Wei Zong

5.0k citations

76 papers · 4.0k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Catalysis top 2%
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Papers in

Catalysis 18
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction 18
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 18
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 13

Co-authors: Guanjie He Tianxi Liu Feili Lai Ivan P. Parkin Yuhang Dai Ruwei ChenWei ZhangJiexin Zhu
Journals: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (6 papers)Advanced Functional Materials (6 papers)Advanced Materials (5 papers)Energy & Environmental Science (4 papers)Journal of Materials Chemistry A (4 papers)
Partner nations: China United Kingdom Belgium

In The Last Decade

Wei Zong

76 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Dynamical Janus Interface Design for Reversible and Fast-Charging Zinc–Iodine Battery under Extreme Operating Conditions 2024 · 89 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2024 Advanced Materials
2023 Energy & Environmental Science
2023 Nano-Micro Letters
2023 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2022 Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wei Zong, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Micromechanical cleavage enables neat surface and organic-inorganic interlayer for reversible Zn anodes Journal of Power Sources ·Guojie Chao, Ouyang Yue, Kullamas Jongthansesthakul, Xin‐She Yang, Yan Xiang-yua, Doratha A Byrd, Wei Zong, Xuan Gao, Yuhang Dai	2025	2
2	Interfacial energy storage in aqueous zinc-ion batteries Energy & Environmental Science ·Yuhang Dai, Chengyi Zhang, Xinyu Zhang, Peie Jiang, Jie Chen, Wei Zong, 憲市永田, Xuan Gao, Joran Douhard, Guanjie He	2025	1
3	Mitigating ion flux vortex enables reversible zinc electrodeposition Nature Communications ·Yuhang Dai, Wenjia Du, Haobo Dong, Xuan Gao, 好博市原, Partha P. Paul, Bratislav Lukić, Chengyi Zhang, Chumei Ye, Jinghao Li, Wei Zong, Jianwei Li, Yiyang Liu, Alexander Rack, Liqiang Mai, Paul R. Shearing, Guanjie He	2025	7
4	Covalent-Bridged Heterointerfaces via Grafted Triazine Organic Polymers Enable Directed Charge Transfer for Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Zn–Air Batteries ACS Nano ·Shan Chen, 熊巨宏, Feng Peng, Zihan Song, Yong Zheng, Yuhang Dai, Jiexin Zhu, Fei Guo, Xinliang Fu, رؤیا ناصح, Xueying Cao, Ouyang Yue, Ivan P. Parkin, Yazhou Zhou, Guanjie He, Tianxi Liu, Wei Zong	2025	4
5	Selective Mass Accumulation at the Metal–Polymer Bridging Interface for Efficient Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia and Zn-Nitrate Batteries Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Guojie Chao, Wei Zong, Jiexin Zhu, Haifeng Wang, Kaibin Chu, Hele Guo, Jian Wang, Yuhang Dai, Xuan Gao, Longxiang Liu, Fei Guo, Ivan P. Parkin, Wei Luo, Paul R. Shearing, Longsheng Zhang, Guanjie He, Tianxi Liu	2025	15
6	Abscisic acid treatment positively regulates suberin polyaliphatics biosynthesis at wound sites in postharvest yam tubers Postharvest Biology and Technology ·Xiaopeng Wei, Jing Xue, Ping Geng, Liu Guo, Cintya Chaves, Huang Daiyu, Baasanjargal Narmandakh, A. R. M. HAMZEKOLAEE, J Schweikert, Guangyuan Zhao, Wei Zong, Zhenzhen Ge, Xiaoyuan Wang	2024	5
7	Inhibition of Vanadium Cathodes Dissolution in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries Advanced Materials ·Yuhang Dai, Chengyi Zhang, Jianwei Li, Xuan Gao, Ping Hu, Chumei Ye, Hongzhen He, Jiexin Zhu, Wei Zhang, Ruwei Chen, Wei Zong, Fei Guo, Ivan P. Parkin, Dan J. L. Brett, Paul R. Shearing, Liqiang Mai, Guanjie He Hit paper breakdown →	2024	221
8	Dynamical Janus Interface Design for Reversible and Fast-Charging Zinc–Iodine Battery under Extreme Operating Conditions Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Wei Zong, Jiantao Li, Chengyi Zhang, Yuhang Dai, Song Dearak, Doreen M. Delves, Jianwei Li, Wei Zhang, Ruwei Chen, Haobo Dong, Xuan Gao, Jiexin Zhu, Ivan P. Parkin, Paul R. Shearing, Feili Lai, Khalil Amine, Tianxi Liu, Guanjie He Hit paper breakdown →	2024	89
9	Exogenous methyl jasmonate promotes wound healing of Chinese yam tubers (Dioscorea opposita) through the deposition of suberin polyaliphatics at the wound sites Postharvest Biology and Technology ·David Kille, 晶子横山, Andreas Wolf, R. J Adams, Ping Geng, D Fransman, Emily Cecatto Sevilha, Xiaoyuan Wang, Wei Zong, Liang Zhang, Linchun Mao	2023	7
10	Metal–iodine batteries: achievements, challenges, and future Energy & Environmental Science ·Leiqian Zhang, Hele Guo, Wei Zong, Yunpeng Huang, Jiajia Huang, Guanjie He, Tianxi Liu, Johan Hofkens, Feili Lai	2023	81
11	Balancing dynamic evolution of active sites for urea oxidation in practical scenarios Energy & Environmental Science ·Jichao Zhang, Jiexin Zhu, Liqun Kang, Qing Zhang, Longxiang Liu, 용태 유, Kaiqi Li, Jianrui Feng, Lixue Xia, Lei Lv, Wei Zong, Paul R. Shearing, Dan J. L. Brett, Ivan P. Parkin, Xuedan Song, Liqiang Mai, Guanjie He	2023	60
12	Bio‐Inspired Aerobic‐Hydrophobic Janus Interface on Partially Carbonized Iron Heterostructure Promotes Bifunctional Nitrogen Fixation Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Wei Zong, Haiqi Gao, Song Dearak, Kaibin Chu, Hele Guo, Doreen M. Delves, Wei Zhang, Ruwei Chen, Yuhang Dai, Fei Guo, Jiexin Zhu, Zhenfang Zhang, Chumei Ye, Yue‐E Miao, Johan Hofkens, Feili Lai, Tianxi Liu	2023	51
13	Electron-Deficient Au Nanoparticles Confined in Organic Molecular Cages for Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol ACS Applied Nano Materials ·Yali Liu, Hongliang Dong, Haowei Huang, Wei Zong, Yue‐E Miao, Guanjie He, Ivan P. Parkin, Feili Lai, Tianxi Liu	2022	38
14	Metal-free boron and sulphur co-doped carbon nanofibers with optimized p-band centers for highly efficient nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Salsa Eka Saputri, Han Zhu, Jiace Hao, Shuanglong Lu, Wei Zong, Feili Lai, Piming Ma, Weifu Dong, Tianxi Liu, Mingliang Du	2021	83
15	Isolation of Metalloid Boron Atoms in Intermetallic Carbide Boosts the Catalytic Selectivity for Electrocatalytic N₂ Fixation Advanced Energy Materials ·Salsa Eka Saputri, Zechao Zhuang, Han Zhu, Jiace Hao, Kaibin Chu, Feili Lai, Wei Zong, Chan Wang, Piming Ma, Weifu Dong, Shuanglong Lu, Tianxi Liu, Mingliang Du	2021	56
16	Asymmetric Sodiophilic Host Based on a Ag-Modified Carbon Fiber Framework for Dendrite-Free Sodium Metal Anodes ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Lulu Mo, Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784, Ouyang Yue, Wei Zong, Yue‐E Miao, Tianxi Liu	2021	49
17	Carbon Fiber Supported Binary Metal Sulfide Catalysts with Multi-Dimensional Structures for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Reactions Over a Wide pH Range Advanced Fiber Materials ·Tianyi Zhang, Wei Zong, Ouyang Yue, Yue Wu, Yue‐E Miao, Tianxi Liu	2021	48
18	Gradient phosphorus-doping engineering and superficial amorphous reconstruction in NiFe₂O₄ nanoarrays to enhance the oxygen evolution electrocatalysis Nanoscale ·Wei Zong, Dewei Rao, Hele Guo, Ouyang Yue, Yue‐E Miao, Wei Wang, Jing Wang, Feili Lai, Tianxi Liu	2020	40
19	Oxygen vacancy engineering in spinel-structured nanosheet wrapped hollow polyhedra for electrochemical nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Feili Lai, Jianrui Feng, Xiaobin Ye, Wei Zong, Guanjie He, Chao Yang, Wei Wang, Yue‐E Miao, Bicai Pan, Wensheng Yan, Tianxi Liu, Ivan P. Parkin	2020	73
20	Energy level engineering in transition-metal doped spinel-structured nanosheets for efficient overall water splitting Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Feili Lai, Jianrui Feng, Xiaobin Ye, Wei Zong, Guanjie He, Yue‐E Miao, Xuemei Han, Xing Yi Ling, Ivan P. Parkin, Bicai Pan, Yongfu Sun, Tianxi Liu	2018	61

About Wei Zong

Wei Zong is a scholar working on Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Automotive Engineering, having authored 76 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (28 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (28 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (25 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (18 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (17 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Catalysis (619 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.3k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.1k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.9k citations) and Automotive Engineering (549 citations). Wei Zong has collaborated with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Guanjie He, Tianxi Liu, Feili Lai, Ivan P. Parkin, Yuhang Dai, Ruwei Chen, Wei Zhang, Jiexin Zhu, Yue‐E Miao and Xuan Gao. Their work appears in journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

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