Zhenglin Hu

6.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
45 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Zhenglin Hu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenglin Hu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Automotive Engineering and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhenglin Hu's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (41 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (35 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (18 papers). Zhenglin Hu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (41 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (35 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (18 papers). Zhenglin Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhenglin Hu's co-authors include Guanglei Cui, Jingwen Zhao, Jiedong Li, Jiayan Luo, Shu Zhang, Yaojian Zhang, Zhiming Zhao, Jiajia Li, Cheng Wang and Shanmu Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zhenglin Hu

45 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Long-life and deeply rechargeable aqueous Zn anodes enabled by a multifunctional brightener-inspired interphase

2019 1.7k citations Zhiming Zhao, Jingwen Zhao et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Zinc anode-compatible in-situ solid electrolyte interphase via cation solvation modulation

2019 805 citations Huayu Qiu, Xiaofan Du et al. Nature Communications profile →
In situ built interphase with high interface energy and fast kinetics for high performance Zn metal anodes

2021 425 citations Shu Zhang, Shuang Wu et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Crystallographic engineering of Zn anodes for aqueous batteries

2023 219 citations Shuang Wu, Zhenglin Hu et al. profile →
Suppressing metal corrosion through identification of optimal crystallographic plane for Zn batteries

2024 77 citations Lingxiao Ren, Zhenglin Hu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenglin Hu China	26	5.4k	1.8k	1.3k	510	389	45	5.5k
Huilin Pan China	27	6.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	471 0.9×	653 1.7×	50	6.2k
Longsheng Cao China	21	4.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	827 1.6×	491 1.3×	57	5.0k
Tengsheng Zhang China	21	3.9k 0.7×	867 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	655 1.3×	409 1.1×	39	4.1k
Yanyan Wang China	21	3.4k 0.6×	928 0.5×	832 0.6×	426 0.8×	378 1.0×	37	3.5k
Xiaotun Liu United States	16	3.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	755 0.6×	355 0.7×	384 1.0×	19	4.0k
Mingguang Wu China	27	3.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	904 0.7×	424 0.8×	558 1.4×	38	3.6k
Yanbin Yin China	26	3.2k 0.6×	799 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	562 1.1×	303 0.8×	40	3.4k
Buke Wu China	24	3.2k 0.6×	694 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	413 0.8×	321 0.8×	33	3.4k
Zachary G. Neale United States	11	3.9k 0.7×	896 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	361 0.7×	644 1.7×	19	4.1k
Shihan Qi China	40	3.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	984 0.8×	485 1.0×	823 2.1×	67	4.1k

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Wang, Jiaxian, Tiansheng Bai, Yihong Liang, et al.. (2025). Lithium Nitrate-Mediated Low-Volatile Deep Eutectic Electrolyte for Highly Stable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries. ACS Nano. 19(11). 11284–11294. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Ting, et al.. (2025). Ion‐Docking Effect Enabling Rechargeable High‐Voltage Magnesium–Iodine/Chlorine Battery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(22). e202503209–e202503209. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Aoxuan, Linxue Zhang, Xinyue Zhang, et al.. (2024). External field regulation of Li deposition in lithium metal batteries. Materials Today Energy. 42. 101557–101557. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Aoxuan, et al.. (2024). Leveraging Ion Pairing and Transport in Localized High‐Concentration Electrolytes for Reversible Lithium Metal Anodes at Low Temperatures. Angewandte Chemie. 136(45). 6 indexed citations

Ren, Lingxiao, Zhenglin Hu, Chengxin Peng, et al.. (2024). Suppressing metal corrosion through identification of optimal crystallographic plane for Zn batteries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(5). e2309981121–e2309981121. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Aosai, et al.. (2024). Rechargeable Mg–Br₂ Battery with Ultrafast Bromine Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(39). 26855–26862. 9 indexed citations

Hu, Zhenglin, et al.. (2023). In Situ Cross‐Linked Plastic Crystal Electrolytes for Wide‐Temperature and High‐Energy‐Density Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(17). 14 indexed citations

Wang, Aoxuan, Kaixin Zhang, Linxue Zhang, et al.. (2023). Lithium Foam for Deep Cycling Lithium Metal Batteries. Small. 19(36). e2301166–e2301166. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Aoxuan, et al.. (2023). Solvation Engineering Enables High‐Voltage Lithium Ion and Metal Batteries Operating Under −50 and 80 °C. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(35). 27 indexed citations

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He, Fei, Zhenglin Hu, Wenjing Tang, et al.. (2022). Vertically Heterostructured Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(25). 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shu, et al.. (2022). Agglomeration-free composite solid electrolyte and enhanced cathode-electrolyte interphase kinetics for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. Energy storage materials. 51. 19–28. 102 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shu, et al.. (2021). In situ built interphase with high interface energy and fast kinetics for high performance Zn metal anodes. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(6). 3609–3620. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Chen, Huanrui Zhang, Shanmu Dong, et al.. (2020). High Polymerization Conversion and Stable High-Voltage Chemistry Underpinning an In Situ Formed Solid Electrolyte. Chemistry of Materials. 32(21). 9167–9175. 120 indexed citations

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Qiu, Huayu, Xiaofan Du, Jingwen Zhao, et al.. (2019). Zinc anode-compatible in-situ solid electrolyte interphase via cation solvation modulation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5374–5374. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Zhiming, Jingwen Zhao, Zhenglin Hu, et al.. (2019). Long-life and deeply rechargeable aqueous Zn anodes enabled by a multifunctional brightener-inspired interphase. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(6). 1938–1949. 1739 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Xiangyang, Fang Xian, Zhenglin Hu, et al.. (2019). Fluorescence Probing of Active Lithium Distribution in Lithium Metal Anodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(18). 5936–5940. 45 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xiangyang, Fang Xian, Zhenglin Hu, et al.. (2019). Fluorescence Probing of Active Lithium Distribution in Lithium Metal Anodes. Angewandte Chemie. 131(18). 5997–6001. 8 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhenglin, Shu Zhang, Shanmu Dong, et al.. (2018). Self-Stabilized Solid Electrolyte Interface on a Host-Free Li-Metal Anode toward High Areal Capacity and Rate Utilization. Chemistry of Materials. 30(12). 4039–4047. 92 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhenglin, Shu Zhang, Shanmu Dong, et al.. (2017). Poly(ethyl α-cyanoacrylate)-Based Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer for Enhanced Interface Stability of Li Metal Anodes. Chemistry of Materials. 29(11). 4682–4689. 211 indexed citations

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Qin, Bingsheng, Shu Zhang, Zhenglin Hu, et al.. (2017). Ionic liquid-based electrolyte with dual-functional LiDFOB additive toward high-performance LiMn2O4 batteries. Ionics. 23(6). 1399–1406. 15 indexed citations

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