Cheng Lian

13.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
388 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Cheng Lian is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Lian has authored 388 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 97 papers in Materials Chemistry and 89 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Cheng Lian's work include Advanced battery technologies research (51 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers). Cheng Lian is often cited by papers focused on Advanced battery technologies research (51 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers). Cheng Lian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Cheng Lian's co-authors include Honglai Liu, Kai Huang, Jianzhong Wu, Mingyang Xing, Jinlong Zhang, Chunzhong Li, Zhigang Zeng, Huiming Tang, Haolan Tao and Wei Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Lian

366 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

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2015 761 citations Cheng Lian et al. profile →
Size-dependent activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide photocatalytic reduction over platinum nanoparticles

2018 472 citations Cheng Lian, Honglai Liu et al. profile →
Constructing an Acidic Microenvironment by MoS₂ in Heterogeneous Fenton Reaction for Pollutant Control

2021 408 citations Cheng Lian, Kai Huang et al. profile →
Dynamically Formed Surfactant Assembly at the Electrified Electrode–Electrolyte Interface Boosting CO₂ Electroreduction

2022 283 citations Honglai Liu, Cheng Lian et al. profile →
Engineering the Local Microenvironment over Bi Nanosheets for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to HCOOH in Strong Acid

2022 253 citations Kai Huang, Tingting Yu et al. profile →
CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment

2022 238 citations Haolan Tao, Cheng Lian et al. profile →
Generating High‐valent Iron‐oxo ≡Fe^IV=O Complexes in Neutral Microenvironments through Peroxymonosulfate Activation by Zn−Fe Layered Double Hydroxides

2022 227 citations Cheng Lian, Kai Huang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Lian China	53	3.9k	3.3k	3.3k	1.3k	1.3k	388	10.8k
Xinyi Zhang China	55	4.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	380	10.1k
Ning Zhang China	39	6.2k 1.6×	4.3k 1.3×	4.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	767 0.6×	137	10.1k
Ying Wu China	58	6.1k 1.6×	4.0k 1.2×	5.4k 1.6×	881 0.7×	754 0.6×	275	10.2k
Shengyao Wang China	57	7.5k 1.9×	3.3k 1.0×	6.5k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	454 0.4×	192	11.5k
Yuanyuan Wang China	47	2.3k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	808 0.6×	502 0.4×	297	7.9k
Chao Liu China	64	4.1k 1.1×	3.5k 1.0×	5.1k 1.5×	540 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	304	13.5k
Ping Li China	56	4.9k 1.3×	3.3k 1.0×	5.8k 1.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	297	11.6k
Baoyi Wang China	55	2.2k 0.6×	3.6k 1.1×	7.6k 2.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	633	13.3k
Zhen Zhang China	54	3.3k 0.8×	5.4k 1.6×	2.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	254	9.7k
Rong Zhang China	61	7.6k 1.9×	5.8k 1.7×	3.8k 1.1×	3.3k 2.4×	1.1k 0.9×	285	13.9k

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Mu, Hongchun, Zekai Zhang, Hengyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Interfacial layer-adsorption effect induces uniform deposition for stable Zn anodes. Nano Energy. 136. 110700–110700. 4 indexed citations

Qiu, Jinkai, Bin Shao, Zhicheng Liu, et al.. (2025). Breaking trade-off between catalytic activity and carbon deposit by tailoring d-band center of NiFe alloy for dry reforming of carbonate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 368. 125114–125114. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Shengli, Jinkai Qiu, Zhen‐Liang Xu, et al.. (2024). Comparative analysis of polyamide nanofiltration membranes resistance to different acids: Insights from experiments and density functional theory simulations. Journal of Membrane Science. 694. 122412–122412. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Zekai, Shuqing Fu, Yifan Zhang, et al.. (2024). A multifunctional electrolyte additive for zinc-ion capacitors with low temperature resistant and long lifespan. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 94. 477–485. 23 indexed citations

Xu, Fang, et al.. (2024). Effect of Tautomerization on Water Desalination by Covalent Organic Frameworks. Chemical Engineering Science. 291. 119923–119923. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Yuanbo, et al.. (2024). Augmenting specific capacitance of ammonium vanadate cathode in aqueous zinc-ion batteries via barium doping directed by glutamic acid. Journal of Power Sources. 614. 234976–234976. 6 indexed citations

Fang, Zhi, Yujun Zhu, Zhenzhen Wang, et al.. (2024). Structure-activity relationship in the solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone over ligand-directed zinc(II) coordination polymers. Molecular Catalysis. 569. 114507–114507. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenglin, et al.. (2024). PNIPAM-based ionic hydrogels for enhanced privacy smart windows and flexible sensor. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 700. 134775–134775. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Kai, Weidong Hou, Huazhang Guo, et al.. (2024). Atmosphere engineering of metal-free Te/C3N4 p-n heterojunction for nearly 100% photocatalytic converting CO2 to CO. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). 100243–100243. 34 indexed citations

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Yu, Tingting, Haoran Wu, Minghui Zhu, et al.. (2024). Direct oxygen-containing simulated flue gas electrolysis over amine-confined Ag catalyst in a flow cell. Chem Catalysis. 4(3). 100923–100923. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenhui, Bijun Tang, Kai Huang, et al.. (2024). Radiation‐Synthesized Metal–Organic Frameworks with Ligand‐Induced Lewis Pairs for Selective CO₂ Electroreduction. Small. 20(52). e2408688–e2408688. 18 indexed citations

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Lian, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Developing poplar wood into a green structure-decoration integrated material for prefabricated wooden building application. Journal of Building Engineering. 90. 109386–109386. 4 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jin, Jiahui Li, Cheng Lian, & Honglai Liu. (2023). Development and application of fluid density functional theory for novel electrochemical interfaces. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 41. 100946–100946. 5 indexed citations

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Lv, Chunmei, Kai Huang, Yu Fan, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide in confined microspace utilizing single nickel atom decorated nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres. Nano Energy. 111. 108384–108384. 84 indexed citations

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Xu, Jipeng, Jin Cheng, Jie Yang, et al.. (2023). The charge regulation of surfactants on the rock surface in nanoconfinement: A reaction-coupling fluid density functional theory study. Chemical Engineering Science. 275. 118718–118718. 6 indexed citations

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Ye, Kai, Zekai Zhang, Can Liu, et al.. (2023). Molecular rotaxane shuttle-relay accelerates K+/Cl− symport across a lipid membrane. Science China Chemistry. 66(8). 2300–2308. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Lei, et al.. (2023). ChatGPT: Opportunities, risks and priorities for psychiatry. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 90. 103808–103808. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Mengjie, Yuchao Wang, Tingting Yu, et al.. (2023). One-step synthesized Bi5O7I for extremely low-temperature CO2 electroreduction. Science Bulletin. 68(12). 1238–1242. 34 indexed citations

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Hao, Weiju, Chengyu Fu, Ziliang Chen, et al.. (2021). Construction of efficient bismuth/boron-based flexible electrodes in organic media toward neutral hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(3). 1535–1546. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Ling, Cheng Lian, Hao Jiang, et al.. (2020). Dual-conductive N,S co-doped carbon nanoflowers for high-loading quasi-solid-state supercapacitor. Chemical Engineering Science. 217. 115496–115496. 42 indexed citations

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