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Battery Materials: Research Leaders and Landscape

The most active researchers, institutions, and subtopics in Battery Materials, from recent PubMed records. Public authorship only, every figure verifiable by PMID.

Analyzed 600 recent PubMed papers (2021-2026) matching "battery materials cathode anode lithium ion". Source: NLM PubMed. Generated July 2026.

Top research leaders (by recent publication volume)

#ResearcherAffiliationPapers
1Deng YonghongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials fo7
2Zhang KaiCollege of Chemistry6
3Zhou GuangminTsinghua University6
4Huang YunhuiHuazhong University of Science and Technology5
5Lu JunCollege of Chemical and Biological Engineering5
6Li YuBeijing Institute of Technology5
7Wang ChaoyangSouth China University of Technology5
8Wang JianSoutheast University5
9Dong PengKunming University of Science and Technology5
10Zhang YingjieKunming University of Science and Technology5
11Zhang YiHuazhong University of Science and Technology4
12Liao YaqiCity University of Hong Kong4
13Zhou HaoshenCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences4
14Li YueCollege of Chemistry4
15Li JuMassachusetts Institute of Technology4
16Zhang ZhenSouthern University of Science and Technology4
17Li RuiUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences4
18Wu YupingSoutheast University4

Ranked by recent publication volume; names not yet disambiguated and not citation-weighted. The full brief adds ORCID disambiguation, citation weighting, and clinical-trial investigator data.

Leading institutions

Tsinghua University (24), Ltd. (23), College of Materials Science and Engineering (22), College of Chemistry (21), Ltd (20), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (19), City University of Hong Kong (16), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (12), Beijing Institute of Technology (11), Fudan University (11)

Active subtopics

Electrodes (61), Electric Power Supplies (59), Lithium (58), Recycling (30), Ions (11), Phosphates (10), Oxides (9), Cobalt (8), Nickel (7), Ferric Compounds (7), Oxidation-Reduction (6), Iron (6)

Top journals

ACS applied materials & interfaces (57), Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) (53), Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (45), Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (35), Journal of colloid and interface science (33), Nature communications (32)

Representative recent papers

Overcoming Interfacial Hurdles in Solid-State Aluminum Batteries for Safe and Energy-Dense Storage. (2026) · PMID 42468003

Cryogenic ToF-SIMS: A Multifunctional Chemical Analysis Strategy for Air-Sensitive LiH in Lithium Metal Anodes. (2026) · PMID 42467829

Theoretical Screening and Structural Optimization of High-Performing Li (2026) · PMID 42466761

High-voltage and high-safety lithium-ion batteries enabled by nonflammable electrolyte with enhanced Li (2026) · PMID 42463678

Oxalate-functionalized ternary hydroxides reconstructed from spent NCM cathodes for advanced aqueous energy storage. (2026) · PMID 42462670

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