Boyan Liu

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Boyan Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Boyan Liu has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Boyan Liu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (15 papers) and Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects (11 papers). Boyan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (15 papers) and Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects (11 papers). Boyan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Boyan Liu's co-authors include Songcan Wang, Wei Huang, Xin Wang, Yingjuan Zhang, Lianzhou Wang, Xiong Xiao, Liangcheng Xu, Tingsheng Wang, Siqing Ma and Kostya Ostrikov and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Boyan Liu

89 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

Induced dipole moments in amorphous ZnCdS catalysts facilitate photocatalytic H2 evolution

2024 181 citations Xin Wang, Boyan Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Engineering BiVO₄ and Oxygen Evolution Cocatalyst Interfaces with Rapid Hole Extraction for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

2023 170 citations Yingjuan Zhang, Liangcheng Xu et al. profile →

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Lihua Dong China

Ting Zhang China

Doudou Zhang China

Zheng Shi China

Jin Chen China

Jiaojiao Ma China

Shuang Dong China

Lan Yuan China

Lin Peng China

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Liu, Boyan, Xin Wang, Yingjuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). A standalone bismuth vanadate-silicon artificial leaf achieving 8.4% efficiency for hydrogen production. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2792–2792. 24 indexed citations

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Xu, Liangcheng, Yingjuan Zhang, Boyan Liu, et al.. (2025). Strengthening Bonding Interaction of a (Co_0.91V_0.09)₃(BTC)₂ Metal–Organic Framework with BiVO₄ Photoanodes Enabling Ultrastable Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS Nano. 19(16). 15863–15875. 24 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jie, Jiaqian Zhang, Boyan Liu, et al.. (2025). Adsorption properties and influencing factors of antibiotics on microplastics under simulated gastric fluid environment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 47(7). 264–264. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Lichao, Mengyi Zhu, Yu Wang, et al.. (2024). Joint effect of polysocial risk score, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility with the risk of dementia: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 370. 229–234.

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Xue, Junli, Yunchao Liu, Boyan Liu, et al.. (2024). Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. extracts and celastrol alleviate NAFLD by preserving mitochondrial function through activating the FGF21/AMPK/PGC-1α pathway. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1444117–1444117. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Boyan Liu, Siqing Ma, et al.. (2024). Induced dipole moments in amorphous ZnCdS catalysts facilitate photocatalytic H2 evolution. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2600–2600. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Boyan, Xin Wang, Yingjuan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Bismuth Vacancies Induced Lattice Strain in BiVO₄ Photoanodes Boosting Charge Separation For Water Oxidation. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(17). 27 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, Xinyang Zhou, Junchun Li, et al.. (2023). Hetero-integrated MoS2/CsPbBr3 photodetector with enhanced performance via combinational modulation of grain boundary passivation and interfacial carrier separation. Materials Today Physics. 36. 101179–101179. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Hao, Lei Zhai, Boyan Liu, et al.. (2023). Surf4 (Surfeit Locus Protein 4) Deficiency Reduces Intestinal Lipid Absorption and Secretion and Decreases Metabolism in Mice. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 43(4). 562–580. 14 indexed citations

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Pressey, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Assessing prioritization measures for a private land conservation program in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(7). 1 indexed citations

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Pressey, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Quantifying population-level conservation impacts for a perpetual conservation program on private land. Journal of Environmental Management. 345. 118748–118748.

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Jiang, Yanxiao, Wei Song, Feng Yu, et al.. (2023). MOFs bound to melamine sponge for dye removal. Journal of Materials Science. 58(28). 11486–11499. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyan, Xin Wang, Yingjuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). A BiVO₄Photoanode with a VO_xLayer Bearing Oxygen Vacancies Offers Improved Charge Transfer and Oxygen Evolution Kinetics in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie. 135(10). 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyan, Xin Wang, Yingjuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). A BiVO₄Photoanode with a VO_xLayer Bearing Oxygen Vacancies Offers Improved Charge Transfer and Oxygen Evolution Kinetics in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(10). e202217346–e202217346. 112 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyan, et al.. (2023). HSVAugRegNet: Random Augmentation to Rotate Image Recognition. 61. 126–130.

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Han, Tian, Boyan Liu, Jian Zhao, Honglei Wang, & Xiaohui Yang. (2023). Simulation study on triboelectric nanogenerator based roller of belt conveyor. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2465(1). 12019–12019. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Gaoke, Xiu Yang, Boyan Liu, et al.. (2022). Identification and Fine Mapping of the Recessive Gene BK-5, Which Affects Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Plant Brittleness in Maize. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(2). 814–814. 8 indexed citations

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Jiao, Yanan, Jing Lou, Zhaofu Ma, et al.. (2022). Photoactive terahertz metasurfaces for ultrafast switchable sensing of colorectal cells. Materials Horizons. 9(12). 2984–2992. 63 indexed citations

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Wang, Songcan, Xin Wang, Boyan Liu, et al.. (2021). Vacancy defect engineering of BiVO₄photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nanoscale. 13(43). 17989–18009. 128 indexed citations

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Liu, Boyan, et al.. (2018). SRCB Neural Machine Translation Systems in WAT 2018. Waseda University Repository (Waseda University). 2 indexed citations

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