Xingyi Zhou

12.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
38 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Xingyi Zhou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xingyi Zhou has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xingyi Zhou's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (16 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (10 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers). Xingyi Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (16 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (10 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers). Xingyi Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Xingyi Zhou's co-authors include Guihua Yu, Fei Zhao, Youhong Guo, Ye Shi, Wen Shi, Jiwoong Bae, Hengyi Lu, Ronggui Yang, Xin Qian and Megan Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xingyi Zhou

38 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchical... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 2019 2018 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels
    2018 1.8k citations Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  2. Materials for solar-powered water evaporation
    2020 1.2k citations Fei Zhao, Youhong Guo et al. profile →
  3. Architecting highly hydratable polymer networks to tune the water state for solar water purification
    2019 896 citations Xingyi Zhou, Fei Zhao et al. profile →
  4. A hydrogel-based antifouling solar evaporator for highly efficient water desalination
    2018 875 citations Xingyi Zhou, Fei Zhao et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  5. Biomass‐Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost‐Effective Solar Water Purification
    2020 669 citations Youhong Guo, Hengyi Lu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  6. A 3D Nanostructured Hydrogel‐Framework‐Derived High‐Performance Composite Polymer Lithium‐Ion Electrolyte
    2018 571 citations Jiwoong Bae, Yutao Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  7. Hydrogels as an Emerging Material Platform for Solar Water Purification
    2019 553 citations Xingyi Zhou, Youhong Guo et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  8. Super Moisture‐Absorbent Gels for All‐Weather Atmospheric Water Harvesting
    2019 472 citations Fei Zhao, Xingyi Zhou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Synergistic Energy Nanoconfinement and Water Activation in Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Desalination
    2019 451 citations Youhong Guo, Xingyi Zhou et al. profile →
  10. Atmospheric Water Harvesting: A Review of Material and Structural Designs
    2020 422 citations Xingyi Zhou, Hengyi Lu et al. ACS Materials Letters profile →
  11. Topology‐Controlled Hydration of Polymer Network in Hydrogels for Solar‐Driven Wastewater Treatment
    2020 381 citations Xingyi Zhou, Youhong Guo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  12. Tailoring surface wetting states for ultrafast solar-driven water evaporation
    2020 360 citations Youhong Guo, Xiao Zhao et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xingyi Zhou United States 27 8.0k 4.1k 2.3k 2.0k 1.5k 38 11.0k
Bao Yang United States 46 4.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 2.4k 1.6× 99 10.8k
Youhong Guo United States 30 7.4k 0.9× 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 35 9.7k
Liangliang Zhu China 32 5.7k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 896 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 82 7.8k
Hanxue Sun China 49 4.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 240 9.4k
Jiang Gong China 55 3.6k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 577 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 178 8.9k
Zhaoqi Zhu China 48 4.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 855 0.6× 204 8.1k
Jin Yang China 50 1.8k 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 2.4k 1.1× 3.5k 1.7× 2.4k 1.6× 211 8.5k
Weidong Liang China 46 4.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 892 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 756 0.5× 168 7.5k
Hua Xie China 37 3.3k 0.4× 865 0.2× 2.4k 1.1× 359 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 106 8.1k
Peng Mu China 48 2.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.4× 985 0.4× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 99 7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xingyi Zhou

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Ying, Yan Zhang, Xingyi Zhou, et al.. (2025). LDHs-APS/GO composite coating on AZ31B magnesium alloy for enhanced anti-corrosion property. Materials Today Communications. 44. 112177–112177. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingyi, et al.. (2024). Microfluidic Avenue to Manipulate Polycrystalline Materials: A Case Study of 2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexaazaisowurtzitane. Crystal Growth & Design. 24(19). 7755–7773. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingyi, Fang Liu, Xianfei Chen, et al.. (2022). First principles investigation on Na-ion storage in two-dimensional boron-rich B2N, B3N, and B5N. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(2). 1123–1132. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Xianfei, et al.. (2021). Passivated 2D Janus borophene as unique Dirac anodes for Na- and K-ion batteries: A first-principle investigation. Applied Surface Science. 578. 151994–151994. 24 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingyi, Fei Zhao, Panpan Zhang, & Guihua Yu. (2021). Solar Water Evaporation Toward Water Purification and Beyond. ACS Materials Letters. 3(8). 1112–1129. 162 indexed citations
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Guo, Youhong, Hengyi Lu, Fei Zhao, et al.. (2020). Biomass‐Derived Hybrid Hydrogel Evaporators for Cost‐Effective Solar Water Purification. Advanced Materials. 32(11). e1907061–e1907061. 669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Xingyi, Hengyi Lu, Fei Zhao, & Guihua Yu. (2020). Atmospheric Water Harvesting: A Review of Material and Structural Designs. ACS Materials Letters. 2(7). 671–684. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Xingyi, Cong Chen, Peng Zhu, et al.. (2020). Microreaction system combining chaotic micromixing with fast mixing and particle growth in liquid-segmented flow for the synthesis of hazardous ionic materials. Energetic Materials Frontiers. 1(3-4). 186–194. 16 indexed citations
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Guo, Youhong, Xiao Zhao, Fei Zhao, et al.. (2020). Tailoring surface wetting states for ultrafast solar-driven water evaporation. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(7). 2087–2095. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Xingyi, Panpan Zhang, Fei Zhao, & Guihua Yu. (2020). Super Moisture Absorbent Gels for Sustainable Agriculture via Atmospheric Water Irrigation. ACS Materials Letters. 2(11). 1419–1422. 123 indexed citations
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Bae, Jiwoong, Yumin Qian, Yutao Li, et al.. (2019). Polar polymer–solvent interaction derived favorable interphase for stable lithium metal batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(11). 3319–3327. 152 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingyi, Youhong Guo, Fei Zhao, & Guihua Yu. (2019). Hydrogels as an Emerging Material Platform for Solar Water Purification. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(11). 3244–3253. 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Fei, Xingyi Zhou, Ye Shi, et al.. (2018). Highly efficient solar vapour generation via hierarchically nanostructured gels. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(6). 489–495. 1778 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bae, Jiwoong, Yutao Li, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2018). A 3D Nanostructured Hydrogel‐Framework‐Derived High‐Performance Composite Polymer Lithium‐Ion Electrolyte. Angewandte Chemie. 130(8). 2118–2122. 38 indexed citations
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Bae, Jiwoong, Yutao Li, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2018). A 3D Nanostructured Hydrogel‐Framework‐Derived High‐Performance Composite Polymer Lithium‐Ion Electrolyte. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(8). 2096–2100. 571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Ye, Xingyi Zhou, Jun Zhang, et al.. (2017). Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Gels as a General Framework Material To Improve Electrochemical Performance of Cathode Materials in Li-Ion Batteries. Nano Letters. 17(3). 1906–1914. 140 indexed citations
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Bai, Yu, Chunlei Wang, Xingyi Zhou, Junling Lu, & Yujie Xiong. (2016). Atomic layer deposition on Pd nanocrystals for forming Pd-TiO 2 interface toward enhanced CO oxidation. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 26(3). 289–294. 19 indexed citations
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Tian, Panpan, Sai‐Hu Cai, Qiuju Liang, et al.. (2015). Palladium-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of Internal Alkynes via Highly Regioselective 6-Endo Cyclization and Alkenylation of Enynoates: Synthesis of Multisubstituted Pyrones. Organic Letters. 17(7). 1636–1639. 46 indexed citations

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