Zhi Li

5.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
143 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Zhi Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi Li has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 71 papers in Materials Chemistry and 34 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhi Li's work include Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (18 papers). Zhi Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (18 papers). Zhi Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Zhi Li's co-authors include Yao Shi, Wangjing Ma, Qinghua Liang, Xinming Yang, G. Chen, J LIU, Zhuoyong Zhang, Xiangjian Wan, Guankui Long and Guangrui He and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhi Li

136 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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.

Solution-Processed and High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Using Small Molecules with a Benzodithiophene Unit

2013 651 citations Zhi Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Easy synthesis of highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots from gelatin and their luminescent properties and applications

2013 590 citations Zhi Li et al. profile →
Engineering a local acid-like environment in alkaline medium for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

2022 295 citations Hao Tan, Bing Tang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Regulating Hydrogen/Oxygen Species Adsorption via Built‐in Electric Field ‐Driven Electron Transfer Behavior at the Heterointerface for Efficient Water Splitting

2024 129 citations Wenjie Zhang, Lei Yang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhi Li China	32	2.5k	2.4k	1.5k	978	577	143	5.0k
Hua Zhu China	39	2.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	884 0.6×	621 0.6×	576 1.0×	149	4.9k
Chi Zhang China	40	2.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	970 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	940 1.6×	197	6.0k
Xiong Wang China	45	3.3k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	600 0.6×	566 1.0×	176	5.6k
Yong Yang China	40	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	893 0.6×	335 0.3×	980 1.7×	178	5.1k
Jia Zhang China	41	2.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	317 0.3×	910 1.6×	206	5.5k
Junfeng Zhang China	40	1.8k 0.7×	4.1k 1.7×	3.3k 2.2×	461 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	184	6.5k
Chunmei Zhang China	45	3.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	559 0.6×	651 1.1×	192	6.2k
Liang Xu China	32	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	692 0.7×	741 1.3×	113	4.6k
Xin Chen China	41	2.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	3.3k 2.2×	364 0.4×	410 0.7×	282	6.0k
Xu Li China	37	3.7k 1.5×	2.7k 1.1×	772 0.5×	293 0.3×	392 0.7×	291	5.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zhi, Huijie Lin, Yongliang Zhang, et al.. (2025). A novel numerical modeling procedure for investigating effect mechanism of Z-pin twist on interlayer properties of composite laminates. Thin-Walled Structures. 213. 113271–113271.

Hu, Bingbing, Xuping Sun, Xingxing Li, et al.. (2025). Functional polyaniline modified layer enhanced vanadium-based Prussian blue analog hybrid cathode for fast kinetics aqueous zinc ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 141. 119312–119312.

Hu, Bingbing, Liang Luo, Hong Pu, et al.. (2024). Bimetallic ions pre-intercalated hydrated vanadium oxides for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1008. 176801–176801. 15 indexed citations

Li, Zhi, Ying Sun, Ying Sun, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Catalytic Activity of LaMnO₃ Perovskite Toward Oxygen Reduction Reaction Using Oxygen‐Vacancy Engineering. ChemCatChem. 17(6). 3 indexed citations

Li, Zengyuan, Zengyuan Li, Zhi Li, et al.. (2024). Precisely controlled electronic state of Fe-Ni3P electrocatalyst via moderate phosphorization for urea-assisted overall water splitting. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 980. 173659–173659. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjie, Lei Yang, Zhi Li, et al.. (2024). Regulating Hydrogen/Oxygen Species Adsorption via Built‐in Electric Field ‐Driven Electron Transfer Behavior at the Heterointerface for Efficient Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(16). e202400888–e202400888. 129 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Yuxia, Yan Zheng, Yating Long, et al.. (2024). Bioelectrochemical cascade reaction for energy-saving hydrogen production and innovative Zn-air batteries. Bioelectrochemistry. 157. 108666–108666. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Dehong, Dandan Liu, Yang Li, et al.. (2023). Photo-thermal synergistic catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over a spherical superstructure of boron carbon nitride nanosheets. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158258–158258. 13 indexed citations

Zou, Ren, et al.. (2023). Recent path to ultrafine Mg/MgH2 synthesis for sustainable hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 52. 251–274. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Zengyuan, Zengyuan Li, Zhi Li, et al.. (2023). Bifunctional CoxP-FeP@C for overall water splitting realized by manipulating the electronic states of Co via phosphorization. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 653(Pt A). 857–866. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Liangjun, Mengwei Guo, Wenli Xu, et al.. (2023). Construction of Sunflower-like Superstructure of CHA Zeolite through Oriented Attachment for Superior CO₂ Separation Performance via Thermodynamic–Kinetic Synergistic Adsorption. Chemistry of Materials. 35(23). 10119–10128. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Jia‐Wei, Xian‐Long Du, Na Gao, et al.. (2022). Metal–organic framework derived single-atom catalysts for electrochemical CO₂ reduction. RSC Advances. 12(50). 32518–32525. 23 indexed citations

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Zou, Ren, et al.. (2022). MXenes for magnesium-based hydrides: A review. Applied Materials Today. 29. 101570–101570. 33 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baohua, Teng Zhang, Zhi Li, et al.. (2022). Hydroxyl substituted Spiro-OMeTAD as multi-site defect healing and carrier extraction enhanced surface passivator toward efficient perovskite solar cells. Materials Today Energy. 30. 101191–101191. 10 indexed citations

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Tan, Hao, Bing Tang, Ying Lü, et al.. (2022). Engineering a local acid-like environment in alkaline medium for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2024–2024. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Heyuan, Xiangyang Wang, Lishuang Ma, et al.. (2022). Effects of the Separation Distance between Two Triplet States Produced from Intramolecular Singlet Fission on the Two-Electron-Transfer Process. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(34). 15509–15518. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Teng, Baohua Zhao, Zhi Li, et al.. (2021). Inspired from Spiro-OMeTAD: developing ambipolar spirobifluorene derivatives as effective passivation molecules for perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(4). 1357–1364. 10 indexed citations

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Ge, Hongyi, Yuying Jiang, Guangming Li, et al.. (2021). Applications of THz Spectral Imaging in the Detection of Agricultural Products. Photonics. 8(11). 518–518. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhao, et al.. (2021). NaH doped TiO2 as a high-performance catalyst for Mg/MgH2 cycling stability and room temperature absorption. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. 11(8). 2740–2749. 33 indexed citations

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He, Xuewen, Zheng Zhao, Ling‐Hong Xiong, et al.. (2018). Redox-Active AIEgen-Derived Plasmonic and Fluorescent Core@Shell Nanoparticles for Multimodality Bioimaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(22). 6904–6911. 117 indexed citations

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