Chao Gao

14.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
134 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Chao Gao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Gao has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 71 papers in Materials Chemistry and 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chao Gao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (31 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (20 papers). Chao Gao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (31 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (20 papers). Chao Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Chao Gao's co-authors include Yujie Xiong, Ning Zhang, Ran Long, Junfa Zhu, Song Bai, Jingxiang Low, Li Song, Shuangming Chen, Hangxun Xu and Kun Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Chao Gao

127 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electroc... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2018 2018 2020 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
    2016 2.3k citations Shenlong Zhao, Yun Wang et al. Nature Energy profile →
  2. Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials
    2018 1.0k citations Chao Gao, Yujie Xiong et al. profile →
  3. Refining Defect States in W18O49 by Mo Doping: A Strategy for Tuning N2 Activation towards Solar-Driven Nitrogen Fixation
    2018 875 citations Chao Gao, Chengming Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Heterogeneous Single-Atom Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applications
    2020 865 citations Chao Gao, Tingting Kong et al. profile →
  5. Coordination chemistry in the design of heterogeneous photocatalysts
    2017 520 citations Chao Gao, Yujie Xiong et al. profile →
  6. Isolation of Cu Atoms in Pd Lattice: Forming Highly Selective Sites for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CH4
    2017 504 citations Chao Gao, Yujie Xiong et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Identifying a highly efficient molecular photocatalytic CO2 reduction system via descriptor-based high-throughput screening
    2025 39 citations Yangguang Hu, Aobo Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chao Gao China 46 9.5k 7.3k 4.3k 1.9k 1.5k 134 12.6k
Xianguang Meng China 54 11.8k 1.2× 9.9k 1.4× 3.6k 0.8× 2.7k 1.4× 1.6k 1.0× 145 14.5k
Jie Li China 55 8.7k 0.9× 7.7k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 589 0.4× 239 12.2k
Junwei Fu China 50 15.2k 1.6× 10.9k 1.5× 7.0k 1.6× 2.2k 1.2× 827 0.5× 136 16.9k
Fengtao Fan China 60 7.8k 0.8× 8.3k 1.1× 3.7k 0.9× 853 0.4× 1.9k 1.3× 174 11.7k
Xin‐Hao Li China 49 7.1k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 4.6k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 222 11.8k
Sibo Wang China 65 14.0k 1.5× 12.6k 1.7× 6.3k 1.5× 1.4k 0.7× 3.1k 2.1× 238 18.2k
Wenguang Tu China 58 12.3k 1.3× 10.2k 1.4× 5.6k 1.3× 669 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 123 14.5k
Muhammad Tahir Malaysia 77 11.5k 1.2× 11.6k 1.6× 3.8k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 301 15.6k
Li Shi China 53 5.8k 0.6× 5.4k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 497 0.3× 163 9.6k
Weiyu Song China 62 6.0k 0.6× 7.5k 1.0× 3.5k 0.8× 3.2k 1.7× 1.1k 0.7× 259 11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Gao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Shengkun, Chao Gao, & Yujie Xiong. (2025). Thermal Management Materials and Strategies for Photothermal Catalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6). 12 indexed citations
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Gao, Chao, Yaxin Wang, Yang Zou, et al.. (2024). A scandium doped aluminum nitride thin film bulk acoustic resonator. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 34(8). 85006–85006. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Yu, et al.. (2024). Detection of flood trends and drivers in the Taihu Basin, China. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 56. 101990–101990. 5 indexed citations
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Shi, Xianjin, Wei Peng, Yu Huang, et al.. (2024). Integrable utilization of intermittent sunlight and residual heat for on-demand CO2 conversion with water. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10135–10135. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Yihong, Yuan Zhao, Dong Liu, et al.. (2024). Continuous Flow System for Highly Efficient and Durable Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(4). 2465–2473. 49 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yuan, Zehua Liu, Gang Wang, et al.. (2024). Solar-driven sugar production directly from CO2 via a customizable electrocatalytic–biocatalytic flow system. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2636–2636. 40 indexed citations
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Chen, Cong, Liang Chen, Yangguang Hu, et al.. (2023). Promoting CO2 and H2O activation on O-vacancy regulated In-Ti dual-sites for enhanced CH4 photo-production. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 86. 599–608. 48 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenhao, Chao Gao, Shui-Ming Hu, et al.. (2023). Online monitoring of atmospheric krypton-85 with hourly time resolution. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 38(6). 1238–1243.
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Bo, Yanan, Pengye Du, Hao Li, et al.. (2023). Bridging Au nanoclusters with ultrathin LDH nanosheets via ligands for enhanced charge transfer in photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 330. 122667–122667. 44 indexed citations
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Gao, Feng, Aobo Chen, Yangguang Hu, et al.. (2023). Artificial photosynthetic cells with biotic–abiotic hybrid energy modules for customized CO2 conversion. Nature Communications. 14(1). 36 indexed citations
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Ma, Zili, Yihong Chen, Chao Gao, & Yujie Xiong. (2022). A Minireview on the Role of Cocatalysts in Semiconductor-Based Photocatalytic CH4 Conversion. Energy & Fuels. 36(19). 11428–11442. 22 indexed citations
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Shao, Tianyi, Delong Duan, Shengkun Liu, et al.. (2021). Tuning the local electronic structure of a single-site Ni catalyst by co-doping a 3D graphene framework with B/N atoms toward enhanced CO2 electroreduction. Nanoscale. 14(3). 833–841. 14 indexed citations
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Gao, Feng, et al.. (2021). Bioinspiration toward efficient photosynthetic systems: From biohybrids to biomimetics. Chem Catalysis. 1(7). 1367–1377. 35 indexed citations
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Li, Dongsheng, Xianhao Le, Jintao Pang, et al.. (2019). A SAW hydrogen sensor based on decoration of graphene oxide by palladium nanoparticles on AIN/Si layered structure. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 29(4). 45007–45007. 19 indexed citations
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Zhao, Shenlong, Yun Wang, Juncai Dong, et al.. (2016). Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Nature Energy. 1(12). 2324 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Zhen, Jinglei Yang, Xiaotian Chen, et al.. (2015). Research progress of inorganic solid electrolytes in foundmental and application field. Energy Storage Science and Technology. 4(1). 1. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Lejiang, Fangxin Chen, Chao Gao, & Wei Xiong. (2012). Performance Measurement Model of Multi-Source Data Fusion Based on Network Situation Awareness. PRZEGLĄD ELEKTROTECHNICZNY. 2 indexed citations

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