Ang Cao

4.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
96 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Ang Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ang Cao has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 46 papers in Catalysis and 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ang Cao's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (33 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (19 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (18 papers). Ang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (33 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (19 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (18 papers). Ang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and United States. Ang Cao's co-authors include Jens K. Nørskov, Zhenbin Wang, Hao Li, Guilong Liu, Jinmeng Cai, Yuan Liu, Siyu Lu, Zheng Jiang, Yingying Wei and Jianping Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ang Cao

91 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Spin-mediated promotion of Co catalysts for ammonia synthesis

2024 105 citations Ke Zhang, Ang Cao et al. Science profile →
Synthesis of ultrahigh-metal-density single-atom catalysts via metal sulfide-mediated atomic trapping

2024 87 citations Jiangwei Chang, Jing Wen et al. Nature Synthesis profile →
Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction on Metallic CoNi‐Terminated Catalyst with Industrial‐Level Current Density in Neutral Medium

2024 84 citations Yingying Wei, Jingjing Huang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Revealing the fast reaction kinetics and interfacial behaviors of CuFeS2 hollow nanorods for durable and high-rate sodium storage

2024 73 citations Naiteng Wu, Guilong Liu et al. profile →
Synergistic Bimetallic Interaction and Regulated Void Size in Isocubanite CuFe₂S₃ Enables UltraFast and Durable Sodium Storage

2025 22 citations Naiteng Wu, Jinke Shen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ang Cao China	35	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	793	246	96	3.1k
Shreya Mukherjee United States	17	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	374 0.5×	308 1.3×	20	2.5k
Francisco J. Vidal‐Iglesias Spain	40	1.8k 1.1×	3.8k 2.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 2.4×	385 1.6×	89	4.6k
Graham King Canada	29	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	988 0.7×	1.6k 2.0×	314 1.3×	112	4.3k
John Mark P. Martirez United States	28	2.1k 1.3×	2.3k 1.5×	778 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	175 0.7×	58	3.6k
Ming Cheng China	19	993 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	584 0.4×	554 0.7×	150 0.6×	41	1.9k
Fanglin Che United States	24	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	917 1.2×	143 0.6×	53	3.0k
Britt Hvolbæk Denmark	10	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	465 0.6×	627 2.5×	12	3.3k
Vladimir Tripković Denmark	25	1.9k 1.2×	4.2k 2.6×	843 0.6×	2.6k 3.3×	194 0.8×	34	4.9k

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Cao, Ang, Ke Zhang, Jerome Vernieres, et al.. (2025). The Co/NbN interphase as an effective ammonia synthesis catalyst. Chem. 11(11). 102618–102618. 2 indexed citations

Li, Zheng, Yuting Zhou, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the Dual Dependence of Surface and NH ₃ Concentration on Cobalt-Catalyzed Ammonia Decomposition. ACS Catalysis. 15(23). 20243–20250.

Liu, Lujie, Wentao Yuan, Siyu Yao, Ang Cao, & Liang Wang. (2025). Stabilizing metal nanoparticle catalysts in their dynamic processes. Chem Catalysis. 5(4). 101330–101330. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Yingying, Jingjing Huang, Hong Chen, et al.. (2024). Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction on Metallic CoNi‐Terminated Catalyst with Industrial‐Level Current Density in Neutral Medium. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2404774–e2404774. 84 indexed citations breakdown →

Guo, Zhongyuan, Tianyi Wang, Jiang Xu, Ang Cao, & Hao Li. (2024). Surface coverage and reconstruction analyses bridge the correlation between structure and activity for electrocatalysis. Chemical Communications. 60(97). 14346–14359. 10 indexed citations

Cao, Ang, Miriam Varón, Ruben Bueno Villoro, et al.. (2024). Theory-guided development of a barium-doped cobalt catalyst for ammonia decomposition. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(23). 9313–9322. 13 indexed citations

Chang, Jiangwei, Jing Wen, Xue Yong, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of ultrahigh-metal-density single-atom catalysts via metal sulfide-mediated atomic trapping. Nature Synthesis. 3(11). 1427–1438. 87 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Ke, Ang Cao, Jerome Vernieres, et al.. (2024). Spin-mediated promotion of Co catalysts for ammonia synthesis. Science. 383(6689). 1357–1363. 105 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Jinmeng, Jingjing Huang, Ang Cao, et al.. (2023). Interfacial hydrogen bonding-involved electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis on OH-terminated MXene. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 328. 122473–122473. 65 indexed citations

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Wu, Angjian, Jiabao Lv, Xiaoxu Xuan, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Disproportionation of Nitric Oxide Toward Efficient Nitrogen Fixation (Adv. Energy Mater. 14/2023). Advanced Energy Materials. 13(14). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Sihang, Sudarshan Vijay, Ang Cao, et al.. (2023). Solvation of furfural at metal–water interfaces: Implications for aqueous phase hydrogenation reactions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(8). 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Angjian, Jiabao Lv, Xiaoxu Xuan, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Disproportionation of Nitric Oxide Toward Efficient Nitrogen Fixation. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(14). 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Guilong, Ting Zhang, Xiaojie Li, et al.. (2023). Oxygen‐deficient ammonium vanadate/GO composites with suppressed vanadium dissolution for ultra‐stable high‐rate aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. Rare Metals. 42(11). 3729–3740. 30 indexed citations

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Shadravan, Vahid, Ang Cao, Vanessa J. Bukas, et al.. (2022). Enhanced promotion of Ru-based ammonia catalysts by in situ dosing of Cs. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(8). 3310–3320. 36 indexed citations

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Cao, Ang, Vanessa J. Bukas, Vahid Shadravan, et al.. (2022). A spin promotion effect in catalytic ammonia synthesis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2382–2382. 100 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenbin, Ya‐Rong Zheng, Joseph H. Montoya, et al.. (2021). Origins of the Instability of Nonprecious Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts at Open-Circuit Potential. ACS Energy Letters. 6(6). 2268–2274. 78 indexed citations

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Cao, Ang, Julia Schumann, Tao Wang, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic Insights into the Synthesis of Higher Alcohols from Syngas on CuCo Alloys. ACS Catalysis. 8(11). 10148–10155. 78 indexed citations

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Schumann, Julia, Andrew J. Medford, Jong Suk Yoo, et al.. (2018). Selectivity of Synthesis Gas Conversion to C₂₊ Oxygenates on fcc(111) Transition-Metal Surfaces. ACS Catalysis. 8(4). 3447–3453. 75 indexed citations

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Cao, Ang, et al.. (2016). Medium-voltage faults location and handling with the help of powerline communication systems. 1 indexed citations

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Shan, Wenlei, Qi Yao, Qi Huang, et al.. (2010). A 9-Beam 2SB Receiver for Millimeter-Wave Radio Astronomy. Softwaretechnik-Trends. 136. 1 indexed citations

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