Zengxia Pei

18.9k total citations · 17 hit papers
102 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Zengxia Pei is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zengxia Pei has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 50 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 40 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zengxia Pei's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (48 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers). Zengxia Pei is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (48 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers). Zengxia Pei collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Zengxia Pei's co-authors include Chunyi Zhi, Yan Huang, Minshen Zhu, Hongfei Li, Yang Huang, Qi Xue, Yuan Chen, Wei Li, Zijie Tang and Zifeng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zengxia Pei

98 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

Photoluminescent Ti3C2 MXene Quantum Dots for Multicolor ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2017 2018 2016 2015 2016 250 500 750
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. Photoluminescent Ti3C2 MXene Quantum Dots for Multicolor Cellular Imaging
    2017 845 citations Qi Xue, Minshen Zhu et al. profile →
  2. An extremely safe and wearable solid-state zinc ion battery based on a hierarchical structured polymer electrolyte
    2018 827 citations Hongfei Li, Yan Huang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  3. Nanostructured Polypyrrole as a flexible electrode material of supercapacitor
    2016 706 citations Yang Huang, Hongfei Li et al. profile →
  4. A self-healable and highly stretchable supercapacitor based on a dual crosslinked polyelectrolyte
    2015 672 citations Yan Huang, Yang Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Highly Flexible, Freestanding Supercapacitor Electrode with Enhanced Performance Obtained by Hybridizing Polypyrrole Chains with MXene
    2016 649 citations Minshen Zhu, Yang Huang et al. profile →
  6. Waterproof and Tailorable Elastic Rechargeable Yarn Zinc Ion Batteries by a Cross-Linked Polyacrylamide Electrolyte
    2018 514 citations Hongfei Li, Zhuoxin Liu et al. profile →
  7. Ultrathin MXene‐Micropattern‐Based Field‐Effect Transistor for Probing Neural Activity
    2016 502 citations Minshen Zhu, Zengxia Pei et al. profile →
  8. Initiating a mild aqueous electrolyte Co3O4/Zn battery with 2.2 V-high voltage and 5000-cycle lifespan by a Co(iii) rich-electrode
    2018 482 citations Longtao Ma, Hongfei Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  9. Multifunctional Energy Storage and Conversion Devices
    2016 479 citations Yan Huang, Minshen Zhu et al. profile →
  10. Texturing in situ: N,S-enriched hierarchically porous carbon as a highly active reversible oxygen electrocatalyst
    2017 455 citations Zengxia Pei, Hongfei Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  11. From Industrially Weavable and Knittable Highly Conductive Yarns to Large Wearable Energy Storage Textiles
    2015 413 citations Yan Huang, Yang Huang et al. profile →
  12. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution under neutral pH conditions: current understandings, recent advances, and future prospects
    2020 395 citations Zheng Zhou, Zengxia Pei et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  13. Recent Progress on Flexible and Wearable Supercapacitors
    2017 383 citations Qi Xue, Yan Huang et al. profile →
  14. “Soft Shorts” Hidden in Zinc Metal Anode Research
    2022 368 citations Qing Li, Donghong Wang et al. Joule profile →
  15. Toward Flexible Zinc‐Ion Hybrid Capacitors with Superhigh Energy Density and Ultralong Cycling Life: The Pivotal Role of ZnCl2 Salt‐Based Electrolytes
    2020 329 citations Zengxia Pei, Qiangqiang Meng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  16. Cation‐Vacancy‐Enriched Nickel Phosphide for Efficient Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxides
    2022 271 citations Zheng Zhou, Hao Tan et al. profile →
  17. Electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater-like solution through single-atom catalysts
    2023 161 citations Yangyang Liu, Can Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zengxia Pei China 65 10.8k 7.5k 5.2k 4.9k 3.5k 102 16.8k
Dingshan Yu China 55 10.3k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 6.4k 1.2× 6.3k 1.3× 3.2k 0.9× 189 16.7k
Cao Guan China 73 15.0k 1.4× 11.1k 1.5× 6.1k 1.2× 4.1k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 161 18.9k
Huanlei Wang China 66 13.0k 1.2× 11.0k 1.5× 3.1k 0.6× 3.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 251 17.4k
Lele Peng China 51 10.6k 1.0× 6.4k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 4.8k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 89 15.2k
Hongfei Li China 83 19.4k 1.8× 10.8k 1.4× 3.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 3.8k 1.1× 226 24.8k
Longtao Ma China 68 13.9k 1.3× 5.7k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 3.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 138 16.5k
Guojin Liang China 68 13.3k 1.2× 5.9k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 3.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 133 16.2k
Chuangang Hu China 69 9.0k 0.8× 6.1k 0.8× 7.4k 1.4× 6.0k 1.2× 3.2k 0.9× 151 16.3k
Michael F. Durstock United States 43 8.3k 0.8× 2.6k 0.3× 5.6k 1.1× 4.1k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 99 12.7k
Seong Chan Jun South Korea 64 9.1k 0.8× 5.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.5× 4.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 222 12.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zengxia Pei

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yan, Xu, Zhe Gong, Baoxin Ge, et al.. (2025). Entropy‐Driven Competitive Adsorption Sites Tailoring Unlocks Efficient Hybrid Conversion Zn–Air Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 137(24).
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Yang, Yijia, Jichang Lu, Xueying Yang, et al.. (2025). Synergistically constructing dual oxygen/sulfur vacancies and activating lattice oxygen in MoS2/TiO2 via heterointerface charge transfer for catalytic degradation of sulfur-containing VOCs. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160574–160574. 5 indexed citations
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Foley, Matthew, Jiewei Zheng, Francois‐Marie Allioux, et al.. (2025). Observing growth of metallic crystals inside liquid metal solvents. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10044–10044.
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Wang, Cheng, Zhe Gong, Jodie A. Yuwono, et al.. (2025). Ligand-channel-induced ion liberation in crowded zwitterionic hydrogel electrolyte for efficient zinc metal batteries. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11069–11069.
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Li, Chuan, Tairan Wang, Joseph H. C. Lai, et al.. (2025). Hydrophobic-unit-regulated hydrogel electrolytes with high water content and low salt concentration for high-voltage aqueous batteries. Joule. 9(4). 101827–101827. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Chuan, Ze Chen, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Scalable high-voltage Zn||MnO 2 batteries achieved by mild amphiphilic hydrogel electrolytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(33). e2501935122–e2501935122. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Guangjie, Qian Zhang, Zhe Gong, et al.. (2024). Bionic Hollow Porous Carbon Nanofibers for Energy‐Dense and Rapid Zinc Ion Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(10). e202421230–e202421230. 55 indexed citations
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Li, Chuan, Jiaxiong Zhu, Rong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Hydrogels with amphiphilic chains and targeted adhesion for high-areal-capacity zinc batteries. Energy storage materials. 60. 102858–102858. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Yangyang, Can Li, Chun Hui Tan, et al.. (2023). Electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater-like solution through single-atom catalysts. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2475–2475. 161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Cheng, Xin Zeng, Jiangtao Qu, et al.. (2023). Salt-tolerance training enabled flexible molten hydrate gel electrolytes for energy-dense and stable zinc storage. Matter. 6(11). 3993–4012. 88 indexed citations
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Pei, Zengxia, Hao Tan, Jinxing Gu, et al.. (2023). A polymeric hydrogel electrocatalyst for direct water oxidation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 818–818. 110 indexed citations
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Pei, Zengxia, Luyao Ding, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2021). Make it stereoscopic: interfacial design for full-temperature adaptive flexible zinc–air batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(9). 4926–4935. 178 indexed citations
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Wang, Cheng, Xin Zeng, Patrick J. Cullen, & Zengxia Pei. (2021). The rise of flexible zinc-ion hybrid capacitors: advances, challenges, and outlooks. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(35). 19054–19082. 86 indexed citations
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Chen, Junsheng, Wei Li, Asif Mahmood, et al.. (2019). Prussian blue, its analogues and their derived materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Energy storage materials. 25. 585–612. 248 indexed citations
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Wang, Yukun, Zengxia Pei, Minshen Zhu, et al.. (2018). A Wearable Supercapacitor Engaged with Gold Leaf Gilding Cloth Toward Enhanced Practicability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(25). 21297–21305. 25 indexed citations
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Mo, Funian, Hongfei Li, Zengxia Pei, et al.. (2018). A smart safe rechargeable zinc ion battery based on sol-gel transition electrolytes. Science Bulletin. 63(16). 1077–1086. 161 indexed citations
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Huang, Yang, Wei Chen, Hongfei Li, et al.. (2017). Graphene stirrer with designed movements: Targeting on environmental remediation and supercapacitor applications. Green Energy & Environment. 3(1). 86–96. 12 indexed citations
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Pei, Zengxia, Luyao Ding, Wenhui Feng, Sunxian Weng, & Ping Liu. (2014). Defect self-doped TiO2for visible light activity and direct noble metal anchoring. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(39). 21876–21881. 31 indexed citations
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Hu, Jun, Sunxian Weng, Zuyang Zheng, et al.. (2013). Solvents mediated-synthesis of BiOI photocatalysts with tunable morphologies and their visible-light driven photocatalytic performances in removing of arsenic from water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 264. 293–302. 215 indexed citations

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