An Li

17.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
449 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

An Li is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, An Li has authored 449 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 148 papers in Materials Chemistry and 140 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in An Li's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (107 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (83 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (80 papers). An Li is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (107 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (83 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (80 papers). An Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. An Li's co-authors include Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang, Peng Mu, Aiqin Wang, Wei Deng, Jingxian He, Jiyan Li, Junping Zhang and Fei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

An Li

428 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Superhydrophobic conjugated microporous polymers for separation and adsorption

2011 559 citations An Li, Hanxue Sun et al. profile →
Superwetting Monolithic Hollow‐Carbon‐Nanotubes Aerogels with Hierarchically Nanoporous Structure for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

2018 438 citations Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu et al. profile →
Encapsulation of phase change materials in conjugated microporous polymers hollow microspheres for continuous solar-driven seawater desalination

2025 30 citations Yanju Jing, Jiyan Li et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of An Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of An Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of An Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with An Li. An Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Solar interfacial evaporator based on robust aligned channels bacterial cellulose aerogels for wastewater treatment 2025 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Jiyan Li, (unknown), (unknown), Tao Zhou, Rui Jiao, Fei Wang, Hanxue Sun, An Li	4
2	Effect of hot isostatic pressing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of selective laser melting FeCrAl ODS alloys 2025 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·An Li, Qingchun Chen, Jianjun Mao, (unknown), (unknown), Changqing Teng, Xianggang Kong, Peng Wang, Xiaoyong Wu, Jun Tang	2
3	Enhanced flame retardancy and thermal insulation of epoxy resins composites incorporated with ammonium polyphosphate and ionic liquids loaded CuO-ZnO hollow spheres 2024 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·(unknown), (unknown), Mingxing Wang, Hanxue Sun, Jiyan Li, Rui Jiao, An Li	8
4	3D micro-lattice structural hydrogel evaporator with super salt resistance for solar desalination of high-salinity 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Xiangqin Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yichang Liu, An Li, Dan Qu, Xiayan Wang, Zaicheng Sun	9
5	Complex adaptive systems science in the era of global sustainability crisis 2024 ·Geography and sustainability ·An Li, B. L. Turner, Jianguo Liu, Volker Grimm, Qi Zhang, Zhangyang Wang, (unknown)	2
6	Janus membranes derived from multi-shelled hollow spheres coated electrospun PVA membranes as phase change composites for photothermal conversion 2024 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·(unknown), Jia Zhang, (unknown), Rui Jiao, (unknown), Hanxue Sun, Jiyan Li, Weidong Liang, An Li	7
7	Hollow glass microspheres incoporated conjugated microporous polymers composite aerogels for sustainable evaporation 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Yanju Jing, Jia Zhang, Hanxue Sun, Jiyan Li, Rui Jiao, An Li	26
8	Preparation of halloysite-based PVDF membrane for effective oil/water separation and dyes removal 2024 ·Separation and Purification Technology ·Yue Pan, (unknown), Li Min, (unknown), Mingxing Wang, Rui Jiao, Hanxue Sun, An Li	5
9	Ultralight aerogels with aligned channels for efficient solar driven interfacial evaporation of brackish water and remediation of saline soils 2024 ·Journal of Water Process Engineering ·Min Qiao, Jiyan Li, (unknown), Tao Zhou, Rui Jiao, Hanxue Sun, An Li	4
10	Covalent organic polymers with azido group for efficient recovery of gold from gold-bearing waste 2023 ·Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers ·Yuan Li, (unknown), Tao Yang, An Li, (unknown), Jie Hua, Lijun Li, Congshan Zhou	8
11	PC@PPy porous membrane prepared by breath figure method with superior mechanical property for efficient solar interfacial evaporation 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Lijuan Yan, (unknown), Xiaoyin Cao, Yanju Jing, Min Su, Jiyan Li, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang, Hanxue Sun, An Li	26
12	Preparation of DOPO coated conjugated microporous polymer hollow nanospheres with excellent flame retardancy and thermal insulation 2023 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·Zhaoqi Zhu, Yanjun Chen, Min Li, Jia Zhang, (unknown), Hanxue Sun, Jiyan Li, Weidong Liang, An Li	10
13	Vertical porous aerogel based on polypyrrole and bimetallic modified β-cyclodextrin polymer-chitosan for efficient solar evaporation 2023 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Jiyan Li, Yanju Jing, (unknown), (unknown), Hanxue Sun, Rui Jiao, Junping Zhang, An Li	16
14	Synergistic effect on co-hydrogenation of coal-petroleum co-processing oil and washing oil from coal tar distillate 2023 ·Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis ·An Li, (unknown), Jingchong Yan, Hengfu Shui	5
15	Laser powder bed fusion of oxide dispersion strengthened FeCrAl alloy: Processing and microstructural evolution 2023 ·Materials Characterization ·An Li, Qingchun Chen, Peng Wang, Jianjun Mao, Xiaoyong Wu, Hongyang Xin, (unknown), Changqing Teng, (unknown), Jun Tang	11
16	Efficient antibiotic wastewater treatment via interfacial water evaporation based soot-coated conjugated microporous polymer hollow microspheres 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Wenwen Luo, Meichen Liu, Rui Jiao, Yunjia Wang, Jiyan Li, (unknown), Weidong Liang, Hanxue Sun, An Li	18
17	1,3-Pentadiene-Assistant Living Anionic Terpolymerization: Composition Impact on Kinetics and Microstructure Sequence Primary Analysis 2023 ·Polymers ·(unknown), Yawen Fu, Jundong Xu, Zhuowei Gu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yujie Cao, (unknown), An Li, Wenjun Yi, Lijun Li, Kun Liu	4
18	Holey Ti3C2Tx nanosheets membrane with high PM removal efficiency for air pollution 2023 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·(unknown), Lijuan Yang, Hanxue Sun, Zhaoqi Zhu, Weidong Liang, Jiyan Li, An Li	1
19	Carbonized conjugated microporous polymers hollow spheres incorporated with fatty alcohols for ultra-highly efficient energy storage and conversion 2022 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·(unknown), Nan Lü, (unknown), Jia Zhang, Xiaoyin Cao, Jiyan Li, Zhaoqi Zhu, Hanxue Sun, Weidong Liang, An Li	13
20	Load Bearing Capacity and Behaviour of Composite Slabs with Profiled Steel Sheet 1993 ·Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology) ·An Li	9

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