Yangen Zhou

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yangen Zhou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yangen Zhou has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yangen Zhou's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (27 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (13 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers). Yangen Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (27 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (13 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers). Yangen Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Yangen Zhou's co-authors include Xuxu Wang, Jinlin Long, Guihua Yu, Leyuan Zhang, Yu Ding, Changkun Zhang, Zizhong Zhang, Huaxiang Lin, Yongfan Zhang and Jeffrey C.S. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yangen Zhou

47 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.

Monolayered Bi2WO6 nanosheets mimicking heterojunction interface with open surfaces for photocatalysis

2015 665 citations Yangen Zhou, Yongfan Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Molecular engineering of organic electroactive materials for redox flow batteries

2017 508 citations Yu Ding, Changkun Zhang et al. profile →

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Yangen Zhou

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Huiyu Song China

Jie Sun China

Lei Liao United States

Zhongxin Song China

Akimasa Tasaka Japan

Mingyun Guan China

Qinbai Yun China

Xianxia Yuan China

Zhou Peng Li China

Shutao Wang China

Huiyu Song China

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3.7k ×1.5

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1.5k ×0.7

846 ×1.5

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473 ×0.9

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shi, Chenyang, Mengran Wang, Yangen Zhou, et al.. (2025). Anion-diluent synergistic strategy for improved interfacial stability in lithium metal batteries. Energy storage materials. 78. 104239–104239. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Mengran, Yangen Zhou, Chenyang Shi, et al.. (2024). Dual ion regulation enables High-Coulombic-efficiency lithium metal batteries. Nano Energy. 129. 110031–110031. 2 indexed citations

Li, Zheng, et al.. (2021). Facile Fabrication of High-Performance Li-Ion Battery Carbonaceous Anode from Li-Ion Battery Waste. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(9). 90513–90513. 11 indexed citations

Dong, Qingyuan, Bo Hong, Hailin Fan, et al.. (2021). A self-adapting artificial SEI layer enables superdense lithium deposition for high performance lithium anode. Energy storage materials. 45. 1220–1228. 65 indexed citations

Zhu, Yue, Zhengyu Ju, Xiao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Evaporation‐Induced Vertical Alignment Enabling Directional Ion Transport in a 2D‐Nanosheet‐Based Battery Electrode. Advanced Materials. 32(10). e1907941–e1907941. 70 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiangjie, Qiannan Zhang, Yangen Zhou, et al.. (2019). The effect of excitation wavelength on the photodeposition of Pt on polyhedron BiVO4 with exposing {010} and {110} facets for photocatalytic performance. Catalysis Communications. 123. 100–104. 13 indexed citations

Zhou, Yangen, Shun Zhang, Yu Ding, et al.. (2018). Solar‐Powered Redox Cells: Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage through a Robust Photocatalyst Driving Reversible Redox Reactions (Adv. Mater. 31/2018). Advanced Materials. 30(31). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Leyuan, Yu Ding, Changkun Zhang, et al.. (2018). Enabling Graphene-Oxide-Based Membranes for Large-Scale Energy Storage by Controlling Hydrophilic Microstructures. Chem. 4(5). 1035–1046. 76 indexed citations

Zhang, Changkun, Zhihui Niu, Yu Ding, et al.. (2018). Highly Concentrated Phthalimide-Based Anolytes for Organic Redox Flow Batteries with Enhanced Reversibility. Chem. 4(12). 2814–2825. 128 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yangen, Leyuan Zhang, Linhan Lin, et al.. (2017). Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting from Hierarchical WO₃/BiVO₄ Nanoporous Sphere Arrays. Nano Letters. 17(12). 8012–8017. 176 indexed citations

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Pan, Bao, Yangen Zhou, Wenyue Su, & Xuxu Wang. (2016). Enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ conversion over LaPO₄ by introduction of CoCl₂ as a hole mediator. RSC Advances. 6(41). 34744–34747. 24 indexed citations

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Jiang, Fan, Bao Pan, Daotong You, et al.. (2016). Visible light photocatalytic H2-production activity of epitaxial Cu2ZnSnS4/ZnS heterojunction. Catalysis Communications. 85. 39–43. 24 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yangen, Yongfan Zhang, Jinlin Long, et al.. (2015). Monolayered Bi2WO6 nanosheets mimicking heterojunction interface with open surfaces for photocatalysis. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8340–8340. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Quan, Jinlin Long, Huaqiang Zhuang, et al.. (2014). Ternary Pt/SnOx/TiO2 photocatalysts for hydrogen production: consequence of Pt sites for synergy of dual co-catalysts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(24). 12521–12521. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zizhong, Xianwen Zhang, Huaxiang Lin, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Cu2O/La2CuO4 nanocomposite as an effective heterostructure photocatalyst for H2 production. Catalysis Communications. 36. 20–24. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zizhong, Zhishan Luo, Zhiping Yang, et al.. (2013). Band-gap tuning of N-doped TiO2 photocatalysts for visible-light-driven selective oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes in water. RSC Advances. 3(20). 7215–7215. 53 indexed citations

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Liang, Jun, Jie Xu, Quan Gu, et al.. (2013). A novel Zn2GeO4 superstructure for effective photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1(26). 7798–7798. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zizhong, Jinlin Long, Xiuqiang Xie, et al.. (2012). Probing the Electronic Structure and Photoactivation Process of Nitrogen‐Doped TiO₂ Using DRS, PL, and EPR. ChemPhysChem. 13(6). 1542–1550. 31 indexed citations

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Long, Jinlin, Sibo Wang, Zhengxin Ding, et al.. (2012). Amine-functionalized zirconium metal–organic framework as efficient visible-light photocatalyst for aerobic organic transformations. Chemical Communications. 48(95). 11656–11656. 420 indexed citations

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Sun, Yi, et al.. (2010). Modeling constitutive relationship of Ti40 alloy using artificial neural network. Materials & Design (1980-2015). 32(3). 1537–1541. 64 indexed citations

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