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Xiao Li Zhang

Xiao Li Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
15370
World Ranking
4495
National Ranking
1398

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
70
Citations
14936
World Ranking
1079
National Ranking
205

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Oxygen
  • Organic chemistry
  • Hydrogen

Xiaoli Zhang focuses on Ternary operation, Energy conversion efficiency, Organic solar cell, Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics. He connects Ternary operation with HOMO/LUMO in his study. His study looks at the relationship between Organic solar cell and topics such as Active layer, which overlap with Fill factor and Scattering.

He is involved in the study of Nanotechnology that focuses on High-resolution transmission electron microscopy in particular. His research on Optoelectronics often connects related topics like Layer. Xiaoli Zhang works mostly in the field of Alloy, limiting it down to topics relating to Crystal growth and, in certain cases, Electrochemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • Dual‐Function Scattering Layer of Submicrometer‐Sized Mesoporous TiO2 Beads for High‐Efficiency Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells (362 citations)
  • Oxygen-Vacancy Abundant Ultrafine Co3O4/Graphene Composites for High-Rate Supercapacitor Electrodes. (172 citations)
  • CuNi Dendritic Material: Synthesis, Mechanism Discussion, and Application as Glucose Sensor (165 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Xiaoli Zhang mostly deals with Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Nanoparticle, Energy conversion efficiency and Organic solar cell. His studies in Nanotechnology integrate themes in fields like Dye-sensitized solar cell, Cobalt, Solar cell and Titanium oxide. His work deals with themes such as Light scattering and Mesoporous material, which intersect with Dye-sensitized solar cell.

His research integrates issues of Titanium, Transmission electron microscopy and Photocatalysis in his study of Nanoparticle. His Energy conversion efficiency research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Surface roughness and Perovskite. The study incorporates disciplines such as Electrochemistry and Crystal in addition to Nanostructure.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Nanotechnology (26.06%)
  • Optoelectronics (23.03%)
  • Nanoparticle (19.39%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Optoelectronics (23.03%)
  • Organic solar cell (10.91%)
  • Energy conversion efficiency (15.15%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Optoelectronics, Organic solar cell, Energy conversion efficiency, Perovskite and Ternary operation. His work focuses on many connections between Organic solar cell and other disciplines, such as Active layer, that overlap with his field of interest in Fullerene. His Perovskite solar cell study in the realm of Energy conversion efficiency connects with subjects such as Open-circuit voltage.

While the research belongs to areas of Perovskite, Xiaoli Zhang spends his time largely on the problem of Passivation, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Grain boundary. There are a combination of areas like HOMO/LUMO, Analytical chemistry and Energy loss integrated together with his Ternary operation study. He studied Polymer and Electrolyte that intersect with Electrochemistry.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Alloy-like ternary polymer solar cells with over 17.2% efficiency (97 citations)
  • Over 16.7% efficiency of ternary organic photovoltaics by employing extra PC 71 BM as morphology regulator (90 citations)
  • Over 14.5% efficiency and 71.6% fill factor of ternary organic solar cells with 300 nm thick active layers (84 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Oxygen
  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis

His scientific interests lie mostly in Organic solar cell, Energy conversion efficiency, Ternary operation, Optoelectronics and Active layer. Xiaoli Zhang has included themes like Moisture, Halide and Metal in his Energy conversion efficiency study. He has researched Optoelectronics in several fields, including Layer and Porosity.

His Active layer research includes elements of Fill factor and Analytical chemistry. His study with Nanostructure involves better knowledge in Nanotechnology. His study in Nanotechnology focuses on Graphene in particular.

Best Publications

  • Lead halide–templated crystallization of methylamine-free perovskite for efficient photovoltaic modules

    Tongle Bu;Tongle Bu;Jing Li;Hengyi Li;Congcong Tian

  • Water Splitting: From Electrode to Green Energy System

    Xiao Li;Lili Zhao;Jiayuan Yu;Xiaoyan Liu

  • Oxygen-Vacancy Abundant Ultrafine Co3O4/Graphene Composites for High-Rate Supercapacitor Electrodes.

    Shuhua Yang;Yuanyue Liu;Yuanyue Liu;Yufeng Hao;Xiaopeng Yang

  • Dual‐Function Scattering Layer of Submicrometer‐Sized Mesoporous TiO2 Beads for High‐Efficiency Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Fuzhi Huang;Dehong Chen;Xiao Li Zhang;Rachel A. Caruso;Rachel A. Caruso

  • The fabrication of 1D/2D CdS nanorod@Ti3C2 MXene composites for good photocatalytic activity of hydrogen generation and ammonia synthesis

    Benteng Sun;Pengyuan Qiu;Zhangqian Liang;Yanjun Xue

  • Alloy-like ternary polymer solar cells with over 17.2% efficiency

    Qiaoshi An;Jian Wang;Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Xiaoling Ma

  • Recent Progress on Broadband Organic Photodetectors and their Applications

    Zijin Zhao;Chunyu Xu;Lianbin Niu;Xiaoli Zhang

  • Conductive CuCo-Based Bimetal Organic Framework for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

    Bo Geng;Feng Yan;Xiao Zhang;Yuqian He

  • Over 14.5% efficiency and 71.6% fill factor of ternary organic solar cells with 300 nm thick active layers

    Jinhua Gao;Wei Gao;Xiaoling Ma;Zhenghao Hu

  • Two compatible polymer donors contribute synergistically for ternary organic solar cells with 17.53% efficiency

    Qiaoshi An;Junwei Wang;Xiaoling Ma;Jinhua Gao

  • Graphene oxide: An emerging electromaterial for energy storage and conversion

    Yuheng Tian;Zhichun Yu;Liuyue Cao;Xiao Li Zhang

  • CuNi Dendritic Material: Synthesis, Mechanism Discussion, and Application as Glucose Sensor

    Ri Qiu;Xiao Li Zhang;Ru Qiao;Yan Li

  • Coating two-dimensional nanomaterials with metal-organic frameworks

    Xiao Huang;Bing Zheng;Zhengdong Liu;Zhengdong Liu;Chaoliang Tan

  • Recent progress of organic photovoltaics for indoor energy harvesting

    Lin Xie;Lin Xie;Wei Song;Jinfeng Ge;Bencan Tang

  • Pinecone biomass-derived hard carbon anodes for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

    Tao Zhang;Jing Mao;Xiaolin Liu;Minjie Xuan

  • Achieving 17.4% Efficiency of Ternary Organic Photovoltaics with Two Well-Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors for Minimizing Energy Loss

    Xiaoling Ma;Jian Wang;Jinhua Gao;Zhenghao Hu

  • Over 16.7% efficiency of ternary organic photovoltaics by employing extra PC 71 BM as morphology regulator

    Jinhua Gao;Jian Wang;Qiaoshi An;Xiaoling Ma

  • Coupling of iron phthalocyanine at carbon defect site via π-π stacking for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction

    Xuezheng Yu;Shoujuan Lai;Shishan Xin;Shuai Chen

  • Co doped MoS2 as cocatalyst considerably improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of g-C3N4 in an alkalescent environment

    Zhangqian Liang;Yanjun Xue;Xinyu Wang;Yanli Zhou

  • Charge redistribution of Ru nanoclusters on Co3O4 porous nanowire via the oxygen regulation for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction

    Zhen Liu;Lili Zeng;Jiayuan Yu;Linjing Yang

  • Photomultiplication Type Broad Response Organic Photodetectors with One Absorber Layer and One Multiplication Layer.

    Zijin Zhao;Jian Wang;Chunyu Xu;Kaixuan Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Liu
Hong Liu Shandong University
Young Soo Kang
Young Soo Kang Sogang University
Yi-Bing Cheng
Yi-Bing Cheng Wuhan University of Technology
Chenghua Sun
Chenghua Sun Swinburne University of Technology
Fujun Zhang
Fujun Zhang Beijing Jiaotong University
Weijia Zhou
Weijia Zhou University of Jinan
Fuzhi Huang
Fuzhi Huang Wuhan University of Technology
Mingkui Wang
Mingkui Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yujin Chen
Yujin Chen Harbin Engineering University
Yan Shen
Yan Shen Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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