Chenglong Zhao

12.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
106 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Chenglong Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Chenglong Zhao has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Chenglong Zhao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (62 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (57 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (19 papers). Chenglong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (62 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (57 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (19 papers). Chenglong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Chenglong Zhao's co-authors include Yong‐Sheng Hu, Yaxiang Lu, Liquan Chen, Hong Li, Xuejie Huang, Qidi Wang, Feixiang Ding, Marnix Wagemaker, Zhenpeng Yao and Xingguo Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chenglong Zhao

106 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Rational design of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2020 2019 2019 2018 2017 250 500 750 1000
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. Rational design of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion batteries
    2020 1.1k citations Chenglong Zhao, Qidi Wang et al. Science profile →
  2. Building aqueous K-ion batteries for energy storage
    2019 833 citations Liwei Jiang, Yaxiang Lu et al. Nature Energy profile →
  3. High‐Entropy Layered Oxide Cathodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
    2019 616 citations Chenglong Zhao, Feixiang Ding et al. profile →
  4. Solid‐State Sodium Batteries
    2018 615 citations Chenglong Zhao, Lilu Liu et al. profile →
  5. Recent advances of electrode materials for low-cost sodium-ion batteries towards practical application for grid energy storage
    2017 566 citations Yaxiang Lu, Chenglong Zhao et al. Energy storage materials profile →
  6. Anionic Redox Reaction-Induced High-Capacity and Low-Strain Cathode with Suppressed Phase Transition
    2018 363 citations Xiaohui Rong, Yaxiang Lu et al. profile →
  7. Interface chemistry of an amide electrolyte for highly reversible lithium metal batteries
    2020 353 citations Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Using High-Entropy Configuration Strategy to Design Na-Ion Layered Oxide Cathodes with Superior Electrochemical Performance and Thermal Stability
    2022 351 citations Feixiang Ding, Chenglong Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Revealing High Na-Content P2-Type Layered Oxides as Advanced Sodium-Ion Cathodes
    2020 343 citations Chenglong Zhao, Zhenpeng Yao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries
    2023 211 citations Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  11. Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries
    2024 146 citations Qidi Wang, Dong Zhou et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
  12. Entropy‐Driven Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries
    2023 138 citations Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao et al. profile →
  13. Chemical short-range disorder in lithium oxide cathodes
    2024 117 citations Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao et al. Nature profile →
  14. Designing lithium halide solid electrolytes
    2024 86 citations Qidi Wang, Yunan Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →
  15. Hierarchically pore-optimized wood-derived thick carbon electrodes with in-situ grown BCN nanotubes for high-performance supercapacitors
    2025 28 citations Chenglong Zhao, Lizhi Sheng et al. profile →

Peers

Chenglong Zhao
Kazuhide Ueno Japan
Wesley A. Henderson United States
Kaoru Dokko Japan
Brett L. Lucht United States
Ming Shen China
Kuniaki Tatsumi Japan
Makoto Ue Japan
Wei Guo China
Masaki Matsui Japan
Chilin Li China
Kazuhide Ueno Japan
Chenglong Zhao
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chenglong Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chenglong Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chenglong Zhao 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 Chenglong Zhao. Chenglong Zhao 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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Wang, Qidi, et al.. (2025). Ionic potential for battery materials. Nature Reviews Materials. 10(9). 697–712. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qidi, Chenglong Zhao, Shuwei Wang, et al.. (2025). Interphase Design for Lithium-Metal Anodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(11). 9365–9377. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Tian, Liubin Ben, Hailong Yu, et al.. (2025). Dual-gradient metal layer for practicalizing high-energy lithium batteries. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6864–6864. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chenglong, et al.. (2025). Interconnected graphene ribbon-supported vertically aligned MoS2 and MnO2 nanosheets for high-performance aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources. 665. 238980–238980. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Qidi, Dong Zhou, Chenglong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. Nature Sustainability. 7(3). 338–347. 146 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Qidi, Zhenpeng Yao, Jianlin Wang, et al.. (2024). Chemical short-range disorder in lithium oxide cathodes. Nature. 629(8011). 341–347. 117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Qidi, Yunan Zhou, Xuelong Wang, et al.. (2024). Designing lithium halide solid electrolytes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1050–1050. 86 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Qidi, Chenglong Zhao, Xia Hu, et al.. (2024). Grain-Boundary-Rich Interphases for Rechargeable Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(46). 31778–31787. 16 indexed citations
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Guo, Hao, Chenglong Zhao, Dong Zhou, et al.. (2024). Predominant P3-Type Solid–Solution Phase Transition Enables High-Stability O3-Type Na-Ion Cathodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(21). 27352–27359. 15 indexed citations
10.
Wang, Qidi, Chenglong Zhao, Jianlin Wang, et al.. (2023). High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 440–440. 211 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Fengqi, Jianlin Wang, Wenyu Chen, et al.. (2023). Impact of fast-solidification on all-d-metal NiCoMnTi based giant magnetocaloric Heusler compounds. Acta Materialia. 265. 119595–119595. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Qidi, Chenglong Zhao, Shuwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Clarifying the Relationship between the Lithium Deposition Coverage and Microstructure in Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(48). 21961–21971. 74 indexed citations
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Ding, Feixiang, Chenglong Zhao, Dongdong Xiao, et al.. (2022). Using High-Entropy Configuration Strategy to Design Na-Ion Layered Oxide Cathodes with Superior Electrochemical Performance and Thermal Stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(18). 8286–8295. 351 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Chenglong, Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, et al.. (2020). Rational design of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion batteries. Science. 370(6517). 708–711. 1120 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Chenglong, Zhenpeng Yao, Qidi Wang, et al.. (2020). Revealing High Na-Content P2-Type Layered Oxides as Advanced Sodium-Ion Cathodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(12). 5742–5750. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mao, Minglei, Zejing Lin, Jinming Yue, et al.. (2019). Iodine Vapor Transport-Triggered Preferential Growth of Chevrel Mo6S8 Nanosheets for Advanced Multivalent Batteries. ACS Nano. 14(1). 1102–1110. 110 indexed citations
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Wang, Qidi, Chenglong Zhao, Xiaohui Lv, et al.. (2019). Stabilizing a sodium-metal battery with the synergy effects of a sodiophilic matrix and fluorine-rich interface. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(43). 24857–24867. 50 indexed citations
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Jiang, Liwei, Yaxiang Lu, Chenglong Zhao, et al.. (2019). Building aqueous K-ion batteries for energy storage. Nature Energy. 4(6). 495–503. 833 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Chenglong, Yaxiang Lu, Jinming Yue, et al.. (2018). Advanced Na metal anodes. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 27(6). 1584–1596. 118 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chenglong, Qidi Wang, Yaxiang Lu, et al.. (2018). Decreasing transition metal triggered oxygen redox activity in Na-deficient oxides. Energy storage materials. 20. 395–400. 80 indexed citations

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