Ling-Ling Zhai

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ling-Ling Zhai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling-Ling Zhai has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ling-Ling Zhai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Ling-Ling Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (4 papers). Ling-Ling Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ling-Ling Zhai's co-authors include Shu Ping Lau, Xuyun Guo, Fubo Gu, Dongmei Han, Zhihua Wang, Ye Zhu, Xiaojie She, Yanyong Li, Lyuchao Zhuang and Zheng‐Long Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ACS Nano and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ling-Ling Zhai

25 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Modulating Built‐In Electric Field via Variable Oxygen Affinity for Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Neutral Media

2022 287 citations Ling-Ling Zhai, Xiaojie She et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Pure-water-fed, electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethylene beyond 1,000 h stability at 10 A

2024 158 citations Xiaojie She, Ling-Ling Zhai et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ling-Ling Zhai China	15	781	744	432	212	194	25	1.3k
Haichuan Guo China	23	866 1.1×	759 1.0×	537 1.2×	82 0.4×	214 1.1×	49	1.3k
Samira Adimi China	23	1.0k 1.3×	867 1.2×	685 1.6×	186 0.9×	325 1.7×	31	1.6k
Meihong Fan China	22	1.1k 1.4×	936 1.3×	685 1.6×	85 0.4×	228 1.2×	49	1.7k
Christine Cachet‐Vivier France	19	536 0.7×	336 0.5×	388 0.9×	125 0.6×	149 0.8×	42	1.0k
Mi Gyoung Lee‬ South Korea	20	693 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	788 1.8×	181 0.9×	65 0.3×	29	1.4k
Xiongyi Liang Hong Kong	22	681 0.9×	764 1.0×	721 1.7×	164 0.8×	82 0.4×	44	1.4k
Dung Van Dao South Korea	24	816 1.0×	793 1.1×	776 1.8×	71 0.3×	312 1.6×	51	1.4k
Antonio Angelo Brazil	15	604 0.8×	797 1.1×	567 1.3×	93 0.4×	96 0.5×	32	1.2k
Lingyu Tang China	13	662 0.8×	524 0.7×	375 0.9×	214 1.0×	83 0.4×	20	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling-Ling Zhai

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Yang, Bolong, et al.. (2025). CoN ₄ active sites coupled with low‐loading Pt as advanced oxygen electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. AIChE Journal. 71(6). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Bolong, et al.. (2025). High-entropy spinel oxides coupling with covalent organic polymers as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163757–163757. 5 indexed citations

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She, Xiaojie, Ling-Ling Zhai, Yifei Wang, et al.. (2024). Pure-water-fed, electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethylene beyond 1,000 h stability at 10 A. Nature Energy. 9(1). 81–91. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Qing, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical pore engineering of MOF-5 derived electrocatalysts with high mass transfer for zinc-air flow batteries. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 71. 165–173. 3 indexed citations

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Zhai, Ling-Ling, Shizhen Liu, & Zhonghua Xiang. (2023). Ammonia as a carbon-free hydrogen carrier for fuel cells: a perspective. 1(3). 332–342. 67 indexed citations

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Mi, Chunxia, Haifeng Yu, Lirong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Symmetric Electronic Structures of Active Sites to Boost Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis by MN₄₊₄ Sites Directly from Initial Covalent Organic Polymers. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(36). 40 indexed citations

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Shi, Fangyi, Nicolas Onofrio, Chunhong Chen, et al.. (2022). Stable Liquid-Sulfur Generation on Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides toward Low-Temperature Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano. 16(9). 14412–14421. 27 indexed citations

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Zhai, Ling-Ling, Honglei Zhang, Pei Xiong, et al.. (2022). From lab to practical: An ammonia-powered fuel cell electric golf cart system. Chemical Engineering Journal. 452. 139390–139390. 16 indexed citations

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Zhai, Ling-Ling, Xiaojie She, Lyuchao Zhuang, et al.. (2022). Modulating Built‐In Electric Field via Variable Oxygen Affinity for Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Neutral Media. Angewandte Chemie. 134(14). 41 indexed citations

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Zhai, Ling-Ling, Xiaojie She, Lyuchao Zhuang, et al.. (2022). Modulating Built‐In Electric Field via Variable Oxygen Affinity for Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Neutral Media. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(14). e202116057–e202116057. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhuang, Lyuchao, Qi Wei, Chuanzhao Li, et al.. (2022). Efficient Light‐Emitting Diodes via Hydrogen Bonding Induced Phase Modulation in Quasi‐2D Perovskites. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(21). 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, et al.. (2021). Self-supporting CoP-C nanosheet arrays derived from a metal–organic framework as synergistic catalysts for efficient water splitting. Dalton Transactions. 50(47). 17549–17558. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Yanyong, Songhua Cai, Chen‐Hao Wang, et al.. (2021). Impurity‐Induced Robust Trionic Effect in Layered Violet Phosphorus. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(1). 36 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Lyuchao, Ling-Ling Zhai, Yanyong Li, et al.. (2021). Mixed dimensional 0D/3D perovskite heterostructure for efficient green light-emitting diodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(40). 14318–14326. 15 indexed citations

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Zhai, Ling-Ling, Tsz Woon Benedict Lo, Zheng‐Long Xu, et al.. (2020). In SituPhase Transformation on Nickel-Based Selenides for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium. ACS Energy Letters. 5(8). 2483–2491. 162 indexed citations

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Han, Dongmei, Ling-Ling Zhai, Fubo Gu, & Zhihua Wang. (2018). Highly sensitive NO2 gas sensor of ppb-level detection based on In2O3 nanobricks at low temperature. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 262. 655–663. 175 indexed citations

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Zhai, Ling-Ling, Yue Zhao, Li Luo, et al.. (2013). Synthesis, structure and property of Ni(II) coordination polymers with mixed dicarboxylate and benzoimidazol-containing ligands. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 187. 86–93. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Guoying Feng, Jinghua Han, & Ling-Ling Zhai. (2012). Investigation of laser-induced damage by various initiators on the subsurface of fused silica. Optics Express. 20(20). 22095–22095. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Yue Zhao, Ling-Ling Zhai, Gao‐Chao Lv, & Wei‐Yin Sun. (2012). Syntheses, crystal structures, and properties of silver(I) complexes with oxazoline-containing bidentate ligand. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 65(1). 165–175. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yue, Ling-Ling Zhai, Gao‐Chao Lv, Xin Zhou, & Wei‐Yin Sun. (2012). Silver(I) complexes with oxazoline-containing bidentate ligands: Syntheses, structures and properties. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 392. 38–45. 8 indexed citations

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