.2k 1.5× 7.7k 1.1× 3.1k 1.0× 4.5k 1.6× 2.0k 0.9× 91 24.3k
Enyuan Hu United States 69 18.3k 1.2× 6.3k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 4.3k 1.5× 2.3k 1.1× 178 20.0k
Bing Sun China 70 13.2k 0.8× 3.1k 0.4× 4.0k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 2.4k 1.1× 227 15.3k
Seong‐Min Bak United States 54 9.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.4× 2.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 117 11.0k
Kyung Yoon Chung South Korea 67 15.3k 1.0× 4.5k 0.6× 2.9k 0.9× 5.2k 1.8× 1.6k 0.8× 302 16.7k
Jiajun Wang China 65 11.2k 0.7× 3.6k 0.5× 2.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 200 12.9k
Liumin Suo China 57 16.2k 1.0× 4.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 3.2k 1.1× 573 0.3× 107 17.0k
E. Peled Israel 53 12.4k 0.8× 5.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 185 13.5k
Yoshiharu Uchimoto Japan 54 9.2k 0.6× 2.9k 0.4× 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 455 11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuzhang Li

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Min‐Ho, Haeseong Jang, Ji‐Seon Seo, et al.. (2025). Metal-to-metal charge transfer for stabilizing high-voltage redox in lithium-rich layered oxide cathodes. Science Advances. 11(8). eadt0232–eadt0232. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Yuzhang, et al.. (2025). Helium ion irradiation-induced hardening behavior in Ti1.5ZrHf0.5Nb0.5Ta0.5 refractory high-entropy alloys. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 616. 156037–156037.
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Yuan, Xintong, et al.. (2025). Origin and mitigation of premature dead Li formation at the current collector interface in high energy batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(18). 8487–8498. 2 indexed citations
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Redko, Mikhail Y., Xiuyu Jin, Evgenii L. Kovrigin, et al.. (2025). Overcoming misconceptions in lithium metal polymer electrolyte batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(21). 9312–9323. 2 indexed citations
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Kim∥, Jung Tae, Dongfang Cheng, Xintong Yuan, et al.. (2025). Localized Eutectic Electrolytes for Stable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 10(6). 2924–2933. 11 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xintong, Min‐Ho Kim, Mackenzie Anderson, et al.. (2025). A Strongly Binding Lithium Salt with Stepwise Interphase Formation Mechanism Enables Stable High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(49). 45025–45034.
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Wang, Yaqiang, et al.. (2024). A fast and efficient Al-5Ti-1B grain refiner prepared by gas-assisted continuous casting and extrusion process. Materials Letters. 377. 137448–137448.
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Kim, Jung Tae, et al.. (2024). All-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries through a reaction engineering lens. 1(6). 400–410. 71 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Qian, Yatao Liu, Zhibin Qu, et al.. (2024). General Fabrication of Robust Alloyed Metal Anodes for High‐Performance Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2404689–e2404689. 18 indexed citations
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Brady, Michael, Andrea Zambotti, Delin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Multiscale approaches for optimizing the impact of strain on Na-ion battery cycle life. MRS Energy & Sustainability. 12(1). 32–45.
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Liu, Bo, Ailun Huang, Xintong Yuan, et al.. (2024). Laser‐Scribed Battery Electrodes for Ultrafast Zinc‐Ion Energy Storage. Advanced Materials. 36(32). e2404796–e2404796. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Kun, et al.. (2023). Separation of lithium and nickel using ionic liquids and tributyl phosphate. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 63. 63–70. 3 indexed citations
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Yeon, Jeong, Won Il Kim, Gun Jang, et al.. (2023). Accordion-like polyoxometalate hybrid architectures for capacity-dense and flexible Zn-Ion battery cathodes. Energy storage materials. 63. 102944–102944. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Bo, Xintong Yuan, & Yuzhang Li. (2023). Colossal Capacity Loss during Calendar Aging of Zn Battery Chemistries. ACS Energy Letters. 8(9). 3820–3828. 55 indexed citations
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Huang, Wenxiao, Yusheng Ye, Hao Chen, et al.. (2022). Onboard early detection and mitigation of lithium plating in fast-charging batteries. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7091–7091. 131 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zewen, Yuzhang Li, Rong Xu, et al.. (2022). Capturing the swelling of solid-electrolyte interphase in lithium metal batteries. Science. 375(6576). 66–70. 340 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boyle, David, William Huang, Hansen Wang, et al.. (2021). Corrosion of lithium metal anodes during calendar ageing and its microscopic origins. Nature Energy. 6(5). 487–494. 247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, William, Hansen Wang, David Boyle, Yuzhang Li, & Yi Cui. (2020). Resolving Nanoscopic and Mesoscopic Heterogeneity of Fluorinated Species in Battery Solid-Electrolyte Interphases by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy. ACS Energy Letters. 5(4). 1128–1135. 247 indexed citations
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Huang, William, Peter M. Attia, Hansen Wang, et al.. (2019). Evolution of the Solid–Electrolyte Interphase on Carbonaceous Anodes Visualized by Atomic-Resolution Cryogenic Electron Microscopy. Nano Letters. 19(8). 5140–5148. 166 indexed citations
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Li, Yuzhang, Yanbin Li, Allen Pei, et al.. (2017). Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy. Science. 358(6362). 506–510. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →

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