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Xianghua Zhang

Xianghua Zhang

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Materials Science

D-Index
60
Citations
13607
World Ranking
7012
National Ranking
187

Xianghua Zhang 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 Xianghua Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 431 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xianghua Zhang 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 Xianghua Zhang 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

Xianghua Zhang is a researcher affiliated with the University of Rennes in France. Their work spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, focusing predominantly on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. Zhang's research interests also include ceramics and composites, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics extensively cover advanced materials and nanoscale phenomena. Key topics in Zhang's oeuvre include:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials

Zhang has authored numerous papers across several publication venues, frequently contributing to journals and platforms such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Ceramics International
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Their recent publications include:

  • Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with bilayer interface passivation, 2024, published in Nature
  • Sputtered and selenized Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells with open-circuit voltage exceeding 500 mV, 2020, Nano Energy
  • Heterojunction Annealing Enabling Record Open-Circuit Voltage in Antimony Triselenide Solar Cells, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Flexible power generators by Ag2Se thin films with record-high thermoelectric performance, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Novel Thermal Diffusion Temperature Engineering Leading to High Thermoelectric Performance in Bi2Te3-Based Flexible Thin-Films, 2021, Advanced Science

Xianghua Zhang collaborates extensively with several coauthors, among whom the most frequent include:

  • Hongli Ma
  • Guangxing Liang
  • Shuo Chen
  • Ping Fan
  • Zhuanghao Zheng

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in chalcogenide glasses

    Bruno Bureau;Xiang Hua Zhang;Frederic Smektala;Jean Luc Adam

  • Production of complex chalcogenide glass optics by molding for thermal imaging

    X.H. Zhang;Y. Guimond;Y. Bellec

  • Heterojunction Annealing Enabling Record Open‐Circuit Voltage in Antimony Triselenide Solar Cells

    Unknown

  • Crystal Growth Promotion and Defects Healing Enable Minimum Open‐Circuit Voltage Deficit in Antimony Selenide Solar Cells

    Unknown

  • Sputtered and selenized Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells with open-circuit voltage exceeding 500 mV

    Guang-Xing Liang;Yan-Di Luo;Shuo Chen;Rong Tang

  • A Family of Far-Infrared-Transmitting Glasses in the Ga–Ge–Te System for Space Applications

    Sylvain Danto;Patrick Houizot;Catherine Boussard-Pledel;Xiang-Hua Zhang

  • Highly efficient and stable planar heterojunction solar cell based on sputtered and post-selenized Sb2Se3 thin film

    Rong Tang;Zhuang-Hao Zheng;Zhuang-Hao Zheng;Zheng-Hua Su;Xue-Jin Li

  • Selenium‐Based Glasses and Glass Ceramics Transmitting Light from the Visible to the Far‐IR

    Laurent Calvez;Hong-Li Ma;Jacques Lucas;Xiang-Hua Zhang

  • Glasses for Seeing Beyond Visible

    Xiang Hua Zhang;Bruno Bureau;Pierre Lucas;Catherine Boussard-Pledel

  • Efficient Near-Infrared Down-Conversion in Pr3+–Yb3+ Codoped Glasses and Glass Ceramics Containing LaF3 Nanocrystals

    Yinsheng Xu;Yinsheng Xu;Yinsheng Xu;Xianghua Zhang;Shixun Dai;Bo Fan

  • Forming glasses from Se and Te.

    Bruno Bureau;Catherine Boussard-Pledel;Pierre Lucas;Xianghua Zhang

  • An effective combination reaction involved with sputtered and selenized Sb precursors for efficient Sb2Se3 thin film solar cells

    Yan-Di Luo;Rong Tang;Shuo Chen;Ju-Guang Hu

  • Thermally induced structural evolution and performance of Sb2Se3 films and nanorods prepared by an easy sputtering method

    Guang-Xing Liang;Guang-Xing Liang;Zhuang-Hao Zheng;Zhuang-Hao Zheng;Ping Fan;Jing-Ting Luo

  • A new class of infrared transmitting glass-ceramics based on controlled nucleation and growth of alkali halide in a sulphide based glass matrix

    Xianghua Zhang;M.A Hongli;Jacques Lucas

  • Infrared fibers based on Te–As–Se glass system with low optical losses

    V.S. Shiryaev;V.S. Shiryaev;J.-L. Adam;X.H. Zhang;C. Boussard-Plédel

  • Realizing high thermoelectric performance in highly (0l0)-textured flexible Cu2Se thin film for wearable energy harvesting

    Unknown

  • Tellurium based glasses: A ruthless glass to crystal competition

    Bruno Bureau;Sylvain Danto;Hong Li Ma;Catherine Boussard-Plédel

  • Facile preparation and enhanced photoelectrical performance of Sb2Se3 nano-rods by magnetron sputtering deposition

    Guang-Xing Liang;Guang-Xing Liang;Xiang-Hua Zhang;Xiang-Hua Zhang;Hong-Li Ma;Ju-Guang Hu

  • APPLICATIONS OF CHALCOGENIDE GLASS BULKS AND FIBRES

    X. Zhang;H. Ma;J. Lucas

  • Over 12% efficient kesterite solar cell via back interface engineering

    Unknown

  • The tellurium halide glasses

    J. Lucas;X.H. Zhang

  • Infrared transmitting glasses and glass-ceramics

    X.H. Zhang;L. Calvez;V. Seznec;H.L. Ma

  • Near-Infrared Quantum Cutting Material Er3+/Yb3+ Doped La2O2S with an External Quantum Yield Higher than 100%

    Bo Fan;Christophe Chlique;Odile Merdrignac-Conanec;Xianghua Zhang

  • Luminescence behavior of Ce3+ and Dy3+ codoped oxyfluoride glasses and glass ceramics containing LaF3 nanocrystals

    Qun Luo;Xvsheng Qiao;Xianping Fan;Hui Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shixun Dai
Shixun Dai Ningbo University
Jacques Lucas
Jacques Lucas University of Rennes
Jean-Luc Adam
Jean-Luc Adam University of Rennes
Guangxing Liang
Guangxing Liang Shenzhen University
Bruno Bureau
Bruno Bureau University of Rennes
Jingting Luo
Jingting Luo Shenzhen University
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
Mathieu Allix
Mathieu Allix University of Orléans
Frédéric Smektala
Frédéric Smektala University of Burgundy
Tanguy Rouxel
Tanguy Rouxel University of Rennes

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