Zhongtao Li

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Zhongtao Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongtao Li has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 56 papers in Materials Chemistry and 52 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhongtao Li's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (43 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (37 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (37 papers). Zhongtao Li is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (43 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (37 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (37 papers). Zhongtao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhongtao Li's co-authors include Mingbo Wu, Wenting Wu, Jingtang Zheng, Han Hu, Liangqin Wei, Zhenggang Wu, Guiliang Wu, Qingshan Zhao, Shijun Zhao and Hao Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhongtao Li

135 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Achieving superb strength in single-phase FCC alloys via maximizing volume misfit

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhongtao Li China	43	2.8k	2.1k	1.6k	1.2k	633	145	5.1k
Lijie Wang China	37	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	910 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	539 0.9×	192	4.3k
Liying Ma China	40	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	907 1.4×	153	5.1k
Ning Yan China	36	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	579 0.5×	483 0.8×	147	4.0k
Dongdong Wang China	34	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	4.1k 2.5×	669 0.6×	725 1.1×	99	6.2k
Qingquan Kong China	48	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	3.9k 2.4×	895 0.7×	440 0.7×	177	6.9k
Hairong Xue China	43	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	1.8k 1.5×	235 0.4×	112	5.7k
Jiayi Wang China	36	3.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	865 0.5×	710 0.6×	286 0.5×	156	4.5k
Ahmad Azmin Mohamad Malaysia	37	3.8k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	860 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	659 1.0×	189	5.4k
Diogo M.F. Santos Portugal	40	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.8×	503 0.4×	296 0.5×	222	5.4k
Qi Kang China	38	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	929 0.6×	824 0.7×	438 0.7×	78	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongtao Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongtao Li

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Sun, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2025). Single-atom M/GDY catalysts for electrochemical ethylene conversion via tandem water oxidation. Applied Surface Science. 695. 162865–162865. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yufeng, et al.. (2025). Co Single‐Atom Catalysis for High‐Efficiency LiCl/Cl ₂ Conversion in Rechargeable Lithium‐Chlorine Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(15). e2418990–e2418990. 6 indexed citations

Lin, Yan, Hui Li, Yang Sun, et al.. (2025). V activated electro-epoxidation catalyst in membrane electrode assembly system for the production of propylene oxide. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3113–3113. 4 indexed citations

Deng, Shenzhen, et al.. (2025). Advancements in polymer materials for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(18). 8287–8324.

Wang, Min, Shunsheng Zhao, Yuanyuan Sun, et al.. (2024). Elucidating the mechanistic synergy of fluorine and oxygen doping in boosting platinum-based catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 682. 115–123. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Yuanyuan, Sisi Jiang, Hao Ren, et al.. (2024). Rigid and flexible dual-network polymer electrolytes with enhanced interfacial interaction to accelerate Li⁺ transfer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(41). 28224–28232. 5 indexed citations

Tan, Xiaojie, Jinqiang Zhang, Fengliang Cao, et al.. (2024). Salt Effect Engineering Single Fe‐N₂P₂‐Cl Sites on Interlinked Porous Carbon Nanosheets for Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Zn‐Air Batteries. Advanced Science. 11(12). e2306599–e2306599. 45 indexed citations

Wang, Min, Jialiang Chen, Shilin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Synergistic Interactions Between Co Nanoparticles and Unsaturated Co‐N₂ Sites for Efficient Electrocatalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(51). 27 indexed citations

Lv, Qing, et al.. (2024). The research progress on COF solid-state electrolytes for lithium batteries. Chemical Communications. 60(74). 10046–10063. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, Shilin Zhang, Hao Wang, et al.. (2024). Regulating catalyst and ionomer interactions to promote oxygen transport in fuel cells. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 365. 124894–124894. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaohui, Sa Zhang, Zhongtao Li, et al.. (2019). Physical vapor deposition (PVD): a method to fabricate modified g-C₃N₄ sheets. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(17). 6683–6687. 14 indexed citations

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Deng, Shenzhen, Yingchun Yan, Liangqin Wei, et al.. (2019). Amorphous Al₂O₃ with N-Doped Porous Carbon as Efficient Polysulfide Barrier in Li–S Batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2(2). 1266–1273. 57 indexed citations

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Li, Zhongtao, Tingting Zhao, Wenjie Jiang, et al.. (2018). Bimetal Prussian Blue as a Continuously Variable Platform for Investigating the Composition–Activity Relationship of Phosphides-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(42). 35904–35910. 34 indexed citations

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Ren, Hao, et al.. (2018). Efficient energy gap tuning for T-carbon via single atomic doping. Chemical Physics. 518. 69–73. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Zhongtao, Jianze Feng, Han Hu, et al.. (2018). An amorphous tin-based nanohybrid for ultra-stable sodium storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(39). 18920–18927. 24 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, Han Hu, Yixian Wang, et al.. (2018). Metal–Organic Frameworks Mediated Synthesis of One-Dimensional Molybdenum-Based/Carbon Composites for Enhanced Lithium Storage. ACS Nano. 12(2). 1990–2000. 238 indexed citations

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Li, Zhongtao, Weinan Zhao, Changzhi Yin, et al.. (2017). Synergistic Effects between Doped Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Metal-Free Cathode for Zinc-Air Battery from Covalent Organic Frameworks Coated CNT. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(51). 44519–44528. 72 indexed citations

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Wu, Wenting, Qinggang Zhang, Ruiqin Wang, et al.. (2017). Synergies between Unsaturated Zn/Cu Doping Sites in Carbon Dots Provide New Pathways for Photocatalytic Oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 8(2). 747–753. 66 indexed citations

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Wang, Yang, Wenting Wu, Yuan Rao, et al.. (2017). Cation modulating electrocatalyst derived from bimetallic metal–organic frameworks for overall water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(13). 6170–6177. 65 indexed citations

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Wu, Mingbo, Minghui Tan, Bo Jiang, et al.. (2014). Synthesis of starch-derived mesoporous carbon for electric double layer capacitor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 245. 166–172. 100 indexed citations

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