Hongbo Zhang

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Hongbo Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongbo Zhang has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 22 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Hongbo Zhang's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (21 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (21 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (17 papers). Hongbo Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (21 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (21 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (17 papers). Hongbo Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Greece. Hongbo Zhang's co-authors include Jie Liu, Yingwen Cheng, C. Varanasi, Songtao Lu, Youtao Song, Jun Wang, Guanshu Li, Yanwen Ma, Siyi Li and Jing Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Hongbo Zhang

69 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Synergistic Effects from Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes Enable Flexible and Robust Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors

2012 606 citations Hongbo Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongbo Zhang China	28	1.7k	1.5k	959	869	496	71	2.9k
Jiangying Qu China	21	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	567 0.6×	748 0.9×	399 0.8×	37	2.3k
Fangwei Ma China	28	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	637 0.7×	723 0.8×	453 0.9×	49	3.0k
Gaoxin Lin China	18	1.5k 0.9×	811 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	596 0.7×	196 0.4×	29	2.3k
Kuangmin Zhao China	29	1.5k 0.9×	707 0.5×	1.7k 1.8×	839 1.0×	280 0.6×	51	3.0k
Jens Peter Paraknowitsch Germany	14	2.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	1.6k 1.8×	289 0.6×	18	3.9k
Zhiqun Tian China	26	1.8k 1.1×	574 0.4×	2.0k 2.1×	1.3k 1.5×	242 0.5×	47	3.0k
Himadri Tanaya Das India	23	948 0.6×	994 0.7×	517 0.5×	616 0.7×	194 0.4×	49	1.8k
Wei Ma China	32	2.0k 1.2×	604 0.4×	1.9k 2.0×	1.5k 1.8×	429 0.9×	90	3.4k
Longbin Li China	27	2.3k 1.4×	829 0.5×	2.2k 2.3×	1.2k 1.4×	239 0.5×	66	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongbo Zhang

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Wang, Peng, Peng Wang, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2025). A novel high-entropy filler (Ni₃₀Co₂₀Cr₂₀Mo₁₀Al₁₀Ti₁₀) for SiCf/SiC and DD3 brazing: Enhanced joint strength via plastic phase. Materials Characterization. 221. 114768–114768. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Hanshi, et al.. (2025). Water deficit is increasingly limiting vegetation productivity in China. Ecological Indicators. 177. 113775–113775.

Zhou, Deli, Hongbo Zhang, Xiaobai Li, et al.. (2025). A cellulose-based CO2 capture foam-like porous material for biological carbon fixation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 512. 162660–162660. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Zonglin, Xia Sun, Shuman Sun, et al.. (2024). Assembling a S-type heterostructure photocatalyst of Bi12O17Cl2/CuBi2O4 to reduce CO2 into CO. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 999. 175029–175029. 8 indexed citations

Nai, Xin, Hongbo Zhang, Peng Wang, et al.. (2024). Strengthening Ti3SiC2/Cu brazed joint assisted with cold spray additive manufacturing: Lower brazing temperature through interdiffusion and graded reinforcement for stress relaxation. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 331. 118530–118530. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongbo, et al.. (2024). 2D NiFe ₂ O ₄ /Ni(OH) ₂ Heterostructure‐Based Self‐Supporting Electrode With Synergistic Surface/Interfacial Engineering for Efficient Water Electrooxidation. Small. 20(47). e2405225–e2405225. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongbo, Xianying He, Hanhua Feng, Li Cheng, & Ming Li. (2024). A poly(binaphthyl-co-terphenyl quinuclidinium) anion exchange membrane with excellent alkaline stability and anion conductivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(35). 23570–23576. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongbo, Haiyan Chen, Pengcheng Wang, et al.. (2024). A novel method to relieve residual stress in dissimilar brazed joint via micro-scale additive manufacturing. Ceramics International. 50(22). 48832–48842. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongbo, Yu Meng, Lingzhe Fang, et al.. (2024). A thermal evaporation–trapping strategy to synthesize flexible and robust oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(23). 9375–9382. 27 indexed citations

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Meng, Yu, Lei Qin, Chao Shi, et al.. (2024). Universal Sublimation Strategy to Stabilize Single-Metal Sites on Flexible Single-Wall Carbon-Nanotube Films with Strain-Enhanced Activities for Zinc–Air Batteries and Water Splitting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(13). 16164–16174. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Peng Wang, Heng Shao, et al.. (2024). Enhancement of mechanical properties in Ti2AlNb/Ti60 brazed joints via Nb foam-induced in-situ formation of tough Ti4Nb phase. Materials Characterization. 218. 114513–114513. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jiaxin, Yan Lv, Xueyan Wu, et al.. (2023). Effectively enhanced activity of hydrogen evolution through strong interfacial coupling on SnS2/MoS2/Ni3S2 heterostructured porous nanosheets. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 670. 131634–131634. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongbo, Yi Mei, Feng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Prussian-Blue-Analogue-Derived Ultrathin Co₂P-Fe₂P Nanosheets for Universal-pH Overall Water Splitting. Nano Letters. 23(17). 8331–8338. 74 indexed citations

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He, Lin, Hao Hu, Hongbo Zhang, Yi Mei, & Jincheng Li. (2022). Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts Derived from Metal–Organic Framework-Hydrolyzed Nanosheets for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(12). 14799–14806. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongbo, Jing Qiao, Guanshu Li, et al.. (2019). Construction of coated Z-scheme Pd-BaZrO3@WO3 composite with enhanced sonocatalytic activity for diazinon degradation in aqueous solution. The Science of The Total Environment. 663. 97–109. 32 indexed citations

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Xia, Mao, Yiran Li, Hongbo Zhang, et al.. (2019). Improving the electrochemical properties of a SiO@C/graphite composite anode for high-energy lithium-ion batteries by adding lithium fluoride. Applied Surface Science. 480. 410–418. 55 indexed citations

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Zhou, Nan, Qing Zhou, Yiran Li, et al.. (2019). Enhanced cycling performance and rate capacity of SiO anode material by compositing with monoclinic TiO2 (B). Applied Surface Science. 486. 292–302. 34 indexed citations

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Li, Kan, Hongbo Zhang, Maohong Fan, et al.. (2017). Electrochemical nitrate reduction by using a novel Co 3 O 4 /Ti cathode. Water Research. 120. 1–11. 265 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongbo, Jing Qiao, Guanshu Li, et al.. (2017). Preparation of Ce4+-doped BaZrO3 by hydrothermal method and application in dual-frequent sonocatalytic degradation of norfloxacin in aqueous solution. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 42. 356–367. 62 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongbo. (2003). RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF POROUS CARBON MATERIALS FOR ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR. Carbon. 1 indexed citations

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