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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 63 8264 7502 1447 1432 137 21993

Yongzhen Wu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yongzhen Wu between 1998 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yongzhen Wu published across 29 years, from 1998 to 2026, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2025. 24 of the 148 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2025. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 22 publications 2026: 2 publications
1998 2026

148 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yongzhen Wu: publications per year, 1998 to 2026
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 3
2012 5
2013 5
2014 7
2015 11
2016 5
2017 8
2018 8
2019 10
2020 9
2021 14
2022 14
2023 8
2024 16
2025 22
2026 2
Total 148
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Yongzhen Wu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yongzhen Wu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–140 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 137 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918 137
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Yongzhen Wu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yongzhen Wu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62–63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834 63
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Yongzhen Wu is affiliated with the East China University of Science and Technology in China. The primary fields of study for this researcher include Engineering, with a strong focus also on Materials Science. Within these areas, the main subfields encompass Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Organic Chemistry.

Their research spans several key topics related to advanced materials and electronic applications. These topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Yongzhen Wu has published extensively in a number of scientific journals. The frequent publication venues for this researcher are:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Science China Chemistry

Among the recent scientific papers authored by this researcher are:

  • "Minimizing buried interfacial defects for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells" (2023), published in Science
  • "Reconstructed covalent organic frameworks" (2022), published in Nature
  • "The Main Progress of Perovskite Solar Cells in 2020-2021" (2021), published in Nano-Micro Letters
  • "High Electron Affinity Enables Fast Hole Extraction for Efficient Flexible Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells" (2020), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • "A Coplanar π-Extended Quinoxaline Based Hole-Transporting Material Enabling over 21% Efficiency for Dopant-Free Perovskite Solar Cells" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

This researcher collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Weihong Zhu
  • Shuo Zhang
  • Huidong Zhang
  • Huanxin Guo
  • Shuaijun Liu

Best Publications

  • Efficient and stable large-area perovskite solar cells with inorganic charge extraction layers

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Yongzhen Wu;Youfeng Yue;Jian Liu

  • Organic sensitizers from D-π-A to D-A-π-A: effect of the internal electron-withdrawing units on molecular absorption, energy levels and photovoltaic performances.

    Yongzhen Wu;Weihong Zhu

  • Sulfone-containing covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water

    Xiaoyan Wang;Linjiang Chen;Samantha Y. Chong;Marc A. Little

  • Minimizing buried interfacial defects for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

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  • Retarding the crystallization of PbI2 for highly reproducible planar-structured perovskite solar cells via sequential deposition

    Yongzhen Wu;Ashraful Islam;Xudong Yang;Chuanjiang Qin

  • A dopant-free hole-transporting material for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

    Jian Liu;Yongzhen Wu;Chuanjiang Qin;Xudong Yang

  • Organic D-A-π-A Solar Cell Sensitizers with Improved Stability and Spectral Response

    Weihong Zhu;Yongzhen Wu;Shutao Wang;Wenqin Li

  • Perovskite solar cells with 18.21% efficiency and area over 1 cm 2 fabricated by heterojunction engineering

    Yongzhen Wu;Xudong Yang;Wei Chen;Youfeng Yue

  • Thermally Stable MAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency of 19.19% and Area over 1 cm2 achieved by Additive Engineering.

    Yongzhen Wu;Fengxian Xie;Han Chen;Xudong Yang

  • Reconstructed covalent organic frameworks

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  • Cost-Performance Analysis of Perovskite Solar Modules.

    Molang Cai;Yongzhen Wu;Han Chen;Xudong Yang

  • Vertical recrystallization for highly efficient and stable formamidinium-based inverted-structure perovskite solar cells

    Fengxian Xie;Chun-Chao Chen;Yongzhen Wu;Xing Li

  • Diffusion engineering of ions and charge carriers for stable efficient perovskite solar cells

    Enbing Bi;Han Chen;Fengxian Xie;Yongzhen Wu

  • The Main Progress of Perovskite Solar Cells in 2020-2021.

    Tianhao Wu;Zhenzhen Qin;Yanbo Wang;Yongzhen Wu

  • High-conversion-efficiency organic dye-sensitized solar cells: molecular engineering on D–A–π-A featured organic indoline dyes

    Yongzhen Wu;Magdalena Marszalek;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin;Qiong Zhang

  • Efficient Defect Passivation for Perovskite Solar Cells by Controlling the Electron Density Distribution of Donor-π-Acceptor Molecules

    Tianhao Wu;Yanbo Wang;Xing Li;Yongzhen Wu

  • Hybrid interfacial layer leads to solid performance improvement of inverted perovskite solar cells

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Yongzhen Wu;Jian Liu;Chuanjiang Qin

  • Efficient and Stable Chemical Passivation on Perovskite Surface via Bidentate Anchoring

    Hao Zhang;Yongzhen Wu;Chao Shen;Erpeng Li

  • Insight into D-A-π-A Structured Sensitizers: A Promising Route to Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.

    Yongzhen Wu;Wei-Hong Zhu;Shaik M. Zakeeruddin;Michael Grätzel

  • Incorporating Benzotriazole Moiety to Construct D–A−π–A Organic Sensitizers for Solar Cells: Significant Enhancement of Open-Circuit Photovoltage with Long Alkyl Group

    Yan Cui;Yongzhen Wu;Xuefeng Lu;Xi Zhang

  • Highly compact TiO2 layer for efficient hole-blocking in perovskite solar cells

    Yongzhen Wu;Xudong Yang;Han Chen;Kun Zhang

  • High Electron Affinity Enables Fast Hole Extraction for Efficient Flexible Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

    Pengbin Ru;Enbing Bi;Yao Zhang;Yanbo Wang

  • A novel D–A-π-A organic sensitizer containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole unit with a branched alkyl chain for highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells

    Sanyin Qu;Sanyin Qu;Chuanjiang Qin;Ashraful Islam;Yongzhen Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Liyuan Han
Liyuan Han Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Weihong Zhu
Weihong Zhu East China University of Science and Technology
Xudong Yang
Xudong Yang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
He Tian
He Tian East China University of Science and Technology
Ashraful Islam
Ashraful Islam National Institute for Materials Science
Molang Cai
Molang Cai North China Electric Power University
Fengxian Xie
Fengxian Xie Fudan University
Wei Chen
Wei Chen National University of Singapore
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Chuanjiang Qin
Chuanjiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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