Chengtian Zhang

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Chengtian Zhang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengtian Zhang has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Chengtian Zhang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (30 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (22 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (8 papers). Chengtian Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (30 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (22 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (8 papers). Chengtian Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Philippines. Chengtian Zhang's co-authors include Shichun Mu, Zonghua Pu, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, Jiawei Zhu, Pengyan Wang, Wenqiang Li, Ruilin Cheng, Ding Chen, Jian Zhang and Pengxia Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Functional Materials and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Chengtian Zhang

32 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Transition‐Metal Phosphides: Activity Origin, Energy‐Rela... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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  1. Transition‐Metal Phosphides: Activity Origin, Energy‐Related Electrocatalysis Applications, and Synthetic Strategies
    2020 484 citations Zonghua Pu, Tingting Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chengtian Zhang China 28 3.2k 2.7k 827 454 438 32 3.7k
Xiang Ao China 30 3.3k 1.0× 2.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 579 1.3× 381 0.9× 49 4.0k
Yu‐Yun Chen China 13 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 762 0.9× 329 0.7× 350 0.8× 14 2.9k
Qizhu Qian China 25 3.2k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 931 1.1× 249 0.5× 343 0.8× 32 3.5k
Jinfa Chang China 38 3.9k 1.2× 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.7× 424 0.9× 621 1.4× 65 4.5k
Lucas‐Alexandre Stern Switzerland 8 3.8k 1.2× 3.0k 1.1× 939 1.1× 243 0.5× 650 1.5× 10 4.2k
Yanshuo Jin China 30 2.8k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 778 0.9× 349 0.8× 447 1.0× 61 3.2k
Haojie Zhang China 21 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 701 0.8× 443 1.0× 263 0.6× 50 2.6k
Huanqiao Li China 29 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 301 0.7× 536 1.2× 60 3.1k
Huachuan Sun China 28 2.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 925 1.1× 362 0.8× 319 0.7× 61 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chengtian Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengtian Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chengtian Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chengtian Zhang 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 Chengtian Zhang. Chengtian Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wu, Can, Jiawei Zhu, Chengtian Zhang, et al.. (2023). In situ generated layered NiFe-LDH/MOF heterostructure nanosheet arrays with abundant defects for efficient alkaline and seawater oxidation. Nano Research. 16(7). 8945–8952. 105 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengtian, Qian Liu, Jiawei Zhu, et al.. (2023). Directly transferring nanostructural platinum into PtxAy-type nanocompounds for effective catalysis. Materials Today Physics. 31. 100996–100996. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Qian, Chengtian Zhang, Pengyan Wang, et al.. (2022). Nearly hollow Ru–Cu–MoO2 octahedrons consisting of clusters and nanocrystals for high efficiency hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(23). 12341–12349. 33 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengtian, Qian Liu, Jiawei Zhu, et al.. (2022). Directly Transferring Nanostructural Platinum into Ptxay-Type Nanocompounds for Effective Catalysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Kai, Fang Dong, Dian Shen, et al.. (2021). Towards Tunable RDMA Parameter Selection at Runtime for Datacenter Applications. 49–54. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengtian, Qian Liu, Pengyan Wang, et al.. (2021). Molybdenum Carbide‐PtCu Nanoalloy Heterostructures on MOF‐Derived Carbon toward Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. Small. 17(51). e2104241–e2104241. 57 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jiawei, Yao Guo, Fang Liu, et al.. (2021). Regulative Electronic States around Ruthenium/Ruthenium Disulphide Heterointerfaces for Efficient Water Splitting in Acidic Media. Angewandte Chemie. 133(22). 12436–12442. 51 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jiawei, Yao Guo, Fang Liu, et al.. (2021). Regulative Electronic States around Ruthenium/Ruthenium Disulphide Heterointerfaces for Efficient Water Splitting in Acidic Media. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(22). 12328–12334. 252 indexed citations
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Yang, Yue, Jiawei Zhu, Pengyan Wang, et al.. (2021). In situ implanting fine ZnSe nanoparticles into N-doped porous carbon nanosheets as an exposed highly active and long-life anode for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 876. 160135–160135. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengyan, Jiawei Zhu, Zonghua Pu, et al.. (2021). Interfacial engineering of Co nanoparticles/Co2C nanowires boosts overall water splitting kinetics. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 296. 120334–120334. 117 indexed citations
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Jin, Huihui, Huang Zhou, Pengxia Ji, et al.. (2020). ZIF-8/LiFePO4 derived Fe-N-P Co-doped carbon nanotube encapsulated Fe2P nanoparticles for efficient oxygen reduction and Zn-air batteries. Nano Research. 13(3). 818–823. 80 indexed citations
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Chen, Ding, Tingting Liu, Pengyan Wang, et al.. (2020). Ionothermal Route to Phase-Pure RuB2 Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution and Water Splitting in Acidic Media. ACS Energy Letters. 5(9). 2909–2915. 159 indexed citations
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Pu, Zonghua, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, Ruilin Cheng, et al.. (2020). Single-Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. Nano-Micro Letters. 12(1). 21–21. 246 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jiawei, Chenyang Zhao, Chengtian Zhang, et al.. (2019). Effects of Intrinsic Pentagon Defects on Electrochemical Reactivity of Carbon Nanomaterials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(12). 3859–3864. 328 indexed citations
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Wang, Pengyan, Zonghua Pu, Lei Chen, et al.. (2019). Phosphorization engineering ameliorated the electrocatalytic activity for overall water splitting on Ni3S2 nanosheets. Dalton Transactions. 48(35). 13466–13471. 36 indexed citations
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Pu, Zonghua, Chengtian Zhang, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, et al.. (2017). General Strategy for the Synthesis of Transition-Metal Phosphide/N-Doped Carbon Frameworks for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(19). 16187–16193. 188 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jiawei, Huang Zhou, Chengtian Zhang, Jian Zhang, & Shichun Mu. (2017). Dual active nitrogen doped hierarchical porous hollow carbon nanospheres as an oxygen reduction electrocatalyst for zinc–air batteries. Nanoscale. 9(35). 13257–13263. 88 indexed citations
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Pu, Zonghua, Ibrahim Saana Amiinu, Chengtian Zhang, et al.. (2017). Phytic acid-derivative transition metal phosphides encapsulated in N,P-codoped carbon: an efficient and durable hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst in a wide pH range. Nanoscale. 9(10). 3555–3560. 217 indexed citations

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