Huaqiang Cao

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Huaqiang Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Huaqiang Cao has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Materials Chemistry, 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 31 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Huaqiang Cao's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (21 papers), Graphene research and applications (20 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (20 papers). Huaqiang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (21 papers), Graphene research and applications (20 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (20 papers). Huaqiang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Huaqiang Cao's co-authors include Baojun Li, Meizhen Qu, Jiefu Yin, Xinrong Zhang, Jin Shao, Gui Yin, Jamie H. Warner, Sichun Zhang, Yuexiang Lu and Xiangwen Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Huaqiang Cao

113 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ZnO@graphene composite with enhanced performance for the removal of dye from water

2010 554 citations Baojun Li, Huaqiang Cao Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huaqiang Cao China	50	4.7k	3.7k	2.0k	1.9k	1.2k	120	7.5k
Nagy L. Torad Japan	33	3.0k 0.7×	3.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	64	7.0k
Kolleboyina Jayaramulu India	43	3.3k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	963 0.8×	88	7.1k
Xiaoyong Lai China	41	3.9k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	126	7.9k
Xinglong Gou China	33	4.5k 1.0×	5.3k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	52	8.7k
Wenjun Zheng China	52	4.3k 0.9×	4.8k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	2.6k 1.3×	800 0.7×	196	8.6k
Da Chen China	42	5.8k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	3.2k 1.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	151	9.8k
Wei Zhou China	52	3.0k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	202	7.8k
Kaibin Tang China	51	6.3k 1.3×	5.2k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	811 0.7×	274	9.3k
Shiyong Zhao China	44	3.9k 0.8×	6.7k 1.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	733 0.6×	114	10.3k
Yali Cao China	46	3.6k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	924 0.8×	273	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huaqiang Cao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Huaqiang, Xiaoqi Ding, Shaojun Wang, et al.. (2025). Cellulose-based biomass foams for food packaging: current trends and future challenges. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 163. 105185–105185. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Huaqiang, et al.. (2025). Carbon electron spin catalyzed selective aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. Carbon. 248. 121170–121170.

Wang, Xinke, Peng Han, Menglei Li, et al.. (2025). Charge carrier transport properties of porous carbon nanostructure with covalent organic frameworks. Physical review. B.. 112(16).

Cao, Huaqiang, et al.. (2024). Preparation and characterization of insoluble β-glucan from waste beer yeast. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 282(Pt 1). 136657–136657. 2 indexed citations

Song, Lianglong, et al.. (2024). Constant-ductility inelastic displacement ratio spectra for design of superstructures in seismically isolated buildings. Engineering Structures. 322. 119133–119133. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Huaqiang, Jiadao Wang, Haijun Yang, et al.. (2024). Curvature‐Induced Electron Spin Catalysis with Carbon Spheres. Angewandte Chemie. 137(1). 1 indexed citations

Cao, Huaqiang, et al.. (2023). Antimonene quantum dots as bifunctional fluorescent sensors for rapid detection of cation (Fe3+) and anions (CrO42−, Cr2O72−). APL Materials. 11(4). 2 indexed citations

Cao, Huaqiang, et al.. (2023). Optimization of the Brewing Process and Analysis of Antioxidant Activity and Flavor of Elderberry Wine. Fermentation. 9(3). 276–276. 8 indexed citations

Yin, Jiefu, Huaqiang Cao, Zhongfu Zhou, et al.. (2023). Non‐Blinking Luminescence from Charged Single Graphene Quantum Dots. Advanced Materials. 35(40). e2304074–e2304074. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Zhigang, et al.. (2023). Phase transition, optical, and elastic properties of a new hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite: [(R)-(+)-3-aminoquinuclidine]KI3. APL Materials. 11(3). 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Ting, et al.. (2022). Natural Antioxidants, Tyrosinase and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors from Cercis glabra Leaves. Molecules. 27(24). 8667–8667. 11 indexed citations

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Shen, Ruofan, Yanyan Liu, Hao Wen, et al.. (2021). Engineering Bimodal Oxygen Vacancies and Pt to Boost the Activity Toward Water Dissociation. Small. 18(8). e2105588–e2105588. 66 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhifang, Yilin Sun, Huaqiang Cao, et al.. (2020). Unzipping of black phosphorus to form zigzag-phosphorene nanobelts. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3917–3917. 82 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhenfang, et al.. (2018). Functionalized polyimide separators enable high performance lithium sulfur batteries at elevated temperature. Journal of Power Sources. 396. 542–550. 45 indexed citations

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Yin, Jiefu, Huaqiang Cao, Zhongfu Zhou, Jingxian Zhang, & Meizhen Qu. (2012). SnS2@reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites as anode materials with high capacity for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(45). 23963–23963. 92 indexed citations

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Cao, Huaqiang, Renlong Liang, Dong Qian, Jin Shao, & Meizhen Qu. (2011). l-Serine-Assisted Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Fe₃O₄Nanocubes for Lithuium Ion Batteries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(50). 24688–24695. 60 indexed citations

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Cao, Huaqiang, Guozhi Wang, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2006). Shape and Magnetic Properties of Single‐Crystalline Hematite (α‐Fe₂O₃) Nanocrystals. ChemPhysChem. 7(9). 1897–1901. 100 indexed citations

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Cao, Huaqiang, Guozhi Wang, Sichun Zhang, Xinrong Zhang, & Daniel Rabinovich. (2006). Growth and Optical Properties of Wurtzite-Type CdS Nanocrystals. Inorganic Chemistry. 45(13). 5103–5108. 122 indexed citations

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Cao, Huaqiang, Xiaoqing Qiu, Bing Luo, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and Room‐Temperature Ultraviolet Photoluminescence Properties of Zirconia Nanowires. Advanced Functional Materials. 14(3). 243–246. 171 indexed citations

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Cao, Huaqiang, Xianqing Qiu, Liang Yu, Qiming Zhu, & Meijuan Zhao. (2003). Room-temperature ultraviolet-emitting In2O3 nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 83(4). 761–763. 156 indexed citations

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