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Juan Antonio Zapien

Juan Antonio Zapien

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
60
Citations
13640
World Ranking
7010
National Ranking
2071

Juan Antonio Zapien publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juan Antonio Zapien sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 235 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Juan Antonio Zapien D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Juan Antonio Zapien sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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

  • 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

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

    Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Na Li;Zhuoxin Liu

  • 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

  • Raman spectroscopy of silicon nanowires

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

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

    Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Donghong Wang;Qi Yang

  • Well‐Aligned ZnO Nanowire Arrays Fabricated on Silicon Substrates

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

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

    Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Zengxia Pei;Yan Huang

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

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

  • p-Type ZnO Nanowire Arrays

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

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

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

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

    Longtao Ma;Shengmei Chen;Zengxia Pei;Hongfei Li

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

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

  • Lasing in ZnS nanowires grown on anodic aluminum oxide templates

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

  • 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

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

    Limiao Chen;Linbao Luo;Zhenhua Chen;Mingliang Zhang

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

    Rui Chen;Jinfeng Zhang;Yu Wang;Xianfeng Chen

  • Room-temperature single nanoribbon lasers

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

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

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Shuit-Tong Lee
Shuit-Tong Lee Macau University of Science and Technology
I. Bello
I. Bello Soochow University
Chun-Sing Lee
Chun-Sing Lee City University of Hong Kong
Russell Messier
Russell Messier Pennsylvania State University
Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Aleksandra B. Djurišić University of Hong Kong
Yeshayahu Lifshitz
Yeshayahu Lifshitz Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Hong-En Wang
Hong-En Wang Yunnan Normal University
Qi Shao
Qi Shao Soochow University
Chunyi Zhi
Chunyi Zhi University of Hong Kong

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