Derek Hao

8.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
144 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Derek Hao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Hao has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 74 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Derek Hao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (88 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (26 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (18 papers). Derek Hao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (88 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (26 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (18 papers). Derek Hao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Derek Hao's co-authors include Bing‐Jie Ni, Wei Wei, Daimei Chen, Qi Wang, Yongfa Zhu, Hao Du, Xiaojuan Bai, Hao Ding, Hamidreza Arandiyan and Yangjie Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Derek Hao

137 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Defect engineering of oxide perovskites for catalysis and energy storage: synthesis of chemistry and materials science

2021 244 citations Hamidreza Arandiyan, Sajjad S. Mofarah et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Photocatalytic fuel cell with cathodic P-BiVO4/CQDs and anodic WO3 for efficient Cr(VI) reduction and stable electricity generation

2024 92 citations Hao Du, Meng Tan et al. Separation and Purification Technology profile →
Synergistic electric fields induced by unilateral doping modulation for enhanced organic pollutant degradation and sterilization

2025 54 citations Yangjie Fu, Derek Hao et al. Applied Surface Science profile →
A critical review of COFs-based photocatalysis for environmental remediation

2025 36 citations Hao Du, Derek Hao et al. profile →
Functional Groups‐Regulated Organic Semiconductors for Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

2025 30 citations Derek Hao et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Derek Hao	4.7k	3.9k	2.2k	755	536	144	6.8k
Peixin Cui	5.5k 1.2×	3.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	543 1.0×	162	9.1k
Giovanni Palmisano	5.5k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	388 0.5×	442 0.8×	180	8.3k
Lingzhi Wang	3.6k 0.8×	4.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	303 0.4×	599 1.1×	189	7.1k
Haitao Zhao	3.2k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.9×	332 0.6×	164	8.1k
Ziwei Wang	3.1k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	386 0.5×	1.4k 2.7×	141	6.0k
Xi Li	3.7k 0.8×	5.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	600 0.8×	797 1.5×	231	9.2k
Pingping Jiang	2.7k 0.6×	4.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	499 0.7×	733 1.4×	287	7.4k
Chengyang Feng	6.4k 1.4×	4.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	190 0.3×	493 0.9×	78	7.8k
Jieyuan Li	8.3k 1.8×	7.1k 1.8×	4.6k 2.1×	930 1.2×	480 0.9×	152	10.5k
Yabo Wang	3.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	180 0.2×	599 1.1×	238	7.0k

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Ren, Jiawei, et al.. (2025). Key factor in continuous salt harvesting via solar interfacial evaporation: Water supply to evaporation ratio. Desalination. 607. 118800–118800. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Teng, et al.. (2025). Preparation of Zn2GeO4 semiconductor and its performance of UV detection. Optical Materials. 163. 116968–116968. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jialiang, Quan Chen, Qiliang Wang, et al.. (2025). Junction Field-Effect Transistors Based on MoSe₂/WSe₂ Heterostructures for High-Performance Photodetection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(11). 16970–16977. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Daimei, Weibin Zhang, Shiqing Ma, et al.. (2025). Visible-light-driven TiO2/CoAl-LDO S-scheme heterojunction for improved peroxymonosulfate activation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1047. 185046–185046. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Tao, Wenlong Chen, Mengmeng Yang, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional Phototransistor Based on Double Van der Waals Heterojunction with Reversed Band Edge Bending. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(39). 10 indexed citations

Wang, Qi, Hao Zhou, Jianying Qian, et al.. (2024). Ti3C2-assisted construction of Z-scheme MIL-88A(Fe)/Ti3C2/RF heterojunction: Multifunctional photocatalysis-in-situ-self-Fenton catalyst. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 190. 67–75. 85 indexed citations

Deng, Hao, Yan‐Ling Wu, Peng Wang, et al.. (2024). Synergistic mechanisms for efficient and safe antibiotic removal: Effective adsorption and photocatalytic degradation using aerogels. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129455–129455. 60 indexed citations

Zhang, Kejie, Jianying Qian, Mengyi Qiu, et al.. (2023). S-scheme MOF-on-MOF heterojunctions for enhanced photo-Fenton Cr(VI) reduction and antibacterial effects. Chemosphere. 344. 140277–140277. 82 indexed citations

Yang, Guoxiang, Hong Wu, Derek Hao, et al.. (2023). Novel dual Z-scheme Ag-bridged AgI/FeVO4-C3N4 plasmonic heterojunction: A study on the performance and mechanism of photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI). Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(3). 110071–110071. 34 indexed citations

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Fu, Yangjie, Mengyi Qiu, Jianying Qian, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of AgI/Ce-2MI Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photoreduction of Cr(VI) under visible light irradiation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 967. 171662–171662. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Guoxiang, Chencheng Zhang, Ping Li, et al.. (2023). Novel graphene quantum dots modified NH2-MIL-125 photocatalytic composites for effective antibacterial property and mechanism insight. Separation and Purification Technology. 312. 123433–123433. 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, Jianying Qian, Qi Zhou, et al.. (2023). Facile synthesis of direct Z-scheme PPy/NH2-UiO-66 heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction, industrial electroplating wastewater treatment, and tetracycline degradation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 344. 123669–123669. 125 indexed citations

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Du, Hao, Lingxuan Yang, Meng Tan, et al.. (2023). PDINH bridged NH2-UiO-66(Zr) Z-scheme heterojunction for promoted photocatalytic Cr(VI) reduction and antibacterial activity. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 447. 130849–130849. 138 indexed citations

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Gong, Bo, Yanmei Feng, Yingmo Hu, et al.. (2023). Porphyrin Modified UiO-66-NH2 for Highly Efficient Photoreduction of Cr(VI) under Visible Light. Catalysts. 13(7). 1073–1073. 18 indexed citations

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Jia, Hai-Long, Daimei Chen, Yanmei Feng, et al.. (2023). In Situ Synthesis of Bi2MoO6/Bi2SiO5 Heterojunction for Efficient Degrading of Persistent Pollutants. Materials. 16(10). 3631–3631. 7 indexed citations

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Zhong, Yi, Yanmei Feng, Daimei Chen, et al.. (2022). Enriched surface oxygen vacancies of BiOCl boosting efficient charge separation, whole visible-light absorption, and photo to thermal conversion. Applied Surface Science. 585. 152656–152656. 51 indexed citations

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Arandiyan, Hamidreza, Sajjad S. Mofarah, Charles C. Sorrell, et al.. (2021). Defect engineering of oxide perovskites for catalysis and energy storage: synthesis of chemistry and materials science. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(18). 10116–10211. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiaoqing, Zhijie Chen, Ke Tian, et al.. (2021). Fe³⁺ Promoted the Photocatalytic Defluorination of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) over In₂O₃. ACS ES&T Water. 1(11). 2431–2439. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Fei, Ya-jie Zhu, Yaqi Wang, et al.. (2020). Coupling iron pretreatment with a constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell to improve wastewater purification and bioelectricity generation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 276. 123301–123301. 36 indexed citations

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Rahman, Shafiq Ur, Derek Hao, Kaiwu He, et al.. (2020). Proteomic Study Reveals the Involvement of Energy Metabolism in the Fast Antidepressant Effect of (2R, 6R)‐Hydroxy Norketamine. PROTEOMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 14(4). e1900094–e1900094. 6 indexed citations

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