Zekun Chen

797 total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 534 citations indexed

About

Zekun Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zekun Chen has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 534 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zekun Chen's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers). Zekun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (6 papers). Zekun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Zekun Chen's co-authors include Davide Donadio, Yongfang Li, Shucheng Qin, Jinyuan Zhang, Zheyong Fan, Jing Li, Lei Meng, Hongmei Zhuo, Jing Guo and Xiaojun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zekun Chen

36 papers receiving 530 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.

Isomeric diammonium passivation for perovskite–organic tandem solar cells

2024 91 citations Xin Jiang, Shucheng Qin et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zekun Chen China	14	322	197	161	44	43	39	534
Mallory E. DeCoster United States	9	283 0.9×	228 1.2×	344 2.1×	43 1.0×	12 0.3×	16	574
Zifei Chen China	13	112 0.3×	117 0.6×	318 2.0×	32 0.7×	57 1.3×	37	624
Zhenfeng Zhang China	11	153 0.5×	56 0.3×	101 0.6×	33 0.8×	35 0.8×	29	384
Dong‐Ping Zhang China	18	364 1.1×	139 0.7×	669 4.2×	19 0.4×	64 1.5×	59	932
Mohamed Monkade Morocco	14	306 1.0×	69 0.4×	321 2.0×	48 1.1×	127 3.0×	70	712
Timothy J. Resch United States	4	230 0.7×	114 0.6×	156 1.0×	39 0.9×	86 2.0×	6	469
Mengjie Wei China	12	201 0.6×	72 0.4×	127 0.8×	36 0.8×	135 3.1×	36	423
Adam Fahy Australia	16	279 0.9×	196 1.0×	188 1.2×	29 0.7×	148 3.4×	36	660
Michael J. Fuller United States	12	146 0.5×	69 0.4×	200 1.2×	102 2.3×	50 1.2×	41	549

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Yi-Fan, Zekun Chen, Shuying Li, et al.. (2025). Electrosynthesis of Urea from Carbon Dioxide and Waste Nitrates: History, Recent Progress, and Future Prospects. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(7). 2 indexed citations

He, Xingyu, et al.. (2025). Consensus Based Reinforcement Learning Method for Differentiated Formation Control of UAVs. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(2). 2429–2442. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yuzhong, Zeng Wu, Zekun Chen, et al.. (2024). Manipulating single-crystal packing motifs via selenium substitution and end-group variation for high-performance n-type molecular semiconductors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149536–149536. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2024). Elastic moduli and thermal conductivity of quantum materials at finite temperature. Journal of Applied Physics. 136(22). 6 indexed citations

Jiang, Xin, Shucheng Qin, Lei Meng, et al.. (2024). Isomeric diammonium passivation for perovskite–organic tandem solar cells. Nature. 635(8040). 860–866. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Kun, Cheng Zhang, Yuechen Li, et al.. (2024). Fine-tuning of film morphology through addition of a third component enables organic solar cells with efficiency over 18%. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 8(15). 2657–2665. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2024). Stability and Dynamics of Zeolite-Confined Gold Nanoclusters. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yuzhong, Zeng Wu, Zekun Chen, et al.. (2024). Molecular “backbone surgery” of electron-deficient heteroarenes based on dithienopyrrolobenzothiadiazole: conformation-dependent crystal structures and charge transport properties. Chemical Science. 15(30). 11761–11774. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Yan, Xiaoyan Huang, Zekun Chen, et al.. (2024). High-sensitivity optical fiber seawater temperature and pressure sensor with a low-error demodulation method. Optics Express. 33(2). 1909–1909.

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Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2023). Noninvasive and point-of-care screening of snoring by breath monitoring using ion-in-conjugation polymer-based humidity sensors. Sensors & Diagnostics. 2(3). 721–725. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Jie, et al.. (2023). A Monument Digital Reconstruction Experiment Based on the Human UAV Cooperation. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum.

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Xu, Li, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical CoO@MoN heterostructure nanowire array as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 477. 147154–147154. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Wenhao, Yuzhong Chen, Zeng Wu, et al.. (2023). Perylenediimide regioisomers with tunable physicochemical and charge-transport properties. Chemical Communications. 59(65). 9876–9879. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuzhong, Zeng Wu, Zekun Chen, et al.. (2023). Manipulating Crystal Stacking by Sidechain Engineering for High‐Performance N‐Type Organic Semiconductors. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(50). 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2022). Enhanced photodegradation of dimethoxybenzene isomers in/on ice compared to in aqueous solution. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(9). 5943–5959. 9 indexed citations

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Sachat, Alexandros El, Peng Xiao, Davide Donadio, et al.. (2022). Effect of crystallinity and thickness on thermal transport in layered PtSe2. npj 2D Materials and Applications. 6(1). 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2021). Enhanced photodegradation of dimethoxybenzene isomers in/on ice compared to in aqueous solution. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2021). Ultrahigh Convergent Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes from Comprehensive Atomistic Modeling. Physical Review Letters. 127(2). 25902–25902. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Zekun, et al.. (2020). Photodecay of guaiacol is faster in ice, and even more rapid on ice, than in aqueous solution. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 22(8). 1666–1677. 23 indexed citations

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Guo, Li, Zekun Chen, Jinghe Liu, et al.. (2017). Large size crystal growth and structural, thermal, optical and electrical properties of KCl1−xBrx mixed crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 480. 154–163. 13 indexed citations

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