Hongpeng Gao

4.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
45 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Hongpeng Gao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongpeng Gao has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hongpeng Gao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (34 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (19 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (15 papers). Hongpeng Gao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (34 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (19 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (15 papers). Hongpeng Gao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Hongpeng Gao's co-authors include Zheng Chen, Panpan Xu, Ping Liu, Xiaolu Yu, Mingqian Li, Haodong Liu, Ying Zhang, Guorui Cai, John Holoubek and Varun Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hongpeng Gao

42 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Efficient Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2020 2018 2020 2023 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Efficient Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes by Targeted Healing
    2020 538 citations Panpan Xu, Qiang Dai et al. Joule profile →
  2. A bright organic NIR-II nanofluorophore for three-dimensional imaging into biological tissues
    2018 395 citations Hao Wan, Jingying Yue et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon
    2020 340 citations Qiaowan Chang, Pu Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. A Materials Perspective on Direct Recycling of Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Principles, Challenges and Opportunities
    2023 194 citations Panpan Xu, Binglei Jiao et al. profile →
  5. Electrolyte design implications of ion-pairing in low-temperature Li metal batteries
    2022 181 citations John Holoubek, Kangwoon Kim et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongpeng Gao United States 23 2.3k 1.6k 1.0k 649 559 45 3.3k
Cong Peng China 25 986 0.4× 311 0.2× 248 0.2× 298 0.5× 785 1.4× 66 2.1k
Pengcheng Zhu China 14 842 0.4× 400 0.3× 219 0.2× 372 0.6× 247 0.4× 40 1.4k
Xue Li China 34 3.0k 1.3× 476 0.3× 133 0.1× 786 1.2× 1.0k 1.9× 151 3.9k
Li Cao China 40 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 177 0.2× 244 0.4× 2.8k 5.0× 91 5.1k
Anand I. Bhatt Australia 26 2.6k 1.1× 372 0.2× 111 0.1× 968 1.5× 638 1.1× 50 3.5k
Xu Han China 39 2.5k 1.1× 164 0.1× 386 0.4× 192 0.3× 1.5k 2.7× 145 5.3k
Dan He China 35 3.7k 1.6× 451 0.3× 79 0.1× 1.4k 2.1× 1.0k 1.8× 71 5.5k
Longlong Wang China 27 3.0k 1.3× 332 0.2× 71 0.1× 1.4k 2.1× 930 1.7× 91 3.9k
Shun Yang China 28 1.1k 0.5× 263 0.2× 133 0.1× 117 0.2× 1.0k 1.8× 75 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongpeng Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongpeng Gao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Park, S. H., Hongpeng Gao, Zheng Chen, et al.. (2025). Understanding Structural and Compositional Evolution during NMC Cathode Direct Recycling via Solid‐State NMR. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(46).
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Gupta, Varun, Christopher Potts, Hongpeng Gao, et al.. (2025). Streamlining Ni‐Rich LiNi x Mn y Co z O 2 Cathode Black Mass Purification for Direct Recycling and Upcycling through the Alkoxythermal Process. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(46). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Luqi, Hongpeng Gao, Ich C. Tran, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the Role of Critical Impurities in Spent LiFePO 4  Cathodes for Scalable Direct Regeneration. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(46). 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Jiao, Varun Gupta, Xiaolu Yu, et al.. (2025). In Situ Surface Reconstruction via Lithium Residue Regulation for Direct Recycling of Ni-Rich Cathodes. ACS Nano. 19(47). 40473–40483. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Junlin, Wei Tang, Dong Ju Lee, et al.. (2025). Micron Size NaCrO2 Particles Enable High‐loading Dry‐processed Electrode for Sodium Ion Batteries. Small. 21(23). e2501504–e2501504.
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Xu, Panpan, Xingyu Guo, Binglei Jiao, et al.. (2024). Proton-exchange induced reactivity in layered oxides for lithium-ion batteries. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9842–9842. 17 indexed citations
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Yin, Yijie, John Holoubek, Kangwoon Kim, et al.. (2024). Coulombic Condensation of Liquefied Gas Electrolytes for Li Metal Batteries at Ambient Pressure. Angewandte Chemie. 137(8).
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Gao, Hongpeng, Bing Han, Luqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Understanding and Controlling Structural Defects and Disordering in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathodes for Direct Recycling. ACS Nano. 18(44). 30737–30748. 10 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiaolu, Sicen Yu, Jiao Lin, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional Scavenger Boosts Cathode Interfacial Stability with Reduced Water Footprint for Direct Recycling of Spent Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(41). e2408463–e2408463. 13 indexed citations
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Xia, Dawei, Hongpeng Gao, Mingqian Li, et al.. (2023). Enabling rechargeable Li‐MnO2 batteries using ether electrolytes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 12 indexed citations
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Holoubek, John, Kangwoon Kim, Yijie Yin, et al.. (2022). Electrolyte design implications of ion-pairing in low-temperature Li metal batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(4). 1647–1658. 181 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Xiaolu, Sicen Yu, Zhenzhen Yang, et al.. (2022). Achieving low-temperature hydrothermal relithiation by redox mediation for direct recycling of spent lithium-ion battery cathodes. Energy storage materials. 51. 54–62. 146 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiaolu, Weikang Li, Varun Gupta, et al.. (2022). Current Challenges in Efficient Lithium‐Ion Batteries’ Recycling: A Perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(12). 2200099–2200099. 113 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongdong, Qizhang Yan, Mingqian Li, et al.. (2021). Boosting the cycling stability of Ni-rich layered oxide cathode by dry coating of ultrastable Li3V2(PO4)3 nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 13(5). 2811–2819. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Panpan, Zhenzhen Yang, Xiaolu Yu, et al.. (2021). Design and Optimization of the Direct Recycling of Spent Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(12). 4543–4553. 161 indexed citations
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Chang, Qiaowan, Pu Zhang, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi, et al.. (2020). Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2178–2178. 340 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Panpan, Qiang Dai, Hongpeng Gao, et al.. (2020). Efficient Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes by Targeted Healing. Joule. 4(12). 2609–2626. 538 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Ying, Xiaolan Song, Pu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Production of activated carbons from four wastes via one-step activation and their applications in Pb2+ adsorption: Insight of ash content. Chemosphere. 245. 125587–125587. 55 indexed citations
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Wan, Hao, Jingying Yue, Shoujun Zhu, et al.. (2018). A bright organic NIR-II nanofluorophore for three-dimensional imaging into biological tissues. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1171–1171. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Zhuoran, Hao Wan, Weizhi Wang, et al.. (2018). A theranostic agent for cancer therapy and imaging in the second near-infrared window. Nano Research. 12(2). 273–279. 84 indexed citations

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