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Engineering and Technology
China
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
87
Citations
24654
World Ranking
1985
National Ranking
629

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
87
Citations
24316
World Ranking
342
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award

Overview

Weijia Zhou is affiliated with the University of Jinan in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering, materials science, and energy. Their research spans a range of topics primarily focused on renewable energy, advanced materials, and catalysis.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Energy

Within these fields, Zhou's work commonly addresses several subfields:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Catalysis

Their research topics cover a diverse set of advanced areas such as:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Graphene research and applications

Weijia Zhou has coauthored numerous publications with frequent collaborators including Hong Liu, Jiayuan Yu, Lili Zhao, Jinbo Pang, and Yuke Chen.

Zhou's work has been published in several prominent journals. The most common venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Nano Energy
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhou include:

  • "Water Splitting: From Electrode to Green Energy System" (2020), published in Nano-Micro Letters
  • "Perception-to-Cognition Tactile Sensing Based on Artificial-Intelligence-Motivated Human Full-Skin Bionic Electronic Skin" (2022), published in Advanced Materials
  • "WSe2 2D p-type semiconductor-based electronic devices for information technology: Design, preparation, and applications" (2020), published in InfoMat
  • "Metallic Ni3Mo3N Porous Microrods with Abundant Catalytic Sites as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Large Current Density and Superstability of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Water Splitting" (2020), published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Laser-controlled tandem catalytic sites of CuNi alloys with ampere-level electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia reduction activities for Zn-nitrate batteries" (2023), published in Energy & Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of Few-Layer MoS2 Nanosheet-Coated TiO2 Nanobelt Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities

    Weijia Zhou;Zongyou Yin;Yaping Du;Xiao Huang

  • Ni3S2 nanorods/Ni foam composite electrode with low overpotential for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Xue-Jun Wu;Xiehong Cao;Xiao Huang

  • Recent developments of carbon-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Jin Jia;Jia Lu;Linjing Yang

  • Mesoporous N-Doped Carbons Prepared with Thermally Removable Nanoparticle Templates: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Wenhan Niu;Ligui Li;Xiaojun Liu;Nan Wang

  • Preparation of Ti3C2 and Ti2C MXenes by fluoride salts etching and methane adsorptive properties

    Fanfan Liu;Aiguo Zhou;Jinfeng Chen;Jin Jia

  • One-step synthesis of Ni3S2 nanorod@Ni(OH)2nanosheet core–shell nanostructures on a three-dimensional graphene network for high-performance supercapacitors

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Xiehong Cao;Zhiyuan Zeng;Wenhui Shi

  • Water Splitting: From Electrode to Green Energy System

    Xiao Li;Lili Zhao;Jiayuan Yu;Xiaoyan Liu

  • Ag2O/TiO2 nanobelts heterostructure with enhanced ultraviolet and visible photocatalytic activity.

    Weijia Zhou;Hong Liu;Jiyang Wang;Duo Liu

  • Ultrathin N-Doped Mo2C Nanosheets with Exposed Active Sites as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

    Jin Jia;Tanli Xiong;Lili Zhao;Fulei Wang

  • Ultrahigh‐Performance Pseudocapacitor Electrodes Based on Transition Metal Phosphide Nanosheets Array via Phosphorization: A General and Effective Approach

    Kai Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Linjing Yang;Jia Lu

  • N-Doped Carbon-Wrapped Cobalt Nanoparticles on N-Doped Graphene Nanosheets for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Production

    Weijia Zhou;Jian Zhou;Yucheng Zhou;Jia Lu

  • Enhanced photocatalytic performances of CeO2/TiO2 nanobelt heterostructures.

    Jian Tian;Yuanhua Sang;Zhenhuan Zhao;Weijia Zhou

  • CoSe2 nanoparticles embedded defective carbon nanotubes derived from MOFs as efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Jia Lu;Kai Zhou;Linjing Yang

  • Biomass-derived nitrogen self-doped porous carbon as effective metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

    Xiaojun Liu;Yucheng Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Ligui Li

  • Porous metallic MoO2-supported MoS2 nanosheets for enhanced electrocatalytic activity in the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Linjing Yang;Weijia Zhou;Dongman Hou;Kai Zhou

  • Hierarchical spheres constructed by defect-rich MoS2/carbon nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Linjing Yang;Weijia Zhou;Jia Lu;Dongman Hou

  • Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. May 1962

    Weijia Zhou;Dongman Hou;Yuanhua Sang;Shuhua Yao

  • MoO2 nanobelts@nitrogen self-doped MoS2 nanosheets as effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Weijia Zhou;Dongman Hou;Yuanhua Sang;Shuhua Yao

  • Highly Morphology-Controllable and Highly Sensitive Capacitive Tactile Sensor Based on Epidermis-Dermis-Inspired Interlocked Asymmetric-Nanocone Arrays for Detection of Tiny Pressure

    Hongsen Niu;Song Gao;Wenjing Yue;Yang Li

  • MoS2 nanosheet-coated CoS2 nanowire arrays on carbon cloth as three-dimensional electrodes for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Jilin Huang;Dongman Hou;Yucheng Zhou;Weijia Zhou

  • Pt nanoparticles/MoS2 nanosheets/carbon fibers as efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Dongman Hou;Weijia Zhou;Xiaojun Liu;Kai Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Liu
Hong Liu Shandong University
Shaowei Chen
Shaowei Chen University of California, Santa Cruz
Ligui Li
Ligui Li South China University of Technology
Yuanhua Sang
Yuanhua Sang Shandong University
Zhenghua Tang
Zhenghua Tang South China University of Technology
Jiyang Wang
Jiyang Wang Shandong University
Xiao Li Zhang
Xiao Li Zhang Xiamen University
Renzong Hu
Renzong Hu South China University of Technology
Yongyou Hu
Yongyou Hu South China University of Technology
Meilin Liu
Meilin Liu Georgia Institute of Technology

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