Qinghua Zhang

59.2k total citations · 38 hit papers
533 papers, 45.1k citations indexed

About

Qinghua Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Qinghua Zhang has authored 533 papers receiving a total of 45.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 298 papers in Materials Chemistry, 241 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 193 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Qinghua Zhang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (164 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (76 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (67 papers). Qinghua Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (164 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (76 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (67 papers). Qinghua Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Qinghua Zhang's co-authors include Lin Gu, Fanqi Meng, Lirong Zheng, Wenwu Zhong, Zongpeng Wang, Zhiping Lin, Shijie Shen, Tierui Zhang, Yuanhua Lin and Lu Shang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Qinghua Zhang

513 papers receiving 44.5k citations

Hit Papers

Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2018 2019 2018 2019 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction
    2016 1.4k citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  2. Enhanced strength and ductility in a high-entropy alloy via ordered oxygen complexes
    2018 1.4k citations Suihe Jiang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  3. An Electrolytic Zn–MnO2 Battery for High‐Voltage and Scalable Energy Storage
    2019 962 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  4. Direct observation of noble metal nanoparticles transforming to thermally stable single atoms
    2018 933 citations Yue Gong, Qinghua Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Ultrahigh–energy density lead-free dielectric films via polymorphic nanodomain design
    2019 904 citations Qinghua Zhang, Jing Ma et al. profile →
  6. Single-Atom Vacancy Defect to Trigger High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution of MoS2
    2020 817 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Cascade anchoring strategy for general mass production of high-loading single-atomic metal-nitrogen catalysts
    2019 765 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. A universal ligand mediated method for large scale synthesis of transition metal single atom catalysts
    2019 603 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. A General Route to Prepare Low‐Ruthenium‐Content Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for pH‐Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Using Carbon Quantum Dots
    2019 582 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  10. Ultrahigh energy storage in superparaelectric relaxor ferroelectrics
    2021 567 citations Qinghua Zhang, Fanqi Meng et al. profile →
  11. Giant Energy Density and Improved Discharge Efficiency of Solution‐Processed Polymer Nanocomposites for Dielectric Energy Storage
    2016 546 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  12. Systematic design of superaerophobic nanotube-array electrode comprised of transition-metal sulfides for overall water splitting
    2018 542 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  13. Giant energy density and high efficiency achieved in bismuth ferrite-based film capacitors via domain engineering
    2018 485 citations Jing Ma, Ji Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
  14. Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis
    2019 482 citations Kun Qi, Xiaoqiang Cui et al. Nature Communications profile →
  15. Crystalline‐Amorphous Interfaces Coupling of CoSe2/CoP with Optimized d‐Band Center and Boosted Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
    2022 474 citations Qinghua Zhang, Fanqi Meng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  16. A general synthesis approach for amorphous noble metal nanosheets
    2019 470 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  17. Regulating Pore Structure of Hierarchical Porous Waste Cork‐Derived Hard Carbon Anode for Enhanced Na Storage Performance
    2019 460 citations Yuqi Li, Yaxiang Lu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  18. High-entropy enhanced capacitive energy storage
    2022 447 citations Qinghua Zhang, Fanqi Meng et al. profile →
  19. A Nanozyme with Photo‐Enhanced Dual Enzyme‐Like Activities for Deep Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
    2019 414 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  20. Anionic Redox Reaction-Induced High-Capacity and Low-Strain Cathode with Suppressed Phase Transition
    2018 363 citations Yaxiang Lu, Fanqi Meng et al. profile →
  21. Coordination Number Regulation of Molybdenum Single-Atom Nanozyme Peroxidase-like Specificity
    2020 349 citations Xiaoqiang Cui, Qinghua Zhang et al. profile →
  22. High‐Efficiency Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Nickel Single‐Atom Catalysts with Tetradentate N2O2 Coordination in a Three‐Phase Flow Cell
    2020 330 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  23. Dynamic rhenium dopant boosts ruthenium oxide for durable oxygen evolution
    2023 318 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  24. Facet engineering accelerates spillover hydrogenation on highly diluted metal nanocatalysts
    2020 313 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  25. Atomic Engineering Catalyzed MnO2 Electrolysis Kinetics for a Hybrid Aqueous Battery with High Power and Energy Density
    2020 302 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  26. Dual-atom Pt heterogeneous catalyst with excellent catalytic performances for the selective hydrogenation and epoxidation
    2021 270 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  27. LiMnO2 cathode stabilized by interfacial orbital ordering for sustainable lithium-ion batteries
    2020 266 citations Fanqi Meng, Qinghua Zhang et al. profile →
  28. Metal‐Triazolate‐Framework‐Derived FeN4Cl1 Single‐Atom Catalysts with Hierarchical Porosity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2021 260 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  29. Rational design of a topological polymeric solid electrolyte for high-performance all-solid-state alkali metal batteries
    2022 239 citations Ang Gao, Yuan Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  30. A General Synthetic Method for High-Entropy Alloy Subnanometer Ribbons
    2022 239 citations Mingchuan Luo, Fan Lv et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  31. A Li-rich layered oxide cathode with negligible voltage decay
    2023 215 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  32. p–d Orbital Hybridization Induced by a Monodispersed Ga Site on a Pt3Mn Nanocatalyst Boosts Ethanol Electrooxidation
    2022 209 citations Qinghua Zhang et al. profile →
  33. Realizing Two-Electron Transfer in Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets for Energy Storage
    2022 204 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  34. Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices
    2023 195 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  35. Multifunctional PtCuTe Nanosheets with Strong ROS Scavenging and ROS‐Independent Antibacterial Properties Promote Diabetic Wound Healing
    2023 154 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  36. Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate
    2023 145 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. profile →
  37. Crystal Phase Engineering of Ultrathin Alloy Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Electroreduction of Nitrate to Ammonia
    2024 112 citations Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  38. Reconfigurable optoelectronic transistors for multimodal recognition
    2024 56 citations Qinghua Zhang, Er‐Jia Guo et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qinghua Zhang China 116 23.5k 22.3k 20.6k 6.9k 5.3k 533 45.1k
Shaojun Guo China 119 29.3k 1.2× 25.4k 1.1× 16.0k 0.8× 7.7k 1.1× 3.3k 0.6× 355 44.0k
Dong Su United States 126 34.9k 1.5× 29.2k 1.3× 22.4k 1.1× 12.1k 1.8× 4.2k 0.8× 615 56.9k
Chunzhong Li China 99 23.6k 1.0× 14.5k 0.7× 18.0k 0.9× 13.2k 1.9× 6.5k 1.2× 865 44.3k
Hailiang Wang United States 86 31.9k 1.4× 26.7k 1.2× 19.3k 0.9× 9.4k 1.4× 3.9k 0.7× 301 49.6k
Zhichuan J. Xu Singapore 104 23.5k 1.0× 23.7k 1.1× 14.6k 0.7× 10.0k 1.5× 3.3k 0.6× 326 42.8k
Yanguang Li China 107 34.2k 1.5× 33.0k 1.5× 21.2k 1.0× 10.2k 1.5× 8.2k 1.5× 316 58.0k
Yang Yang China 97 17.9k 0.8× 16.1k 0.7× 14.4k 0.7× 7.1k 1.0× 3.6k 0.7× 611 33.4k
Yue Lin China 96 18.9k 0.8× 23.4k 1.1× 18.3k 0.9× 4.1k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 365 38.1k
Yung‐Eun Sung South Korea 91 23.9k 1.0× 18.0k 0.8× 11.8k 0.6× 5.5k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 633 34.3k
Karren L. More United States 82 22.4k 1.0× 23.4k 1.1× 13.2k 0.6× 3.3k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 406 35.4k

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All Works

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Liu, Li, Y.‐L. He, Peixin Qin, et al.. (2025). Largely tunable compensation temperature in a rare-earth ferrimagnetic metal and deterministic spin-orbit torque switching for artificial neural network application. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 234. 15–23. 1 indexed citations
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Pei, Cuiying, Qi Wang, Jing Chen, et al.. (2024). Distinct superconducting states in the pressure-induced metallic structures of topological heterostructure BiTe. Materials Today Physics. 42. 101377–101377. 2 indexed citations
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Cui, Ting, Ting Lin, Chen Liu, et al.. (2024). Strain-mediated phase crossover in Ruddlesden–Popper nickelates. Communications Materials. 5(1). 24 indexed citations
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Guo, Junxiong, Lin Lin, Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). Type-printable photodetector arrays for multichannel meta-infrared imaging. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5193–5193. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengqin, Tao Zhu, He Bai, et al.. (2024). Layered Ferromagnetic Structure Caused by the Proximity Effect and Interlayer Charge Transfer for LaNiO3/LaMnO3 Superlattices. Nano Letters. 24(4). 1122–1129. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Liang, Yujun Zhang, Qinghua Zhang, et al.. (2023). Significant Unconventional Anomalous Hall Effect in Heavy Metal/Antiferromagnetic Insulator Heterostructures. Advanced Science. 10(8). e2206203–e2206203. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Ang, Xinyan Li, Qinghua Zhang, et al.. (2023). Critical intermediate β‐Li2NiO3 phase for structural degradation of Ni‐rich layered cathodes during thermal runaway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zechao, Hong-Yi Xie, Xiao Hu, et al.. (2023). Prominent Josephson tunneling between twisted single copper oxide planes of Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+y. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5201–5201. 12 indexed citations
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Cheng, Zhe, Chiheng Dong, Huan Yang, et al.. (2022). Strengthened proximity effect at grain boundaries to enhance inter-grain supercurrent in Ba1-K Fe2As2 superconductors. Materials Today Physics. 28. 100848–100848. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Hongxiang, Long Chen, Gang Wang, et al.. (2022). Topological Crystalline Insulator Candidate ErAsS with Hourglass Fermion and Magnetic‐Tuned Topological Phase Transition. Advanced Materials. 34(31). e2110664–e2110664. 8 indexed citations
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Guo, Sijie, Yutao Li, Bing Li, et al.. (2022). Coordination-Assisted Precise Construction of Metal Oxide Nanofilms for High-Performance Solid-State Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(5). 2179–2188. 64 indexed citations
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Lin, Kun, Wenjie Li, Suihe Jiang, et al.. (2020). High performance and low thermal expansion in Er-Fe-V-Mo dual-phase alloys. Acta Materialia. 198. 271–280. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujia, Qing He, Wenmei Ming, et al.. (2020). Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained SrCoO3 Thin Films. Physical Review X. 10(2). 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Mingfeng, Jing Wang, Ruixue Zhu, et al.. (2020). Stabilization of ferroelastic charged domain walls in self-assembled BiFeO3 nanoislands. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(12). 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan‐Song, Qinghua Zhang, Da Wang, et al.. (2020). Enabling reversible phase transition on K5/9Mn7/9Ti2/9O2 for high-performance potassium-ion batteries cathodes. Energy storage materials. 31. 20–26. 50 indexed citations
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Qi, Kun, Xiaoqiang Cui, Lin Gu, et al.. (2019). Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5231–5231. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Ruijin, Shifeng Jin, Lin Gu, et al.. (2019). Intercalating Anions between Terminated Anion Layers: Unusual Ionic S–Se Bonds and Hole-Doping Induced Superconductivity in S0.24(NH3)0.26Fe2Se2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(35). 13849–13857. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Yuqi, Yaxiang Lu, Qingshi Meng, et al.. (2019). Regulating Pore Structure of Hierarchical Porous Waste Cork‐Derived Hard Carbon Anode for Enhanced Na Storage Performance. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(48). 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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