Kai Zhang

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Zhang has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 119 papers in Materials Chemistry and 90 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kai Zhang's work include 2D Materials and Applications (62 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (45 papers) and Graphene research and applications (31 papers). Kai Zhang is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (62 papers), Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (45 papers) and Graphene research and applications (31 papers). Kai Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Kai Zhang's co-authors include Xinyao Shi, Yi‐Jun Xu, Han Zhang, Ki Kang Kim, Alfonso Reina, Yumeng Shi, Henan Li, Lain‐Jong Li, Jing Kong and M. S. Dresselhaus and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kai Zhang

197 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Synthesis of Few-Layer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Thin Film by Chemical Vapor Deposition

2010 1.0k citations Kai Zhang et al. profile →
High Mobility MoS₂ Transistor with Low Schottky Barrier Contact by Using Atomic Thick h‐BN as a Tunneling Layer

2016 455 citations Kai Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Zhang China	36	3.9k	2.9k	1.3k	947	633	209	5.7k
Thanasis Georgiou United Kingdom	15	6.6k 1.7×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	618 1.0×	19	7.5k
Shengjun Yuan China	37	4.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	585 0.9×	145	5.9k
Petr A. Khomyakov Netherlands	18	5.2k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	958 1.0×	585 0.9×	27	6.0k
Jonghwa Eom South Korea	41	3.4k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	808 0.9×	512 0.8×	142	4.8k
Shiwei Wu China	30	3.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	688 1.1×	92	4.8k
Yeliang Wang China	38	5.6k 1.4×	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	573 0.9×	226	6.9k
Simone Pisana United Kingdom	27	5.2k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	2.1k 2.2×	1.1k 1.7×	59	6.8k
William Regan United States	22	4.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	1.9k 2.0×	724 1.1×	31	5.7k
Matthew P. Halsall United Kingdom	21	4.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	460 0.7×	140	5.4k
Allen Hsu United States	32	6.4k 1.6×	3.2k 1.1×	813 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	655 1.0×	62	7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luo, Biao, et al.. (2025). Cute or competent? Contextual dynamics of consumer acceptance toward service robots. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management. 34(5). 681–703. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Xinyu, Jie Yang, Junyao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Bio-inspired mid-infrared neuromorphic transistors for dynamic trajectory perception using PdSe2/pentacene heterostructure. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5241–5241. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Zhengyong, et al.. (2023). Molecular-level evaluation of thermal field confinement effects on moisture distribution at the interface of natural ester oil-paper insulation: An investigation of electric field correlation. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 387. 122661–122661. 7 indexed citations

Deng, Jiang, et al.. (2023). Precise regeneration of NOx reduction catalysts poisoned by metal ions via Sabatier principle of antidote-active center interaction. Journal of Cleaner Production. 417. 137967–137967. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaolin, Kai Chen, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2023). Chiral spectral singularities spawning from quasi-bound states in the continuum in PT-symmetric dielectric metasurfaces. Applied Physics Letters. 122(17). 9 indexed citations

Li, Haozhe, Kai Zhang, Xiu Li, et al.. (2023). Two-dimensional (2D) α-In2Se3/Ta2NiSe5 heterojunction photodetector with high sensitivity and fast response in a wide spectral range. Materials & Design. 227. 111799–111799. 14 indexed citations

Dong, Zhuo, Wenzhi Yu, Libo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Wafer‐scale patterned growth of type‐II Dirac semimetal platinum ditelluride for sensitive room‐temperature terahertz photodetection. InfoMat. 5(5). 27 indexed citations

Yu, Qiang, Fangqi Liu, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Lab‐on‐Fiber Based on Optimized Gallium Selenide for Femtosecond Mode‐Locked Lasers and Fiber‐Compatible Photodetectors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 6 indexed citations

Xu, Feng, Kai Zhang, Jiahua Zhang, et al.. (2023). Widefield Diamond Quantum Sensing with Neuromorphic Vision Sensors. Advanced Science. 11(2). e2304355–e2304355. 6 indexed citations

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Mei, Luyao, Kai Zhang, Nan Cui, et al.. (2023). Ultraviolet‐Visible‐Short‐Wavelength Infrared Broadband and Fast‐Response Photodetectors Enabled by Individual Monocrystalline Perovskite Nanoplate. Small. 19(37). e2301386–e2301386. 31 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaohui, Kai Zhang, Yong Zhou, et al.. (2023). Decaying dynamics of harmonic mode-locking in a SESAM-based mode-locked fiber laser. Optics Express. 31(22). 36350–36350. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Wenzhi, Zhuo Dong, Haoran Mu, et al.. (2022). Wafer-Scale Synthesis of 2D Dirac Heterostructures for Self-Driven, Fast, Broadband Photodetectors. ACS Nano. 16(8). 12922–12929. 32 indexed citations

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Gao, Weiqing, Wenwen Dai, Kai Chen, et al.. (2022). Simulation and analysis of supercontinuum generation in the waveband up to 25 µm. Applied Optics. 61(23). 6697–6697. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kai, Yi Gu, Qiliang Li, et al.. (2022). Steep-Slope Negative Quantum Capacitance Field-Effect Transistor. 2022 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). 22.6.1–22.6.4. 3 indexed citations

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Qiu, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2021). Risk Aversion Model and Profit Distribution Method of Virtual Power Plant in Power Market. Electric Power Construction. 42(1). 67. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Rong, Dongliang Ruan, Min Zhang, et al.. (2020). Point defects in two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride: A perspective. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(10). 62 indexed citations

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DeCoster, Mallory E., Xin Chen, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Scattering Processes of ALD Grown PbTe–PbSe Thermoelectric Thin Films. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(46). 28 indexed citations

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Yuan, Jian, Haoran Mu, Lei Li, et al.. (2018). Few-Layer Platinum Diselenide as a New Saturable Absorber for Ultrafast Fiber Lasers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(25). 21534–21540. 68 indexed citations

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Guo, Ying, Ling Zhang, Bo Zhao, et al.. (2015). A novel solid-to-solid electrocatalysis of graphene oxide reduction on copper electrode. RSC Advances. 5(107). 87987–87992. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Shufeng, Xiaojun Wang, Yanshan Wang, et al.. (2015). Common aperture spectral beam combination of fiber lasers with 5 kW power high-efficiency and high-quality output. High Power Laser and Particle Beams. 27(4). 40101. 3 indexed citations

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