Zhiyu Hu

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
128 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Zhiyu Hu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiyu Hu has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 29 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhiyu Hu's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (34 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (29 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (16 papers). Zhiyu Hu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (34 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (29 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (16 papers). Zhiyu Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhiyu Hu's co-authors include Thomas Thundat, Zhenhua Wu, Erzhen Mu, Zhigang Zeng, Zekun Liu, Shuai Zhang, Jun Liu, R. J. Warmack, Keren Jiang and Faheem Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhiyu Hu

117 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thermoelectric converter: Strategies from materials to device application

2021 202 citations Zhenhua Wu, Shuai Zhang et al. Nano Energy profile →
Multi-bioinspired flexible thermal emitters for all-day radiative cooling and wearable self-powered thermoelectric generation

2024 48 citations Shuai Zhang, Zekun Liu et al. Nano Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhiyu Hu China	29	1.3k	1.1k	659	609	536	128	2.9k
Eungkyu Lee South Korea	29	1.1k 0.9×	987 0.9×	712 1.1×	221 0.4×	344 0.6×	92	2.8k
Baratunde A. Cola United States	32	2.5k 2.0×	948 0.8×	640 1.0×	363 0.6×	604 1.1×	96	3.4k
Xiaojia Wang United States	27	1.6k 1.3×	714 0.6×	364 0.6×	430 0.7×	482 0.9×	79	2.5k
Bo Yu China	29	2.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	542 0.8×	487 0.8×	771 1.4×	123	4.5k
Kechao Tang China	28	2.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.4×	423 0.6×	1.0k 1.7×	804 1.5×	87	4.0k
Sun‐Kyung Kim South Korea	33	1.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.8×	1.6k 2.4×	1.0k 1.7×	463 0.9×	178	4.1k
Beibei Xu China	32	2.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	591 0.9×	419 0.7×	404 0.8×	161	3.8k
Theodorian Borca‐Tasciuc United States	34	3.7k 2.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	460 0.8×	1.2k 2.2×	120	5.1k
Suhana Mohd Said Malaysia	28	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	422 0.6×	209 0.3×	401 0.7×	147	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiyu Hu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiyu Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhiyu Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhiyu Hu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhiyu Hu. Zhiyu Hu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fu, Wenjing, Yuefeng Su, Hongtao Cao, et al.. (2025). Enhanced electrochemical performance of aluminum-ion batteries with novel polyimide nanofiber separators. Electrochimica Acta. 523. 145903–145903.

Guo, Quanxin, Shuai Zhang, Zongze Lv, et al.. (2025). “Rigid‐Flexible” Strategy Realizes Robust Ultralong Phosphorescence for Multifunctional Display Unit and Photoreceptor Synapse. Advanced Materials. 37(41). e07192–e07192.

Zhu, Yong, Zhangyuan Lin, Ruibo Zhao, et al.. (2025). Pubertal Bone Matrix Microparticles Support Rapid Generation of Mini‐Bone Organoids and Minimally‐Invasive Injection in Repairing Bone Defect. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(49).

Zhang, Lan, Dongyue Liu, Chunxiao Yu, et al.. (2025). Synergistic flame retardancy in polyamide 6 via a binary phosphorus anti-dripping system. Polymer. 343. 129431–129431.

Li, Xiaoshuang, Zhiyu Hu, Jingrui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Achieving broadband NIR-I to NIR-II emission in layer-structured Mg4Nb2O9:Cr3+,Yb3+ phosphor for multifunctional applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 997. 174886–174886. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Aiguo, Wei Yu, Jing Ye, et al.. (2024). Design and verifications of three building acoustic metamaterials for simultaneous noise insulation and ventilation. Construction and Building Materials. 456. 139316–139316. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Zekun, Shuai Zhang, Zhenhua Wu, et al.. (2024). Visual‐Audio Thermoelectric Detectors for Images and Sound Recognition. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(46). 7 indexed citations

Hu, Zhiyu, et al.. (2024). Broadband near‐infrared (NIR) emitting Cr³⁺‐doped La₃Ga₅SnO₁₄ phosphor with long persistent and photostimulated persistent luminescence. Luminescence. 39(1). e4674–e4674. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Zekun, Shuai Zhang, Zhenhua Wu, et al.. (2023). High-performance integrated chip-level thermoelectric device for power generation and microflow detection. Nano Energy. 114. 108611–108611. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuai, Zhenhua Wu, Zekun Liu, & Zhiyu Hu. (2023). An Emerging Energy Technology: Self‐Uninterrupted Electricity Power Harvesting from the Sun and Cold Space. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(19). 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuai, Zhenhua Wu, Zekun Liu, et al.. (2022). Power Generation on Chips: Harvesting Energy From the Sun and Cold Space. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(12). 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhenhua & Zhiyu Hu. (2022). Perspective— Powerful Micro/Nano-Scale Heat Engine: Thermoelectric Converter on Chip. 1(2). 23402–23402. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhenhua, Zekun Liu, Shuai Zhang, Erzhen Mu, & Zhiyu Hu. (2022). Interfacial‐Modulated Growth of Nanostructured Bi₂Te₃ Films for Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance. physica status solidi (a). 219(16). 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhenhua, et al.. (2021). Bipolar Resistive Switching in the Ag/Sb₂Te₃/Pt Heterojunction. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 3(6). 2766–2773. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhihang, Paul Erhart, Tao Li, et al.. (2021). Storing energy with molecular photoisomers. Joule. 5(12). 3116–3136. 177 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhenhua, Lei Lü, Chaochao Dun, et al.. (2020). Formation of Hexagonal PdSe₂ for Electronics and Catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(20). 10935–10940. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhenhua, Xiang Chen, Erzhen Mu, et al.. (2019). Lattice Strain Enhances Thermoelectric Properties in Sb₂Te₃/Te Heterostructure. Advanced Electronic Materials. 6(1). 43 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhiyu & Qingsong Ma. (2019). Research progress in SiOC ceramics derived from hetero element-modified polysiloxane. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Shafiei, Mahnaz, Jun Yu, Nunzio Motta, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen gas sensors based on thermally evaporated nanostructured MoO3 Schottky diode : a comparative study. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 1 indexed citations

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Choudhury, Arnab, Peter J. Hesketh, Thomas Thundat, & Zhiyu Hu. (2007). A piezoresistive microcantilever array for surface stress measurement: curvature model and fabrication. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 17(10). 2065–2076. 21 indexed citations

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