Youzi Zhang

2.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Youzi Zhang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Youzi Zhang has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Youzi Zhang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). Youzi Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). Youzi Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Singapore. Youzi Zhang's co-authors include Xuanhua Li, Xu Xin, Yijin Wang, Peng Guo, Shaohui Guo, Wenjing Huang, Bilin Wang, Ana Jorge Sobrido, Yaru Song and Yuke Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Youzi Zhang

32 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. Internal quantum efficiency higher than 100% achieved by combining doping and quantum effects for photocatalytic overall water splitting
    2023 216 citations Youzi Zhang, Yuke Li et al. Nature Energy profile →
  2. Large electronegativity differences between adjacent atomic sites activate and stabilize ZnIn2S4 for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting
    2024 159 citations Xu Xin, Yuke Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Heterojunction‐Induced Rapid Transformation of Ni3+/Ni2+ Sites which Mediates Urea Oxidation for Energy‐Efficient Hydrogen Production
    2024 86 citations Peng Guo, Shoufu Cao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Bifunctional S-scheme sp2-carbon COF/CdS heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution and C–C coupling of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
    2025 35 citations Bin Qi, Rongchen Shen et al. Journal of Material Science and Technology profile →

Peers

Youzi Zhang
Xu Xin China
Benjamin Moss United Kingdom
Changyeon Kim South Korea
Jiaqing Liu China
Wenchao Wang China
Jinrui Ding China
Miguel García‐Tecedor Spain
Saim Emin Slovenia
Xu Xin China
Youzi Zhang
Citations per year, relative to Youzi Zhang Youzi Zhang (= 1×) peers Xu Xin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youzi Zhang

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

All Works

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Mao, Siman, Youzi Zhang, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2025). Oxygen‐Evolving Covalent Organic Frameworks via Phosphonate Ylide‐Engineering for Enhanced Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2507668–e2507668. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Youzi, Maohuai Wang, Yanping Wei, et al.. (2025). A Near‐Perfect Pt Cocatalyst with a Spatially Oriented Distribution of Pt 2+ /Pt 0 for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Advanced Materials. 37(44). e08693–e08693. 2 indexed citations
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Qi, Bin, Rongchen Shen, Zhiqiang Ren, et al.. (2025). Bifunctional S-scheme sp2-carbon COF/CdS heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution and C–C coupling of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 232. 65–73. 35 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Youzi, Jie Su, Tong Wang, et al.. (2025). Boosting Photocatalytic H 2 and H 2 O 2 Evolution Enabled by Surface Non‐Uniform Pyroelectric Field Derived Dielectrophoresis Effect. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(31). 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Can, Youzi Zhang, Rongchen Shen, et al.. (2025). Triplet Exciton‐Enhanced Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide Enabled by Topologically Tuned Covalent Organic Frameworks. Advanced Materials. 38(3). e11092–e11092. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yijin, Penghui Zhao, Youzi Zhang, et al.. (2025). All-day multifunction hygroscopic salt/aerogels/photocatalysts system for efficient freshwater-hydrogen-oxygen co-production from air. Science China Chemistry. 68(10). 4785–4795. 3 indexed citations
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Ding, Wei, Fei Yan, Peng Guo, et al.. (2025). Nickel carrier transfer bridge for improved photocatalytic water splitting of Zn2GeO4. 1(1). 100006–100006.
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Wen, Yuhua, et al.. (2024). NIR-Ⅱ fluorescence and thermometry properties in negative thermal expansion phosphor Sc2(MoO4)3. Ceramics International. 51(7). 8516–8523. 1 indexed citations
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Xin, Xu, Yuke Li, Youzi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Large electronegativity differences between adjacent atomic sites activate and stabilize ZnIn2S4 for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting. Nature Communications. 15(1). 337–337. 159 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Yijin, Youzi Zhang, & Xuanhua Li. (2024). Achieving high quantum efficiency with short carrier lifetime. Joule. 8(3). 569–571. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Peng, Shoufu Cao, Wenjing Huang, et al.. (2024). Heterojunction‐Induced Rapid Transformation of Ni3+/Ni2+ Sites which Mediates Urea Oxidation for Energy‐Efficient Hydrogen Production. Advanced Materials. 36(18). e2311766–e2311766. 86 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Youzi, Yuke Li, Xu Xin, et al.. (2023). Internal quantum efficiency higher than 100% achieved by combining doping and quantum effects for photocatalytic overall water splitting. Nature Energy. 8(5). 504–514. 216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Peng, Maohuai Wang, Youzi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Phase-dependent intermediate adsorption regulation on molybdenum carbides for efficient pH-universal hydrogen evolution. Applied Surface Science. 625. 157169–157169. 18 indexed citations
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Xin, Xu, Youzi Zhang, Ruiling Wang, et al.. (2023). Hydrovoltaic effect-enhanced photocatalysis by polyacrylic acid/cobaltous oxide–nitrogen doped carbon system for efficient photocatalytic water splitting. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1759–1759. 65 indexed citations
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Xin, Xu, Yaru Song, Shaohui Guo, et al.. (2020). In-situ growth of high-content 1T phase MoS2 confined in the CuS nanoframe for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 269. 118773–118773. 124 indexed citations
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Wang, Bilin, Shaohui Guo, Xu Xin, et al.. (2020). Heat Diffusion‐Induced Gradient Energy Level in Multishell Bisulfides for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(32). 69 indexed citations
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Zhang, Youzi, Xiao Liu, Yifan Zhou, & John Z. H. Zhang. (2017). Calculation of PARP1-ligand binding free energy using alanine scanning and interaction entropy method. Scientia Sinica Chimica. 48(2). 204–209.

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