Daoben Zhu

94.1k total citations · 28 hit papers
1.1k papers, 83.8k citations indexed

About

Daoben Zhu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Daoben Zhu has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 83.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 606 papers in Materials Chemistry, 488 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 322 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Daoben Zhu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (290 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (243 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (187 papers). Daoben Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (290 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (243 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (187 papers). Daoben Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Daoben Zhu's co-authors include Yunqi Liu, Deqing Zhang, Chong‐an Di, Lei Jiang, Wei Xu, Wenping Hu, Xiaowei Zhan, Yuliang Li, Yongfang Li and Fengjiao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daoben Zhu

1.1k papers receiving 82.8k citations

Hit Papers

Aggregation-induced emiss... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2015 2011 2010 2004 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole
    2001 7.2k citations Yunqi Liu, Daoben Zhu et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  2. An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
    2015 3.8k citations Daoben Zhu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Semiconducting π-Conjugated Systems in Field-Effect Transistors: A Material Odyssey of Organic Electronics
    2011 3.2k citations Yunqi Liu, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
  4. Architecture of graphdiyne nanoscale films
    2010 2.4k citations Guoxing Li, Yuliang Li et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  5. A Super‐Hydrophobic and Super‐Oleophilic Coating Mesh Film for the Separation of Oil and Water
    2004 1.4k citations Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
  6. Chemical doping of graphene
    2010 1.4k citations Yunqi Liu, Daoben Zhu et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →
  7. Advances of flexible pressure sensors toward artificial intelligence and health care applications
    2014 1.1k citations Yaping Zang, Fengjiao Zhang et al. profile →
  8. A High-Mobility Electron-Transport Polymer with Broad Absorption and Its Use in Field-Effect Transistors and All-Polymer Solar Cells
    2007 1.1k citations Daoben Zhu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Reversible Super-hydrophobicity to Super-hydrophilicity Transition of Aligned ZnO Nanorod Films
    2003 1.1k citations Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Reversible Switching between Superhydrophilicity and Superhydrophobicity
    2003 983 citations Guojie Wang, Lei Jiang et al. profile →
  11. Organic Thermoelectric Materials: Emerging Green Energy Materials Converting Heat to Electricity Directly and Efficiently
    2014 841 citations Daoben Zhu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  12. Fluorescent bio/chemosensors based on silole and tetraphenylethene luminogens with aggregation-induced emission feature
    2010 781 citations Deqing Zhang, Daoben Zhu et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →
  13. A two-dimensional π–d conjugated coordination polymer with extremely high electrical conductivity and ambipolar transport behaviour
    2015 734 citations Fengjiao Zhang, Ye Zou et al. profile →
  14. Super-Hydrophobic Surface of Aligned Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers
    2002 668 citations Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
  15. π-Conjugated molecules with fused rings for organic field-effect transistors: design, synthesis and applications
    2009 662 citations Yunqi Liu, Daoben Zhu et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  16. Efficient blue emission from siloles
    2001 589 citations Gui Yu, Yunqi Liu et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →
  17. High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency
    2014 581 citations Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
  18. Water-soluble fluorescent conjugated polymers and their interactions with biomacromolecules for sensitive biosensors
    2010 574 citations Shu Wang, Daoben Zhu et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  19. Flexible and self-powered temperature–pressure dual-parameter sensors using microstructure-frame-supported organic thermoelectric materials
    2015 565 citations Fengjiao Zhang, Yaping Zang et al. profile →
  20. Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives: key building-blocks for switchable processes
    2009 497 citations Deqing Zhang, Daoben Zhu et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  21. Flexible suspended gate organic thin-film transistors for ultra-sensitive pressure detection
    2015 488 citations Yaping Zang, Fengjiao Zhang et al. profile →
  22. Energy Harvesting with Single‐Ion‐Selective Nanopores: A Concentration‐Gradient‐Driven Nanofluidic Power Source
    2010 460 citations Daoben Zhu, Lei Jiang et al. profile →
  23. Organic Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Based on p‐ and n‐Type Poly(metal 1,1,2,2‐ethenetetrathiolate)s
    2012 455 citations Chong‐an Di, Daoben Zhu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  24. Reversible Wettability of a Chemical Vapor Deposition Prepared ZnO Film between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity
    2004 444 citations Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
  25. Critical Role of Alkyl Chain Branching of Organic Semiconductors in Enabling Solution-Processed N-Channel Organic Thin-Film Transistors with Mobility of up to 3.50 cm2 V–1 s–1
    2013 380 citations Fengjiao Zhang, Chong‐an Di et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  26. Toward High Performance n-Type Thermoelectric Materials by Rational Modification of BDPPV Backbones
    2015 364 citations Fengjiao Zhang, Chong‐an Di et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  27. Synthesis of a monolayer fullerene network
    2022 338 citations Yunqi Liu, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
  28. Chemical doping of organic semiconductors for thermoelectric applications
    2020 310 citations Wenrui Zhao, Jiamin Ding et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daoben Zhu China 130 43.8k 39.3k 21.8k 16.3k 12.1k 1.1k 83.8k
Jean M. J. Fréchet United States 157 22.9k 0.5× 27.1k 0.7× 41.4k 1.9× 20.1k 1.2× 28.8k 2.4× 744 91.2k
Kläus Müllen Germany 175 80.3k 1.8× 75.2k 1.9× 28.1k 1.3× 29.0k 1.8× 38.0k 3.1× 2.1k 154.1k
Yunqi Liu China 109 30.3k 0.7× 34.1k 0.9× 16.9k 0.8× 11.1k 0.7× 7.8k 0.6× 910 59.3k
E. W. Meijer Netherlands 132 32.4k 0.7× 14.0k 0.4× 24.6k 1.1× 8.8k 0.5× 41.6k 3.4× 879 84.6k
Katsuhiko Ariga Japan 118 26.7k 0.6× 15.4k 0.4× 5.4k 0.2× 11.5k 0.7× 10.2k 0.8× 967 54.8k
Allen J. Bard United States 152 37.4k 0.9× 51.6k 1.3× 18.1k 0.8× 14.9k 0.9× 8.3k 0.7× 1.1k 114.2k
James M. Tour United States 150 52.4k 1.2× 49.1k 1.2× 12.0k 0.5× 30.2k 1.9× 12.2k 1.0× 802 102.2k
Kwang S. Kim South Korea 113 37.8k 0.9× 24.9k 0.6× 5.1k 0.2× 16.1k 1.0× 8.3k 0.7× 856 76.5k
SonBinh T. Nguyen United States 91 48.3k 1.1× 18.1k 0.5× 10.3k 0.5× 22.8k 1.4× 12.1k 1.0× 308 78.4k
Jean‐Luc Brédas United States 138 35.9k 0.8× 62.4k 1.6× 33.9k 1.6× 11.2k 0.7× 12.7k 1.1× 1.0k 91.3k

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All Works

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Shi, Lei, Zhiyi Li, Ying Ge, et al.. (2025). Highly‐Sensitive Implantable NIR Phototransistor for One‐Click Pain Relief Activation. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2507725–e2507725. 1 indexed citations
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He, Zihan, et al.. (2023). Advances and Perspectives on Organic Materials for Neuroelectronic Interface Devices★. Acta Chimica Sinica. 81(9). 1175–1175. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Kai, et al.. (2023). Formation of covalent metal–carbon contacts assisted by Ag+ for single molecule junctions. Chemical Communications. 59(41). 6207–6210. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wenrui, Jiamin Ding, Ye Zou, Chong‐an Di, & Daoben Zhu. (2020). Chemical doping of organic semiconductors for thermoelectric applications. Chemical Society Reviews. 49(20). 7210–7228. 310 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Cai‐Ming, Deqing Zhang, Xiang Hao, & Daoben Zhu. (2020). Zn2Ln2 complexes with carbonate bridges formed by the fixation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: single-molecule magnet behaviour and magnetocaloric effect. Dalton Transactions. 49(7). 2121–2128. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Deliang, Xiaolan Qiao, Jingwei Tao, et al.. (2018). Cu–Thienoquinone Charge-Transfer Complex: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Organic Transistors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(31). 26451–26455. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bin, Peter J. Baker, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Quantum Spin Liquid from a Three-Dimensional Copper-Oxalate Framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(1). 122–125. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Yantao, Xuexiang Li, Chun‐Lin Sun, et al.. (2017). Trichalcogenasumanene ortho‐Quinones: Synthesis, Properties, and Transformation into Various Heteropolycycles. Angewandte Chemie. 129(43). 13655–13659. 15 indexed citations
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Zhou, Chunjie, Chao Liu, Yuliang Li, et al.. (2012). A dual sensor of fluorescent and colorimetric for the rapid detection of lead. The Analyst. 137(6). 1446–1446. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Guoxing, Yuliang Li, Huibiao Liu, et al.. (2010). Architecture of graphdiyne nanoscale films. Chemical Communications. 46(19). 3256–3256. 2423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qi, Ting, Yunlong Guo, Yunqi Liu, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and properties of the anti and syn isomers of dibenzothieno[b,d]pyrrole. Chemical Communications. 6227–6227. 51 indexed citations
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Qi, Ting, Yunqi Liu, Yunqi Liu, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and properties of fluorene or carbazole-based and dicyanovinyl-capped n-type organic semiconductors. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 18(10). 1131–1131. 41 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jinchong, Yongjun Li, Yongjun Li, et al.. (2007). Helical structures architecture of l-{2-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-1-[(pyren-1-ylmethyl)-carbamoxyl]-ethyl}-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(43). 7599–7604. 10 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jinchong, Yang Liu, Yongjun Li, et al.. (2006). Self-assembly and optical properties of hydrogen bonded nanostructures containing C60 and pyrene. Carbon. 44(13). 2785–2792. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Yongjun, Yongjun Li, Zhenhai Gan, et al.. (2006). Synthesis and characterization of porphyrin–ferrocene–fullerene triads. Tetrahedron. 62(18). 4285–4293. 25 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuqi, Guojie Wang, Yabin Song, et al.. (2006). The interaction of a novel ruthenium (II) complex with self‐assembled DNA film on silicon surface. Surface and Interface Analysis. 38(10). 1372–1376. 4 indexed citations
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He, Xiaorong, Huibiao Liu, Yuliang Li, et al.. (2005). A New Copolymer Containing Perylene Bisimide and Porphyrin Moieties: Synthesis and Characterization. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 206(21). 2199–2205. 10 indexed citations
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Jiang, Li, Fushen Lu, Yachen Gao, et al.. (2005). Nonlinear optical properties of an ultrathin film containing porphyrin and poly (phenylenevinylene) units. Thin Solid Films. 496(2). 311–316. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Yongjun, Yongjun Li, Yang Liu, et al.. (2005). Self-assembled monolayers of C60-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide-C60 triad on indium tin oxide surface. Carbon. 43(9). 1968–1975. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaogang, Shangfeng Yang, Shangfeng Yang, et al.. (2002). Formation and structural characteristics of Langmuir–Blodgett films of the endohedral metallofullerene Dy@C82 mixed with cadmium arachidate. Thin Solid Films. 413(1-2). 231–236. 6 indexed citations

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