Dongyuan Zhao

121.7k total citations · 40 hit papers
799 papers, 109.1k citations indexed

About

Dongyuan Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dongyuan Zhao has authored 799 papers receiving a total of 109.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 562 papers in Materials Chemistry, 202 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 181 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dongyuan Zhao's work include Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (362 papers), Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (115 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (107 papers). Dongyuan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (362 papers), Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (115 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (107 papers). Dongyuan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Dongyuan Zhao's co-authors include Galen D. Stucky, Bradley F. Chmelka, Jianglin Feng, Qisheng Huo, Ying Wan, Yonghui Deng, Wei Li, Bo Tu, Nicholas A. Melosh and Fan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Dongyuan Zhao

789 papers receiving 107.8k citations

Hit Papers

Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Pe... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 1998 2011 1998 2007 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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  1. Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Periodic 50 to 300 Angstrom Pores
    1998 10.3k citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  2. Nonionic Triblock and Star Diblock Copolymer and Oligomeric Surfactant Syntheses of Highly Ordered, Hydrothermally Stable, Mesoporous Silica Structures
    1998 5.9k citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Carbon Materials for Chemical Capacitive Energy Storage
    2011 2.6k citations Yunpu Zhai, Yuqian Dou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Generalized syntheses of large-pore mesoporous metal oxides with semicrystalline frameworks
    1998 2.2k citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  5. On the Controllable Soft-Templating Approach to Mesoporous Silicates
    2007 2.1k citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  6. Superparamagnetic High-Magnetization Microspheres with an Fe3O4@SiO2 Core and Perpendicularly Aligned Mesoporous SiO2 Shell for Removal of Microcystins
    2007 1.5k citations Yonghui Deng, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. A facile soft-template synthesis of mesoporous polymeric and carbonaceous nanospheres
    2013 1.4k citations Dawei Wang, Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  8. Ordered Mesoporous Polymers and Homologous Carbon Frameworks: Amphiphilic Surfactant Templating and Direct Transformation
    2005 1.2k citations Chengzhong Yu, Bo Tu et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  9. Block Copolymer Templating Syntheses of Mesoporous Metal Oxides with Large Ordering Lengths and Semicrystalline Framework
    1999 993 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  10. Morphological Control of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Silica SBA-15
    2000 992 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  11. A Family of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Polymer Resin and Carbon Structures from Organic−Organic Self-Assembly
    2006 980 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  12. Highly Water‐Dispersible Biocompatible Magnetite Particles with Low Cytotoxicity Stabilized by Citrate Groups
    2009 974 citations Yonghui Deng, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  13. Ordered Mesoporous Black TiO2 as Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalyst
    2014 901 citations Wei Li, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  14. Multifunctional Mesoporous Composite Microspheres with Well-Designed Nanostructure: A Highly Integrated Catalyst System
    2010 881 citations Yonghui Deng, Wei Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  15. A Controllable Synthesis of Rich Nitrogen‐Doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbon for CO2 Capture and Supercapacitors
    2012 867 citations Yonghui Deng, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  16. Hierarchically Ordered Oxides
    1998 827 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  17. Extension of The Stöber Method to the Preparation of Monodisperse Resorcinol–Formaldehyde Resin Polymer and Carbon Spheres
    2011 799 citations Shi‐Zhang Qiao, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  18. Continuous Mesoporous Silica Films with Highly Ordered Large Pore Structures
    1998 745 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  19. Direct imaging of the pores and cages of three-dimensional mesoporous materials
    2000 740 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  20. Biphase Stratification Approach to Three-Dimensional Dendritic Biodegradable Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres
    2014 710 citations Xiaomin Li, Wei Li et al. profile →
  21. Mesocellular Siliceous Foams with Uniformly Sized Cells and Windows
    1998 691 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  22. Double‐Shelled CoMn2O4 Hollow Microcubes as High‐Capacity Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries
    2011 665 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  23. A Low‐Concentration Hydrothermal Synthesis of Biocompatible Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres with Tunable and Uniform Size
    2010 628 citations Yonghui Deng, Bo Tu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  24. Two-Dimensional Mesoporous Carbon Nanosheets and Their Derived Graphene Nanosheets: Synthesis and Efficient Lithium Ion Storage
    2013 589 citations Yingying Lv, Gengfeng Zheng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  25. Highly Ordered Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses with Superior In Vitro Bone‐Forming Bioactivities
    2004 577 citations Chengzhong Yu, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  26. Triconstituent Co-assembly to Ordered Mesostructured Polymer−Silica and Carbon−Silica Nanocomposites and Large-Pore Mesoporous Carbons with High Surface Areas
    2006 565 citations Bo Tu, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  27. Ordered mesoporous materials as adsorbents
    2011 557 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  28. A Facile Aqueous Route to Synthesize Highly Ordered Mesoporous Polymers and Carbon Frameworks with Ia3d Bicontinuous Cubic Structure
    2005 542 citations Chengzhong Yu, Bo Tu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  29. Graphitic Carbon Conformal Coating of Mesoporous TiO2 Hollow Spheres for High-Performance Lithium Ion Battery Anodes
    2015 534 citations Wei Li, Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  30. Lab on upconversion nanoparticles: optical properties and applications engineering via designed nanostructure
    2014 534 citations Xiaomin Li, Fan Zhang et al. profile →
  31. High-Performance Ionic Diode Membrane for Salinity Gradient Power Generation
    2014 534 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  32. Carbon Nanodots Featuring Efficient FRET for Real‐Time Monitoring of Drug Delivery and Two‐Photon Imaging
    2013 501 citations Dongyuan Zhao, Gengfeng Zheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  33. Hetero-atom-doped carbon dots: Doping strategies, properties and applications
    2020 499 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  34. Simple and Green Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Doped Photoluminescent Carbonaceous Nanospheres for Bioimaging
    2013 463 citations Wei Li, Jinxiu Wang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  35. Amorphous TiO2 Shells: A Vital Elastic Buffering Layer on Silicon Nanoparticles for High‐Performance and Safe Lithium Storage
    2017 431 citations Wei Li, Wei Luo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  36. Complex silica composite nanomaterials templated with DNA origami
    2018 407 citations Wei Li, Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  37. Uniform yolk-shell iron sulfide–carbon nanospheres for superior sodium–iron sulfide batteries
    2015 403 citations Dongyuan Zhao et al. profile →
  38. Sulfur-Based Aqueous Batteries: Electrochemistry and Strategies
    2021 248 citations Jiahao Liu, Wanhai Zhou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  39. Benchmarking Corrosion with Anionic Polarity Index for Stable and Fast Aqueous Batteries Even in Low‐Concentration Electrolyte
    2025 40 citations Xia Wang, Wanhai Zhou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  40. Perforated piezoresistive film-based flexible bidirectional strain sensors for large bending deformation detection and health monitoring of glass fiber-reinforced polymers
    2025 24 citations Dongyuan Zhao 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
Dongyuan Zhao China 164 71.3k 28.2k 24.9k 18.9k 17.5k 799 109.1k
Galen D. Stucky United States 139 63.9k 0.9× 15.8k 0.6× 16.5k 0.7× 20.6k 1.1× 12.5k 0.7× 820 98.0k
Yusuke Yamauchi Japan 158 43.2k 0.6× 43.3k 1.5× 24.9k 1.0× 13.2k 0.7× 33.8k 1.9× 1.4k 97.6k
SonBinh T. Nguyen United States 91 48.3k 0.7× 18.1k 0.6× 15.1k 0.6× 19.5k 1.0× 6.8k 0.4× 308 78.4k
Shu‐Hong Yu China 175 45.3k 0.6× 44.9k 1.6× 23.2k 0.9× 8.7k 0.5× 35.7k 2.0× 990 106.5k
Xinliang Feng Germany 169 58.4k 0.8× 59.8k 2.1× 28.5k 1.1× 10.2k 0.5× 33.3k 1.9× 1.2k 114.0k
Joseph T. Hupp United States 160 65.7k 0.9× 18.6k 0.7× 17.3k 0.7× 64.2k 3.4× 14.0k 0.8× 734 102.0k
Gao Qing Lu Australia 137 47.0k 0.7× 25.2k 0.9× 17.3k 0.7× 5.3k 0.3× 28.2k 1.6× 707 81.5k
Markus Antonietti Germany 198 92.9k 1.3× 49.5k 1.8× 23.2k 0.9× 14.8k 0.8× 72.6k 4.2× 1.1k 159.2k
Mietek Jaroniec United States 155 72.4k 1.0× 47.7k 1.7× 17.4k 0.7× 13.7k 0.7× 70.9k 4.1× 994 124.1k
Omar K. Farha United States 157 65.6k 0.9× 14.5k 0.5× 13.5k 0.5× 73.8k 3.9× 11.4k 0.7× 766 100.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Xia, Wanhai Zhou, Lipeng Wang, et al.. (2025). Benchmarking Corrosion with Anionic Polarity Index for Stable and Fast Aqueous Batteries Even in Low‐Concentration Electrolyte. Advanced Materials. 37(14). e2501049–e2501049. 40 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liao, Xiaobin, Xiaoqian Wang, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Tin Substitution Stabilizes 2D Perovskite Epitaxial Heterostructures for High‐Mobility, Hysteresis‐Free Field‐Effect Transistors. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6).
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Ren, Tingting, Zhenxiang Chen, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Elucidating Mesostructural Effects on Thermal Conductivity for Enhanced Insulation Applications. Small. 21(9). e2410872–e2410872. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yingjie & Dongyuan Zhao. (2024). Prediction method of change trend of energy carbon emission intensity based on time series analysis. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 27(3). 173–185. 2 indexed citations
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Feng, Jiayou, Chin‐Te Hung, Zhenghao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Micelles Cascade Assembly to Tandem Porous Catalyst for Waste Plastics Upcycling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(26). e202405252–e202405252. 22 indexed citations
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Lin, Qiaowei, Dipan Kundu, Maria Skyllas‐Kazacos, et al.. (2024). Perspective on Lewis Acid‐Base Interactions in Emerging Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(42). e2406151–e2406151. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, Minchao, Qiaoyu Zhou, Runfeng Lin, et al.. (2024). Fluorine Doping Mediated Epitaxial Growth of NaREF4 on TiO2 for Boosting NIR Light Utilization in Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 136(40). 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wanhai, et al.. (2023). An energetic Sn metal aqueous battery. Joule. 7(6). 1104–1107. 26 indexed citations
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Yu, Jiayu, Xiaojuan Huang, Tingyi Huang, et al.. (2023). Compacted mesoporous titania nanosheets anode for pseudocapacitance‐dominated, high‐rate, and high‐volumetric sodium‐ion storage. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 6 indexed citations
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Duan, Linlin, Chin‐Te Hung, Jinxiu Wang, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of Fully Exposed Single‐Atom‐Layer Metal Clusters on 2D Ordered Mesoporous TiO2 Nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(43). e202211307–e202211307. 47 indexed citations
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Duan, Linlin, Chin‐Te Hung, Jinxiu Wang, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of Fully Exposed Single‐Atom‐Layer Metal Clusters on 2D Ordered Mesoporous TiO2 Nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie. 134(43). 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Jiahao, Wanhai Zhou, Ruizheng Zhao, et al.. (2021). Sulfur-Based Aqueous Batteries: Electrochemistry and Strategies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(38). 15475–15489. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zheng, Cai‐Juan, Xue‐Ming Zhou, Xin‐Ming Song, et al.. (2019). Three new methylated Δ8-pregnene steroids from the Polyalthia laui-derived fungus Stemphylium sp. AZGP4-2. Bioorganic Chemistry. 95. 102927–102927. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Yong, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Wei Luo, et al.. (2016). Surfactant-templating strategy for ultrathin mesoporous TiO2 coating on flexible graphitized carbon supports for high-performance lithium-ion battery. Nano Energy. 25. 80–90. 103 indexed citations
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Lv, Yingying, et al.. (2014). Synthesis of core–shell structured zeolite-A@mesoporous silica composites for butyraldehyde adsorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 428. 251–256. 16 indexed citations
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Zhai, Yunpu, Yuqian Dou, Dongyuan Zhao, et al.. (2011). Carbon Materials for Chemical Capacitive Energy Storage. Advanced Materials. 23(42). 4828–4850. 2619 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kai, Guoyin, Zhiqi Miao, Dongyuan Zhao, et al.. (2006). Molecular cloning and expression analyses of a new gene encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase from Taxus × media. Biologia Plantarum. 50(3). 359–366. 42 indexed citations
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Fan, Jie, Wenqing Shui, Pengyuan Yang, et al.. (2005). Mesoporous Silica Nanoreactors for Highly Efficient Proteolysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 11(18). 5391–5396. 73 indexed citations
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Fan, Jie, Chengzhong Yu, Feng Gao, et al.. (2003). Cubic Mesoporous Silica with Large Controllable Entrance Sizes and Advanced Adsorption Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(27). 3146–3150. 464 indexed citations
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Gao, Feng, Jian Zhao, S. Zhang, et al.. (2002). Application of C_(18)-Modified Mseoporous SBA-15 as the Substrate for High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 23(8). 3 indexed citations

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