Erjun Zhou

13.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
290 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Erjun Zhou is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Erjun Zhou has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 275 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 254 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Erjun Zhou's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (255 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (253 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (146 papers). Erjun Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (255 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (253 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (146 papers). Erjun Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Germany. Erjun Zhou's co-authors include Ailing Tang, Keisuke Tajima, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Bo Xiao, Chunhe Yang, Qiang Guo, Junzi Cong, Yanfang Geng, Xiaochen Wang and Yongfang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Erjun Zhou

275 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 of Y6‐Derived Asymmetric Fused Ring Electron Acceptors
    2022 176 citations Qing Guo, Erjun Zhou et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  2. Dithienoquinoxalineimide‐Based Polymer Donor Enables All‐Polymer Solar Cells Over 19 % Efficiency
    2024 85 citations Zongtao Wang, Tingting Dai et al. profile →
  3. Self-healing ion-conducting elastomer towards record efficient flexible perovskite solar cells with excellent recoverable mechanical stability
    2024 75 citations Tangyue Xue, Qiang Guo et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  4. Modulation of Molecular Quadrupole Moments by Phenyl Side-Chain Fluorination for High-Voltage and High-Performance Organic Solar Cells
    2025 51 citations Zongtao Wang, Zhi Zheng et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Erjun Zhou 10.6k 9.0k 1.8k 927 618 290 11.6k
Raja Shahid Ashraf 9.4k 0.9× 8.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 884 1.0× 536 0.9× 97 10.3k
Lijun Huo 15.0k 1.4× 13.3k 1.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 805 1.3× 138 15.9k
Nicola Gasparini 9.4k 0.9× 7.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 658 0.7× 547 0.9× 140 10.4k
Kui Jiang 13.6k 1.3× 11.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 848 0.9× 721 1.2× 69 14.2k
Zuo Xiao 11.5k 1.1× 9.3k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 717 1.2× 146 12.6k
Serge Beaupré 9.5k 0.9× 8.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 686 1.1× 68 10.6k
Chang He 8.3k 0.8× 6.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 548 0.6× 329 0.5× 107 9.5k
Pierre M. Beaujuge 10.1k 0.9× 9.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 596 1.0× 93 12.3k
Jingbo Zhao 11.9k 1.1× 10.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 865 0.9× 649 1.1× 35 12.3k
Jun Gao 11.2k 1.1× 9.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 780 1.3× 103 12.3k

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All Works

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Guo, Qiang, Lei Gao, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2025). Molecular engineering of D-A-D type cathode interface materials for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells. Science China Chemistry. 68(9). 4486–4496. 1 indexed citations
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Shan, Chengwei, Jie Zeng, Tingting Dai, et al.. (2025). High-Detectivity Photomultiplication-Type organic photodetectors with Non-Fused ring electron acceptor Enabled by solid Additive-Induced efficient hole tunneling injection. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159658–159658. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaowei, Sibo Li, Chengwei Shan, et al.. (2025). Adhesively Bridging Co‐Self‐Assembled Monolayer and Perovskite Via In Situ Polymerization for Enhanced Stability of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2505745–e2505745. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiyang, Tangyue Xue, Qiang Guo, et al.. (2025). Emerging flexible photovoltaic technology: From materials to devices. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 1–39. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiyang, Runnan Yu, Qianglong Lv, et al.. (2025). Tensile strain regulation via grain boundary buffering for flexible perovskite solar cells. Nature Communications. 17(1). 322–322.
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He, Z.C., et al.. (2024). Motor magnetic field analysis using the edge-based smooth finite element method (ES-FEM). Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 163. 320–332. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Lei, Mengzhen Du, Zongtao Wang, et al.. (2024). Ternary organic solar cells containing fused-benzotriazole polymer as donor and two types of benzotriazole molecules as guest component. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158661–158661. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Ailing, Peiqing Cong, Chao Li, et al.. (2024). Chlorination of benzyl group on the terminal unit of A2-A1-D-A1-A2 type nonfullerene acceptor for high-voltage organic solar cells. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(1). 110233–110233. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zongtao, Ailing Tang, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2024). Shamrock-shaped non-fullerene acceptors enable high-efficiency and high-voltage organic photovoltaics. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(11). 3868–3877. 16 indexed citations
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Du, Mengzhen, Xianda Li, Bingjie Zhou, et al.. (2024). Molecular Design and Organic Photovoltaic Applications of Carboxylate‐Functionalized P‐type Polymers. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(38). 8 indexed citations
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Du, Mengzhen, Dao‐Jun Zhang, Jimin Du, et al.. (2024). The effect of fluorinated conjugated side chains on the photovoltaic performance of polymers based on benzodithiophene (BDT) and carbazolobistriazole (CTA). Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 155970–155970. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, Lidan Guo, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Continuous Room‐Temperature Spin‐Injection Modulation Achieved by Spin‐Filtering Competition in Molecular Spin Valves. Advanced Materials. 35(31). e2300055–e2300055. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Xianda, Jialing Zhou, Qiang Guo, et al.. (2023). Low-cost material combination based on PTQ10 and completely non-fused nonfullerene acceptor for high VOC organic photovoltaics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 464. 142743–142743. 33 indexed citations
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Dai, Tingting, Jialing Zhou, Helin Wang, et al.. (2023). Monohalogenated Quinoxaline-Based Nonfullerene Acceptor to Modulate Photovoltaic Performance. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(19). 10172–10179. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, Yanfang Geng, Jianfeng Li, et al.. (2020). A-DA′D-A-Type Non-fullerene Acceptors Containing a Fused Heptacyclic Ring for Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Polymer Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(45). 24616–24623. 30 indexed citations
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Li, Jianfeng, You Chen, Xiaochen Wang, et al.. (2019). A thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine-based A2–A1–D–A1–A2 type low bandgap non-fullerene acceptor with 1,1-dicyanomethylene-3-indanone (IC) as the terminal group. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(29). 8820–8824. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Fan, Guodong Ding, Ailing Tang, et al.. (2018). A perylenediimide dimer containing an asymmetric π-bridge and its fused derivative for fullerene-free organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(10). 2580–2587. 39 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, Yuli Yin, Fan Chen, et al.. (2018). Comparison of Three n-Type Copolymers Based on Benzodithiophene and Naphthalene Diimide/Perylene Diimide/Fused Perylene Diimides for All-Polymer Solar Cells Application. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(27). 23263–23269. 27 indexed citations

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