Shitong Zhang

12.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
195 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Shitong Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Shitong Zhang has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Materials Chemistry, 108 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 30 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Shitong Zhang's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (107 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (90 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (58 papers). Shitong Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (107 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (90 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (58 papers). Shitong Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Shitong Zhang's co-authors include Bing Yang, Yuguang Ma, Weijun Li, Liang Yao, Haichao Liu, Fangzhong Shen, Yuyu Pan, Yu Gao, Ping Lü and Min Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Shitong Zhang

185 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

Highly Efficient Near‐Infrared Organic Light‐Emitting Dio... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2014 2013 2015 2014 2020 200 400 600
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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. Highly Efficient Near‐Infrared Organic Light‐Emitting Diode Based on a Butterfly‐Shaped Donor–Acceptor Chromophore with Strong Solid‐State Fluorescence and a Large Proportion of Radiative Excitons
    2014 650 citations Liang Yao, Shitong Zhang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Employing ∼100% Excitons in OLEDs by Utilizing a Fluorescent Molecule with Hybridized Local and Charge‐Transfer Excited State
    2013 631 citations Weijun Li, Shitong Zhang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  3. Achieving a Significantly Increased Efficiency in Nondoped Pure Blue Fluorescent OLED: A Quasi‐Equivalent Hybridized Excited State
    2015 427 citations Shitong Zhang, Liang Yao et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  4. A Hybridized Local and Charge‐Transfer Excited State for Highly Efficient Fluorescent OLEDs: Molecular Design, Spectral Character, and Full Exciton Utilization
    2014 417 citations Weijun Li, Liang Yao et al. profile →
  5. A nitrogen-rich covalent organic framework for simultaneous dynamic capture of iodine and methyl iodide
    2020 367 citations Shitong Zhang, Zhifang Chai et al. profile →
  6. Achieving Persistent, Efficient, and Robust Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Pure Organics for Versatile Applications
    2019 340 citations Zihan He, Heqi Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. Orientated crystallization of FA-based perovskite via hydrogen-bonded polymer network for efficient and stable solar cells
    2023 260 citations Shitong Zhang 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
Shitong Zhang China 59 8.8k 6.6k 1.4k 1.4k 1.2k 195 11.4k
Ming Liu China 46 5.4k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 907 0.7× 2.5k 2.1× 175 8.7k
Wenting Wu China 62 6.4k 0.7× 4.1k 0.6× 958 0.7× 873 0.6× 2.5k 2.1× 267 11.9k
Bing Yang China 71 12.4k 1.4× 10.8k 1.6× 2.6k 1.8× 3.0k 2.2× 2.5k 2.1× 348 17.2k
Yingjie Zhao China 51 5.1k 0.6× 3.4k 0.5× 662 0.5× 711 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 293 9.6k
Qianqian Li China 70 11.8k 1.3× 7.0k 1.1× 4.5k 3.2× 2.0k 1.5× 2.4k 2.1× 323 16.5k
Mohamed E. El‐Khouly Egypt 49 5.5k 0.6× 2.6k 0.4× 544 0.4× 554 0.4× 2.3k 2.0× 236 7.6k
Yongjun Li China 56 10.2k 1.2× 6.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 3.4k 2.9× 259 16.5k
Wei Lu China 55 3.7k 0.4× 3.3k 0.5× 829 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 3.7k 3.1× 150 8.0k
Jing Zhang China 58 4.7k 0.5× 6.7k 1.0× 505 0.4× 2.6k 1.9× 1.1k 0.9× 332 11.5k
Gang Qian China 53 6.2k 0.7× 2.2k 0.3× 406 0.3× 891 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 302 9.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Shiyin, Haichao Liu, Qiaolin Wu, et al.. (2025). A comparative investigation on excimer fluorescence toward its bright future. Chemical Science. 16(7). 3275–3284. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Yuxiang, Haichao Liu, Kai Wang, et al.. (2025). Antagonistic Effects of Distance and Overlap toward Anomalous Pressure-Induced Blueshift of π–π Excimer Fluorescence in 9-(2,2-Diphenylvinyl)anthracene Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(6). 5300–5309. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Wang, Miao Feng, Chunxia Chen, et al.. (2025). Strategies for fabrication and potential applications of conjugated microporous polymer films. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(4). 111611–111611.
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Bao, Tengfei, Haichao Liu, Shitong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Role of the triplet excited state in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution via water splitting using halogenated thioxanthone derivatives. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 126. 178–184.
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Xie, Mingliang, Li Zhang, Jingru Song, et al.. (2024). Efficient non-doped blue electrofluorescence with electric field dependence of electron mobility. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 156905–156905. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Min Wei, Bo Zhang, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical antibiotic delivery system based on calcium phosphate cement/montmorillonite-gentamicin sulfate with drug release pathways. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 238. 113925–113925. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Bo, He Liu, Jonghee Yang, et al.. (2024). Coordination of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Molecules for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diodes. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(38). 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiangyu, Shiyin Wang, Zhiyuan Fu, et al.. (2023). Switching Monomer‐to‐Excimer Fluorescence by Noncovalent Interaction Competition Strategy (Adv. Funct. Mater. 27/2023). Advanced Functional Materials. 33(27). 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Yue, Bohan Wang, Yujie Dong, et al.. (2023). Rapid photo-oxidation reactions of imidazole derivatives accelerated by planar quinoid oxidation-state structures. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(10). 5067–5075. 5 indexed citations
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Su, Ying, et al.. (2023). Tunable parity-time symmetry vortex laser from a phase change material-based microcavity. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 9(1). 142–142. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shitong, et al.. (2023). Enterobacter sp. biofilm at the air-water interface promotes carbonate precipitation. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 178. 105563–105563. 7 indexed citations
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Xie, Mingliang, Tengyue Li, Shiguo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Realizing highly efficient blue electrofluorescence by optimized hybridized local and charge transfer state and balanced carrier mobilities. Chemical Engineering Journal. 472. 144950–144950. 15 indexed citations
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Liang, C., Liwei Cheng, Shitong Zhang, et al.. (2022). Boosting the Optoelectronic Performance by Regulating Exciton Behaviors in a Porous Semiconductive Metal–Organic Framework. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(5). 2189–2196. 75 indexed citations
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Ding, Zeyang, Hongxing Shang, Yijia Geng, et al.. (2021). Tuning Organic Microcrystal Morphologies through Crystal Engineering Strategies toward Anisotropic Optical Waveguide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(19). 4585–4592. 30 indexed citations
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Liang, Chengyu, Shitong Zhang, Liwei Cheng, et al.. (2020). Thermoplastic Membranes Incorporating Semiconductive Metal–Organic Frameworks: An Advance on Flexible X‐ray Detectors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(29). 11856–11860. 79 indexed citations
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Xia, Chunlei, Shoujun Zhu, Shitong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Carbonized Polymer Dots with Tunable Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Lifetime and Wavelength. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(34). 38593–38601. 112 indexed citations
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Liang, C., Shitong Zhang, Liwei Cheng, et al.. (2020). Thermoplastic Membranes Incorporating Semiconductive Metal–Organic Frameworks: An Advance on Flexible X‐ray Detectors. Angewandte Chemie. 132(29). 11954–11958. 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Jin, Yujie Dong, Yue Yu, et al.. (2020). The origin of the unusual red-shifted aggregation-state emission of triphenylamine-imidazole molecules: excimers or a photochemical reaction?. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 4(5). 1411–1420. 23 indexed citations
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He, Zihan, Heqi Gao, Shitong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Achieving Persistent, Efficient, and Robust Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Pure Organics for Versatile Applications. Advanced Materials. 31(18). e1807222–e1807222. 340 indexed citations breakdown →

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