2026 Juan Antonio Zapien: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	60	7012	6777	2070	2062	235	13640

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

7012

6777

2070

2062

235

13640

Overview

Juan Antonio Zapien is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to the subfields of electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and environment, biomedical engineering, and polymers and plastics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Perovskite Materials and Applications
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Conducting Polymers and Applications
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Zapien's recent publications include the following papers:

"Hydrogen-Free and Dendrite-Free All-Solid-State Zn-Ion Batteries," 2020, published in Advanced Materials
"Uniform Virus-Like Co-N-Cs Electrocatalyst Derived from Prussian Blue Analog for Stretchable Fiber-Shaped Zn-Air Batteries," 2020, published in Advanced Functional Materials
"Recent progress in cobalt-based carbon materials as oxygen electrocatalysts for zinc-air battery applications," 2021, published in Materials Today Energy
"Fast Reaction Kinetics and Commendable Low-Temperature Adaptability of Zinc Batteries Enabled by Aprotic Water-Acetamide Symbiotic Solvation Sheath," 2023, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Development of a sustainable photocatalytic process for air purification," 2020, published in Chemosphere

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zapien include:

Shengmei Chen
Esteban Broitman
Sandra E. Rodil
Longtao Ma
Shuyun Wang

Zapien has contributed to multiple publication venues, with several papers appearing in:

Surface and Coatings Technology (5 papers)
Thin Solid Films (4 papers)
Ceramics International (3 papers)
Advanced Functional Materials (2 papers)
Energy Storage Materials (2 papers)

Best Publications

High-density, ordered ultraviolet light-emitting ZnO nanowire arrays

Changhong Liu;Juan Antonio Zapien;Yuan Yao;Xiangmin Meng

774
Citations
Initiating a mild aqueous electrolyte Co3O4/Zn battery with 2.2 V-high voltage and 5000-cycle lifespan by a Co(III) rich-electrode

Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Hongfei Li;Zhaoheng Ruan

617
Citations
Hydrogen-Free and Dendrite-Free All-Solid-State Zn-Ion Batteries.

Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Na Li;Zhuoxin Liu

546
Citations
Achieving High-Voltage and High-Capacity Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Ion Battery by Incorporating Two-Species Redox Reaction

Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Changbai Long;Xinliang Li

470
Citations
Raman spectroscopy of silicon nanowires

S. Piscanec;M. Cantoro;A. C. Ferrari;J. A. Zapien

432
Citations
Super‐Stretchable Zinc–Air Batteries Based on an Alkaline‐Tolerant Dual‐Network Hydrogel Electrolyte

Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Donghong Wang;Qi Yang

425
Citations
Well‐Aligned ZnO Nanowire Arrays Fabricated on Silicon Substrates

Chunya Geng;Yang Jiang;Yuan Yao;Xiangmin Meng;Xiangmin Meng

370
Citations
Single-Site Active Iron-Based Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst for a Compressible and Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery.

Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Zengxia Pei;Yan Huang

368
Citations
A flexible solid-state zinc ion hybrid supercapacitor based on co-polymer derived hollow carbon spheres

Shengmei Chen;Longtao Ma;Kui Zhang;M. Kamruzzaman

353
Citations
p-Type ZnO Nanowire Arrays

G. D. Yuan;W. J. Zhang;J. S. Jie;X. Fan

315
Citations
Silicon nanowires-based highly-efficient SERS-active platform for ultrasensitive DNA detection

Yao He;Yao He;Shao Su;Shao Su;Tingting Xu;Yiling Zhong

304
Citations
Flexible Waterproof Rechargeable Hybrid Zinc Batteries Initiated by Multifunctional Oxygen Vacancies-Rich Cobalt Oxide.

Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Zengxia Pei;Hongfei Li

300
Citations
Wavelength-Controlled Lasing in ZnxCd1–xS Single-Crystal Nanoribbons†

Yingkai Liu;Yingkai Liu;Juan Antonio Zapien;Yue Yue Shan;Chun-Ya Geng

247
Citations
Lasing in ZnS nanowires grown on anodic aluminum oxide templates

J. X. Ding;J. A. Zapien;W. W. Chen;Y. Lifshitz

224
Citations
Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorod Arrays Sentisized with Gold Nanoparticles for Schottky Barrier Photovoltaic Cells

Z. H. Chen;Y. B. Tang;C. P. Liu;Y. H. Leung

217
Citations
ZnO/Au Composite Nanoarrays As Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection

Limiao Chen;Linbao Luo;Zhenhua Chen;Mingliang Zhang

206
Citations
Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet@metal–organic framework core–shell nanoparticles for photo-chemo combination therapy

Rui Chen;Jinfeng Zhang;Yu Wang;Xianfeng Chen

185
Citations
Room-temperature single nanoribbon lasers

J. A. Zapien;Y. Jiang;X. M. Meng;W. Chen

177
Citations
A polyoxometalate-assisted electrochemical method for silicon nanostructures preparation: from quantum dots to nanowires.

Zhenhui Kang;Chi Him A. Tsang;Zhendong Zhang;Mingliang Zhang

177
Citations
Surface engineering of ZnO nanostructures for semiconductor-sensitized solar cells.

Jun Xu;Jun Xu;Zhenhua Chen;Juan Antonio Zapien;Chun-Sing Lee

166
Citations