Yi Zhou

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yi Zhou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Zhou has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yi Zhou's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (10 papers). Yi Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (15 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (10 papers). Yi Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Yi Zhou's co-authors include Ghim Wei Ho, Tianpeng Ding, Wei Li Ong, Yin Cheng, Jiaqing He, Kwok Hoe Chan, Xiao‐Qiao Wang, Tongtao Li, Minmin Gao and Wanheng Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yi Zhou

83 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems: Beyond water production towards high solar energy utilization

2020 424 citations Tianpeng Ding, Yi Zhou et al. profile →
Staggered-layer-boosted flexible Bi2Te3 films with high thermoelectric performance

2023 143 citations Yi Zhou, Wu Wang et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Cancer vaccines: current status and future directions

2025 20 citations Yi Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Zhou China	21	820	675	555	489	348	93	2.2k
Kyoungsik Kim South Korea	22	469 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	626 1.1×	212 0.4×	663 1.9×	77	2.5k
Gumin Kang South Korea	21	652 0.8×	970 1.4×	589 1.1×	149 0.3×	751 2.2×	70	2.4k
Jie Liang China	25	896 1.1×	505 0.7×	482 0.9×	166 0.3×	1.3k 3.6×	107	2.6k
Xue Bai China	27	1.3k 1.5×	218 0.3×	886 1.6×	399 0.8×	495 1.4×	102	3.2k
Selçuk Yerci Türkiye	25	1.1k 1.3×	1.9k 2.8×	875 1.6×	292 0.6×	1.5k 4.3×	76	3.7k
Yi Zheng United States	29	484 0.6×	704 1.0×	176 0.3×	174 0.4×	514 1.5×	121	2.5k
Dengxin Ji United States	21	404 0.5×	1.6k 2.4×	951 1.7×	234 0.5×	684 2.0×	44	3.3k
Xuegeng Yang Germany	27	481 0.6×	490 0.7×	553 1.0×	315 0.6×	814 2.3×	79	1.8k
Han Lin Australia	41	1.7k 2.1×	680 1.0×	2.2k 4.0×	244 0.5×	2.3k 6.7×	177	6.1k
Haomin Song United States	22	359 0.4×	862 1.3×	748 1.3×	165 0.3×	566 1.6×	65	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Zhou

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Yi, Shenghua Chang, Xiaojuan Huang, et al.. (2025). Climate and human activities alter coupling of soil macro- and micronutrients: Evidence from a long-term experiment in typical steppes. Geoderma. 456. 117250–117250.

Mao, Dasha, Meng Han, Xiege Huang, et al.. (2025). Homo-layer flexible Bi ₂ Te ₃ -based films with high thermoelectric performance. Science Advances. 11(36). eadz1019–eadz1019. 1 indexed citations

Jin, Peng, Yingjie Zhou, Fubao Yang, et al.. (2025). Temporal anti-parity–time symmetry in diffusive transport. Nature Physics. 22(2). 195–201.

Li, Zhiping, et al.. (2025). The Cr(VI) removal from tailing wastewater by magnetic amino-functionalized sludge biochar prepared through one-pot method. Desalination and Water Treatment. 322. 101161–101161.

Li, Zhiping, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous removal of lead(II) and cadmium(II) from acidic wastewater by Fe-modified sludge biochar. Desalination and Water Treatment. 320. 100716–100716. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Yi, Shenghua Chang, Xiaojuan Huang, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary responses of dominant and companion species along the precipitation gradient in a typical steppe from 1985 to 2022. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 229. 106075–106075. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Min, Mengjie Qiu, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2024). Solamargine improves the therapeutic efficacy of anti-PD-L1 in lung adenocarcinoma by inhibiting STAT1 activation. Phytomedicine. 128. 155538–155538. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Yuting, Jingjing Wang, Jing Chen, et al.. (2024). Unusual Optical, Electric, and Magnetic Behaviors of OLEDs due to Exothermic/Endothermic Dexter-Energy-Transfer and Fusion Channels of Hot/Cold Triplet Excitons. ACS Photonics. 11(11). 4567–4577.

Zhong, Weimin, Xianyang Luo, Zhicong Hong, et al.. (2024). E3 ubiquitin ligase ITCH-mediated proteasomal degradation of WBP2 sensitizes breast cancer cells to chemotherapy through restraining AMOTL2/c-JUN axis. Biochemical Pharmacology. 232. 116720–116720.

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Sun, Wenjie, Tianyu Li, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2024). Sulfonyl manipulation for enhancing energy storage of flexible epoxy based capacitive films. Chemical Engineering Journal. 484. 149458–149458. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Shichao, Yuanming Li, Ping Chen, Yi Zhou, & Changbing Tang. (2023). Effect of residual pore structure on the performance of TRISO particle fuel. Frontiers in Materials. 9. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (2023). Design method of HSS welded H-section beams subjected to bending-shear combination. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 211. 108201–108201. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, Tianpeng Ding, Guoqiang Xu, et al.. (2023). Giant polarization ripple in transverse pyroelectricity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 426–426. 22 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, Wu Wang, Mingyuan Hu, et al.. (2023). Staggered-layer-boosted flexible Bi2Te3 films with high thermoelectric performance. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(11). 1281–1288. 143 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pan, Xinglong, Yakang Jin, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2023). Differentiated Ionic Electroresponse of Asymmetric Bio‐Hydrogels with Unremitting Power Output. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(12). 22 indexed citations

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Pan, Y., Xi Chen, Chunyu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Three-Dimensional Modeling of Thermal-Mechanical Behavior of Accident Tolerant Fuels. Frontiers in Energy Research. 9. 5 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, Tianpeng Ding, Minmin Gao, et al.. (2020). Controlled heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation towards enhanced photothermal water-electricity-hydrogen production. Nano Energy. 77. 105102–105102. 213 indexed citations

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Ding, Tianpeng, Kwok Hoe Chan, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2020). Scalable thermoelectric fibers for multifunctional textile-electronics. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6006–6006. 178 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (2016). Microstructure and properties of W-Cu/1Cr18Ni9 steel brazed joint with different Ni-based filler metals. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials. 25(3). 463–472. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (2016). Investigation of the microstructure and properties of W75-Cu/W55-Cu brazed joint with Cu-Mn-Co filler metal. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials. 25(1). 17–23. 1 indexed citations

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