Buchun Si

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Buchun Si is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Building and Construction and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Buchun Si has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 38 papers in Building and Construction and 21 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Buchun Si's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (37 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (29 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (25 papers). Buchun Si is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (37 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (29 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (25 papers). Buchun Si collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Brazil. Buchun Si's co-authors include Yuanhui Zhang, Jamison Watson, Zhidan Liu, Wan‐Ting Chen, Tengfei Wang, Aersi Aierzhati, Zhangbing Zhu, Na Duan, Raquel de Souza and Jianwen Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Buchun Si

81 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Valorization of hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase: pathways towards commercial viability

2019 287 citations Jamison Watson, Tengfei Wang et al. profile →

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Buchun Si

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Quanguo Zhang China

Lance Schideman United States

Na Duan China

Tianhua Yang China

Rundong Li China

Dabin Guo China

David Tee Liang Singapore

Jamison Watson United States

Yuyang Long China

Weiming Yi China

Quanguo Zhang China

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Fields of papers citing papers by Buchun Si

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Buchun Si

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Zhibin, et al.. (2025). Upgrading biocrude oil into sustainable aviation fuel using zeolite-supported iron-molybdenum carbide nanocatalysts. Science Advances. 11(26). eadu5777–eadu5777. 2 indexed citations

Si, Buchun, et al.. (2025). Advancing psychrophilic anaerobic digestion reactor design through biotic and abiotic insights. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 226. 116281–116281.

Wu, Zeng, Shan‐Fei Fu, Buchun Si, et al.. (2025). Obscure quorum sensing-mediated modulations facilitating enhanced biogas production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 226. 116331–116331.

Liu, Ziyun, Zonglu Yao, Yuanhui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Effects of decoupled reaction pressure from temperature during hydrothermal humification of lignocellulose. Chemical Engineering Journal. 511. 161911–161911.

You, Xiaogang, Libin Yang, Jiaying Ma, et al.. (2025). A novel microbubbles-assisted Fe-C micro-electrolysis system to bridge the anaerobic digestion and microalgae cultivation: the dual drive of electron transfer and coagulation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 517. 164185–164185. 3 indexed citations

Si, Buchun, Zixin Wang, Jamison Watson, et al.. (2025). From food waste to sustainable aviation fuel: cobalt molybdenum catalysis of pretreated hydrothermal liquefaction biocrude. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9570–9570.

Wang, Zixin, et al.. (2024). Multi-stage pretreatment of hydrothermal liquefaction biocrude oil as a precursor for sustainable aviation fuel production. Fuel Processing Technology. 263. 108118–108118. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zixin, et al.. (2024). Renewable diesel blends production from hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste: A novel approach coupling fractional distillation and emulsification. Energy Conversion and Management. 314. 118716–118716. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Xueyan, Haifeng Lu, Cuicui Wang, et al.. (2024). Growth kinetic model of Chlorella vulgaris in a dark biogas slurry culture system based on a light attenuation model. Algal Research. 85. 103821–103821.

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Liu, Weiming, Jie Li, Zhiyong Chen, et al.. (2024). Screening of Miscanthus Genotypes for Sustainable Production of Microcrystalline Cellulose and Cellulose Nanocrystals. Agronomy. 14(6). 1255–1255. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Yan, Bo Zhou, Jaume Puig–Bargués, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive and molecular level evaluation of treated wastewater reusing via drip systems: Interactions of dissolved ions and hydraulic shear stresses on calcium carbonate scaling. Chemosphere. 357. 142071–142071. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangming, et al.. (2024). Granular Activated Carbon Accelerates Photosynthetic Bacteria Growth and Wastewater Treatment Efficiency. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 16(12). 6517–6528. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Hao, et al.. (2023). Efficient anaerobic digestion of hydrothermal carbonization wastewater via an innovative multistage anaerobic hythane reactor (MAHR): Organic conversion and microbial evolution. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(3). 110179–110179. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Ziyun, Hongxu Zhou, Lixin Zhao, et al.. (2023). Organic contaminants removal and carbon sequestration using pig manure solid residue-derived biochar: A novel closed-loop strategy for anaerobic liquid digestate. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144601–144601. 23 indexed citations

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Si, Buchun, et al.. (2023). Storage stability of biocrude oil fractional distillates derived from the hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste. Renewable Energy. 220. 119669–119669. 4 indexed citations

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Jiang, Weizhong, et al.. (2023). Effects of milli-magnetite on biohydrogen production from potato peels: Insight of metabolism mechanisms. Fuel. 348. 128576–128576. 7 indexed citations

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Aierzhati, Aersi, Jamison Watson, Buchun Si, et al.. (2021). Development of a mobile, pilot scale hydrothermal liquefaction reactor: Food waste conversion product analysis and techno-economic assessment. Energy Conversion and Management X. 10. 100076–100076. 59 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongxu, Andrew J. Margenot, Yunkai Li, et al.. (2021). Phosphorus pollution control using waste-based adsorbents: Material synthesis, modification, and sustainability. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 52(12). 2023–2059. 36 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hongxu, Rabin Bhattarai, Yunkai Li, et al.. (2021). Towards sustainable coal industry: Turning coal bottom ash into wealth. The Science of The Total Environment. 804. 149985–149985. 119 indexed citations

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Chen, Wan‐Ting, Zhenwei Wu, Buchun Si, & Yuanhui Zhang. (2020). Renewable diesel blendstocks and bioprivileged chemicals distilled from algal biocrude oil converted via hydrothermal liquefaction. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(10). 5165–5178. 9 indexed citations

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