Chang‐Zhi Li

20.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
196 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Chang‐Zhi Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chang‐Zhi Li has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 135 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 34 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chang‐Zhi Li's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (143 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (134 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (107 papers). Chang‐Zhi Li is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (143 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (134 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (107 papers). Chang‐Zhi Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Chang‐Zhi Li's co-authors include Alex K.‐Y. Jen, Hongzheng Chen, Minmin Shi, Hin‐Lap Yip, Shuixing Li, Chu‐Chen Chueh, Xinhui Lu, Lingling Zhan, Tsz‐Ki Lau and Haiming Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Chang‐Zhi Li

193 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

Recent progress and perspective in solution-processed Int... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2015 2020 2014 2020 2013 200 400 600
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. Recent progress and perspective in solution-processed Interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer and organometal perovskite solar cells
    2015 733 citations Chang‐Zhi Li, Alex K.‐Y. Jen et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  2. Over 17% efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by two non-fullerene acceptors working in an alloy-like model
    2020 677 citations Lingling Zhan, Shuixing Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  3. Heterojunction Modification for Highly Efficient Organic–Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells
    2014 612 citations Chang‐Zhi Li, Alex K.‐Y. Jen et al. profile →
  4. New Phase for Organic Solar Cell Research: Emergence of Y-Series Electron Acceptors and Their Perspectives
    2020 538 citations Shuixing Li, Chang‐Zhi Li et al. profile →
  5. The role of spin in the kinetic control of recombination in organic photovoltaics
    2013 483 citations Chang‐Zhi Li, Hin‐Lap Yip et al. profile →
  6. Functional fullerenes for organic photovoltaics
    2012 465 citations Chang‐Zhi Li, Hin‐Lap Yip et al. profile →
  7. Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Material with a C3h Symmetrical Truxene Core for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
    2016 464 citations Weifei Fu, Chang‐Zhi Li et al. profile →
  8. An Unfused‐Core‐Based Nonfullerene Acceptor Enables High‐Efficiency Organic Solar Cells with Excellent Morphological Stability at High Temperatures
    2017 449 citations Shuixing Li, Lingling Zhan et al. profile →
  9. Simple non-fused electron acceptors for efficient and stable organic solar cells
    2019 434 citations Zhi-Xi Liu, Xinhui Lu et al. profile →
  10. Recent advances in perovskite solar cells: efficiency, stability and lead-free perovskite
    2017 409 citations Weifei Fu, Zhongqiang Zhang et al. profile →
  11. Highly Efficient Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells Operate at Near Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offsets
    2019 385 citations Shuixing Li, Lingling Zhan et al. profile →
  12. Asymmetric Electron Acceptors for High‐Efficiency and Low‐Energy‐Loss Organic Photovoltaics
    2020 305 citations Shuixing Li, Lingling Zhan et al. profile →
  13. High-performance and eco-friendly semitransparent organic solar cells for greenhouse applications
    2021 237 citations Di Wang, Haoran Liu et al. Joule profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chang‐Zhi Li China 75 17.0k 13.0k 3.9k 1.7k 964 196 18.4k
Xugang Guo China 68 15.9k 0.9× 13.5k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 253 17.3k
Yanming Sun China 73 23.9k 1.4× 19.6k 1.5× 3.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.5× 243 25.3k
Jun Gao Canada 30 11.2k 0.7× 9.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 926 1.0× 103 12.3k
Xiangjian Wan China 72 19.1k 1.1× 15.2k 1.2× 4.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 2.0k 2.1× 285 21.4k
Yingping Zou China 59 18.4k 1.1× 15.6k 1.2× 3.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 2.0k 2.1× 329 21.0k
Zhiyuan Xie China 59 11.0k 0.6× 7.1k 0.5× 4.7k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 811 0.8× 391 13.0k
Changduk Yang South Korea 63 17.6k 1.0× 13.8k 1.1× 3.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.8× 275 19.3k
Barry C. Thompson United States 46 9.3k 0.5× 8.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 924 1.0× 139 11.7k
Yanhou Geng China 63 10.6k 0.6× 7.9k 0.6× 3.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 347 13.2k
Feng He China 54 8.2k 0.5× 6.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 284 10.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chang‐Zhi Li

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Yimei, Mengting Wang, Shuixing Li, et al.. (2025). Realizing Tighter Molecular Packing of Nonfullerene Acceptor with Trichloro-Terminal for Highly Efficient and Stable Organic Photovoltaics. CCS Chemistry. 7(12). 3745–3756. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qianqian, De‐Li Ma, Bernhard Siegmund, et al.. (2025). Balancing driving force, charge transport, and non-radiative recombination in organic solar cells with non-fused ring acceptors. PubMed. 2(1). 198–210.
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Wu, Feiyan, Jibo Qin, Yifan Zhang, et al.. (2024). In-and-out of inert sites on high-entropy layered double hydroxide to facilitate peroxymonosulfate-assisted photocatalytic removal of microplastics. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 365. 124853–124853. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Yuyao, et al.. (2024). Non-halogenated and polarized solid additives mediating the blend morphologies for efficient organic solar cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 103. 458–464. 7 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiajie, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Connor G. Bischak, et al.. (2024). Understanding asymmetric switching times in accumulation mode organic electrochemical transistors. Nature Materials. 23(5). 656–663. 33 indexed citations
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Feng, Jing‐Chun, Xiaopeng Zhang, Zunke Liu, et al.. (2024). Mitigating Passivation Layer Damage and Lowering Contact Resistivity of TOPcon Solar Cells Through Low PbO Content Ag Paste. Small Methods. 9(7). e2401753–e2401753. 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Kangrong, et al.. (2024). Curing the vulnerable heterointerface via organic-inorganic hybrid hole transporting bilayers for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(6). 109516–109516. 3 indexed citations
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He, Xinyu, et al.. (2023). Near-infrared non-fused electron acceptors for efficient organic photovoltaics. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(4). 109099–109099. 4 indexed citations
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Ye, Shounuan, Shuixing Li, Yúang Fu, et al.. (2023). Miscibility‐Driven Morphology Tuning as the Critical Role for Designing Efficient Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors. Solar RRL. 8(1). 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Kangrong, Ziqiu Shen, Benfang Niu, et al.. (2023). A multifunctional and scalable fullerene electron transporting material for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells and modules. Science China Chemistry. 66(6). 1795–1803. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Shuixing, Chengliang He, Tianyi Chen, et al.. (2023). Refined molecular microstructure and optimized carrier management of multicomponent organic photovoltaics toward 19.3% certified efficiency. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(5). 2262–2273. 82 indexed citations
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Wu, Yu, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Long‐Chain Oligomeric Donor and Acceptors via Direct Arylation for Organic Solar Cells†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(5). 523–532. 12 indexed citations
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Wen, Tian‐Jiao, Nakul Jain, Zhi-Xi Liu, et al.. (2022). Non-fused medium bandgap electron acceptors for efficient organic photovoltaics. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 70. 576–582. 33 indexed citations
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Wang, Di, Haoran Liu, Yuhao Li, et al.. (2021). High-performance and eco-friendly semitransparent organic solar cells for greenhouse applications. Joule. 5(4). 945–957. 237 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xiangdong, Chang‐Zhi Li, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance and Moisture Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Via Polyfluoroalkylated Imidazolium Additives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(3). 4553–4559. 30 indexed citations
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Guo, Chuanhang, Donghui Li, Liang Wang, et al.. (2021). Cold‐Aging and Solvent Vapor Mediated Aggregation Control toward 18% Efficiency Binary Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(39). 75 indexed citations
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Chen, Huanle, Weifei Fu, Zhongqiang Zhang, et al.. (2017). Molecular Engineered Hole‐Extraction Materials to Enable Dopant‐Free, Efficient p‐i‐n Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 7(18). 216 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenqing, Minmin Shi, Shuixing Li, et al.. (2017). A non-fullerene electron acceptor with a spirobifluorene core and four diketopyrrolopyrrole arms end capped by 4-fluorobenzene. Dyes and Pigments. 143. 217–222. 14 indexed citations
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Shah, Muhammad Naeem, et al.. (2017). Narrow bandgap semiconducting polymers for solar cells with near-infrared photo response and low energy loss. Tetrahedron Letters. 58(30). 2975–2980. 7 indexed citations
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Cho, Namchul, Chang‐Zhi Li, Hin‐Lap Yip, & Alex K.‐Y. Jen. (2013). In situ doping and crosslinking of fullerenes to form efficient and robust electron-transporting layers for polymer solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 7(2). 638–643. 45 indexed citations

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