Zi Li

402 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 327 citations indexed

About

Zi Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zi Li has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 327 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Zi Li's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (11 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (5 papers) and Rare-earth and actinide compounds (3 papers). Zi Li is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (11 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (5 papers) and Rare-earth and actinide compounds (3 papers). Zi Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Iran. Zi Li's co-authors include Gang Lü, Xu Zhang, Li Ren, Junyi Liu, Jianxin Zou, Wenjiang Ding, Chong Lu, Xi Lin, Yinghui Li and Shaohua Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Zi Li

26 papers receiving 323 citations

Hit Papers

Boosting Hydrogen Storage Performance of MgH2 by Oxygen V... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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. Boosting Hydrogen Storage Performance of MgH2 by Oxygen Vacancy-Rich H-V2O5 Nanosheet as an Excited H-Pump
    2024 91 citations Li Ren, Yinghui Li et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zi Li China 9 178 93 72 49 44 30 327
Kristina Spektor Sweden 10 165 0.9× 51 0.5× 63 0.9× 57 1.2× 11 0.3× 27 326
Tadashi Utagawa Japan 11 197 1.1× 61 0.7× 39 0.5× 121 2.5× 122 2.8× 42 439
Rachel S. Aga United States 9 345 1.9× 99 1.1× 37 0.5× 89 1.8× 12 0.3× 17 397
Prutthipong Tsuppayakorn‐aek Thailand 16 406 2.3× 60 0.6× 27 0.4× 116 2.4× 31 0.7× 58 603
A. V. Golubkov Russia 10 153 0.9× 50 0.5× 85 1.2× 44 0.9× 21 0.5× 56 319
Xin Du China 14 208 1.2× 44 0.5× 72 1.0× 76 1.6× 13 0.3× 26 360
Min Pan China 11 206 1.2× 58 0.6× 84 1.2× 28 0.6× 27 0.6× 53 316
Jin‐Su Oh South Korea 9 127 0.7× 94 1.0× 41 0.6× 62 1.3× 33 0.8× 35 301
Jinlong Wang China 10 313 1.8× 59 0.6× 63 0.9× 52 1.1× 85 1.9× 40 417
B.S. Bowerman United States 9 257 1.4× 21 0.2× 56 0.8× 96 2.0× 38 0.9× 18 324

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zi Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zi Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zi Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zi 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 Zi Li. Zi 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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Chen, Juan, et al.. (2025). Porous CoFe-LDH free-standing electrodes for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(23). 9990–9997. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zi, Fan Yang, & Qingcheng Yang. (2025). A Generalized Summation Rule‐Based Nonlocal Quasicontinuum Approach (GSR‐QC) for Efficient Modeling of Architected Lattice Structures. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 126(15).
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Li, Wei, et al.. (2025). Phonon vibrational and transport properties of SnSe/SnS superlattice at finite temperatures. Physical review. B.. 111(14). 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Li, Yinghui Li, Zi Li, et al.. (2024). Boosting Hydrogen Storage Performance of MgH2 by Oxygen Vacancy-Rich H-V2O5 Nanosheet as an Excited H-Pump. Nano-Micro Letters. 16(1). 160–160. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Shuangxi, Yongfeng Lu, Mengmeng Zheng, Zi Li, & Ping Zhang. (2023). First-principles study of the native defects with charge states in ZrSe2. Solid State Communications. 365. 115138–115138. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Weijie, Jie Zhou, Zi Li, et al.. (2023). Ab initio calculated dynamic structural factors and optical properties of beryllium along the Hugoniot. AIP Advances. 13(8).
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Li, Weijie, Zi Li, Zhe Ma, et al.. (2023). Self-diffusion coefficient and sound velocity of Fe-Ni-O fluid: Implications for the stratification of Earth's outer core. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 335. 106983–106983. 5 indexed citations
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Shao, Zhibin, Shaojian Li, Yanzhao Liu, et al.. (2022). Discrete scale invariance of the quasi-bound states at atomic vacancies in a topological material. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2204804119–e2204804119.
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Li, Weijie, Zi Li, Zhe Ma, et al.. (2022). Ab initio determination on diffusion coefficient and viscosity of FeNi fluid under Earth’s core condition. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21255–21255. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuangxi, Yong Lu, Mengmeng Zheng, Zi Li, & Ping Zhang. (2022). First-Principles Study of the Native Defects with Charge States in Zrse2. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weijie, Zi Li, X. T. He, Cong Wang, & Ping Zhang. (2021). Constraints on the thermal evolution of Earth's core from ab initio calculated transport properties of FeNi liquids. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 562. 116852–116852. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Junyi, Zi Li, Xu Zhang, & Gang Lü. (2021). Unraveling energy and charge transfer in type-II van der Waals heterostructures. npj Computational Materials. 7(1). 35 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinxin, Zi Li, Bingyun Ao, et al.. (2020). A first-principles study on hydrogen distributions in the α -U/UO 2 interface. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(19). 195002–195002. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Yong, Fawei Zheng, Wei Kang, et al.. (2020). Temperature effect on the phase stability of hydrogen C 2/ c phase from first-principles molecular dynamics calculations. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(40). 405404–405404. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Shaohua, Minru Wen, Zi Li, et al.. (2017). Partitioning and diffusion of transition metal solutes in ternary model Ni-based single crystal superalloys. Materials & Design. 130. 157–165. 54 indexed citations
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Li, Zi, Cong Wang, Dafang Li, Wei Kang, & Ping Zhang. (2017). First-principles calculations of X-ray absorption spectra for warm dense methane. Physics of Plasmas. 24(9). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Cong, et al.. (2015). Electrical and optical properties of warm dense beryllium along the principal Hugoniot. Physics of Plasmas. 22(9). 92705–92705. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zi. (2013). Trial application of WRF model in early warning and forecast of mountain torrent disaster. Yangtze River. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xu, Zi Li, & Gang Lü. (2012). A non-self-consistent range-separated time-dependent density functional approach for large-scale simulations. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(20). 205801–205801. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Zi, Xu Zhang, & Gang Lü. (2010). Electron Dynamics in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Effects of Surface Terminations and Defects. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 114(51). 17077–17083. 26 indexed citations

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