Si Zhou

13.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
195 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Si Zhou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Si Zhou has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Materials Chemistry, 58 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Si Zhou's work include 2D Materials and Applications (55 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (42 papers) and Graphene research and applications (39 papers). Si Zhou is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (55 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (42 papers) and Graphene research and applications (39 papers). Si Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Si Zhou's co-authors include Jijun Zhao, Jijun Zhao, Zhiyu Wang, Wei Pei, Jieshan Qiu, Angelo Bongiorno, Yu Guo, Yizhen Bai, Mengzhou Yu and Nanshu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Si Zhou

186 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Atomic-level insight into super-efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution on iron and vanadium co-doped nickel (oxy)hydroxide

2018 884 citations Jian Jiang, Fanfei Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →
Metal–Organic‐Framework‐Derived Hybrid Carbon Nanocages as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution

2017 772 citations Si Zhou, Jijun Zhao et al. profile →
Rise of silicene: A competitive 2D material

2016 724 citations Jijun Zhao, Si Zhou et al. profile →
Boosting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by synergistically coupling layered double hydroxide with MXene

2017 538 citations Si Zhou, Jijun Zhao et al. profile →
Room-temperature metastability of multilayer graphene oxide films

2012 514 citations Si Zhou et al. profile →
Exceptional Electrochemical HER Performance with Enhanced Electron Transfer between Ru Nanoparticles and Single Atoms Dispersed on a Carbon Substrate

2021 339 citations Wei Pei, Si Zhou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Toward a Reversible Mn⁴⁺/Mn²⁺ Redox Reaction and Dendrite‐Free Zn Anode in Near‐Neutral Aqueous Zn/MnO₂ Batteries via Salt Anion Chemistry

2020 295 citations Si Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Si Zhou China	54	7.0k	5.8k	5.6k	1.6k	1.4k	195	12.1k
Weichang Hao China	46	5.5k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	6.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	200	9.5k
Marc Heggen Germany	55	5.8k 0.8×	5.3k 0.9×	6.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	241	12.0k
Ethan J. Crumlin United States	58	7.5k 1.1×	6.0k 1.0×	6.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.8×	192	13.4k
Yijin Kang United States	48	5.8k 0.8×	6.3k 1.1×	8.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	89	12.7k
Shize Yang United States	58	7.1k 1.0×	4.9k 0.8×	6.7k 1.2×	978 0.6×	2.3k 1.6×	190	12.3k
Xing Zhong China	51	5.0k 0.7×	4.7k 0.8×	3.9k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	845 0.6×	179	10.0k
Mingzi Sun Hong Kong	68	6.2k 0.9×	7.1k 1.2×	8.1k 1.5×	725 0.5×	2.2k 1.6×	224	13.4k
Shengnan Sun China	46	4.2k 0.6×	5.8k 1.0×	7.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	675 0.5×	94	10.6k
Daojian Cheng China	50	4.3k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	5.5k 1.0×	678 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	248	8.5k
Weilin Xu China	48	4.1k 0.6×	4.8k 0.8×	6.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	175	10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Si Zhou

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Huang, Chen, Jinhuan Wang, Feng Zuo, et al.. (2025). Eliminating Defect States in Monolayer Tungsten Diselenide by Coupling with a c-Plane Sapphire Surface. Physical Review Letters. 135(12). 126201–126201.

Zhang, Yimei, Tao Du, Jiahui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Efficient and Robust Europium(III)‐Based Hybrid Lanthanide Scintillators for Advanced X‐Ray Imaging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(13). e202423155–e202423155. 16 indexed citations

Li, Min, Xinyu Zhang, & Si Zhou. (2025). Preparation and thermal/electrical properties of polypyrrole aerogel/diatomite-based anti-static phase change composite. Energy and Buildings. 349. 116533–116533. 1 indexed citations

Li, Min & Si Zhou. (2025). Experimental investigation on the thermal performance of the LDHs-based thermochromic temperature control coatings. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 296. 114068–114068.

Zhou, Si, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal study of temporal trends in urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and their repeated cross-sectional association with oxidative stress. Environment International. 201. 109598–109598.

Li, Min & Si Zhou. (2024). Discoloration performance and mechanism research of a novel thermochromic energy storage material. Renewable Energy. 225. 120340–120340. 12 indexed citations

Pei, Wei, Lei Hou, Yongfeng Liu, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the Photocatalytic Mechanism of N₂ Fixation on Single Ruthenium Sites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(30). 7708–7715. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2024). Tin-oxo nanoclusters for extreme ultraviolet photoresists: Effects of ligands, counterions, and doping. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(15). 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Yafeng, et al.. (2024). Chemical synthesis of Pt/rare‐earth nanoalloys with exclusive ligand effect boosting oxygen electrocatalysis. Rare Metals. 44(3). 1777–1788. 7 indexed citations

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Pei, Wei, Lei Hou, Jing Yang, Si Zhou, & Jijun Zhao. (2024). Doping-mediated excited state dynamics of diphosphine-protected M@Au₁₂ (M = Au, Ir) superatom nanoclusters. Nanoscale. 16(29). 14081–14088. 3 indexed citations

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Pei, Wei, Lei Hou, Yongfeng Liu, et al.. (2023). Unravelling the effects of an iodine vacancy and a dipolar molecular stabilizer on hot-electron recombination of metal halide perovskites. Applied Surface Science. 641. 158509–158509. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoben, Zhimin Li, Wei Pei, et al.. (2022). Crystal-Phase-Mediated Restructuring of Pt on TiO ₂ with Tunable Reactivity: Redispersion versus Reshaping. ACS Catalysis. 12(6). 3634–3643. 80 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaobo, Tobias U. Schülli, Xiaowei Yang, et al.. (2022). Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1565–1565. 85 indexed citations

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Zhao, Mengting, Yanyan Zhao, Hang Xu, et al.. (2021). Electric-Field-Driven Negative Differential Conductance in 2D van der Waals Ferromagnet Fe₃GeTe₂. Nano Letters. 21(21). 9233–9239. 13 indexed citations

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Feng, Haifeng, Chen Liu, Si Zhou, et al.. (2020). Experimental Realization of Two-Dimensional Buckled Lieb Lattice. Nano Letters. 20(4). 2537–2543. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqi, Jingwei Zhang, Yuqing Wang, et al.. (2019). Ultra-thin Ga nanosheets: analogues of high pressure Ga(iii). Nanoscale. 11(37). 17201–17205. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yejun, Wei Pei, Kang Liu, et al.. (2019). Hybrids of PtRu Nanoclusters and Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 9(12). 10870–10875. 105 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jian, Fanfei Sun, Si Zhou, et al.. (2018). Atomic-level insight into super-efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution on iron and vanadium co-doped nickel (oxy)hydroxide. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2885–2885. 884 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mao, Xin, Si Zhou, Cheng Yan, Zhonghua Zhu, & Aijun Du. (2018). A single boron atom doped boron nitride edge as a metal-free catalyst for N₂ fixation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(3). 1110–1116. 119 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xue, et al.. (2017). A new family of multifunctional silicon clathrates: Optoelectronic and thermoelectric applications. Journal of Applied Physics. 121(8). 11 indexed citations

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