Kai Zhou

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Zhou is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Zhou has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Kai Zhou's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (10 papers). Kai Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (10 papers). Kai Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Poland. Kai Zhou's co-authors include Chang Bao Han, Guohua Luo, Yuhong Jin, Jingbing Liu, Hao Wang, Xiaoxing Ke, Zelin Wang, Hui Yan, Changhao Wang and Qianqian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Kai Zhou

44 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Platinum single-atom catalyst coupled with transition metal/metal oxide heterostructure for accelerating alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

2021 625 citations Kai Zhou, Zelin Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Zhou China	22	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	508	417	45	2.3k
Yueyu Tong China	23	1.2k 1.0×	912 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	477 0.9×	409 1.0×	32	2.2k
Jieshan Qiu China	27	1.2k 1.0×	543 0.5×	873 0.8×	795 1.6×	455 1.1×	72	2.3k
Wanfeng Yang China	28	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	2.2k 2.1×	828 1.6×	766 1.8×	60	3.3k
Duojie Wu China	26	1.5k 1.3×	787 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	547 1.1×	185 0.4×	47	2.6k
Subramani Surendran South Korea	34	1.6k 1.4×	897 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	469 0.9×	942 2.3×	89	2.9k
Xueping Qin Hong Kong	27	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	2.5k 2.4×	730 1.4×	355 0.9×	41	3.3k
Zhihong Tian China	28	1.5k 1.3×	940 0.8×	939 0.9×	279 0.5×	502 1.2×	64	2.5k
Shengzhou Chen China	24	1.1k 0.9×	570 0.5×	654 0.6×	284 0.6×	570 1.4×	108	1.8k
Zechao Zhuang China	25	2.2k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	214 0.4×	881 2.1×	38	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Zhou

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Feng, Feng, et al.. (2025). A multi-sensor tool wear monitoring method based on mechanism-data fusion for industrial scenario. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 234. 112834–112834.

Ban, Chaogang, Bing Li, Jiangping Ma, et al.. (2024). Plasmonic Au–TiO2 interactions for augmented photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Ceramics International. 50(9). 15444–15451. 22 indexed citations

Zhou, Kai, et al.. (2024). Alkali metal ion-doped GaN for ultrafast electrochemical capacitor: Doping mechanism, structural adjustment, and structure–performance relationship. Chemical Engineering Journal. 504. 158761–158761. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Kai, Min Zou, Jingwen Guo, et al.. (2024). Tuning the active plane and crystallinity of GaN microcrystals for high-performance supercapacitors through potassium nitrate-mediated synthesis. Journal of Power Sources. 613. 234932–234932. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Rundong, Di Wu, Jiangping Ma, et al.. (2024). Boosting CO2 piezo-reduction via metal-support interactions in Au/ZnO based catalysts. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 661. 512–519. 17 indexed citations

Ma, Furui, Kai Zhou, Tao Huang, et al.. (2024). Rational one-step synthesis of porous PtAg nanowires for methanol oxidation with a CO-poisoning tolerance: An experimental and theoretical study. Chemical Engineering Journal. 492. 151988–151988. 19 indexed citations

Zhou, Kai, Yuanyuan Zhang, Mingjie Liu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Fe@UiO-66 for aerobic oxidation of N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolines. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(6). 1605–1612. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Kai, et al.. (2024). Discovering Hidden Risks in Society with Multimodal Social Media Using Large Language Models. 140–144. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhan, Kai Zhou, Shouzhi Wang, et al.. (2023). Thermal instability-induced formation of hierarchically structured porous GaN/nitrogen-doped carbon with high performance for supercapacitor. Journal of Energy Storage. 72. 108434–108434. 7 indexed citations

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Han, Chang Bao, et al.. (2023). Anion assisted completely reconfigured manganese oxides with optimal proton adsorption for boosting acidic hydrogen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 465. 143006–143006. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Ziyao, Kai Zhou, Junru Wu, et al.. (2022). Enabling Enhanced Cycling Stability of a LiNi_0.8Co_0.15Al_0.05O₂ Cathode by Constructing a Ti-Rich Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(49). 20747–20753. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kai, Yueshuai Wang, Junda He, et al.. (2022). Enhanced the synergistic degradation effect between active hydroxyl and reactive oxygen species for indoor formaldehyde based on platinum atoms modified MnOOH/MnO2 catalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 628(Pt B). 359–370. 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kai, Zelin Wang, Chang Bao Han, et al.. (2021). Platinum single-atom catalyst coupled with transition metal/metal oxide heterostructure for accelerating alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3783–3783. 625 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Shikui, Kai Zhou, Yifu Yu, et al.. (2019). A General Method for the Synthesis of Hybrid Nanostructures Using MoSe ₂ Nanosheet-Assembled Nanospheres as Templates. Research. 2019. 6439734–6439734. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Borui, Kai Zhou, Zhao Chen, et al.. (2018). NH ₄ F-assisted one-pot solution synthesis of hexagonal ZnO microdiscs for efficient ultraviolet photodetection. Royal Society Open Science. 5(9). 180822–180822. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Mingxiang, Le Yang, Kai Zhou, et al.. (2017). Enhanced sodium-ion storage of nitrogen-rich hard carbon by NaCl intercalation. Carbon. 122. 680–686. 41 indexed citations

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Rao, Li, Weili Wei, Zhining Xia, et al.. (2017). Effect of UV Irradiation on Structural Stability and Aggregation Behavior of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids. 4(3). 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kai, Jinchao Jia, Jia‐Qi Huang, et al.. (2014). Reactivity enhancement of N-CNTs in green catalysis of C₂H₂ hydrochlorination by a Cu catalyst. RSC Advances. 4(15). 7766–7769. 74 indexed citations

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Huang, Jia‐Qi, Qiang Zhang, Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Kai Zhou, & Fei Wei. (2010). Very fast growth of millimeter-tall aligned carbon nanotubes between two stacked substrates coated with a metal catalyst. Carbon. 49(4). 1395–1400. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kai, Jia‐Qi Huang, Qiang Zhang, & Fei Wei. (2010). Multi-Directional Growth of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Over Catalyst Film Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. Nanoscale Research Letters. 5(10). 1555–1560. 19 indexed citations

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