Zhishan Bo

17.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
367 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Zhishan Bo is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhishan Bo has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 312 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 281 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 74 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhishan Bo's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (288 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (254 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (179 papers). Zhishan Bo is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (288 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (254 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (179 papers). Zhishan Bo collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Hong Kong. Zhishan Bo's co-authors include Cuihong Li, Yahui Liu, Xinjun Xu, Shiyu Feng, Jinsheng Song, Miao Li, Zhengping Liu, Hao Lu, Zheng Tang and Yaqin Fu 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

Zhishan Bo

357 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Reversible Switching of the Emission of Diphenyldibenzofu... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2017 2019 2021 2023 200 400 600
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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. Reversible Switching of the Emission of Diphenyldibenzofulvenes by Thermal and Mechanical Stimuli
    2011 619 citations Cuihong Li, Zhishan Bo et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Exploiting Noncovalently Conformational Locking as a Design Strategy for High Performance Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor Used in Polymer Solar Cells
    2017 533 citations Yahui Liu, Shiyu Feng et al. profile →
  3. Noncovalently fused-ring electron acceptors with near-infrared absorption for high-performance organic solar cells
    2019 362 citations Hao Huang, Shiyu Feng et al. profile →
  4. A brief review of hole transporting materials commonly used in perovskite solar cells
    2021 244 citations Zhishan Bo et al. profile →
  5. High‐Pressure Fabrication of Binary Organic Solar Cells with High Molecular Weight D18 Yields Record 19.65 % Efficiency
    2023 133 citations Hao Lu, Wenlong Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Constructing Multiscale Fibrous Morphology to Achieve 20% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells by Mixing High and Low Molecular Weight D18
    2024 114 citations Nan Wei, Yetai Cheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. Designing A–D–A Type Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors with a Bulky 3D Substituent at the Central Donor Core to Minimize Non‐Radiative Losses and Enhance Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
    2024 111 citations Hao Lu, Wenlong Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Amide-Based Cathode Interfacial Layer with Dual-Modification Mechanisms Enables Stable Organic Solar Cells with High Efficiency Achieving 20%
    2025 25 citations Andong Zhang, Yetai Cheng et al. profile →

Peers

Zhishan Bo
Andrew C. Grimsdale Singapore
Yanhou Geng China
Zengqi Xie China
Richard D. McCullough United States
Hans‐Joachim Egelhaaf Germany
Zhiyuan Xie China
Ken‐Tsung Wong Taiwan
Christian B. Nielsen United Kingdom
Shi‐Jian Su China
Tsuyoshi Michinobu Japan
Andrew C. Grimsdale Singapore
Zhishan Bo
Citations per year, relative to Zhishan Bo Zhishan Bo (= 1×) peers Andrew C. Grimsdale

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhishan Bo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shen, Shuaishuai, Rui Zhu, Wenjun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Conformational Planarization Versus π–π Interacted Twisting: Precise Regulation of Chain Length for Rational Design of Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors. CCS Chemistry. 8(2). 1082–1093. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenlong, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Organic Solar Cells: Materials Review, Molecular Design, and Device Engineering. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 3(5). 1102–1129. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Yumeng, Linshan Liu, Xinjun Xu, et al.. (2025). C 70 /C 60 : Efficient Electron Transport Layer for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(24). 18213–18222.
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Wei, Nan, Hao Lu, Yaoyao Wei, et al.. (2025). Constructing a dual-fiber network in high efficiency organic solar cells via additive-induced supramolecular interactions with both donor and acceptor. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(5). 2298–2307. 21 indexed citations
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Ran, Guangliu, et al.. (2024). Endgroup engineering of the third component for high-efficiency ternary organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 156906–156906. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xiaolin, Wenlong Liu, Nan Wei, et al.. (2024). Boosting Organic Solar Cells to Over 18 % Efficiency through Dipole‐Dipole Interactions in Fluorinated Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(46). e202412854–e202412854. 22 indexed citations
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Cui, Xinyue, Guanshui Xie, Yuqiang Liu, et al.. (2024). Boosting the Efficiency of Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells via Enhanced Near‐Infrared Absorption and Minimized Energy Losses. Advanced Materials. 36(45). e2408646–e2408646. 14 indexed citations
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Wei, Nan, Hao Lu, Dawei Li, et al.. (2024). Conjugated polymers with thiazolothiazole as the acceptor unit for high performance organic solar cells. Dyes and Pigments. 228. 112247–112247. 6 indexed citations
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Jiang, Pengcheng, Yahui Liu, Jinsheng Song, & Zhishan Bo. (2024). Emergence of Low-Cost and High-Performance Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors. Accounts of Chemical Research. 57(23). 3419–3432. 34 indexed citations
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Lu, Hao, Wenlong Liu, Guangliu Ran, et al.. (2023). High‐Efficiency Binary and Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Novel Nonfused‐Ring Electron Acceptors. Advanced Materials. 36(7). 50 indexed citations
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Shen, Shuaishuai, Yu Mi, Yanni Ouyang, et al.. (2023). Macrocyclic Encapsulation in a Non‐fused Tetrathiophene Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells with High Short‐Circuit Current Density. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(52). e202316495–e202316495. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cai’e, Zhanxiang Chen, Wei Chen, et al.. (2023). Precise Methylation Yields Acceptor with Hydrogen‐Bonding Network for High‐Efficiency and Thermally Stable Polymer Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(6). e202315625–e202315625. 49 indexed citations
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Hou, Ran, Miao Li, Hao Huang, et al.. (2020). Noncovalently Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors with C2v Symmetry for Regulating the Morphology of Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(41). 46220–46230. 55 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunzhi, Zhongwei Liu, Xinyue Cui, et al.. (2020). Small molecule acceptors with a ladder-like core for high-performance organic solar cells with low non-radiative energy losses. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(25). 12495–12501. 71 indexed citations
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Hou, Ran, Miao Li, Junkai Wang, et al.. (2019). Nonfullerene acceptors with a novel nonacyclic core for high-performance polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(11). 3335–3341. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhe, Xinyue Cui, Miao Li, et al.. (2019). Nonfullerene acceptors comprising a naphthalene core for high efficiency organic solar cells. RSC Advances. 9(67). 39163–39169. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Yahui, Cai’e Zhang, Dan Hao, et al.. (2018). Enhancing the Performance of Organic Solar Cells by Hierarchically Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors. Chemistry of Materials. 30(13). 4307–4312. 122 indexed citations
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Hou, Ran, Miao Li, Shiyu Feng, et al.. (2018). Fused pentacyclic electron acceptors with four cis-arranged alkyl side chains for efficient polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(8). 3724–3729. 26 indexed citations
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Jiang, Pengcheng, Shouli Ming, Qingqing Jia, et al.. (2018). The influence of the π-bridging unit of fused-ring acceptors on the performance of organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(43). 21335–21340. 30 indexed citations
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Feng, Shiyu, Cai’e Zhang, Zhaozhao Bi, et al.. (2018). Controlling Molecular Packing and Orientation via Constructing a Ladder-Type Electron Acceptor with Asymmetric Substituents for Thick-Film Nonfullerene Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(3). 3098–3106. 42 indexed citations

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