Chi L. Cao

472 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 371 citations indexed

About

Chi L. Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chi L. Cao has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 371 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chi L. Cao's work include Advanced battery technologies research (4 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (4 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (3 papers). Chi L. Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced battery technologies research (4 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (4 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (3 papers). Chi L. Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Chi L. Cao's co-authors include C. Buddie Mullins, Kenta Kawashima, Yoon Jun Son, Raúl A. Márquez, Omar A. Carrasco-Jaim, Ziqing Wang, Lettie A. Smith, Rinish Reddy Vaidyula, Graeme Henkelman and Bryan R. Wygant and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Chi L. Cao

8 papers receiving 366 citations

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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.

A Review of Transition Metal Boride, Carbide, Pnictide, and Chalcogenide Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts

2023 185 citations Kenta Kawashima, Raúl A. Márquez et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chi L. Cao United States	7	279	249	117	67	31	8	371
Jingxiao Tang China	9	301 1.1×	255 1.0×	157 1.3×	69 1.0×	22 0.7×	15	422
Lida Yang China	12	403 1.4×	280 1.1×	148 1.3×	102 1.5×	24 0.8×	15	458
Guangyu Xu China	8	249 0.9×	206 0.8×	104 0.9×	49 0.7×	24 0.8×	15	356
Getachew Solomon Sweden	8	370 1.3×	297 1.2×	160 1.4×	71 1.1×	22 0.7×	11	461
Lixiang He China	11	270 1.0×	330 1.3×	113 1.0×	51 0.8×	26 0.8×	25	464
Huiting Niu China	8	284 1.0×	246 1.0×	117 1.0×	42 0.6×	20 0.6×	10	382
Yeongdae Lee South Korea	10	270 1.0×	253 1.0×	96 0.8×	39 0.6×	18 0.6×	16	353
Yuling Zhuo China	11	282 1.0×	263 1.1×	168 1.4×	47 0.7×	34 1.1×	15	446
Christopher A. Cadigan United States	8	224 0.8×	279 1.1×	147 1.3×	66 1.0×	18 0.6×	10	414

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chi L. Cao

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Cao, Chi L., Wei Liu, Han Zhang, et al.. (2025). Pyridine-nitrogen conjugated covalent organic frameworks for high-efficiency gas-solid photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 104. 127–135. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Chi L., Wei Liu, Weiwei Xu, et al.. (2025). Tailoring photocatalytic activity in porphyrin-MOFs: the role of amino-functionalized pillars in CO₂ adsorption and band structure modulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(33). 27163–27170. 2 indexed citations

3.

Kawashima, Kenta, Raúl A. Márquez, Lettie A. Smith, et al.. (2023). A Review of Transition Metal Boride, Carbide, Pnictide, and Chalcogenide Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts. Chemical Reviews. 123(23). 12795–13208. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kawashima, Kenta, Raúl A. Márquez, Hao Li, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical behavior of a Ni₃N OER precatalyst in Fe-purified alkaline media: the impact of self-oxidation and Fe incorporation. Materials Advances. 2(7). 2299–2309. 46 indexed citations

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Kawashima, Kenta, Kihyun Shin, Bryan R. Wygant, et al.. (2020). Cobalt Metal–Cobalt Carbide Composite Microspheres for Water Reduction Electrocatalysis. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(4). 3909–3918. 43 indexed citations

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Kawashima, Kenta, Chi L. Cao, Hao Li, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of a V₈C₇ Anode for Oxygen Evolution in Alkaline Media: Unusual Morphological Behavior. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(37). 14101–14108. 11 indexed citations

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Arges, Christopher G., Yu Kambe, Moshe Dolejsi, et al.. (2017). Interconnected ionic domains enhance conductivity in microphase separated block copolymer electrolytes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(11). 5619–5629. 55 indexed citations

8.

Zhang, Le, et al.. (2017). Patterning Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Applications. ECS Transactions. 77(11). 1325–1335. 10 indexed citations

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