Zihe Chen

583 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 424 citations indexed

About

Zihe Chen is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zihe Chen has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 424 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zihe Chen's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (15 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (6 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (5 papers). Zihe Chen is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (15 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (6 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (5 papers). Zihe Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and Japan. Zihe Chen's co-authors include Run Hu, Shilv Yu, Junichiro Shiomi, Sun‐Kyung Kim, Xi Wang, Chunyu Zhu, Yun-Jo Lee, Nan Sheng, Zhonghao Rao and Xiaobing Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Zihe Chen

19 papers receiving 410 citations

Hit Papers

Ultrahigh-efficient material informatics inverse design o... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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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. Ultrahigh-efficient material informatics inverse design of thermal metamaterials for visible-infrared-compatible camouflage
    2023 124 citations Xi Wang, Yun-Jo Lee et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zihe Chen China 10 231 113 103 90 78 19 424
Xu Zheng China 6 286 1.2× 184 1.6× 164 1.6× 181 2.0× 84 1.1× 12 579
Shilv Yu China 6 216 0.9× 107 0.9× 98 1.0× 42 0.5× 12 0.2× 11 317
Kristin M. Charipar United States 11 73 0.3× 121 1.1× 69 0.7× 105 1.2× 58 0.7× 24 453
Shuling Zhou China 10 287 1.2× 235 2.1× 65 0.6× 254 2.8× 92 1.2× 20 572
Sydney Taylor United States 9 299 1.3× 123 1.1× 91 0.9× 39 0.4× 19 0.2× 13 468
Xuecheng Fu China 10 178 0.8× 32 0.3× 52 0.5× 151 1.7× 40 0.5× 16 331
Zuoxu Wu China 15 531 2.3× 118 1.0× 98 1.0× 293 3.3× 103 1.3× 30 846
C. G. Park South Korea 12 156 0.7× 62 0.5× 101 1.0× 152 1.7× 112 1.4× 29 477
Jinxin Gu China 12 309 1.3× 129 1.1× 64 0.6× 80 0.9× 16 0.2× 29 550

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zihe Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zihe Chen

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Chen, Zihe, Shilv Yu, Jinlong Ma, et al.. (2025). Wavelength-selective thermal nonreciprocity barely improves sky radiative cooling. Fundamental Research. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, et al.. (2025). Angle-asymmetric thermal radiation via efficient inverse design of multi-layer magneto-optical films. Journal of Applied Physics. 137(16). 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe & Run Hu. (2025). Strong Nonreciprocal Broadband Thermal Radiation via Materials Informatics Inverse Design. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(28). 3 indexed citations
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Duan, Yulong, Zihe Chen, Wenhao Ji, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical-Morphology Lignocellulosic Thermostat for High-Efficiency Thermal Management. ACS Nano. 19(38). 34110–34122. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Shilv, et al.. (2024). Enhancing overall performance of thermophotovoltaics via deep reinforcement learning-based optimization. Journal of Applied Physics. 136(2). 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, Shilv Yu, & Run Hu. (2024). Bridging the Fabry–Perot cavity and asymmetric Berreman mode for long-wave infrared nonreciprocal thermal emitters. Science China Technological Sciences. 67(10). 3285–3293. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, et al.. (2024). Near-normal nonreciprocal thermal radiation with a 0.3T magnetic field based on double-layer grating structure. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 222. 125202–125202. 24 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, et al.. (2024). Defect-mode and Fabry-Perot resonance induced multi-band nonreciprocal thermal radiation. Science China Technological Sciences. 67(8). 2405–2412. 5 indexed citations
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Yu, Shilv, Zihe Chen, Qinghe Li, et al.. (2024). Ultrahigh Visible-Transparency, Submicrometer, and Polymer-Free Radiative Cooling Meta-Glass Coating for Building Energy Saving. ACS Photonics. 11(8). 3412–3423. 29 indexed citations
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Hu, Run, Zihe Chen, & Sun‐Kyung Kim. (2024). Can Thermal Nonreciprocity Help Radiative Cooling?. Research. 7. 563–563. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, et al.. (2023). Ultra-efficient machine learning design of nonreciprocal thermal absorber for arbitrary directional and spectral radiation. Journal of Applied Physics. 134(20). 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Xi, Yun-Jo Lee, Shilv Yu, et al.. (2023). Ultrahigh-efficient material informatics inverse design of thermal metamaterials for visible-infrared-compatible camouflage. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4694–4694. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Zihe, Junichiro Shiomi, & Run Hu. (2023). Multi-Band Nonreciprocal Thermal Radiation Via the Coupling Effect of Tamm Plasmon and Defect Mode. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Shilv, Xi Wang, Zihe Chen, et al.. (2023). General deep learning framework for emissivity engineering. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 291–291. 55 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, Shilv Yu, Bin Hu, & Run Hu. (2023). Multi-band and wide-angle nonreciprocal thermal radiation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 209. 124149–124149. 50 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, Chengzhi Zhao, Weijia Meng, et al.. (2022). Anisotropically enhancing thermal conductivity of epoxy composite with a low filler load by an AlN/C fiber skeleton. Ceramics International. 48(12). 17604–17610. 19 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chunyu, Chengzhi Zhao, Zihe Chen, et al.. (2021). Anisotropically thermal transfer improvement and shape stabilization of paraffin supported by SiC-coated biomass carbon fiber scaffolds for thermal energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage. 46. 103866–103866. 34 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chunyu, Zihe Chen, Ruijie Zhu, Nan Sheng, & Zhonghao Rao. (2021). Vertically Aligned Al2O3 Fiber Framework Leading to Anisotropically Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy Composites. Advanced Engineering Materials. 23(9). 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Zihe, Ruijie Zhu, Nan Sheng, Chunyu Zhu, & Zhonghao Rao. (2021). Synchronously improved thermal conductivity and anti-leakage performance for phase change composite by SiC nanowires modified wood carbon. Journal of Energy Storage. 47. 103567–103567. 28 indexed citations

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