Li‐Dong Zhao

51.0k total citations · 26 hit papers
504 papers, 43.0k citations indexed

About

Li‐Dong Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Li‐Dong Zhao has authored 504 papers receiving a total of 43.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 411 papers in Materials Chemistry, 225 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 77 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Li‐Dong Zhao's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (351 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (173 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (119 papers). Li‐Dong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (351 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (173 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (119 papers). Li‐Dong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Li‐Dong Zhao's co-authors include Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Gangjian Tan, Vinayak P. Dravid, Jiaqing He, Ctirad Uher, Chris Wolverton, Jing‐Feng Li, Yu Xiao, Cheng Chang and Xiao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Li‐Dong Zhao

479 papers receiving 42.3k citations

Hit Papers

Ultralow thermal conducti... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2016 2015 2018 2015 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals
    2014 4.3k citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  2. Rationally Designing High-Performance Bulk Thermoelectric Materials
    2016 2.0k citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  3. Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe
    2015 1.8k citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Yanling Pei et al. Science profile →
  4. 3D charge and 2D phonon transports leading to high out-of-plane ZT in n-type SnSe crystals
    2018 999 citations Cheng Chang, Yanling Pei et al. Science profile →
  5. Thermoelectric materials: Energy conversion between heat and electricity
    2015 992 citations Xiao Zhang, Li‐Dong Zhao Journal of Materiomics profile →
  6. The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics
    2013 848 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  7. High-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials
    2010 818 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  8. All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance
    2013 678 citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Haijun Wu et al. profile →
  9. BiCuSeO oxyselenides: new promising thermoelectric materials
    2014 608 citations Li‐Dong Zhao, David Bérardan et al. profile →
  10. High Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type SnTe via a Synergistic Band Engineering and Nanostructuring Approach
    2014 591 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe–SrTe
    2016 569 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  12. Broad temperature plateau for thermoelectric figure of merit ZT>2 in phase-separated PbTe0.7S0.3
    2014 488 citations Haijun Wu, Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  13. SnSe: a remarkable new thermoelectric material
    2016 483 citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Cheng Chang et al. profile →
  14. High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge
    2018 483 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. profile →
  15. Seeking new, highly effective thermoelectrics
    2020 455 citations Yu Xiao, Li‐Dong Zhao Science profile →
  16. Power generation and thermoelectric cooling enabled by momentum and energy multiband alignments
    2021 452 citations Bingchao Qin, Dongyang Wang et al. Science profile →
  17. High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures
    2011 440 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  18. Codoping in SnTe: Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance through Synergy of Resonance Levels and Band Convergence
    2015 431 citations Li‐Dong Zhao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  19. Origin of the High Performance in GeTe-Based Thermoelectric Materials upon Bi2Te3 Doping
    2014 347 citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Fengshan Zheng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  20. High thermoelectric performance realized through manipulating layered phonon-electron decoupling
    2022 337 citations Lizhong Su, Dongyang Wang et al. Science profile →
  21. Charge and phonon transport in PbTe-based thermoelectric materials
    2018 326 citations Yu Xiao, Li‐Dong Zhao profile →
  22. Lattice plainification advances highly effective SnSe crystalline thermoelectrics
    2023 322 citations Dongyang Wang, Tao Hong et al. Science profile →
  23. Grid-plainification enables medium-temperature PbSe thermoelectrics to cool better than Bi 2 Te 3
    2024 161 citations Yongxin Qin, Bingchao Qin et al. Science profile →
  24. The development and impact of tin selenide on thermoelectrics
    2024 74 citations Bingchao Qin, Li‐Dong Zhao et al. Science profile →
  25. Quadruple-band synglisis enables high thermoelectric efficiency in earth-abundant tin sulfide crystals
    2025 72 citations Shan Liu, Shulin Bai et al. Science profile →
  26. Realizing thermoelectric cooling and power generation in N-type PbS0.6Se0.4 via lattice plainification and interstitial doping
    2024 65 citations Yi Wen, Shulin Bai 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
Li‐Dong Zhao China 97 39.9k 21.6k 7.8k 6.4k 2.4k 504 43.0k
Lidong Chen China 112 43.8k 1.1× 22.2k 1.0× 8.5k 1.1× 9.3k 1.5× 3.3k 1.4× 840 51.2k
Zhifeng Ren United States 112 38.9k 1.0× 22.4k 1.0× 9.8k 1.3× 10.0k 1.6× 3.6k 1.5× 510 54.1k
Jing‐Feng Li China 102 36.0k 0.9× 18.3k 0.8× 4.2k 0.5× 12.8k 2.0× 1.5k 0.6× 837 40.6k
Chris Wolverton United States 101 32.4k 0.8× 15.1k 0.7× 2.8k 0.4× 5.9k 0.9× 3.3k 1.4× 411 40.4k
Xun Shi China 78 20.9k 0.5× 10.9k 0.5× 4.1k 0.5× 3.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 409 22.8k
Wenqing Zhang China 73 15.0k 0.4× 9.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.2× 3.3k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 392 20.0k
Qingjie Zhang China 61 11.8k 0.3× 6.3k 0.3× 3.0k 0.4× 3.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 379 15.4k
Kornelius Nielsch Germany 68 17.3k 0.4× 7.4k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 4.5k 0.7× 5.4k 2.2× 538 22.9k
Ali Shakouri United States 56 11.0k 0.3× 5.0k 0.2× 4.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.2× 2.0k 0.8× 447 14.5k
Yue Chen China 52 10.0k 0.2× 5.7k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 1.5k 0.2× 725 0.3× 444 13.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li‐Dong Zhao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yin, Hang, Hongyao Xie, Shi Bai, et al.. (2025). Controlled doping and growth of SnSe thin films via pulsed laser deposition. Journal of Materiomics. 11(6). 101121–101121.
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Li, Yichen, Jingyi Su, Yi Wen, et al.. (2025). Realizing High ZT ave in N‐Type Diamondoid AgInSe 2 Thermoelectrics via Lone‐Pair Electrons and Isomorphous Alloy. Small. 21(35). e2506188–e2506188. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiale, Huaye Xiong, Yuheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Organic waste recycling for green and sustainable nitrogen management of fruit production systems in China. Agricultural Systems. 218. 103959–103959. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yichen, Shulin Bai, Yi Wen, et al.. (2024). Realizing high-efficiency thermoelectric module by suppressing donor-like effect and improving preferred orientation in n-type Bi2(Te, Se)3. Science Bulletin. 69(11). 1728–1737. 39 indexed citations
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Liu, Shibo, Bingchao Qin, & Li‐Dong Zhao. (2024). PbSe Thermoelectrics: Efficient Candidates for Power Generation and Cooling. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(8). 12 indexed citations
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Gao, Zhi, Xin Qian, Jianglong Wang, et al.. (2023). Constructing quasi-layered and self-hole doped SnSe oriented films to achieve excellent thermoelectric power factor and output power density. Science Bulletin. 68(22). 2769–2778. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Liqing, et al.. (2023). Strategies to advance earth-abundant PbS thermoelectric. Chemical Engineering Journal. 465. 142785–142785. 22 indexed citations
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Tang, Shuwei, Shulin Bai, Mengxiu Wu, et al.. (2022). Improving thermoelectric performance of asymmetrical Janus 1T-SnSSe monolayer by the synergistic effect of band convergence and crystal lattice softening under strain engineering. Materials Today Physics. 29. 100923–100923. 36 indexed citations
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Hong, Tao, Shizhi Dong, Dongyang Wang, et al.. (2022). Synergistically optimizing carrier and phonon transport properties in n-type PbTe through I doping and SnSe alloying. Materials Today Energy. 26. 100983–100983. 17 indexed citations
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Shi, Haonan, et al.. (2022). A promising thermoelectrics In4SnSe4 with a wide bandgap and cubic structure composited by layered SnSe and In4Se3. Journal of Materiomics. 8(5). 982–991. 22 indexed citations
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Su, Lizhong, Dongyang Wang, Sining Wang, et al.. (2022). High thermoelectric performance realized through manipulating layered phonon-electron decoupling. Science. 375(6587). 1385–1389. 337 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jin, Yang, Tao Hong, Dongyang Wang, et al.. (2021). Band structure and microstructure modulations enable high quality factor to elevate thermoelectric performance in Ge0.9Sb0.1Te-x%FeTe2. Materials Today Physics. 20. 100444–100444. 32 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yu, Dongyang Wang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Band Sharpening and Band Alignment Enable High Quality Factor to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type PbS. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(8). 4051–4060. 210 indexed citations
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Pan, Lin, Lei Zhao, David Bérardan, et al.. (2018). Realization of n-type and enhanced thermoelectric performance of p-type BiCuSeO by controlled iron incorporation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(27). 13340–13349. 54 indexed citations
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Ge, Zhen‐Hua, Dongsheng Song, Xiaoyu Chong, et al.. (2017). Boosting the Thermoelectric Performance of (Na,K)-Codoped Polycrystalline SnSe by Synergistic Tailoring of the Band Structure and Atomic-Scale Defect Phonon Scattering. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(28). 9714–9720. 187 indexed citations
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Liu, Yong, Yong Liu, Jinle Lan, et al.. (2013). Enhanced thermoelectric performance of a BiCuSeO system via band gap tuning. Chemical Communications. 49(73). 8075–8075. 119 indexed citations
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He, Dingyong, et al.. (2007). Hydroxylapatite Coatings by Microplasma Spraying. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 22(4). 754. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Li‐Dong, et al.. (2005). Metallographische Untersuchungen an Verbundstrukturen aus Aluminiumschaum mit thermisch aufgespritzten Schichten. Practical Metallography. 42(1). 5–14. 2 indexed citations

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