Zhenyang Zhao

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Zhenyang Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenyang Zhao has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Materials Chemistry, 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhenyang Zhao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Zhenyang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Zhenyang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and France. Zhenyang Zhao's co-authors include Chong Cheng, Yun Guo, Li Wang, Zihe Wu, Yanglong Guo, Yang Lou, Shuang Li, Chengdong Yang, Tian Ma and Sujiao Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zhenyang Zhao

69 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Activity Trends and Mechanisms in Peroxymonosulfate‐Assisted Catalytic Production of Singlet Oxygen over Atomic Metal‐N‐C Catalysts

2021 420 citations Yun Gao, Tongwei Wu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenyang Zhao China	25	1.5k	1.1k	965	632	435	76	2.7k
Ruijie Yang China	28	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	254 0.4×	338 0.8×	89	3.3k
Chang-Feng Yan China	25	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	973 1.0×	561 0.9×	461 1.1×	103	2.4k
Jianan Gu China	29	1.4k 1.0×	753 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	237 0.4×	204 0.5×	73	2.9k
Hong‐Qing Liang China	28	504 0.3×	887 0.8×	662 0.7×	294 0.5×	876 2.0×	57	2.7k
Daniel V. Esposito United States	34	1.8k 1.2×	3.0k 2.8×	2.2k 2.3×	364 0.6×	319 0.7×	92	4.3k
Jiaao Wang China	32	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	2.0k 2.1×	314 0.5×	237 0.5×	74	3.7k
Man Yang China	32	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	958 1.0×	226 0.4×	636 1.5×	90	2.7k
Changqing Li China	25	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	822 0.9×	568 0.9×	330 0.8×	65	2.6k
Chengcheng Tian China	33	2.2k 1.5×	985 0.9×	975 1.0×	250 0.4×	506 1.2×	98	3.7k
Yifan Chen China	27	2.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	151 0.2×	186 0.4×	117	3.5k

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Chen, Xing, Kun Liu, Pengxiang Wang, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired Fe/Mn Dual‐Atom Catalysts with Mesoporous Channels for Rapid Polysulfide Redox Kinetics and Stable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. ChemSusChem. 18(18). e202500730–e202500730.

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Yang, Jin, Zhenyang Zhao, Xu Liu, et al.. (2025). Homologous heteropolyaromatic covalent organic frameworks for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production and aerobic oxidation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7654–7654. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenyang, Chao He, Yijuan Zheng, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired Ruthenium–Porphyrin Electrocatalysts with Atomic N₄/N₂ Proximal Sites for Efficient Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Water Electrolysis. Nano Letters. 25(20). 8310–8319. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Rui, Zhenyang Zhao, Min Wu, et al.. (2024). Alveoli‐Inspired Carbon Cathodes with Interconnected Porous Structure and Asymmetric Coordinated Vanadium Sites for Superior Li−S Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(25). e202404019–e202404019. 39 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenyang, Mao Wang, Yiming Zhang, et al.. (2024). Alkaline-earth-metal regulated metal carbides with bioinspired gradient OH spillover for efficient and long-lasting direct seawater electrolysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(18). 10755–10763. 11 indexed citations

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Yan, Rui, Zhenyang Zhao, Min Wu, et al.. (2024). Alveoli‐Inspired Carbon Cathodes with Interconnected Porous Structure and Asymmetric Coordinated Vanadium Sites for Superior Li−S Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 136(25). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Chengdong, Zihe Wu, Zhenyang Zhao, et al.. (2023). Mn‐Oxygen Compounds Coordinated Ruthenium Sites with Deprotonated and Low Oxophilic Microenvironments for Membrane Electrolyzer‐Based H₂‐Production. Advanced Materials. 35(38). e2303331–e2303331. 57 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenyang, Rui Yan, Min Wu, et al.. (2023). Sieve Tube‐Inspired Polysulfide Cathode with Long‐Range Ordered Channels and Localized Capture‐Catalysis Microenvironments for Efficient Li–S Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(17). 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Zihe, Zhenyang Zhao, Chengdong Yang, et al.. (2022). Modulating Electronic Environment of Ru Nanoclusters via Local Charge Transfer for Accelerating Alkaline Water Electrolysis. Small. 19(2). e2204738–e2204738. 15 indexed citations

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Cao, Sujiao, Zhenyang Zhao, Yijuan Zheng, et al.. (2022). A Library of ROS‐Catalytic Metalloenzyme Mimics with Atomic Metal Centers. Advanced Materials. 34(16). e2200255–e2200255. 129 indexed citations

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Cheng, Menghao, Zhenyu Xing, Rui Yan, et al.. (2022). Oxygen‐modulated metal nitride clusters with moderate binding ability to insoluble Li₂S_x for reversible polysulfide electrocatalysis. InfoMat. 5(4). 48 indexed citations

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Yan, Rui, Zhenyang Zhao, Menghao Cheng, et al.. (2022). Origin and Acceleration of Insoluble Li₂S₂−Li₂S Reduction Catalysis in Ferromagnetic Atoms‐based Lithium‐Sulfur Battery Cathodes. Angewandte Chemie. 135(1). 17 indexed citations

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Yan, Rui, Zhenyang Zhao, Menghao Cheng, et al.. (2022). Origin and Acceleration of Insoluble Li₂S₂−Li₂S Reduction Catalysis in Ferromagnetic Atoms‐based Lithium‐Sulfur Battery Cathodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(1). e202215414–e202215414. 69 indexed citations

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Gao, Yun, Tongwei Wu, Chengdong Yang, et al.. (2021). Activity Trends and Mechanisms in Peroxymonosulfate‐Assisted Catalytic Production of Singlet Oxygen over Atomic Metal‐N‐C Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 133(41). 22687–22695. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhao, Zhenyang Zhao, Haoran Zhou, et al.. (2021). Cobalt-Based Double Catalytic Sites on Mesoporous Carbon as Reversible Polysulfide Catalysts for Fast-Kinetic Li–S Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(43). 51174–51185. 39 indexed citations

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Gao, Yun, Tongwei Wu, Chengdong Yang, et al.. (2021). Activity Trends and Mechanisms in Peroxymonosulfate‐Assisted Catalytic Production of Singlet Oxygen over Atomic Metal‐N‐C Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(41). 22513–22521. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Shuang, Zhenyang Zhao, Tian Ma, Pradip Pachfule, & Arne Thomas. (2021). Superstructures of Organic–Polyoxometalate Co‐crystals as Precursors for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(3). e202112298–e202112298. 46 indexed citations

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Li, Shuang, Zhenyang Zhao, Tian Ma, Pradip Pachfule, & Arne Thomas. (2021). Superstructures of Organic–Polyoxometalate Co‐crystals as Precursors for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 134(3). 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Yan, Liying Wang, Yifan Li, et al.. (2017). KCl-Modified Graphite as High Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries with Excellent Rate Performance. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(24). 13052–13058. 26 indexed citations

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Li, Yifan, Yan Wu, Jie Li, et al.. (2017). Diffusion, Nucleation, and Self-Optimization in the Forming Process of Graphene in Annealed Nickel–Carbon Alloy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(38). 21001–21010. 4 indexed citations

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