Yongcao Zhang

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yongcao Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongcao Zhang has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 10 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Yongcao Zhang's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (10 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (10 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (10 papers). Yongcao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (10 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (10 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (10 papers). Yongcao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and Germany. Yongcao Zhang's co-authors include Yilin Li, Cunjiang Yu, Faheem Ershad, Hyunseok Shim, Kyoseung Sim, Christine K. Luscombe, Zhoulyu Rao, Anish Thukral, Yuntao Lu and Pinyi Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yongcao Zhang

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ultra-conformal drawn-on-skin electronics for multifunctional motion artifact-free sensing and point-of-care treatment

2020 279 citations Faheem Ershad, Anish Thukral et al. Nature Communications profile →
An elastic and reconfigurable synaptic transistor based on a stretchable bilayer semiconductor

2022 144 citations Hyunseok Shim, Faheem Ershad et al. Nature Electronics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongcao Zhang United States	14	693	657	497	228	190	29	1.3k
Ji Woong Yu South Korea	12	783 1.1×	416 0.6×	398 0.8×	335 1.5×	154 0.8×	24	1.2k
Xiaoling Wei China	16	597 0.9×	633 1.0×	251 0.5×	196 0.9×	754 4.0×	81	1.7k
Hiroki Maeda Japan	10	1.2k 1.7×	904 1.4×	721 1.5×	343 1.5×	68 0.4×	24	1.7k
Ji-Young Oh South Korea	20	553 0.8×	889 1.4×	369 0.7×	309 1.4×	55 0.3×	57	1.3k
Sangah Gam United States	13	438 0.6×	309 0.5×	539 1.1×	345 1.5×	26 0.1×	16	983
Akihito Miyamoto Japan	12	1.1k 1.6×	509 0.8×	486 1.0×	95 0.4×	135 0.7×	18	1.5k
Jae Joon Kim United States	18	538 0.8×	464 0.7×	306 0.6×	251 1.1×	67 0.4×	21	1.0k
Hyunseok Shim South Korea	17	907 1.3×	795 1.2×	599 1.2×	172 0.8×	358 1.9×	28	1.5k
Suk Gyu Hahm South Korea	24	323 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	1.1k 2.1×	309 1.4×	92 0.5×	36	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongcao Zhang

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Zhong, Yizhou, Yongcao Zhang, Pu Jing, et al.. (2025). Monitoring blood pressure through a single hybrid hemodynamic signal with a flexible optoelectronic patch. Device. 3(8). 100778–100778. 2 indexed citations

Han, Jianhua, Maxime Babics, Luis Huerta Hernandez, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the photodegradation pathways of polymer donors for organic solar cells with seven months of outdoor operational stability. Nature Photonics. 19(4). 415–425. 9 indexed citations

Villalva, Diego Rosas, Yongcao Zhang, Ye Liu, et al.. (2025). Intermolecular-force-driven anisotropy breaks the thermoelectric trade-off in n-type conjugated polymers. Nature Materials. 24(8). 1236–1244. 8 indexed citations

Sharma, Anirudh, Jianhua Han, Fuzong Xu, et al.. (2024). The Role of Self‐Assembled Monolayers in the Performance‐Stability Trade‐Off in Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(44). 24 indexed citations

Corzo, Daniel, Yangyang Xin, Yongcao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Cure-on-demand 3D printing of complex geometries for enhanced tactile sensing in soft robotics and extended reality. Materials Today. 78. 20–31. 8 indexed citations

Han, Jianhua, Han Xu, Maxime Babics, et al.. (2024). In situ formation of thermoset matrices for improved stability in organic photovoltaics. Joule. 8(10). 2883–2902. 7 indexed citations

Zhong, Yizhou, Anil Koklu, Diego Rosas Villalva, et al.. (2022). An Organic Electrochemical Transistor Integrated Photodetector for High Quality Photoplethysmogram Signal Acquisition. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(6). 26 indexed citations

Zhao, Haoyu, Nathaniel Prine, Guorong Ma, et al.. (2022). Out-of-plane transient thermal conductivity measurements for bulk semiconducting conjugated polymers using fast scanning calorimetry. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 7(2). 369–380. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yilin, et al.. (2021). High‐performance hybrid luminescent‐scattering solar concentrators based on a luminescent conjugated polymer. Polymer International. 70(4). 475–482. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yilin, Yujian Sun, Yongcao Zhang, & Wen‐Ji Dong. (2021). A Preliminary Investigation on the Photothermal Properties of Luminescent Solar Concentrators. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 148–154. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Yujian, Yongcao Zhang, & Yilin Li. (2021). Mapping the Surface Heat of Luminescent Solar Concentrators. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 259–265. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yilin, Ban Xuan Dong, Yongcao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Elucidating the Influence of Side-Chain Circular Distribution on the Crack Onset Strain and Hole Mobility of Near-Amorphous Indacenodithiophene Copolymers. Macromolecules. 53(17). 7511–7518. 39 indexed citations

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Sim, Kyoseung, Faheem Ershad, Yongcao Zhang, et al.. (2020). An epicardial bioelectronic patch made from soft rubbery materials and capable of spatiotemporal mapping of electrophysiological activity. Nature Electronics. 3(12). 775–784. 195 indexed citations

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Ershad, Faheem, Anish Thukral, Jiping Yue, et al.. (2020). Ultra-conformal drawn-on-skin electronics for multifunctional motion artifact-free sensing and point-of-care treatment. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3823–3823. 279 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guan, Ying‐Shi, Anish Thukral, Shun Zhang, et al.. (2020). Air/water interfacial assembled rubbery semiconducting nanofilm for fully rubbery integrated electronics. Science Advances. 6(38). 73 indexed citations

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Mateen, Fahad, Yilin Li, Muhammad Ahsan Saeed, et al.. (2020). Large-area luminescent solar concentrator utilizing donor-acceptor luminophore with nearly zero reabsorption: Indoor/outdoor performance evaluation. Journal of Luminescence. 231. 117837–117837. 37 indexed citations

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Li, Yilin, Yujian Sun, Yongcao Zhang, & Wen‐Ji Dong. (2020). Improving the photostability of printed organic photovoltaics through luminescent solar concentrators. Optical Materials. 108. 110194–110194. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yilin, Yujian Sun, & Yongcao Zhang. (2020). Boosting the cost-effectiveness of luminescent solar concentrators through subwavelength sanding treatment. Solar Energy. 198. 151–159. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Yilin, Yongcao Zhang, Yujian Sun, & Tianhui Ren. (2020). Spectral response of large-area luminescent solar concentrators. Applied Optics. 59(28). 8964–8964. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yilin, Yujian Sun, & Yongcao Zhang. (2019). Luminescent solar concentrators performing under different light conditions. Solar Energy. 188. 1248–1255. 30 indexed citations

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