Zeyun Xiao

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Zeyun Xiao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zeyun Xiao has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 53 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 24 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zeyun Xiao's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (59 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (50 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (38 papers). Zeyun Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (59 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (50 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (38 papers). Zeyun Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and South Korea. Zeyun Xiao's co-authors include Luke A. Connal, Kuan Sun, Shirong Lu, Zhipeng Kan, Haiyan Chen, David J. Jones, Ke Yang, Joe Collins, Jianyong Ouyang and Dingqin Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zeyun Xiao

106 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A molecular nematic liquid crystalline material for high-performance organic photovoltaics

2015 580 citations Kuan Sun, Zeyun Xiao et al. profile →
Rational molecular and device design enables organic solar cells approaching 20% efficiency

2024 220 citations Jiehao Fu, Qianguang Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zeyun Xiao China	34	3.4k	3.0k	1.1k	614	599	109	4.9k
Yuhang Liu China	24	3.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	977 0.9×	713 1.2×	556 0.9×	103	4.8k
Yang Wang China	39	3.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	420 0.7×	782 1.3×	201	5.0k
Joo Hyun Kim South Korea	35	2.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	225 0.4×	634 1.1×	215	4.3k
Zhongjie Ren China	36	3.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	3.0k 2.9×	509 0.8×	554 0.9×	190	5.7k
Zachariah A. Page United States	34	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 2.3×	717 1.2×	97	4.1k
Miaomiao Li China	42	6.0k 1.7×	5.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	1.5k 2.4×	777 1.3×	230	9.0k
Riccardo Pó Italy	33	3.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	919 0.9×	740 1.2×	430 0.7×	152	4.6k
Qing Zhang China	36	2.0k 0.6×	849 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	376 0.6×	579 1.0×	157	3.4k
Qiang Peng China	45	6.2k 1.8×	5.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	591 1.0×	710 1.2×	162	7.6k
Wang Ni China	28	5.4k 1.6×	4.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	352 0.6×	350 0.6×	72	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zeyun Xiao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zeyun Xiao

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Jiang, Xue, Lei Liu, Yao Chen, et al.. (2025). A thiophene end-capped centrally extended acceptor enables organic solar cells with efficiency over 19.3%. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(15). 7458–7461. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Jiehao, Hongxiang Li, Heng Liu, et al.. (2025). Two-step crystallization modulated through acenaphthene enabling 21% binary organic solar cells and 83.2% fill factor. Nature Energy. 10(10). 1251–1261. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Zheng-Ming, Shu‐Yan Jiang, Peihao Huang, et al.. (2024). Integrating self‐assembled supramolecular organic frameworks with inorganic semiconductors for infrared photodetection. Aggregate. 6(2). 3 indexed citations

Li, Yulu, Yao Chen, Tainan Duan, et al.. (2024). Relocating selenium alkyl chain enables efficient all-small molecule organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 482. 149149–149149. 7 indexed citations

Hu, Dingqin, Peihao Huang, Chun Hong Mak, et al.. (2024). Additive-induced intermolecular interaction enhancement enables highly efficient organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(43). 17668–17675. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Qianguang, Haiyan Chen, Jie Lv, et al.. (2023). Balancing the Efficiency and Synthetic Accessibility of Organic Solar Cells with Isomeric Acceptor Engineering. Advanced Science. 10(20). e2207678–e2207678. 25 indexed citations

Liao, Zhihui, Dingqin Hu, Hua Tang, et al.. (2022). 18.42% efficiency polymer solar cells enabled by terpolymer donors with optimal miscibility and energy levels. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(14). 7878–7887. 53 indexed citations

Aitken, Heather M., Zeyun Xiao, Mitchell T. Blyth, et al.. (2021). Enzyme inspired polymer functionalized with an artificial catalytic triad. Polymer. 225. 123735–123735. 13 indexed citations

Nothling, Mitchell D., Zeyun Xiao, Nicholas S. Hill, et al.. (2020). A multifunctional surfactant catalyst inspired by hydrolases. Science Advances. 6(14). eaaz0404–eaaz0404. 51 indexed citations

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Hu, Dingqin, Qianguang Yang, Haiyan Chen, et al.. (2020). 15.34% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells with an improved fill factor enabled by a fullerene additive. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(7). 2134–2141. 240 indexed citations

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Duan, Tainan, Jiehao Fu, Zhipeng Kan, et al.. (2020). An asymmetric end-capping strategy enables a new non-fullerene acceptor for organic solar cells with efficiency over 10%. Chemical Communications. 56(48). 6531–6534. 6 indexed citations

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Liao, Zhihui, Ke Yang, Jun Li, et al.. (2020). Thiazole-Functionalized Terpolymer Donors Obtained via Random Ternary Copolymerization for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells. Macromolecules. 53(20). 9034–9042. 25 indexed citations

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Chen, Shanshan, Junfeng Ye, Qianguang Yang, et al.. (2020). Molecular ordering and phase segregation induced by a volatile solid additive for highly efficient all-small-molecule organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(5). 2857–2863. 52 indexed citations

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Duan, Tainan, Hua Tang, Ru‐Ze Liang, et al.. (2019). Terminal group engineering for small-molecule donors boosts the performance of nonfullerene organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(6). 2541–2546. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Haiyan, Dingqin Hu, Qianguang Yang, et al.. (2019). All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with an Ordered Liquid Crystalline Donor. Joule. 3(12). 3034–3047. 306 indexed citations

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Nothling, Mitchell D., Zeyun Xiao, Mitchell T. Blyth, et al.. (2018). Synthetic Catalysts Inspired by Hydrolytic Enzymes. ACS Catalysis. 9(1). 168–187. 120 indexed citations

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Collins, Joe, et al.. (2017). 3D-printing of dynamic self-healing cryogels with tuneable properties. Polymer Chemistry. 9(13). 1684–1692. 57 indexed citations

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Bennett, Christopher, Joe Collins, Zeyun Xiao, Daniel Klinger, & Luke A. Connal. (2017). A Scalable and Versatile Synthesis of Oxime‐Based Hormone Dimers and Gels for Sustained Release. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 12(13). 1456–1460. 6 indexed citations

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Gentekos, Dillon T., et al.. (2017). Manipulation of Molecular Weight Distribution Shape as a New Strategy to Control Processing Parameters. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 38(19). 70 indexed citations

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Xiao, Zeyun, et al.. (2016). Versatile Synthesis of Amino Acid Functional Polymers without Protection Group Chemistry. Biomacromolecules. 18(1). 272–280. 16 indexed citations

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