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Materials Science

D-Index
81
Citations
29151
World Ranking
2540
National Ranking
801

Chemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
28920
World Ranking
3366
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Zhi-Guo 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 Zhi-Guo Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 234 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhi-Guo 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 Zhi-Guo Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhi-Guo Zhang is affiliated with the Beijing University of Chemical Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Many of their publications have appeared in notable venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nature Communications

Recent publications by Zhi-Guo Zhang and collaborators include:

  • Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science), 2021, Science China Chemistry
  • Polymerized Small-Molecule Acceptors for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Charge Separation from an Intra-Moiety Intermediate State in the High-Performance PM6:Y6 Organic Photovoltaic Blend, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part II device engineering), 2022, Science China Chemistry

Zhi-Guo Zhang has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Yongfang Li
  • Ling-Wei Xue
  • Mingkui Wang
  • Yan Shen
  • Jia Yao

Best Publications

  • An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells.

    Yuze Lin;Jiayu Wang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Huitao Bai

  • 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor.

    Haijun Bin;Liang Gao;Zhi Guo Zhang;Yankang Yang

  • Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

    Yangkang Yang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Haihun Bin;Shanshan Chen

  • Perylene diimides: a thickness-insensitive cathode interlayer for high performance polymer solar cells

    Zhi-Guo Zhang;Boyuan Qi;Zhiwen Jin;Dan Chi

  • Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency

    Haijun Bin;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Liang Gao;Shanshan Chen

  • A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells

    Chenkai Sun;Fei Pan;Haijun Bin;Jianqi Zhang

  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

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  • All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Absorption-Complementary Polymer Donor and Acceptor with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.27%.

    Liang Gao;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Lingwei Xue;Jie Min

  • Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells.

    Jia Yao;Beibei Qiu;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Lingwei Xue

  • High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency

    Yuze Lin;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Huitao Bai;Jiayu Wang

  • Constructing a Strongly Absorbing Low-Bandgap Polymer Acceptor for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells

    Zhi-Guo Zhang;Yankang Yang;Jia Yao;Lingwei Xue

  • Mapping Polymer Donors toward High‐Efficiency Fullerene Free Organic Solar Cells

    Yuze Lin;Yuze Lin;Fuwen Zhao;Yang Wu;Kai Chen

  • Polymerized Small Molecule Acceptors for High Performance All‐polymer Solar Cells

    Zhi-Guo Zhang;Yongfang Li;Yongfang Li

  • Structures and properties of conjugated Donor–Acceptor copolymers for solar cell applications

    Zhi–Guo Zhang;Jizheng Wang

  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part II device engineering)

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  • Charge Separation from an Intra-Moiety Intermediate State in the High-Performance PM6:Y6 Organic Photovoltaic Blend

    Rui Wang;Chunfeng Zhang;Qian Li;Zhiguo Zhang

  • Fine-Tuning of Molecular Packing and Energy Level through Methyl Substitution Enabling Excellent Small Molecule Acceptors for Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency up to 12.54

    Zhenghui Luo;Zhenghui Luo;Haijun Bin;Tao Liu;Zhi-Guo Zhang

  • Polymer Doping for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Moisture Stability

    Jiexuan Jiang;Qian Wang;Zhiwen Jin;Xisheng Zhang

  • Side-chain engineering of high-efficiency conjugated polymer photovoltaic materials

    Zhi-Guo Zhang;Yongfang Li;Yongfang Li

  • High‐Performance Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Solution‐Processed Titanium Chelate as Electron‐Collecting Layer on ITO Electrode

    Zhan'ao Tan;Zhan'ao Tan;Wenqing Zhang;Wenqing Zhang;Zhiguo Zhang;Deping Qian;Deping Qian

  • 9.73% Efficiency Nonfullerene All Organic Small Molecule Solar Cells with Absorption-Complementary Donor and Acceptor

    Haijun Bin;Yankang Yang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Long Ye

  • Conjugated Side-Chain-Isolated D–A Copolymers Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-alt-dithienylbenzotriazole: Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties

    Jie Min;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Siyuan Zhang;Yongfang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
Maojie Zhang
Maojie Zhang Soochow University
Jie Min
Jie Min Wuhan University
Yingping Zou
Yingping Zou Central South University
Changduk Yang
Changduk Yang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Min Xiao
Min Xiao University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Jun Yuan
Jun Yuan University of York
Chunfeng Zhang
Chunfeng Zhang Nanjing University
Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University
Thomas P. Russell
Thomas P. Russell University of Massachusetts Amherst

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