Yu Zhang

13.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
233 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Zhang has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 87 papers in Materials Chemistry and 62 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yu Zhang's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (68 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (53 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (42 papers). Yu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (68 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (53 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (42 papers). Yu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Australia. Yu Zhang's co-authors include Qingyu Yan, Wenping Sun, Shi Xue Dou, Jixin Zhu, Mamoun Muhammed, Wen Luo, Maria Mikhaylova, Mengmeng Lao, Xing‐Long Wu and Hui Teng Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yu Zhang

224 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

Alloy‐Based Anode Materials toward Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2017 753 citations Yu Zhang, Qingyu Yan et al. profile →
Cryopolymerization enables anisotropic polyaniline hybrid hydrogels with superelasticity and highly deformation-tolerant electrochemical energy storage

2020 310 citations Yu Zhang et al. profile →
Radar‐Terahertz‐Infrared Compatible Stealth Coaxial Silver Nanowire@Carbon Nano‐Cable Aerogel

2025 38 citations Hualong Peng, Bo Cai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Zhang China	56	7.1k	3.7k	3.6k	2.4k	1.6k	233	11.5k
Wei Luo China	58	6.2k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	2.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	289	11.9k
Pengfei Liu China	59	6.5k 0.9×	6.6k 1.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	488	14.2k
Wei Liu China	54	6.2k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	4.7k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	896 0.6×	320	10.8k
Feng Yu China	57	5.6k 0.8×	4.6k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	454	11.2k
Yuxin Tang China	65	9.0k 1.3×	5.4k 1.5×	3.6k 1.0×	4.2k 1.8×	2.1k 1.3×	263	15.2k
Wenhui Shi China	56	8.7k 1.2×	3.7k 1.0×	5.3k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	291	12.8k
Seung Woo Lee South Korea	55	9.1k 1.3×	3.9k 1.0×	4.6k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	252	14.0k
Hongyu Sun China	56	5.5k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	917 0.6×	312	9.7k
Na Li China	52	5.9k 0.8×	4.0k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	248	10.0k
Xiaofang Liu China	60	5.2k 0.7×	4.3k 1.2×	5.1k 1.4×	4.5k 1.9×	1.6k 1.1×	282	14.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Zhang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yu, Yu Zhang, Yadong Tang, et al.. (2025). Dipolar Polyimides With a Clever Balance in Dielectric Performance by Introducing a Twisted Fluorene Structure for the Development of Electronic Applications. 8(1).

Hong, Ling, Yu Zhang, Weiping Zhu, et al.. (2025). Highly Stable, Excellent Foliar Adhesion and Anti‐Photodegradation Nucleic Acid‐Peptide Coacervates for Broad Agrochemicals Delivery. Small. 21(17). e2500044–e2500044. 2 indexed citations

Mao, Wendy L., et al.. (2025). Ductile Ag _5.98 SSe _0.6 Te _1.4 with High Room‐Temperature Thermoelectric Performance. Small. 21(37). e02985–e02985.

Peng, Hualong, Bo Cai, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Radar‐Terahertz‐Infrared Compatible Stealth Coaxial Silver Nanowire@Carbon Nano‐Cable Aerogel. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(10). e202421090–e202421090. 38 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Zhi‐Hua, Xiaowei Huang, Xiangyu Hu, et al.. (2024). Contactless printing of food micro-particles controlled by ultrasound. Journal of Food Engineering. 388. 112375–112375. 4 indexed citations

Li, Chao, Kangzhe Cao, Yulong Zhang, et al.. (2024). Triphasic heterostructured Zn–Sn–S hollow nanoboxes encapsulated by N, S-codoped carbon as anodes for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 339. 124966–124966. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Fei, et al.. (2024). Weak electric field strengthens the β-oxidation degradation of fatty acids by activated sludge to produce micro-nano CaCO3. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(4). 113219–113219. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Peipei Ai, Jiangtao Zhao, et al.. (2024). Enhanced catalytic hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate over defect-rich boron nitride sheets-anchored Cu catalyst. Chemical Engineering Science. 302. 120821–120821. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yanbiao, Zhenzhen Wang, Yan Yan, et al.. (2024). Electrospun nanofibers for electrochemical reduction of CO ₂: From spinning fabrication techniques to electrocatalyst design. Nano Research. 18(2). 94907154–94907154. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haifeng, Nuo Liu, Haibo Xu, et al.. (2024). Light stabilizer-modified hydrocharging melt-blown nonwovens with superior charge stability for air filtration. Separation and Purification Technology. 338. 126512–126512. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, Yunze Xu, Zitao Chen, et al.. (2024). Self-Assembled Controllable Cu-Based Perovskite/Calcium Oxide Hybrids with Strong Interfacial Interactions for Enhanced CH₄ Electrosynthesis. ACS Nano. 18(45). 31466–31477. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2023). A new TiAlSiN coated tool and its machining performance evaluation for milling difficult-to-machining materials under MQL conditions. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 101. 589–599. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Yu, et al.. (2023). Construction of hierarchical graphene/polyaniline@polyaniline electrodes by chemical and electrochemical polymerization for high-energy supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta. 454. 142414–142414. 30 indexed citations

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Jiang, Mingwei, Zhidong Hou, Lingbo Ren, Yu Zhang, & Jian‐Gan Wang. (2022). Prussian blue and its analogues for aqueous energy storage: From fundamentals to advanced devices. Energy storage materials. 50. 618–640. 80 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jiawei, Yanying Wang, Zitao Chen, et al.. (2021). Cation‐Deficiency‐Dependent CO₂ Electroreduction over Copper‐Based Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite Oxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(3). e202111670–e202111670. 56 indexed citations

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Fang, Chen, Yu Zhang, Liao Wang, Shanshan Shi, & Dong Liu. (2021). Benefit Evaluation of Energy Storage in Multi-energy Collaborative Optimization of Regional Energy Internet. Electric Power Construction. 42(5). 48. 1 indexed citations

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Lim, Khak Ho, Ka Wai Wong, Doris Cadavid, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic study of energy dependent scattering and hole-phonon interaction at hybrid polymer composite interfaces for optimized thermoelectric performance. Composites Part B Engineering. 164. 54–60. 27 indexed citations

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Guo, Yuanyuan, Xiaoqiao Zeng, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2017). Sn Nanoparticles Encapsulated in 3D Nanoporous Carbon Derived from a Metal–Organic Framework for Anode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(20). 17172–17177. 101 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, Wei Xu, Xiangtao Zhang, et al.. (2017). Highly Efficient Multiple-Anchored Fluorescent Probe for the Detection of Aniline Vapor Based on Synergistic Effect: Chemical Reaction and PET. ACS Sensors. 2(5). 687–694. 39 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, Guilue Guo, Yang Zhao, et al.. (2016). Synergistic Effect of Mesoporous Co₃O₄Nanowires Confined by N-Doped Graphene Aerogel for Enhanced Lithium Storage. Small. 12(28). 3849–3860. 76 indexed citations

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