Chuangwei Liu

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Chuangwei Liu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuangwei Liu has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 42 papers in Materials Chemistry and 34 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Chuangwei Liu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (25 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (24 papers). Chuangwei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (25 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (24 papers). Chuangwei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Denmark. Chuangwei Liu's co-authors include Chenghua Sun, Qinye Li, Jie Zhang, Yonggang Jin, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Chengzhang Wu, Derek Hao, Song Li, Yu Xiong and Yunhu Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Chuangwei Liu

81 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Single-Boron Catalysts for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

2019 561 citations Chuangwei Liu, Qinye Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Single‐Atom Fe Catalysts for Fenton‐Like Reactions: Roles of Different N Species

2022 315 citations Chuangwei Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chuangwei Liu China	27	2.4k	1.8k	1.7k	604	410	87	3.3k
Qinye Li Australia	20	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	659 1.1×	399 1.0×	29	3.1k
Bari Wulan China	23	3.3k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	739 1.2×	453 1.1×	40	4.1k
Shaoce Zhang Hong Kong	26	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	988 1.6×	258 0.6×	54	3.5k
Jingrui Han China	23	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 1.7×	184 0.4×	45	2.6k
Jinxing Gu China	21	3.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 3.4×	283 0.7×	39	4.2k
Xingshuai Lv China	32	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	940 0.5×	1.7k 2.8×	267 0.7×	57	3.9k
Chenliang Ye China	34	3.5k 1.5×	2.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 3.0×	461 1.1×	72	4.8k
Xiaowan Bai China	34	4.0k 1.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 2.9×	344 0.8×	58	4.8k
Xianyun Peng China	33	3.2k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 2.4×	316 0.8×	71	3.9k
Zuyun He China	22	1.5k 0.6×	898 0.5×	438 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	139 0.3×	31	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuangwei Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dong, Hongzhou, Tingzhou Yang, Chuangwei Liu, et al.. (2025). Controllable and scalable prelithiation of dry silicon-based anodes for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries. Energy storage materials. 75. 104072–104072. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Dongdong, Rui Li, Xinyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Regulating the Thermodynamic Uniformity and Kinetic Diffusion of Zinc Anodes for Deep Cycling of Ah-Level Aqueous Zinc-Metal Batteries. ACS Nano. 19(5). 5739–5749. 6 indexed citations

Li, Suiyi, Li Xiang, Yunyi Liang, et al.. (2025). Full‐Lifecycle Biocarbon Foam through Multiscale Pore Engineering Toward Ultra‐High Electromagnetic Absorption. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(52). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Luyuan, Qilong Wu, Changlei Xia, et al.. (2024). Insight into the activity of Ni-based thermal catalysts for dry reforming of methane. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(37). 24802–24838. 30 indexed citations

Ye, Haoran, Ying Wu, Xin Jin, et al.. (2024). Creation of Wood‐Based Hierarchical Superstructures via In Situ Growth of ZIF‐8 for Enhancing Mechanical Strength and Electromagnetic Shielding Performance. Advanced Science. 11(17). e2400074–e2400074. 29 indexed citations

Li, Suiyi, Haoran Ye, Jiamin Wu, et al.. (2024). All‐Natural Self‐Bonded Biocomposite Providing Superior Electromagnetic Interference Shield Performance with Effective Absorption. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(41). 24 indexed citations

Wu, Yutong, Tianyi Wang, Chuangwei Liu, Gaowu Qin, & Song Li. (2023). Building synergy between Cu and Ag for efficient hydrogen production from formaldehyde reforming. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158201–158201. 4 indexed citations

Xia, Wei, Hongbin Dai, Chuangwei Liu, & Song Li. (2023). Boosting electrocatalytic hydrazine oxidation at single-crystalline Ni nanosheets with embedded NiZn. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 33(5). 710–717. 7 indexed citations

Xie, Hongbo, et al.. (2023). Interfacial strain driven nucleation and growth of grain boundary phases. Acta Materialia. 263. 119486–119486. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Xingyu, et al.. (2023). Paired electrosynthesis strategy for enhancing 2, 5-Furardicarboxylic acid formation rate. Applied Surface Science. 648. 158833–158833. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuangwei, Tianyi Wang, Zhongyuan Guo, et al.. (2023). The role of single-boron of N-doped graphene for effective nitrogen reduction. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 159. 244–250. 17 indexed citations

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Guo, Zhongyuan, Chuangwei Liu, Chenghua Sun, et al.. (2023). Tuning the Coordination Environment of Single‐Atom Iron Catalysts Towards Effective Nitrogen Reduction. ChemCatChem. 15(14). 10 indexed citations

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Li, Shanshan, Hongbo Xie, Jianfeng Jin, et al.. (2022). Two-dimensional interface superstructures assembled by well-ordered solute atoms. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 142. 253–259. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Jingcheng, Chuangwei Liu, Yuting Zhu, et al.. (2020). Understanding the geometric and electronic factors of PtNi bimetallic surfaces for efficient and selective catalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived oxygenates. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 60. 16–24. 37 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Muhammad Ibrar, Chuangwei Liu, Yong Zhao, et al.. (2020). Metal–Sulfur Linkages Achieved by Organic Tethering of Ruthenium Nanocrystals for Enhanced Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction. Angewandte Chemie. 132(48). 21649–21653. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Qinye, Chuangwei Liu, Siyao Qiu, et al.. (2019). Exploration of iron borides as electrochemical catalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(37). 21507–21513. 57 indexed citations

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Li, Qinye, Siyao Qiu, Chuangwei Liu, et al.. (2019). Computational Design of Single-Molybdenum Catalysts for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(4). 2347–2352. 70 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuangwei, Qinye Li, Chengzhang Wu, et al.. (2019). Single-Boron Catalysts for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(7). 2884–2888. 561 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Chuangwei, Qinye Li, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2019). Conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia on Ru atoms supported on boron sheets: a DFT study. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(9). 4771–4776. 271 indexed citations

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Liu, Chuangwei, Qinye Li, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2018). Theoretical Evaluation of Possible 2D Boron Monolayer in N₂ Electrochemical Conversion into Ammonia. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(44). 25268–25273. 110 indexed citations

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