Weigang Zhu

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Weigang Zhu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Weigang Zhu has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Weigang Zhu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (25 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (24 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (24 papers). Weigang Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (25 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (24 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (24 papers). Weigang Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Weigang Zhu's co-authors include Wenping Hu, Huanli Dong, Xiaotao Zhang, Yonggang Zhen, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks, Hongbing Fu, George C. Schatz, Lingjie Sun and Yu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Weigang Zhu

71 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fluorination Effects on Indacenodithienothiophene Acceptor Packing and Electronic Structure, End-Group Redistribution, and Solar Cell Photovoltaic Response

2019 390 citations Weigang Zhu, Charlotte L. Stern et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Crystallography, Morphology, Electronic Structure, and Transport in Non-Fullerene/Non-Indacenodithienothiophene Polymer:Y6 Solar Cells

2020 294 citations Weigang Zhu, S. Mukherjee et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weigang Zhu China	32	2.6k	2.1k	1.4k	739	643	72	4.3k
Yonggang Zhen China	40	2.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	703 1.0×	726 1.1×	113	4.9k
Hua Geng China	41	3.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	496 0.7×	989 1.5×	108	5.6k
Lingyun Zhu China	41	3.9k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.7×	408 0.6×	924 1.4×	111	5.6k
Zongrui Wang China	25	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	258 0.3×	324 0.5×	48	3.3k
Daniele Fazzi Italy	40	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	397 0.5×	280 0.4×	98	4.6k
Marta Mas‐Torrent Spain	42	4.7k 1.8×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	342 0.5×	1.9k 2.9×	205	6.6k
Fangxu Yang China	26	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	676 0.5×	405 0.5×	421 0.7×	86	3.9k
Atula S. D. Sandanayaka Japan	45	3.6k 1.4×	4.8k 2.3×	771 0.6×	560 0.8×	377 0.6×	126	6.3k
Laura Favaretto Italy	34	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	338 0.5×	285 0.4×	114	3.6k
Denis Fichou France	45	5.2k 2.0×	2.2k 1.1×	2.5k 1.8×	487 0.7×	891 1.4×	161	7.1k

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All Works

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Cui, Jingyu, Jing Li, Chunlong Sun, et al.. (2025). Efficient Shortwave Infrared Photodetection Through Polymer:Cocrystal Blend Film‐Based Field‐Effect Transistors. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(12). 4 indexed citations

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Li, Siyu, Yuchen Duan, Weigang Zhu, Shanshan Cheng, & Wenping Hu. (2024). Sensing Interfaces Engineering for Organic Thin Film Transistors‐Based Biosensors: Opportunities and Challenges (Adv. Mater. 49/2024). Advanced Materials. 36(49). 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Qisheng, Hongyun Wang, Fei Li, et al.. (2023). Nano Organic Co‐Crystal Scintillator for X‐ray Imaging. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(10). 19 indexed citations

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Zhu, Weigang, et al.. (2023). Research Progress on Organic Cocrystals Nonlinear Optics Materials and Applications. Acta Chimica Sinica. 81(2). 191–191.

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Zhu, Weigang, Guoping Li, S. Mukherjee, et al.. (2023). Quantitative relationships between film morphology, charge carrier dynamics, and photovoltaic performance in bulk-heterojunction binary vs. ternary acceptor blends. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(3). 1234–1250. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Lingsong, Jingheng Deng, Fei Li, et al.. (2023). Arene–perfluoroarene interactions in molecular cocrystals for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(21). 11235–11244. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Lingjie, Weigang Zhu, Xiaotao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Creating Organic Functional Materials beyond Chemical Bond Synthesis by Organic Cocrystal Engineering. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(46). 19243–19256. 164 indexed citations

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Li, Guoping, Liang‐Wen Feng, S. Mukherjee, et al.. (2021). Non-fullerene acceptors with direct and indirect hexa-fluorination afford >17% efficiency in polymer solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(2). 645–659. 92 indexed citations

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Li, Guoping, Xiaohua Zhang, Leighton O. Jones, et al.. (2021). Systematic Merging of Nonfullerene Acceptor π-Extension and Tetrafluorination Strategies Affords Polymer Solar Cells with >16% Efficiency. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(16). 6123–6139. 171 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Huang Wu, Weigang Zhu, et al.. (2020). Cocrystal Engineering: Toward Solution‐Processed Near‐Infrared 2D Organic Cocrystals for Broadband Photodetection. Angewandte Chemie. 133(12). 6414–6420. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xinan, Binghao Wang, Lizhen Huang, et al.. (2020). Breath figure–derived porous semiconducting films for organic electronics. Science Advances. 6(13). eaaz1042–eaaz1042. 106 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Huang Wu, Weigang Zhu, et al.. (2020). Cocrystal Engineering: Toward Solution‐Processed Near‐Infrared 2D Organic Cocrystals for Broadband Photodetection. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(12). 6344–6350. 82 indexed citations

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Liu, Dan, Chenguang Li, Yang Li, et al.. (2019). A case study of tuning the crystal polymorphs of organic semiconductors towards simultaneously improved light emission and field-effect properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(20). 5925–5930. 25 indexed citations

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Zheng, Ding, Gang Wang, Wei Huang, et al.. (2019). Combustion Synthesized Zinc Oxide Electron‐Transport Layers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(16). 146 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Weigang Zhu, Wenna Du, et al.. (2018). Cocrystals Strategy towards Materials for Near‐Infrared Photothermal Conversion and Imaging. Angewandte Chemie. 130(15). 4027–4031. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Weigang Zhu, Wenna Du, et al.. (2018). Cocrystals Strategy towards Materials for Near‐Infrared Photothermal Conversion and Imaging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(15). 3963–3967. 333 indexed citations

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Sun, Lingjie, Weigang Zhu, Fangxu Yang, et al.. (2017). Molecular cocrystals: design, charge-transfer and optoelectronic functionality. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(9). 6009–6023. 153 indexed citations

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Sun, Lingjie, Weigang Zhu, Wei Wang, et al.. (2017). Intermolecular Charge‐Transfer Interactions Facilitate Two‐Photon Absorption in Styrylpyridine–Tetracyanobenzene Cocrystals. Angewandte Chemie. 129(27). 7939–7943. 30 indexed citations

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Sun, Lingjie, Weigang Zhu, Wei Wang, et al.. (2017). Intermolecular Charge‐Transfer Interactions Facilitate Two‐Photon Absorption in Styrylpyridine–Tetracyanobenzene Cocrystals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(27). 7831–7835. 176 indexed citations

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Zhu, Weigang, et al.. (2014). Organic Cocrystal Optoelectronic Materials and Devices. Huaxue jinzhan. 26(8). 1292. 16 indexed citations

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