Tiejun Zhu

26.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
365 papers, 23.3k citations indexed

About

Tiejun Zhu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Tiejun Zhu has authored 365 papers receiving a total of 23.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 319 papers in Materials Chemistry, 145 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 134 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Tiejun Zhu's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (270 papers), Thermal properties of materials (106 papers) and Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (86 papers). Tiejun Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (270 papers), Thermal properties of materials (106 papers) and Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (86 papers). Tiejun Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Tiejun Zhu's co-authors include Xinbing Zhao, Chenguang Fu, Yintu Liu, Xinbing Zhao, Lipeng Hu, Hanhui Xie, Jian Xie, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Gaoshao Cao and Jian He and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tiejun Zhu

357 papers receiving 22.9k 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.

Compromise and Synergy in High‐Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials

2017 1.4k citations Tiejun Zhu, Chenguang Fu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Realizing high figure of merit in heavy-band p-type half-Heusler thermoelectric materials

2015 1.0k citations Chenguang Fu, Lidong Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Point Defect Engineering of High‐Performance Bismuth‐Telluride‐Based Thermoelectric Materials

2014 698 citations Tiejun Zhu, Xinbing Zhao et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Band engineering of high performance p-type FeNbSb based half-Heusler thermoelectric materials for figure of merit zT > 1

2014 527 citations Chenguang Fu, Tiejun Zhu et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Bismuth telluride nanotubes and the effects on the thermoelectric properties of nanotube-containing nanocomposites

2005 463 citations Xinbing Zhao, Tiejun Zhu et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
High Efficiency Half‐Heusler Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting

2015 459 citations Tiejun Zhu, Chenguang Fu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
Tuning Multiscale Microstructures to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of n‐Type Bismuth‐Telluride‐Based Solid Solutions

2015 429 citations Tiejun Zhu, Chenguang Fu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
Carrier grain boundary scattering in thermoelectric materials

2022 285 citations Chaoliang Hu, Kaiyang Xia et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tiejun Zhu China	79	20.1k	9.7k	8.0k	4.1k	2.1k	365	23.3k
Xinbing Zhao China	68	15.1k 0.8×	8.0k 0.8×	6.9k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	228	18.7k
Yanzhong Pei China	79	25.1k 1.2×	12.8k 1.3×	4.6k 0.6×	5.0k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	196	25.8k
Eric S. Toberer United States	53	21.8k 1.1×	8.8k 0.9×	4.7k 0.6×	4.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	194	24.0k
Terry M. Tritt United States	62	15.6k 0.8×	5.0k 0.5×	4.7k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	246	17.0k
Weishu Liu China	62	14.2k 0.7×	6.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.4×	3.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	178	16.0k
Yucheng Lan United States	46	13.8k 0.7×	5.6k 0.6×	3.0k 0.4×	4.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	158	16.3k
Heng Wang China	39	15.8k 0.8×	8.1k 0.8×	3.4k 0.4×	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	144	16.5k
Jihui Yang United States	63	10.5k 0.5×	15.7k 1.6×	5.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	170	22.2k
Gangjian Tan China	43	16.6k 0.8×	9.5k 1.0×	2.5k 0.3×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	133	17.2k
Jian He United States	55	10.4k 0.5×	4.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	221	11.6k

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Liu, Shuo, Xiaowen Hao, Chin‐Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and thermal stability of topological semimetal R MnSb ₂ ( R = Yb, Sr, Ba, Eu). Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 26(1). 2512702–2512702.

Han, Zhongkang, Yue Zhang, Chenguang Fu, et al.. (2025). Tunable Vacancy Order and Emergent Functionalities in Half‐Heusler Crystals. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2418520–e2418520. 2 indexed citations

Han, Shen, et al.. (2024). High Defect Tolerance in Heavy‐Band Thermoelectrics. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(41). 9 indexed citations

Liu, Kai, Wusheng Fan, Yan Sun, et al.. (2024). Topological Heusler Magnets‐Driven High‐Performance Transverse Nernst Thermoelectric Generators. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(21). 17 indexed citations

Wang, Yuechu, Chenguang Fu, Xun Shi, Lidong Chen, & Tiejun Zhu. (2024). Inorganic thermoelectric semiconductors with room temperature plasticity. Applied Physics Letters. 125(20). 3 indexed citations

Liu, Kai, et al.. (2024). Passive Self‐Sustained Thermoelectric Devices Powering the 24 h Wireless Transmission via Radiation‐Cooling and Selective Photothermal Conversion. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2309871–e2309871. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Shuo, et al.. (2023). The Interplay of Magnetism and Thermoelectricity: A Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(9). 18 indexed citations

Li, Zixuan, Wenhua Xue, Shen Han, et al.. (2023). Ni atomic disorder in ZrNiSn revealed by scanning transmission electron microscopy. Materials Today Physics. 34. 101072–101072. 9 indexed citations

Fan, Wusheng, Zijian An, Feng Liu, et al.. (2023). High‐Performance Stretchable Thermoelectric Generator for Self‐Powered Wearable Electronics. Advanced Science. 10(12). e2206397–e2206397. 60 indexed citations

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Hu, Chaoliang, et al.. (2023). Intrinsic conductivity as an indicator for better thermoelectrics. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(11). 5381–5394. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuechu, et al.. (2023). Reversible Room Temperature Brittle‐Plastic Transition in Ag₂Te_0.6S_0.4 Inorganic Thermoelectric Semiconductor. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(26). 29 indexed citations

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Hu, Chaoliang, Kaiyang Xia, Chenguang Fu, Xinbing Zhao, & Tiejun Zhu. (2022). Carrier grain boundary scattering in thermoelectric materials. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(4). 1406–1422. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhai, Renshuang & Tiejun Zhu. (2022). Improved thermoelectric properties of zone‐melted p‐type bismuth‐telluride‐based alloys for power generation. Rare Metals. 41(5). 1490–1495. 32 indexed citations

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Xia, Kaiyang, Chaoliang Hu, Chenguang Fu, Xinbing Zhao, & Tiejun Zhu. (2021). Half-Heusler thermoelectric materials. Applied Physics Letters. 118(14). 100 indexed citations

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Li, Airan, Chaoliang Hu, Bin He, et al.. (2021). Demonstration of valley anisotropy utilized to enhance the thermoelectric power factor. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5408–5408. 125 indexed citations

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Hu, Chaoliang, Kequan Xia, Xiaofeng Chen, Xinbing Zhao, & Tiejun Zhu. (2018). Transport mechanisms and property optimization of p-type (Zr, Hf)CoSb half-Heusler thermoelectric materials. Materials Today Physics. 7. 69–76. 75 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi, et al.. (2015). First-principles studies of lattice dynamics and thermal properties of Mg₂Si_1−xSn_x. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 30(17). 2578–2584. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Chengyue, Yun Zhu, Tiejun Zhu, et al.. (2013). LiMn₂O₄ microspheres secondary structure of nanoparticles/plates as cathodes for Li-ion batteries. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 28(10). 1343–1348. 7 indexed citations

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Mi, Jianli, Xinbing Zhao, & Tiejun Zhu. (2009). Solvothermal synthesis and thermoelectric properties of skutterudite compound Fe _0.25 Ni _0.25 Co _0.5 Sb ₃. Rare Metals. 28(3). 237–240. 1 indexed citations

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Tu, Jian, et al.. (2006). Electrochemical Performance of Surface-Modified LiMn2O4 Prepared by a Melting Impregnation Method. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 22(4). 433. 2 indexed citations

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