Qiang Zhao

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Qiang Zhao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Zhao has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 95 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 62 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Qiang Zhao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (83 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (70 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (37 papers). Qiang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (83 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (70 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (37 papers). Qiang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Qiang Zhao's co-authors include Jinping Li, Guang Liu, Jinxiang Dong, Dazhong Zhong, Genyan Hao, Yun Wu, Dandan Li, Jiangfeng Yang, Rui Yao and Soofin Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Zhao

145 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Stable hydrogen evolution reaction at high current densities via designing the Ni single atoms and Ru nanoparticles linked by carbon bridges

2024 139 citations Rui Yao, Kaiyang Zhang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiang Zhao China	37	2.9k	2.1k	1.8k	862	575	156	4.4k
Hyuk‐Jun Noh South Korea	29	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	765 0.9×	461 0.8×	77	3.9k
Zhongling Lang China	33	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	463 0.8×	82	4.1k
Seok‐Jin Kim South Korea	22	3.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	280 0.3×	643 1.1×	51	4.7k
Fenglei Lyu China	25	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	294 0.3×	371 0.6×	38	3.6k
Xuedan Song China	42	2.1k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	2.6k 1.5×	969 1.1×	789 1.4×	157	5.9k
George E. Sterbinsky United States	28	2.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	270 0.3×	474 0.8×	83	4.5k
Magali Ferrandon United States	38	2.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	742 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	80	5.5k
Shihui Zou China	28	2.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	240 0.3×	767 1.3×	103	4.4k
Zewen Zhuang China	26	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	243 0.3×	747 1.3×	55	4.3k
Soheila Sanati Iran	41	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	230 0.4×	67	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhong, Dazhong, Qiang Fang, Peng Chen, et al.. (2025). Selective Electrochemical CO ₂ Reduction to Ethylene or Ethanol via Tuning *OH Adsorption. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(32). e202501773–e202501773. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Jiang-Tao, et al.. (2025). Lattice expansion in Ni3ZnC0.7@C weakening CO adsorption for efficient CO2 electroreduction. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 112. 47–55.

Xu, Haiyan, et al.. (2024). Zn-doped V2O5 film electrodes as cathode materials for high-performance thin-film zinc-ion batteries. Solid State Ionics. 416. 116658–116658. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Tao, Qiang Fang, Genyan Hao, et al.. (2024). Enriched Electrophilic Oxygen Species on Ru Optimize Acidic Water Oxidation. Small. 21(29). e2410311–e2410311. 4 indexed citations

Hao, Genyan, Tao Zhao, Dandan Li, et al.. (2024). Easy conversion perovskite fluorides KCo_1−xFe_xF₃ for efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Chemical Communications. 60(31). 4182–4185. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Jinwei, Weiyi Zhang, Yijie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Integrating Cr doped FeOOH into FeSe2 nanoparticles for efficient water oxidation at large current densities. Fuel. 351. 128827–128827. 8 indexed citations

Li, Xu-Yang, et al.. (2023). Design and synthesis of polyoxovanadate-based framework for efficient dye degradation. Tungsten. 6(2). 447–453. 13 indexed citations

Yao, Rui, Yun Wu, Kaiyang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Construction of a CoRu/CoRuP Heterogeneous Electrocatalyst for Efficient pH-Universal Hydrogen Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(1). 291–299. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yong, Dazhong Zhong, Lei Wang, et al.. (2022). Roughness Effect of Cu on Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction towards C₂H₄. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 17(14). e202200380–e202200380. 18 indexed citations

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Du, Yujie, Kaiyang Zhang, Rui Yao, et al.. (2022). Ultra-small RuO₂/NHC nanocrystal electrocatalysts with efficient water oxidation activities in acidic media. Dalton Transactions. 51(45). 17361–17367. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Tao, Dazhong Zhong, Genyan Hao, et al.. (2022). Porous CoNiOOH nanosheets derived from the well-mixed MOFs as stable and highly efficient electrocatalysts for water oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47(77). 32928–32939. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Fei, et al.. (2022). A phosphorus-doped potassium peroxyniobate electrocatalyst with enriched oxygen vacancies boosts electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia. Dalton Transactions. 51(29). 11163–11168. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Tao, Cheng Chen, Dazhong Zhong, et al.. (2021). Preparation of a Bimetallic NiFe‐MOF on Nickel Foam as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemistrySelect. 6(6). 1320–1327. 37 indexed citations

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Zhong, Dazhong, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, Qiang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Coupling of Cu(100) and (110) Facets Promotes Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Hydrocarbons and Alcohols. Angewandte Chemie. 133(9). 4929–4935. 42 indexed citations

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Zhao, Fei, Na Li, Yun Wu, et al.. (2020). BiVO4 photoanode decorated with cobalt-manganese layered double hydroxides for enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(56). 31902–31912. 34 indexed citations

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Shen, Qianqian, Jinbo Xue, Yong Li, et al.. (2020). Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production of heterogeneous photoelectrodes with different system configurations of CdSe nanoparticles, Au nanocrystals and TiO2 nanotube arrays. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(51). 26688–26700. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Qiang, et al.. (2019). FeNi-based bimetallic MIL-101 directly applicable as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 286. 92–97. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Dandan, Genyan Hao, Wenjun Guo, et al.. (2019). Highly efficient Ni nanotube arrays and Ni nanotube arrays coupled with NiFe layered-double-hydroxide electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. Journal of Power Sources. 448. 227434–227434. 47 indexed citations

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Zhong, Dazhong, Lin Liu, Dandan Li, et al.. (2017). Facile and fast fabrication of iron-phosphate supported on nickel foam as a highly efficient and stable oxygen evolution catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(35). 18627–18633. 62 indexed citations

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Liang, Jianming, Riguang Zhang, Qiang Zhao, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Adsorption on Zeolite Na-MAZ and Li-MAZ Clusters. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 27(7). 1647–1653. 7 indexed citations

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