Zong‐Yan Zhao

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
207 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Zong‐Yan Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zong‐Yan Zhao has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Materials Chemistry, 103 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zong‐Yan Zhao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (96 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (79 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (48 papers). Zong‐Yan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (96 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (79 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (48 papers). Zong‐Yan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United Kingdom. Zong‐Yan Zhao's co-authors include Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li, Qing-Lu Liu, Qingju Liu, Wen‐Wu Dai, Shicheng Yan, Wenjun Luo, Yong Zhou, Jiyuan Zhang and Guoying Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zong‐Yan Zhao

203 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Solar hydrogen generation from seawater with a modified BiVO4 photoanode

2011 590 citations Zong‐Yan Zhao et al. profile →
A Bi‐Co Corridor Construction Effectively Improving the Selectivity of Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction toward Ammonia by Nearly 100%

2023 162 citations Rundong Zhao, Lihong Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Enhancing Compatibility of Two‐Step Tandem Catalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Over P‐Cu/Co(OH) ₂

2024 94 citations Rundong Zhao, Lihong Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zong‐Yan Zhao China	41	4.9k	4.6k	2.7k	567	438	207	6.6k
Li‐Yong Gan China	47	4.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.0×	4.0k 1.5×	775 1.4×	657 1.5×	195	8.0k
Wenwu Zhong China	41	3.0k 0.6×	4.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.4×	874 1.5×	391 0.9×	156	6.7k
Zhiyu Ren China	44	3.1k 0.6×	4.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	856 1.5×	370 0.8×	131	6.6k
Yuzheng Guo China	36	2.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	512 0.9×	526 1.2×	171	4.7k
Cheng He China	43	3.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	2.6k 1.0×	803 1.4×	437 1.0×	208	5.5k
Wen‐Feng Lin United Kingdom	37	2.2k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	536 0.9×	569 1.3×	118	5.0k
Zhifeng Liu China	46	4.8k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	640 1.1×	130 0.3×	192	6.5k
Ning Song China	40	3.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	3.1k 1.2×	526 0.9×	242 0.6×	178	4.9k
Rui Peng China	42	3.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	740 1.3×	540 1.2×	83	5.3k
Byungchan Han South Korea	40	2.4k 0.5×	2.6k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	414 0.7×	300 0.7×	139	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zong‐Yan Zhao

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Zhang, Zhiwu, Xiaoming Cai, Jiaqi Jin, et al.. (2025). Flexible Janus-like rGO Aerogel with Superelastic and Salt Resistance for Solar-Driven Desalination and Wastewater Purification. Langmuir. 41(37). 25827–25839.

Yang, Jian, et al.. (2025). CuCoO2/CuMO2 (M = B, Al, Ga, In) delafossite isomorphous heterostructures for photocatalytic overall water splitting: Design strategy from DFT study. Applied Surface Science. 709. 163860–163860. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yanting, et al.. (2024). Copper diffusion hindrance in Ti-TM (TM = W, Ru) alloys: A first-principles insight. Physica B Condensed Matter. 697. 416709–416709. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xianlan, et al.. (2024). Designing delafossite CuAl1-xTMxO2 solid solutions: the role of 3d transition metal spin states in photo(electro)catalytic performance. Materials Today Energy. 45. 101669–101669. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Bo, et al.. (2024). Revealing the lattice engineering of Delafossite in core–shell CuRhO2@CuGaO2 heterostructure for efficient visible light photocatalytic activity. Applied Surface Science. 659. 159906–159906. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Qi, et al.. (2024). First-principles investigation of Cu/Ti-TM/Si (TM=W, Ru) interfaces: Role of Ti-TM binary alloys as diffusion barrier layers. Materials Today Communications. 39. 109359–109359.

Zhao, Rundong, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Compatibility of Two‐Step Tandem Catalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Over P‐Cu/Co(OH) ₂. Advanced Materials. 36(45). e2408680–e2408680. 94 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Xianlan, et al.. (2023). Band engineering of delafossite CuB1-xFexO2 (B = Al, Cr, Sc) solid solutions as photocathodes: Visible-light response and performance enhancement. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 499–510. 6 indexed citations

Li, Ruiping, et al.. (2023). Boosting photoelectrochemical performance of CuFeO2/CuO photocathode by modulating heterojunction architecture and oxygen vacancies. Applied Surface Science. 640. 158392–158392. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zong‐Yan, et al.. (2023). Facet engineering: Enhancing photogenerated carrier separation and transport in CuCoO2 photo(electro)catalysts. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 1236–1247. 6 indexed citations

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Peng, Shuo, et al.. (2023). High-throughput computational screening of Ti-based binary alloys as diffusion barrier layers for copper interconnects. Materials Today Communications. 36. 106832–106832. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Lifeng, et al.. (2023). Gram-scale solvothermal synthesis of Fe-doped CuCoO₂ nanosheets and improvement of the oxygen evolution reaction performance. Nanoscale. 15(29). 12375–12387. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Ruiping, et al.. (2023). Facet engineering for improved carrier separation and transport in CuFeO2 photocathodes. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 311. 128582–128582. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Ruiping, et al.. (2023). Delafossite CuFeO2 nanosheets with highly exposed {0 0 1} crystal facets for enhancing charge separation efficiency. Applied Surface Science. 618. 156594–156594. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zong‐Yan, et al.. (2020). The effects of localized surface plasmon resonance on Cu ₂₋ _x S as a full-spectrum-response photocatalyst. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(26). 265103–265103. 6 indexed citations

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Yao, Guoying, Qing-Lu Liu, & Zong‐Yan Zhao. (2019). Applications of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect in Photocatalysis. Huaxue jinzhan. 31(4). 516. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zong‐Yan, et al.. (2015). 四元化合物半导体Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 :结构、制备、应用及前景. Huaxue jinzhan. 27(7). 913–934. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Qing-Lu, et al.. (2014). Analysis of sulfur modification mechanism for anatase and rutile TiO₂by different doping modes based on GGA + U calculations. RSC Advances. 4(61). 32100–32100. 22 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zong‐Yan, et al.. (2014). Analysis of the electronic structures of 3d transition metals doped CuGaS2 based on DFT calculations. 半导体学报：英文版. 12–21. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zong‐Yan. (2002). Study of oxidization of MgF_2 by the rietveld method of whole pattern fitting. Journal of Anhui University. 2 indexed citations

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