Zhigang Zang

13.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
182 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Zhigang Zang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhigang Zang has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 123 papers in Materials Chemistry and 50 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Zhigang Zang's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (142 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (70 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (48 papers). Zhigang Zang is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (142 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (70 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (48 papers). Zhigang Zang collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Zhigang Zang's co-authors include Huaxin Wang, Wensi Cai, Xiaosheng Tang, Shuangyi Zhao, Jiangzhao Chen, Ming Wang, Jing Li, Kuan Sun, Juan Du and Qixin Zhuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhigang Zang

177 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Highly compact CsPbBr3 perovskite thin films decorated by ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced random lasing

2017 436 citations Zhigang Zang, Xiaosheng Tang et al. profile →
Defect passivation using ultrathin PTAA layers for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with a high fill factor and eliminated hysteresis

2019 306 citations Ming Wang, Huaxin Wang et al. profile →
2D/3D heterojunction engineering at the buried interface towards high-performance inverted methylammonium-free perovskite solar cells

2023 295 citations Jing Li, Ru Li et al. profile →
Interfacial Defect Passivation and Stress Release via Multi-Active-Site Ligand Anchoring Enables Efficient and Stable Methylammonium-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

2021 233 citations Zhigang Zang, Tingwei Zhou et al. profile →
Crystallization manipulation and holistic defect passivation toward stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

2023 146 citations Jing Li, Jiangzhao Chen et al. profile →
Silver coordination-induced n-doping of PCBM for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

2024 94 citations Jing Li, Huaxin Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhigang Zang China	64	9.8k	7.1k	3.6k	928	875	182	11.3k
Wanyi Nie United States	43	15.5k 1.6×	11.6k 1.6×	5.7k 1.6×	875 0.9×	802 0.9×	123	16.4k
Hsinhan Tsai United States	42	15.0k 1.5×	11.4k 1.6×	5.5k 1.5×	813 0.9×	858 1.0×	107	16.2k
Luis K. Ono Japan	76	19.6k 2.0×	13.7k 1.9×	7.0k 1.9×	839 0.9×	777 0.9×	185	22.3k
Zhiwen Jin China	56	10.2k 1.0×	7.2k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	787 0.8×	559 0.6×	181	11.3k
Christopher R. McNeill Australia	70	14.6k 1.5×	4.3k 0.6×	10.5k 2.9×	1.1k 1.2×	2.0k 2.3×	323	16.4k
Wallace C. H. Choy Hong Kong	69	15.6k 1.6×	9.3k 1.3×	7.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	2.7k 3.1×	347	18.2k
Zhengguo Xiao China	49	18.0k 1.8×	11.7k 1.6×	8.1k 2.2×	784 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	148	19.3k
Ardalan Armin United Kingdom	44	10.0k 1.0×	4.4k 0.6×	5.0k 1.4×	741 0.8×	965 1.1×	122	10.8k
Yingguo Yang China	65	14.9k 1.5×	8.9k 1.3×	7.6k 2.1×	570 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	277	16.2k
Barry P. Rand United States	64	16.0k 1.6×	7.7k 1.1×	7.2k 2.0×	1.7k 1.8×	1.7k 2.0×	220	17.8k

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Yang, Haichao, et al.. (2025). Crystallization Modulation Through Electron Transport Layer Surface Reconstruction Enables High‐Performance Full‐Air‐Processed Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 37(42). e10967–e10967. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xingqi, et al.. (2025). Inverse-Design-Assisted On-Chip GRIN Meta-Lens for Dual-Polarization Multimode Waveguide Crossing. ACS Photonics. 12(4). 1953–1961. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Yanru, et al.. (2024). Polaron and Exciton in a Lead-Free Vacancy-Ordered Cs₂SnBr₆ Double Perovskite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(31). 13379–13385. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). Opportunities and challenges of lead-free metal halide perovskites for luminescence. Chemical Science. 16(5). 2136–2153. 10 indexed citations

Tang, Jun, et al.. (2024). Effect of the A-Site Cation on the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Nitride Perovskites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(47). 20505–20511. 1 indexed citations

Zang, Zhigang, Shuangyi Zhao, Wensi Cai, & Huaxin Wang. (2024). Inorganic Perovskite Materials and Devices. Springer series in materials science. 2 indexed citations

Guo, Zhihao, Weixian Chen, Huaxin Wang, et al.. (2023). Additive Conformational Engineering To Improve the PbI₂ Framework for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(34). 14086–14093. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Shuangyi, et al.. (2023). Solvent‐Free Synthesis of Inorganic Rubidium Copper Halides for Efficient Wireless Light Communication and X‐Ray Imaging. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(47). 80 indexed citations

Wang, Baiqian, Jiali Peng, Xin Yang, et al.. (2022). Template Assembled Large‐Size CsPbBr₃ Nanocomposite Films toward Flexible, Stable, and High‐Performance X‐Ray Scintillators. Laser & Photonics Review. 16(7). 106 indexed citations

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Xiao, Hongbin, Zhengzheng Liu, Qingkai Qian, et al.. (2022). Enhanced amplified spontaneous emission of CsPbBr3 quantum dots via gold nanorods-induced localized surface plasmon resonance. Applied Physics Letters. 121(22). 9 indexed citations

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Ding, Yanqiao, Xuezheng Guo, Yong Zhou, Yong He, & Zhigang Zang. (2022). Copper-based metal oxides for chemiresistive gas sensors. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(43). 16218–16246. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Meng, Dehai Liang, Qionghua Mo, et al.. (2022). Significant performance enhancement of UV-Vis self-powered CsPbBr₃ quantum dot-based photodetectors induced by ligand modification and P3HT embedding. Optics Letters. 47(17). 4512–4512. 10 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuangyi, Wensi Cai, Huaxin Wang, Zhigang Zang, & Jiangzhao Chen. (2021). All‐Inorganic Lead‐Free Perovskite(‐Like) Single Crystals: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. Small Methods. 5(5). e2001308–e2001308. 88 indexed citations

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Wang, Ming, Wei Li, Huaxin Wang, et al.. (2020). Small Molecule Modulator at the Interface for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells with High Short‐Circuit Current Density and Hysteresis Free. Advanced Electronic Materials. 6(10). 70 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuangyi, Yubo Zhang, & Zhigang Zang. (2020). Room-temperature doping of ytterbium into efficient near-infrared emission CsPbBr_1.5Cl_1.5 perovskite quantum dots. Chemical Communications. 56(43). 5811–5814. 69 indexed citations

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Wang, Huaxin, Jing Li, Wensi Cai, et al.. (2020). Challenges and strategies relating to device function layers and their integration toward high-performance inorganic perovskite solar cells. Nanoscale. 12(27). 14369–14404. 138 indexed citations

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Mo, Qionghua, Tongchao Shi, Wensi Cai, et al.. (2020). Room temperature synthesis of stable silica-coated CsPbBr₃ quantum dots for amplified spontaneous emission. Photonics Research. 8(10). 1605–1605. 65 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuangyi, Qionghua Mo, Wensi Cai, Huaxin Wang, & Zhigang Zang. (2020). Inorganic lead-free cesium copper chlorine nanocrystal for highly efficient and stable warm white light-emitting diodes. Photonics Research. 9(2). 187–187. 51 indexed citations

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Yan, Dongdong, Tongchao Shi, Zhigang Zang, et al.. (2019). Ultrastable CsPbBr₃ Perovskite Quantum Dot and Their Enhanced Amplified Spontaneous Emission by Surface Ligand Modification. Small. 15(23). e1901173–e1901173. 262 indexed citations

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Nong, Jinpeng, Guilian Lan, Weifeng Jin, et al.. (2019). Eco-friendly and high-performance photoelectrochemical anode based on AgInS₂ quantum dots embedded in 3D graphene nanowalls. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(32). 9830–9839. 53 indexed citations

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