Zhenghua Su

6.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
126 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Zhenghua Su is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenghua Su has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 107 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Zhenghua Su's work include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (110 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (103 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (56 papers). Zhenghua Su is often cited by papers focused on Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (110 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (103 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (56 papers). Zhenghua Su collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Australia. Zhenghua Su's co-authors include Guangxing Liang, Ping Fan, Shuo Chen, Zhuanghao Zheng, Xianghua Zhang, Fangyang Liu, Lydia Helena Wong, Rong Tang, Chang Yan and Yexiang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhenghua Su

124 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Device Postannealing Enabling over 12% Efficient Solution‐Processed Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Solar Cells with Cd²⁺ Substitution

2020 290 citations Zhenghua Su, Guangxing Liang et al. profile →
Heterojunction Annealing Enabling Record Open‐Circuit Voltage in Antimony Triselenide Solar Cells

2022 182 citations Rong Tang, Shuo Chen et al. profile →
Carrier Transport Enhancement Mechanism in Highly Efficient Antimony Selenide Thin‐Film Solar Cell

2023 127 citations Yandi Luo, Guojie Chen et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Heat treatment in an oxygen-rich environment to suppress deep-level traps in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with 11.51% certified efficiency

2025 31 citations Tong Wu, Shuo Chen et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenghua Su China	42	5.3k	5.1k	777	419	259	126	5.8k
Shuo Chen China	39	3.8k 0.7×	3.8k 0.7×	533 0.7×	320 0.8×	192 0.7×	151	4.6k
Ingrid Repins United States	32	5.8k 1.1×	5.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	373 0.9×	116 0.4×	142	6.2k
Xiao Luo China	29	2.2k 0.4×	2.3k 0.5×	435 0.6×	612 1.5×	243 0.9×	135	3.3k
Seok Joon Yun South Korea	34	2.3k 0.4×	4.5k 0.9×	377 0.5×	468 1.1×	488 1.9×	76	5.1k
Víctor Izquierdo‐Roca Spain	53	8.4k 1.6×	8.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.6×	257 0.6×	273 1.1×	204	8.7k
Fahhad H. Alharbi Qatar	28	2.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	399 0.5×	302 0.7×	238 0.9×	103	3.1k
M.S. Dhaka India	32	2.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.4×	314 0.4×	413 1.0×	216 0.8×	129	3.1k
Teodor K. Todorov United States	38	12.4k 2.3×	11.5k 2.3×	1.8k 2.3×	346 0.8×	214 0.8×	60	12.8k
Chuong V. Nguyen Vietnam	38	1.7k 0.3×	3.6k 0.7×	660 0.8×	565 1.3×	394 1.5×	143	4.2k
Neha Arora Switzerland	30	5.2k 1.0×	3.4k 0.7×	469 0.6×	290 0.7×	345 1.3×	65	6.0k

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Li, Chuanhao, Shuo Chen, Zhenghua Su, et al.. (2025). Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection. Carbon Energy. 7(5). 2 indexed citations

Li, Yingfen, Zhiqi Wang, Yunhai Zhao, et al.. (2024). Potassium doping for grain boundary passivation and defect suppression enables highly-efficient kesterite solar cells. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(11). 109468–109468. 27 indexed citations

Duan, Chunyan, Yandi Luo, Muhammad Ishaq, et al.. (2024). Light-absorber engineering induced defect passivation for efficient antimony triselenide solar cells. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1000. 175130–175130. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xingye, Yunhai Zhao, Nafees Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Achieving high open-circuit voltage in efficient kesterite solar cells via lanthanide europium ion induced carrier lifetime enhancement. Nano Energy. 124. 109448–109448. 47 indexed citations

Li, Chuanhao, et al.. (2024). Suppressing CuZn deep-level trap for ultrafast response in kesterite photodetector. Surfaces and Interfaces. 52. 104853–104853. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yingfen, Fang Huang, Juguang Hu, et al.. (2024). Suppressing Deep‐Level Trap Toward Over 13% Efficient Solution‐Processed Kesterite Solar Cell. Small. 20(35). e2401330–e2401330. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Shuo, Muhammad Ishaq, Donglou Ren, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous Band Alignment Modulation and Carrier Dynamics Optimization Enable Highest Efficiency in Cd‐Free Sb₂Se₃ Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(40). 25 indexed citations

Iftikhar, Tayyaba, Munir Ahmad, Haibing Xie, et al.. (2024). Interfacial band bending and suppressing deep level defects via Eu-MOF-mediated cathode buffer layer in an MA-free inverted perovskite solar cell with high fill factor. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(19). 7234–7246. 19 indexed citations

Ahmad, Munir, Guojie Chen, Ping Luo, et al.. (2024). Dual back interface engineering optimized charge carrier dynamics in Sb₂(S,Se)₃ photocathodes for efficient solar hydrogen production. Chemical Science. 16(1). 393–409. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiangyun, Yining Pan, Zhenghua Su, et al.. (2023). CuSCN Modified Back Contacts for High Performance CZTSSe Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(11). 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Guojie, Nafees Ahmad, Muhammad Ishaq, et al.. (2023). Back contact interfacial modification mechanism in highly-efficient antimony selenide thin-film solar cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 80. 256–264. 34 indexed citations

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Chen, Mingdong, Muhammad Ishaq, Donglou Ren, et al.. (2023). Interface optimization and defects suppression via NaF introduction enable efficient flexible Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 90. 165–175. 18 indexed citations

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Liang, Guangxing, Zhidong Li, Muhammad Ishaq, et al.. (2023). Charge Separation Enhancement Enables Record Photocurrent Density in Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ Photocathodes for Efficient Solar Hydrogen Production. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(19). 70 indexed citations

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Chen, Guojie, Xiangye Li, Fu Chen, et al.. (2023). Tellurium Doping Inducing Defect Passivation for Highly Effective Antimony Selenide Thin Film Solar Cell. Nanomaterials. 13(7). 1240–1240. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Tong, Juguang Hu, Shuo Chen, et al.. (2023). Energy Band Alignment by Solution-Processed Aluminum Doping Strategy toward Record Efficiency in Pulsed Laser-Deposited Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cell. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(11). 14291–14303. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Zhidong, Zhibin Xie, Zhuanghao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Charge Transport Enhancement in BiVO4 Photoanode for Efficient Solar Water Oxidation. Materials. 16(9). 3414–3414. 6 indexed citations

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Luo, Ping, Donglou Ren, Jun Zhao, et al.. (2023). Electron Transport Layer Engineering Induced Carrier Dynamics Optimization for Efficient Cd‐Free Sb₂Se₃ Thin‐Film Solar Cells. Small. 20(4). e2306516–e2306516. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Xingye, Muhammad Ishaq, Nafees Ahmad, et al.. (2022). Ag, Ti dual-cation substitution in Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ induced growth promotion and defect suppression for high-efficiency solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(42). 22791–22802. 62 indexed citations

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Fan, Ping, Guojie Chen, Shuo Chen, et al.. (2021). Quasi-Vertically Oriented Sb₂Se₃ Thin-Film Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Exceeding 500 mV Prepared via Close-Space Sublimation and Selenization. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(39). 46671–46680. 94 indexed citations

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Ishaq, Muhammad, Shuo Chen, Umar Farooq, et al.. (2020). High Open‐Circuit Voltage in Full‐Inorganic Sb₂S₃ Solar Cell via Modified Zn‐Doped TiO₂ Electron Transport Layer. Solar RRL. 4(12). 33 indexed citations

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