Zhaoning Song

13.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
222 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Zhaoning Song is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhaoning Song has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 146 papers in Materials Chemistry and 39 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Zhaoning Song's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (139 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (130 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (103 papers). Zhaoning Song is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (139 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (130 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (103 papers). Zhaoning Song collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Norway. Zhaoning Song's co-authors include Yanfa Yan, Michael J. Heben, Adam B. Phillips, Zewen Xiao, Chongwen Li, Randy J. Ellingson, Suneth C. Watthage, Dewei Zhao, Changlei Wang and Xinxing Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhaoning Song

212 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

From Lead Halide Perovskites to Lead‐Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Perovskite Derivatives

2019 869 citations Zhaoning Song, Yanfa Yan et al. profile →
A technoeconomic analysis of perovskite solar module manufacturing with low-cost materials and techniques

2017 490 citations Zhaoning Song, Adam B. Phillips et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers

2018 465 citations Dewei Zhao, Cong Chen et al. Nature Energy profile →
Perovskite Solar Cell Stability in Humid Air: Partially Reversible Phase Transitions in the PbI₂‐CH₃NH₃I‐H₂O System

2016 398 citations Zhaoning Song, Suneth C. Watthage et al. profile →
Toward ideal hole transport materials: a review on recent progress in dopant-free hole transport materials for fabricating efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

2020 329 citations Zhaoning Song et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhaoning Song United States	50	8.7k	5.8k	3.2k	550	525	222	9.7k
Feng Hao China	51	10.8k 1.2×	8.0k 1.4×	4.6k 1.4×	1.2k 2.1×	331 0.6×	213	12.7k
Hong Zhang China	59	9.1k 1.0×	5.2k 0.9×	4.1k 1.3×	2.0k 3.6×	245 0.5×	229	10.9k
Xiaoming Wang United States	37	4.7k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	624 1.1×	320 0.6×	86	5.7k
Shuang Yang China	50	9.1k 1.0×	6.3k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	3.0k 5.5×	294 0.6×	209	11.0k
Severin N. Habisreutinger United States	31	6.8k 0.8×	6.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 5.2×	247 0.5×	45	9.2k
Cong Chen China	57	8.4k 1.0×	5.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	222 0.4×	203	9.2k
Qi Feng China	41	6.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	3.6k 1.1×	1.4k 2.6×	356 0.7×	133	8.0k
Fengxia Wei Singapore	35	4.2k 0.5×	4.1k 0.7×	927 0.3×	856 1.6×	338 0.6×	107	6.3k
Bertrand Philippe Sweden	33	8.2k 0.9×	4.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 2.5×	325 0.6×	45	8.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Xinyu, Zhaoning Song, Xinyao Hu, et al.. (2025). Aberrant phase separation drives membranous organelle remodeling and tumorigenesis. Molecular Cell. 85(9). 1852–1867.e10. 1 indexed citations

Karade, Vijay C., Mingrui He, Zhaoning Song, et al.. (2025). Opportunities and challenges for emerging inorganic chalcogenide–silicon tandem solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(14). 6899–6933. 2 indexed citations

Jamarkattel, Manoj K., Tingting Zhu, Vijay C. Karade, et al.. (2025). Process Optimization and Light Soaking to Enhance Photovoltaic Performance of Antimony Sulfide Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(10). 6280–6289. 3 indexed citations

Mathews, N.R., Xavier Mathew, Vijay C. Karade, et al.. (2024). Hydrothermally deposited Sb2S3 absorber, and a Sb2S3/CdS solar cell with VOC approaching 800 mV. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 274. 112995–112995. 10 indexed citations

Brennan, Michael C., Daniel P. Veghte, Christopher McCleese, et al.. (2023). Photolysis of Mixed Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS Energy Letters. 8(5). 2150–2158. 9 indexed citations

Khadka, Dhruba B., Yasuhiro Shirai, Masatoshi Yanagida, et al.. (2023). Advancing Efficiency and Stability of Lead, Tin, and Lead/Tin Perovskite Solar Cells: Strategies and Perspectives. Solar RRL. 7(21). 17 indexed citations

Kellar, Jon, et al.. (2023). Novel method of recycling perovskite solar cells using iodide solutions. MRS Advances. 8(6). 296–301. 3 indexed citations

Jamarkattel, Manoj K., et al.. (2023). Effect of CdS Annealing on the Performance of Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

Abudulimu, Abasi, Sheng Fu, Stephanie L. Moffitt, et al.. (2023). UV Degradation of Formamidinium-Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. 1–4.

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Hao, Ji, Young‐Hoon Kim, Severin N. Habisreutinger, et al.. (2021). Low-energy room-temperature optical switching in mixed-dimensionality nanoscale perovskite heterojunctions. Science Advances. 7(18). 60 indexed citations

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Li, Chongwen, Zhaoning Song, Cong Chen, et al.. (2020). Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskites with reduced methylammonium for simultaneous enhancement of solar cell efficiency and stability. Nature Energy. 5(10). 768–776. 209 indexed citations

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Wang, Ziyu, Zhaoning Song, Yanfa Yan, Shengzhong Liu, & Dong Yang. (2019). Perovskite—a Perfect Top Cell for Tandem Devices to Break the S–Q Limit. Advanced Science. 6(7). 1801704–1801704. 115 indexed citations

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Awni, Rasha A., Zhaoning Song, Sandip S. Bista, et al.. (2019). Influences of buffer material and fabrication atmosphere on the electrical properties of CdTe solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 27(12). 1115–1123. 29 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaoning, Cong Chen, Chongwen Li, et al.. (2019). Wide-bandgap, low-bandgap, and tandem perovskite solar cells. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 34(9). 93001–93001. 106 indexed citations

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Wang, Changlei, Zhaoning Song, Chongwen Li, Dewei Zhao, & Yanfa Yan. (2019). Low‐Bandgap Mixed Tin‐Lead Perovskites and Their Applications in All‐Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(47). 169 indexed citations

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Ahangharnejhad, Ramez Hosseinian, Zhaoning Song, Adam B. Phillips, et al.. (2018). Optical design of perovskite solar cells for applications in tandem configuration with CuInSe2 bottom cells. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

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Wang, Changlei, Zhaoning Song, Yue Yu, et al.. (2018). Synergistic effects of thiocyanate additive and cesium cations on improving the performance and initial illumination stability of efficient perovskite solar cells. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2(11). 2435–2441. 27 indexed citations

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Subedi, Kamala Khanal, Ebin Bastola, Indra Subedi, et al.. (2018). Bifacial CdTe/CdS solar cell using transparent Nanocomposite (CuS) x (ZnS) 1 -x Thin Film as a Back Contact layer. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Mengjin, Dong Hoe Kim, Yue Yu, et al.. (2017). Effect of non-stoichiometric solution chemistry on improving the performance of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells. Materials Today Energy. 7. 232–238. 34 indexed citations

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Song, Zhaoning, et al.. (2016). Advances in Manipulation of Catalyst Structure and Relationship of Structure-Performance for Direct Propene Epoxidation with H2 and O2. Huaxue jinzhan. 28(12). 1762. 11 indexed citations

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