Zifei Meng

612 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 449 citations indexed

About

Zifei Meng is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zifei Meng has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 449 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 6 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zifei Meng's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (9 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (6 papers). Zifei Meng is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (9 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (6 papers). Zifei Meng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Zifei Meng's co-authors include Yan Wang, Xiaotu Ma, Bin Chen, Mengyuan Chen, Zhenzhen Yang, Yadong Zheng, Luqman Azhari, Jiahui Hou, Zeyi Yao and Sungyool Bong and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Zifei Meng

13 papers receiving 432 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.

The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling

2025 61 citations Xiaotu Ma, Zifei Meng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zifei Meng United States	9	381	345	214	109	24	15	449
Shengdong Tao China	8	329 0.9×	224 0.6×	145 0.7×	99 0.9×	16 0.7×	11	352
Stefan Doose Germany	10	351 0.9×	223 0.6×	124 0.6×	238 2.2×	31 1.3×	15	452
Luqman Azhari United States	9	403 1.1×	284 0.8×	152 0.7×	150 1.4×	19 0.8×	12	451
Jinzhao Fu United States	9	306 0.8×	216 0.6×	118 0.6×	92 0.8×	16 0.7×	20	340
Alexandru Sonoc Canada	5	248 0.7×	256 0.7×	167 0.8×	90 0.8×	15 0.6×	5	328
Rujuan Zheng China	8	588 1.5×	554 1.6×	386 1.8×	157 1.4×	12 0.5×	9	661
Heesuk Ku South Korea	6	402 1.1×	457 1.3×	333 1.6×	101 0.9×	19 0.8×	8	532
Dongrun Yang China	11	343 0.9×	173 0.5×	88 0.4×	126 1.2×	50 2.1×	22	392
Chao‐Fan Gu China	7	456 1.2×	433 1.3×	233 1.1×	111 1.0×	25 1.0×	9	531
Jingyao Zeng China	11	275 0.7×	138 0.4×	66 0.3×	86 0.8×	17 0.7×	25	318

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zifei Meng

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15 of 15 papers shown

Ma, Xiaotu, Zifei Meng, Jeffrey S. Spangenberger, et al.. (2025). The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling. 1(1). 75–94. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Xiaoliang, Zeyang Yu, Ning Wu, et al.. (2025). Largely Enhanced Photocatalysis Process by Contact‐Electro‐Catalysis for Efficient and Eco‐Friendly Recovery of Gold. Advanced Materials. 38(8). e14244–e14244.

Meng, Zifei, et al.. (2025). Exploring Triboelectric Polymers: Strategies for Performance Optimization and Long‐Term Stability. Small Methods. 9(11). e01487–e01487. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Zifei, Xiaotu Ma, Jiahui Hou, Yadong Zheng, & Yan Wang. (2025). Impurity Impacts of Recycling NMC Cathodes. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(46). 10 indexed citations

Hou, Jiahui, Zexin Wang, Zifei Meng, et al.. (2025). Ultra-high efficient lithium recovery via terephthalic acid from spent lithium-ion batteries. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 9(14). 3862–3874. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Zifei, Jiahui Hou, Jinzhao Fu, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Effects of Bi Modification on the Properties of Ni‐Rich Cathodes. Batteries & Supercaps. 7(7). 2 indexed citations

Yao, Zeyi, Xiaotu Ma, Rui Wang, et al.. (2024). Recycled graphite enabled superior performance for lithium ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 625. 235738–235738. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaotu, Zifei Meng, Jiahui Hou, et al.. (2024). Acid Etching‐Driven Self‐Assembly of Mn‐Shell Inducing Rock‐Salt Phase for Enhanced Single‐Crystal Ni‐Rich Cathodes. Batteries & Supercaps. 8(3).

Meng, Zifei, Xiaotu Ma, Luqman Azhari, Jiahui Hou, & Yan Wang. (2023). Morphology controlled performance of ternary layered oxide cathodes. Communications Materials. 4(1). 23 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yadong, Yangtao Liu, Jiahui Hou, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the nature of sulfide ions in hydrometallurgical recycling of NCM622 cathode material. Energy storage materials. 65. 103128–103128. 15 indexed citations

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Azhari, Luqman, Zifei Meng, Zhenzhen Yang, et al.. (2022). Underlying limitations behind impedance rise and capacity fade of single crystalline Ni-rich cathodes synthesized via a molten-salt route. Journal of Power Sources. 545. 231963–231963. 20 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yadong, Luqman Azhari, Zifei Meng, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Phosphate Impurity on Recovered LiNi_0.6Co_0.2Mn_0.2O₂ Cathode Material via a Hydrometallurgy Method. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(43). 48627–48635. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yubin, Zifei Meng, & Yan Wang. (2020). Sr Doped Amorphous LLTO as Solid Electrolyte Material. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(8). 80516–80516. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ruihan, Zifei Meng, Xiaotu Ma, et al.. (2020). Understanding fundamental effects of Cu impurity in different forms for recovered LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode materials. Nano Energy. 78. 105214–105214. 81 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaotu, Mengyuan Chen, Bin Chen, Zifei Meng, & Yan Wang. (2019). High-Performance Graphite Recovered from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(24). 19732–19738. 198 indexed citations

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