Shichang Cai

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Shichang Cai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Shichang Cai has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Shichang Cai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (16 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (15 papers). Shichang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (16 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (15 papers). Shichang Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Greece and United States. Shichang Cai's co-authors include Haolin Tang, Zihan Meng, Panagiotis Tsiakaras, Rui Wang, Xihong Lu, Wenxing Chen, Weng‐Chon Cheong, Zhongbin Zhuang, Shu Zhao and Yuanjun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Power Sources and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Shichang Cai

32 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron ca... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2025 250 500 750
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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. Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell
    2018 861 citations Yuanjun Chen, Shufang Ji et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Synergistic enhancement of defect-induced polarization and built-in electric field effect in carbon hybrids towards efficient electromagnetic wave absorption
    2025 28 citations Shijie Zhang, Jiajun Zheng et al. Carbon profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shichang Cai China 17 1.7k 1.5k 527 451 180 33 2.2k
Yijie Deng China 19 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 489 0.9× 218 0.5× 129 0.7× 31 1.7k
Peng Rao China 29 2.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 867 1.6× 233 0.5× 129 0.7× 70 2.7k
Ling Lin China 14 2.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 862 1.6× 247 0.5× 81 0.5× 23 2.4k
Julian Key China 29 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 596 1.1× 923 2.0× 31 0.2× 61 2.1k
Sang-Beom Han South Korea 29 1.6k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 756 1.4× 448 1.0× 33 0.2× 83 2.3k
Angeliki Brouzgou Greece 23 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 545 1.0× 186 0.4× 48 0.3× 40 1.9k
Kaicai Fan China 26 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 650 1.2× 557 1.2× 51 0.3× 59 2.2k
Xuecheng Cao China 28 1.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.5× 621 1.2× 707 1.6× 48 0.3× 51 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Shichang Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shichang Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shichang Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shichang Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shichang Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shichang Cai. Shichang Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Shijie, Jiajun Zheng, Changpeng Lv, et al.. (2025). Synergistic enhancement of defect-induced polarization and built-in electric field effect in carbon hybrids towards efficient electromagnetic wave absorption. Carbon. 234. 120037–120037. 28 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Qing, Bo Cheng, Shichang Cai, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Multi-Atom Catalysts for Sustainable Energy Applications. Molecules. 30(13). 2818–2818.
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Cai, Shichang, Qing Wang, Hanlu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recent Progress in Halogen‐Doped Single‐Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Reactions. Carbon Neutralization. 4(1). 15 indexed citations
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Duan, Lei, Xiaohong Chen, Yagang Feng, et al.. (2024). Pressure-induced anomaly of transport properties and structural transition in layered ferromagnetic metal TlCo2S2. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1009. 176986–176986. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shijie, Di Lan, Jiajun Zheng, et al.. (2024). Rational construction of heterointerfaces in biomass sugarcane-derived carbon for superior electromagnetic wave absorption. International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials. 31(12). 2749–2759. 39 indexed citations
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Cai, Shichang, An Yu, Yagang Feng, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in porous carbon-supported materials as efficient oxygen electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries. Science China Materials. 66(9). 3381–3400. 22 indexed citations
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Duan, Lei, Hanlu Zhang, Xiancheng Wang, et al.. (2023). Suppression of ferromagnetism in La3CrAs5 via V substitution. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 589. 171583–171583. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shijie, Di Lan, Xingliang Chen, et al.. (2023). Three-dimensional macroscopic absorbents: From synergistic effects to advanced multifunctionalities. Nano Research. 17(3). 1952–1983. 61 indexed citations
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Li, Qian, Qun Li, Zhewei Wang, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in Hierarchical Porous Engineering of MOFs and Their Derived Materials for Catalytic and Battery: Methods and Application. Small. 20(8). e2303473–e2303473. 37 indexed citations
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Duan, Lei, Yagang Feng, Hanlu Zhang, et al.. (2023). High-Pressure Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Physical Properties of a Spinel Compound Co0.7Al2S4. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(1). 635–641. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Shichang, Yapeng Cheng, Zihan Meng, et al.. (2022). The design of single iron atoms dispersed with nitrogen coordination environment electrocatalyst for zinc -air battery. Journal of Power Sources. 529. 231174–231174. 18 indexed citations
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Cai, Shichang, Zihan Meng, An Yu, et al.. (2022). Nitrogen doped porous carbon-based bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst with controllable phosphorus content for zinc-air battery. Nano Research. 16(4). 5887–5893. 11 indexed citations
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Meng, Zihan, Neng Chen, Shichang Cai, et al.. (2021). Rational design of hierarchically porous Fe-N-doped carbon as efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction and Zn-air batteries. Nano Research. 14(12). 4768–4775. 32 indexed citations
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Chen, Neng, et al.. (2021). Recent advances of hierarchically porous bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts derived from metal–organic frameworks for Zn–air batteries. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(6). 2649–2667. 42 indexed citations
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Guo, Weibin, Zihan Meng, Neng Chen, et al.. (2020). Co/N Co‐doped Micro‐/Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres as Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Electrocatalysts. ChemistrySelect. 5(39). 12131–12139. 3 indexed citations
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Meng, Zihan, Neng Chen, Shichang Cai, et al.. (2020). Co‐N‐doped hierarchically ordered macro/mesoporous carbon as bifunctional electrocatalyst toward oxygen reduction/evolution reactions. International Journal of Energy Research. 45(4). 6250–6261. 21 indexed citations
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Cai, Shichang, et al.. (2019). An efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst derived from layer-by-layer self-assembly of a three-dimensional porous Co-N-C@graphene. Science Bulletin. 64(14). 968–975. 38 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuanjun, Shufang Ji, Shu Zhao, et al.. (2018). Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5422–5422. 861 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Ming, Rui Wang, Shichang Cai, et al.. (2018). Microporous N-doped Carbon Electrochemical Catalyst Derived from Polyacrylamide Hydrogel for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 13(3). 2401–2411. 7 indexed citations
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Tang, Haolin, Shichang Cai, Shilei Xie, et al.. (2015). Metal–Organic‐Framework‐Derived Dual Metal‐ and Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon as Efficient and Robust Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Microbial Fuel Cells. Advanced Science. 3(2). 1500265–1500265. 279 indexed citations

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