Qian Zhao

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
84 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Qian Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Zhao has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 47 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Qian Zhao's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (55 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (39 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (21 papers). Qian Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (55 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (39 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (21 papers). Qian Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Qian Zhao's co-authors include Joseph M. Luther, Abhijit Hazarika, Jianyu Yuan, Bryon W. Larson, Guoran Li, Wanli Ma, Xufeng Ling, Taylor Moot, Xihan Chen and Chuanxiao Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Qian Zhao

81 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

High efficiency perovskite quantum dot solar cells with charge separating heterostructure

2019 398 citations Qian Zhao, Abhijit Hazarika et al. Nature Communications profile →
Enhanced Charge Transport in 2D Perovskites via Fluorination of Organic Cation

2019 332 citations Bryon W. Larson, Chuanxiao Xiao et al. profile →
Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture

2021 285 citations Long Hu, Qian Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Zhao China	32	3.7k	3.0k	1.2k	299	217	84	4.2k
Thomas Rath Austria	28	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	238 0.8×	168 0.8×	92	3.6k
Xiaoyu Yang China	32	3.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	360 1.2×	222 1.0×	108	4.2k
Wenqiang Li China	17	3.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	862 0.7×	163 0.5×	386 1.8×	44	4.2k
Hua Dong China	44	4.7k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	437 1.5×	311 1.4×	162	5.5k
Andrew Johnston Canada	26	3.6k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	378 1.3×	220 1.0×	36	4.4k
Ke Xiao China	27	3.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	212 0.7×	95 0.4×	63	4.3k
Paola Vivo Finland	32	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	236 0.8×	123 0.6×	113	2.7k
Azhar Fakharuddin Germany	29	4.1k 1.1×	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	651 2.2×	205 0.9×	74	4.8k
Zhi Chen United States	30	3.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	269 0.9×	105 0.5×	137	3.7k
Yepin Zhao United States	27	4.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	210 0.7×	134 0.6×	45	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Qian Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qian Zhao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Qian, et al.. (2025). Alpha-maxmin mean-variance reinsurance-investment strategy under negative risk dependence between two markets. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 463. 116501–116501. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Huan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Mengyang Dong, et al.. (2025). Water‐Resistant Organic Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Block Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie. 137(17). 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Qian, et al.. (2025). AlN-based aerogel thermo-cooler enabled by enhanced phonon conduction and unconstrained liquid capillarity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11068–11068.

Zhao, Qian, Mohamed Abdellah, Yuehan Cao, et al.. (2024). Size‐Dependent Multi‐Electron Donation in Metal‐Complex Quantum Dots Hybrid Catalyst for Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(30). 7 indexed citations

Ye, Jiaqi, et al.. (2024). Antihelical erythema/papules as a potential risk factor for acute and subacute interstitial pneumonia in MDA5+ dermatomyositis: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 91(6). 1252–1254.

Pan, Qingyan, et al.. (2024). Surface Ligands for Perovskite Quantum Dots. ChemSusChem. 18(4). e202401875–e202401875. 12 indexed citations

Zhao, Qian, et al.. (2024). An Intrusion Detection Model Based on a Residual Memory Convolutional Neural Network with Attention Mechanism. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2833(1). 12009–12009.

Zhao, Qian, et al.. (2024). Equilibrium reinsurance strategies for catastrophe and secondary claims under α-maxmin mean–variance criterion. International Review of Financial Analysis. 96. 103729–103729. 1 indexed citations

He, Yan‐Mei, Siping Liu, Zehan Yao, et al.. (2023). Nature of Self-Trapped Exciton Emission in Zero-Dimensional Cs₂ZrCl₆ Perovskite Nanocrystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(34). 7665–7671. 40 indexed citations

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Liu, Exian, Qian Zhao, Jianbing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast Carrier Drift Transport Dynamics in CsPbI₃ Perovskite Nanocrystalline Thin Films. ACS Nano. 17(14). 13997–14004. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chenyu, Junwei Shi, Hehe Huang, et al.. (2023). Cation Exchange in Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots toward Functional Optoelectronic Applications. Small Science. 4(1). 2300132–2300132. 11 indexed citations

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Han, Rui, Qian Zhao, Abhijit Hazarika, et al.. (2022). Ionic Liquids Modulating CsPbI₃ Colloidal Quantum Dots Enable Improved Mobility for High-Performance Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(3). 4061–4070. 30 indexed citations

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Han, Rui, Qian Zhao, Jian Su, et al.. (2021). Role of Methyl Acetate in Highly Reproducible Efficient CsPbI₃ Perovskite Quantum Dot Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(16). 8469–8478. 43 indexed citations

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Hu, Long, Qian Zhao, Shujuan Huang, et al.. (2021). Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture. Nature Communications. 12(1). 466–466. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wieliczka, Brian M., J.A. Marquez, Alexandra Bothwell, et al.. (2021). Probing the Origin of the Open Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Quantum Dot Photovoltaics. ACS Nano. 15(12). 19334–19344. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Yahui, Ming Liu, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Enhancing the Performance of Organic Solar Cells by Prolonging the Lifetime of Photogenerated Excitons. Advanced Materials. 32(50). e2003164–e2003164. 81 indexed citations

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Liu, Feng, Chao Ding, Yaohong Zhang, et al.. (2019). GeI₂ Additive for High Optoelectronic Quality CsPbI₃ Quantum Dots and Their Application in Photovoltaic Devices. Chemistry of Materials. 31(3). 798–807. 119 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qian, Abhijit Hazarika, Xihan Chen, et al.. (2019). High efficiency perovskite quantum dot solar cells with charge separating heterostructure. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2842–2842. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhong, Xue, et al.. (2018). Research and application of modeling for on-site installation protection based on IEC61850 logical devices management hierarchy. 46(14). 165–170. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qian, Guoran Li, Jian Song, et al.. (2016). Improving the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells with acetate. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38670–38670. 61 indexed citations

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