Weili Zhang

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 922 citations indexed

About

Weili Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weili Zhang has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Automotive Engineering and 3 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weili Zhang's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (15 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (10 papers). Weili Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (15 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (10 papers). Weili Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Weili Zhang's co-authors include Kai Liu, Pan Zhou, Shuaishuai Yan, Hangyu Zhou, Yingchun Xia, Xiaoxia Chen, Hao Dong, Yang Lu, Peican Wang and Wenhui Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Weili Zhang

21 papers receiving 910 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Engineering a passivating electric double layer for high performance lithium metal batteries

2022 245 citations Weili Zhang, Yang Lu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Designing an asymmetric ether-like lithium salt to enable fast-cycling high-energy lithium metal batteries

2023 240 citations Yingchun Xia, Pan Zhou et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weili Zhang China	13	844	440	97	61	56	21	922
Yuxiang Xie China	12	395 0.5×	185 0.4×	47 0.5×	64 1.0×	64 1.1×	26	477
Hongyu Cheng China	12	358 0.4×	136 0.3×	75 0.8×	38 0.6×	108 1.9×	21	426
Ziyu Song China	15	674 0.8×	336 0.8×	100 1.0×	81 1.3×	54 1.0×	31	780
Luxiang Ma China	14	495 0.6×	168 0.4×	98 1.0×	187 3.1×	139 2.5×	61	588
Fangyuan Xiao China	11	470 0.6×	93 0.2×	108 1.1×	34 0.6×	177 3.2×	26	552
Yuanpeng Ji China	16	779 0.9×	406 0.9×	81 0.8×	131 2.1×	126 2.3×	31	873
J THOMAS Argentina	13	386 0.5×	118 0.3×	154 1.6×	94 1.5×	72 1.3×	40	534
Yan Han China	11	325 0.4×	131 0.3×	228 2.4×	79 1.3×	30 0.5×	28	565
Zhongzhi Yuan China	17	645 0.8×	214 0.5×	115 1.2×	102 1.7×	195 3.5×	53	704
Ehsan Faegh United States	10	370 0.4×	102 0.2×	96 1.0×	36 0.6×	105 1.9×	13	421

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weili Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weili Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weili Zhang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Weili Zhang. Weili Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Song, Xuan, Cheng Liu, Liping Ding, et al.. (2025). Interphasial Chemistry Design for Seamless Lithium Deposition in Anode‐Free Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(28). e2500478–e2500478. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili, Yang Lu, Qingbin Cao, et al.. (2024). A reversible self-assembled molecular layer for lithium metal batteries with high energy/power densities at ultra-low temperatures. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(13). 4531–4543. 23 indexed citations

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Lu, Yang, Shuaishuai Yan, Yunbin He, et al.. (2024). Understanding and tuning intermolecular interactions of the electrolyte solvation structure for low-temperature lithium-based batteries. Energy storage materials. 72. 103741–103741. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Pan, Haiyu Zhou, Yingchun Xia, et al.. (2024). Rational Lithium Salt Molecule Tuning for Fast Charging/Discharging Lithium Metal Battery. Angewandte Chemie. 136(19). 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Pan, Haiyu Zhou, Yingchun Xia, et al.. (2024). Rational Lithium Salt Molecule Tuning for Fast Charging/Discharging Lithium Metal Battery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(19). e202316717–e202316717. 28 indexed citations

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Ou, Yu, Shuaishuai Yan, Jin Xie, et al.. (2023). Supramolecular Polymer Ion Conductor with Weakened Li Ion Solvation Enables Room Temperature All‐Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(35). e202306948–e202306948. 75 indexed citations

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Zhou, Pan, Wenhui Hou, Yingchun Xia, et al.. (2023). Tuning and Balancing the Donor Number of Lithium Salts and Solvents for High-Performance Li Metal Anode. ACS Nano. 17(17). 17169–17179. 29 indexed citations

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Xia, Yingchun, Pan Zhou, Xian Kong, et al.. (2023). Designing an asymmetric ether-like lithium salt to enable fast-cycling high-energy lithium metal batteries. Nature Energy. 8(9). 934–945. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ou, Yu, Shuaishuai Yan, Jin Xie, et al.. (2023). Supramolecular Polymer Ion Conductor with Weakened Li Ion Solvation Enables Room Temperature All‐Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 135(35). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili, Yang Lu, Lei Wan, et al.. (2022). Engineering a passivating electric double layer for high performance lithium metal batteries. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2029–2029. 245 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Pan, Yingchun Xia, Yuhao Wu, et al.. (2022). Novel Urea-Based Molecule Functioning as a Solid Electrolyte Interphase Enabler and LiPF₆ Decomposition Inhibitor for Fast-Charging Lithium Metal Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(34). 38921–38930. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hangyu, Shuaishuai Yan, Jun Li, et al.. (2022). Lithium Bromide-Induced Organic-Rich Cathode/Electrolyte Interphase for High-Voltage and Flame-Retardant All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(21). 24469–24479. 30 indexed citations

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Zhou, Pan, Yingchun Xia, Wenhui Hou, et al.. (2022). Rationally Designed Fluorinated Amide Additive Enables the Stable Operation of Lithium Metal Batteries by Regulating the Interfacial Chemistry. Nano Letters. 22(14). 5936–5943. 62 indexed citations

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Yan, Shuaishuai, Xiaoxia Chen, Pan Zhou, et al.. (2021). Regulating the growth of lithium dendrite by coating an ultra-thin layer of gold on separator for improving the fast-charging ability of graphite anode. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 67. 467–473. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili, Peihui Lin, Naiyu Wang, Charles Nicholson, & Xianwu Xue. (2018). Probabilistic Prediction of Postdisaster Functionality Loss of Community Building Portfolios Considering Utility Disruptions. Journal of Structural Engineering. 144(4). 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili, et al.. (2015). Travel time reliability based bridge network maintenance optimization under budget constraint. Open Collections. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jian Hua, et al.. (2013). [Application of classical isothermal adsorption models in heavy metal ions/ diatomite system and related problems].. PubMed. 34(11). 4341–8. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili. (2012). Physicochemical properties,modification and research progress of diatomite. Zhongnan Linye Keji Daxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Ji, Hongjie, et al.. (2012). Nitrogen-15 labeling and nitrogen transformation in silage maize-cattle manure system. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ECO-AGRICULTURE. 20(1). 24–27. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weili, et al.. (2000). Automated design of a three dimensional subsonic diffuser. 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 2 indexed citations

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