Yanwu Zhu

44.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
144 papers, 38.7k citations indexed

About

Yanwu Zhu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanwu Zhu has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 38.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 80 papers in Materials Chemistry and 67 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yanwu Zhu's work include Graphene research and applications (65 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (63 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (59 papers). Yanwu Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (65 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (63 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (59 papers). Yanwu Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yanwu Zhu's co-authors include Rodney S. Ruoff, Meryl D. Stoller, Shanthi Murali, Weiwei Cai, Xuesong Li, Sungjin Park, Jinho An, Jeffrey R. Potts, Ji Won Suk and Richard D. Piner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yanwu Zhu

139 papers receiving 38.0k citations

Hit Papers

Graphene and Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Properties, and A... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2008 2011 2009 2011 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Graphene and Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
    2010 8.9k citations Yanwu Zhu, Shanthi Murali et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Graphene-Based Ultracapacitors
    2008 7.2k citations Sungjin Park, Yanwu Zhu et al. Nano Letters profile →
  3. Carbon-Based Supercapacitors Produced by Activation of Graphene
    2011 5.5k citations Yanwu Zhu, Shanthi Murali et al. profile →
  4. Transfer of Large-Area Graphene Films for High-Performance Transparent Conductive Electrodes
    2009 2.6k citations Xuesong Li, Yanwu Zhu et al. Nano Letters profile →
  5. Nanostructured Reduced Graphene Oxide/Fe2O3 Composite As a High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries
    2011 1.2k citations Yanwu Zhu, Shanthi Murali et al. ACS Nano profile →
  6. Thermal Transport in Suspended and Supported Monolayer Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
    2010 959 citations Weiwei Cai, Arden L. Moore et al. Nano Letters profile →
  7. Highly Conductive and Porous Activated Reduced Graphene Oxide Films for High-Power Supercapacitors
    2012 821 citations Yanwu Zhu, Shanthi Murali et al. Nano Letters profile →
  8. Microwave assisted exfoliation and reduction of graphite oxide for ultracapacitors
    2010 697 citations Yanwu Zhu, Shanthi Murali et al. Carbon profile →
  9. Capacitance of carbon-based electrical double-layer capacitors
    2014 683 citations Yanwu Zhu, Rodney S. Ruoff et al. profile →
  10. Exfoliation of Graphite Oxide in Propylene Carbonate and Thermal Reduction of the Resulting Graphene Oxide Platelets
    2010 558 citations Yanwu Zhu, Weiwei Cai et al. ACS Nano profile →
  11. A Hierarchical Carbon Derived from Sponge‐Templated Activation of Graphene Oxide for High‐Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes
    2016 392 citations Ziqi Tan, Guanxiong Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanwu Zhu China 58 21.6k 20.1k 17.2k 11.8k 6.2k 144 38.7k
Wencai Ren China 82 25.2k 1.2× 21.9k 1.1× 16.3k 0.9× 10.5k 0.9× 4.7k 0.7× 253 42.7k
Sungjin Park South Korea 51 26.3k 1.2× 17.8k 0.9× 11.6k 0.7× 17.2k 1.5× 6.1k 1.0× 240 42.6k
Volker Presser Germany 80 20.9k 1.0× 22.4k 1.1× 15.0k 0.9× 13.0k 1.1× 4.3k 0.7× 335 41.8k
Bingqing Wei United States 91 13.9k 0.6× 15.0k 0.7× 13.3k 0.8× 6.9k 0.6× 5.4k 0.9× 373 31.3k
Linjie Zhi China 83 15.0k 0.7× 20.9k 1.0× 14.5k 0.8× 5.6k 0.5× 4.5k 0.7× 292 32.5k
Yuxi Xu China 64 12.8k 0.6× 13.6k 0.7× 11.4k 0.7× 7.4k 0.6× 5.4k 0.9× 185 26.5k
Zhong‐Shuai Wu China 99 19.2k 0.9× 31.7k 1.6× 24.2k 1.4× 8.9k 0.8× 6.2k 1.0× 379 46.3k
Meryl D. Stoller United States 22 13.9k 0.6× 16.1k 0.8× 16.0k 0.9× 7.3k 0.6× 5.5k 0.9× 27 27.7k
Dmitriy A. Dikin United States 38 27.1k 1.3× 13.2k 0.7× 8.8k 0.5× 15.8k 1.3× 7.0k 1.1× 94 39.2k
Sasha Stankovich United States 18 28.4k 1.3× 14.3k 0.7× 9.1k 0.5× 16.6k 1.4× 7.3k 1.2× 23 40.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanwu Zhu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Fei, Qiang Li, Yingyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Holey graphene films intercalated with iron nanoparticles for efficient electromagnetic wave shielding. Diamond and Related Materials. 155. 112247–112247. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Fei, et al.. (2025). High thermal conductivity copper/graphene composites for efficient thermal management. Carbon. 244. 120695–120695.
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Wang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Reduced graphene oxide film modified by tannic acid for high areal performance supercapacitors. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 28(11). 4077–4086. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Hong, et al.. (2024). Structural Repair of Reduced Graphene Oxide Promoted by Single‐Layer Graphene. Advanced Science. 12(7). e2410088–e2410088. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Wenchang Zhang, Weidong Wen, et al.. (2023). Atomically Dispersed Unsaturated Cu‐N3 Sites on High‐Curvature Hierarchically Porous Carbon Nanotube for Synergetic Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(46). 56 indexed citations
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Pan, Fei, Kun Ni, Tao Xu, et al.. (2023). Long-range ordered porous carbons produced from C60. Nature. 614(7946). 95–101. 109 indexed citations
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Ni, Kun, Jin Yang, Shujuan Xu, et al.. (2021). Stronger Interlayer Interactions Contribute to Faster Hot Carrier Cooling of Bilayer Graphene under Pressure. Physical Review Letters. 126(2). 27402–27402. 24 indexed citations
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Wu, Yih‐Chyng, Jianglin Ye, Gengping Jiang, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical Characterization of Single Layer Graphene/Electrolyte Interface: Effect of Solvent on the Interfacial Capacitance. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(24). 13317–13322. 48 indexed citations
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Wu, Yih‐Chyng, Jianglin Ye, Gengping Jiang, et al.. (2021). Rücktitelbild: Electrochemical Characterization of Single Layer Graphene/Electrolyte Interface: Effect of Solvent on the Interfacial Capacitance (Angew. Chem. 24/2021). Angewandte Chemie. 133(24). 13800–13800. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Peng, Qiang Li, Liang Niu, et al.. (2021). Direct heating pattern on graphene oxide film to build flexible micro-supercapacitors. Carbon. 175. 27–35. 23 indexed citations
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Yuan, Hong, Kun Ni, Siming Chen, et al.. (2020). Strong and tough graphene papers constructed with pyrene-containing small molecules via π-π/H-bonding synergistic interactions. Science China Materials. 64(5). 1206–1218. 5 indexed citations
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Shu, Na, Jian Xie, Xinyuan Wang, et al.. (2019). Rolling press of lithium with carbon for high-performance anodes. Energy storage materials. 24. 689–693. 19 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yuan, Xiang Hu, Guanxiong Chen, et al.. (2013). Infrared biosensors based on graphene plasmonics: modeling. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(40). 17118–17118. 35 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yanwu, Shanthi Murali, Weiwei Cai, et al.. (2010). Graphene and Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. Advanced Materials. 22(35). 3906–3924. 8928 indexed citations breakdown →
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Velamakanni, Aruna, Carl W. Magnuson, K. J. Ganesh, et al.. (2010). Site-Specific Deposition of Au Nanoparticles in CNT Films by Chemical Bonding. ACS Nano. 4(1). 540–546. 37 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, Arden L. Moore, Yanwu Zhu, et al.. (2010). Thermal Transport in Suspended and Supported Monolayer Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Nano Letters. 10(5). 1645–1651. 959 indexed citations breakdown →
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Velamakanni, Aruna, Carl W. Magnuson, K. J. Ganesh, et al.. (2010). Site-Specific Deposition of Au Nanoparticles in CNT Films by Chemical Bonding. ACS Nano. 4(8). 4962–4962. 2 indexed citations
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Velamakanni, Aruna, K. J. Ganesh, Yanwu Zhu, Paulo J. Ferreira, & Rodney S. Ruoff. (2009). Catalyst‐Free Synthesis and Characterization of Metastable Boron Carbide Nanowires. Advanced Functional Materials. 19(24). 3926–3933. 43 indexed citations
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Lee, Sun Hwa, Daniel R. Dreyer, Jinho An, et al.. (2009). Polymer Brushes via Controlled, Surface‐Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) from Graphene Oxide. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 31(3). 281–288. 326 indexed citations
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Gadipelli, Srinivas, Yanwu Zhu, Richard D. Piner, et al.. (2009). Synthesis of graphene-like nanosheets and their hydrogen adsorption capacity. Carbon. 48(3). 630–635. 416 indexed citations

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