Chen Li

19.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
488 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Chen Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Li has authored 488 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Materials Chemistry, 166 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 98 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chen Li's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (61 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (40 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (33 papers). Chen Li is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (61 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (40 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (33 papers). Chen Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Chen Li's co-authors include Kläus Müllen, Henrike Wonneberger, Yizhe Hu, Mingxin Ye, Qin Chen, Jianfeng Shen, Neil G. Pschirer, Lian Duan, Min Shi and Long Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chen Li

463 papers receiving 16.7k 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.

Fast and Facile Preparation of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanoplatelets

2009 844 citations Chen Li et al. profile →
Perylene Imides for Organic Photovoltaics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

2012 828 citations Chen Li et al. profile →
Composites of Graphene with Large Aromatic Molecules

2009 695 citations Chen Li et al. profile →
Polyphenylene-Based Materials for Organic Photovoltaics

2010 594 citations Chen Li, Martin Baumgarten et al. profile →
High‐Efficiency Fluorescent Organic Light‐Emitting Devices Using Sensitizing Hosts with a Small Singlet–Triplet Exchange Energy

2014 564 citations Chen Li et al. profile →
Electrochemical detection of heavy metal ions in water

2021 281 citations Chen Li et al. profile →
Influence of Conformation on Conductance of Biphenyl-Dithiol Single-Molecule Contacts

2009 269 citations Chen Li et al. profile →
Skillful promotion of charge separation via defect-mediated built-in electric field and LSPR effect for enhanced photocatalytic activity

2025 40 citations Hui Guo, Wenxuan Chen et al. Nano Energy profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Li

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Progress in patent technologies for methane catalytic combustion catalysts research 2025 ·World Patent Information ·(unknown), Zhu Tao, (unknown), Xueli Zhang, Chen Li, (unknown), Xudong Xu, Qian Sun	0
2	Skillful promotion of charge separation via defect-mediated built-in electric field and LSPR effect for enhanced photocatalytic activity breakdown → 2025 ·Nano Energy ·Hui Guo, Wenxuan Chen, Xiu-Qing Qiao, Chen Li, Bojing Sun, Dongfang Hou, Meidi Wang, Xue‐Qian Wu, Tao Wu, Ruan Chi, Dong‐Sheng Li	40
3	A systematic investigation on the advantage of confinement effect by nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Yehai Yan, Bing Wang, Chen Li, Fang Luo, Yifei Li, Yuhua Xie, Quan Zhang, Zehui Yang	9
4	Efficient construction methods for the minimum interval radius-based stationary interval process model 2025 ·Engineering Structures ·Feng Wu, Yuxiang Yang, (unknown), Chen Li, (unknown)	1
5	Ligand-Promoted Copper-Catalyzed Radical Relay for Alkyl-Alkynylation of Alkenes 2025 ·Organic Letters ·(unknown), Zhuang‐Ping Zhan, Chen Li, Mengyao Tian, Mingqi Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Jiancheng Yu, Yong Wang, Wen‐Ting Wei	0
6	Waterborne robust superhydrophobic PFDTES@TiO2-PU coating with stable corrosion resistance, long-term environmental adaptability, and delayed icing functions on Al–Li alloy 2024 ·Journal of Materials Research and Technology ·Xuewu Li, (unknown), Tian Shi, Hejie Yang, Chuanwei Zhang, Wei Qi, Chen Li, Rongrong Liu, (unknown), (unknown)	52
7	Valence modulation stimulates ligand vacancies to construct unsaturated Ce sites for robust low-concentration defluorination via capacitive deionization 2024 ·Desalination ·Xinyuan Qiu, Peng Zhang, Chen Li, Fukuan Li, Dezhi Fang, Zikang Xu, Kexun Li	3
8	Efficient Ultraviolet Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Zero‐Dimensional Hybrid Cerium Bromides 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Chen Li, Yi Wei, Yan Zhang, Zhishan Luo, Yulian Liu, (unknown), Zewei Quan	18
9	Visualization Detection of Ultralow Temperature Based on Flexible Cross–linked Polymer Systems 2024 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·(unknown), Qian Chen, Chen Li, (unknown), Qiankun Li, (unknown), (unknown), Chaolong Yang	17
10	Anti-PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor combined with nanocarrier-mediated cisplatin codelivery system for effective treatment of pancreatic cancer 2024 ·Molecular Immunology ·(unknown), Xin Yan, Hao Zhou, Wei Wang, Chen Li, Bang‐Le Zhang	2
11	Grafting photochromic spiropyran polymer brushes on natural rubber surface via surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization 2024 ·Alexandria Engineering Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Jinrui Liu, (unknown), Yan Zhang, Da‐Shuai Zhang, Tianyi Sun, Sumin Zhang, Chen Li, Jianjun Shi, Zaifeng Shi	2
12	Conversion of cobalt from spent LIBs to Co ₃ O ₄ electrode material for application in supercapacitors 2024 ·Environmental Technology ·Ping Tang, Chen Li, (unknown)	0
13	A single fluorescent chemosensor for detecting Ag+ ion in DMF and common trivalent metal ions in ethanol 2023 ·Journal of Molecular Structure ·Tianyuan Zhong, Xinzhe Wang, Chen Li, (unknown), Yuning Chen, Guang Wang	6
14	Enabling Long‐Lived Polymeric Room Temperature Phosphorescence Material in Abominable Solvent 2023 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Qian Zhou, Chen Li, Yongkang Wang, (unknown), Jiayue Huang, (unknown), Qiankun Li, Chaolong Yang	3
15	Stepwise taming of triplet excitons via multiple confinements in intrinsic polymers for long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Liang Gao, Jiayue Huang, Lunjun Qu, Xiaohong Chen, Ying Zhu, Chen Li, (unknown), Yanli Zhao, Chaolong Yang	106
16	Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkynylation and Allylation of Unactivated C(sp³)–H Bonds via Hydrogen Atom Transfer 2021 ·Organic Letters ·Lei Liang, (unknown), Chen Li, Songlin Wang, Yuehui Wang, Hai‐Ming Guo, Hong‐Ying Niu	15
17	Charge separation, recombination and intersystem crossing of directly connected perylenemonoimide–carbazole electron donor/acceptor dyads 2020 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Xue Zhang, Ayhan Elmalı, Ruomeng Duan, Qingyun Liu, Wei Ji, Jianzhang Zhao, Chen Li, Ahmet Karatay	31
18	Nonfluorinated Multifunctional Superhydrophobic Cellulose Sheet with Polysaccharide B Biopolymer-Based Hierarchical Rough Composite Structure 2020 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Cheng Chen, Mingming Liu, Yuanyuan Hou, Liping Zhang, Dong Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Chen Li, Shaohai Fu	18
19	Copper-Catalyzed Photoinduced Enantioselective Dual Carbofunctionalization of Alkenes 2020 ·Organic Letters ·(unknown), Youwen Sun, Bin Chen, Meichen Xu, Chen Li, Dayong Zhang, Guozhu Zhang	80
20	Quinoid Conductive Polymer for High-Performance Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Batteries 2020 ·ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Ruomeng Duan, (unknown), Zehua Wu, Martin Baumgarten, Chen Li	6

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