Zhi‐You Zhou

29.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
315 papers, 25.8k citations indexed

About

Zhi‐You Zhou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi‐You Zhou has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 25.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 233 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 159 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 111 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhi‐You Zhou's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (209 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (89 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (79 papers). Zhi‐You Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (209 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (89 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (79 papers). Zhi‐You Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhi‐You Zhou's co-authors include Shi‐Gang Sun, Na Tian, Zhong Lin Wang, Yong Ding, Zhilin Yang, Nanfeng Zheng, Xiaoqing Huang, Yucheng Wang, Zhong‐Qun Tian and Bin Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zhi‐You Zhou

305 papers receiving 25.5k citations

Hit Papers

Shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2007 2010 2011 2016 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. Shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
    2010 3.1k citations Jian‐Feng Li, Zhilin Yang et al. profile →
  2. Synthesis of Tetrahexahedral Platinum Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets and High Electro-Oxidation Activity
    2007 2.8k citations Na Tian, Zhi‐You Zhou et al. profile →
  3. Freestanding palladium nanosheets with plasmonic and catalytic properties
    2010 1.4k citations Xiaoqing Huang, Shaoheng Tang et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  4. Nanomaterials of high surface energy with exceptional properties in catalysis and energy storage
    2011 746 citations Zhi‐You Zhou, Na Tian et al. profile →
  5. Interfacial electronic effects control the reaction selectivity of platinum catalysts
    2016 634 citations Guangxu Chen, Xiaoqing Huang et al. profile →
  6. Phenylenediamine-Based FeNx/C Catalyst with High Activity for Oxygen Reduction in Acid Medium and Its Active-Site Probing
    2014 594 citations Zhi‐You Zhou, Na Tian et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Platinum Metal Catalysts of High-Index Surfaces: From Single-Crystal Planes to Electrochemically Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles
    2008 509 citations Na Tian, Zhi‐You Zhou et al. profile →
  8. Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells
    2021 489 citations Fei Xiao, Yucheng Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Insight into the Mechanism of Axial Ligands Regulating the Catalytic Activity of Fe–N4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2022 226 citations Kuangmin Zhao, Zhi‐You Zhou et al. profile →
  10. p–d Orbital Hybridization Induced by a Monodispersed Ga Site on a Pt3Mn Nanocatalyst Boosts Ethanol Electrooxidation
    2022 209 citations Jinyu Ye, Zhi‐You Zhou et al. profile →
  11. Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media
    2024 116 citations Jinyu Ye, Na Tian et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  12. Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts
    2025 38 citations Kuangmin Zhao, Daoxiong Wu et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhi‐You Zhou China 76 15.8k 11.5k 11.4k 5.5k 3.6k 315 25.8k
Zhaoxiong Xie China 86 13.3k 0.8× 11.8k 1.0× 17.7k 1.5× 6.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 367 29.9k
Hao Ming Chen Taiwan 79 24.9k 1.6× 15.9k 1.4× 12.1k 1.1× 3.4k 0.6× 3.7k 1.0× 208 31.5k
Chao Wang China 79 16.1k 1.0× 11.1k 1.0× 12.1k 1.1× 3.5k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 355 26.6k
Shaojun Guo China 96 17.4k 1.1× 18.9k 1.6× 16.2k 1.4× 5.7k 1.0× 5.0k 1.4× 250 35.0k
Qing Peng China 78 14.0k 0.9× 12.3k 1.1× 12.2k 1.1× 2.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 158 24.2k
Chuan‐Jian Zhong United States 79 7.5k 0.5× 8.5k 0.7× 11.0k 1.0× 5.5k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 355 21.6k
Zhichuan J. Xu Singapore 104 23.7k 1.5× 23.5k 2.0× 14.6k 1.3× 10.0k 1.8× 4.6k 1.3× 326 42.8k
Plamen Atanassov United States 85 17.4k 1.1× 21.1k 1.8× 6.1k 0.5× 3.7k 0.7× 5.1k 1.4× 477 28.6k
Sang Hoon Joo South Korea 77 11.8k 0.7× 10.8k 0.9× 13.9k 1.2× 5.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 220 25.3k
Jin‐Song Hu China 95 18.6k 1.2× 25.6k 2.2× 18.3k 1.6× 7.3k 1.3× 2.3k 0.6× 430 40.0k

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All Works

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Zhao, Kuangmin, Daoxiong Wu, Fushan Geng, et al.. (2025). Identifying high-spin hydroxyl-coordinated Fe3+N4 as the active centre for acidic oxygen reduction using molecular model catalysts. Nature Catalysis. 8(5). 422–435. 38 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pan, Jiawei, Zhi‐You Zhou, Haihan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recent progress and perspectives on composite structural layered transition metal oxides for sodium-ion batteries. 1(1). 100–118. 7 indexed citations
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Zou, Yue, Zhiyong Jiang, Peiyu Ma, et al.. (2024). Healing the structural defects of spinel MnFe2O4 to enhance the electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 97. 12–19. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Du‐Hong, Pengyang Zhang, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, et al.. (2024). Spatially confined radical addition reaction in the sub-nanometer scaled interlayers of electrochemically expanded graphene sheets. Materials Today Chemistry. 39. 102185–102185. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuanming, Wen–Bin Cai, Zhi‐You Zhou, et al.. (2024). Alkyl-terminated PEG suppressors for copper electroplating and their hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. Surface and Coatings Technology. 484. 130848–130848. 8 indexed citations
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Chi, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Electrolyte effects on the shape-controlled synthesis of Pt nanocrystals by electrochemical square-wave potential method. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 935. 117344–117344. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yucheng, Weicheng Xu, Huan Huang, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of Particle-Mediated Inhibition of Demetalation for Single-Atom Catalytic Sites in Acidic Electrochemical Environments. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(28). 15528–15537. 74 indexed citations
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Tian, Na, Mengying Li, Xiao Chi, et al.. (2023). Trapezohedral platinum nanocrystals with high-index facets for high-performance hydrazine electrooxidation. Chemical Synthesis. 3(1). 4–4. 4 indexed citations
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Tian, Na, et al.. (2023). Recent advances of bismuth-based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction: Strategies, mechanism and applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 100191–100191. 50 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaohua, Qiaorong Jiang, Peixin Cui, et al.. (2022). General Carbon-Supporting Strategy to Boost the Oxygen Reduction Activity of Zeolitic-Imidazolate-Framework-Derived Fe/N/Carbon Catalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(27). 30724–30734. 12 indexed citations
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Xiao, Fei, Yucheng Wang, Zhi‐Peng Wu, et al.. (2021). Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells. Advanced Materials. 33(50). e2006292–e2006292. 489 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Ying, Bolong Huang, Gan Luo, et al.. (2020). Atomically deviated Pd-Te nanoplates boost methanol-tolerant fuel cells. Science Advances. 6(31). eaba9731–eaba9731. 105 indexed citations
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Tong, Lei, Yucheng Wang, Ming‐Xi Chen, et al.. (2019). Hierarchically porous carbons as supports for fuel cell electrocatalysts with atomically dispersed Fe–Nx moieties. Chemical Science. 10(35). 8236–8240. 43 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, Zhixin Chen, Yugang Chen, et al.. (2018). Identifying the Active Site of N-Doped Graphene for Oxygen Reduction by Selective Chemical Modification. ACS Energy Letters. 3(4). 986–991. 122 indexed citations
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Liu, Chun, Tao Li, Zhijian Yang, et al.. (2017). Kartogenin Enhanced Chondrogenesis in Cocultures of Chondrocytes and Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Engineering Part A. 24(11-12). 990–1000. 24 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaoqing, Shaoheng Tang, Xiaoliang Mu, et al.. (2010). Freestanding palladium nanosheets with plasmonic and catalytic properties. Nature Nanotechnology. 6(1). 28–32. 1438 indexed citations breakdown →

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