Kun Zhang

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
291 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Kun Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Zhang has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Materials Chemistry, 102 papers in Organic Chemistry and 47 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kun Zhang's work include Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (36 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (24 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (24 papers). Kun Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (36 papers), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (24 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (24 papers). Kun Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Kun Zhang's co-authors include Peng Wu, Taiqun Yang, Jingang Jiang, Bingqian Shan, Bo Peng, Haihong Wu, Sanjun Zhang, Xue-Tao Xu, Laurent Bonneviot and Belén Albela and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kun Zhang

275 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Facile Large-Scale Synthesis of Monodisperse Mesoporous S... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2021 2024 100 200 300 400
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. Facile Large-Scale Synthesis of Monodisperse Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres with Tunable Pore Structure
    2013 457 citations Kun Zhang, Jingang Jiang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Sub-2 nm Ultrasmall High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles for Extremely Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
    2021 425 citations Guang Feng, Fanghua Ning et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Ultrahigh-nickel layered cathode with cycling stability for sustainable lithium-ion batteries
    2024 63 citations Kun Zhang, Song Jin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kun Zhang China 46 3.6k 2.1k 1.5k 1.1k 1.1k 291 7.4k
Ning Zhang China 43 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 967 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 333 7.1k
Nan Li China 48 3.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 2.2k 2.0× 261 7.9k
Feng Liu China 45 3.9k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 916 0.8× 1.9k 1.7× 363 8.3k
Ryan M. Richards United States 52 4.6k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 2.3k 2.1× 166 8.5k
Audrey Moores Canada 42 2.6k 0.7× 3.0k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 2.0k 1.8× 589 0.5× 149 8.0k
Wenjing Wang China 45 4.6k 1.3× 988 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 807 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 291 7.5k
Tianyu Wang China 49 4.6k 1.3× 3.5k 1.7× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 1.8k 1.7× 303 10.1k
Xiao Liu China 52 4.7k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 3.8k 2.6× 1.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 337 10.1k
Meng Wang China 54 5.0k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 224 8.8k
Haiyan Zhao China 37 3.0k 0.8× 757 0.4× 866 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 203 6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun Zhang 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 Kun Zhang. Kun Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fa, Zhang, et al.. (2025). A t -anol/isoeugenol synthase responsible for converting coumaryl acetate to t -anol in Illicium verum. Science Progress. 108(1). 352296126–352296126. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Bo & Kun Zhang. (2025). Confined Structural Water Molecules as Alternative Potential Emitters for Bright Photoluminescence of Thiolate‐Gold Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(21). e202500499–e202500499. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kun, Xin‐Yue Lou, Yan Wang, Weiwei Huan, & Ying‐Wei Yang. (2024). Emission enhancement induced by the supramolecular assembly of leggero pillar[5]arenes for the detection and separation of silver ions. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(6). 110464–110464. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Bo, et al.. (2024). Performance evaluation of a dynamic electrooxidation systems with magnetically functionalised UiO-66-NH2 and Ti/Sb–SnO2 for methotrexate treatment. Separation and Purification Technology. 355. 129502–129502. 3 indexed citations
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Peng, Bo, Meng Ding, Bingqian Shan, et al.. (2024). The nature of crystal facet effect of TiO2-supported Pd/Pt catalysts on selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde: electron transfer process promoted by interfacial oxygen species. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(27). 18854–18864. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Dongqi, Chunlei Xuan, Lei Xiao, et al.. (2023). Reaction mechanism of exfoliation degree and high temperature surface oxidation metamorphism of 2D Ti3C2Tx on thermal decomposition of various energetic materials. Ceramics International. 50(1). 2221–2232. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kun, et al.. (2023). Crop type recognition of VGI road-side images via hierarchy structure based on semantic segmentation model Deeplabv3+. Displays. 81. 102574–102574. 10 indexed citations
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Ding, Meng, Bo Peng, En‐Hui Yuan, et al.. (2023). Molecular manipulation of the microenvironment of Au active sites on mesoporous silica for the enhanced catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol. Catalysis Science & Technology. 13(7). 2001–2009. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ling, et al.. (2022). A Shift Schedule to Optimize Pure Electric Vehicles Based on RL Using Q-Learning and Opt LHD. Processes. 10(10). 2132–2132. 3 indexed citations
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Feng, Guang, Fanghua Ning, Song Jin, et al.. (2021). Sub-2 nm Ultrasmall High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles for Extremely Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(41). 17117–17127. 425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shan, Bingqian, et al.. (2021). Interfacial Hydroxyl Promotes the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol by Ag-based Catalysts Confined in Dendritic Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(4). 2446–2453. 35 indexed citations
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Yang, Taiqun, et al.. (2021). Structural Water Molecules Confined in Soft and Hard Nanocavities as Bright Color Emitters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 47–58. 17 indexed citations
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Tao, Ran, Bingqian Shan, Meng Ding, et al.. (2021). Surface Molecule Manipulated Pt/TiO 2 Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(24). 13304–13312. 30 indexed citations
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Shan, Bingqian, et al.. (2021). Surface electronic states mediate concerted electron and proton transfer at metal nanoscale interfaces for catalytic hydride reduction of –NO 2 to –NH 2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(23). 12950–12957. 24 indexed citations
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Guo, Hongqiang, et al.. (2019). A robust co-state predictive model for energy management of plug-in hybrid electric bus. Journal of Cleaner Production. 250. 119478–119478. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujie, Zhihui Shao, Kun Zhang, & Qiang Liu. (2018). Manganese‐Catalyzed Dual‐Deoxygenative Coupling of Primary Alcohols with 2‐Arylethanols. Angewandte Chemie. 130(46). 15363–15367. 14 indexed citations

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