Cheng Lin

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Cheng Lin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Lin has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Cheng Lin's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (15 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Cheng Lin is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (15 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Cheng Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and Hong Kong. Cheng Lin's co-authors include Ben Zhong Tang, Jingdong Luo, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Hai-Ying Chen, Daoben Zhu, Xiaowei Zhan, Chengfeng Qiu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Zhiliang Xie and Yunqi Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Lin

90 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole

2001 7.2k citations Jingdong Luo, Zhiliang Xie et al. Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Lin China	23	7.2k	3.1k	2.4k	1.8k	1.7k	93	8.6k
Guoqiang Yang China	45	5.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	332	8.6k
Xiqi Zhang China	55	9.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.4×	3.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.7×	3.9k 2.4×	171	12.9k
Hironori Kaji Japan	50	6.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	5.5k 2.3×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	258	10.8k
Lei Fang United States	46	3.8k 0.5×	974 0.3×	3.2k 1.3×	2.8k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	172	8.0k
Shunai Che China	54	6.6k 0.9×	944 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	258	10.1k
Ying Huang China	36	4.1k 0.6×	970 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	961 0.6×	144	6.9k
Bertrand Donnio France	55	6.3k 0.9×	966 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	4.3k 2.4×	1.2k 0.7×	307	11.1k
Hui Tong China	35	3.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	463 0.3×	166	5.7k
Ming Liu China	46	5.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	3.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	647 0.4×	175	8.7k
Mercedes Crego‐Calama Netherlands	31	2.4k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	95	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Lin

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Zhou, Cheng Lin, Jieshan Qiu, & Zhiyu Wang. (2025). Polymer‐Regulated Solvation and Interphase Engineering for Long‐Life and Safe Quasi‐Solid‐State Anode‐Free Sodium Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2506037–e2506037. 9 indexed citations

Hou, Xiuli, et al.. (2025). Tailoring metals, axial ligands, and carbon substrates in TMN4–graphene for direct seawater electrolysis: A synergistic approach using density functional theory and machine learning algorithms. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 701. 138657–138657. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Zhongyuan, Cheng Lin, Youn‐Sang Bae, et al.. (2025). Interfacial Interaction‐Mediated Regulation of Metal Oxidation States for Enhanced CO ₂ Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(33). 5 indexed citations

Lin, Cheng, Yoonjun Cho, Kan Zhang, & Jong Hyeok Park. (2025). Recent Progress on Photoelectrochemical Organic Upgrading: A Review from Direct and Indirect Charge Transfer Pathway. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(48).

Chen, Zhaohui, Cheng Lin, Yanping Chen, et al.. (2024). Domain-limited surface oxygen vacancy in rutile TiO2 for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 96. 255–263. 8 indexed citations

Dong, Chaoran, Cheng Lin, Panjie Li, et al.. (2024). Surface Coverage Tuning for Suppressing Over‐Oxidation: A Case of Photoelectrochemical Alcohol‐to‐Aldehyde/Ketone Conversion. Angewandte Chemie. 137(12).

Lü, Yuan, Cheng Lin, Zhipeng Wang, et al.. (2024). Solar-driven highly selective conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using surface atom engineered BiVO4 photoanodes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5475–5475. 54 indexed citations

Lin, Cheng, Yuan Lü, Jiaming Miao, et al.. (2024). Quasi-homogeneous photoelectrochemical organic transformations for tunable products and 100% conversion ratio. Science Bulletin. 69(21). 3395–3403. 5 indexed citations

Miao, Jiaming, et al.. (2024). Supramolecular catalyst with [FeCl4] unit boosting photoelectrochemical seawater splitting via water nucleophilic attack pathway. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2023–2023. 26 indexed citations

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Lin, Cheng, Chaoran Dong, Sungsoon Kim, et al.. (2023). Photo‐Electrochemical Glycerol Conversion over a Mie Scattering Effect Enhanced Porous BiVO ₄ Photoanode. Advanced Materials. 35(15). 2209955–2209955. 78 indexed citations

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Lin, Cheng, Zhen Shan, Chaoran Dong, et al.. (2023). Covalent organic frameworks bearing Ni active sites for free radical-mediated photoelectrochemical organic transformations. Science Advances. 9(45). eadi9442–eadi9442. 37 indexed citations

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Lin, Cheng, et al.. (2023). Application of Acoustic Digital Twin Model for Fault Monitoring of Heavy Duty Gearbox. 43. 279–287. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yun, Lili Zhang, Yuke Li, et al.. (2022). Triptycene incorporated carbon nitride based donor-acceptor conjugated polymers with superior visible-light photocatalytic activities. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 622. 675–689. 20 indexed citations

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Guan, Shuhui, Kunfeng Zhao, Qinxiong Rao, et al.. (2021). A review of photocatalytic materials application on nonylphenol degradation. Environmental Challenges. 4. 100172–100172. 14 indexed citations

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Xie, Zhongshuai, Jiafeng Shi, Cheng Lin, et al.. (2020). Enhancing photoelectrochemical performance of the Bi₂MoO₆ photoanode by ferroelectric polarization regulation. Nanoscale. 12(35). 18446–18454. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Xuefang, et al.. (2018). Validation of flow partitioning model for high pressure hydrogen jets through small orifices. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 58(12). 1095–1100. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Jie, Yanhu Li, Changshen Ye, & Cheng Lin. (2012). Study on the adsoption kinetics and thermodynamics of DMF on macroporous adsorbents. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae. 32(3). 639–644. 9 indexed citations

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Lin, Cheng. (2006). Kinetics Characteristics Analysis of Ash Layer in Coal Particle Combustion Process. Ranshao kexue yu jishu. 1 indexed citations

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Peng, Han, et al.. (2002). SYNTHESIS, LIGHT EMISSION, AND OPTICAL LIMITING OF HYPERBRANCHED POLYARYLENES. Polymer preprints. 43(1). 551–552. 1 indexed citations

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Luo, Jingdong, Zhiliang Xie, Jacky W. Y. Lam, et al.. (2001). Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole. Chemical Communications. 1740–1741. 7152 indexed citations breakdown →

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