John Holoubek

5.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
60 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

John Holoubek is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, John Holoubek has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34 papers in Automotive Engineering and 8 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in John Holoubek's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (52 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (51 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (34 papers). John Holoubek is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (52 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (51 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (34 papers). John Holoubek collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. John Holoubek's co-authors include Ping Liu, Zheng Chen, Yijie Yin, Zhaohui Wu, Sicen Yu, Tod A. Pascal, Xiulei Ji, Guorui Cai, Xing Xing and Xianyong Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

John Holoubek

56 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2021 2018 2020 2022 2023 200 400 600
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.

  1. Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries cycled at ultra-low temperature
    2021 693 citations John Holoubek, Haodong Liu et al. Nature Energy profile →
  2. A ZnCl2 water-in-salt electrolyte for a reversible Zn metal anode
    2018 639 citations John Holoubek, Xianyong Wu et al. profile →
  3. An All-Fluorinated Ester Electrolyte for Stable High-Voltage Li Metal Batteries Capable of Ultra-Low-Temperature Operation
    2020 301 citations John Holoubek, Sicen Yu et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
  4. 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 →
  5. Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries
    2023 121 citations Zhaohui Wu, Chunyang Wang et al. Nature Energy profile →
  6. Asymmetric ether solvents for high-rate lithium metal batteries
    2025 40 citations Yuelang Chen, Ajit Shah et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Holoubek United States 28 4.3k 1.9k 660 432 356 60 4.4k
Yingqiang Wu China 32 3.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 1.5× 675 1.6× 448 1.3× 56 3.7k
Meinan He United States 31 2.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 386 0.6× 273 0.6× 272 0.8× 51 3.1k
Sixu Deng Canada 33 3.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 730 1.1× 878 2.0× 330 0.9× 61 3.6k
Sufu Liu China 35 6.0k 1.4× 2.8k 1.5× 789 1.2× 754 1.7× 228 0.6× 55 6.1k
Zhihong Piao China 25 3.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 323 0.5× 458 1.1× 613 1.7× 40 3.2k
Ivana Hasa Germany 30 4.0k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 2.0× 619 1.4× 541 1.5× 50 4.2k
Haiying Che China 25 2.4k 0.6× 701 0.4× 524 0.8× 433 1.0× 358 1.0× 36 2.5k
Giuseppe Antonio Elia Italy 29 3.5k 0.8× 959 0.5× 807 1.2× 688 1.6× 304 0.9× 69 3.7k
Gongxun Lu China 28 3.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 335 0.5× 531 1.2× 165 0.5× 47 3.2k
Yuruo Qi China 30 3.3k 0.8× 544 0.3× 1.1k 1.7× 682 1.6× 400 1.1× 71 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Holoubek

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feng, Guangxia, Zaichun Liu, John Holoubek, et al.. (2025). Hydrotrope-enabled high concentration aqueous electrolytes for reversible and sustainable iron metal anodes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11055–11055. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuelang, Ajit Shah, John Holoubek, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric ether solvents for high-rate lithium metal batteries. Nature Energy. 10(3). 365–379. 40 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Elizabeth, Yuelang Chen, John Holoubek, et al.. (2025). Monofluorinated acetal electrolyte for high-performance lithium metal batteries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(2). e2418623122–e2418623122. 9 indexed citations
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Holoubek, John, et al.. (2025). A solvation-driven reevaluation of organic electrolytes for zinc batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(18). 8608–8617.
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Kim, Mun Sek, Yi Cui, Wenbo Zhang, et al.. (2025). Reactive Suspension Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 10(9). 4252–4259. 1 indexed citations
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Hui, Zeyu, Sicen Yu, Shen Wang, et al.. (2025). Nucleation processes at interfaces with both substrate and electrolyte control lithium growth. Nature Chemistry. 18(1). 33–42. 1 indexed citations
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Li, M., John Holoubek, Guorui Cai, et al.. (2025). Full Depth‐of‐Discharge Cycling in Zn||MnO 2 Batteries Enabled by Alkaline Salt‐Concentrated Hydrogel Electrolyte. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(48). 1 indexed citations
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Lam, N. T., et al.. (2024). Bridging the Gap Between Pouch and Coin Cell Electrochemical Performance in Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(2). 20535–20535. 7 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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Holoubek, John, Haodong Liu, Qizhang Yan, et al.. (2023). Locally Saturated Ether-Based Electrolytes With Oxidative Stability For Li Metal Batteries Based on Li-Rich Cathodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(39). 45764–45773. 8 indexed citations
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Cai, Guorui, Amanda A. Chen, Sharon Lin, et al.. (2023). Unravelling Ultrafast Li Ion Transport in Functionalized Metal–Organic Framework-Based Battery Electrolytes. Nano Letters. 23(15). 7062–7069. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhaohui, Chunyang Wang, Zeyu Hui, et al.. (2023). Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries. Nature Energy. 121 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Sicen, Shen Wang, Qiushi Miao, et al.. (2023). Composite Lithium Metal Structure to Mitigate Pulverization and Enable Long‐Life Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(40). 16 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, Sicen, Zhaohui Wu, John Holoubek, et al.. (2022). A Fiber‐Based 3D Lithium Host for Lean Electrolyte Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Science. 9(10). e2104829–e2104829. 27 indexed citations
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Cai, Guorui, Yijie Yin, Dawei Xia, et al.. (2021). Sub-nanometer confinement enables facile condensation of gas electrolyte for low-temperature batteries. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3395–3395. 57 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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Holoubek, John, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, et al.. (2021). Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries cycled at ultra-low temperature. Nature Energy. 6(3). 303–313. 693 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Heng, Jessica J. Hong, Xianyong Wu, et al.. (2018). Insights on the Proton Insertion Mechanism in the Electrode of Hexagonal Tungsten Oxide Hydrate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(37). 11556–11559. 186 indexed citations

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