Heng Cao

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Heng Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Cao has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Heng Cao's work include Advanced battery technologies research (18 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (12 papers). Heng Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced battery technologies research (18 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (12 papers). Heng Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Japan. Heng Cao's co-authors include Dunmin Lin, Qiaoji Zheng, Jingxin Zhao, Qiang Hu, Yu Liu, Jun Bao, Yu Huo, Xiaodi Zhu, Xiaomin Huang and Yuanxia Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Heng Cao

38 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Prussian blue analogs cathodes for aqueous zinc ion batteries

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heng Cao China	18	733	481	357	197	133	38	1.1k
Peiyao Yang China	10	867 1.2×	581 1.2×	315 0.9×	171 0.9×	105 0.8×	18	1.1k
Congying Song China	20	714 1.0×	404 0.8×	256 0.7×	207 1.1×	123 0.9×	35	876
Shuanlong Di China	15	663 0.9×	396 0.8×	274 0.8×	236 1.2×	100 0.8×	27	874
Mengfan Zhou China	9	1.1k 1.5×	516 1.1×	199 0.6×	244 1.2×	129 1.0×	15	1.2k
Toshinari Koketsu Germany	14	917 1.3×	576 1.2×	381 1.1×	193 1.0×	100 0.8×	16	1.2k
Fengliu Lou Norway	20	752 1.0×	437 0.9×	351 1.0×	370 1.9×	181 1.4×	38	1.1k
Lishang Zhang China	11	1.1k 1.6×	827 1.7×	315 0.9×	280 1.4×	122 0.9×	17	1.4k
Zechuan Huang China	14	597 0.8×	429 0.9×	292 0.8×	207 1.1×	59 0.4×	14	901
Yanchen Ma China	8	720 1.0×	357 0.7×	208 0.6×	266 1.4×	90 0.7×	8	853
Wanqing Song China	15	677 0.9×	473 1.0×	345 1.0×	180 0.9×	46 0.3×	20	1.0k

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All Works

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Cao, Heng, Youqi Zhu, Tao Jiang, et al.. (2025). Fundamental Understanding and Material Challenges in Rechargeable Magnesium–Sulfur Battery: Current Advances and Perspective. Small. 21(39). e07241–e07241. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Heng, Peiyu Ma, Ruyang Wang, et al.. (2025). Visualizing interfacial charge transfer of two-dimensional heterostructure photocatalyst for efficient CO2 photoreduction via in situ spectroscopies. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 109. 798–806. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Peiyu, Heng Cao, Qi Hao, et al.. (2024). Neighbouring Synergy in High‐Density Single Ir Atoms on CoGaOOH for Efficient Alkaline Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. Angewandte Chemie. 136(32). 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Peiyu, Heng Cao, Qi Hao, et al.. (2024). Neighbouring Synergy in High‐Density Single Ir Atoms on CoGaOOH for Efficient Alkaline Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(32). e202404418–e202404418. 20 indexed citations

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Cao, Heng, et al.. (2024). Microwave-assisted synthesis of copper telluride nanoribbons for electrochemical magnesium storage. Materials Letters. 359. 135881–135881. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Zhaoyu, Heng Cao, Qianwei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Constructing Cu9S5@CuSe heterostructures under microwave irradiation for rechargeable magnesium batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152569–152569. 10 indexed citations

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Meng, Jie, Tao Ding, Heng Cao, et al.. (2024). Efficient Interfacial Charge Transfer Enables Nearly 100% Selectivity for Solar-Light-Driven CO₂ Conversion. ACS Catalysis. 14(10). 7506–7513. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaomin, Heng Cao, Maolin Yang, et al.. (2023). In-situ constructing robust hydrophobic artificial interface layer to achieve a highly reversible dendrite-free Zn Anode for aqueous zinc ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta. 470. 143286–143286. 18 indexed citations

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Ma, Peiyu, Feng Chen, Huihuang Chen, et al.. (2023). Directing in-situ self-optimization of single-atom catalysts for improved oxygen evolution. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 80. 284–290. 7 indexed citations

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Jia, Chuanyi, Peiyu Ma, Huihuang Chen, et al.. (2023). Remote Synergy between Heterogeneous Single Atoms and Clusters for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution. Nano Letters. 23(8). 3309–3316. 56 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoqin, Ji Chen, Heng Cao, et al.. (2023). Efficient Suppression of Dendrites and Side Reactions by Strong Electrostatic Shielding Effect via the Additive of Rb₂SO₄ for Anodes in Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries. Small. 19(52). e2303906–e2303906. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Yu, Qingping Li, Xiaoqin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Tuning the distribution of zinc ions by manganese dioxide ion sieve to realize the uniform deposition of zinc ions on Zn metal anode of aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Ceramics International. 49(16). 27506–27513. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Pingli, Yi Cao, Heng Cao, et al.. (2023). An in-situ grown high-efficiency Zn-terephthalate metal–organic framework/ZnO hybrid interface protection layer to achieve highly reversible dendrite-free Zn anodes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 145955–145955. 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Heng, Xiaoqin Zhang, Bin Xie, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the Solvation Structure and Electrolyte Interface through Carbonyl Chemistry for Durable and Dendrite‐Free Zn Anode. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(46). 88 indexed citations

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Zeng, Di, Haipeng Wang, Xiaodi Zhu, et al.. (2022). Single-atom copper modified hexagonal tungsten oxide for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction to acetic acid. Chemical Engineering Journal. 451. 138801–138801. 52 indexed citations

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Cao, Heng, Yu Liu, Qiang Hu, et al.. (2022). Na superionic conductor-type compounds as protective layers for dendrites-free aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 629(Pt B). 3–11. 9 indexed citations

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Yue, Xiaoqiu, Heng Cao, Xijun Wei, et al.. (2022). Effect of electronic structure modulation and layer spacing change of NiAl layered double hydroxide nanoflowers caused by cobalt doping on supercapacitor performance. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 630(Pt A). 973–983. 54 indexed citations

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Cao, Heng, Xiaomin Huang, Yu Liu, et al.. (2022). An efficient electrolyte additive of tetramethylammonium sulfate hydrate for Dendritic-Free zinc anode for aqueous Zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 627. 367–374. 69 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiyu, Jiawei Xue, Haibin Pan, et al.. (2020). Establishing a new hot electrons transfer channel by ion doping in a plasmonic metal/semiconductor photocatalyst. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(28). 15795–15798. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Bo, et al.. (2017). Arc plasma-assisted hydrogenation of few-layer graphene in methane-hydrogen atmospheres. Diamond and Related Materials. 76. 44–49. 15 indexed citations

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