Huayang Zhang

9.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
144 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Huayang Zhang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Huayang Zhang has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 83 papers in Materials Chemistry and 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Huayang Zhang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (90 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (22 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers). Huayang Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (90 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (22 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers). Huayang Zhang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Germany. Huayang Zhang's co-authors include Shaobin Wang, Hongqi Sun, Xiaoguang Duan, Wenjie Tian, Moses O. Tadé, Shaomin Liu, Jingkai Lin, Jian Kang, Guosheng Shao and Jun Ke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Huayang Zhang

138 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Porous Carbons: Structure‐Oriented Design and Versatile Applications

2020 504 citations Wenjie Tian, Huayang Zhang et al. profile →
Functional Carbon Nitride Materials in Photo‐Fenton‐Like Catalysis for Environmental Remediation

2022 223 citations Jingkai Lin, Wenjie Tian et al. profile →
The antifouling mechanism and application of bio-inspired superwetting surfaces with effective antifouling performance

2024 67 citations Huayang Zhang et al. profile →
Tandem microplastic degradation and hydrogen production by hierarchical carbon nitride-supported single-atom iron catalysts

2024 62 citations Jingkai Lin, Kunsheng Hu et al. profile →
Carbonaceous materials in structural dimensions for advanced oxidation processes

2025 59 citations Huayang Zhang, Xiaoguang Duan et al. profile →
Interfacial lattice relaxation and S-Zn charge channel engineering in Cd₀.₉Zn₀.₁S/ZnWO₄ S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts

2025 40 citations Dafeng Zhang, Junchang Liu et al. Nano Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huayang Zhang Australia	50	5.6k	4.2k	2.4k	2.1k	1.1k	144	8.3k
Chao Yang China	50	4.0k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	176	7.9k
Xiaoyong Wu China	52	6.7k 1.2×	5.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	675 0.6×	222	9.0k
Dehua Xia China	48	4.8k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	113	6.9k
Jie‐Jie Chen China	44	3.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	145	6.9k
Xiaoqiang An China	48	6.1k 1.1×	5.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	153	8.7k
Hai Guo China	51	7.9k 1.4×	6.3k 1.5×	3.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	82	9.9k
Jian Ku Shang China	52	6.2k 1.1×	5.5k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	136	10.3k
Dongsheng Xia China	47	4.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	220	6.7k
Gangqiang Zhu China	51	7.2k 1.3×	6.2k 1.5×	4.5k 1.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	246	9.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huayang Zhang

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Zhang, Dafeng, Junchang Liu, Xue-Yang Ji, et al.. (2025). Interfacial lattice relaxation and S-Zn charge channel engineering in Cd₀.₉Zn₀.₁S/ZnWO₄ S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts. Nano Energy. 138. 110890–110890. 40 indexed citations breakdown →

Lin, Jingkai, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Biomass‐Derived Single‐Atom Catalysts for Fenton‐Like Catalysis. Small. 21(35). e2504746–e2504746. 2 indexed citations

Meng, Fanpeng, Fei Zhao, Jingkai Lin, et al.. (2025). Optimizing interfacial electric fields in carbon nitride nanosheet/spherical conjugated polymer S-scheme heterojunction for hydrogen evolution. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 41(8). 100095–100095. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Huayang, et al.. (2025). Aqueous-phase room-temperature synthesis of 2D CuCo-BDC for superior peroxymonosulfate activation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 495. 138840–138840. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yongjian, Longchao Huang, Xiankan Zeng, et al.. (2025). Organic/inorganic heterointerfaces engineering for balanced charge distribution. Materials Today Physics. 56. 101764–101764.

Zhang, Huayang, Jingkai Lin, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Photosystem II‐Carbon Nitride Photoanodes for Scalable Biophotoelectrochemistry. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e08813–e08813. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Zhangfeng, Yang Yang, Yuji Li, et al.. (2024). Titanium carbide sealed cadmium sulfide quantum dots on carbon, oxygen-doped boron nitride for enhanced and durable photochemical carbon dioxide reduction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 665. 443–451. 13 indexed citations

Yu, Yao, Jinqiang Zhang, Kunsheng Hu, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen-rich carbon for catalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate towards green synthesis. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(11). 109633–109633. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Shuhui, Huayang Zhang, Yantao Wang, et al.. (2024). Morphology-enhanced piezoelectric performance of SnS nanobelts for acetaminophen degradation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(26). 15744–15752. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Yong Ma, Qing Chang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Photothermal‐Assisted Hydrogen Production via a Porous Carbon@MoS ₂ /ZnIn ₂ S ₄ Type II‐S‐Scheme Tandem Heterostructure. Small. 20(49). e2406609–e2406609. 4 indexed citations

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Meng, Fanpeng, et al.. (2023). Advances in carbon nitride supported single-atom photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 41. 100941–100941. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinqiang, Xiaoli Zhao, Shuli Li, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic Mechanisms of Morphological Engineering and Carbon Doping for Improved Photocatalysis of 2D/2D Carbon Nitride Van Der Waals Heterojunction. Energy & environment materials. 6(3). 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinqiang, Liang Wang, Xiaoli Zhao, et al.. (2022). The Nature of Active Sites for Plasmon‐Mediated Photothermal Catalysis and Heat‐Coupled Photocatalysis in Dry Reforming of Methane. Energy & environment materials. 6(5). 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinqiang, Yunguo Li, Xiaoli Zhao, et al.. (2021). Aligning potential differences within carbon nitride based photocatalysis for efficient solar energy harvesting. Nano Energy. 89. 106357–106357. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Xinzhong, Xiaodong Fan, Lin Li, et al.. (2020). Moiré engineering of electronic phenomena in correlated oxides. Nature Physics. 16(6). 631–635. 41 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaojie, Shiyong Zhao, Xiaoguang Duan, et al.. (2020). Coupling hydrothermal and photothermal single-atom catalysis toward excellent water splitting to hydrogen. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 283. 119660–119660. 109 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huayang, et al.. (2019). Interplay between Lefty and Nodal signaling is essential for the organizer and axial formation in amphioxus embryos. Developmental Biology. 456(1). 63–73. 5 indexed citations

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Song, Feng, Huayang Zhang, Shaobin Wang, et al.. (2018). Atomic-level design of CoOH⁺–hydroxyapatite@C catalysts for superfast degradation of organics via peroxymonosulfate activation. Chemical Communications. 54(39). 4919–4922. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Dongli, Xiaodong Fan, Xiaoguang Li, et al.. (2018). Quantum Control of Graphene Plasmon Excitation and Propagation at Heaviside Potential Steps. Nano Letters. 18(2). 1373–1378. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Haijun, et al.. (2005). An engineering method for restoration of the damaged riparian ecosystem using Phragmites australis.. Shengtaixue zazhi. 24(2). 214–216. 1 indexed citations

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