Yu Zhao

16.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
232 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Yu Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Zhao has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 84 papers in Materials Chemistry and 63 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yu Zhao's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (63 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (57 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (57 papers). Yu Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (63 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (57 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (57 papers). Yu Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Yu Zhao's co-authors include Guihua Yu, Lele Peng, Yu Ding, Hye Ryung Byon, Borui Liu, Xiaohong Zhang, Hui Huang, Changkun Zhang, Zhenhui Kang and Zhihui Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yu Zhao

221 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Boron‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2011 1.2k citations Yu Zhao et al. profile →
Nanostructured conductive polymers for advanced energy storage

2015 779 citations Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu et al. profile →
A chemistry and material perspective on lithium redox flow batteries towards high-density electrical energy storage

2015 406 citations Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu et al. profile →
Status and Prospects of Organic Redox Flow Batteries toward Sustainable Energy Storage

2019 398 citations Yu Zhao et al. profile →
A metal-free photocatalyst for highly efficient hydrogen peroxide photoproduction in real seawater

2021 355 citations Yu Zhao, Yang Liu et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Zhao

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Zhao 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 Yu Zhao. Yu Zhao 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reformulation of interrelated cobalt‑copper hydroxide nanolayer by Cl− intercalation with strengthened pseudocapacitive properties for hybrid supercapacitors 2025 ·Journal of Energy Storage ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Junjie Jiang, Mingmei Zhang, Yu Zhao	0
2	Harnessing the power of nanoagents in acute kidney injury: A versatile platform for imaging and treatment 2025 ·PubMed ·Peng Liu, Yu Zhao, Ying Peng, Jessica C. Hsu, Ming Zhou, Wenhu Zhou, (unknown), Weibo Cai	2
3	Microstructure evolution in ultra-high purity Fe-Cr alloys under low-PKA proton irradiation 2025 ·Acta Materialia ·Siwei Chen, (unknown), Yu Zhao, (unknown), S.J. Zinkle	1
4	Polyaniline-Induced Prepassivation and Postactivation Strategy to Improve Lithium Ion Storage in Multilayer Silicon-Based Anodes 2025 ·Energy & Fuels ·Xinyuan Wang, (unknown), Hualan Wang, (unknown), Chaojun Lei, Gaole Dai, Yu Zhao, Li‐Wen Xu, (unknown), Xiaogang Zhang	1
5	Greener aqueous magnesium/fluorinated graphite primary batteries with mixed cation water-in-salt electrolytes 2025 ·Carbon ·Yingying Lan, Fan Zhang, Lejuan Cai, Yu Zhao, Xingchao Zhang, Lisha Lu, Hao Ling, Meiyun Li, Zhongzhi Yuan, Wenlong Wang	1
6	Lean‐Water Gel Electrolyte Enables Zinc Ion Battery at −70 °C 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Zeping Liu, Yu Zhang, Meng Li, Haoran Li, Jiachi Zhang, Yu Zhao, Guangning Xu, Jie Hu, Tiesong Lin, Naiqing Zhang	0
7	A “turn-on” fluorescence sensor for hydroquinone detection based on BSA doped carbon dots (BSA@CDs) from crawfish shells 2024 ·Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy ·Yuliang Cheng, Fan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Jiannan Chen, Weirong Yao, Qian He	5
8	High performance phenothiazine-based battery materials achieved by synergistic steric blocking and extended conjugation 2024 ·Journal of Power Sources ·Tingting Wu, Yue Liu, Jing Ye, Yi Chen, Gaole Dai, Xiaohong Zhang, Yu Zhao	7
9	Room-Temperature, All-Solid-State Electrolyte Based on a Polymeric Single-Ion Conductor 2024 ·Energy & Fuels ·Yue Liu, Huamei Li, Rulin Liu, Tingting Wu, Gaole Dai, (unknown), Xi Zhu, Yu Zhao	1
10	Recent progress in layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries: stability, phase transition and solutions 2024 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Xiaoqin Chen, (unknown), Yu Zhao, (unknown), Xiaoju Yin, Naiqing Zhang	9
11	Operando Optical Imaging of Cathode Swelling Process Inside Lithium Primary Batteries: Comparative Studies between Different Structured CF_x 2024 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Fan Zhang, (unknown), Yingying Lan, (unknown), (unknown), Hongjun Yue, Yu Zhao, Lejuan Cai, Zhongzhi Yuan, Wenlong Wang	3
12	Synthesis of a super-low detection limit fluorescent probe for Al3+ and its application in fluorescence imaging of zebrafish and cells 2023 ·Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy ·Min Li, Na Li, Feng Shao, Rui Wang, Miao Chen, Yuanjun Liu, Yu Zhao, Rong Li	17
13	The Key Effect of Carboxyl Group and CuN₂O₂ Coordinate Structure for Cu, N Co‐Doped Carbon Dots with Peroxidase‐Like Property 2023 ·Small ·Yurong Ma, Mengling Zhang, Jie Wu, Yu Zhao, Xin Du, Hui Huang, Yunjie Zhou, Yang Liu, Zhenhui Kang	33
14	Constructing multiple heterogeneous interfaces in porous bimetallic FeNi3/C and CoNi/C flowers towards brilliant electromagnetic wave absorption performance 2023 ·Carbon ·Bingqian Chen, Jiangni Yun, Yu Zhao, Zhaolin Liu, Junfeng Yan, Zhouhu Deng, Han Zhang, Wu Zhao, Gang Wang, Jiaxuan Zhang	37
15	Hollow spherical NiFe-MOF derivative and N-doped rGO composites towards the tunable wideband electromagnetic wave absorption: Experimental and theoretical study 2022 ·Carbon ·Huiting Zhao, Qijie Wang, (unknown), Yu Zhao, Ling Li, Pinbo Li, Junfeng Yan, Jiangni Yun, Wu Zhao, Han Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Chang Liu	92
16	Construction of string-bead-like spatial conductive network derived from CoFe Prussian blue analogue and carbon nanotube composite for excellent electromagnetic wave absorption 2022 ·Carbon ·Jiahao Wang, Junfeng Yan, Jiangni Yun, Pinbo Li, Huiting Zhao, Yu Zhao, Wu Zhao, Zhouhu Deng, Zhiyong Zhang, (unknown), Jiangxiao Tian	60
17	Polyeutectic-based stable and effective electrolytes for high-performance energy storage systems 2021 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Changkun Zhang, Zhihui Niu, Jiwoong Bae, Leyuan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu	32
18	Interface photo-charge kinetics regulation by carbon dots for efficient hydrogen peroxide production 2020 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Yi Li, Yu Zhao, Haodong Nie, Kaiqiang Wei, Jingjing Cao, Hui Huang, Mingwang Shao, Yang Liu, Zhenhui Kang	63
19	A high-efficiency ammonia-responsive solar evaporator 2020 ·Nanoscale ·Jingjing Xing, (unknown), Ye Liu, Yutong Guo, Lanjian Zhuge, Dafeng Zhang, Ruomeng Duan, Bo Song, Yu Zhao, Bin Dong	15
20	Robust carbon-dot-based evaporator with an enlarged evaporation area for efficient solar steam generation 2020 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Zhenzhen Wang, (unknown), Yu Zhao, Hui Wang, Hui Huang, Yang Liu, Mingwang Shao, Bowen Yao, Zhenhui Kang	51

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