Chao-Hai Gu

481 total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 323 citations indexed

About

Chao-Hai Gu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Organic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao-Hai Gu has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 323 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Water Science and Technology, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Chao-Hai Gu's work include Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (5 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (4 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers). Chao-Hai Gu is often cited by papers focused on Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (5 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (4 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers). Chao-Hai Gu collaborates with scholars based in China. Chao-Hai Gu's co-authors include Han‐Qing Yu, Ai-Yong Zhang, Jun Jiang, Song Wang, Chang Liu, Chang Liu, Ya Pan, Tingting Wei, Zhihu Sun and Jie‐Jie Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chao-Hai Gu

7 papers receiving 322 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tuning electronic structure of metal-free dual-site catalyst enables exclusive singlet oxygen production and in-situ utilization

2024 109 citations Chao-Hai Gu, Song Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Upcycling waste sewage sludge into superior single-atom Fenton-like catalyst for sustainable water purification

2024 103 citations Chao-Hai Gu, Ya Pan et al. Nature Water profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao-Hai Gu China	5	194	184	99	59	43	8	323
Zenglong Wu China	8	240 1.2×	207 1.1×	139 1.4×	72 1.2×	38 0.9×	14	351
Yanhua Peng China	6	210 1.1×	249 1.4×	92 0.9×	81 1.4×	45 1.0×	8	343
Wenkai Song China	9	224 1.2×	208 1.1×	134 1.4×	67 1.1×	37 0.9×	20	361
Si-Ying Yu China	7	141 0.7×	185 1.0×	99 1.0×	73 1.2×	47 1.1×	8	302
Baoling Niu China	8	171 0.9×	143 0.8×	113 1.1×	45 0.8×	37 0.9×	10	325
Zexi Hou China	4	281 1.4×	274 1.5×	133 1.3×	82 1.4×	43 1.0×	7	381
Zijian Jiang China	10	200 1.0×	236 1.3×	101 1.0×	57 1.0×	51 1.2×	18	342
Xin-Tong Huang China	8	176 0.9×	190 1.0×	134 1.4×	52 0.9×	50 1.2×	12	332

Countries citing papers authored by Chao-Hai Gu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao-Hai Gu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chao-Hai Gu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chao-Hai Gu. The network helps show where Chao-Hai Gu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao-Hai Gu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao-Hai Gu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao-Hai Gu 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 Chao-Hai Gu. Chao-Hai Gu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Chen, Jie‐Jie, et al.. (2025). Boosted catalytic ozonation of organic pollutants by sludge-derived single atom-cluster catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 385. 126287–126287.

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Gu, Chao-Hai & Han‐Qing Yu. (2025). Turning sewage sludge into valuable catalysts through atomic-level circularity. Nature Reviews Materials. 10(10). 725–726. 3 indexed citations

3.

Gu, Chao-Hai, et al.. (2025). Ultrafast Water Purification by Template‐Free Nanoconfined Catalysts Derived from Municipal Sludge. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(14). e202423629–e202423629. 14 indexed citations

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Gu, Chao-Hai, et al.. (2025). Ultrafast Water Purification by Template‐Free Nanoconfined Catalysts Derived from Municipal Sludge. Angewandte Chemie. 137(14). 1 indexed citations

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Gu, Chao-Hai, Ya Pan, Tingting Wei, et al.. (2024). Upcycling waste sewage sludge into superior single-atom Fenton-like catalyst for sustainable water purification. Nature Water. 2(7). 649–662. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Chao-Hai, Song Wang, Ai-Yong Zhang, et al.. (2024). Tuning electronic structure of metal-free dual-site catalyst enables exclusive singlet oxygen production and in-situ utilization. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5771–5771. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Chao-Hai, Song Wang, Ai-Yong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Slow-release synthesis of Cu single-atom catalysts with the optimized geometric structure and density of state distribution for Fenton-like catalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(43). e2311585120–e2311585120. 37 indexed citations

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Si, Yang, Zhiyan Guo, Huihui Li, et al.. (2021). Reusing Sulfur-Poisoned Palladium Waste as a Highly Active, Nonradical Fenton-like Catalyst for Selective Degradation of Phenolic Pollutants. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(1). 564–574. 56 indexed citations

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