Guangmin Ren

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Guangmin Ren is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Guangmin Ren has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 36 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Guangmin Ren's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (42 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (16 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers). Guangmin Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (42 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (16 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers). Guangmin Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Malaysia. Guangmin Ren's co-authors include Xiangchao Meng, Zizhen Li, Sitong Liu, Chunhu Li, Zisheng Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Hongtao Han, Meng Shi, Zehui Zhao and Sitong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Guangmin Ren

45 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Recent Advances of Photocatalytic Application in Water Tr... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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  1. Recent Advances of Photocatalytic Application in Water Treatment: A Review
    2021 368 citations Guangmin Ren, Xiangchao Meng 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
Guangmin Ren China 21 1.3k 1.0k 422 295 105 46 1.6k
Xupeng Zong China 21 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 411 1.0× 373 1.3× 135 1.3× 42 1.6k
Bupmo Kim South Korea 14 1.2k 0.9× 784 0.8× 356 0.8× 380 1.3× 114 1.1× 20 1.4k
Peijie Ma China 16 1.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 729 1.7× 539 1.8× 132 1.3× 32 2.1k
Chunran Zhao China 25 1.6k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 786 1.9× 312 1.1× 122 1.2× 28 1.8k
Lu‐Hua Zhang China 18 1.0k 0.8× 521 0.5× 402 1.0× 498 1.7× 78 0.7× 64 1.4k
Iwona A. Rutkowska Poland 22 1.3k 1.0× 953 0.9× 741 1.8× 178 0.6× 137 1.3× 92 1.9k
Huidong Shen China 22 1.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.3× 722 1.7× 607 2.1× 115 1.1× 35 2.2k
Bo Cao China 17 723 0.6× 455 0.4× 379 0.9× 299 1.0× 84 0.8× 32 1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guangmin Ren

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ren, Guangmin, et al.. (2025). Insight into Photocatalytic C─N Coupling for Urea Synthesis on Ru Single Atom Modified CeO 2. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(45). 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaoyue, et al.. (2025). Electroreduction of N 2 and CO 2 to urea via Pd-assisted hydrogenation on MOF-derived CeO 2 nanosheets. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(22). 7144–7154. 2 indexed citations
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Luo, Ze, Yukun Zhu, Yadan Luo, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural coupled with H2 evolution over In2O3/ZnIn2S4 S-scheme heterojunction. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 42(3). 100166–100166.
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Wang, Chengwei, et al.. (2025). Construction of a 1 T/2H-WS2 and ZnCdS type II heterojunction with a built-in electric field for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1022. 179965–179965. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zehui, Guangmin Ren, & Xiangchao Meng. (2025). Recent advances of Ru-assisted semiconductor in photocatalytic N2 reduction to produce ammonia. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology. 53(3). 301–320. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Guangmin, et al.. (2024). Recent advances on MOFs for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to produce ammonia. Nano Energy. 130. 110109–110109. 31 indexed citations
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Yang, Huiying, Guangmin Ren, Zizhen Li, Zisheng Zhang, & Xiangchao Meng. (2024). Fast Joule heating for transformation of Fe-MIL-125(Ti) to Fe/TiO2 with enhanced photocatalytic activity in N2 fixation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 347. 123795–123795. 29 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zehui, Guangmin Ren, Zisheng Zhang, Xiangchao Meng, & Zizhen Li. (2024). Rapid Joule heating synthesis of Ni doped into porous honeycomb C3N4 with greatly improved photocatalytic H2 production. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(9). 2634–2647. 8 indexed citations
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Ren, Guangmin, Zehui Zhao, Zizhen Li, Zisheng Zhang, & Xiangchao Meng. (2023). Rapid Joule-Heating fabrication of oxygen vacancies and anchor of Ru clusters onto BiVO4 for greatly enhanced photocatalytic N2 fixation. Journal of Catalysis. 428. 115147–115147. 29 indexed citations
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Shi, Meng, Guangmin Ren, Zisheng Zhang, Zizhen Li, & Xiangchao Meng. (2023). Strong metal-carrier interactions via modulation of Pt oxidation states on defective BiOBr with greatly improved photocatalytic activity. Solar Energy. 261. 33–42. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zehui, Guangmin Ren, Zisheng Zhang, Xiangchao Meng, & Zizhen Li. (2023). Rapid Joule heating synthesis of Pt clusters on C3N4 with abundant nitrogen vacancies for highly-efficiently photocatalytic H2 production. Separation and Purification Technology. 330. 125393–125393. 40 indexed citations
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Ren, Guangmin, Zehui Zhao, Zizhen Li, et al.. (2023). Defects‐Induced Single‐Atom Anchoring on Metal–Organic Frameworks for High‐Efficiency Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(2). e202314408–e202314408. 119 indexed citations
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Ren, Guangmin, et al.. (2023). Au Nanoparticle-Loaded UiO-66 Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Photocatalytic N2 Fixation. Processes. 12(1). 64–64. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Jianpeng, Guangmin Ren, Shiyu Qin, et al.. (2023). Reconstruction Co-O-Mo in amorphous-crystalline MoOx/Co(OH)2 interface for industry-level active and stable electrocatalytic seawater hydrogen evolution. Nano Energy. 121. 109246–109246. 42 indexed citations
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Ren, Guangmin, et al.. (2022). Recent review of BixMOy (M=V, Mo, W) for photocatalytic CO2 reduction into solar fuels. Chemosphere. 307(Pt 3). 136026–136026. 13 indexed citations
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Ren, Guangmin, et al.. (2022). Design and experimental analysis of a novel slant‐plate photoreactor. AIChE Journal. 69(2). 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Jianpeng, Jiao Li, Zizhen Li, et al.. (2022). Modulating the Electronic Structure on Cobalt Sites by Compatible Heterojunction Fabrication for Greatly Improved Overall Water/Seawater Electrolysis. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(30). 9980–9990. 36 indexed citations
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Liu, Kangli, Xiaochao Zhang, Changming Zhang, et al.. (2019). Enhanced photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO over BiOBr assisted by phenolic resin-based activated carbon spheres. RSC Advances. 9(25). 14391–14399. 32 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaochao, et al.. (2019). BiOBr-photocatalyzedcis–transisomerization of 9-octadecenoic acids in different atmospheres. Catalysis Science & Technology. 9(13). 3380–3387. 4 indexed citations

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