Mengzhen Du

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Mengzhen Du is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengzhen Du has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 43 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Mengzhen Du's work include Conducting polymers and applications (43 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (40 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (27 papers). Mengzhen Du is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (43 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (40 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (27 papers). Mengzhen Du collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Mengzhen Du's co-authors include Erjun Zhou, Ailing Tang, Qiang Guo, Qing Guo, Gongqiang Li, Yanfang Geng, Xiangnan Sun, Zongtao Wang, Qianqian Zhang and Maojie Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Energy & Environmental Science and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Mengzhen Du

40 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Recent Progress of Y6‐Derived Asymmetric Fused Ring Electron Acceptors

2022 176 citations Mengzhen Du, Qing Guo et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Dithienoquinoxalineimide‐Based Polymer Donor Enables All‐Polymer Solar Cells Over 19 % Efficiency

2024 85 citations Zongtao Wang, Hao Wang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengzhen Du China	20	1.3k	1.1k	182	80	62	46	1.4k
Syeda Amber Yousaf Pakistan	8	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	173 1.0×	104 1.3×	72 1.2×	13	1.3k
Maha A. Alamoudi Saudi Arabia	7	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	124 0.7×	104 1.3×	59 1.0×	8	1.3k
Qianguang Yang China	16	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	144 0.8×	88 1.1×	100 1.6×	29	1.8k
Gyoungsik Kim South Korea	13	966 0.7×	792 0.7×	169 0.9×	67 0.8×	104 1.7×	17	1.1k
Wenliu Zhuang Sweden	18	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	153 0.8×	117 1.5×	102 1.6×	24	1.7k
Yangjun Xia China	26	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	293 1.6×	100 1.3×	74 1.2×	80	1.8k
Stefan Hellström Sweden	13	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	151 0.8×	109 1.4×	61 1.0×	17	1.3k
So‐Huei Kang South Korea	19	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	229 1.3×	59 0.7×	146 2.4×	38	1.7k
Jicheol Shin South Korea	18	857 0.7×	687 0.6×	216 1.2×	89 1.1×	90 1.5×	43	961

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mengzhen Du

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xue, Tangyue, Mengzhen Du, Chenyun Wang, et al.. (2025). Post‐Assembled Dipole Benzoic Acids Modified Me‐4PACz for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(28). 14 indexed citations

Du, Tao, et al.. (2025). Fused benzotriazole as the A′ unit to construct A–D–A′–D–A-type non-fused ring electron acceptors for efficient organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(25). 19297–19306.

Ge, Shengxiang, Lei Yang, Tao Du, et al.. (2025). Tailoring aggregation behavior of shamrock-shaped non-fullerene acceptors via an isomerisation strategy enables high-performance organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(33). 27107–27114.

Du, Mengzhen, Fei Li, Jingtao Bi, et al.. (2024). Application Prospect of Ion-Imprinted Polymers in Harmless Treatment of Heavy Metal Wastewater. Molecules. 29(13). 3160–3160. 8 indexed citations

Lai, Xue, Mengzhen Du, Meihua Huang, et al.. (2024). Noncovalent Interaction Boosts Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells Based on Giant-Molecule Acceptors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(6). 7317–7326. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Weilin, Mengzhen Du, Peiqing Cong, et al.. (2024). Surface Regulation via Carboxylate Polymer for Efficient and Stable CsPbI ₂ Br Perovskite Solar Cells. Small. 20(51). e2407826–e2407826. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Zongtao, Helin Wang, Lei Yang, et al.. (2024). Selenophene‐fused Perylene Diimide‐Based Cathode Interlayer Enables 19 % Efficiency Binary Organic Solar Cells via Stimulative Charge Extraction. Angewandte Chemie. 136(37). 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zongtao, Hao Wang, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2024). Dithienoquinoxalineimide‐Based Polymer Donor Enables All‐Polymer Solar Cells Over 19 % Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(21). e202319755–e202319755. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

Geng, Yanfang, You Chen, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Insight into the Structure Contribution of A₂‐A₁‐D‐A₁‐A₂ Acceptor to Performance of P3HT Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(14). 11 indexed citations

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Du, Mengzhen, et al.. (2024). Polymer Based on Asymmetrically Halogenated Benzotriazole Enables High Performance Organic Solar Cells Prepared in Nonhalogenated Solvent. ACS Macro Letters. 13(10). 1240–1244. 7 indexed citations

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Du, Mengzhen, Ailing Tang, Yanfang Geng, et al.. (2023). Benzotriazole‐Based D–π–A‐Type Photovoltaic Polymers Break Through 17% Efficiency. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(42). 30 indexed citations

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Tang, Ailing, Helin Wang, Zongtao Wang, et al.. (2023). Benzotriazole‐Based 3D Four‐Arm Small Molecules Enable 19.1 % Efficiency for PM6 : Y6‐Based Ternary Organic Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(39). 115 indexed citations

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Li, Xiangyu, Zongtao Wang, Ailing Tang, et al.. (2023). Dithienobenzothiadiazole (DTBT)‐Based Polymers Enable Organic Solar Cells with Ultrahigh V_OC of ≈1.3 V. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 44(12). e2300019–e2300019. 3 indexed citations

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Dai, Tingting, Ailing Tang, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2023). Modulating intermolecular interactions by collaborative material design to realize THF-processed organic photovoltaic with 1.3 V open-circuit voltage. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(5). 2199–2211. 53 indexed citations

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Lai, Xue, Hanjian Lai, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2022). Bilayer Quasiplanar Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with a Co-Acceptor: A Synergistic Approach for Stability and Efficiency. Chemistry of Materials. 34(17). 7886–7896. 18 indexed citations

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Guo, Qing, Qiang Guo, Yanfang Geng, et al.. (2021). Recent advances in PM6:Y6-based organic solar cells. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(8). 3257–3280. 184 indexed citations

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Li, Jianfeng, Mengzhen Du, Jing Yang, et al.. (2021). Fluorination of the Quinoxaline-Based p-Type Polymer and n-Type Small Molecule for High V_OC Organic Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(20). 10876–10882. 26 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jialing, Bao Zhang, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2021). Side-chain engineering of copolymers based on benzotriazole (BTA) and dithieno[2,3-d;2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophenes (DTBDT) enables a high PCE of 14.6%. Nanotechnology. 32(22). 225403–225403. 23 indexed citations

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Du, Mengzhen, You Chen, Jianfeng Li, et al.. (2019). Wide-Band-Gap Phthalimide-Based D-π-A Polymers for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells: The Effect of Conjugated π-Bridge from Thiophene to Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(1). 230–236. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qianqian, Bo Xiao, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2018). A₂–A₁–D–A₁–A₂ type non-fullerene acceptors based on methoxy substituted benzotriazole with three different end-capped groups for P3HT-based organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(40). 10902–10909. 37 indexed citations

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