Manfang Chen

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Manfang Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfang Chen has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22 papers in Automotive Engineering and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Manfang Chen's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (100 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (97 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Manfang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (100 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (97 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Manfang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Manfang Chen's co-authors include Xianyou Wang, Shouxin Jiang, Peng Zeng, Cheng Huang, Hongbo Shu, Kaixiong Xiang, Xiukang Yang, Hong Liu, Siyu Cai and Ruizhi Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Functional Materials and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Manfang Chen

104 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

MoC‐MoSe₂ Heterostructures as Multifunctional Catalyst Toward Promoting the Stepwise Polysulfide Conversion for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries

2024 77 citations Wenlong Xia, Xingqiao Wu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manfang Chen China	36	3.5k	880	842	801	282	108	3.8k
Yingqiang Wu China	32	3.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	675 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	448 1.6×	56	3.7k
Renming Zhan China	30	2.6k 0.7×	786 0.9×	581 0.7×	666 0.8×	253 0.9×	62	2.8k
Giuseppe Antonio Elia Italy	29	3.5k 1.0×	959 1.1×	688 0.8×	807 1.0×	304 1.1×	69	3.7k
Andrew Lushington Canada	29	3.6k 1.0×	893 1.0×	929 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	236 0.8×	35	3.8k
Dan Sun China	27	3.0k 0.9×	501 0.6×	734 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	332 1.2×	53	3.3k
Hirbod Maleki Kheimeh Sari China	30	2.8k 0.8×	565 0.6×	598 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	306 1.1×	51	3.1k
Zhaomeng Liu China	28	2.9k 0.8×	627 0.7×	556 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	263 0.9×	60	3.0k
Jae Hyeon Jo South Korea	32	3.3k 0.9×	828 0.9×	459 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	364 1.3×	60	3.5k
Xinming Fan China	30	2.8k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	552 0.7×	857 1.1×	540 1.9×	54	3.1k
Qingbing Xia Australia	30	2.4k 0.7×	567 0.6×	464 0.6×	753 0.9×	342 1.2×	51	2.7k

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Chen, Manfang, Wanqi Zhang, Yongqian He, et al.. (2025). Built-in electric field-driven NiSe2-NiMoO4 heterostructure for synergistic confinement-conversion regulation of polysulfides. Nano Energy. 144. 111417–111417. 6 indexed citations

Zheng, Lei, Heng Li, Evgeniya Kovalska, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Exfoliation of Layered Non‐van der Waals Crystals into 2D Nanosheets: MAX Phases and Beyond. Small. 21(10). e2408801–e2408801. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Jian Hua, Peng Zeng, Xuelin Huang, et al.. (2024). Revealing a volcano correlation of sulfur reduction catalytic activity and elements doping in cobalt-based sulfides for Li-S batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1005. 176199–176199. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Kai, Manfang Chen, Yixin Luo, et al.. (2024). N-doped carbon interwoven with carbon nanotubes as an accelerating polysulfide conversion interlayer for High-Performance lithium-sulfur batteries. Materials Letters. 366. 136566–136566. 2 indexed citations

Zeng, Peng, Guang Li, Xiaomei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Construction and catalysis role of a kinetic promoter based on lithium-insertion technology and proton exchange strategy for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 670. 519–529. 12 indexed citations

Huang, Xuelin, Peng Zeng, Yunfeng Lu, et al.. (2024). Revealing the role of crystal structure to catalysis: Inverse spinel phase Co-Mn-based catalyst for Li-S batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150490–150490. 38 indexed citations

Zhang, Wanqi, Manfang Chen, Yixin Luo, et al.. (2024). Utilizing 2D layered structure Cu-g-C3N4 electrocatalyst for optimizing polysulfide conversion in wide-temperature Li-S batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 486. 150411–150411. 31 indexed citations

Liu, Sisi, Manfang Chen, Yixin Luo, et al.. (2024). Synergistic electrochemical catalysis by high-entropy metal phosphide in lithium–sulfur batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 669. 126–136. 25 indexed citations

Xia, Wenlong, Hengzhi Liu, Yufang Chen, et al.. (2024). Linking D‐Band Center Modulation with Rapid Reversible Sulfur Conversion Kinetics via Structural Engineering of VS₂. Small. 21(7). e2408304–e2408304. 4 indexed citations

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Huang, Xuelin, Peng Zeng, Yunfeng Lu, et al.. (2024). Construction and regulation of a perovskite-type sulfur reduction catalyst based on oxygen vacancy engineering for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 622. 235340–235340. 3 indexed citations

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Luo, Yixin, Sisi Liu, Manfang Chen, et al.. (2024). Bimetallic synergistic catalysis strategy with one-dimensional CuCo-NC for enhanced Wide-temperature stability in high-energy lithium-sulfur batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159158–159158. 7 indexed citations

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Luo, Yixin, Bing Wu, Sisi Liu, et al.. (2023). Two-dimensional VSe2/CNT functional materials boosted polysulfide conversion for high stability lithium-sulfur battery. Materials Letters. 346. 134511–134511. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dan, Tengfei Duan, Yixin Luo, et al.. (2023). Oxygen Defect‐Rich WO₃₋_x–W₃N₄ Mott–Schottky Heterojunctions Enabling Bidirectional Catalysis for Sulfur Cathode. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(42). 90 indexed citations

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Xia, Wenlong, Yan Chen, Wenxi Wang, et al.. (2023). Enhanced catalytic activity of Co-CoO via VC0.75 heterostructure enables fast redox kinetics of polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 458. 141477–141477. 64 indexed citations

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Zeng, Peng, Ziyi Zhou, Bin Li, et al.. (2022). Insight into the Catalytic Role of Defect-Enriched Vanadium Sulfide for Regulating the Adsorption–Catalytic Conversion Behavior of Polysulfides in Li–S Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(31). 35833–35843. 29 indexed citations

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Yu, Hao, Peng Zeng, Xi Zhou, et al.. (2021). Atomically Dispersed and O, N-Coordinated Mn-Based Catalyst for Promoting the Conversion of Polysulfides in Li₂S-Based Li–S Battery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(45). 54113–54123. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yongfang, Manfang Chen, Peng Zeng, et al.. (2021). Fe, Co-bimetallic doped C3N4 with in-situ derived carbon tube as sulfur host for anchoring and catalyzing polysulfides in lithium-sulfur battery. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 873. 159883–159883. 26 indexed citations

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Shao, Dingsheng, Li Yang, Kaili Luo, et al.. (2020). Preparation and performances of the modified gel composite electrolyte for application of quasi-solid-state lithium sulfur battery. Chemical Engineering Journal. 389. 124300–124300. 74 indexed citations

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Lü, Qun, Xianyou Wang, Manfang Chen, et al.. (2018). Manganese Dioxide/Ant-Nest-Like Hierarchical Porous Carbon Composite with Robust Supercapacitive Performances. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(6). 7362–7371. 17 indexed citations

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Lü, Bing, Bingjie Ma, Ruizhi Yu, et al.. (2017). Photovoltaic Monocrystalline Silicon Waste‐Derived Hierarchical Silicon/Flake Graphite/Carbon Composite as Low‐Cost and High‐Capacity Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries. ChemistrySelect. 2(12). 3479–3489. 25 indexed citations

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