Wen Zhao

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Wen Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen Zhao has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wen Zhao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (24 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (19 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (17 papers). Wen Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (24 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (19 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (17 papers). Wen Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Wen Zhao's co-authors include Feng Ding, Jingyu Sun, Zhongfan Liu, Yingze Song, Li Zhang, Wenhui Duan, Xingyu Zhu, Yuanlong Shao, Yuan Hou and Yuegang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wen Zhao

88 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.

High-Rate, Ultralong Cycle-Life Lithium/Sulfur Batteries Enabled by Nitrogen-Doped Graphene

2014 681 citations Wen Zhao et al. profile →
Synchronous immobilization and conversion of polysulfides on a VO₂–VN binary host targeting high sulfur load Li–S batteries

2018 507 citations Wen Zhao, Feng Ding et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wen Zhao China	29	3.0k	1.8k	647	592	551	97	4.2k
Xiangdong Meng China	27	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	544 0.8×	578 1.0×	412 0.7×	89	2.5k
Hao Fu China	34	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	274 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	703 1.3×	133	3.6k
Gaohong He China	30	1.9k 0.6×	616 0.4×	516 0.8×	548 0.9×	599 1.1×	94	2.7k
Wen Yan China	29	2.0k 0.7×	580 0.3×	468 0.7×	492 0.8×	541 1.0×	110	2.7k
Dewei Rao China	39	3.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	439 0.7×	1.8k 3.1×	521 0.9×	91	4.9k
Liangxing Jiang China	37	3.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	335 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	365 0.7×	148	4.1k
Jie Sun China	31	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	487 0.8×	1.8k 3.1×	793 1.4×	82	4.6k
Bing Zhao China	36	4.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	358 0.6×	1.5k 2.8×	113	4.8k
Yongping Zheng China	39	3.6k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	760 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	1.1k 2.0×	103	4.9k
Zhiyuan Ma China	29	1.6k 0.5×	865 0.5×	322 0.5×	362 0.6×	503 0.9×	126	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wen Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wen Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wen Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wen Zhao 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 Wen Zhao. Wen Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sun, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2025). Single-atom M/GDY catalysts for electrochemical ethylene conversion via tandem water oxidation. Applied Surface Science. 695. 162865–162865. 2 indexed citations

Li, Shengang, et al.. (2025). Experimental study on the durability and microstructural characteristics of lime-stabilized silty clay in seasonally frozen region. Construction and Building Materials. 463. 140158–140158. 4 indexed citations

Li, Yongqiang, Hanwen Wang, Wenjun Cui, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous Enhancement of Electron and Phonon Transport Properties via Magnetism Phase Transition in Fe_xCo_2‐xTiGe Heusler Alloy. Small. 21(21). e2500154–e2500154. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Zhihong, Yuhua Chi, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Building MoSi ₂ N ₄ /ZrS ₂ Heterostructure to Regulate Electron Transport for Enhancing Hydrogen Production Efficiency. Precision Chemistry. 3(12). 755–766.

Huang, Xiege, Wenjun Cui, Zhi Yang, et al.. (2025). Competing Grain Growth Pathways in Anisotropic Bi ₂ Te ₃ ‐Based Thermoelectric Nanoplates. Advanced Materials. 38(1). e10614–e10614.

Zhao, Wen, Tianli Wu, Yanliu Dang, et al.. (2025). Stable oxygen reduction catalysts for enhancing rechargeability for zinc–air batteries: FeCoCu nanoparticles embedded in N-doped carbon matrices. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(19). 14216–14228.

Zhang, Mingxiang, Hang Su, Wenyue Guo, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary Pathways of T-Phase Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: A Comprehensive Study of Pt_xSe_y Clusters. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(37). 49651–49659. 1 indexed citations

He, Ping, Houyu Zhu, Ming Li, et al.. (2024). Density Functional Theory Study of Methanol Steam Reforming on Pt3Sn(111) and the Promotion Effect of a Surface Hydroxy Group. Nanomaterials. 14(3). 318–318. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingxiang, et al.. (2024). Controlled Synthesis and Phase Transition Mechanisms of Palladium Selenide: A First-Principles Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(10). 545–552. 1 indexed citations

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Amin, Alireza Shirazi, Wen Zhao, Panteha Toloueinia, et al.. (2023). Cycling-Induced Capacity Increase of Bulk and Artificially Layered LiTaO₃ Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Nano. 17(20). 20203–20217. 8 indexed citations

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Zhu, Houyu, Dongyuan Liu, Rui Li, et al.. (2023). Identifying magic-number structures of supported sub-nano Ni clusters and the influence of hydrogen coverage: a density functional theory based particle swarm optimization investigation. Catalysis Science & Technology. 13(7). 2080–2091. 4 indexed citations

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Dang, Yanliu, Jinlong Wang, Junkai He, et al.. (2022). RuO₂-NiO Nanosheets on Conductive Nickel Foam for Reliable and Regeneratable Seawater Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(9). 13308–13318. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhou, Saifei Yuan, Wen Zhao, Wenyue Guo, & Hao Ren. (2022). Improved nitrogen reduction activity of NbSe₂ tuned by edge chirality. RSC Advances. 12(34). 22131–22138. 2 indexed citations

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Yuan, Saifei, Guodong Meng, Dongyuan Liu, et al.. (2022). Synergy of Substrate Chemical Environments and Single-Atom Catalysts Promotes Catalytic Performance: Nitrogen Reduction on Chiral and Defected Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(46). 52544–52552. 8 indexed citations

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Ma, Hao, Zhengjie Wang, Wen Zhao, et al.. (2022). Enhancing the Photoinduced Interlayer Charge Transfer and Spatial Separation in Type-II Heterostructure of WS₂ and Asymmetric Janus-MoSSe with Intrinsic Self-Build Electric Field. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(36). 8484–8494. 28 indexed citations

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Shan, Jingyuan, Sunmiao Fang, Wendong Wang, et al.. (2021). Copper acetate-facilitated transfer-free growth of high-quality graphene for hydrovoltaic generators. National Science Review. 9(7). nwab169–nwab169. 23 indexed citations

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Huang, Xinyu, Wen Zhao, Chongyang Zhu, et al.. (2021). Modification of the Interlayer Coupling and Chemical Reactivity of Multilayer Graphene through Wrinkle Engineering. Chemistry of Materials. 33(7). 2506–2515. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Li, et al.. (2021). Determination of Biogenic Amines in Different Parts of Lycium barbarum L. by HPLC with Precolumn Dansylation. Molecules. 26(4). 1046–1046. 5 indexed citations

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Sang, Xiahan, Xufan Li, Wen Zhao, et al.. (2018). In situ edge engineering in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2051–2051. 118 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wen. (2002). Progress on Studies of the Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 1 indexed citations

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