Yao Zhou

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Yao Zhou is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Zhou has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 60 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 51 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yao Zhou's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (37 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (24 papers). Yao Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (37 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (24 papers). Yao Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Yao Zhou's co-authors include Qian Liu, Jiacheng Wang, Ruguang Ma, Gaoxin Lin, Hong Jin Fan, Yongfang Chen, Pengxi Li, Minghui Yang, Hua Chun Zeng and Guangcun Shan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yao Zhou

126 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

A review of oxygen reduction mechanisms for metal-free carbon-based electrocatalysts

2019 649 citations Ruguang Ma, Gaoxin Lin et al. profile →

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Boris V. Merinov United States

Zhufeng Hou China

Zhengping Fu China

Hong‐Gang Liao China

Xiao Gu China

Ambarish Kulkarni United States

Ranjit Thapa India

Byungchan Han South Korea

Guang Li China

Boris V. Merinov United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Zhou

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zheng, Xiaoyu, Minghui Li, Jing Li, Xiangyang Li, & Yao Zhou. (2025). Progress of pristine metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic applications. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 230. 291–310. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaotao, Xiaoyu Zheng, Minghui Li, et al.. (2025). D‐Band Width Rationally Broadened by Configuring Nearest Coordination of Metal Site for Enhanced Active Site‐Intermediate Interaction. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e10760–e10760. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the delayed cracking mechanism of an industrial hot-dip galvanized DP1180GI steel coil. Engineering Failure Analysis. 160. 108215–108215. 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhi‐Kang, Yao Zhou, Bin Jiang, et al.. (2024). Measuring entanglement entropy and its topological signature for phononic systems. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1601–1601. 13 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional fracton topological orders with boundary Toeplitz braiding. Physical review. B.. 110(20). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao & Peng Ye. (2024). Entanglement fractalization. Physical Review Research. 6(4). 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jinpeng, Weikang Dong, Jiadong Zhou, et al.. (2024). Optimizing Interfacial Charge Dynamics and Quantum Effects in Heterodimensional Superlattices for Efficient Hydrogen Production. Advanced Science. 12(6). e2412805–e2412805.

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Chen, Limei, et al.. (2024). Quantum Entanglement and Non-Hermiticity in Free-Fermion Systems. Chinese Physics Letters. 41(12). 127302–127302. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xuan, Yao Zhou, Chen Ji, et al.. (2023). Bimetallic co-doped CoP nanoflower arrays for efficient and stable overall water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 276–284. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Zhilin, Xi Chen, Jinxu Li, et al.. (2023). Correlational research of microstructure characteristics and hydrogen induced cracking in hot-rolled Fe-6Mn-0.2C-3Al steels. Corrosion Science. 228. 111811–111811. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua, Ji Chen, Min Xi, et al.. (2023). Interfacial electronic engineering of heterostructured Co2P-MoNiP/NF nano-sea-urchin catalysts for efficient and stable hydrogen evolution via water/seawater splitting. Chemical Engineering Journal. 477. 147092–147092. 30 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao & Peng Ye. (2023). Entanglement signature of hinge arcs, Fermi arcs, and crystalline symmetry protection in higher-order Weyl semimetals. Physical review. B.. 107(8). 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao, et al.. (2023). Amplified spontaneous emission from inclusions containing cesium lead bromide in glasses. Optics Express. 31(17). 27192–27192. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Limei, et al.. (2022). Quantum entanglement of non-Hermitian quasicrystals. Physical review. B.. 105(12). 30 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao, Wei Hao, Xiaoxu Zhao, et al.. (2021). Electronegativity‐Induced Charge Balancing to Boost Stability and Activity of Amorphous Electrocatalysts. Advanced Materials. 34(11). e2100537–e2100537. 64 indexed citations

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Li, Jinxu, et al.. (2020). A Review of Research Status of Hydrogen Embrittlement for Automotive Advanced High-Strength Steels. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 56(4). 444–458. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yao, et al.. (2019). Cooperative ultrastrong atom-light coupling from an effective mapping picture of single-photon superradiance.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Gaoxin, Ruguang Ma, Yao Zhou, et al.. (2018). Iron-nitrogen dual-doped three-dimensional mesoporous carbons for high-activity electrocatalytic oxygen reduction. Applied Materials Today. 13. 174–181. 18 indexed citations

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Gu, Daguo, Yao Zhou, Ruguang Ma, et al.. (2017). Facile Synthesis of N-Doped Graphene-Like Carbon Nanoflakes as Efficient and Stable Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Nano-Micro Letters. 10(2). 29–29. 105 indexed citations

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Zhou, Tingsheng, Yao Zhou, Ruguang Ma, et al.. (2017). Creation of Triple Hierarchical Micro-Meso-Macroporous N-doped Carbon Shells with Hollow Cores Toward the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Nano-Micro Letters. 10(1). 3–3. 128 indexed citations

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