Zhao Cai

9.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
127 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Zhao Cai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhao Cai has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 54 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 30 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhao Cai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (49 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (46 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (28 papers). Zhao Cai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (49 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (46 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (28 papers). Zhao Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Zhao Cai's co-authors include Xiaoming Sun, Yongming Sun, Jindi Wang, Yun Kuang, Wen Liu, Yaping Li, Yongmin Bi, Daojin Zhou, Yangtao Ou and Lin Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zhao Cai

122 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nitrogen-doped tungsten carbide nanoarray as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting in acid

2018 683 citations Zhao Cai et al. Nature Communications profile →
Single‐Crystalline Ultrathin Co₃O₄ Nanosheets with Massive Vacancy Defects for Enhanced Electrocatalysis

2017 520 citations Zhao Cai, Enyuan Hu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
Chemically resistant Cu–Zn/Zn composite anode for long cycling aqueous batteries

2020 452 citations Zhao Cai, Yangtao Ou et al. Energy storage materials profile →
Anode corrosion in aqueous Zn metal batteries

2023 352 citations Zhao Cai, Jindi Wang et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Ultrafast Metal Electrodeposition Revealed by In Situ Optical Imaging and Theoretical Modeling towards Fast‐Charging Zn Battery Chemistry

2022 213 citations Zhao Cai, Jindi Wang et al. profile →
Introducing Electron Buffers into Intermetallic Pt Alloys against Surface Polarization for High-Performing Fuel Cells

2024 86 citations Xuan Liu, Yuhan Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhao Cai

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Coriander microgreens and baby greens: Comparison of volatile and non-volatile metabolites and potential therapeutic effects on type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity 2025 ·Food Research International ·Yuan Zhong, (unknown), Jian Lyu, (unknown), Zhao Cai, Jihua Yu	2
2	Foodomics uncovers functional volatile and non-volatile metabolite dynamics in Mizuna (Brassica rapa L. var. nipponsinica) at microgreen and baby green stages 2025 ·Food Bioscience ·Yuan Zhong, (unknown), Jian Lyu, (unknown), Zhao Cai, Jihua Yu	2
3	Regulating the mechano-electrochemistry of graphite-silicon hybrid anode through layered electrode structure design 2025 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Chunhao Li, Jing Wang, Xiancheng Wang, Zihe Chen, Renming Zhan, Xiangrui Duan, Xuerui Liu, Kai Cheng, Zhao Cai, Wang Li, Yongming Sun	8
4	Semimetallic hydroxide materials for electrochemical water oxidation 2024 ·Science China Materials ·Jing Wang, M. Jamesh, Qiang Gao, (unknown), Ruimin Sun, Hsien‐Yi Hsu, Chenggang Zhou, Zhao Cai	16
5	Interfacial Engineering of Metal Chalcogenides‐based Heterostructures for Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries 2024 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Yuxiang Zhang, Bo Han, Shuangshuang Tan, Qiang Gao, Zhao Cai, Chenggang Zhou, Jiantao Li, Ruimin Sun, Khalil Amine	12
6	Single-atom Co dispersed on polyoxometalate derivatives confined in bamboo-like carbon nanotubes enabling efficient dual-site lattice oxygen mediated oxygen evolution electrocatalysis for acidic water electrolyzers 2024 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Jianyun Liu, Tanyuan Wang, Zijie Lin, (unknown), Shuxia Liu, Shiyu Wang, Zhao Cai, Hao Sun, Yue Shen, Yunhui Huang, Qing Li	53
7	Introducing Electron Buffers into Intermetallic Pt Alloys against Surface Polarization for High-Performing Fuel Cells breakdown → 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xuan Liu, Yuhan Wang, Jiashun Liang, Shenzhou Li, Siyang Zhang, Dong Su, Zhao Cai, Yunhui Huang, Lior Elbaz, Qing Li	86
8	Low-temperature replacement construction of three-dimensional corrosion-resistant interface for deeply rechargeable Zn metal batteries 2023 ·Nano Materials Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaochao Wu, Ziheng Lu, Qiang Gao, Bo Han, Ruimin Sun, Chenggang Zhou, Jindi Wang, Zhao Cai	23
9	Controllable Thermochemical Generation of Active Defects in the Horizontal/Vertical MoS₂ for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yu Zhou, Cheng Li, (unknown), Li Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Zhao Cai, Jinming Jiang, (unknown), Bo Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, (unknown), Zhihui Chen	39
10	Electron Modulated and Phosphate Radical Stabilized 1T‐Rich MoS₂ for Ultra‐Fast‐Charged Sodium Ion Storage 2023 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Yuxiang Zhang, Jing Wang, (unknown), Bo Han, Qiang Gao, Zhao Cai, Chenggang Zhou, Xike Tian, Ruimin Sun, Liqiang Mai	49
11	Cell division factor ZapE regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation by impacting the pqs quorum sensing system 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xi Liu, (unknown), Jing Wang, Hang Cheng, Zhao Cai, (unknown), Yang Liu, Z. Luyan, Lian‐Hui Zhang, Yingdan Zhang, Liang Yang	5
12	In Situ Dissociated Chalcogenide Anions Regulate the Bi-Catalyst/Electrolyte Interface with Accelerated Surface Reconstruction toward Efficient CO₂ Reduction 2023 ·ACS Catalysis ·Shuxia Liu, Tanyuan Wang, Xuan Liu, Jianyun Liu, Hao Shi, (unknown), Jiashun Liang, Shenzhou Li, Zhao Cai, Yunhui Huang, Qing Li	25
13	Hybrid Polymer-Alloy-Fluoride Interphase Enabling Fast Ion Transport Kinetics for Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries 2023 ·ACS Nano ·Yuanjian Li, Eryang Mao, (unknown), Zhao Cai, Zihe Chen, Lin Fu, Xiangrui Duan, (unknown), Chang Zhang, Ziheng Lu, Wei Liu, Zhi Wei Seh, Yongming Sun	49
14	A sodium-ion-conducted asymmetric electrolyzer to lower the operation voltage for direct seawater electrolysis 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Hao Shi, Tanyuan Wang, Jianyun Liu, Weiwei Chen, Shenzhou Li, Jiashun Liang, Shuxia Liu, Xuan Liu, Zhao Cai, Chao Wang, Dong Su, Yunhui Huang, Lior Elbaz, Qing Li	143
15	Li plating on alloy with superior electro-mechanical stability for high energy density anode-free batteries 2022 ·Energy storage materials ·Xiancheng Wang, Yufang He, Shuibin Tu, Lin Fu, Zihe Chen, Shiyu Liu, Zhao Cai, Li Wang, Xiangming He, Yongming Sun	63
16	A Replacement Reaction Enabled Interdigitated Metal/Solid Electrolyte Architecture for Battery Cycling at 20 mA cm^–2 and 20 mAh cm^–2 2021 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Zhao Cai, Yangtao Ou, Bao Zhang, Jindi Wang, Lin Fu, Mintao Wan, Guocheng Li, Wenyu Wang, Li Wang, Jianjun Jiang, Zhi Wei Seh, Enyuan Hu, Xiao‐Qing Yang, Yi Cui, Yongming Sun	177
17	Manipulating Redox Kinetics of Sulfur Species Using Mott–Schottky Electrocatalysts for Advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries 2021 ·Nano Letters ·Yuanjian Li, Wenyu Wang, Bao Zhang, Lin Fu, Mintao Wan, Guocheng Li, Zhao Cai, Shuibin Tu, Xiangrui Duan, Zhi Wei Seh, Jianjun Jiang, Yongming Sun	203
18	The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia with negative detection of viral ribonucleic acid from nasopharyngeal swabs: a case report 2020 ·BMC Infectious Diseases ·Peiyan Zhang, Zhao Cai, Weibo Wu, Ling Peng, (unknown), Chuming Chen, Li Chen, Jianming Li, Mengli Cao, (unknown), Xiao Jiang, Jing Yuan, Yingxia Liu, (unknown), Fuxiang Wang	12
19	Elevated intracellular cyclic‐di‐GMP level in Shewanella oneidensis increases expression of c ‐type cytochromes 2020 ·Microbial Biotechnology ·Chun Kiat Ng, Jiabao Xu, Zhao Cai, Liang Yang, Ian P. Thompson, Wei E. Huang, Bin Cao	30
20	Prelithiated Li-Enriched Gradient Interphase toward Practical High-Energy NMC–Silicon Full Cell 2020 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Xiaoxiao Liu, Tongchao Liu, Rui Wang, Zhao Cai, Wenyu Wang, Yifei Yuan, Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar, Xiaocheng Li, (unknown), Enyuan Hu, Xiao‐Qing Yang, Yinguo Xiao, Khalil Amine, Jun Lü, Yongming Sun	68

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