Hui Cao

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Hui Cao is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Hui Cao has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Hui Cao's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (16 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (10 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (7 papers). Hui Cao is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (16 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (10 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (7 papers). Hui Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Hui Cao's co-authors include Jie Wu, Steven L. Suib, Haidi Tang, Qiang Cheng, Armido Studer, Xinxin Tang, Ye Yuan, Jinhui Xu, Han Wee Ong and Jing Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hui Cao

55 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Photoinduced intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer reactions in organic synthesis

2021 355 citations Hui Cao, Xinxin Tang et al. Chem Catalysis profile →
Skeletal editing of pyridines through atom-pair swap from CN to CC

2024 105 citations Qiang Cheng, Hui Cao et al. profile →

Peers

Hui Cao

RESE

Long Huang China

Tao Shen China

Zhiyong Xue China

Ken Tsutsumi Japan

Daniel C. Waddell United States

Feifei Li China

Jean‐Yves Nédélec France

Jun Tian China

Uwe Schilde Germany

Brigitte Schwederski Germany

Long Huang China

Hui Cao

2.0k ×1.2

323 ×0.6

320 ×0.7

RESE

282 ×0.8

124 ×0.5

Citations per year, relative to Hui Cao Hui Cao (= 1×) peers Long Huang

Countries citing papers authored by Hui Cao

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hui Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hui Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hui Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hui Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hui Cao. Hui Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Feng, Liang, et al.. (2025). Acute caffeine ingestion improves sport-specific and cognitive performance in elite badminton athletes. Frontiers in Nutrition. 12. 1673882–1673882.

Ye, Tai, Long Bai, Min Yuan, et al.. (2024). Fluorescent nanozyme for the dual-mode detection of tetracycline: Aggregation-induced luminescence and boosting peroxidase-like activity. Food Control. 171. 111109–111109. 5 indexed citations

Cao, Hui, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous control of ferromagnetism and ferroelasticity by oxygen octahedral backbone stretching. Chinese Physics B. 33(9). 97101–97101.

Liu, Jun‐Ming, Zhuanyun Si, Lifeng Wu, et al.. (2024). The high-low seedbed cultivation increases crop yield, economic benefit, and energy efficiency while reducing the carbon footprint of winter wheat. Energy. 307. 132684–132684. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Leliang, Dunyu Sun, Hui Cao, et al.. (2024). Cu-EDTA decomplexation by UV/peracetic acid oxidation and coupled Cu recovery by alkaline precipitation: Efficiency and mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 155678–155678. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Dunyu, Qiang Zhong, Leliang Wu, et al.. (2023). Boron-doped rGO electrocatalyst for high effective generation of hydrogen peroxide: Mechanism and effect of oxygen-enriched air. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 343. 123471–123471. 30 indexed citations

Cao, Hui, Yinhao Dai, Leliang Wu, et al.. (2023). Degradation of iohexol in the Co(II)/peracetic acid system under neutral conditions: Influencing factors, degradation pathways and toxicity. Separation and Purification Technology. 319. 124083–124083. 27 indexed citations

Cao, Hui, Qiang Cheng, & Armido Studer. (2023). meta‐Selektive C−H‐Funktionalisierung von Pyridinen. Angewandte Chemie. 135(42). 2 indexed citations

Cao, Hui, Qiang Cheng, & Armido Studer. (2023). meta‐Selective C−H Functionalization of Pyridines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(42). e202302941–e202302941. 58 indexed citations

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Yang, Hao, Jinhui Xu, Hui Cao, Jie Wu, & Dan Zhao. (2023). Recovery of homogeneous photocatalysts by covalent organic framework membranes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2726–2726. 60 indexed citations

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Zhang, Muliang, et al.. (2023). Photocatalyzed regioselective hydrosilylation for the divergent synthesis of geminal and vicinal borosilanes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2525–2525. 25 indexed citations

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Cao, Hui, Qiang Cheng, & Armido Studer. (2022). Radical and ionic meta -C–H functionalization of pyridines, quinolines, and isoquinolines. Science. 378(6621). 779–785. 115 indexed citations

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Cao, Hui, Li‐Cheng Yang, Supphachok Chanmungkalakul, et al.. (2022). Brønsted acid-enhanced direct hydrogen atom transfer photocatalysis for selective functionalization of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds. Nature Synthesis. 1(10). 794–803. 60 indexed citations

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Cao, Hui, Xinxin Tang, Haidi Tang, Ye Yuan, & Jie Wu. (2021). Photoinduced intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer reactions in organic synthesis. Chem Catalysis. 1(3). 523–598. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Qiong, Hui Cao, Wengang Xu, et al.. (2021). Vacancy engineered polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets for enhanced photoredox catalytic efficiency. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2(7). 100491–100491. 27 indexed citations

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Lu, Zheng, Hansong Xue, Wai Kuan Wong, et al.. (2020). Cloud-inspired multiple scattering for light intensified photochemical flow reactors. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 5(6). 1058–1063. 17 indexed citations

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Kuang, Yulong, Hui Cao, Haidi Tang, et al.. (2020). Visible light driven deuteration of formyl C–H and hydridic C(sp³)–H bonds in feedstock chemicals and pharmaceutical molecules. Chemical Science. 11(33). 8912–8918. 114 indexed citations

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Cao, Hui, Yulong Kuang, Xiangcheng Shi, et al.. (2020). Photoinduced site-selective alkenylation of alkanes and aldehydes with aryl alkenes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1956–1956. 159 indexed citations

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Hou, Jing, et al.. (2018). Visible‐Light‐Mediated Metal‐Free Difunctionalization of Alkenes with CO₂ and Silanes or C(sp³)−H Alkanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(52). 17220–17224. 271 indexed citations

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Hou, Jing, et al.. (2018). Visible‐Light‐Mediated Metal‐Free Difunctionalization of Alkenes with CO₂ and Silanes or C(sp³)−H Alkanes. Angewandte Chemie. 130(52). 17466–17470. 46 indexed citations

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