Guannan Zu

658 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 515 citations indexed

About

Guannan Zu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Guannan Zu has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 515 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Guannan Zu's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (5 papers). Guannan Zu is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (5 papers). Guannan Zu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Guannan Zu's co-authors include Hongyi Li, Jinshu Wang, Guangwei Zheng, Zhanhu Guo, Vignesh Murugadoss, Chen Lai, Haibing Che, Tao Ding, Hu Liu and Qiang Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Nanoscale.

In The Last Decade

Guannan Zu

19 papers receiving 501 citations

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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.

A Review on Engineering Transition Metal Compound Catalysts to Accelerate the Redox Kinetics of Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

2024 86 citations Liping Chen, Guiqiang Cao et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guannan Zu China	9	304	275	254	64	53	21	515
Shuting Kan China	11	372 1.2×	263 1.0×	116 0.5×	29 0.5×	83 1.6×	15	475
Saheed Bukola United States	13	377 1.2×	261 0.9×	189 0.7×	28 0.4×	64 1.2×	18	526
Ahmed Soliman Qatar	5	231 0.8×	102 0.4×	218 0.9×	93 1.5×	37 0.7×	10	400
Yankun Sun China	10	169 0.6×	136 0.5×	127 0.5×	33 0.5×	70 1.3×	20	340
Qingxi Zhai China	13	303 1.0×	225 0.8×	206 0.8×	22 0.3×	33 0.6×	20	470
Bijian Deng China	14	351 1.2×	280 1.0×	225 0.9×	66 1.0×	222 4.2×	18	593
Armin Schneider Germany	8	487 1.6×	474 1.7×	175 0.7×	45 0.7×	23 0.4×	10	603
Kyung Ah Lee South Korea	9	357 1.2×	286 1.0×	124 0.5×	31 0.5×	57 1.1×	14	473
Yoon-Hwan Cho South Korea	16	588 1.9×	603 2.2×	169 0.7×	47 0.7×	40 0.8×	29	673
Zebiao Li China	12	431 1.4×	191 0.7×	102 0.4×	33 0.5×	148 2.8×	23	547

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Li, Yong, Jie Hou, Guangming Wang, et al.. (2025). Manipulating local electronic and interfacial structure of O3-type layered oxides for high-rate sodium-ion battery cathodes. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 105. 224–232. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Liping, Xiaobo Wang, Shuyue Li, et al.. (2025). Incorporating Heterogeneous Metal Ions in CoSe₂ Nanosheets for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(21). 10887–10897. 1 indexed citations

Zu, Guannan, Yilong Li, Yonghong Fu, et al.. (2024). Al2O3-induced phase conversion regulation from hexagonal FeS to orthorhombic FeS for enhancing the Li-ion accommodation ability. Materials Characterization. 217. 114343–114343.

Chen, Liping, Lin Huang, Yang Bai, et al.. (2024). Modified electron structure of CNT-CoSe2 (vs. CoSe2) with more Co2+ for improving catalytic effect in lithium sulfur batteries. Materials Today Communications. 39. 108646–108646. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Liping, et al.. (2024). An adsorption-catalytic conversion catalyst Fe2O3@C-modified separator for boosting conversion of lithium polysulfides and long-life lithium-sulfur batteries. Ionics. 30(10). 6025–6035. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Liping, Xin Li, Guannan Zu, et al.. (2024). Modifying the electron structure of an FeCoNiZnCu high-entropy alloy with the introduction of Cu to facilitate the catalytic effect in lithium sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(28). 17651–17662. 18 indexed citations

Zu, Guannan, Juan Wang, Yilong Li, et al.. (2024). Al₂O₃-Induced Phase Conversion Regulation of WS₂ Anode Enhances the Lithium Storage Reversibility. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(51). 70596–70605. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Liping, Guiqiang Cao, Yong Li, et al.. (2024). A Review on Engineering Transition Metal Compound Catalysts to Accelerate the Redox Kinetics of Sulfur Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Nano-Micro Letters. 16(1). 97–97. 86 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Liping, Xiaobo Wang, Ruixian Duan, et al.. (2024). Manipulating Orbital Hybridization of CoSe₂ by S Doping for the Highly Active Catalytic Effect of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(36). 48639–48648. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Shuyue, Liangliang Wang, Liping Chen, et al.. (2024). Nanostructured Layered Vanadium Oxide Modified by Hydrated Manganese Ions for Boosting Zn²⁺ Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(13). 15162–15170. 1 indexed citations

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Zu, Guannan, Hongyi Li, Juan Wang, et al.. (2022). The compactness of 2H-MoS2 thin films determines their performance on lithium storage ability. Materials Characterization. 196. 112570–112570. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Lin, Juan Wang, Haipeng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Luminescence properties of rare earth complexes bonded to novel mesoporous spherical hybrid materials. Journal of Rare Earths. 41(1). 60–66. 5 indexed citations

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Zu, Guannan, Changhao Wang, Hongyi Li, et al.. (2022). Unraveling structure evolution failure mechanism in MoS2 anode for improving lithium storage stability. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 128. 245–253. 5 indexed citations

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Zu, Guannan, Gencai Guo, Hongyi Li, et al.. (2020). Revealing the failure mechanism of transition-metal chalcogenides towards the copper current collector in secondary batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(14). 6569–6575. 16 indexed citations

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Zheng, Guangwei, Jinshu Wang, Guannan Zu, et al.. (2019). Sandwich structured WO₃ nanoplatelets for highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(45). 26077–26088. 89 indexed citations

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Zheng, Guangwei, Jinshu Wang, Hu Liu, et al.. (2019). Tungsten oxide nanostructures and nanocomposites for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nanoscale. 11(41). 18968–18994. 211 indexed citations

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Chen, Gan, Guannan Zu, Xiang Song, et al.. (2019). <p>Long noncoding RNA expression analysis reveals the regulatory effects of nitinol-based nanotubular coatings on human coronary artery endothelial cells</p>. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 14. 3297–3309. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Hongyi, Shaojing Liu, Xinxin Wang, et al.. (2019). Platinum nano-flowers with controlled facet planted in titanium dioxide nanotube arrays bed and their high electro-catalytic activity. Sustainable materials and technologies. 20. e00093–e00093. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Pingping, Jinshu Wang, Guannan Zu, et al.. (2018). Synergetic catalytic properties of gold nanoparticles planted on transparent titanium dioxide nanotube array bed. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 217. 437–444. 8 indexed citations

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Zu, Guannan, Hongyi Li, Shaojing Liu, et al.. (2018). Highly efficient mass determination of TiO2 nanotube arrays and its application in lithium-ion batteries. Sustainable materials and technologies. 18. e00079–e00079. 13 indexed citations

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