Cong Chao

994 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 780 citations indexed

About

Cong Chao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong Chao has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 780 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Cong Chao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (4 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (4 papers). Cong Chao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (4 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (4 papers). Cong Chao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Cong Chao's co-authors include Xianfeng Fan, Yimin Deng, Jan Baeyens, Raf Dewil, Yukun Li, Bin Tong, Jianbing Shi, Yuping Dong, Zhengxu Cai and Wenbo Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Cong Chao

22 papers receiving 755 citations

Hit Papers

Post-combustion carbon capture 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Post-combustion carbon capture
    2020 443 citations Cong Chao, Xianfeng Fan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cong Chao China 11 403 258 244 156 147 26 780
Gyoung Gug Jang United States 17 183 0.5× 188 0.7× 196 0.8× 96 0.6× 121 0.8× 49 665
Zhiyong Zeng China 16 406 1.0× 150 0.6× 309 1.3× 57 0.4× 105 0.7× 43 919
Ayat A.‐E. Sakr Egypt 7 242 0.6× 253 1.0× 97 0.4× 71 0.5× 57 0.4× 10 666
Xuancan Zhu China 19 923 2.3× 288 1.1× 344 1.4× 123 0.8× 87 0.6× 34 1.2k
Xiaolong Wu China 16 542 1.3× 534 2.1× 195 0.8× 535 3.4× 355 2.4× 47 1.3k
П. А. Гущин Russia 17 205 0.5× 411 1.6× 115 0.5× 172 1.1× 66 0.4× 80 1000
Zhoulan Huang China 14 401 1.0× 172 0.7× 213 0.9× 119 0.8× 59 0.4× 25 721
Guoxiong Zhan China 19 517 1.3× 239 0.9× 170 0.7× 86 0.6× 60 0.4× 42 759
Saeed Danaei Kenarsari United States 7 604 1.5× 190 0.7× 312 1.3× 71 0.5× 36 0.2× 9 770
Guanhe Rim United States 16 633 1.6× 147 0.6× 249 1.0× 51 0.3× 91 0.6× 27 872

Countries citing papers authored by Cong Chao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong Chao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cong Chao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cong Chao. The network helps show where Cong Chao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong Chao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Ping, Yao Ma, Yongfeng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Stabilizing the excited states of organic phosphorescent photosensitizers via self-assembly for CO2 photoreduction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6140–6140. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Shuo, Yukun Li, Yingying Fu, et al.. (2025). In-situ synthesis of g-C3N4/CuxO/GA for efficient tetracycline degradation via photocatalytic activation of persulfate under simulated sunlight irradiation. Diamond and Related Materials. 160. 113016–113016.
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Zhang, Kai, et al.. (2025). Reaction performance of Non-Thermal plasma induced CO2 reforming of CH4 for landfill gas treatment. Waste Management. 200. 114751–114751. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yukun, et al.. (2024). High-efficiency removal of ciprofloxacin by persulfate activated with 3D Bi2WO6/g-C3N4/GA Z-scheme heterojunction under simulated sunlight. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105490–105490. 8 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, Changsheng Zhao, Ji‐Guang Li, et al.. (2024). Host–Guest Strategy for Organic Phosphorescence to Generate Oxygen Radical over Singlet Oxygen. Chemistry of Materials. 36(15). 7332–7342. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Yukun, Dan Zhang, Yongshu Zhang, et al.. (2023). In Situ Synthesis of 3D BiOCl–Graphene Aerogel and Synergistic Effect by Photo-Assisted Activation of Persulfate for Methyl Orange Degradation. Molecules. 28(13). 4964–4964. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Yukun, et al.. (2022). Enhanced visible-light activation of persulfate by g-C3N4 decorated graphene aerogel for methyl orange degradation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 926. 166904–166904. 15 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2021). Understanding the interplay of capillary and viscous forces in CO2 core flooding experiments. Journal of Hydrology. 606. 127411–127411. 11 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2020). The effect of CO2 phase on drainage process by analysis of transient differential pressure. Chemical Engineering Science. 218. 115581–115581. 1 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2020). Evolution of Thin-Liquid Films Surrounding Bubbles in Microfluidics and Their Impact on the Pressure Drop and Fluid Movement. Langmuir. 36(49). 15102–15111. 13 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2020). Effect of Ag Co-catalyst on TiO2–Cu2O nanocomposites structure and apparent visible photocatalytic activity. Journal of Environmental Management. 260. 110175–110175. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Cuixia, et al.. (2019). Investigations on pyrolysis of microalgae Diplosphaera sp. MM1 by TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS: Products and kinetics. Bioresource Technology. 294. 122126–122126. 38 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, Guangwen Xu, & Xianfeng Fan. (2019). Effect of surface tension, viscosity, pore geometry and pore contact angle on effective pore throat. Chemical Engineering Science. 197. 269–279. 28 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2019). Bubble Dislodgment in a Capillary Network with Microscopic Multichannels and Multibifurcation Features. Langmuir. 35(8). 3194–3203. 10 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2018). Significance of gas-liquid interfaces for two-phase flows in micro-channels. Chemical Engineering Science. 192. 114–125. 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Yanjie, Huishan Shang, Fengjuan Shi, et al.. (2015). Preparation and efficient visible light-induced photocatalytic activity of m-BiVO4 with different morphologies. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 85. 44–50. 45 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2012). Study on the local field enhancement of elliptical gold nanotube. Acta Physica Sinica. 61(4). 47802–47802.
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2012). Study on the localized surface plasmon resonance properties of bimetallic gold and silver three-layered nanotubes. Acta Physica Sinica. 61(3). 37301–37301. 5 indexed citations
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Chao, Cong, et al.. (2011). Localized surface plasmon resonance propertiesof elliptical gold nanotubes. Acta Physica Sinica. 60(4). 46102–46102. 3 indexed citations

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