Zhiguo Zhang

30.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
404 papers, 25.9k citations indexed

About

Zhiguo Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiguo Zhang has authored 404 papers receiving a total of 25.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 323 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 248 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 58 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhiguo Zhang's work include Conducting polymers and applications (245 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (238 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (190 papers). Zhiguo Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (245 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (238 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (190 papers). Zhiguo Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Zhiguo Zhang's co-authors include Yongfang Li, Ling‐Wei Xue, Xiaowei Zhan, Haijun Bin, Yuze Lin, Huitao Bai, Daoben Zhu, Jiayu Wang, Shanshan Chen and Changduk Yang 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

Zhiguo Zhang

390 papers receiving 25.7k citations

Hit Papers

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2016 2016 2014 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
    2015 3.8k citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor
    2016 942 citations Haijun Bin, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells
    2016 834 citations Yankang Yang, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Perylene diimides: a thickness-insensitive cathode interlayer for high performance polymer solar cells
    2014 758 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  5. A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells
    2018 737 citations Chenkai Sun, Haijun Bin et al. profile →
  6. Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency
    2016 736 citations Haijun Bin, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells
    2020 666 citations Jia Yao, Beibei Qiu et al. profile →
  8. All‐Polymer Solar Cells Based on Absorption‐Complementary Polymer Donor and Acceptor with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.27%
    2015 665 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Ling‐Wei Xue et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency
    2014 581 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  10. Constructing a Strongly Absorbing Low‐Bandgap Polymer Acceptor for High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells
    2017 540 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yankang Yang et al. profile →
  11. Polymerized Small‐Molecule Acceptors for High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells
    2020 406 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li profile →
  12. Charge Separation from an Intra-Moiety Intermediate State in the High-Performance PM6:Y6 Organic Photovoltaic Blend
    2020 360 citations Chunfeng Zhang, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  13. Simultaneously improving efficiency, stability and intrinsic stretchability of organic photovoltaic films via molecular toughening
    2025 31 citations Zhiguo Zhang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhiguo Zhang China 72 23.9k 20.1k 2.9k 1.7k 1.5k 404 25.9k
Jianqi Zhang China 81 25.8k 1.1× 20.2k 1.0× 4.9k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 477 30.3k
Mats R. Andersson Sweden 77 19.6k 0.8× 15.8k 0.8× 5.3k 1.8× 1.7k 1.0× 2.1k 1.4× 430 23.6k
Yuan Zhang China 66 12.4k 0.5× 8.3k 0.4× 5.1k 1.8× 556 0.3× 892 0.6× 382 16.2k
Zhihua Chen China 50 9.4k 0.4× 6.7k 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 663 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 202 12.1k
Tao Xu China 53 7.1k 0.3× 2.9k 0.1× 7.7k 2.7× 1.1k 0.6× 499 0.3× 373 13.4k
Jeffrey L. Blackburn United States 55 5.8k 0.2× 1.7k 0.1× 7.4k 2.6× 1.1k 0.6× 621 0.4× 194 10.9k
T. Moriarty United States 24 10.8k 0.5× 7.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 600 0.4× 67 11.5k
Ming Wang China 58 9.9k 0.4× 6.1k 0.3× 3.8k 1.3× 478 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 244 12.6k
Vellaisamy A. L. Roy Hong Kong 63 7.9k 0.3× 3.4k 0.2× 6.5k 2.2× 438 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 321 14.5k
Hong Meng China 64 10.7k 0.4× 6.4k 0.3× 4.6k 1.6× 674 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 420 14.7k

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All Works

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Tao, Li, Xiaoying Zhang, Qi Chen, et al.. (2025). Methylated naphthalene additives with various melting and boiling points enable a win–win scenario of optimizing both cost and efficiency of polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(6). 4600–4613. 2 indexed citations
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Ng, Ho Ming, Bosen Zou, Aleksandr A. Sergeev, et al.. (2025). Improved efficiency and stability of outdoor and indoor organic photovoltaics with suppressed voltage loss via alkoxylation on dimeric giant acceptors featured as supramolecular stabilizers. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(13). 6587–6596. 4 indexed citations
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Zhuo, Hongmei, Beibei Qiu, Xiaojun Li, Zhiguo Zhang, & Yongfang Li. (2024). Giant molecule acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells. Giant. 20. 100336–100336. 8 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ye, et al.. (2024). Zero group velocity feature in CFRP-Nomex honeycomb structure and its use for debonding detection. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 216. 111479–111479. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haojie, et al.. (2024). High-resolution optical fiber underwater acoustic sensor enhanced by PDMS coating. Optical Fiber Technology. 87. 103953–103953.
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Shi, Keli, Xinxin Xia, Seonghun Jeong, et al.. (2024). Synergistic Effects of Solid and Solvent Additives on Film Morphology Enable Binary Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency of Over 19%. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(4). 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Junyi, Zhiguo Zhang, Yanbin Zhu, et al.. (2024). Modulating Buried Interface to Achieve an Ultra‐High Open Circuit Voltage in Triple Cation Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(44). 27 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhirong, Zhiguo Zhang, Junyi Huang, et al.. (2024). A sensitive self-powered perovskite photodetector via noise suppression with poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) doping for defect passivation. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(27). 9944–9949. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Jun, Zhiguo Zhang, Dongxu Li, et al.. (2024). Aromatic side chain manipulation in A–DA′D–A type acceptors for organic photovoltaics. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 8(21). 3587–3595. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Haixuan, Zhiguo Zhang, Yong Hu, et al.. (2024). Efficient and stable inorganic perovskite solar cells enabled by a lead silicate glass layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(32). 21367–21372. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, Ming Zhang, Jia Yao, et al.. (2022). Tethered Small‐Molecule Acceptors Simultaneously Enhance the Efficiency and Stability of Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 35(2). e2206563–e2206563. 104 indexed citations
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Shi, Keli, Beibei Qiu, Can Zhu, et al.. (2022). Influence of altering chlorine substitution positions on the photovoltaic properties of small molecule donors in all-small-molecule organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(6). 2017–2025. 12 indexed citations
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Hu, Ke, Jiaqi Du, Chenkai Sun, et al.. (2021). Ternary All-Polymer Solar Cells with Two Synergetic Donors Enable Efficiency over 14.5%. Energy & Fuels. 35(23). 19045–19054. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Binbin, Ling‐Wei Xue, Yao Li, et al.. (2021). A low-cost polymerized hole-transporting material for high performance planar perovskite solar cells. Applied Physics Letters. 119(13). 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Qunping, Wenyan Su, Shanshan Chen, et al.. (2020). A Non‐Conjugated Polymer Acceptor for Efficient and Thermally Stable All‐Polymer Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 132(45). 20007–20012. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Fu‐Peng, Zhong Lian, Huawei Hu, et al.. (2019). A decacyclic indacenodithiophene-based non-fullerene electron acceptor with meta-alkyl-phenyl substitutions for polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(8). 4063–4071. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Yongxi, Zhong Lian, Bhoj Gautam, et al.. (2017). A near-infrared non-fullerene electron acceptor for high performance polymer solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(7). 1610–1620. 271 indexed citations
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Bin, Haijun, Zhong Lian, Yankang Yang, et al.. (2017). Medium Bandgap Polymer Donor Based on Bi(trialkylsilylthienyl‐benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]‐difuran) for High Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 7(20). 76 indexed citations
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Zhou, Pengcheng, Yang Yang, Xingguo Chen, Zhiguo Zhang, & Yongfang Li. (2017). Design of a thiophene-fused benzotriazole unit as an electron acceptor to build D–A copolymers for polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(11). 2951–2957. 24 indexed citations

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