Qihao Zhang

9.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
167 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Qihao Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qihao Zhang has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Qihao Zhang's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (64 papers), Thermal properties of materials (26 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (22 papers). Qihao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (64 papers), Thermal properties of materials (26 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (22 papers). Qihao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Qihao Zhang's co-authors include Lidong Chen, Shengqiang Bai, Xun Shi, Jincheng Liao, Lianjun Wang, Wan Jiang, Yadong Huang, Pengfei Qiu, Yunshan Tang and Zhijian Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Qihao Zhang

159 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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-entropy-stabilized chalcogenides with high thermoelectric performance

2021 892 citations Binbin Jiang, Yong Yu et al. Science profile →
High efficiency Bi₂Te₃-based materials and devices for thermoelectric power generation between 100 and 300 °C

2016 456 citations Shengqiang Bai, Qihao Zhang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Overview on the recent study of antimicrobial peptides: Origins, functions, relative mechanisms and application

2012 374 citations Qihao Zhang et al. profile →
Micro-thermoelectric devices

2022 239 citations Qihao Zhang, Kangfa Deng et al. Nature Electronics profile →
Fully inkjet-printed Ag2Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation

2024 75 citations Yan Liu, Qihao Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Government environmental attention, credit supply and firms' green investment

2024 61 citations Han Chen, Jianping Deng et al. Energy Economics profile →
Provincial Industrial Policy and Corporate Emissions: Evidence From China

2025 18 citations Pengdong Zhang, Qihao 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
Qihao Zhang China	41	5.3k	2.3k	1.6k	790	759	167	7.7k
Qingfeng Liu China	52	4.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	699 0.4×	805 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	293	8.3k
Chunhui Yang Australia	39	2.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	874 0.5×	366 0.5×	375 0.5×	256	6.7k
Wooyoung Lee South Korea	47	2.9k 0.5×	4.0k 1.8×	408 0.2×	761 1.0×	161 0.2×	310	6.9k
An‐Ping Li United States	44	5.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	375 0.2×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	226	9.3k
Jing Zhang China	38	896 0.2×	585 0.3×	471 0.3×	479 0.6×	876 1.2×	273	4.9k
Yanan Wang China	47	4.3k 0.8×	3.7k 1.7×	159 0.1×	1.1k 1.3×	265 0.3×	313	8.0k
Zhongyuan Liu China	61	8.0k 1.5×	4.6k 2.0×	218 0.1×	3.6k 4.6×	1.1k 1.5×	427	14.6k
Tao Hu China	66	7.0k 1.3×	7.2k 3.2×	129 0.1×	3.7k 4.7×	508 0.7×	283	13.6k
Tingting Deng China	38	2.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	327 0.2×	570 0.7×	820 1.1×	278	5.3k
Youngsoo Kim South Korea	34	1.9k 0.4×	949 0.4×	150 0.1×	752 1.0×	579 0.8×	105	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Qihao Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Kai, Meng Jiang, X. Ai, et al.. (2025). Phase-stabilized GeTe with optimized interfaces for high-performance thermoelectric energy conversion. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(20). 9274–9286.

Jiang, Meng, Qinghua Zhang, Siyuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Microstructural transformation for robust and high-efficiency Zintl thermoelectrics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7592–7592. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenghu, Qihao Zhang, Ke Ma, & Jianhui Deng. (2025). Study on the Effects of Microstructural Heterogeneity on the Mechanical Behavior and Failure Process of Brittle Rocks Based on DEM. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 58(5). 4899–4920. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yu, Lars Giebeler, Wenhua Xue, et al.. (2025). High-performance ZrNiSn-based half-Heusler thermoelectrics with hierarchical architectures enabled by reactive sintering. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6497–6497. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Hongyi, Ziyi Yu, Yapeng Cheng, et al.. (2025). Atomic-scale interface strengthening unlocks efficient and durable Mg-based thermoelectric devices. Nature Materials. 24(5). 735–742. 12 indexed citations

Bai, Gongxun, Shiying Liu, Jun Wan, et al.. (2024). Sunlight-driven mechanoluminescent composite coating materials based on trap modulation for stress sensing. Ceramics International. 50(19). 36580–36587. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Qihao, et al.. (2024). Adsorption and sensing performances of vacancy defects and Cu-embedded GaN/MoTe2 heterostructure for harmful gases: A DFT study. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1239. 114757–114757. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Jing, Yijun Zhang, Qihao Zhang, Xiaodong Yang, & Yang Shen. (2024). Towards first-principles predict of doped α-Ga2O3 based structural and electrical properties. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109902–109902. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yan, Qihao Zhang, Aibin Huang, et al.. (2024). Fully inkjet-printed Ag2Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2141–2141. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ai, Xin, Zhongliang Hu, Xiaofang Lu, et al.. (2024). Interface kinetic manipulation enabling efficient and reliable Mg3Sb2 thermoelectrics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9355–9355. 17 indexed citations

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Jeong, Jaeki, Minjin Kim, Vladislav Sláma, et al.. (2024). Carbazole Treated Waterproof Perovskite Films with Improved Solar Cell Performance. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(2). 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Han, Jianping Deng, Meiting Lu, Pengdong Zhang, & Qihao Zhang. (2024). Government environmental attention, credit supply and firms' green investment. Energy Economics. 134. 107547–107547. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Shuyang, Jie Li, Yingguang Li, et al.. (2023). Cr3+-activated NaInSi2O6: An efficient broadband near-infrared phosphor with its applications in LED. Ceramics International. 49(22). 36360–36367. 13 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yiwei, Meng Jiang, Aibin Huang, et al.. (2023). Exceptional n-type thermoelectric ionogels enabled by metal coordination and ion-selective association. Science Advances. 9(43). eadk2098–eadk2098. 42 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hua, Qihao Zhang, Yijun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Prediction model of type and band gap for photocatalytic g-GaN-based van der Waals heterojunction of density functional theory and machine learning techniques. Applied Surface Science. 640. 158400–158400. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qihao, et al.. (2022). Micro-thermoelectric devices. Nature Electronics. 5(6). 333–347. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Qihao, Zhongliang Hu, Meng Jiang, et al.. (2022). Mg₃(Bi,Sb)₂-based thermoelectric modules for efficient and reliable waste-heat utilization up to 750 K. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(8). 3265–3274. 64 indexed citations

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Jiang, Binbin, Yong Yu, Juan Cui, et al.. (2021). High-entropy-stabilized chalcogenides with high thermoelectric performance. Science. 371(6531). 830–834. 892 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chu, Jing, Jian Huang, Ruiheng Liu, et al.. (2020). Electrode interface optimization advances conversion efficiency and stability of thermoelectric devices. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2723–2723. 149 indexed citations

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Tang, Simiao, Chenglong Wang, Xiao Liu, et al.. (2020). Experimental investigation of a novel heat pipe thermoelectric generator for waste heat recovery and electricity generation. International Journal of Energy Research. 44(9). 7450–7463. 44 indexed citations

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