Zihan Chen

1.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
102 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Zihan Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zihan Chen has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 56 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zihan Chen's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (26 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (23 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (12 papers). Zihan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (26 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (23 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (12 papers). Zihan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Zihan Chen's co-authors include Zhilong Zhang, Robert Patterson, Lin Yuan, Shujuan Huang, Xiao Jin, Gavin Conibeer, Quanle Zou, Weifu Sun, Qinghua Li and Long Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zihan Chen

94 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Morphological evolution and flow conduction characteristics of fracture channels in fractured sandstone under cyclic loading and unloading

2023 93 citations Quanle Zou, Zihan Chen et al. profile →
Hardening-damage evolutionary mechanism of sandstone under multi-level cyclic loading

2024 45 citations Qican Ran, Yunpei Liang et al. profile →
Mechanical behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of initially damaged coal under triaxial cyclic loading and unloading

2025 15 citations Qican Ran, Yunpei Liang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zihan Chen China	23	830	821	207	196	149	102	1.5k
Xiaochen Li China	18	596 0.7×	408 0.5×	77 0.4×	88 0.4×	125 0.8×	47	1.2k
Xudong Cui China	16	752 0.9×	766 0.9×	353 1.7×	120 0.6×	80 0.5×	52	1.4k
Xinghui Wu China	18	739 0.9×	551 0.7×	156 0.8×	125 0.6×	44 0.3×	86	1.2k
Shasha Gao China	22	654 0.8×	250 0.3×	145 0.7×	199 1.0×	110 0.7×	68	1.3k
Andreas Pütz Canada	18	848 1.0×	347 0.4×	591 2.9×	129 0.7×	177 1.2×	37	1.5k
Zhongwei Liu China	19	636 0.8×	588 0.7×	111 0.5×	167 0.9×	27 0.2×	106	1.3k
Wentao Zhang China	23	1.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.8×	275 1.3×	118 0.6×	45 0.3×	120	2.0k
Lin Zhu China	21	319 0.4×	731 0.9×	284 1.4×	388 2.0×	194 1.3×	68	1.7k
Zhenping Wang China	16	421 0.5×	494 0.6×	95 0.5×	63 0.3×	101 0.7×	52	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zihan Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zihan Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zihan Chen 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 Zihan Chen. Zihan Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Ma, Ming, et al.. (2025). Spanning green to deep red emission: KAl₁₁O₁₇: Cr³⁺ phosphors engineer light spectra for enhanced plant growth. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1039. 183030–183030.

Yang, Bing, Xia Hu, Cheng Xiang, et al.. (2025). ATRA upregulates OTUD6B to recruit CD8+ T cells to suppress colorectal liver metastasis by stabilizing DDX5/STAT3/CXCL11 axis. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 521–521.

Zhang, Xingwei, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of coal pitch pre-hydrogenation catalyzed by metal-free catalytic system and preparation of mesophase pitch. Fuel. 380. 133142–133142. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Zihan, et al.. (2024). HfS2/BN heterostructures: A repeatable detectable water sensing material. Surfaces and Interfaces. 52. 104906–104906. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Zihan, et al.. (2024). Effective red emission of Sb3+ sensitized Ho3+ doped Cs2NaGdCl6 perovskite under blue excitation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175577–175577. 6 indexed citations

Zou, Quanle, et al.. (2024). Characterization and differences of acoustic signals response of semi-circular red sandstone under combined monotonous and cyclic loadings. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 10(1). 8 indexed citations

Huang, Qingqing, et al.. (2024). Bidirectional Regulation of Intracellular Enzyme Activity Using Light‐Driven Nano‐Inhibitors. Angewandte Chemie. 136(8). 1 indexed citations

Li, Hongchen, Jing Cheng, Zihan Chen, et al.. (2024). Dopamine-supported HPLC post-column derivatization to fluorescence: Simultaneous and sensitive detection of eight tea polyphenols. Food Chemistry. 464(Pt 1). 141582–141582. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Jiafeng, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast sensitive colorimetric detection of cyanide based on dissolving AgI on Au-AgI heterodimeric nanoparticles via UV–vis spectroscopy and single nanoparticle imaging. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 410. 135635–135635. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Yiwen, et al.. (2024). Ternary photocatalyst Bi5O7I/Bi2O2CO3/Ag2CO3 with double Z-scheme heterojunction for the degradation of levofloxacin under visible light: Practical application and DFT calculation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177294–177294. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Zihan & He Ren. (2023). Competitive adsorption characteristics of gasoline evaporated VOCs in microporous activated carbon by molecular simulation. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 121. 108444–108444. 9 indexed citations

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Ran, Qican, Yunpei Liang, Quanle Zou, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of Mining-Induced Fractures Under Inclined Coal Seam Group Multiple Mining and Implications for Gas Migration. Natural Resources Research. 32(3). 1481–1501. 64 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yueliang, et al.. (2023). Highly stable soft-error immune SRAM with multi-node upset recovery for aerospace applications. Integration. 92. 58–65. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Zihan, et al.. (2022). Proton‐Induced Defect‐Rich Vanadium Oxides as Reversible Polysulfide Conversion Sites for High‐Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(10). e202203043–e202203043. 9 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaorui, Zihan Chen, & Fengxin Sun. (2022). Digitization of fabric comfort: a multidimensional evaluation strategy to human perceptions of sensorial, thermal and acoustic comfort in clothing. International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology. 35(1). 162–175. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Zihan, Xihong Zu, Liheng Chen, et al.. (2022). Flexible Self-Supporting 3D Electrode Based on 3D Graphene-PPy@Fe-MnCo₂O₄ Nanostructure Arrays toward High-Performance Wearable Supercapacitors. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(5). 5937–5946. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenyuan, Yuxiang Huang, Zihan Chen, & Wei‐Jen Lee. (2022). Integrated Demand Response for Microgrids With Incentive Compatible Bidding Mechanism. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 59(1). 118–127. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenyuan, Zihan Chen, & Wei‐Jen Lee. (2022). Soft Actor–Critic Algorithm Featured Residential Demand Response Strategic Bidding for Load Aggregators. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 58(4). 4298–4308. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Songtao, Zhilong Zhang, Yicong Hu, et al.. (2019). Ligand-mediated synthesis of colloidal Cs ₂ SnI ₆ three-dimensional nanocrystals and two-dimensional nanoplatelets. Nanotechnology. 30(29). 295601–295601. 30 indexed citations

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Gao, Yijun, Robert Patterson, Long Hu, et al.. (2018). MgCl ₂ passivated ZnO electron transporting layer to improve PbS quantum dot solar cells. Nanotechnology. 30(8). 85403–85403. 13 indexed citations

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