Zhang Cao

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zhang Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhang Cao has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 8 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhang Cao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (23 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (21 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (11 papers). Zhang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (23 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (21 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (11 papers). Zhang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhang Cao's co-authors include Honghe Zheng, Xueying Zheng, Yunhui Huang, Qunting Qu, Yan Wang, Wei Luo, Yuchen Li, Weibo Huang, Linze Lv and Tong Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Zhang Cao

32 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Electrolyte Design Enabling a High‐Safety and High‐Performance Si Anode with a Tailored Electrode–Electrolyte Interphase

2021 265 citations Zhang Cao, Xueying Zheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhang Cao China	18	1.1k	382	325	164	116	33	1.3k
Chun Li China	13	1.3k 1.2×	566 1.5×	355 1.1×	182 1.1×	313 2.7×	33	1.5k
Weixin Lei China	18	714 0.6×	258 0.7×	180 0.6×	191 1.2×	148 1.3×	61	868
Hao Xie China	16	967 0.9×	139 0.4×	490 1.5×	151 0.9×	42 0.4×	45	1.3k
Jie Jing China	16	459 0.4×	266 0.7×	205 0.6×	247 1.5×	139 1.2×	41	973
Cheng Jiang China	18	1.5k 1.3×	390 1.0×	201 0.6×	396 2.4×	81 0.7×	34	1.7k
Naman Katyal United States	19	699 0.6×	115 0.3×	93 0.3×	337 2.1×	86 0.7×	29	1.0k
Xudong Ma China	16	579 0.5×	131 0.3×	252 0.8×	115 0.7×	143 1.2×	36	753
Lu Zhao China	15	655 0.6×	114 0.3×	404 1.2×	187 1.1×	90 0.8×	37	782
Hande Alptekin United Kingdom	9	732 0.7×	165 0.4×	292 0.9×	129 0.8×	105 0.9×	10	1.0k
Zhen Yu China	13	534 0.5×	112 0.3×	191 0.6×	165 1.0×	96 0.8×	26	686

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhang Cao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enhancing cathode composites with conductive alignment synergy for solid-state batteries. Science Advances. 11(1). eadr4292–eadr4292. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Shuang, et al.. (2024). Close Proximity of Cholesterol Anchors in Membrane Induces the Dissociation of Amphiphilic DNA Strand from Membrane Surface. ChemBioChem. 26(1). e202400748–e202400748. 1 indexed citations

Du, Wei, et al.. (2024). Reconfigurable Amphiphilic DNA Nanotweezer for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Oligonucleotides. ACS Central Science. 10(12). 2338–2345. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yuchen, Zhang Cao, Yan Wang, et al.. (2023). New Insight into the Role of Fluoro-ethylene Carbonate in Suppressing Li-Trapping for Si Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 8(10). 4193–4203. 72 indexed citations

Zheng, Xueying, Zhang Cao, Wei Luo, et al.. (2023). Liberating the Electrolyte via In Situ Conversion of an Amide, Sulfonate‐Containing Monomer Precursor for High‐Temperature Graphite/NCM Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(38). 19 indexed citations

Li, Yuchen, Xueying Zheng, Zhang Cao, et al.. (2022). Unveiling the mechanisms into Li-trapping induced (ir)reversible capacity loss for silicon anode. Energy storage materials. 55. 660–668. 43 indexed citations

Zheng, Xueying, Zhang Cao, Zhen‐Yi Gu, et al.. (2022). Toward High Temperature Sodium Metal Batteries via Regulating the Electrolyte/Electrode Interfacial Chemistries. ACS Energy Letters. 7(6). 2032–2042. 105 indexed citations

Lv, Linze, Yan Wang, Yan Wang, et al.. (2021). The effect of cathode type on the electrochemical performance of Si-based full cells. Journal of Power Sources. 520. 230855–230855. 11 indexed citations

Cao, Zhang, Xueying Zheng, Qunting Qu, Yunhui Huang, & Honghe Zheng. (2021). Electrolyte Design Enabling a High‐Safety and High‐Performance Si Anode with a Tailored Electrode–Electrolyte Interphase. Advanced Materials. 33(38). e2103178–e2103178. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Zhang, Yuyang Liu, Rui Liang, et al.. (2021). Organic skin layer with carboxyl and electron-withdrawing nitro groups to chemically bind with residual Li and Ni cations on single-crystal LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2. Electrochimica Acta. 404. 139743–139743. 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhang, Xueying Zheng, Yan Wang, et al.. (2021). Tailoring a multifunctional, boron and fluoride-enriched solid-electrolyte interphase precursor towards high-rate and stable-cycling silicon anodes. Nano Energy. 93. 106811–106811. 73 indexed citations

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He, Jia, et al.. (2020). A two-stage Kalman filter for the identification of structural parameters with unknown loads. Smart Structures and Systems. 26(6). 693–701. 1 indexed citations

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Heng, Shuai, Zhang Cao, Yan Wang, et al.. (2020). In Situ Transformed Solid Electrolyte Interphase by Implanting a 4-Vinylbenzoic Acid Nanolayer on the Natural Graphite Surface. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(29). 33408–33420. 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhang, Jie Shao, Wei Wang, et al.. (2020). Submicrospherical and Porous Bi₂S₃ Protected by Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon for Practical Anode Fabrication of Li‐Ion Batteries. ChemNanoMat. 6(4). 598–603. 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhang, Guobin Zhu, Yan Wang, et al.. (2019). A trimethylol melamine functionalized polyvinyl alcohol network for high performance nano-silicon anodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(45). 26029–26038. 39 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhang, et al.. (2019). Selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol over BN-supported Pt catalysts at room temperature. Applied Catalysis A General. 578. 105–115. 54 indexed citations

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Shao, Jie, et al.. (2019). Nanoisland-like MoO₂ Embedded in N-Doped Carbon via Mo–N Bonds for Li-Ion Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(4). 1883–1889. 32 indexed citations

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Wu, Zemei, et al.. (2014). Effects of Deicing Salts on the Scaling Resistance of Concrete. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 27(5). 55 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhangli, Caijun Shi, Zhang Cao, et al.. (2013). A review on testing methods for autogenous shrinkage measurement of cement-based materials. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials. 2(2). 161–171. 20 indexed citations

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Shi, Caijun, Shuyan Liu, Zhang Cao, Xiaopeng An, & Fuqiang He. (2013). Quantitative determination of fly ash in fresh cement mortars and concretes. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials. 2(1). 58–66. 6 indexed citations

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