Dachao Ma

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Dachao Ma is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Dachao Ma has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 15 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Dachao Ma's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (13 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (9 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers). Dachao Ma is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (13 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (9 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers). Dachao Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Thailand. Dachao Ma's co-authors include Yafei Shen, Kunio Yoshikawa, Peitao Zhao, Qingge Feng, Guangyi Zhang, Guangwen Xu, Fumitake Takahashi, Zheng Liu, Chinnathan Areeprasert and Chunxing Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Dachao Ma

49 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

In-situ catalytic conversion of tar using rice husk char-... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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. In-situ catalytic conversion of tar using rice husk char-supported nickel-iron catalysts for biomass pyrolysis/gasification
    2014 362 citations Yafei Shen, Peitao Zhao 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
Dachao Ma China 22 1.1k 431 395 286 280 49 1.9k
Wenya Ao China 25 1.1k 1.0× 499 1.2× 340 0.9× 236 0.8× 374 1.3× 44 2.0k
Zhi-Xiang Xu China 29 1.3k 1.2× 540 1.3× 391 1.0× 146 0.5× 456 1.6× 71 2.3k
Prakash Parthasarathy Qatar 25 1.5k 1.4× 438 1.0× 564 1.4× 302 1.1× 240 0.9× 52 2.3k
Humair Ahmed Baloch Australia 24 1.4k 1.3× 604 1.4× 322 0.8× 161 0.6× 256 0.9× 46 2.3k
Kezhen Qian China 16 1.1k 1.1× 450 1.0× 233 0.6× 186 0.7× 254 0.9× 40 1.7k
Amit Kumar Sharma India 32 1.3k 1.2× 292 0.7× 392 1.0× 245 0.9× 395 1.4× 86 2.5k
Nathalie Lyczko France 23 630 0.6× 478 1.1× 476 1.2× 146 0.5× 339 1.2× 40 2.0k
Elsa Weiss-Hortala France 33 1.8k 1.7× 739 1.7× 431 1.1× 303 1.1× 330 1.2× 54 3.0k
Yinhai Su China 23 1.0k 0.9× 378 0.9× 267 0.7× 169 0.6× 209 0.7× 61 1.6k
Ramin Azargohar Canada 27 1.8k 1.7× 638 1.5× 342 0.9× 193 0.7× 501 1.8× 47 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dachao Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dachao Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dachao Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dachao Ma 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 Dachao Ma. Dachao Ma 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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Ma, Dachao, Qixin Zhong, Cheng Liao, et al.. (2025). Co-hydrothermal carbonization of polyvinyl chloride and shrimp shells for carbon materials: Synergistic conversion and electrochemical properties. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116481–116481. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Qingge, W. J. Lu, Dachao Ma, et al.. (2025). Palygorskite-supported bimetallic ZIFs-derived cobalt oxides with coexisting cobalt defects and oxygen vacancies for enhanced antibiotic degradation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 115611–115611. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Hongchang, Dachao Ma, Min Yi, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the enhancement of catalytic activity and stability by single-atom Mo anchored to cationic vacancy for the catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of lignin to naphthenes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159303–159303. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongbo, et al.. (2024). Efficient activation of periodate for sulfamethoxazole degradation by modulating charge density in single-atom Mn regions via carbon vacancies in carbon nitride. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130515–130515. 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Dachao, Hongchang Hu, Qixin Zhong, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen-doped porous carbon supported nickel catalysts for efficient hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived vanillin to 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol in ethanol. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(1). 115005–115005. 1 indexed citations
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Zhong, Qixin, Dachao Ma, Lu Ding, et al.. (2024). Hydrothermal dechlorination of polyvinyl chloride for solid fuel: A heterogeneous model based on in situ sampling and cross-section characterization. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(1). 115200–115200. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaoxiao, Qingge Feng, Zheng Liu, et al.. (2023). Surface fabrication of silica aerogels from inorganic precursor achieving elastic and superhydrophobic sponges for oil-water separation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110333–110333. 16 indexed citations
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Ma, Dachao, et al.. (2023). Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of waste plastics for their resource reuse: A technical review. Carbon Resources Conversion. 6(3). 215–228. 44 indexed citations
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Feng, Qingge, Zheng Liu, Dongbo Wang, et al.. (2023). Facile fabrication of a low-cost, room-temperature curable superhydrophobic coating with excellent stability. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 668. 131477–131477. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Dachao, Qingge Feng, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes through fecal sewage treatment facilities to the ecosystem in rural area. Journal of Environmental Management. 333. 117439–117439. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Zheng, Qiongyue Zhang, He Xiao, et al.. (2022). Biomass porous carbon as the active site to enhance photodegradation of oxytetracycline on mesoporous g-C3N4. RSC Advances. 12(3). 1840–1849. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuan, et al.. (2021). Food waste composting based on patented compost bins: Carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions and the denitrifying community analysis. Bioresource Technology. 346. 126643–126643. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, Dachao Ma, Qingge Feng, et al.. (2020). Stable Fe3O4 submicrospheres with SiO2 coating for heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction at alkaline condition. The Science of The Total Environment. 764. 144200–144200. 52 indexed citations
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Feng, Qingge, et al.. (2017). Synthesis and structural characteristics of high surface area TiO2 aerogels by ultrasonic-assisted sol–gel method. Nanotechnology. 29(7). 75702–75702. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Chunxing, Guangyi Zhang, Zhikai Zhang, Dachao Ma, & Guangwen Xu. (2016). Alkaline thermal pretreatment at mild temperatures for biogas production from anaerobic digestion of antibiotic mycelial residue. Bioresource Technology. 208. 49–57. 61 indexed citations
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Areeprasert, Chinnathan, et al.. (2015). A Review on Pilot-Scale Applications of Hydrothermal Treatment for Upgrading Waste Materials. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development. 7(6). 425–430. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guangyi, Chunxing Li, Dachao Ma, Zhikai Zhang, & Guangwen Xu. (2015). Anaerobic digestion of antibiotic residue in combination with hydrothermal pretreatment for biogas. Bioresource Technology. 192. 257–265. 81 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guangyi, Dachao Ma, Cuina Peng, Xiaoxing Liu, & Guangwen Xu. (2014). Process characteristics of hydrothermal treatment of antibiotic residue for solid biofuel. Chemical Engineering Journal. 252. 230–238. 87 indexed citations
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Areeprasert, Chinnathan, Peitao Zhao, Dachao Ma, Yafei Shen, & Kunio Yoshikawa. (2014). Alternative Solid Fuel Production from Paper Sludge Employing Hydrothermal Treatment. Energy & Fuels. 28(2). 1198–1206. 96 indexed citations

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