Zhenhua Zeng

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
74 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Zhenhua Zeng is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenhua Zeng has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 42 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 39 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhenhua Zeng's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (39 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (22 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (21 papers). Zhenhua Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (39 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (22 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (21 papers). Zhenhua Zeng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zhenhua Zeng's co-authors include Jeffrey Greeley, Peter Strasser, Wei‐Xue Li, Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, Jing Zhu, Hemma Mistry, Rulle Reske, Michael Giroux and Chao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhenhua Zeng

71 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

  1. In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution
    2020 920 citations Fabio Dionigi, Zhenhua Zeng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Exceptional Size-Dependent Activity Enhancement in the Electroreduction of CO2 over Au Nanoparticles
    2014 636 citations Zhenhua Zeng, Zhi‐Jian Zhao et al. profile →
  3. Tunable intrinsic strain in two-dimensional transition metal electrocatalysts
    2019 496 citations Zhenhua Zeng, Jeffrey Greeley et al. profile →
  4. Site-specific reactivity of stepped Pt surfaces driven by stress release
    2024 92 citations Guangdong Liu, Arthur J. Shih et al. Nature 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 Zeng United States 28 3.3k 2.2k 2.0k 729 585 74 4.4k
Jakub Drnec France 35 3.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 605 0.8× 717 1.2× 145 4.7k
Xiaojing Liu China 30 3.5k 1.1× 3.0k 1.4× 1.9k 1.0× 355 0.5× 433 0.7× 69 5.0k
Hassan A. Tahini Australia 32 2.7k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 423 0.6× 348 0.6× 66 3.9k
Vladimir Tripković Denmark 25 4.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 843 1.2× 1.1k 1.9× 34 4.9k
Ping Song China 30 3.8k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 729 1.0× 369 0.6× 62 4.8k
Soo‐Kil Kim South Korea 38 3.1k 0.9× 3.1k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 424 0.6× 575 1.0× 138 4.3k
Cheng‐Hao Chuang Taiwan 33 2.3k 0.7× 3.1k 1.4× 2.1k 1.0× 955 1.3× 343 0.6× 70 5.3k
Yu Katayama Japan 27 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 542 0.9× 71 4.5k
Marı́a Escudero-Escribano Denmark 32 4.8k 1.4× 3.4k 1.6× 1.8k 0.9× 518 0.7× 1.2k 2.1× 80 5.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenhua Zeng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Han, Guangshuai, et al.. (2025). Enhancing piezoelectricity of PVDF with organic dopants: From atomic-scale insights to advanced wearable devices. Nano Energy. 144. 111383–111383. 2 indexed citations
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Klingenhof, Malte, Susanne Koch, Jing Zhu, et al.. (2024). High-performance anion-exchange membrane water electrolysers using NiX (X = Fe,Co,Mn) catalyst-coated membranes with redox-active Ni–O ligands. Nature Catalysis. 7(11). 1213–1222. 63 indexed citations
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Liu, Guangdong, Arthur J. Shih, Huiqiu Deng, et al.. (2024). Site-specific reactivity of stepped Pt surfaces driven by stress release. Nature. 626(8001). 1005–1010. 92 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Qianbao, Ruiqi Ku, Liujiang Zhou, et al.. (2023). Self-adaptive amorphous CoOxCly electrocatalyst for sustainable chlorine evolution in acidic brine. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5356–5356. 51 indexed citations
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Dionigi, Fabio, Zhenhua Zeng, Jing Zhu, et al.. (2023). Structural Transformations in Ni (Oxy)Hydroxide Host Structures Under Operating Conditions for Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2023-01(36). 2062–2062. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Qianbao, Junwu Liang, Chang Long, et al.. (2023). Non-covalent ligand-oxide interaction promotes oxygen evolution. Nature Communications. 14(1). 997–997. 62 indexed citations
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Deshpande, Siddharth, et al.. (2023). A first principles analysis of potential-dependent structural evolution of active sites in Fe-N-C catalysts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(49). e2308458120–e2308458120. 28 indexed citations
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Dionigi, Fabio, Zhenhua Zeng, Jing Zhu, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic Catalytic Activity and Active Phase for Oxygen Evolution in Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2022-02(48). 1870–1870.
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Liu, Guangdong, Huiqiu Deng, Jeffrey Greeley, & Zhenhua Zeng. (2022). Density functional theory study of active sites and reaction mechanism of ORR on Pt surfaces under anhydrous conditions. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 43(12). 3126–3133. 12 indexed citations
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Dionigi, Fabio, Jing Zhu, Zhenhua Zeng, et al.. (2021). Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Evolution of Crystalline 3d‐Transition Metal Layered Double Hydroxides. Angewandte Chemie. 133(26). 14567–14578. 50 indexed citations
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Li, Zhe, Yang Xiao, Prabudhya Roy Chowdhury, et al.. (2021). Direct methane activation by atomically thin platinum nanolayers on two-dimensional metal carbides. Nature Catalysis. 4(10). 882–891. 110 indexed citations
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Dionigi, Fabio, Jing Zhu, Zhenhua Zeng, et al.. (2021). Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Evolution of Crystalline 3d‐Transition Metal Layered Double Hydroxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(26). 14446–14457. 249 indexed citations
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Gao, Junxian, et al.. (2021). Structural and Chemical Transformations of Zinc Oxide Ultrathin Films on Pd(111) Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(29). 35113–35123. 13 indexed citations
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Dionigi, Fabio, Zhenhua Zeng, Ilya Sinev, et al.. (2020). In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2522–2522. 920 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zeng, Zhenhua, Maria K. Y. Chan, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, et al.. (2015). Towards First Principles-Based Prediction of Highly Accurate Electrochemical Pourbaix Diagrams. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(32). 18177–18187. 123 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhenhua, Mårten E. Björketun, Sune Dalgaard Ebbesen, Mogens Bjerg Mogensen, & Jan Rossmeisl. (2013). Origin of Electrolyte-Dopant Dependent Sulfur Poisoning of SOFC Anodes. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2013-02(10). 755–755. 1 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhenhua, Federico Calle‐Vallejo, Mogens Bjerg Mogensen, & Jan Rossmeisl. (2013). Generalized trends in the formation energies of perovskite oxides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(20). 7526–7526. 88 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhenhua, et al.. (2006). Density function theory calculation of oxygen adsorption on Au(111) surface. Acta Physica Sinica. 55(6). 3157–3157. 16 indexed citations

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