Wenqing Zhang

25.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
392 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

About

Wenqing Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenqing Zhang has authored 392 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 244 papers in Materials Chemistry, 172 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 55 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wenqing Zhang's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (118 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (45 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (44 papers). Wenqing Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (118 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (45 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (44 papers). Wenqing Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wenqing Zhang's co-authors include Jiong Yang, Lidong Chen, Jihui Yang, Xun Shi, Lili Xi, Xun Yuan, Shanyu Wang, Peihong Zhang, James R. Salvador and Lihua Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Wenqing Zhang

370 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Multiple-Filled Skutterudites: High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit through Separately Optimizing Electrical and Thermal Transports

2011 1.3k citations Xun Shi, Jiong Yang et al. profile →
Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polyaniline Hybrid Nanocomposites

2010 588 citations Lidong Chen, Wenqing Zhang et al. profile →
Giant thermopower of ionic gelatin near room temperature

2020 565 citations Zhijia Han, Wenqing Zhang et al. profile →
Highly Emissive and Color‐Tunable CuInS₂‐Based Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Off‐Stoichiometry Effects and Improved Electroluminescence Performance

2012 474 citations Wenqing Zhang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
On the tuning of electrical and thermal transport in thermoelectrics: an integrated theory–experiment perspective

2016 455 citations Jiong Yang, Lihua Wu et al. profile →
Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Performance by Electron and Phonon Critical Scattering in Cu₂Se_1‐xI_x

2013 403 citations Xun Shi, Shengqiang Bai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
The role of the solid electrolyte interphase layer in preventing Li dendrite growth in solid-state batteries

2018 360 citations Shanyu Wang, Wenqing Zhang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Simplified Synthesis of Fluoride-Free Ti₃C₂T_x via Electrochemical Etching toward High-Performance Electrochemical Capacitors

2022 203 citations Wenqing Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenqing Zhang China	73	15.0k	9.8k	3.3k	2.2k	1.8k	392	20.0k
Qingjie Zhang China	61	11.8k 0.8×	6.3k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	913 0.4×	3.0k 1.7×	379	15.4k
Kornelius Nielsch Germany	68	17.3k 1.2×	7.4k 0.8×	4.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	538	22.9k
Eric S. Toberer United States	53	21.8k 1.5×	8.8k 0.9×	4.7k 1.4×	904 0.4×	4.0k 2.3×	194	24.0k
Xun Shi China	78	20.9k 1.4×	10.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.0×	868 0.4×	4.1k 2.3×	409	22.8k
Yucheng Lan United States	46	13.8k 0.9×	5.6k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	563 0.3×	4.0k 2.3×	158	16.3k
Chun Ning Lau United States	50	20.0k 1.3×	7.7k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	127	26.7k
Wenzhong Bao China	58	19.9k 1.3×	9.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	188	27.5k
J.F. Fernández Spain	56	11.0k 0.7×	5.7k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	754 0.3×	617 0.4×	666	15.5k
Kanishka Biswas India	68	18.8k 1.3×	10.6k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	654 0.3×	3.1k 1.8×	270	20.2k
Irene Calizo United States	23	13.7k 0.9×	4.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	39	16.6k

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Ye, Caichao, Tao Feng, Weishu Liu, & Wenqing Zhang. (2025). Functional Unit: A New Perspective on Materials Science Research Paradigms. Accounts of Materials Research. 6(8). 914–920. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Wenjing, Miao Zhang, Zhongyuan Liu, et al.. (2024). A nonfullerene acceptor as a solid additive realizing a record efficiency of 17.74% in quasi-layered all-polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(7). 4077–4085. 30 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenqing, Suresh C. Pillai, Hailong Wang, et al.. (2024). Ca-Cu/Al2O3 catalysts for H2S removal at near ambient temperature: Synthesis, characterization, DFT calculation, and mechanistic insights. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 351. 123981–123981. 14 indexed citations

Ruan, Yurong, et al.. (2024). Full-shell d-orbitals of interstitial Ni and anomalous electrical transport in Ni-based half-Heusler thermoelectric semiconductors. Materials Today Physics. 48. 101558–101558. 2 indexed citations

Jin, Fei, Duojie Wu, Zizhao Pan, et al.. (2023). Magnetic anisotropy of high-entropy oxides with negative Poisson's ratio. Ceramics International. 49(11). 16625–16629. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenqing, Peng Li, Guiyun Yi, et al.. (2023). S/N co-doped graphene porous skeleton loaded with Ni-Co active material for lithium storage. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 967. 171661–171661. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenqing, et al.. (2023). Gas separation simulation based on ab initio and variable soft sphere model in ratchet-shaped microchannels. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 206. 123957–123957. 3 indexed citations

Ji, Jialin, Zhehong Liu, Jianhong Dai, et al.. (2023). Delocalized Bi-tetrahedral cluster induced ultralow lattice thermal conductivity in Bi3Ir3O11. Materials Today Physics. 32. 101005–101005. 7 indexed citations

Tang, Zhao, Yabei Wu, Weiyi Xia, et al.. (2022). Giant Narrow-Band Optical Absorption and Distinctive Excitonic Structures of Monolayer C3N and C3B. Physical Review Applied. 17(3). 15 indexed citations

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Ruan, Yurong, et al.. (2022). Off‐Stoichiometry Quaternary Heusler‐Like Semiconductors with Magnetism and Disorder. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(51). 2 indexed citations

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Feng, Tao, Zhijia Han, Liang Zhou, et al.. (2022). Large Transverse and Longitudinal Magneto‐Thermoelectric Effect in Polycrystalline Nodal‐Line Semimetal Mg₃Bi₂. Advanced Materials. 34(19). e2200931–e2200931. 40 indexed citations

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Hu, Lei, Yubo Luo, Yue‐Wen Fang, et al.. (2021). High Thermoelectric Performance through Crystal Symmetry Enhancement in Triply Doped Diamondoid Compound Cu₂SnSe₃. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(42). 56 indexed citations

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He, Bing, Anjiang Ye, Shuting Chi, et al.. (2020). CAVD, towards better characterization of void space for ionic transport analysis. Scientific Data. 7(1). 153–153. 69 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenqing, Xi Deng, Gang Sui, & Xiaoping Yang. (2019). Improving interfacial and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-sized carbon fiber/epoxy composites. Carbon. 145. 629–639. 164 indexed citations

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Luo, Jun, Youyong Li, Jiye Zhang, et al.. (2017). Enhanced Average Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of the PbTe–SrTe–MnTe Alloy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(10). 8729–8736. 41 indexed citations

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Duan, Bo, Jiong Yang, James R. Salvador, et al.. (2016). Electronegative guests in CoSb₃. Energy & Environmental Science. 9(6). 2090–2098. 105 indexed citations

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Wei, Ping, Jiong Yang, Jiong Yang, et al.. (2016). Minimum Thermal Conductivity in Weak Topological Insulators with Bismuth‐Based Stack Structure. Advanced Functional Materials. 26(29). 5360–5367. 28 indexed citations

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Zuo, Pingping, et al.. (2013). Fabrication and Properties of Graphene Oxide-reinforced Carrageenan Film. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 34(3). 692. 2 indexed citations

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Shi, Xun, Jiong Yang, Shengqiang Bai, et al.. (2010). On the Design of High‐Efficiency Thermoelectric Clathrates through a Systematic Cross‐Substitution of Framework Elements. Advanced Functional Materials. 20(5). 755–763. 182 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenqing. (2003). Parallel finite element methods for the simulation of parachute dynamics and control. OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut). 1 indexed citations

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