Zhiwei Peng

10.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
42 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Zhiwei Peng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiwei Peng has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhiwei Peng's work include Graphene research and applications (24 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers). Zhiwei Peng is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (24 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers). Zhiwei Peng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Zhiwei Peng's co-authors include James M. Tour, Jian Lin, Ruquan Ye, Errol L. G. Samuel, Zheng Yan, Zhengzong Sun, Miguel José Yacamán, Yuanyue Liu, Boris I. Yakobson and Francisco Ruiz‐Zepeda 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

Zhiwei Peng

40 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Laser-induced porous graphene films from commercial polymers

2014 2.3k citations Jian Lin, Zhiwei Peng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots

2013 701 citations Ruquan Ye, Changsheng Xiang et al. Nature Communications profile →
3-Dimensional Graphene Carbon Nanotube Carpet-Based Microsupercapacitors with High Electrochemical Performance

2012 673 citations Jian Lin, Chenguang Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →
Flexible Boron-Doped Laser-Induced Graphene Microsupercapacitors

2015 565 citations Zhiwei Peng, Ruquan Ye et al. ACS Nano profile →
Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils

2012 499 citations Zheng Yan, Jian Lin et al. ACS Nano profile →
A seamless three-dimensional carbon nanotube graphene hybrid material

2012 456 citations Yu Zhu, Lei Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
Strain engineering of 2D semiconductors and graphene: from strain fields to band-structure tuning and photonic applications

2020 379 citations Zhiwei Peng, Xiaolin Chen et al. Light Science & Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhiwei Peng United States	26	5.2k	3.9k	3.4k	3.0k	1.2k	42	8.8k
Matthew J. Allen United States	9	6.1k 1.2×	3.8k 1.0×	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	862 0.7×	9	8.5k
Xinqi Chen China	41	4.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	131	8.5k
Pengfei Yang China	16	5.7k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	45	8.3k
Scott Gilje United States	7	7.3k 1.4×	4.6k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	10	10.8k
Kuibo Yin China	45	3.8k 0.7×	4.8k 1.2×	1.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	181	9.0k
Rajesh Kumar India	64	5.8k 1.1×	5.8k 1.5×	2.9k 0.8×	6.3k 2.1×	1.6k 1.4×	179	11.8k
Hüsnü Emrah Ünalan Türkiye	45	3.0k 0.6×	3.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	632 0.5×	168	6.8k
Wonbong Choi United States	53	7.6k 1.4×	4.3k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	957 0.8×	187	10.5k
Ali Zavabeti Australia	49	4.1k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	146	7.3k
Saiful I. Khondaker United States	36	5.4k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	561 0.5×	101	7.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Razdolski, Ilya, et al.. (2026). Plasmonic tuning of dark-exciton radiation dynamics and far-field emission directionality in monolayer WSe ₂. Science Advances. 12(3). eaea5781–eaea5781.

Peng, Zhiwei, et al.. (2024). Microwave drying characteristics and kinetics of hematite pellets. Powder Technology. 449. 120340–120340. 9 indexed citations

Li, Junwen, et al.. (2024). Electric field induced out-of-plane second-order optical nonlinearity in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Physical review. B.. 109(7). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Y. S., Zhiwei Peng, Yannick De Wilde, & Dangyuan Lei. (2024). Symmetry‐breaking‐induced off‐resonance second‐harmonic generation enhancement in asymmetric plasmonic nanoparticle dimers. Nanophotonics. 13(18). 3337–3346. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Zhiwei, et al.. (2024). Modified tight-binding model for strain effects in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Physical review. B.. 109(24). 3 indexed citations

Peng, Zhiwei, Tsz Wing Lo, & Dangyuan Lei. (2023). Plasmonic-hot-electron mediated room-temperature generation of charged biexciton in monolayer WS2. Physical Review Materials. 7(5). 7 indexed citations

Qiu, Shujun, Yuhuan Wang, Zhiwei Peng, et al.. (2023). Promoted hydrogen storage properties of MgH2 by Ti3+ self-doped defect-mediated TiO2. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 966. 171610–171610. 24 indexed citations

Peng, Zhiwei, Yuhuan Wang, Shujun Qiu, et al.. (2022). Uniform dispersion of ultrafine ruthenium nanoparticles on nano-cube ceria as efficient catalysts for hydrogen production from ammonia-borane hydrolysis. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 7(3). 821–831. 20 indexed citations

Peng, Zhiwei, Xiaolin Chen, Yulong Fan, David J. Srolovitz, & Dangyuan Lei. (2020). Strain engineering of 2D semiconductors and graphene: from strain fields to band-structure tuning and photonic applications. Light Science & Applications. 9(1). 190–190. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Zheng, Yuanyue Liu, Long Ju, et al.. (2014). Large Hexagonal Bi‐ and Trilayer Graphene Single Crystals with Varied Interlayer Rotations. Angewandte Chemie. 126(6). 1591–1595. 36 indexed citations

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Lin, Jian, Zhiwei Peng, Yuanyue Liu, et al.. (2014). Laser-induced porous graphene films from commercial polymers. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5714–5714. 2255 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Zheng, Zhiwei Peng, Gilberto Casillas, et al.. (2014). Rebar Graphene. ACS Nano. 8(5). 5061–5068. 125 indexed citations

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Li, Yilun, Zhiwei Peng, Eduardo Larios, et al.. (2014). Rebar Graphene from Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanotubes. ACS Nano. 9(1). 532–538. 25 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, Jian Lin, Zhiwei Peng, et al.. (2013). Correction to Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils. ACS Nano. 7(3). 2872–2872. 16 indexed citations

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Ye, Ruquan, Changsheng Xiang, Jian Lin, et al.. (2013). Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2943–2943. 701 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Jian, Chenguang Zhang, Zheng Yan, et al.. (2012). 3-Dimensional Graphene Carbon Nanotube Carpet-Based Microsupercapacitors with High Electrochemical Performance. Nano Letters. 13(1). 72–78. 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Jian, Zhiwei Peng, Zhengzong Sun, et al.. (2012). Correction to Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils. ACS Nano. 7(1). 875–875. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Zheng, Jian Lin, Zhiwei Peng, et al.. (2012). Toward the Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Single-Crystal Graphene on Copper Foils. ACS Nano. 6(10). 9110–9117. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Zheng, Zhiwei Peng, Zhengzong Sun, et al.. (2011). Growth of Bilayer Graphene on Insulating Substrates. ACS Nano. 5(10). 8187–8192. 255 indexed citations

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Ruan, Gedeng, Zhengzong Sun, Zhiwei Peng, & James M. Tour. (2011). Growth of Graphene from Food, Insects, and Waste. ACS Nano. 5(9). 7601–7607. 415 indexed citations

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