Zening Li

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 925 citations indexed

About

Zening Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Energy Engineering and Power Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zening Li has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 925 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 7 papers in Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Recurrent topics in Zening Li's work include Smart Grid Energy Management (19 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (14 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (11 papers). Zening Li is often cited by papers focused on Smart Grid Energy Management (19 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (14 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (11 papers). Zening Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Zening Li's co-authors include Xiaolong Jin, Houhe Chen, Su Su, Hongbin Sun, Yixun Xue, Gang Chen, Jia Su, Xue Li, Yunfei Mu and Xinyue Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, Chemosphere and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Zening Li

52 papers receiving 896 citations

Hit Papers

Risk-averse energy management for integrated electricity ... 2025 2026 2025 2025 10 20 30
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. Risk-averse energy management for integrated electricity and heat systems considering building heating vertical imbalance: An asynchronous decentralized approach
    2025 30 citations Zening Li, Zhengmao Li et al. Applied Energy profile →
  2. Cooperative Operation for Multiagent Energy Systems Integrated With Wind, Hydrogen, and Buildings: An Asymmetric Nash Bargaining Approach
    2025 17 citations Zening Li, Zhengmao Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics profile →

Peers

Zening Li
Bo Cao Canada
Bülent Oral Türkiye
Georgios Fotis Greece
Matteo Manganelli Italy
Muhammad Majid Hussain United Kingdom
Mojtaba Ghadamyari Iran
Ivo Palu Estonia
Antoni Sudrià‐Andreu Spain
Dongdong Li China
Bo Cao Canada
Zening Li
Citations per year, relative to Zening Li Zening Li (= 1×) peers Bo Cao

Countries citing papers authored by Zening Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zening Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zening Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zening Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zening Li 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 Zening Li. Zening Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Zening, et al.. (2025). Enhanced catalytic transfer hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol using formaldehyde: MnO2-supported Ag nanohybrids with tuned d-band structure. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 684(Pt 1). 254–261. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zening, Qing Zhang, Fangxiang Sun, et al.. (2025). Pressure‐Induced Emission Enhancement of Multi‐Resonance o‐Carborane Derivatives via Exciton‒Vibration Coupling Suppression. Advanced Science. 12(11). e2411765–e2411765. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Yu‐Xi, Xinyue Chang, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2025). Carbon-aware IES energy management based on green hydrogen blended CHP and seasonal monitoring of carbon trading strategy. Energy. 335. 137755–137755.
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Chang, Liping, Zening Li, Xinyue Chang, et al.. (2025). A two-stage distributionally robust low-carbon operation method for antarctic unmanned observation station integrating virtual energy storage and hydrogen waste heat recovery. Applied Energy. 400. 126578–126578. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Zening, Zhengmao Li, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2025). Cooperative Operation for Multiagent Energy Systems Integrated With Wind, Hydrogen, and Buildings: An Asymmetric Nash Bargaining Approach. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 21(8). 6410–6421. 17 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Ke, Yixun Xue, Yue Zhou, et al.. (2024). Distributed coordinated reconfiguration with soft open points for resilience-oriented restoration in integrated electric and heating systems. Applied Energy. 365. 123207–123207. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Ke, Yixun Xue, Mohammad Shahidehpour, et al.. (2024). Resilience-Oriented Two-Stage Restoration Considering Coordinated Maintenance and Reconfiguration in Integrated Power Distribution and Heating Systems. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 16(1). 124–137. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Zening, Zhengmao Li, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2024). A CCP-based distributed cooperative operation strategy for multi-agent energy systems integrated with wind, solar, and buildings. Applied Energy. 365. 123275–123275. 49 indexed citations
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Chang, Xinyue, et al.. (2024). Distributed peer-to-peer electricity-heat-carbon trading for multi-energy virtual power plants considering copula-CVaR theory and trading preference. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 162. 110231–110231. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haopeng, Zening Li, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2024). A Stochastic Bi-Level Optimal Allocation Approach of Intelligent Buildings Considering Energy Storage Sharing Services. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. 70(3). 5142–5153. 47 indexed citations
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Yang, Haotian, Xinyue Chang, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2024). Transactive energy management for CIES considering tri-level hybrid game-theoretic approaches with multiple weight allocation factors. Applied Energy. 377. 124685–124685. 1 indexed citations
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Xie, Zhihui, Jia Su, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2024). A reliability-constrained planning model for antarctic electricity and heat integrated energy system. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 162. 110346–110346. 3 indexed citations
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Su, Jia, et al.. (2024). A Unifying Framework for Short-Term Load Forecasting via EM-CCGPBOATT Methodology. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 40(2). 1414–1426. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jiyuan, Xinyue Chang, Yixun Xue, et al.. (2024). Privacy-Preserving Neurodynamic Distributed Energy Management for Integrated Energy System Considering Packet Losses. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 21(2). 1882–1891. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Zhiqing, et al.. (2022). Performance of Cooperative Detection in Joint Communication-Sensing Vehicular Network: A Data Analytic and Stochastic Geometry Approach. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(3). 3848–3863. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Yuanying, Xinbo Zhang, Huu Hao Ngo, et al.. (2021). A new spent coffee grounds based biochar - Persulfate catalytic system for enhancement of urea removal in reclaimed water for ultrapure water production. Chemosphere. 288(Pt 1). 132459–132459. 21 indexed citations
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Huang, Sai, Zening Li, Di Zhang, et al.. (2019). Automatic Modulation Classification Using Compressive Convolutional Neural Network. IEEE Access. 7. 79636–79643. 65 indexed citations

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