Zhenpeng Yao

9.3k total citations · 15 hit papers
84 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Zhenpeng Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenpeng Yao has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenpeng Yao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (54 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (37 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (16 papers). Zhenpeng Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (54 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (37 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (16 papers). Zhenpeng Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Zhenpeng Yao's co-authors include Alán Aspuru‐Guzik, Chenglong Zhao, Qidi Wang, Marnix Wagemaker, Chris Wolverton, Jianlin Wang, Xuedong Bai, Yong‐Sheng Hu, Liquan Chen and Yaxiang Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zhenpeng Yao

82 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Rational design of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Rational design of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion batteries
    2020 1.1k citations Chenglong Zhao, Qidi Wang et al. profile →
  2. Interface chemistry of an amide electrolyte for highly reversible lithium metal batteries
    2020 353 citations Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Revealing High Na-Content P2-Type Layered Oxides as Advanced Sodium-Ion Cathodes
    2020 343 citations Chenglong Zhao, Zhenpeng Yao et al. profile →
  4. Machine learning the quantum-chemical properties of metal–organic frameworks for accelerated materials discovery
    2021 332 citations Zhenpeng Yao, Alán Aspuru‐Guzik et al. profile →
  5. Data-Driven Strategies for Accelerated Materials Design
    2021 299 citations Zhenpeng Yao, Alán Aspuru‐Guzik et al. profile →
  6. Machine learning for a sustainable energy future
    2022 297 citations Zhenpeng Yao, Yanwei Lum et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
  7. Inverse design of nanoporous crystalline reticular materials with deep generative models
    2021 275 citations Zhenpeng Yao, Sai Govind Hari Kumar et al. profile →
  8. Niobium-doped layered cathode material for high-power and low-temperature sodium-ion batteries
    2022 275 citations Zhenpeng Yao, Qianqian Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries
    2023 211 citations Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. On scientific understanding with artificial intelligence
    2022 186 citations Zhenpeng Yao, Alán Aspuru‐Guzik et al. profile →
  11. Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries
    2024 146 citations Qidi Wang, Dong Zhou et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
  12. Entropy‐Driven Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries
    2023 138 citations Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao et al. profile →
  13. Chemical short-range disorder in lithium oxide cathodes
    2024 117 citations Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao et al. Nature profile →
  14. Designing lithium halide solid electrolytes
    2024 86 citations Qidi Wang, Yunan Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →
  15. Resolving the Origins of Superior Cycling Performance of Antimony Anode in Sodium‐ion Batteries: A Comparison with Lithium‐ion Batteries
    2024 78 citations Zhenpeng Yao et al. profile →

Peers

Zhenpeng Yao
Chen Ling United States
Christopher Wolverton United States
Lili Liu China
Yan Yang China
Muratahan Aykol United States
Shichao Zhang China
Hongwei Chen China
Zheng Li China
Yi Jin China
Jens S. Hummelshøj United States
Chen Ling United States
Zhenpeng Yao
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Qidi, Dong Zhou, Chenglong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. Nature Sustainability. 7(3). 338–347. 146 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kumar, Sai Govind Hari, Carlota Bozal‐Ginesta, Ning Wang, et al.. (2024). From computational screening to the synthesis of a promising OER catalyst. Chemical Science. 15(27). 10556–10570. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Qidi, Zhenpeng Yao, Jianlin Wang, et al.. (2024). Chemical short-range disorder in lithium oxide cathodes. Nature. 629(8011). 341–347. 117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Qidi, Yunan Zhou, Xuelong Wang, et al.. (2024). Designing lithium halide solid electrolytes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1050–1050. 86 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yanjie, Zhenpeng Yao, Wenpei Gao, et al.. (2023). Nanoscale Design for High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts. Small. 20(21). e2310006–e2310006. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Qidi, Chenglong Zhao, Jianlin Wang, et al.. (2023). High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries. Nature Communications. 14(1). 440–440. 211 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yao, Zhenpeng, Yanwei Lum, Andrew Johnston, et al.. (2022). Machine learning for a sustainable energy future. Nature Reviews Materials. 8(3). 202–215. 297 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yao, Zhenpeng, Maria K. Y. Chan, & Chris Wolverton. (2022). Exploring the Origin of Anionic Redox Activity in Super Li-Rich Iron Oxide-Based High-Energy-Density Cathode Materials. Chemistry of Materials. 34(10). 4536–4547. 17 indexed citations
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Zhu, Li, Jing Tang, Baichang Li, et al.. (2022). Artificial Neuron Networks Enabled Identification and Characterizations of 2D Materials and van der Waals Heterostructures. ACS Nano. 16(2). 2721–2729. 31 indexed citations
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Lu, Tian, Minjie Li, Zhenpeng Yao, & Wencong Lu. (2020). Accelerated discovery of boron-dipyrromethene sensitizer for solar cells by integrating data mining and first principle. Journal of Materiomics. 7(4). 790–801. 12 indexed citations
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He, Jiangang, Zhenpeng Yao, Vinay I. Hegde, et al.. (2020). Computational Discovery of Stable Heteroanionic Oxychalcogenides ABXO (A, B = Metals; X = S, Se, and Te) and Their Potential Applications. Chemistry of Materials. 32(19). 8229–8242. 26 indexed citations
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Xu, Yaobin, Ji‐Hyeon Park, Zhenpeng Yao, et al.. (2019). Strain-Induced Metastable Phase Stabilization in Ga2O3 Thin Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(5). 5536–5543. 58 indexed citations
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Li, Liang, Fernando C. Castro, Joong Sun Park, et al.. (2019). Probing Electrochemically Induced Structural Evolution and Oxygen Redox Reactions in Layered Lithium Iridate. Chemistry of Materials. 31(12). 4341–4352. 33 indexed citations
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Li, Qianqian, Yaobin Xu, Zhenpeng Yao, et al.. (2018). Revealing the Effects of Electrode Crystallographic Orientation on Battery Electrochemistry via the Anisotropic Lithiation and Sodiation of ReS2. ACS Nano. 12(8). 7875–7882. 27 indexed citations
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Kim, Soo, Vinay I. Hegde, Zhenpeng Yao, et al.. (2018). First-Principles Study of Lithium Cobalt Spinel Oxides: Correlating Structure and Electrochemistry. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(16). 13479–13490. 35 indexed citations
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Khoury, Jason F., Shiqiang Hao, Constantinos C. Stoumpos, et al.. (2018). Quaternary Pavonites A1+xSn2–xBi5+xS10 (A+ = Li+, Na+): Site Occupancy Disorder Defines Electronic Structure. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(4). 2260–2268. 13 indexed citations
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Hwang, Sooyeon, Zhenpeng Yao, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Multistep Lithiation of Tin Sulfide: An Investigation Using in Situ Electron Microscopy. ACS Nano. 12(4). 3638–3645. 53 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhenpeng, Soo Kim, Muratahan Aykol, et al.. (2017). Revealing the Conversion Mechanism of Transition Metal Oxide Electrodes during Lithiation from First-Principles. Chemistry of Materials. 29(21). 9011–9022. 57 indexed citations
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He, Kai, Zhenpeng Yao, Sooyeon Hwang, et al.. (2017). Kinetically-Driven Phase Transformation during Lithiation in Copper Sulfide Nanoflakes. Nano Letters. 17(9). 5726–5733. 68 indexed citations
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Amsler, Maximilian, Zhenpeng Yao, & Chris Wolverton. (2017). Cubine, a Quasi Two-Dimensional Copper–Bismuth Nanosheet. Chemistry of Materials. 29(22). 9819–9828. 11 indexed citations

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