Zhefei Pan

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Zhefei Pan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhefei Pan has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 44 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 19 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Zhefei Pan's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (34 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (29 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (25 papers). Zhefei Pan is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (34 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (29 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (25 papers). Zhefei Pan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United Kingdom. Zhefei Pan's co-authors include Liang An, Bin Huang, Xiangyu Su, Tianshou Zhao, Oladapo Christopher Esan, Zikang Tang, Xiaoyu Huo, Qianfeng Liu, Erdong Wang and Gongquan Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Energy & Environmental Science and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zhefei Pan

63 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Recycling of lithium-ion batteries: Recent advances and perspectives

2018 743 citations Bin Huang, Zhefei Pan et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →
Aqueous metal-air batteries: Fundamentals and applications

2019 317 citations Qianfeng Liu, Zhefei Pan et al. Energy storage materials profile →
Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on CuCo Nanowires at Practical Level

2024 92 citations Kouer Zhang, Xiaohong Zou et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers

Zhefei Pan

EEE

RESE

Mohd Shahbudin Masdar Malaysia

Mỹ Loan Phụng Lê Vietnam

Jiujun Zhang China

Odne Stokke Burheim Norway

Jia Guo China

Xiaobo Zhu China

Viktor Hacker Austria

Pertti Kauranen Finland

Wenming Zhang China

Mohd Shahbudin Masdar Malaysia

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EEE

2.1k ×1.6

RESE

1.2k ×1.6

387 ×0.6

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Citations per year, relative to Zhefei Pan Zhefei Pan (= 1×) peers Mohd Shahbudin Masdar

Countries citing papers authored by Zhefei Pan

Since Specialization

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhefei Pan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhefei Pan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhefei Pan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhefei Pan 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 Zhefei Pan. Zhefei Pan 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

Yun, Liu, Wenzhi Li, Xiaoyu Huo, et al.. (2025). Techno-economic analysis of using ammonia as an energy carrier for renewable energy conversion and storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 162. 150784–150784. 2 indexed citations

Li, Wenzhi, Qing Wang, Yun Liu, et al.. (2025). Unravelling degradation mechanisms of anion exchange membrane direct ammonia fuel cells via distribution of relaxation times. Chemical Engineering Journal. 512. 162204–162204. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Youxu, Jinwang Li, Yuxin Liu, et al.. (2025). Micropillar arrays supported mesoporous TiO2 photoanode for enhancing photoelectrochemical performance. Ceramics International. 51(12). 15340–15348. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Lizhen, Yifan Xu, Qing Wang, et al.. (2025). Direct seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production: electrode designs, cell configurations, and system integrations. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(10). 4596–4624. 19 indexed citations

Wu, Lizhen, Qing Wang, Shu Yuan, et al.. (2025). Unrevealing the Interaction Between Electrode Degradation and Bubble Behaviors in an Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer. Advanced Science. 12(12). e2412962–e2412962. 7 indexed citations

Tu, Jianglin, et al.. (2025). A photoelectrochemical cell with Z-scheme CdS/self-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays heterojunction photoanode for enhanced ammonia synthesis. Electrochimica Acta. 544. 147709–147709.

Zhang, Xuming, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical systems for renewable energy conversion and storage: Focus on flow batteries and regenerative fuel cells. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 48. 101596–101596. 12 indexed citations

Pan, Zhefei, Zhen Zhao, Lizhen Wu, et al.. (2024). Overall Design of a Gradient‐Ordered Membrane Electrode Assembly for Direct Liquid Fuel Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(45). 5 indexed citations

Tu, Jianglin, Jinwang Li, Zhefei Pan, et al.. (2024). Ultra-thin bismuth nanosheets on copper foam enabling high-efficiency electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction for ammonia synthesis. Journal of Power Sources. 624. 235618–235618. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Linyang, et al.. (2024). A novel electro-assisted thermochemical reactor for conversion of CO2/H2O into solar fuels. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 229. 125742–125742. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Mengjie, Tsung‐Cheng Yang, Zhefei Pan, et al.. (2023). Bridging Li-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells: From Cathode Leaching Residue to an Atomic-Scale Catalytic System. ACS Energy Letters. 8(4). 1652–1661. 27 indexed citations

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Shi, Xinyi, Xiaoyu Huo, Oladapo Christopher Esan, et al.. (2023). Mathematical modeling of fuel cells fed with an electrically rechargeable liquid fuel. Energy and AI. 14. 100275–100275. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Wenzhi, Yun Liu, Zhewei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Performance of a hybrid direct ammonia fuel cell with hydrogen peroxide reduction. Journal of Power Sources. 593. 233985–233985. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Yun, et al.. (2023). Development and performance evaluation of a passive direct ammonia fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources. 570. 233057–233057. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Yun, Zhefei Pan, Oladapo Christopher Esan, Xinhai Xu, & Liang An. (2022). Performance Characteristics of a Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell with an Anion Exchange Membrane. Energy & Fuels. 36(21). 13203–13211. 36 indexed citations

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Yun, Liu, Oladapo Christopher Esan, Zhefei Pan, & Liang An. (2021). Machine learning for advanced energy materials. Energy and AI. 3. 100049–100049. 151 indexed citations

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Pan, Zhefei, et al.. (2021). Water flooding behavior in flow cells for ammonia production via electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Fundamental Research. 2(5). 757–763. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Qianfeng, Zhefei Pan, Erdong Wang, Liang An, & Gongquan Sun. (2019). Aqueous metal-air batteries: Fundamentals and applications. Energy storage materials. 27. 478–505. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Guangzhe, Bin Huang, Zhefei Pan, et al.. (2019). Advances in three-dimensional graphene-based materials: configurations, preparation and application in secondary metal (Li, Na, K, Mg, Al)-ion batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(7). 2030–2053. 177 indexed citations

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Su, Xiangyu, Zhefei Pan, & Liang An. (2019). Performance characteristics of a passive direct formate fuel cell. International Journal of Energy Research. 18 indexed citations

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