Ruqiang Zou

43.3k total citations · 33 hit papers
352 papers, 37.7k citations indexed

About

Ruqiang Zou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruqiang Zou has authored 352 papers receiving a total of 37.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Materials Chemistry, 143 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 140 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ruqiang Zou's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (126 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (77 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (66 papers). Ruqiang Zou is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (126 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (77 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (66 papers). Ruqiang Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Ruqiang Zou's co-authors include Qiang Xü, Zibin Liang, Wei Xia, Wenhan Guo, Asif Mahmood, Yanli Zhao, Dingguo Xia, Hassina Tabassum, Kexin Zhang and Chong Qu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ruqiang Zou

341 papers receiving 37.2k citations

Hit Papers

Metal–organic frameworks ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2015 2017 2016 2015 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Metal–organic frameworks and their derived nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage and conversion
    2015 1.6k citations Wei Xia, Asif Mahmood et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  2. Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy Applications
    2017 1.0k citations Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →
  3. Covalent Organic Frameworks for CO2 Capture
    2016 994 citations Yong‐Fei Zeng, Ruqiang Zou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Earth‐Abundant Nanomaterials for Oxygen Reduction
    2015 986 citations Wei Xia, Asif Mahmood et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Metal–Organic Framework-Based Catalysts with Single Metal Sites
    2020 984 citations Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →
  6. Advanced Transition Metal‐Based OER Electrocatalysts: Current Status, Opportunities, and Challenges
    2021 771 citations Kexin Zhang, Ruqiang Zou Small profile →
  7. Electrochemical nitrogen fixation and utilization: theories, advanced catalyst materials and system design
    2019 749 citations Wenhan Guo, Kexin Zhang et al. profile →
  8. Pristine Metal–Organic Frameworks and their Composites for Energy Storage and Conversion
    2017 716 citations Zibin Liang, Wenhan Guo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Heterogeneous Catalysis in Zeolites, Mesoporous Silica, and Metal–Organic Frameworks
    2017 613 citations Jie Liang, Zibin Liang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Metal‐Organic Framework‐Based Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis
    2016 568 citations Asif Mahmood, Wenhan Guo et al. profile →
  11. Nanoconfined phase change materials for thermal energy applications
    2018 567 citations Zibin Liang, Asif Mahmood et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  12. A metal–organic framework route to in situ encapsulation of Co@Co3O4@C core@bishell nanoparticles into a highly ordered porous carbon matrix for oxygen reduction
    2014 557 citations Wei Xia, Ruqiang Zou et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks for Batteries
    2018 555 citations Ruo Zhao, Zibin Liang et al. profile →
  14. A Triazole-Containing Metal–Organic Framework as a Highly Effective and Substrate Size-Dependent Catalyst for CO2 Conversion
    2016 545 citations Pei‐Zhou Li, Xiaojun Wang et al. profile →
  15. Metal-organic framework-derived materials for electrochemical energy applications
    2019 508 citations Zibin Liang, Ruo Zhao et al. profile →
  16. Atomically Dispersed Metal Sites in MOF‐Based Materials for Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Energy Conversion
    2018 508 citations Zibin Liang, Dingguo Xia et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  17. Preparation, Adsorption Properties, and Catalytic Activity of 3D Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks Composed of Cubic Building Blocks and Alkali‐Metal Ions
    2006 498 citations Ruqiang Zou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  18. Designing Advanced Catalysts for Energy Conversion Based on Urea Oxidation Reaction
    2020 474 citations Bingjun Zhu, Zibin Liang et al. Small profile →
  19. Well-defined carbon polyhedrons prepared from nano metal–organic frameworks for oxygen reduction
    2014 469 citations Wei Xia, Wenhan Guo et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →
  20. Metal-organic framework-based materials for hybrid supercapacitor application
    2019 426 citations Zibin Liang, Song Gao et al. profile →
  21. Metal–Organic Framework-Based Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage
    2020 422 citations Zibin Liang, Wenhan Guo et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
  22. Electrolyte solutions design for lithium-sulfur batteries
    2021 396 citations Ruqiang Zou, Dingguo Xia et al. profile →
  23. Phase change material-integrated latent heat storage systems for sustainable energy solutions
    2021 383 citations Mulin Qin, Ruqiang Zou et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  24. A Universal Strategy for Hollow Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Encapsulated into B/N Co‐Doped Graphitic Nanotubes as High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Battery Anodes
    2018 370 citations Hassina Tabassum, Ruqiang Zou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  25. Engineering the Thermal Conductivity of Functional Phase‐Change Materials for Heat Energy Conversion, Storage, and Utilization
    2019 360 citations Mulin Qin, Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →
  26. Covalent organic framework-based materials for energy applications
    2020 341 citations Wenhan Guo, Zibin Liang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  27. Metal–Organic Framework Derived Bimetallic Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage
    2020 287 citations Zibin Liang, Ruqiang Zou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  28. Flexible phase change materials for thermal energy storage
    2021 239 citations Mulin Qin, Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →
  29. Emerging Solid‐to‐Solid Phase‐Change Materials for Thermal‐Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Utilization
    2022 200 citations Mulin Qin, Ruqiang Zou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  30. Activating lattice oxygen by a defect-engineered Fe2O3–CeO2 nano-heterojunction for efficient electrochemical water oxidation
    2024 126 citations Lei Gao, Wenhan Guo et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  31. High‐Efficiency Thermal‐Shock Resistance Enabled by Radiative Cooling and Latent Heat Storage
    2024 53 citations Mulin Qin, Song Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  32. Atomic Gap-State Engineering of MoS2 for Alkaline Water and Seawater Splitting
    2025 36 citations Xiao Hai, Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →
  33. Surface-localized phase mediation accelerates quasi-solid-state reaction kinetics in sulfur batteries
    2025 25 citations Song Gao, Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruqiang Zou China 98 16.9k 15.2k 15.0k 11.7k 9.0k 352 37.7k
Yushan Yan United States 112 21.3k 1.3× 18.6k 1.2× 21.3k 1.4× 9.4k 0.8× 4.2k 0.5× 514 44.4k
Zhonghua Zhu Australia 90 10.4k 0.6× 15.6k 1.0× 10.8k 0.7× 4.9k 0.4× 5.4k 0.6× 461 30.7k
Stefan Kaskel Germany 121 20.3k 1.2× 27.0k 1.8× 8.5k 0.6× 20.9k 1.8× 12.9k 1.4× 793 54.3k
Dapeng Cao China 86 8.8k 0.5× 14.4k 0.9× 8.8k 0.6× 7.6k 0.6× 4.2k 0.5× 435 27.6k
Ya‐Qian Lan China 101 10.7k 0.6× 24.0k 1.6× 16.5k 1.1× 18.8k 1.6× 5.6k 0.6× 480 38.0k
Xiao Feng China 85 7.7k 0.5× 19.2k 1.3× 8.4k 0.6× 13.6k 1.2× 3.0k 0.3× 317 29.2k
Arne Thomas Germany 112 19.3k 1.1× 43.8k 2.9× 34.0k 2.3× 15.4k 1.3× 7.2k 0.8× 346 59.7k
Huanting Wang Australia 102 12.7k 0.7× 15.7k 1.0× 11.2k 0.7× 8.6k 0.7× 3.5k 0.4× 546 37.8k
Zhong‐Yong Yuan China 85 10.1k 0.6× 15.3k 1.0× 13.3k 0.9× 3.8k 0.3× 3.3k 0.4× 471 27.5k
Xue Duan China 99 11.6k 0.7× 23.2k 1.5× 13.3k 0.9× 2.9k 0.2× 7.3k 0.8× 390 35.2k

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All Works

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Wei, Wenbo, et al.. (2025). Modular Synchronous Synthesis of Amides and α‐Ketoamides Realized by Matching Electrolysis‐Paired Tandems. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(33). e202503440–e202503440. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Peimin, Mulin Qin, Jingchun Zhang, et al.. (2025). High-Efficiency and Scalable Cooling Solution for Parked Cars: Coupling Radiative Cooling and Latent Heat Storage. ACS Materials Letters. 7(6). 2213–2220.
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Ma, Yingying, et al.. (2025). Colossal Barocaloric Effect in Liquid Crystals via Cascade Order–Disorder Transitions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(30). 43158–43168.
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Li, Renyi, Wenchao Hu, Aijun Li, et al.. (2025). Stabilizing lithium metal batteries by anion modulated Quasi-Solid polymer electrolytes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 513. 162822–162822.
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Tabassum, Hassina, Wenxue Chen, Bingbing Ma, et al.. (2024). Synthetic tuning produces multi-junctions of copper for efficient electroreduction of carbon dioxide. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 365. 124922–124922. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Weibin, et al.. (2024). How Do the Morphology and Crystal Facet of CeO 2 Determine the Catalytic Activity toward NO Removal?. Small. 21(1). e2407805–e2407805. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Heng, Xiaoting Liu, Yongfeng Huang, et al.. (2023). Oxidization‐Temperature‐Triggered Rapid Preparation of Large‐Area Single‐Crystal Cu(111) Foil. Advanced Materials. 35(18). e2209755–e2209755. 16 indexed citations
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Gao, Lei, Xinyu Zhang, Jinlong Zhu, et al.. (2023). Boosting lithium ion conductivity of antiperovskite solid electrolyte by potassium ions substitution for cation clusters. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6807–6807. 22 indexed citations
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Wu, Liu, Junjie Xin, Yonggang Wang, et al.. (2023). Hollow ZSM-5 encapsulated with single Ga-atoms for the catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass waste. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 84. 363–373. 23 indexed citations
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Gao, Lei, Jinlong Zhu, Liping Wang, et al.. (2023). Neutron diffraction for revealing the structures and ionic transport mechanisms of antiperovskite solid electrolytes. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 42(5). 100048–100048. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ruo, Lei Gao, Zibin Liang, et al.. (2021). Stabilization of NASICON-Type Electrolyte against Li Anode via an Ionic Conductive MOF-Incorporated Adhesive Interlayer. ACS Energy Letters. 6(9). 3141–3150. 50 indexed citations
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Tabassum, Hassina, Asif Mahmood, Bingjun Zhu, et al.. (2019). Recent advances in confining metal-based nanoparticles into carbon nanotubes for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(10). 2924–2956. 207 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Song Gao, Qinghua Zhang, et al.. (2017). Topotactic Reduction toward a Noncentrosymmetric Deficient Perovskite Tb0.50Ca0.50Mn0.96O2.37 with Ordered Mn Vacancies and Piezoelectric Behavior. Chemistry of Materials. 29(22). 9840–9850. 6 indexed citations
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Zou, Ru‐Yi, Pei‐Zhou Li, Yong‐Fei Zeng, et al.. (2016). Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Bimetallic Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Probing the Lewis Acid Site for CO2 Conversion (Small 17/2016). Small. 12(17). 2386–2386. 2 indexed citations
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Yao, Xin, Guilue Guo, Yang Zhao, et al.. (2016). Synergistic Effect of Mesoporous Co3O4Nanowires Confined by N-Doped Graphene Aerogel for Enhanced Lithium Storage. Small. 12(28). 3849–3860. 76 indexed citations
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Tabassum, Hassina, Ruqiang Zou, Asif Mahmood, Zibin Liang, & Shaojun Guo. (2016). A catalyst-free synthesis of B, N co-doped graphene nanostructures with tunable dimensions as highly efficient metal free dual electrocatalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4(42). 16469–16475. 179 indexed citations
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Li, Pei‐Zhou, Xiaojun Wang, Kang Zhang, et al.. (2014). “Click”-extended nitrogen-rich metal–organic frameworks and their high performance in CO2-selective capture. Chemical Communications. 50(36). 4683–4683. 60 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingfei, Wei Xia, Wenhan Guo, et al.. (2013). Functional Zeolitic‐Imidazolate‐Framework‐Templated Porous Carbon Materials for CO2 Capture and Enhanced Capacitors. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 8(8). 1879–1885. 131 indexed citations

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