Zhenhua Xu

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Zhenhua Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenhua Xu has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Materials Chemistry, 40 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 38 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenhua Xu's work include High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (40 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (28 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (26 papers). Zhenhua Xu is often cited by papers focused on High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (40 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (28 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (26 papers). Zhenhua Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Germany. Zhenhua Xu's co-authors include Rende Mu, Siow Hwa Teo, Chu Zhang, Yusuke Kamata, Liguo Gao, Guanghong Huang, Xueqiang Cao, Shuzi Hayase, Limin He and Tingli Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Advanced Functional Materials and Clinical Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Zhenhua Xu

90 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Quasi-static compression and impact resistances of novel ... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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.

  1. Quasi-static compression and impact resistances of novel re-entrant chiral hybrid honeycomb structures
    2025 17 citations Zhenhua Xu, Y.J. Cui et al. Composite Structures profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenhua Xu China 32 2.0k 1.3k 1.2k 551 532 97 2.8k
Yuehui He China 22 979 0.5× 605 0.5× 696 0.6× 178 0.3× 1.3k 2.5× 63 2.2k
Xizhi Fan China 26 1.0k 0.5× 247 0.2× 694 0.6× 525 1.0× 583 1.1× 54 1.6k
Yoo Jung Sohn Germany 24 934 0.5× 595 0.5× 580 0.5× 474 0.9× 397 0.7× 72 1.6k
Yanchun Zhou China 22 1.5k 0.7× 294 0.2× 959 0.8× 500 0.9× 924 1.7× 40 2.2k
Hans Jürgen Seifert Germany 25 1.1k 0.6× 757 0.6× 377 0.3× 649 1.2× 755 1.4× 97 2.2k
Trent Borman United States 9 1.5k 0.8× 548 0.4× 923 0.8× 148 0.3× 1.7k 3.3× 14 2.8k
E. Serra Italy 28 1.5k 0.8× 923 0.7× 374 0.3× 137 0.2× 414 0.8× 83 2.4k
Joysurya Basu India 23 1.6k 0.8× 620 0.5× 893 0.7× 182 0.3× 1.6k 3.1× 103 3.0k
T. D. Xiao United States 19 1.2k 0.6× 292 0.2× 1.4k 1.1× 459 0.8× 822 1.5× 44 2.4k
Hao Wu China 29 2.3k 1.2× 743 0.6× 397 0.3× 413 0.7× 1.9k 3.5× 133 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenhua Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenhua Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenhua Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhenhua Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhenhua Xu 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 Zhenhua Xu. Zhenhua Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zuo, Youpeng, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in photo-promoted generalized C3–H alkylation of quinoxalin-2(1 H )-ones. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(24). 5703–5727. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhenhua, Tianjian Zhang, Rongxian Bai, et al.. (2025). A bifunctional hypercrosslinked polymer valorised from an expired pharmaceutical: an efficient Lewis acid and phase transfer catalyst. Green Chemistry. 27(30). 9101–9106.
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Bì, Huān, Zhen Wang, & Zhenhua Xu. (2025). A Review of the Intrinsic Chemical Stability Challenge in Operational Perovskite Photovoltaics. Materials. 18(20). 4776–4776.
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Xu, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Quasi-static compression and impact resistances of novel re-entrant chiral hybrid honeycomb structures. Composite Structures. 366. 119206–119206. 17 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Three-point bending performance of sandwich beam with novel gradient re-entrant-chiral-triangular honeycomb core. Engineering Structures. 343. 121032–121032. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yiming, Zhenhua Xu, Xiaohui Li, et al.. (2024). Composites electron transport layer of PVA-regulated SnO2 for high-efficiency stable perovskite solar cells. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1004. 175939–175939. 3 indexed citations
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Cui, Y.J., et al.. (2024). Structure failure and strength evaluation of honeycomb-based sandwich composites under variable hydro-thermal-mechanical load. Composite Structures. 354. 118763–118763. 6 indexed citations
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Zuo, Youpeng, et al.. (2024). Recent approaches for the synthesis of heterocycles from amidines via a metal catalyzed C–H functionalization reaction. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 22(25). 5014–5031. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Jinlong, Donghui Lan, Ru Zhang, et al.. (2024). Flattening of the Cratered Inorganic Perovskite Film via Precursor Engineering for CsPbI2Br Solar Cells with 16.86% Efficiency. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(35). 13392–13400. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhenhua, Lang Chen, Christoph J. Brabec, & Fei Guo. (2023). All Printed Photoanode/Photovoltaic Mini‐Module for Water Splitting. Small Methods. 7(10). e2300619–e2300619. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhenhua, Najiba Murad, Daniel Malawsky, et al.. (2022). OLIG2 Is a Determinant for the Relapse of MYC -Amplified Medulloblastoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(19). 4278–4291. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Ting, Chaoran Chen, Zhenhua Xu, et al.. (2022). Suppressing Nonradiative Losses in Wide-Band-Gap Perovskites Affords Efficient and Printable All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells with a Metal-Free Charge Recombination Layer. ACS Energy Letters. 8(1). 502–512. 38 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhenhua, et al.. (2022). Polymer-complexed SnO2 electron transport layer for high-efficiency n-i-p perovskite solar cells. Nanoscale. 14(33). 12090–12098. 30 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhen, Zhenhua Xu, Jinlong Hu, et al.. (2021). An Embedding 2D/3D Heterostructure Enables High‐Performance FA‐Alloyed Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency over 20%. Advanced Science. 8(22). e2101856–e2101856. 84 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhenhua, Siow Hwa Teo, Liguo Gao, et al.. (2019). La-doped SnO2 as ETL for efficient planar-structure hybrid perovskite solar cells. Organic Electronics. 73. 62–68. 63 indexed citations
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Shen, Zaoyu, Limin He, Zhenhua Xu, Rende Mu, & Guanghong Huang. (2018). Morphological evolution and failure of LZC/YSZ DCL TBCs by electron beam-physical vapor deposition. Materialia. 4. 340–347. 41 indexed citations
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