Yun Zhao

3.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yun Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Zhao has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yun Zhao's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (30 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (17 papers). Yun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (30 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (17 papers). Yun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Yun Zhao's co-authors include Yushan Yan, Brian P. Setzler, Teng Wang, Bingjun Xu, S. Gottesfeld, Lan Wang, Junhua Wang, Junhua Wang, Lin Shi and Santiago Rojas‐Carbonell and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yun Zhao

50 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Poly(aryl piperidinium) membranes and ionomers for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

2019 810 citations Junhua Wang, Yun Zhao et al. Nature Energy profile →
An Efficient Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell for Affordable Carbon-Neutral Transportation

2019 324 citations Yun Zhao, Brian P. Setzler et al. profile →
High-performance anion exchange membranes based on poly(oxindole benzofuran dibenzo-18-crown-6)s functionalized with hydroxyl and quaternary ammonium groups for alkaline water electrolysis

2025 24 citations Qian Wang, Zhen Peng et al. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yun Zhao China	20	2.0k	1.6k	658	610	607	55	2.8k
Brian P. Setzler United States	17	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	686 1.0×	516 0.8×	580 1.0×	35	2.9k
Mohamed Mamlouk United Kingdom	40	3.3k 1.7×	2.5k 1.6×	938 1.4×	748 1.2×	205 0.3×	99	3.9k
Hyoung‐Juhn Kim South Korea	29	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	497 0.8×	439 0.7×	123 0.2×	53	2.3k
Jaromír Hnát Czechia	24	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	546 0.8×	648 1.1×	164 0.3×	45	2.7k
Shuiyun Shen China	38	3.6k 1.8×	3.2k 2.0×	1.4k 2.2×	319 0.5×	429 0.7×	160	4.6k
Jiantao Fan China	22	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	497 0.8×	570 0.9×	101 0.2×	48	2.4k
Huaneng Su China	36	3.3k 1.7×	2.7k 1.7×	898 1.4×	205 0.3×	258 0.4×	195	3.9k
Marcelo Linardi Brazil	34	2.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	266 0.4×	309 0.5×	108	3.3k
S. Ramakrishnan India	33	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	872 1.3×	575 0.9×	116 0.2×	71	3.6k

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Liu, Xinyi, Jun Chi, Yun Zhao, et al.. (2025). Achieving 2400+ Hours Pure Water‐Fed Electrolysis via Hydroxide Exchange Membrane‐Electrodes Interface Engineering. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(43).

Wang, Wei, Zhiwei Ren, Lifeng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Promoting in-situ stability of hydroxide exchange membranes by thermally conductive network for durable water electrolysis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 934–934. 7 indexed citations

Ding, Xueda, Lei Lei, Tingting Mao, et al.. (2025). Terracing Oxyphilic Platinum Sustains High‐Rate Ammonia Electrolysis and Fuel Cells. Advanced Materials. 38(6). e14467–e14467.

Zhao, Yun, et al.. (2025). Improving Alkali Stability of Anion Exchange Membrane by a Super Water‐Retention Strategy. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(28). 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Yun, et al.. (2025). CO2 conversion under Non-Thermal plasmas driven by various power supplies. Fuel. 412. 138145–138145.

Wang, Qian, et al.. (2025). High-performance anion exchange membranes based on poly(oxindole benzofuran dibenzo-18-crown-6)s functionalized with hydroxyl and quaternary ammonium groups for alkaline water electrolysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 686. 304–317. 24 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhao, Yun, et al.. (2025). Macromolecule crosslinked hydroxide exchange membranes with low ammonia crossover for direct ammonia fuel cells. Journal of Membrane Science. 722. 123862–123862. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xinyi, Yun Zhao, Haitao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Robust PEEK-reinforced poly (aryl piperidinium) hydroxide exchange membrane for water electrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 105. 23–30. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Zhen, Xinyi Liu, Qian Wang, et al.. (2025). Anion exchange membranes based on Poly(oxindole biphenylene) grafted with hydroxyl and quaternary ammonium groups for alkaline water electrolysis. Materials Today Chemistry. 44. 102579–102579. 3 indexed citations

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Peng, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Fabrication and investigation of anion exchange membranes based on poly(terphenyl piperidonium) copolymers with dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran units for water electrolysis. Journal of Power Sources. 642. 236918–236918. 10 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, et al.. (2025). Fluorinated block poly (aryl piperidinium) anion exchange membranes enabling high-performance low-temperature direct ammonia fuel cell. Journal of Membrane Science. 733. 124332–124332. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Yibo, Meng Zhou, Erjiang Hu, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen generation by dielectric barrier discharge plasma assisted ammonia decomposition. Energy Conversion and Management. 306. 118271–118271. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Covalently crosslinked poly (p-terphenyl N-methylpiperidine) based anion exchange membranes for low temperature direct ammonia fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 623. 235404–235404. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, et al.. (2024). Studies on ammonia crossover behavior of hydroxide exchange membranes for direct ammonia fuel cells. Journal of Membrane Science. 717. 123638–123638. 4 indexed citations

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Xiao, Junwu, Alexandra M. Oliveira, Lan Wang, et al.. (2020). Water-Fed Hydroxide Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer Enabled by a Fluoride-Incorporated Nickel–Iron Oxyhydroxide Oxygen Evolution Electrode. ACS Catalysis. 11(1). 264–270. 164 indexed citations

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Wang, Junhua, Yun Zhao, Brian P. Setzler, et al.. (2019). Poly(aryl piperidinium) membranes and ionomers for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells. Nature Energy. 4(5). 392–398. 810 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shi, Lin, Junhua Wang, Yun Zhao, et al.. (2019). High-Performance Hydroxide Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells through Optimization of Relative Humidity, Backpressure and Catalyst Selection. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 166(7). F3305–F3310. 57 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, Yuhong Jin, Li Wang, Guangyu Tian, & Xiangming He. (2018). The Application of Self-Assembled Hierarchical Structures in Lithium-Ion Batteries. Huaxue jinzhan. 30(11). 1761. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, Weihua Wang, Weihua Wang, et al.. (2018). Theoretical Insights into the Interaction Mechanisms between Nitric Acid and Nitrous Oxide Initiated by an Excess Electron. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(37). 7312–7319. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yun, Shuang Gu, Ke Gong, et al.. (2017). Low‐Voltage Gaseous HCl Electrolysis with an Iron Redox‐Mediated Cathode for Chlorine Regeneration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(36). 10735–10739. 14 indexed citations

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