Shengbai Zhang

74.3k total citations · 28 hit papers
737 papers, 60.6k citations indexed

About

Shengbai Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shengbai Zhang has authored 737 papers receiving a total of 60.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 437 papers in Materials Chemistry, 370 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 241 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shengbai Zhang's work include Graphene research and applications (127 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (109 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (87 papers). Shengbai Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (127 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (109 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (87 papers). Shengbai Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Shengbai Zhang's co-authors include Su‐Huai Wei, Alex Zunger, Xiao-Liang Qi, John E. Northrup, Yi‐Yang Sun, Haijun Zhang, M. G. Lagally, Xi Dai, Chul‐Hong Park and Zhongfang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shengbai Zhang

720 papers receiving 59.3k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental Realization ... 1991 2026 2002 2014 2009 2010 2001 1991 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Experimental Realization of a Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator, Bi 2 Te 3
    2009 2.8k citations Haijun Zhang, Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Quantized Anomalous Hall Effect in Magnetic Topological Insulators
    2010 1.7k citations Haijun Zhang, Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Intrinsicn-type versusp-type doping asymmetry and the defect physics of ZnO
    2001 1.6k citations Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  4. Chemical potential dependence of defect formation energies in GaAs: Application to Ga self-diffusion
    1991 1.5k citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Epitaxial growth of two-dimensional stanene
    2015 1.4k citations Yong Xu, Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  6. Defect physics of theCuInSe2chalcopyrite semiconductor
    1998 1.2k citations Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  7. Self-Doped Ti3+ Enhanced Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production under Visible Light
    2010 1.2k citations Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  8. Polarization-sensitive broadband photodetector using a black phosphorus vertical p–n junction
    2015 1.1k citations Hongtao Yuan, Gang Xu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  9. Origin ofp-type doping difficulty in ZnO: The impurity perspective
    2002 1.0k citations Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  10. Massive Dirac Fermion on the Surface of a Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator
    2010 885 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  11. MoS2 Nanoribbons: High Stability and Unusual Electronic and Magnetic Properties
    2008 873 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  12. Atomistic Processes in the Early Stages of Thin-Film Growth
    1997 841 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  13. Inducing a Magnetic Monopole with Topological Surface States
    2009 735 citations Xiao-Liang Qi, Rundong Li et al. profile →
  14. Hydrogen Storage in Novel Organometallic Buckyballs
    2005 617 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  15. A Unified Theory Based on SO (5) Symmetry of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism
    1997 594 citations Shengbai Zhang profile →
  16. Topological quantization of the spin Hall effect in two-dimensional paramagnetic semiconductors
    2006 583 citations Xiao-Liang Qi, Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  17. Graphene oxide: A promising nanomaterial for energy and environmental applications
    2015 565 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  18. Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Superconductors and Superfluids in Two and Three Dimensions
    2009 563 citations Xiao-Liang Qi, Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  19. Doping by Large-Size-Mismatched Impurities: The Microscopic Origin of Arsenic- or Antimony-Dopedp-Type Zinc Oxide
    2004 561 citations Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  20. Chemical trends of defect formation and doping limit in II-VI semiconductors: The case of CdTe
    2002 560 citations Su‐Huai Wei, Shengbai Zhang Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  21. Spontaneous interlayer coherence in double-layer quantum Hall systems: Charged vortices and Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transitions
    1995 538 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  22. Strong Covalency-Induced Recombination Centers in Perovskite Solar Cell Material CH3NH3PbI3
    2014 491 citations Michael L. Agiorgousis, Yi‐Yang Sun et al. profile →
  23. Free-Standing Optical Gold Bowtie Nanoantenna with Variable Gap Size for Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
    2010 464 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →
  24. Emergence of the persistent spin helix in semiconductor quantum wells
    2009 459 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. profile →
  25. Exact SU(2) Symmetry and Persistent Spin Helix in a Spin-Orbit Coupled System
    2006 455 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  26. Global phase diagram in the quantum Hall effect
    1992 437 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  27. Dynamical axion field in topological magnetic insulators
    2010 371 citations Rundong Li, Jing Wang et al. profile →
  28. Antiferroelectric Altermagnets: Antiferroelectricity Alters Magnets
    2025 60 citations Shengbai Zhang et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shengbai Zhang United States 112 40.9k 26.4k 21.2k 12.7k 10.0k 737 60.6k
David Vanderbilt United States 107 50.5k 1.2× 28.3k 1.1× 19.1k 0.9× 15.5k 1.2× 20.2k 2.0× 363 76.0k
Steven G. Louie United States 140 66.8k 1.6× 34.4k 1.3× 29.3k 1.4× 8.7k 0.7× 9.8k 1.0× 656 88.7k
Marvin L. Cohen United States 132 61.9k 1.5× 32.6k 1.2× 24.3k 1.1× 11.9k 0.9× 10.0k 1.0× 794 86.7k
Alex Zunger United States 131 57.0k 1.4× 35.5k 1.3× 40.1k 1.9× 12.7k 1.0× 13.7k 1.4× 740 86.0k
David J. Singh United States 96 38.6k 0.9× 12.2k 0.5× 15.5k 0.7× 14.5k 1.1× 22.5k 2.2× 637 61.0k
Matthias Scheffler Germany 118 33.5k 0.8× 23.0k 0.9× 15.0k 0.7× 6.0k 0.5× 6.0k 0.6× 491 53.9k
Chris G. Van de Walle United States 113 41.2k 1.0× 12.5k 0.5× 29.8k 1.4× 15.9k 1.3× 19.0k 1.9× 548 58.5k
Daniel P. Joubert South Africa 14 49.3k 1.2× 12.7k 0.5× 22.4k 1.1× 7.5k 0.6× 12.1k 1.2× 66 69.8k
Ángel Rubio Spain 115 31.5k 0.8× 24.0k 0.9× 13.4k 0.6× 3.6k 0.3× 4.7k 0.5× 737 52.8k
M. C. Payne United Kingdom 59 33.5k 0.8× 11.8k 0.4× 13.2k 0.6× 4.3k 0.3× 9.7k 1.0× 222 50.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Wenwen, Lei Guo, Shengbai Zhang, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning Accelerated Screening Advanced Single-Atom Anchored MXenes Electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Fixation. ACS Catalysis. 15(15). 13534–13548. 6 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiaolin, et al.. (2025). Ru single atoms regulate electron distribution in defective NiFe LDH for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Nano Research. 18(12). 94908120–94908120.
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Xu, Yanan, Shengbai Zhang, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). A low-temperature ionic liquid system for topochemical synthesis of Si nanospheres for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Dalton Transactions. 54(7). 2877–2885. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Mingyu, Dan Wang, Dong Han, et al.. (2025). Vacancy Defects in 2D Ferroelectric In2Se3 and the Conductivity Modulation by Polarization–Defect Coupling. Nano Letters. 25(10). 3726–3732. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Nian‐Ke, Yuchen Gao, Jihong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Inert Gas Element as Active Infrared‐Absorption Source and Donor in Silicon for Forbidden‐Wavelength Sensing. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(20). 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhonghai, Haolei Hui, Damien West, et al.. (2023). Chalcogenide Perovskite Thin Films with Controlled Phases for Optoelectronics. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(7). 22 indexed citations
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Cai, Min, Zeyu Jiang, Zhenyu Liu, et al.. (2023). Manipulating single excess electrons in monolayer transition metal dihalide. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3691–3691. 16 indexed citations
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Ghoshal, Debjit, Xin Sun, Xixing Wen, et al.. (2021). Orientation-Controlled Large-Area Epitaxial PbI2 Thin Films with Tunable Optical Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(27). 32450–32460. 9 indexed citations
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Qin, Le, Zhihao Zhang, Zeyu Jiang, et al.. (2021). Realization of AlSb in the Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A Robust Class of Two-Dimensional Material. ACS Nano. 15(5). 8184–8191. 37 indexed citations
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Agiorgousis, Michael L., Yi‐Yang Sun, Duk‐Hyun Choe, Damien West, & Shengbai Zhang. (2019). Machine Learning Augmented Discovery of Chalcogenide Double Perovskites for Photovoltaics. Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2(5). 69 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoxia, Zhong‐Yuan Lu, Xiaodong Fan, et al.. (2018). Atomically flat and thermally stable graphene on Si(111) with preserved intrinsic electronic properties. Nanoscale. 10(18). 8377–8384. 6 indexed citations
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Lucking, Michael, Weiyu Xie, Duk‐Hyun Choe, et al.. (2018). Traditional Semiconductors in the Two-Dimensional Limit. Physical Review Letters. 120(8). 86101–86101. 75 indexed citations
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Lian, Chao, et al.. (2017). Ab initio evidence for nonthermal characteristics in ultrafast laser melting. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2017. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Yong Xu, & Shengbai Zhang. (2014). Two-Dimensional Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Superconductivity in Tin Films. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Hongtao, Xinqiang Wang, Biao Lian, et al.. (2014). Generation and electric control of spin–valley-coupled circular photogalvanic current in WSe2. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(10). 851–857. 289 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhong & Shengbai Zhang. (2012). Charge Density Waves and Axion Strings from Weyl Semimetals. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Rundong Li, Shengbai Zhang, & Xiao-Liang Qi. (2011). Topological Magnetic Insulators with Corundum Structure. Physical Review Letters. 106(12). 126403–126403. 39 indexed citations
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Janotti, Anderson, Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei, & Chris G. Van de Walle. (2002). Effects of Hydrogen on the Electronic Properties of Dilute GaAsN Alloys. Physical Review Letters. 89(8). 86403–86403. 89 indexed citations
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Cho, Jun‐Hyung, Kwang S. Kim, C. T. Chan, & Shengbai Zhang. (2001). Oscillatory energetics of flat Ag films on MgO(001). Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(11). 17 indexed citations

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