2026 Zhenhai Xia: 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	67	5001	4840	1314	1232	224	30634

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Overview

Zhenhai Xia is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on advanced energy technologies and material development.

The main fields of study in which Zhenhai Xia conducts research include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Within these domains, the following subfields are prominently represented in their work:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Materials Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Mechanical Engineering

The key topics covered in their research demonstrate a consistent focus on energy-related materials and technologies. These include:

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced battery technologies research
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Advancements in Battery Materials
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Zhenhai Xia has published extensively in well-known venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

Advanced Materials
Advanced Functional Materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Nano Energy
SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent publications include:

"Harnessing the interplay of Fe-Ni atom pairs embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis" (2020, Nano Energy)
"High-Performance, Long-Life, Rechargeable Li-CO₂ Batteries based on a 3D Holey Graphene Cathode Implanted with Single Iron Atoms" (2020, Advanced Materials)
"Origins of Boosted Charge Storage on Heteroatom-Doped Carbons" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
"Energy density-enhancement mechanism and design principles for heteroatom-doped carbon supercapacitors" (2020, Nano Energy)
"N-doping induced tensile-strained Pt nanoparticles ensuring an excellent durability of the oxygen reduction reaction" (2020, Journal of Catalysis)

Frequent co-authors in Zhenhai Xia's research collaborations include:

Liming Dai
Yong Gao
Xiao Han
Lipeng Zhang
Lele Gong

Best Publications

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction.

Kuanping Gong;Feng Du;Zhenhai Xia;Michael Durstock

7739
Citations
Metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions

Liming Dai

3136
Citations
Mechanisms of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Fuel Cells

Lipeng Zhang;Zhenhai Xia

1526
Citations
BCN Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Shuangyin Wang;Lipeng Zhang;Zhenhai Xia;Ajit Roy

1297
Citations
Carbon nanotube arrays with strong shear binding-on and easy normal lifting-off.

Liangti Qu;Liming Dai;Morley Stone;Zhenhai Xia

897
Citations
Carbon-based electrocatalysts for advanced energy conversion and storage

Jintao Zhang;Zhenhai Xia;Liming Dai

770
Citations
In Situ Exfoliated, Edge-Rich, Oxygen-Functionalized Graphene from Carbon Fibers for Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

Zhijuan Liu;Zhenghang Zhao;Yanyong Wang;Shuo Dou

726
Citations
N-doped graphene as catalysts for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions: Theoretical considerations

Mingtao Li;Mingtao Li;Lipeng Zhang;Quan Xu;Jianbing Niu

647
Citations
Edge-selectively sulfurized graphene nanoplatelets as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: the electron spin effect.

In-Yup Jeon;Sheng Zhang;Lipeng Zhang;Hyun-Jung Choi

646
Citations
Strain and structure heterogeneity in MoS2 atomic layers grown by chemical vapour deposition.

Zheng Liu;Matin Amani;Sina Najmaei;Quan Xu

618
Citations
Direct observation of toughening mechanisms in carbon nanotube ceramic matrix composites

Z Xia;L Riester;W.A Curtin;H Li

588
Citations
Design Principles for Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Fuel Cells and Metal–Air Batteries

Zhenghang Zhao;Mingtao Li;Lipeng Zhang;Liming Dai

567
Citations
Creating coordinatively unsaturated metal sites in metal-organic-frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: Insights into the active centers

Li Tao;Chun-Yu Lin;Shuo Dou;Shi Feng

481
Citations
Catalytic Mechanisms of Sulfur-Doped Graphene as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Fuel Cells

Lipeng Zhang;Jianbing Niu;Mingtao Li;Zhenhai Xia

471
Citations
Covalent Organic Framework Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion.

Chun-Yu Lin;Detao Zhang;Zhenghang Zhao;Zhenhai Xia;Zhenhai Xia

427
Citations
Facile, scalable synthesis of edge-halogenated graphene nanoplatelets as efficient metal-free eletrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

In-Yup Jeon;Hyun-Jung Choi;Min Choi;Jeong-Min Seo

423
Citations
Effect of microstructure of nitrogen-doped graphene on oxygen reduction activity in fuel cells.

Lipeng Zhang;Jianbing Niu;Liming Dai;Zhenhai Xia

349
Citations
Harnessing the interplay of Fe–Ni atom pairs embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

Xiaofeng Zhu;Detao Zhang;Chih-Jung Chen;Qingran Zhang

324
Citations
Damage detection of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites via electrical resistance measurement

Jie Wen;Zhenhai Xia;Fred Choy

302
Citations
Design Principles for Covalent Organic Frameworks as Efficient Electrocatalysts in Clean Energy Conversion and Green Oxidizer Production.

Chun-Yu Lin;Lipeng Zhang;Zhenghang Zhao;Zhenhai Xia;Zhenhai Xia

234
Citations
Supporting Online Material for Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Strong Shear Binding-On and Easy Normal Lifting-Off

Liangti Qu;Liming Dai;Morley Stone;Zhenhai Xia

0
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