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Advancements in Battery Materials

Advancements in Battery Materials is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 106k research works in it since 1951. 33.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in lithium-ion battery technology, including research on battery materials, nanostructured anodes, cathode materials, and electrode materials. It also covers topics related to energy storage, electrochemical performance, and rechargeable batteries.

  • Lithium-ion Batteries
  • Battery Materials
  • Energy Storage
  • Nanostructured Anodes
  • Cathode Materials
  • Electrochemical Performance
  • Rechargeable Batteries
  • Anode Materials
  • Battery Technology
  • Electrode Materials
Research works
106k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
35k
per year above
Top-10% rate
33.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+64%
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Which countries lead Advancements in Battery Materials research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (19k and 2.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 19k works
  2. 2 United States 2.8k works
  3. 3 India 2.2k works
  4. 4 South Korea 2.1k works
  5. 5 Germany 1.2k works
  6. 6 Japan 867 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 700 works
  8. 8 France 524 works
  9. 9 Australia 465 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 424 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 62.9%United States: 9.3%India: 7.3%South Korea: 6.8%6 others listed: 13.7%63%largest
China19k · 62.9%United States2,817 · 9.3%India2,216 · 7.3%South Korea2,059 · 6.8%6 others listed4,164 · 13.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Advancements in Battery Materials research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Advancements in Battery Materials research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central South UniversityChina 483 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 394 works
  3. 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 304 works
  4. 4 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 273 works
  5. 5 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 250 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 241 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 225 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 222 works
  9. 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 218 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 206 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advancements in Battery Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advancements in Battery Materials include Michaël Grätzel, Frede Blaabjerg and Zhong Lin Wang.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
  3. 3 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
  4. 4 Xiangyu Zhang 6.9k citations
  5. 5 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
  6. 6 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
  7. 7 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
  8. 8 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
  9. 9 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
  10. 10 Josep M. Guerrero Denmark 5.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advancements in Battery Materials research done?

The largest centres of Advancements in Battery Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Didcot, Lemont and Siping.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.7k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 906 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 826 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 781 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 766 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 753 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 727 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 672 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 560 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DidcotGB · 68.3 works24×
  2. LemontUS · 142.6 works21×
  3. SipingCN · 25.9 works13×
  4. Vitoria-GasteizES · 36.4 works13×
  5. Changchun41.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advancements in Battery Materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advancements in Battery Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Wenzhou University, Northeast Normal University and Guangdong University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 42.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wenzhou University: 80, 46.9%Northeast Normal University: 84, 42.3%Guangdong University of Technology: 174, 37.0%Yeungnam University: 77, 34.1%Beijing University of Chemical Technology: 191, 40.0%Beijing Institute of Technology: 273, 46.3%City University of Hong Kong: 99, 55.1%Central South University: 483, 39.0%Zhengzhou University: 180, 42.6%Nankai University: 178, 43.6%Wenzhou UniversityNortheast Normal Uni…Guangdong University…Yeungnam University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Wenzhou UniversityChina 73.246.9%10.8×80 +666.4%
2 Northeast Normal UniversityChina 71.042.3%11.2×84 +233.1%
3 Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 70.937.0%9.2×174 +206.7%
4 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 69.934.1%10.5×77 +426.6%
5 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 69.740.0%12.8×191 +117.2%
6 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 69.146.3%6.6×273 +165.6%
7 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 68.555.1%5.0×99 +158.6%
8 Central South UniversityChina 67.539.0%8.5×483 +52.2%
9 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 65.442.6%6.1×180 +578.2%
10 Nankai UniversityChina 63.543.6%7.7×178 +84.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Advancements in Battery Materials research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advancements in Battery Materials.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.