Yong Zhao

17.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
256 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Yong Zhao is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Zhao has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Biomaterials, 80 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 75 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yong Zhao's work include Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (79 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (54 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (49 papers). Yong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (79 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (54 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (49 papers). Yong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Yong Zhao's co-authors include Lei Jiang, Nü Wang, Hao Fong, Yongmei Zheng, Jing Wu, Hao Bai, Xuelin Tian, Fu‐Qiang Nie, Jin Zhai and Zhongbing Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yong Zhao

243 papers receiving 14.5k 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.

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

2010 1.9k citations Yong Zhao, Lei Jiang et al. profile →
A Well‐Mixed Phase Formed by Two Compatible Non‐Fullerene Acceptors Enables Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 18.6%

2021 403 citations Yong Zhao et al. profile →
Electrospun polyimide nanofibers and their applications

2016 389 citations Yichun Ding, Yong Zhao et al. profile →
Advancing Efficiency in Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Strategies and Applications

2025 48 citations Lanlan Hou, Shuai Li et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Zhao China	66	5.2k	4.8k	4.5k	3.8k	3.0k	256	14.7k
Tong Lin Australia	74	9.5k 1.8×	4.3k 0.9×	5.5k 1.2×	5.5k 1.4×	4.7k 1.6×	314	18.9k
Yang Si China	60	6.1k 1.2×	2.1k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	4.3k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	189	12.7k
Jianzhong Ma China	58	4.5k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	4.9k 1.6×	390	14.2k
Jiefeng Gao China	73	7.2k 1.4×	2.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	3.5k 1.2×	282	15.5k
Jianwei Song China	50	3.1k 0.6×	3.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.3×	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	91	14.2k
Jian Xu China	68	3.7k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	5.2k 1.7×	369	15.4k
Hongxia Wang China	55	5.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	224	10.5k
Yudi Kuang United States	51	3.7k 0.7×	3.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	76	14.4k
Gaigai Duan China	62	3.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.2×	3.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	191	12.2k
Shuhui Li China	48	4.4k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	6.5k 1.4×	2.0k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	120	12.9k

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Wang, Ke, et al.. (2025). Conformation‐Driven Circularly Polarized Luminescence Sign Inversion in Chiral Bispyrene Based Cocrystals with Optical Waveguide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(3). e20826–e20826.

Yue, Guichu, Dezhi Wang, Fuzhan Song, et al.. (2025). Surface and Interface Engineering of Electrospun Nanofibers for Heterogeneous Catalysts. Small Methods. 9(10). e2500001–e2500001. 1 indexed citations

Li, Wenbo, Peng Zhao, Yuan Zhao, et al.. (2025). Effect of Activation Process on Electrochemical Properties of Coal Liquefaction Pitch-Based Carbon Foam. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(7). 4516–4526.

Li, Peng, Yu Mao, Heejong Shin, et al.. (2025). Tandem amine scrubbing and CO2 electrolysis via direct piperazine carbamate reduction. Nature Energy. 10(10). 1262–1273. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Guanhua, et al.. (2025). Composition-structure coupling reinforcement to engineer stretchable and conductive composite nanofibrous helix with fully wrapped structure for green fiber electronics. Composites Communications. 56. 102404–102404.

Liu, Suyan, Yong Zhao, Chunying Li, et al.. (2024). Long-term oral administration of Kelisha capsule does not cause hepatorenal toxicity in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 332. 118320–118320.

Wang, Lianmei, Yuan Wang, Yong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Long-term toxicity evaluation of aristolochic acid-IIIa in mice. Toxicology. 506. 153838–153838.

Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2024). Analytical study on deposits of the aircraft engine piston. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 77(1). 138–146.

Li, Bing, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Bioinspired Helical Fibrous Electronics with Interfacial Bonding, Wide Range Elasticity and High Conductivity. Advanced Electronic Materials. 10(10). 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaojie, Yong Zhao, Ziwei Huang, et al.. (2023). Main/side chain asymmetric molecular design enhances charge transfer of two-dimensional conjugated polymer/g-C3N4 heterojunctions for high-efficiency photocatalytic sterilization and degradation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 641. 619–630. 17 indexed citations

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Song-wei, Gao, Huaike Li, Guichu Yue, et al.. (2023). MoS2@CoS2 heterostructured tube-in-tube hollow nanofibers with enhanced reaction reversibility and kinetics for sodium-ion storage. Energy storage materials. 65. 103170–103170. 72 indexed citations

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Song-wei, Gao, Guichu Yue, Huaike Li, et al.. (2023). Pea‐like MoS₂@NiS_1.03–carbon heterostructured hollow nanofibers for high‐performance sodium storage. Carbon Energy. 5(4). 65 indexed citations

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Hou, Lanlan, Jingchong Liu, Zhimin Cui, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired hollow porous fibers with low emissivity and conductivity aluminum platelet skin for thermal insulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(4). 1704–1711. 20 indexed citations

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Hou, Lanlan, Nü Wang, Li‐Juan Yu, et al.. (2022). High-Performance Janus Solar Evaporator for Water Purification with Broad Spectrum Absorption and Ultralow Heat Loss. ACS Energy Letters. 8(1). 553–564. 94 indexed citations

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Xu, Tao, Yichun Ding, Zhipeng Liang, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional monolithic porous structures assembled from fragmented electrospun nanofiber mats/membranes: Methods, properties, and applications. Progress in Materials Science. 112. 100656–100656. 131 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhimin, Dianming Li, Guichu Yue, et al.. (2019). Hierarchically structured electrospinning nanofibers for catalysis and energy storage. Composites Communications. 13. 1–11. 66 indexed citations

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Hou, Lanlan, Nü Wang, Xingkun Man, et al.. (2019). Interpenetrating Janus Membrane for High Rectification Ratio Liquid Unidirectional Penetration. ACS Nano. 13(4). 4124–4132. 158 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dajie, Jie Liu, Bo Chen, et al.. (2018). A Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Janus Inverse-Opal Actuator via Gradient Infiltration. ACS Nano. 12(12). 12149–12158. 75 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yong, Hong Zhang, Xingang Ren, et al.. (2018). Thick TiO₂-Based Top Electron Transport Layer on Perovskite for Highly Efficient and Stable Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 3(12). 2891–2898. 85 indexed citations

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Sui, Xin, Zhen Zhang, Chao Li, et al.. (2018). Engineered Nanochannel Membranes with Diode-like Behavior for Energy Conversion over a Wide pH Range. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(27). 23815–23821. 86 indexed citations

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