Hongwei Bai

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Hongwei Bai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongwei Bai has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 29 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Hongwei Bai's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (32 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (22 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (22 papers). Hongwei Bai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (32 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (22 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (22 papers). Hongwei Bai collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Qatar. Hongwei Bai's co-authors include Darren Delai Sun, Zhaoyang Liu, Xiwang Zhang, Jincheng Liu, Lei Liu, Yinjie Wang, Siew Siang Lee, Shiping Xu, Jiawei Ng and Detao Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Energy & Environmental Science and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hongwei Bai

68 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Self‐Assembling TiO₂ Nanorods on Large Graphene Oxide Sheets at a Two‐Phase Interface and Their Anti‐Recombination in Photocatalytic Applications

2010 709 citations Jincheng Liu, Hongwei Bai et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongwei Bai Singapore	37	2.4k	2.3k	979	925	921	71	4.1k
Dongdong Chen China	35	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	407 0.4×	603 0.7×	932 1.0×	86	3.7k
Liwei Wang China	29	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	522 0.5×	713 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	111	3.4k
Yi Fang China	34	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	816 0.8×	499 0.5×	901 1.0×	154	3.7k
Stuart M. Holmes United Kingdom	40	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.8k 2.0×	125	4.8k
Veluru Jagadeesh Babu Singapore	21	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	742 0.8×	299 0.3×	699 0.8×	43	2.8k
H. Enis Karahan Singapore	33	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.8×	61	4.5k
Chaoquan Hu China	34	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	564 0.6×	253 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	149	4.1k
Juan Zhao China	28	1.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	423 0.4×	342 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	80	3.2k
Han Joo Kim South Korea	35	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	838 0.9×	473 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	56	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongwei Bai

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Bai, Hongwei, et al.. (2025). Accordion-like Co3O4@MXene nanoreactor with nanoconfined augmentation in membrane for enhanced water purification. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 366. 125039–125039. 5 indexed citations

Bai, Hongwei, et al.. (2025). AI detection of poor contact faults in optical fiber jumper joints based on Elman neural network. Optics Communications. 600. 132692–132692.

Dang, Mei, et al.. (2025). Nanoplastic-induced antibody liquid-liquid phase separation: Insights into potential immunotoxic implications. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 487. 137170–137170. 2 indexed citations

Bai, Hongwei, et al.. (2023). Mind evolutionary algorithm optimization in the prediction of satellite clock bias using the back propagation neural network. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2095–2095. 12 indexed citations

Qin, Detao, Zhaoyang Liu, Hongwei Bai, et al.. (2019). Fine-tuning selective layer architecture of hydrogel membrane towards high separation performances for engineered osmosis. Journal of Membrane Science. 592. 117370–117370. 19 indexed citations

Qin, Detao, Zhaoyang Liu, Hongwei Bai, Darren Delai Sun, & Xiaoxiao Song. (2016). A new nano-engineered hierarchical membrane for concurrent removal of surfactant and oil from oil-in-water nanoemulsion. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24365–24365. 45 indexed citations

Zan, Xiaoli, Hongwei Bai, Chenxu Wang, Faqiong Zhao, & Hongwei Duan. (2016). Graphene Paper Decorated with a 2D Array of Dendritic Platinum Nanoparticles for Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine Secreted by Live Cells. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(15). 5204–5210. 52 indexed citations

Younas, Hassan, Jiahui Shao, Hongwei Bai, Liyan Liu, & Yiliang He. (2015). Inherent porous structure modified by titanium dioxide nanoparticle incorporation and effect on the fouling behavior of hybrid poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 133(14). 9 indexed citations

Lee, Siew Siang, Hongwei Bai, Zhaoyang Liu, & Darren Delai Sun. (2015). Green Approach for Photocatalytic Cu(II)-EDTA Degradation over TiO₂: Toward Environmental Sustainability. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(4). 2541–2548. 106 indexed citations

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Qin, Detao, Zhaoyang Liu, Darren Delai Sun, Xiaoxiao Song, & Hongwei Bai. (2015). A new nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane custom-designed for treating shale gas wastewater. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14530–14530. 49 indexed citations

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Bai, Hongwei, Zhaoyang Liu, Lei Liu, & Darren Delai Sun. (2013). Large‐Scale Production of Hierarchical TiO₂ Nanorod Spheres for Photocatalytic Elimination of Contaminants and Killing Bacteria. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(9). 3061–3070. 58 indexed citations

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Pan, Jia Hong, et al.. (2012). A hierarchically assembled mesoporous ZnO hemisphere array and hollow microspheres for photocatalytic membrane water filtration. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(20). 7481–7481. 52 indexed citations

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Bai, Hongwei, et al.. (2012). Hierarchical SrTiO3/TiO2 nanofibers heterostructures with high efficiency in photocatalytic H2 generation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 125. 367–374. 99 indexed citations

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Zhong, Bo, et al.. (2011). Vapor phase synthesis of BN ribbons with Sialon ribbons as self-sacrificing templates. Materials Research Bulletin. 46(6). 970–974. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaoyang, Hongwei Bai, & Darren Delai Sun. (2011). Facile fabrication of hierarchical porous TiO2 hollow microspheres with high photocatalytic activity for water purification. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 104(3-4). 234–238. 86 indexed citations

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Bai, Hongwei, Zhaoyang Liu, & Darren Delai Sun. (2011). Highly water soluble and recovered dextran coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles for brackish water desalination. Separation and Purification Technology. 81(3). 392–399. 101 indexed citations

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Liu, Jincheng, Lei Liu, Hongwei Bai, Yinjie Wang, & Darren Delai Sun. (2011). Gram-scale production of graphene oxide–TiO2 nanorod composites: Towards high-activity photocatalytic materials. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 106(1-2). 76–82. 133 indexed citations

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Bai, Hongwei, Zhaoyang Liu, & Darren Delai Sun. (2010). Hierarchically multifunctional TiO2 nano-thorn membrane for water purification. Chemical Communications. 46(35). 6542–6542. 98 indexed citations

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Bai, Hongwei, Xiwang Zhang, Jia Hong Pan, Darren Delai Sun, & Jiahui Shao. (2009). Combination of nano TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation with microfiltration (MF) for natural organic matter removal. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 9(1). 31–37. 21 indexed citations

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Wong, John W., Hongwei Bai, Fadi W. Abdul‐Karim, & Gregory T. MacLennan. (2004). Simulation of Microcalcifications on Specimen Radiographs of Breast Biopsies by Inks Used in Marking the Surgical Resection Margins. The Breast Journal. 10(5). 423–426. 4 indexed citations

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