Dan Ren

9.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
142 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Dan Ren is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Ren has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 34 papers in Materials Chemistry and 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dan Ren's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (38 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (21 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers). Dan Ren is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (38 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (21 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers). Dan Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and Singapore. Dan Ren's co-authors include Boon Siang Yeo, Michaël Grätzel, Albertus D. Handoko, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Yilin Deng, Jing Gao, Jingshan Luo, Souradip Malkhandi, Yun Huang and Dan Xu 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

Dan Ren

135 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2016 2020 2022 2023 250 500 750
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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. Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene and Ethanol on Copper(I) Oxide Catalysts
    2015 820 citations Dan Ren, Yilin Deng et al. profile →
  2. Tuning the Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction toward Ethanol on Oxide-Derived CuxZn Catalysts
    2016 624 citations Dan Ren, Boon Siang Yeo et al. profile →
  3. Tailored Amphiphilic Molecular Mitigators for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with 23.5% Efficiency
    2020 359 citations Dan Ren, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin et al. profile →
  4. Efficient and stable noble-metal-free catalyst for acidic water oxidation
    2022 219 citations Sanjiang Pan, Hao Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Bifunctional hole-shuttle molecule for improved interfacial energy level alignment and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells
    2023 205 citations Jing Gao, Dan Ren 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
Dan Ren China 38 4.9k 2.9k 2.4k 2.3k 721 142 7.8k
Yongxia Wang China 39 1.4k 0.3× 371 0.1× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 249 0.3× 160 4.6k
Zhenbin Wang China 51 2.3k 0.5× 595 0.2× 3.4k 1.4× 3.4k 1.5× 62 0.1× 150 7.2k
Dandan Liu China 40 1.8k 0.4× 345 0.1× 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 102 0.1× 183 5.7k
Jianliang Cao China 56 2.8k 0.6× 583 0.2× 5.4k 2.2× 5.0k 2.1× 39 0.1× 271 9.3k
Haibo Xie China 40 544 0.1× 842 0.3× 672 0.3× 913 0.4× 553 0.8× 176 6.2k
Atsushi Takagaki Japan 42 1.1k 0.2× 964 0.3× 3.9k 1.6× 826 0.4× 384 0.5× 158 8.2k
Jie Sun China 43 1.5k 0.3× 516 0.2× 3.1k 1.3× 3.8k 1.6× 25 0.0× 190 6.3k
Enhui Liu China 43 1.0k 0.2× 156 0.1× 767 0.3× 2.9k 1.2× 131 0.2× 177 4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Ren

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All Works

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Liu, Wenhu, Jinhua Zhang, Min Wu, et al.. (2025). Ponicidin triggered ferroptosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by suppressing the SLC7A11/Glutathione/GPX4 signalling axis. Phytomedicine. 143. 156925–156925. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Chenglong, et al.. (2025). Advances and challenges in the electroreduction of carbon dioxide in acidic electrolyte. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 107. 732–749. 1 indexed citations
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Jia, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2025). A Bridge-Arch structural interface photothermal evaporator based on electrospun polylactic acid films for desalination. Separation and Purification Technology. 369. 133123–133123. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Chenglong, et al.. (2025). Modulating CO 2 /H 2 O Ratio at Hydrophobic Catalytic Interface Promotes C‐C Coupling in Acidic CO 2 Electroreduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(50). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yanfeng, et al.. (2025). Landscape of the intratumoral microbiota acting on the tumor immune microenvironment in LUAD and LUSC. Physiological Genomics. 57(4). 279–291. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Guangyu, Ya-Ling Wei, Shiqi Li, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis, and bioevaluation of sulfonylamides as acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1326. 141075–141075. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yang, et al.. (2024). Rationally construction of Dy2O3/g-C3N4 heterojunctions with largely enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity. Materials Research Bulletin. 179. 112971–112971. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Dan Ren, Jinping Zhang, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric oxygen vacancy-enriched Mn2O3@CeO2 for NO oxidation with excellent low-temperature activity and boosted SO2-resistance. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 340. 123202–123202. 49 indexed citations
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Wang, Honglei, Bing Wu, Dong Wang, et al.. (2023). Exfoliated 2D Layered and Nonlayered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides Nanosheets as Promising Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(17). e202217253–e202217253. 23 indexed citations
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Ren, Dan, et al.. (2022). Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Evolution on Mesoporous Hematite Films Prepared from Maghemite Nanoparticles. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(5). 56522–56522. 1 indexed citations
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Pan, Sanjiang, Hao Li, Dan Liŭ, et al.. (2022). Efficient and stable noble-metal-free catalyst for acidic water oxidation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2294–2294. 219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lü, Hao, Quan Xie, Weikang Wang, et al.. (2022). A Novel Recombinant FAdV-4 Virus with Fiber of FAdV-8b Provides Efficient Protection against Both FAdV-4 and FAdV-8b. Viruses. 14(2). 376–376. 24 indexed citations
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Gao, Jing, Florent Sahli, Chenjuan Liu, et al.. (2019). Solar Water Splitting with Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Cell and TiC-Supported Pt Nanocluster Electrocatalyst. Joule. 3(12). 2930–2941. 109 indexed citations
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Li, Tuofan, Jing Xie, Dan Ren, et al.. (2019). Co-infection of vvMDV with multiple subgroups of avian leukosis viruses in indigenous chicken flocks in China. BMC Veterinary Research. 15(1). 288–288. 21 indexed citations
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Deng, Yilin, Yun Huang, Dan Ren, et al.. (2018). On the Role of Sulfur for the Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate on CuSx Catalysts. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(34). 28572–28581. 202 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2018). Effects of Chitosan Coating Structure and Changes during Storage on Their Egg Preservation Performance. Coatings. 8(9). 317–317. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Fang, et al.. (2016). MicroRNA-187 regulates gastric cancer progression by targeting the tumor suppressor CRMP1. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 482(4). 597–603. 15 indexed citations

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