Man Zhao

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Man Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Man Zhao has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 57 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 49 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Man Zhao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (49 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (30 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (27 papers). Man Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (49 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (30 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (27 papers). Man Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Rwanda. Man Zhao's co-authors include Jianfeng Jia, He Xiao, Tianjun Hu, Xianmao Lu, Haishun Wu, Jinqiu Zhang, Xiaoying Liu, Wenhua Li, Cheng Xu and Haisheng Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Advanced Functional Materials and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Man Zhao

142 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of polyethylene glycol on the surface of nanopart... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Effects of polyethylene glycol on the surface of nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery
    2021 545 citations Man Zhao 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
Man Zhao China 27 1.0k 872 723 582 557 161 2.7k
Zixuan Li China 31 1.4k 1.4× 813 0.9× 461 0.6× 407 0.7× 612 1.1× 126 3.0k
Xiangyu Meng China 30 809 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 618 1.1× 400 0.7× 135 2.9k
Chenxu Wang China 28 1.6k 1.6× 790 0.9× 414 0.6× 444 0.8× 1.0k 1.8× 100 3.1k
Rong Huang China 33 1.6k 1.6× 930 1.1× 999 1.4× 514 0.9× 509 0.9× 85 3.1k
Yu‐Te Liao Taiwan 30 1.5k 1.5× 954 1.1× 510 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 448 0.8× 136 3.4k
Yuyang Wang China 28 1.1k 1.1× 766 0.9× 504 0.7× 659 1.1× 386 0.7× 146 3.0k
Ailing Zhang China 24 945 0.9× 471 0.5× 602 0.8× 360 0.6× 280 0.5× 165 2.7k
Yuanyuan Chen China 29 1.1k 1.1× 882 1.0× 270 0.4× 439 0.8× 388 0.7× 123 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Man Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Man Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Man Zhao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Hong‐Xin, et al.. (2025). Low melting point thermoplastic polyether ester elastomer modified with adipic acid. Materials Letters. 384. 138092–138092.
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Zhao, Man, Wei Wen, Chunmei Liu, et al.. (2025). Electrolyte-mediated Cu+/Cu0 ratio control in Cu/graphene catalysts for divergent CO2 electroreduction pathways. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 701. 138687–138687.
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Yan, Bofang, Matthias Wiggenhauser, Man Zhao, Rongliang Qiu, & Yetao Tang. (2025). Isotope Tracing Reveals Differential Allocation of Cadmium and Zinc within the Grain of Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(43). 27703–27713.
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Zhang, Junming, Tianjun Hu, Yongfeng Li, et al.. (2025). An Fe 3 S 4 /Ni 3 S 2 heterostructure realizing highly efficient electrocatalysis of ethylene glycol and alkaline electrolyte to produce high value-added chemicals and hydrogen. Green Chemistry. 27(35). 10711–10722. 1 indexed citations
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Wen, Wei, Chunmei Liu, Yang Gao, et al.. (2024). Advanced progress in constructing carbon-coated metal materials for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175705–175705. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Chunmei, Jiamin Ma, Peipei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Gallium-based materials for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 73. 490–509. 9 indexed citations
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Niu, Lixin, Huiwen Zhang, Hongfang Liu, et al.. (2024). Application of carbon-based nutrient fertilizer improved soil fertility and seed yield of Paeonia ostii ‘Feng Dan’. Industrial Crops and Products. 212. 118348–118348. 6 indexed citations
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Xiu, Fu-Rong, Xue Bai, Yingying Qi, Xiang Gao, & Man Zhao. (2024). Low-temperature subcritical water dechlorination composites of waste PVC/coal fly ash with powerful sensing activity for chemiluminescent detection of acetamiprid and imidacloprid. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174675–174675. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Chunmei, Jiamin Ma, Peipei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Black phosphorus-based nanocomposites and transition metal phosphates for electrocatalytic oxidation of small molecules. Molecular Catalysis. 558. 114023–114023. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Wenyi, et al.. (2024). Transparent objects segmentation based on polarization imaging and deep learning. Optics Communications. 555. 130246–130246. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junming, Xiaojie Zhang, Xiongfeng Ma, et al.. (2024). Pd11Ni11Pt2 nanoparticles with three-phase surface enrichment for facilitating electrooxidation of ethanol and ethylene glycol. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 8(14). 2578–2591. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Man, Xuemin Yang, Wenxiang Wang, et al.. (2024). Facile electrolysis-solvothermal synthesis of NiOx/graphene for enhanced ethanol oxidation to acetate. Dalton Transactions. 53(9). 4237–4242. 4 indexed citations
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Xiao, He, Xuemin Yang, Man Zhao, et al.. (2023). Revealing promotion of interfacial Pt–O–Fe oxygen bridge structure in PtFe/graphene synthesized by a four-electrode electrochemical system on water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(98). 38728–38741. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Man, et al.. (2023). Suppressing the self-discharge of high-frequency supercapacitors using electrolytes containing BaTiO3 nanoparticles. Journal of Power Sources. 594. 234005–234005. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Wenshi, et al.. (2023). Reduced self-discharge of supercapacitors based on surfactant-functionalized NiAl layered double hydroxide. Journal of Energy Storage. 73. 108965–108965. 7 indexed citations
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Xiao, He, Rong Zhang, Man Zhao, et al.. (2023). 2D/1D heterostructure of carbon nanotubes wrapping black phosphorus nanosheets with superior electrophilic property for improving oxygen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(49). 18685–18695. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaofang, He Xiao, Yingluo He, et al.. (2023). Site difference influence of anchored Ru in mesoporous carbon on electrocatalytic performance toward pH‐universal hydrogen evolution reaction. Rare Metals. 42(12). 4015–4028. 21 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junming, Yao Chen, Yang Gao, et al.. (2023). Fe-induced crystalline–amorphous interface engineering of a NiMo-based heterostructure for enhanced water oxidation. Dalton Transactions. 53(2). 619–627. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Ya, Lina Hou, Zhiling Liu, et al.. (2020). A Sensitive Electrochemical MUC1 Sensing Platform Based on Electroactive Cu-MOFs Decorated by AuPt Nanoparticles. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(8). 87502–87502. 14 indexed citations

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