Lei Zhao

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
258 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Lei Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Zhao has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 138 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 70 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lei Zhao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (100 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (76 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (70 papers). Lei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (100 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (76 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (70 papers). Lei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Lei Zhao's co-authors include Zhen‐Bo Wang, Xu‐Lei Sui, Da‐Ming Gu, Jingjia Zhang, Niancai Cheng, Yangyang Tan, Zhongwei Chen, Bo Liu, Pan Guo and Aiping Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Lei Zhao

246 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Tailoring the d‐Orbital Splitting Manner of Single Atomic Sites for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction

2023 219 citations Yunkun Dai, Bo Liu et al. profile →
Breaking Sabatier's vertex via switching the oxygen adsorption configuration and reaction pathway on dual active sites for acidic oxygen reduction

2024 100 citations Pan Guo, Bo Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Zhao China	56	5.6k	4.9k	3.1k	1.4k	817	258	8.8k
Edison Huixiang Ang Singapore	45	5.7k 1.0×	2.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	938 1.1×	183	8.2k
Rui Wang China	40	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	452 0.6×	265	6.7k
Jianguo Liu China	54	7.0k 1.3×	7.1k 1.4×	4.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	601 0.7×	223	10.9k
Mu Pan China	58	8.8k 1.6×	6.7k 1.3×	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	926 1.1×	301	10.7k
Suddhasatwa Basu India	50	4.8k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	398 0.5×	315	8.7k
Gerardine G. Botte United States	40	3.7k 0.7×	4.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	564 0.7×	121	7.1k
Lin Gan China	48	5.5k 1.0×	6.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	310 0.4×	208	9.5k
Tanja Kallio Finland	44	4.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	609 0.7×	214	6.7k
Minghua Huang China	49	4.8k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	218 0.3×	214	8.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Zhao

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All Works

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Wang, Yaxuan, Yue Cui, Liang Deng, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive review of machine learning-based state of health estimation for lithium-ion batteries: data, features, algorithms, and future challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 224. 116125–116125. 7 indexed citations

Ma, Miao, Qin He, Lixiao Shen, et al.. (2025). Optimizing ionomer distribution for constructing efficient Pt/ionomer interfaces: Research on improving the performance of low-platinum-loading hydrogen fuel cells. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 689. 137197–137197. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Lin, et al.. (2025). Breaking 4.5 V‐Class Oxidation Limit of Sodium Layered Oxide Cathode by Anchoring Local Tripodal‐Ligand Structure. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(36). 1 indexed citations

Ma, Miao, Lixiao Shen, Pan Guo, et al.. (2025). An ionic liquid-mediated hydrogen-bond network: a pathway to high-efficiency PEMFCs with unlocked active sites of Pt/C catalysts. Green Chemistry. 27(32). 9756–9767. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Lu, Baohua Wang, Weiben Yang, et al.. (2025). CoOOH@COFs S−scheme heterojunction for efficient triclosan degradation in photocatalytic-peroxymonosulfate activation system: Enhanced interfacial electron transfer mechanism. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(1). 111142–111142. 1 indexed citations

Han, Bao‐Liang, Lei Zhao, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2025). Dipropyne‐Modified N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Atomically Precise Copper(I) Nanocluster Catalysts for CO₂ Electroreduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(29). 8 indexed citations

Wang, Yaxuan, et al.. (2025). A diagnostic model for lithium plating in lithium-ion batteries incorporating a simplified electrochemical-thermal coupling model. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 29(9). 3811–3828. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhengqi, Bo Liu, Fu‐Da Yu, et al.. (2024). Bypassing desolvation step ensures fast intercalation chemistry for titanate-based capacitors endured at −60 °C. Materials Today. 82. 57–68. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingjia, et al.. (2024). The enhancement and impact of Se doping on the electrochemical properties of LiMn2O4 cathode material for aqueous Li-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175489–175489. 6 indexed citations

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Xia, Yunfei, Bo Liu, Pan Guo, et al.. (2024). Residual ZnNx moieties in ZIF-8 derived catalysts: Protective and synergistic effects for oxygen reduction. Journal of Catalysis. 429. 115296–115296. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaxuan, et al.. (2024). Parameter sensitivity analysis of a multi-physics coupling aging model of lithium-ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta. 477. 143811–143811. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaxuan, et al.. (2024). A parameter identification method of lithium ion battery electrochemical model based on combination of classifier and heuristic algorithm. Journal of Energy Storage. 104. 114497–114497. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lei, Yunkun Dai, Yunlong Zhang, et al.. (2024). Atomically Dispersed p‐Block Aluminum‐Based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 136(20).

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Guo, Pan, Yunfei Xia, Bo Liu, et al.. (2022). Low-Loading Sub-3 nm PtCo Nanoparticles Supported on Co–N–C with Dual Effect for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(48). 53819–53827. 40 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaxuan, et al.. (2022). A Multi-Scale Heterogeneous Electrochemical-Diffusion-Induced Stress Coupling Model for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(10). 100524–100524. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ziyu, Chang Liu, Yunkun Dai, et al.. (2022). Sandwich-Structured MXene/Carbon Hybrid Support Decorated with Pt Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(12). 14957–14965. 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lei, Jianbing Zhu, Yun Zheng, et al.. (2021). Materials Engineering toward Durable Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(2). 116 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaopeng, Shibo Xi, Wee Siang Vincent Lee, et al.. (2020). Materializing efficient methanol oxidation via electron delocalization in nickel hydroxide nanoribbon. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4647–4647. 192 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yunlong, Kokswee Goh, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2020). Advanced non-noble materials in bifunctional catalysts for ORR and OER toward aqueous metal–air batteries. Nanoscale. 12(42). 21534–21559. 154 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, Yun Huang, Haijun Cao, et al.. (2017). A novel porous gel polymer electrolyte based on poly(acrylonitrile-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane) with high performances for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Membrane Science. 545. 140–149. 148 indexed citations

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