Yi Zhao

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
252 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Yi Zhao is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Zhao has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 82 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 72 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yi Zhao's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (66 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (48 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (43 papers). Yi Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (66 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (48 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (43 papers). Yi Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yi Zhao's co-authors include WanZhen Liang, William H. Miller, Xin-Xin Zhong, Wenji Wang, Zhigang Shuai, Yaling Ke, Xiaodi Yang, Guangjun Nan, Linjun Wang and Bing Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yi Zhao

244 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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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.

Facile Synthesis of Two‐Dimensional Iron/Cobalt Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Zhao China	36	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	882	817	252	5.4k
Mauro Boero France	41	2.9k 1.6×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	362 0.4×	211	6.0k
Jochen Blumberger United Kingdom	48	1.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	998 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	121	5.9k
Marcella Iannuzzi Switzerland	42	3.6k 2.0×	2.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	498 0.6×	148	7.5k
Thomas W. Keal United Kingdom	24	2.5k 1.4×	987 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.8×	527 0.6×	44	5.1k
Gagik G. Gurzadyan China	40	4.1k 2.2×	2.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	819 1.0×	136	7.4k
Peter Saalfrank Germany	47	3.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.1×	4.3k 2.4×	810 0.9×	722 0.9×	255	8.3k
Michitoshi Hayashi Taiwan	34	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	443 0.5×	723 0.9×	217	4.1k
Masahiro Ehara Japan	42	2.7k 1.5×	974 0.5×	3.2k 1.8×	575 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	313	6.9k
Artur F. Izmaylov Canada	29	5.2k 2.9×	2.7k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	814 0.9×	498 0.6×	71	8.5k
Hyotcherl Ihee South Korea	47	4.1k 2.2×	876 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	793 0.9×	867 1.1×	195	8.4k

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Liu, Yilong, Yi Zhao, Siyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the uniform copper thickening mechanism of micro through-hole using 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tridecanediamine as a novel and single additive in an acidic electroplating bath. Surfaces and Interfaces. 62. 106252–106252. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yi, Jiaqiang Yang, Tao Song, et al.. (2025). On-line detection of additive concentrations in acidic copper plating solution for metal interconnection by an electrochemical microfluidic workstation. 3(5). 607–617. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Siyu, Jiaqiang Yang, Yi Zhao, et al.. (2025). Potential- and Convection-Dependent Synergistic Coadsorption of Electroplating Additives for Vias Copper Interconnection Evidenced by Shell-Isolated Nanoparticle-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry. 97(32). 17389–17397.

Yang, Jiaqiang, Tao Song, Lei Jin, et al.. (2025). In-operando visualization of the dynamic microvia copper filling process for metal interconnection of integrated circuit. Electrochimica Acta. 535. 146698–146698.

Wu, Qingyuan, Pengxin Liu, Xia‐Guang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Catalytic Hydrogenation Dominated by Concerted Hydrogen Tunneling at Room Temperature. ACS Central Science. 11(11). 2180–2187. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yi, Lei Jin, Jiaqiang Yang, et al.. (2024). 1-Dodecyl-2-methyl-3-benzylimidazolium chloride as a novel leveler: Towards simultaneously both the microvia void-free filling and through hole conformal thickening. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 695. 134239–134239. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Rongkun, Chao Li, Zihao Wen, et al.. (2024). Intrinsic role of alkyl side chains in disorder, aggregates, and carrier mobility of nonfullerene acceptors for organic solar cells: A multiscale theoretical study. Aggregate. 6(2). 5 indexed citations

Song, Tao, et al.. (2024). Tributyl(hexyl)phosphonium chloride as a new leveler for microvia copper superconformal electronic plating. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 964. 118340–118340. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Bofeng, Jiahe Lin, WanZhen Liang, & Yi Zhao. (2024). Ultrafast Laser-Induced Electronic Dynamics and Piezo-Phototronic Response in Janus XMMX′ Monolayers (X/X′ = S, Se, and M = Ga, In). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(19). 8095–8103.

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Zhao, Yi, Yidong Hu, Shun‐Li Li, et al.. (2024). A two dimensional hierarchically porous MOF-Cu with large lateral size via amino-groups regulated hydrolysis strategy and its superior photocatalytic reduction of CO2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124567–124567. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Jiayu, Yi Zhao, Jiabo Wang, et al.. (2023). Construction of IO-B-TiO2/In2O3 S-scheme heterojunction with photothermal effects and its highly efficient photocatalytic reduction of CO2 under full-spectrum light. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147618–147618. 32 indexed citations

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Zhao, Liping, Ge Yang, Chao Zhu, et al.. (2023). Three-step evolutionary enhanced capillary electrophoresis-SELEX for aptamer selection of exosome vesicles. Talanta. 267. 125203–125203. 11 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiao‐Hong, Yubing Si, Jiahua Hu, et al.. (2023). High-Efficiency Pure Blue Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence from Chiral N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Stabilized Copper(I) Clusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(47). 25874–25886. 52 indexed citations

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Irfan, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Exploration of the Interaction of Cadmium and Aptamer by Molecular Simulation and Development of Sensitive Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Based Aptasensor. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 63(9). 2783–2793. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yi, Kai Ge, Shuang Wang, et al.. (2023). Synergy of Photo- and Photothermal-catalytic Synthesis of Methyl Propionate from Ethylene and Carbon Dioxide over B–TiO₂/Ru. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(24). 9255–9263. 14 indexed citations

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Piontkowski, Zachary, Yu‐Chen Wang, Yuxiu Liu, Yi Zhao, & David W. McCamant. (2020). Electron Transfer in Rhodamine–TiO₂ Complexes Studied as a Function of Chalcogen and Bridge Substitution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(5). 2851–2863. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, Fan Zhang, Yi Zhao, et al.. (2019). Recognition of PDL1/L2 by different induced-fit mechanisms of PD1: a comparative study of molecular dynamics simulations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(3). 1276–1287. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rui, Li Liu, Fa‐Bao Li, et al.. (2019). A new strategy to synthesize three-coordinate mononuclear copper(i) halide complexes containing a bulky terphenyl bidentate phosphine ligand and their luminescent properties. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(8). 3390–3399. 26 indexed citations

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Zeng, Li & Yi Zhao. (2006). Bifurcation of Nonlinear Maps with Time Delay in the Frequency Domain with Application to a Metapopulation Model. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yi, Bing Qi, Xiongfeng Ma, Hoi‐Kwong Lo, & Qian Li. (2005). Experimental Decoy State Quantum Key Distribution Over 15km. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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