Zihao Chen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 842 citations indexed

About

Zihao Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zihao Chen has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 842 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zihao Chen's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (10 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (6 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Zihao Chen is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (10 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (6 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (5 papers). Zihao Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Zihao Chen's co-authors include Kristen A. Fichthorn, Qichun Zhang, Benjamin J. Wiley, Jinglun Yang, Lei Zhang, Myung Jun Kim, Dengbao Xiao, Xiaofei Cao, Yongbo Jiang and Daining Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zihao Chen

44 papers receiving 825 citations

Hit Papers

Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Reduction ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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. Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: A Review
    2024 84 citations Jinglun Yang, Zihao Chen et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zihao Chen China 16 390 276 208 168 134 50 842
Sungsu Kang South Korea 19 483 1.2× 298 1.1× 144 0.7× 106 0.6× 90 0.7× 64 891
Yunlong Liao China 14 761 2.0× 378 1.4× 101 0.5× 101 0.6× 189 1.4× 34 1.1k
Zhijun Zuo China 21 777 2.0× 492 1.8× 345 1.7× 253 1.5× 120 0.9× 73 1.5k
Fangli Yu China 18 617 1.6× 249 0.9× 155 0.7× 186 1.1× 106 0.8× 68 948
Jingyi Zhang China 15 809 2.1× 337 1.2× 147 0.7× 344 2.0× 150 1.1× 40 1.3k
Qun Li China 14 421 1.1× 635 2.3× 186 0.9× 183 1.1× 347 2.6× 44 1.2k
Serkan Demirel Türkiye 17 531 1.4× 279 1.0× 126 0.6× 86 0.5× 249 1.9× 51 956
Gang He China 21 852 2.2× 343 1.2× 363 1.7× 133 0.8× 132 1.0× 94 1.4k
Xiangyuan Zhao China 15 360 0.9× 291 1.1× 235 1.1× 206 1.2× 78 0.6× 27 780
Xing Yu China 17 222 0.6× 509 1.8× 162 0.8× 136 0.8× 293 2.2× 45 764

Countries citing papers authored by Zihao Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zihao Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zihao Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Naren, Tuoya, et al.. (2026). Multifunctional Asymmetric Soluble Covalent Organic Frameworks: A Versatile Medium for Stabilizing Lithium Anode Interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148(8). 8524–8534.
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Xin, Yinger, et al.. (2026). Dual-Spin Centers in a Grid-like Covalent Organic Framework Promote Near-Unity CO 2 Electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148(3). 3570–3582.
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Kang, Fangyuan, Yuchan Zhang, Zihao Chen, et al.. (2025). Umpolung of a covalent organic framework for high-performance cathodic sodium ion storage. Chemical Science. 16(18). 7711–7719. 5 indexed citations
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Kang, Fangyuan, Lei Yan, Yongjie Cao, et al.. (2025). Poly(p-benzoquinono)diimidazole-Linked Covalent Organic Framework as An Efficient Anode Endues Sodium-Ion Batteries with High Performance and Wide Temperature Adaptability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(29). 26069–26078. 13 indexed citations
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Xin, Yinger, Mingzi Sun, Yanwei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Cascaded Metalation of Two‐Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting Electrochemical CO Reduction. Angewandte Chemie. 137(22). 1 indexed citations
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Xin, Yinger, Mingzi Sun, Yanwei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Cascaded Metalation of Two‐Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Boosting Electrochemical CO Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(22). e202505461–e202505461. 13 indexed citations
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He, Lizhong, Tuoya Naren, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Interweaving Covalent Organic Polymer Chains Into Two‐Dimensional Networks: Synthesis, Single Crystal Structure, and Application for Stabilizing Lithium Metal Anode. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(28). e202506036–e202506036. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yewei, Tao Zhang, Qianli Liu, et al.. (2024). Electroless silver plating combined with laser direct writing technology: For the fabrication of flexible silver mesh transparent electrodes. Surfaces and Interfaces. 49. 104355–104355. 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Miaomiao, Lei Zhang, Xiaoxin Li, et al.. (2024). Growing large single crystals of two- or three-dimensional covalent organic polymers through unconventional Te-O-P linkages. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10026–10026. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihao, Hao Zhou, Hao Wei, et al.. (2023). Research progress on removal of mercury from flue gas by photocatalytic oxidation of bismuth oxyhalide: A review. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110862–110862. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Heng, et al.. (2023). Chloride enables the growth of Ag nanocubes and nanowires by making PVP binding facet-selective. Nanoscale. 15(11). 5219–5229. 20 indexed citations
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Fichthorn, Kristen A., Zihao Chen, Zhifeng Chen, et al.. (2021). Understanding the Solution-Phase Growth of Cu and Ag Nanowires and Nanocubes from First Principles. Langmuir. 37(15). 4419–4431. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihao & Kristen A. Fichthorn. (2021). Adsorption of ethylenediamine on Cu surfaces: attributes of a successful capping molecule using first-principles calculations. Nanoscale. 13(31). 13529–13537. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihao & Kristen A. Fichthorn. (2021). Adsorption of alkylamines on Cu surfaces: identifying ideal capping molecules using first-principles calculations. Nanoscale. 13(44). 18536–18545. 3 indexed citations
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Fichthorn, Kristen A. & Zihao Chen. (2020). Surface science of shape-selective metal nanocrystal synthesis from first-principles: Growth of Cu nanowires and nanocubes. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 38(2). 15 indexed citations
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Kim, Myung Jun, Mutya A. Cruz, Zihao Chen, et al.. (2020). Isotropic Iodide Adsorption Causes Anisotropic Growth of Copper Microplates. Chemistry of Materials. 33(3). 881–891. 32 indexed citations
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Qi, Xin, Zihao Chen, Tianyu Yan, & Kristen A. Fichthorn. (2019). Growth Mechanism of Five-Fold Twinned Ag Nanowires from Multiscale Theory and Simulations. ACS Nano. 13(4). 4647–4656. 39 indexed citations
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Kim, Myung Jun, Samuel Alvarez, Zihao Chen, Kristen A. Fichthorn, & Benjamin J. Wiley. (2018). Single-Crystal Electrochemistry Reveals Why Metal Nanowires Grow. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(44). 14740–14746. 84 indexed citations

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