Nan Zhang

10.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
162 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Nan Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Zhang has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 71 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 43 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nan Zhang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (57 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (40 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (20 papers). Nan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (57 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (40 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (20 papers). Nan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Nan Zhang's co-authors include Yi Xie, Changzheng Wu, Tianpei Zhou, Wangsheng Chu, Xiaoqing Huang, Cheng’an Zhong, Pengzuo Chen, Yun Tong, Jun Guo and Guo‐Ping Sheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nan Zhang

154 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water

2019 776 citations Nan Zhang, Chun‐Hua Yan et al. profile →
3D Nitrogen‐Anion‐Decorated Nickel Sulfides for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting

2017 611 citations Pengzuo Chen, Tianpei Zhou et al. profile →
Surface/interface nanoengineering for rechargeable Zn–air batteries

2020 438 citations Tianpei Zhou, Nan Zhang et al. profile →
High-purity pyrrole-type FeN₄ sites as a superior oxygen reduction electrocatalyst

2019 429 citations Nan Zhang, Tianpei Zhou et al. profile →
Polyethylenimine modified biochar adsorbent for hexavalent chromium removal from the aqueous solution

2014 385 citations Nan Zhang et al. profile →
Surface Activation and Ni‐S Stabilization in NiO/NiS₂for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction

2022 270 citations Nan Zhang, Yang Hu et al. profile →
Rare-Earth-Modified NiS₂ Improves OH Coverage for an Industrial Alkaline Water Electrolyzer

2024 91 citations Wei Shen, Yang Hu et al. profile →
Advanced design strategies for Fe-based metal–organic framework-derived electrocatalysts toward high-performance Zn–air batteries

2024 85 citations Nan Zhang et al. profile →
Metal-organic framework materials in NH3-SCR: Progress and prospects

2025 25 citations Nan Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Zhang China	46	6.3k	5.3k	2.7k	1.5k	868	162	9.4k
Sheng Zhang China	50	7.5k 1.2×	5.4k 1.0×	4.4k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	996 1.1×	191	11.7k
Jianhong Liu China	52	6.0k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	737 0.8×	231	10.5k
Suddhasatwa Basu India	50	4.0k 0.6×	4.8k 0.9×	3.1k 1.2×	655 0.5×	965 1.1×	315	8.7k
Xingwang Zhang China	55	6.4k 1.0×	4.7k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	694 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	192	10.0k
Li Shi China	53	5.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	5.4k 2.0×	1.3k 0.9×	378 0.4×	163	9.6k
Jayaraman Theerthagiri India	58	5.7k 0.9×	5.1k 1.0×	5.0k 1.8×	660 0.5×	777 0.9×	182	10.9k
Xiang Huang China	33	6.5k 1.0×	3.1k 0.6×	3.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	643 0.7×	151	8.6k
Jianguo Liu China	54	7.1k 1.1×	7.0k 1.3×	4.5k 1.7×	393 0.3×	774 0.9×	223	10.9k
Vicente Montiel Spain	45	3.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	152	6.2k
Panagiotis Tsiakaras Greece	72	10.2k 1.6×	9.7k 1.8×	7.5k 2.8×	2.1k 1.4×	1.9k 2.2×	318	16.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Zhang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Nan, Yibo Wang, Zhifeng Lou, et al.. (2025). Numerical studies on thermophysical process in laser-assisted thermal probe fabrication of nanostructures. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 112. 109774–109774.

Chen, Yizhen, Jiankang Zhao, Xiao Zhao, et al.. (2025). Stabilizing supported atom-precise low-nuclearity platinum cluster catalysts by nanoscale confinement. 2(1). 38–49. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Nan, Yang Hu, Zhuang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Crystallinity-dependent structural evolution of CoS2 catalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9306–9306. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the Local Environment of Electrocatalytic Metal Sites with X‐ray Absorption Fine Structure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(6). 6 indexed citations

He, Jinfeng, Yun Tong, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2024). Oxygenate-induced structural evolution of high-entropy electrocatalysts for multifunctional alcohol electrooxidation integrated with hydrogen production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(30). e2405846121–e2405846121. 60 indexed citations

Wang, Qingfeng, Xiang Han, Junfeng Zhu, et al.. (2024). 11B NMR of the Morphological Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine Borax. Molecules. 29(1). 251–251. 3 indexed citations

Han, Shuang, et al.. (2024). A highly sensitive electrochemical sensor for the detection of chloramphenicol based on Ni/Co bimetallic metal-organic frameworks/reduced graphene oxide composites. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 963. 118295–118295. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Nan, Wei Wang, Xiaoyan Wang, et al.. (2023). Residual oil start-up mechanism of polymer/surface dual flooding after polymer flooding in medium-high permeability reservoir. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 375. 1041–1041. 2 indexed citations

Li, Jianyi, Li An, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Regulation of perovskite oxides composition for the efficient electrocatalytic reactions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). e20220005–e20220005. 20 indexed citations

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Ding, Minling, et al.. (2022). Facile fabrication of electrochemically reduced graphene oxide/polythionine-methylene blue and its use as a platform for detection of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in the artificial urine sample. Electrochimica Acta. 425. 140715–140715. 14 indexed citations

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Hao, Jican, Zechao Zhuang, Jiace Hao, et al.. (2022). Strain Relaxation in Metal Alloy Catalysts Steers the Product Selectivity of Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction. ACS Nano. 16(2). 3251–3263. 151 indexed citations

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Ding, Minling, et al.. (2022). Electrocatalytic oxidation of NADH at graphene-modified electrodes based on electropolymerized poly(thionine-methylene blue) films from nature deep eutectic solvents. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 920. 116602–116602. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2021). Optimal Capacity Configuration of Pumped-Storage Power Station in Wind-PV-Fire-Pump Storage System. Electric Power Construction. 42(11). 72. 5 indexed citations

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Han, Cheng, Hao Yu, Chun Wang, et al.. (2021). Subsize Pt-based intermetallic compound enables long-term cyclic mass activity for fuel-cell oxygen reduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(35). 145 indexed citations

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Chen, Yi-Xin, Mingyue Wang, Siyuan Xiang, et al.. (2019). Hierarchical Hollow Nanocages Derived from Polymer/Cobalt Complexes for Electrochemical Overall Water Splitting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(12). 10912–10919. 34 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2017). Comparison of Regulation on GM Crops Cultivation Management in USA and China. Zhongguo shengwu gongcheng zazhi. 37(8). 119–127. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2016). Effects of Chilling Condition and Time on Evaporative Loss of Pork Carcasses during Chilling. 37(14). 246. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan, et al.. (2015). Large-Scale Distributed Photovoltaic Power Dispatching and Operation Management Review. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering. 3(4). 326–331. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ruifu, et al.. (2013). Studies on microbial fertilizer and its application prospects in improving arable land quality.. Zhongguo nongye ke-ji daobao. 15(5). 8–16. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nan. (2003). Effect of Fertilization on Soil Active C and C Pool Management Index of Black Soil. T'u Jang T'ung Pao. 2 indexed citations

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