Zhen Cao

13.0k citations

151 papers · 9.9k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Automotive Engineering top 0.2%
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Perovskite Materials and Applications

Papers in

Automotive Engineering 25
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research 24
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 15
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 10

Co-authors: Luigi Cavallo Jun Ming Husam N. Alshareef Yang‐Kook Sun Wandi Wahyudi Wenxi Wang Limin Wang Romina Oliva
Journals: ACS Energy Letters (15 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (8 papers)Advanced Energy Materials (8 papers)Advanced Functional Materials (5 papers)ACS Nano (5 papers)
Partner nations: China Saudi Arabia United States

In The Last Decade

Zhen Cao

147 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

Non-Flammable Electrolyte Mediated by Solvation Chemistry toward High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries 2024 · 82 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 ACS Energy Letters
2024 Advanced Energy Materials
2023 Advanced Energy Materials
2023 ACS Energy Letters
2022 Advanced Energy Materials
2022 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2021 Advanced Materials
2019 Nature Chemistry
2019 Nano Letters
2019 ACS Energy Letters

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Zhen Cao, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Application and mechanism analysis of steel slag in resource recovery and environmental remediation: A review Minerals Engineering ·Jiarui Gu, Chao Wei, Pengfei Wu, Zhen Cao, Yujie Shao, Xiaoming Liu, Zengqi Zhang	2025	10
2	High carrier concentration carbon nitride composites for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production within pollutants Applied Surface Science ·Haonan Wu, Zhen Cao, Binbin Zhai, Hang Liu, Tianyi Wang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Chengyin Wang	2025	5
3	Synergistic Conversion of Hydrogen Peroxide and Benzaldehyde in Air by Silver Single‐Atom Modified Thiophene‐Functionalized g‐C ₃ N ₄ Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xiaoyu Zhou, Kuanhong Cao, Shouqiang Huang, Haonan Wu, Zhen Cao, Hang Liu, Peng Chen, Dawei Su, Guoxiu Wang, Tianyi Wang, Chengyin Wang, Huan Pang	2025	14
4	Non-Flammable Electrolyte Mediated by Solvation Chemistry toward High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries ACS Energy Letters ·Haoran Cheng, Zheng Ma, Pushpendra Kumar, Honghong Liang, Zhen Cao, Hongliang Xie, Luigi Cavallo, Qian Li, Jun Ming Hit paper breakdown →	2024	82
5	Red mud-modified magnesium potassium phosphate cement used as rapid repair materials: Durability, bonding property, volume stability and environment performance optimization Construction and Building Materials ·Shanliang Ma, Zhen Cao, Chao Wei, Yang Shao, Pengfei Wu, Zengqi Zhang, Xiaoming Liu	2024	28
6	Trace ethylene carbonate-mediated low-concentration ether-based electrolytes for high-voltage lithium metal batteries Energy & Environmental Science ·Yinghua Chen, Zheng Ma, Yuqi Wang, Pushpendra Kumar, Fei Zhao, Tao Cai, Zhen Cao, Luigi Cavallo, Haoran Cheng, Qian Li, Ming Jun	2024	65
7	Solvent–Solvent Interaction Mediated Lithium-Ion (De)intercalation Chemistry in Propylene Carbonate Based Electrolytes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries ACS Nano ·Honghong Liang, Zheng Ma, Yuqi Wang, Fei Zhao, Zhen Cao, Luigi Cavallo, Qian Li, Jun Ming	2023	86
8	A Symmetric Aqueous Magnesium Ion Supercapattery Based on Covalent Organic Frameworks Advanced Energy Materials ·Guo‐Dong Zou, Zhengnan Tian, Vinayak S. Kale, Wenxi Wang, Sharath Kandembeth, Zhen Cao, Jing Guo, Justyna Czaban‐Jóźwiak, Luigi Cavallo, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Husam N. Alshareef	2022	50
9	Reconfigurable Physical Unclonable Function Based on Spin-Orbit Torque Induced Chiral Domain Wall Motion IEEE Electron Device Letters ·Zhen Cao, Shuai Zhang, Jian Zhang, Nuo Xu, Ruofan Li, Zhe Guo, Jijun Yun, Min Song, Qiming Zou, Li Xi, OukJae Lee, Xiaofei Yang, Xuecheng Zou, Jeongmin Hong, Long You	2021	12
10	Highly Active Heterogeneous Catalyst for Ethylene Dimerization Prepared by Selectively Doping Ni on the Surface of a Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Cailing Chen, Mohammed R. Alalouni, Xinglong Dong, Zhen Cao, Qingpeng Cheng, Lirong Zheng, Lingkun Meng, Chao Guan, Lingmei Liu, Edy Abou‐Hamad, Jianjian Wang, Zhan Shi, Kuo‐Wei Huang, Luigi Cavallo, Yu Han	2021	75
11	Superconductivity and High-Pressure Performance of 2D Mo₂C Crystals The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Junli Zhang, Zhen Cao, Xin He, Wenhao Liu, Yan Wen, Luigi Cavallo, Wencai Ren, Hui–Ming Cheng, Xixiang Zhang	2021	5
12	[Ag₉(1,2-BDT)₆]^3–: How Square-Pyramidal Building Blocks Self-Assemble into the Smallest Silver Nanocluster Inorganic Chemistry ·Badriah Alamer, Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Sergey M. Kozlov, Zhen Cao, Aleksander Shkurenko, Saidkhodzha Nematulloev, Partha Maity, Omar F. Mohammed, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Luigi Cavallo, Jean‐Marie Basset, Osman M. Bakr	2021	16
13	Phenanthroline Covalent Organic Framework Electrodes for High-Performance Zinc-Ion Supercapattery ACS Energy Letters ·Wenxi Wang, Vinayak S. Kale, Zhen Cao, Sharath Kandambeth, Wenli Zhang, Jun Ming, Prakash T. Parvatkar, Edy Abou‐Hamad, Osama Shekhah, Luigi Cavallo, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Husam N. Alshareef	2020	260
14	Aqueous Zinc-Ion Storage in MoS₂ by Tuning the Intercalation Energy Nano Letters ·Hanfeng Liang, Zhen Cao, Fangwang Ming, Wenli Zhang, Dalaver H. Anjum, Yi Cui, Luigi Cavallo, Husam N. Alshareef Hit paper breakdown →	2019	461
15	Efficient electrochemical transformation of CO₂ to C₂/C₃ chemicals on benzimidazole-functionalized copper surfaces Chemical Communications ·Shenghong Zhong, Xiulin Yang, Zhen Cao, Xinglong Dong, Sergey M. Kozlov, Laura Falivene, Jing‐Kai Huang, Xiaofeng Zhou, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Zhiping Lai, Kuo‐Wei Huang, Yu Han, Luigi Cavallo, Lain‐Jong Li	2018	48
16	Impact of Interfacial Defects on the Properties of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Lateral Heterojunctions The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Zhen Cao, Moussab Harb, Sheikha Lardhi, Luigi Cavallo	2017	40
17	Substrate Lattice-Guided Seed Formation Controls the Orientation of 2D Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides ACS Nano ·Areej Aljarb, Zhen Cao, Hao‐Ling Tang, Jing‐Kai Huang, Mengliu Li, Weijin Hu, Luigi Cavallo, Lain‐Jong Li	2017	120
18	Direct versus ligand-exchange synthesis of [PtAg₂₈(BDT)₁₂(TPP)₄]⁴⁻nanoclusters: effect of a single-atom dopant on the optoelectronic and chemical properties Nanoscale ·Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Sergey M. Kozlov, Zhen Cao, Moussab Harb, Manas R. Parida, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Omar F. Mohammed, Osman M. Bakr, Luigi Cavallo, Jean‐Marie Basset	2017	67
19	Enhancing Charge Carrier Lifetime in Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes through Mild Hydrogen Treatment Advanced Energy Materials ·Ji‐Wook Jang, Dennis Friedrich, Sönke Müller, Marlene Lamers, Hannes Hempel, Sheikha Lardhi, Zhen Cao, Moussab Harb, Luigi Cavallo, R. Heller, Rainer Eichberger, Roel van de Krol, Fatwa F. Abdi	2017	116
20	Doping-Induced Anisotropic Self-Assembly of Silver Icosahedra in [Pt₂Ag₂₃Cl₇(PPh₃)₁₀] Nanoclusters Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Megalamane S. Bootharaju, Sergey M. Kozlov, Zhen Cao, Moussab Harb, Niladri Maity, Aleksander Shkurenko, Manas R. Parida, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Omar F. Mohammed, Osman M. Bakr, Luigi Cavallo, Jean‐Marie Basset	2017	104

About Zhen Cao

Zhen Cao is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electrochemistry, having authored 151 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (50 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (45 papers), Advanced Battery Technologies Research (24 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (10 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Automotive Engineering (2.0k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.6k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.5k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.6k citations) and Process Chemistry and Technology (225 citations). Zhen Cao has collaborated with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Luigi Cavallo, Jun Ming, Husam N. Alshareef, Yang‐Kook Sun, Wandi Wahyudi, Wenxi Wang, Limin Wang, Romina Oliva, Laura Falivene and Andrea Petta. Their work appears in journals such as ACS Energy Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials and ACS Nano.

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