Huazhang Zhao

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Huazhang Zhao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Huazhang Zhao has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Water Science and Technology, 33 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Huazhang Zhao's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (25 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (24 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (23 papers). Huazhang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (25 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (24 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (23 papers). Huazhang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Romania and United States. Huazhang Zhao's co-authors include Jinren Ni, Liangjie Wang, Qinzheng Yang, Zhenshan Li, Yingyue Chang, Sitong Liu, Ke Xiao, Chen He, Quan Shi and Ke Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Huazhang Zhao

149 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

The debatable role of singlet oxygen in persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes

2023 239 citations Liangjie Wang, Ke Xiao et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huazhang Zhao China	41	2.4k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	1.0k	154	5.6k
Juan Xu China	43	1.8k 0.7×	868 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	687 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	126	6.0k
Songhu Yuan China	50	3.6k 1.5×	2.5k 2.1×	984 0.9×	834 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	170	7.7k
Jie Wang China	38	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	978 0.9×	950 0.9×	585 0.6×	227	4.7k
Francesca Pagnanelli Italy	43	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	725 0.7×	779 0.8×	168	6.2k
Xuhui Mao China	45	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	527 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	172	6.3k
Hao-Yi Cheng China	39	1.1k 0.5×	920 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	2.1k 2.0×	830 0.8×	136	4.7k
Baogang Zhang China	56	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 2.1×	1.4k 1.2×	2.1k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	202	8.4k
Marta Pazos Spain	47	3.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	418 0.4×	2.3k 2.2×	221	7.1k
Keke Xiao China	48	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	728 0.7×	599 0.6×	149	7.1k
K. Palanivelu India	40	3.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	509 0.4×	382 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	153	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Huazhang Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Huazhang Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huazhang Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Huazhang Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Huazhang Zhao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Huazhang Zhao. Huazhang Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shen, Jing, Huifang Sun, Enze Li, et al.. (2025). In-situ self-assembly Fe3O4/AC@CF cathode for efficient 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation with carbon-mediated reaction route in bio-electro-Fenton. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 713. 136457–136457. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jie, Jing Ren, Huifang Sun, et al.. (2025). Hexagonal boron nitride and graphene covalent heterostructure to resist mineral scale formation and organic fouling in membrane distillation. Desalination. 613. 118999–118999.

Li, Han, Tao Fu, Jinwei Liu, et al.. (2025). The mechanism of alkali to inhibit the organics polymerization in improving the biodegradability of wastewater treated by heat/peroxydisulfate. Water Research. 274. 123096–123096. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Xinyao, Tao Fu, Qian Feng, et al.. (2025). Carbon nanotube supported iron phthalocyanine providing efficient electron transfer pathway for water decontamination. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 372. 125303–125303. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Jinwei, et al.. (2024). Organosilica with tunable pore structure and antibacterial activity for intelligent humidity control. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154770–154770. 2 indexed citations

Du, Zhiping, et al.. (2024). Toxicity stress alleviation through cometabolism and lignite activated coke immobilization in bioelectrochemical systems. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 150024–150024. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Daoqing, et al.. (2024). Analyzing the active sites of carbocatalyst for peroxydisulfate activation: Specific surface area or electrochemical surface area?. Chemosphere. 364. 143124–143124. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, et al.. (2023). Improving hydrogen production activity of bifunctional CuCoFe-layered double hydroxides for electrocatalytic water splitting: Effects of valence state evolution and oxygen vacancies. Fuel. 361. 130711–130711. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Liangjie, Chunxiang Geng, Daoqing Liu, et al.. (2023). Catalytic performance and mechanism of PTFE modified NiCo2O4 in high-salt organic wastewater treatment during wet air oxidation at ambient pressure. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 334. 122786–122786. 8 indexed citations

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Wei, Mingzhi, Jinwei Liu, Qinzheng Yang, et al.. (2022). Denitrification mechanism in oxygen-rich aquatic environments through long-distance electron transfer. npj Clean Water. 5(1). 16 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhiqian, Yandi Hu, Huazhang Zhao, Bo Cao, & Ping Zhang. (2022). Sulfate mineral scaling: From fundamental mechanisms to control strategies. Water Research. 222. 118945–118945. 37 indexed citations

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Guo, Yongqiang, Chao Liu, Wei Xu, et al.. (2021). Interpenetrating network nanoarchitectonics of antifouling poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes for oil–water separation. RSC Advances. 11(51). 31865–31876. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chen, Fangqin Cheng, Huazhang Zhao, & Jianfeng Li. (2020). Enhanced phenol degradation under different shock-stress in LAC/AS system: The combination effects of LAC toxicity mitigation and microbial community shift. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 40. 101824–101824. 13 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaoran, Xiaoliang Wang, Siqi Yang, et al.. (2020). Improving the power generation performances of Gram-positive electricigens by regulating the peptidoglycan layer with lysozyme. Environmental Research. 185. 109463–109463. 15 indexed citations

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Xue, An, et al.. (2013). Arsenite removal from aqueous solution by a microbial fuel cell–zerovalent iron hybrid process. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 261. 621–627. 51 indexed citations

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Zhao, Huazhang. (2012). Study on Advanced Treatment of Coking Wastewater by Fenton Oxidation Process. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Wendong, Hongwei Yang, Huazhang Zhao, & Zhanpeng Jiang. (2007). Transfer and transport of aluminum in filtration unit. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 19(8). 897–901. 11 indexed citations

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Zhao, Huazhang, et al.. (2002). Morphology and electrical conductivity of PACS. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 12(3). 319–324. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Huazhang, Zhaokun Luan, Qinyan Yue, & Baoyu Gao. (2002). DECOLORIZATION PROPERTY OF PDMDAAC FLOCCULANT SERIES. Environmental Chemistry. 21(2). 149–154. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Changsui, et al.. (1993). A Study on Kinetics of the Bronze Powder-Corrosion Development. Science China Chemistry. 36(6). 659–668. 1 indexed citations

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