2026 Yihan Zhu: 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	70	4366	4225	1366	1360	170	22556

Overview

Yihan Zhu is affiliated with Zhejiang University of Technology in China and has an extensive publication record in the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research engages primarily with materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and sustainability topics.

The scientist's main research fields include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these fields, Zhu has explored several subfields, notably:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Inorganic Chemistry

The research topics covered by Zhu reflect a focus on energy and catalytic materials and include:

Advanced battery technologies research
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
Advancements in Battery Materials

Zhu's recent scholarly articles demonstrate contributions across various high-impact journals and highlight collaborative authorship. Notable recent papers are:

"Enabling Superior Sodium Capture for Efficient Water Desalination by a Tubular Polyaniline Decorated with Prussian Blue Nanocrystals," 2020, Advanced Materials
"Imaging Beam-Sensitive Materials by Electron Microscopy," 2020, Advanced Materials
"Boosting Electrocatalytic Activity of 3d-Block Metal (Hydro)oxides by Ligand-Induced Conversion," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding-Based Topology Regulation of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Bulk and local structures of metal-organic frameworks unravelled by high-resolution electron microscopy," 2020, Communications Chemistry

Frequent coauthors of Zhu include:

Xuehua Yan
Guan Sheng
Tulai Sun
Chongzhi Zhu
Xiao-Nian Li

Zhu publishes regularly in several scientific venues, including:

Nature Communications
Advanced Functional Materials
Chemical Engineering Journal
Advanced Materials
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

In addition to journal articles, Zhu has contributed to book literature. One such publication is:

Handbook of Synthetic Methodologies and Protocols of Nanomaterials, World Scientific, 2020

Best Publications

Hydrogen evolution by a metal-free electrocatalyst

Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Lu Hua Li

2171
Citations
Molecule-Level g-C3N4 Coordinated Transition Metals as a New Class of Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electrode Reactions

Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Qiran Cai

1243
Citations
High Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of an Anomalous Ruthenium Catalyst

Yao Zheng;Yan Jiao;Yihan Zhu;Lu Hua Li

1078
Citations
Out-of-Plane Piezoelectricity and Ferroelectricity in Layered α-In2Se3 Nanoflakes

Yu Zhou;Di Wu;Yihan Zhu;Yujin Cho

861
Citations
Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation.

Zailei Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Hiroyuki Asakura;Bing Zhang

766
Citations
Monolayer MoSe2 grown by chemical vapor deposition for fast photodetection.

Yung Huang Chang;Wenjing Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Yu Han

656
Citations
Sub-10 nm Fe3O4@Cu2-xS Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Dual-Modal Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

Qiwei Tian;Junqing Hu;Yihan Zhu;Rujia Zou

628
Citations
Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets: Preparation and Application in Highly Sensitive and Selective DNA Detection.

Yongwu Peng;Ying Huang;Yihan Zhu;Bo Chen

551
Citations
Imaging defects and their evolution in a metal–organic framework at sub-unit-cell resolution

Lingmei Liu;Zhijie Chen;Jianjian Wang;Jianjian Wang;Daliang Zhang

532
Citations
Atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy of electron beam-sensitive crystalline materials.

Daliang Zhang;Yihan Zhu;Lingmei Liu;Xiangrong Ying

532
Citations
Charge-Redistribution-Enhanced Nanocrystalline Ru@IrOx Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media

Jieqiong Shan;Chunxian Guo;Yihan Zhu;Shuangming Chen

517
Citations
Enhanced binding affinity, remarkable selectivity, and high capacity of CO 2 by dual functionalization of a rht-type metal-organic framework

Baiyan Li;Zhijuan Zhang;Yi Li;Kexin Yao

506
Citations
Short-Range Ordered Iridium Single Atoms Integrated into Cobalt Oxide Spinel Structure for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation.

Jieqiong Shan;Chao Ye;Shuangming Chen;Tulai Sun

505
Citations
Unravelling surface and interfacial structures of a metal–organic framework by transmission electron microscopy

Yihan Zhu;Jim Ciston;Bin Zheng;Xiaohe Miao

408
Citations
Sinter-resistant metal nanoparticle catalysts achieved by immobilization within zeolite crystals via seed-directed growth

Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Liang Wang;Bingsen Zhang;Haishuang Zhao

402
Citations
CoP nanosheet assembly grown on carbon cloth: A highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation

Xiulin Yang;Ang-Yu Lu;Yihan Zhu;Mohamed Nejib Hedhili

390
Citations
Lanthanide-doped NaxScF3+ x nanocrystals : crystal structure evolution and multicolor tuning

Xue Teng;Yihan Zhu;Wei Wei;Shuchao Wang

352
Citations
Highly mesoporous single-crystalline zeolite beta synthesized using a nonsurfactant cationic polymer as a dual-function template.

Jie Zhu;Yihan Zhu;Liangkui Zhu;Marcello S. Rigutto

315
Citations
Site-Specific Growth of Au–Pd Alloy Horns on Au Nanorods: A Platform for Highly Sensitive Monitoring of Catalytic Reactions by Surface Enhancement Raman Spectroscopy

Jianfeng Huang;Yihan Zhu;Ming Lin;Qingxiao Wang

265
Citations
Ultrathin graphdiyne film on graphene through solution-phase van der Waals epitaxy

Xin Gao;Yihan Zhu;Ding Yi;Jingyuan Zhou

255
Citations
Synthesis and Gas Transport Properties of Hydroxyl-Functionalized Polyimides with Intrinsic Microporosity

Xiaohua Ma;Raja Swaidan;Youssef Belmabkhout;Yihan Zhu

235
Citations