Chiheng Chu

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Chiheng Chu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chiheng Chu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 36 papers in Materials Chemistry and 28 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Chiheng Chu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (25 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (23 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (11 papers). Chiheng Chu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (25 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (23 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (11 papers). Chiheng Chu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Chiheng Chu's co-authors include Jae‐Hong Kim, Baoliang Chen, Dahong Huang, John L. Margrave, Robert H. Hauge, Seunghyun Weon, Mark P. D’Evelyn, Binbin Wu, Menachem Elimelech and Eli Stavitski and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Chiheng Chu

90 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Simultaneously Tuning Band Structure and Oxygen Reduction Pathway toward High‐Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production Using Cyano‐Rich Graphitic Carbon Nitride

2021 329 citations Lei Chen, Cheng Chen et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor

2022 259 citations Tian Liu, Zhenhua Pan et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chiheng Chu China	39	2.4k	2.4k	1.2k	898	857	96	4.8k
Yan Su China	42	3.6k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	738 0.6×	2.1k 2.3×	667 0.8×	221	7.1k
Runliang Zhu China	43	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	634 0.7×	933 1.1×	164	5.9k
Jun Ma China	45	1.8k 0.8×	3.1k 1.3×	3.3k 2.7×	1.0k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	219	7.5k
Hongwei Yang China	38	1.3k 0.5×	647 0.3×	940 0.8×	694 0.8×	800 0.9×	141	3.8k
Xijun Hu Hong Kong	42	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	659 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	215	6.1k
Yuan Li China	53	4.9k 2.1×	5.1k 2.2×	1.5k 1.2×	2.6k 2.9×	1.0k 1.2×	216	9.1k
José Domingos Fabris Brazil	38	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	400 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	192	5.5k
Runliang Zhu China	35	1.2k 0.5×	925 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	449 0.5×	465 0.5×	97	3.6k
José D. Ardisson Brazil	39	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	916 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	264	6.3k
Jaâfar Ghanbaja France	43	3.4k 1.4×	746 0.3×	368 0.3×	2.4k 2.7×	963 1.1×	286	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chiheng Chu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chiheng Chu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chiheng Chu

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

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Pan, Yishuai, et al.. (2025). Accelerated Pollutant Degradation by UV/H₂O₂ at the Air–Water Interface of Microdroplets. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(10). 5406–5414. 5 indexed citations

Yu, Wanchao, Xuan Li, Binbin Wu, et al.. (2025). Quinones stimulate reactive oxygen species production from zero-valent iron over centimeter distances. Water Research. 274. 123141–123141. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Binbin, et al.. (2025). Accelerated Photolysis of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products at the Air–Water Interface. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(41). 22011–22019.

Yu, Wanchao, et al.. (2025). Reduction Potential Governs the Capacity of Quinones for Long-Distance Electron Transfer and Remote H₂O₂ Generation. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(28). 14465–14474. 2 indexed citations

Xiao, Xin, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic Insights into the Inhibitory Role of Soil Humic Components in Iron (Oxyhydr)oxide Formation: From In Situ Kinetics to Molecular Thermodynamics. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(13). 6579–6589. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Junye, Xiaoshan Zheng, Wanchao Yu, et al.. (2025). Visualizing Electron Transfer through Silver Nanoparticle Formation and Photothermal Imaging: A Case Study of Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(2). 1457–1466. 3 indexed citations

Dai, Hengyi, Binbin Wu, Y. X. Chen, et al.. (2024). Dynamic in situ detection in iRhizo-Chip reveals diurnal fluctuations of Bacillus subtilis in the rhizosphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(40). e2408711121–e2408711121. 6 indexed citations

Pan, Yishuai, Zepeng Rao, Wanchao Yu, Baoliang Chen, & Chiheng Chu. (2024). Water Vapor Condensation Triggers Simultaneous Oxidation and Hydrolysis of Organic Pollutants on Iron Mineral Surfaces. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(27). 12147–12154. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Binbin, Jingyi Wang, Hengyi Dai, et al.. (2024). Radial Oxygen Loss Triggers Diel Fluctuation of Cadmium Dissolution in the Rhizosphere of Rice. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(33). 14718–14725. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Xuan, Binbin Wu, Jingyi Wang, et al.. (2024). Redox Oscillation-Driven Production of Reactive Oxygen Species from Black Carbon. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(48). 21210–21217. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiangyu, Congcong Liu, Yajing Wu, et al.. (2024). Natural Disinfection-like Process Unveiled in Soil Microenvironments by Enzyme-Catalyzed Chlorination. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(8). 3838–3848. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuyao, Xiaoying Zhu, Bokai Zhu, Chiheng Chu, & Baoliang Chen. (2023). High‐Resolution Mapping Nanoscale Hydrophobicity for Fine Structures and Dynamic Evolution of Nanomaterial Surface. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

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Tan, Mengxi, Xiaoshan Zheng, Wanchao Yu, Baoliang Chen, & Chiheng Chu. (2023). Facet-Dependent Productions of Reactive Oxygen Species from Pyrite Oxidation. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(1). 432–439. 26 indexed citations

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Zhao, Guoqiang, Binbin Wu, Xiaoshan Zheng, et al.. (2022). Tide-Triggered Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Coastal Soils. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(16). 11888–11896. 93 indexed citations

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Liu, Tian, Zhenhua Pan, Kosaku Kato, et al.. (2022). A general interfacial-energetics-tuning strategy for enhanced artificial photosynthesis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7783–7783. 57 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Cheng Chen, Zhi Yang, et al.. (2021). Simultaneously Tuning Band Structure and Oxygen Reduction Pathway toward High‐Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production Using Cyano‐Rich Graphitic Carbon Nitride. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(46). 329 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Binbin, Tian Liu, Yanling Wang, et al.. (2021). High Sample Throughput LED Reactor for Facile Characterization of the Quantum Yield Spectrum of Photochemically Produced Reactive Intermediates. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(23). 16204–16214. 38 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuyao, Xiaoying Zhu, Chiheng Chu, Xin Xiao, & Baoliang Chen. (2021). Applications of atomic force microscopy-based imaging and force spectroscopy in assessing environmental interfacial processes. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 52(14). 2421–2452. 14 indexed citations

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Huang, Dahong, Glen Andrew de Vera, Chiheng Chu, et al.. (2018). Single-Atom Pt Catalyst for Effective C–F Bond Activation via Hydrodefluorination. ACS Catalysis. 8(10). 9353–9358. 74 indexed citations

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Chu, Chiheng, Dahong Huang, Qianhong Zhu, et al.. (2018). Electronic Tuning of Metal Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. ACS Catalysis. 9(1). 626–631. 131 indexed citations

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