Cui Lai

37.3k citations

266 papers · 32.2k indexed · 16 hit papers · h-index 100

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.02%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 136
Water Science and Technology top 0.02%
- Advanced oxidation water treatment 60
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal 23
Materials Chemistry top 0.1%
- Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis 32
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 26
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications 26
Pollution top 0.1%
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.2%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors 24
Organic Chemistry
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions 20

Co-authors: Danlian Huang Guangming Zeng Min Cheng Chen Zhang Lei Qin Piao Xu Huan Yi Bisheng Li
Cited by: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Water Science and Technology Materials Chemistry
Journals: Chemical Engineering Journal (40 papers)Chemosphere (20 papers)Journal of Hazardous Materials (15 papers)
Partner nations: China Saudi Arabia Iran

In The Last Decade

Cui Lai

261 papers receiving 31.8k 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.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment
2022 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2022 Water Research
2021 Chemosphere
2019 Water Research
2019 Chemical Engineering Journal
2019 Chemical Society Reviews
2018 Chemical Engineering Journal
2018 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
2018 Chemical Society Reviews
2018 Coordination Chemistry Reviews
2018 Chemical Engineering Journal
2018 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2017 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2015 Chemical Engineering Journal
2012 The Science of The Total Environment

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1	Nanoconfined zinc-iron oxide nanoparticles-embedded on carbon nanosheets toward peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient phenol removal: Achieving selective generation of single oxygen Separation and Purification Technology ·Hongda Liu,Weiping Xiong,Yan Liu,Guangfu Wang,Chengyun Zhou,Cui Lai,Xiuqin Huo,Guangming Zeng,Min Cheng	2025	0
2	Modification engineering over single-atom catalysts for efficient heterogeneous photocatalysis Coordination Chemistry Reviews ·Hongda Liu,Weiping Xiong,Chengyun Zhou,Cui Lai,Ling Li,Guangfu Wang,Xiuqin Huo,Guangming Zeng,Min Cheng	2025	11
3	Oxygen Doping Enables Tailored Built‐In Electric Fields in FeOCl/g‐C₃N₄ Heterojunctions for Enhanced Peroxymonosulfate Activation Advanced Functional Materials ·Ying Zeng,Hong Qin,Henrique Souza Zandonadi C eacute sar,Jing Gao,Wenyang Li,罗彩容,MMR Howlader,Piao Xu,Cui Lai,Ziwei Wang	2025	11
4	Oxygen vacancy-assisted CuCo tandem catalyst boosts efficient electrocatalytic neutral ultralow-concentration nitrate to ammonia Chemical Engineering Journal ·Robert H Grimsley,Cui Lai,Lei Qin,Mingming Zhang,Huchuan Yan,Shiyu Liu,Dengsheng Ma,Qi Liu,Lin Tang	2025	0
5	Metal-free two-dimensional nanomaterials supported single atom catalysts for energy conversion Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Yong Wan,Mingming Zhang,Cui Lai,Fuhang Xu,Shiyu Liu,M Al-Othman,Ling Li	2025	0
6	Fenton chemistry rising star: Iron oxychloride Coordination Chemistry Reviews ·Ying Zeng,Ziwei Wang,Piao Xu,Cui Lai,Hong Qin,Yangzhuo He,Yicheng Li,Xiuqin Huo,Quyang Tian,Changlin Wang	2024	10
7	Pomelo peel biochar supported nZVI@Bi0 as a persulfate activator for the degradation of acetaminophen: Enhanced performance and degradation mechanism Separation and Purification Technology ·Cui Lai,Neng Wang,Fuhang Xu,Mingming Zhang,Danlian Huang,Dengsheng Ma,Xue‐Rong Zhou,Mengyi Xu,Ling Li,Huchuan Yan,Xiuqin Huo	2024	15
8	Hexagonal boron nitride for extreme environment application Diamond and Related Materials ·Hanwen Liu,Ming Yan,Jing Wang,Guangming Zeng,Eduardo J. León Ruiz,T Zhang,Yukui Fu,P. Walz,Hou Wang,Cui Lai,Anand K. Patel,Lin Tang	2024	14
9	Carbon defects engineered for the formation of highly stable single-atom Pt-N3 bonds: Enhanced electron transfer and efficient peroxymonosulfate activation Separation and Purification Technology ·Y. J. Kim,Jialu Xu,Wen Jian Wang,Yuxin Yuan,Hui Wang,Xinjiang Hu,Shanshan Zhu,Cui Lai,Piao Xu,Xiaofei Tan,Xi Hu,Sergio Fernández-Carretero	2024	1
10	Spatial confinement: A green pathway to promote the oxidation processes for organic pollutants removal from water Water Research ·Huan Yi,Eydhah Almatrafi,Dengsheng Ma,Muriel Champy,Lei Qin,Ling Li,Xuerong Zhou,Chengyun Zhou,Guangming Zeng,Cui Lai	2023	83
11	Ultrahigh Performance H₂O₂ Generation by Single‐Atom Fe Catalysts with N/O Bidentate Ligand via Oxalic Acid and Oxygen Molecules Activation Small ·Mingming Zhang,Cui Lai,Fuhang Xu,Danlian Huang,Tianjue Hu,Bisheng Li,(unknown),Shiyu Liu,Yukui Fu,Ling Li,Lin Tang,Liang Chen	2023	30
12	Tuning the intrinsic catalytic sites of magnetite to concurrently enhance the reduction of H2O2 and O2: Mechanism analysis and application potential evaluation Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Ling Li,Min Cheng,Eydhah Almatrafi,Lei Qin,Shiyu Liu,Huan Yi,Lu Yang,Zhexin Chen,Dengsheng Ma,Mingming Zhang,Xuerong Zhou,Fuhang Xu,Chengyun Zhou,Lin Tang,Guangming Zeng,Cui Lai	2023	12
13	Multiple path-dominated activation of peroxymonosulfate by MOF-derived Fe2O3/Mn3O4 for catalytic degradation of tetracycline Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Chensi Tang,Min Cheng,Cui Lai,Ling Li,Zhen Wei,(unknown),Li Du,Guangfu Wang,Lu Yang,Lin Tang	2023	67
14	Metal-carbon hybrid materials induced persulfate activation: Application, mechanism, and tunable reaction pathways Water Research ·Huchuan Yan,Cui Lai,Shiyu Liu,Dongbo Wang,Xuerong Zhou,Mingming Zhang,Ling Li,Xiaopei Li,Fuhang Xu,Christine C. Robb	2023	111
15	Molecular engineering of donor-acceptor structured g-C3N4 for superior photocatalytic oxytetracycline degradation Chemical Engineering Journal ·Chen Zhang,Denis Денис,Yang Yang,Long Xia,Lei Qin,Wenjun Wang,Yin Zhou,Deyu Qin,Fanzhi Qin,Cui Lai	2022	132
16	Critical review of advanced oxidation processes in organic wastewater treatmentbreakdown → Chemosphere ·(unknown),Huan Yi,Cui Lai,Xigui Liu,Xiuqin Huo,Ziwen An,Ling Li,Yukui Fu,Bisheng Li,Mingming Zhang,Lei Qin,Shiyu Liu,Lu Yang	2021	678
17	Interface modulation of Mo₂C@foam nickel via MoS₂ quantum dots for the electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Lei Lei,Danlian Huang,Cui Lai,Chen Zhang,Rui Deng,Yashi Chen,Sha Chen,Wenjun Wang	2020	30
18	Biochar for environmental management: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, contaminant treatment, and potential negative impactsbreakdown → Chemical Engineering Journal ·Chen Zhang,Guangming Zeng,Danlian Huang,Cui Lai,Ming Chen,Min Cheng,Wangwang Tang,Lin Tang,Haoran Dong,Binbin Huang,Xiaofei Tan,Rongzhong Wang	2019	337
19	Construction of iodine vacancy-rich BiOI/Ag@AgI Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts for visible-light-driven tetracycline degradation: Transformation pathways and mechanism insightbreakdown → Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yang Yang,Zhuotong Zeng,Chen Zhang,Danlian Huang,Guangming Zeng,Rong Xiao,Cui Lai,Chengyun Zhou,Hai Guo,Wenjing Xue,Min Cheng,Wenjun Wang,Jiajia Wang	2018	618
20	Hydroxyl radicals based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for remediation of soils contaminated with organic compounds: A reviewbreakdown → Chemical Engineering Journal ·Min Cheng,Guangming Zeng,Danlian Huang,Cui Lai,Piao Xu,Chen Zhang,Yang Liu	2015	1018

About Cui Lai

Cui Lai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Pollution, having authored 266 papers that have together received 32.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (136 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (60 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (32 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (26 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (26 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (24 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (23 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (16.7k citations), Water Science and Technology (9.0k citations) and Materials Chemistry (15.8k citations). Cui Lai has collaborated with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Frequent co-authors include Danlian Huang, Guangming Zeng, Min Cheng, Chen Zhang, Lei Qin, Piao Xu, Huan Yi, Bisheng Li, Xigui Liu and Chengyun Zhou. Their work appears in journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemosphere, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Coordination Chemistry Reviews and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

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