Gao‐Ren Li

21.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
235 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Gao‐Ren Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gao‐Ren Li has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 122 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 78 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gao‐Ren Li's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (114 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (78 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (46 papers). Gao‐Ren Li is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (114 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (78 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (46 papers). Gao‐Ren Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Gao‐Ren Li's co-authors include Yexiang Tong, Jinxian Feng, Han Xu, Xue Feng Lu, Shenghua Ye, An‐Liang Wang, Zilong Wang, Jinqi Wu, Liang‐Xin Ding and Zixiao Shi 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

Gao‐Ren Li

232 papers receiving 19.5k citations

Hit Papers

Bimetal‐Organic Framework Derived CoFe2O4/C Porous Hybrid... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2016 2016 2016 2017 2018 200 400 600
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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. Bimetal‐Organic Framework Derived CoFe2O4/C Porous Hybrid Nanorod Arrays as High‐Performance Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2016 745 citations Xue Feng Lu, Gao‐Ren Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. FeOOH/Co/FeOOH Hybrid Nanotube Arrays as High‐Performance Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2016 685 citations Jinxian Feng, Han Xu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Design and Synthesis of FeOOH/CeO2 Heterolayered Nanotube Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2016 635 citations Jinxian Feng, Shenghua Ye et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Efficient Hydrogen Evolution on Cu Nanodots-Decorated Ni3S2 Nanotubes by Optimizing Atomic Hydrogen Adsorption and Desorption
    2017 629 citations Jinxian Feng, Jinqi Wu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Activating CoOOH Porous Nanosheet Arrays by Partial Iron Substitution for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2018 526 citations Shenghua Ye, Jinxian Feng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Hierarchical NiCo2O4nanosheets@hollow microrod arrays for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors
    2014 512 citations Xue Feng Lu, Shenghua Ye et al. profile →
  7. An Alkaline-Stable, Metal Hydroxide Mimicking Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
    2016 483 citations Xue Feng Lu, Gao‐Ren Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Pt-like Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis on PANI/CoP Hybrid Nanowires by Weakening the Shackles of Hydrogen Ions on the Surfaces of Catalysts
    2018 462 citations Jinxian Feng, Yexiang Tong et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Interfacial Fe−O−Ni−O−Fe Bonding Regulates the Active Ni Sites of Ni‐MOFs via Iron Doping and Decorating with FeOOH for Super‐Efficient Oxygen Evolution
    2022 344 citations Gao‐Ren Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  10. Surface‐Adsorbed Carboxylate Ligands on Layered Double Hydroxides/Metal–Organic Frameworks Promote the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2021 271 citations Jinqi Wu, Gao‐Ren Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  11. Interfacial electronic modulation by Fe2O3/NiFe-LDHs heterostructures for efficient oxygen evolution at high current density
    2022 203 citations Chengfei Li, Jinqi Wu et al. profile →
  12. The formation of unsaturated IrOx in SrIrO3 by cobalt-doping for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
    2024 115 citations Junze Chen, Gao‐Ren Li 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
Gao‐Ren Li China 71 13.3k 13.0k 5.6k 5.3k 2.6k 235 19.7k
Jigang Zhou Canada 61 17.0k 1.3× 15.5k 1.2× 8.7k 1.5× 5.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 158 25.2k
Piotr Zelenay United States 59 17.6k 1.3× 18.3k 1.4× 5.0k 0.9× 2.3k 0.4× 2.9k 1.1× 196 22.1k
David P. Wilkinson Canada 62 14.9k 1.1× 11.6k 0.9× 5.5k 1.0× 2.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 255 19.1k
Zhiyi Lu China 58 12.3k 0.9× 13.7k 1.1× 5.5k 1.0× 3.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 149 18.5k
S. Trasatti Italy 56 9.4k 0.7× 7.5k 0.6× 5.5k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 4.9k 1.9× 278 16.9k
Sanjeev Mukerjee United States 83 19.9k 1.5× 18.7k 1.4× 6.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 3.8k 1.5× 253 25.0k
Drew Higgins Canada 57 11.0k 0.8× 13.0k 1.0× 4.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 154 17.4k
Anthony Kucernak United Kingdom 54 8.6k 0.6× 7.3k 0.6× 3.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 208 12.3k
Qing Peng China 78 12.3k 0.9× 14.0k 1.1× 12.2k 2.2× 2.6k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 158 24.2k
Zhenxing Feng United States 70 12.4k 0.9× 14.2k 1.1× 6.9k 1.2× 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 182 20.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gao‐Ren Li

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Hongcheng, et al.. (2025). Recent Progress in the Design and Application of Strong Metal–Support Interactions in Electrocatalysis. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(10). 4713–4748. 4 indexed citations
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Zhu, Hongrui, Huimin Xu, Chen‐Jin Huang, et al.. (2024). Recent advances of the catalysts for photoelectrocatalytic oxygen evolution and CO2 reduction reactions. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 62. 53–107. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Huimin, Hongrui Zhu, Chen‐Jin Huang, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in Fe-N-C- and Co-N-C-based materials as bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution. Science China Chemistry. 67(4). 1137–1160. 52 indexed citations
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Xu, Huimin, Chen‐Jin Huang, Ting‐Yu Shuai, et al.. (2023). Noble metal-free N-doped carbon-based electrocatalysts for air electrode of rechargeable zinc-air battery. Science China Materials. 66(8). 2953–3003. 37 indexed citations
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He, Lanqi, Hao Yang, Xihong Lu, et al.. (2019). Enhanced catalytic activity of Au core Pd shell Pt cluster trimetallic nanorods for CO2 reduction. RSC Advances. 9(18). 10168–10173. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chi, Chengfei Li, & Gao‐Ren Li. (2019). Pd Nanoparticles Supported on the Etched Ni Foams as High-Performance Electrocatalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells. Journal of Electrochemistry. 25(5). 571. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Jinxian, et al.. (2018). Pt-like Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis on PANI/CoP Hybrid Nanowires by Weakening the Shackles of Hydrogen Ions on the Surfaces of Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(15). 5118–5126. 462 indexed citations breakdown →
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Feng, Jinxian, Yexiang Tong, & Gao‐Ren Li. (2018). Epitaxial Growth Modulation of Hollow Topologies for High-Performance Electrocatalysts. Chem. 4(9). 2015–2017. 10 indexed citations
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Feng, Jinxian, Jinqi Wu, Yexiang Tong, & Gao‐Ren Li. (2017). Efficient Hydrogen Evolution on Cu Nanodots-Decorated Ni3S2 Nanotubes by Optimizing Atomic Hydrogen Adsorption and Desorption. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(2). 610–617. 629 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Hao, Lanqi He, Zihan Wang, et al.. (2017). Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity from Mixture‐Fuel Cells by ZnO Template‐Assisted Pd‐Pt Hollow Nanorods. ChemistrySelect. 2(30). 9842–9846. 6 indexed citations
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Balogun, Muhammad‐Sadeeq, Weitao Qiu, Yongchao Huang, et al.. (2017). Cost‐Effective Alkaline Water Electrolysis Based on Nitrogen‐ and Phosphorus‐Doped Self‐Supportive Electrocatalysts. Advanced Materials. 29(34). 192 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiawei, et al.. (2017). 酸素発生反応のための高性能電極触媒としての誘導されたCoFe_2O_4/C多孔質ハイブリッドナノロッドアレイ二金属有機フレームワーク【Powered by NICT】. Advanced Materials. 29(3). 201604437. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Jinxian, Shenghua Ye, Han Xu, Yexiang Tong, & Gao‐Ren Li. (2016). Design and Synthesis of FeOOH/CeO2 Heterolayered Nanotube Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Materials. 28(23). 4698–4703. 635 indexed citations breakdown →
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Feng, Jinxian, Han Xu, Yu‐Tao Dong, et al.. (2016). FeOOH/Co/FeOOH Hybrid Nanotube Arrays as High‐Performance Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(11). 3694–3698. 685 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Hao, Lanqi He, Zihan Wang, et al.. (2016). Surface plasmon resonance promoted photoelectrocatalyst by visible light from Au core Pd shell Pt cluster nanoparticles. Electrochimica Acta. 209. 591–598. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, An‐Liang, et al.. (2015). Palladium–Cobalt Nanotube Arrays Supported on Carbon Fiber Cloth as High‐Performance Flexible Electrocatalysts for Ethanol Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(12). 3669–3673. 273 indexed citations
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Feng, Jinxian, Shenghua Ye, An‐Liang Wang, et al.. (2014). Flexible Cellulose Paper‐based Asymmetrical Thin Film Supercapacitors with High‐Performance for Electrochemical Energy Storage. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(45). 7093–7101. 67 indexed citations
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Ye, Shenghua, Liang‐Xin Ding, Zhengwei Pan, et al.. (2014). Cu2O template synthesis of high-performance PtCu alloy yolk–shell cube catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells. Chemical Communications. 50(82). 12337–12340. 24 indexed citations
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Ding, Liang‐Xin, Gao‐Ren Li, Zilong Wang, et al.. (2012). Porous Ni@Pt Core‐Shell Nanotube Array Electrocatalyst with High Activity and Stability for Methanol Oxidation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(27). 8386–8391. 86 indexed citations

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