Fei Zhao

18.1k total citations · 16 hit papers
86 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Fei Zhao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fei Zhao has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fei Zhao's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (22 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (15 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (13 papers). Fei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (22 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (15 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (13 papers). Fei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Fei Zhao's co-authors include Guihua Yu, Xingyi Zhou, Youhong Guo, Wen Shi, Jiwoong Bae, Liangti Qu, Ye Shi, Hengyi Lu, Panpan Li and Huhu Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Fei Zhao

85 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchical... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2020 2019 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels
    2018 1.8k citations Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  2. Materials for solar-powered water evaporation
    2020 1.2k citations Fei Zhao, Youhong Guo et al. profile →
  3. Hydrogels and Hydrogel-Derived Materials for Energy and Water Sustainability
    2020 1.1k citations Youhong Guo, Jiwoong Bae et al. profile →
  4. Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification
    2019 896 citations Xingyi Zhou, Fei Zhao et al. profile →
  5. A hydrogel-based antifouling solar evaporator for highly efficient water desalination
    2018 875 citations Xingyi Zhou, Fei Zhao et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  6. Biomass‐Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost‐Effective Solar Water Purification
    2020 669 citations Youhong Guo, Hengyi Lu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. A 3D Nanostructured Hydrogel‐Framework‐Derived High‐Performance Composite Polymer Lithium‐Ion Electrolyte
    2018 571 citations Jiwoong Bae, Xingyi Zhou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Hydrogels as an Emerging Material Platform for Solar Water Purification
    2019 553 citations Xingyi Zhou, Youhong Guo et al. profile →
  9. Stretchable All‐Gel‐State Fiber‐Shaped Supercapacitors Enabled by Macromolecularly Interconnected 3D Graphene/Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Hydrogels
    2018 509 citations Fei Zhao, Guihua Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Super Moisture‐Absorbent Gels for All‐Weather Atmospheric Water Harvesting
    2019 472 citations Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  11. Synergistic Energy Nanoconfinement and Water Activation in Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Desalination
    2019 451 citations Youhong Guo, Xingyi Zhou et al. profile →
  12. Atmospheric Water Harvesting: A Review of Material and Structural Designs
    2020 422 citations Xingyi Zhou, Hengyi Lu et al. profile →
  13. Multifunctional Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Gels: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
    2017 387 citations Fei Zhao, Ye Shi et al. profile →
  14. Topology‐Controlled Hydration of Polymer Network in Hydrogels for Solar‐Driven Wastewater Treatment
    2020 381 citations Xingyi Zhou, Youhong Guo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  15. Tailoring surface wetting states for ultrafast solar-driven water evaporation
    2020 360 citations Youhong Guo, Fei Zhao et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  16. Balancing the mechanical, electronic, and self-healing properties in conductive self-healing hydrogel for wearable sensor applications
    2021 254 citations Youhong Guo, Fei Zhao et al. profile →

Peers

Fei Zhao
Comparison fields: 5 of 138
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9.6k
  • Water Science and Technology 4.5k
  • Biomedical Engineering 4.0k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3.6k
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films 2.2k
Bao Yang United States
Xingyi Zhou United States
Bin Zhu China
Youhong Guo United States
Swee Ching Tan Singapore
Jong Hak Kim South Korea
Tifeng Jiao China
Yang Su China
Tingting Gao China
Xuhong Guo China
Bao Yang United States View profile →
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
A novel-green adsorbent based on Sanxan microsphere for removal of methylene blue
2025 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Ying Zhang, Jian Liu, Fei Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaoyan Li, Haidong Huang
0
2
Boosting Electronic Charge Transport in Conductive Hydrogels via Rapid Ion‐Electron Transduction
2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Zhou Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yang Zhao, Fei Zhao
6
3
Evaporate-casting of curvature gradient graphene superstructures for ultra-high strength structural materials
2024 ·Nature Communications ·Bing Lü, Li Yu, Yajie Hu, Ying Wang, Fei Zhao, Yang Zhao, Feng Liu, Huhu Cheng, Liangti Qu
3
4
A highly efficient Lewis acid catalyst of F-doped activated carbon for acetylene dimerization
2024 ·Molecular Catalysis ·Qi Song, Fei Zhao, Qinqin Wang, Bin Dai
2
5
The Properties of High-Performance Concrete with Manganese Slag under Salt Action
2024 ·Materials ·Junchao Yang, Hui Wang, (unknown), Fei Zhao
1
6
Applicability assessment of five evapotranspiration models based on lysimeter data from a bioretention system
2023 ·Ecological Engineering ·Wenlong Zhang, Moyuan Yang, Shouhong Zhang, Lei Yu, Fei Zhao, (unknown), Simin Yang, Hualin Li, (unknown), Ruixian Li, Jianjun Zhang
3
7
Dependence relationship between doping modes and surface plasmon resonance properties of doped ZnO nanocrystals
2023 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·Yanan Wang, Fei Zhao, Meng Zhang, Gang Chen, Xiao Wang, Yan Ma, Weidong Ruan, (unknown), (unknown)
3
8
Amorphous iron-nickel phosphide nanocone arrays as efficient bifunctional electrodes for overall water splitting
2020 ·Green Energy & Environment ·Guang Liu, Yun Wu, Rui Yao, Fei Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Jinping Li
58
9
In situ monitoring of silver adsorption on assembled gold nanorods by surface-enhanced Raman scattering
2020 ·Nanotechnology ·Fei Zhao, Xin Wang, Yehui Zhang, Xuxing Lu, (unknown), Bin Xu, Weixiang Ye, Weihai Ni
8
10
Biomass‐Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost‐Effective Solar Water Purification breakdown →
2020 ·Advanced Materials ·Youhong Guo, Hengyi Lu, Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou, Wen Shi, Guihua Yu
669
11
Enhancement of barrier and anti-corrosive performance of zinc-rich epoxy coatings using nano-silica/graphene oxide hybrid
2020 ·Corrosion Reviews ·Meiling Zhang, Hui Wang, Ting Nie, Jintao Bai, Fei Zhao, Shenghua Ma
43
12
Hispidulin: A promising flavonoid with diverse anti-cancer properties
2020 ·Life Sciences ·Kai‐Li Liu, Fei Zhao, Jingjing Yan, (unknown), Dandan Jiang, (unknown)
53
13
3D porous network heterostructure NiCe@NiFe electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen evolution reaction at large current densities
2019 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Guang Liu, Muheng Wang, Yun Wu, Na Li, Fei Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Jinping Li
142
14
Amorphous CoFeP/NC hybrids as highly efficient electrocatalysts for water oxidation
2019 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·Rui Yao, Yun Wu, Muheng Wang, Na Li, Fei Zhao, Qiang Zhao, Jinping Li, Guang Liu
36
15
Functional Hydrogels for Next-Generation Batteries and Supercapacitors
2019 ·Trends in Chemistry ·Youhong Guo, Jiwoong Bae, Fei Zhao, Guihua Yu
207
16
Spontaneous power source in ambient air of a well-directionally reduced graphene oxide bulk
2018 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Huhu Cheng, Yaxin Huang, Fei Zhao, Ce Yang, Panpan Zhang, Lan Jiang, Gaoquan Shi, Liangti Qu
216
17
Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels breakdown →
2018 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou, Ye Shi, Xin Qian, Megan Alexander, Xinpeng Zhao, (unknown), Ronggui Yang, Liangti Qu, Guihua Yu
1778
18
The Neglected Significant Role for Graphene‐Based Acetylene Hydrochlorination Catalysts — Intrinsic Graphene Defects
2017 ·ChemistrySelect ·Fei Zhao, (unknown)
22
19
All-in-one graphene fiber supercapacitor
2014 ·Nanoscale ·Yue Hu, Huhu Cheng, Fei Zhao, Nan Chen, Lan Jiang, Zhihai Feng, Liangti Qu
197
20
Dimension-tailored functional graphene structures for energy conversion and storage
2013 ·Nanoscale ·Jing Zhang, Fei Zhao, Zhipan Zhang, Nan Chen, Liangti Qu
94

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