Jian Liu

49.0k citations

773 papers · 42.4k indexed · 21 hit papers · h-index 96

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.05%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Materials Chemistry top 0.05%
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 185
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 109
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 84
Catalysis 57

Co-authors: Shi‐Zhang Qiao Gao Qing Lu Mietek Jaroniec Ji Liang Yao Zheng Qihua Yang Yusuke Yamauchi Dongyuan Zhao
Journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (27 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (25 papers)Chemical Engineering Journal (22 papers)Chemical Communications (20 papers)Small (18 papers)
Partner nations: China United Kingdom Australia

In The Last Decade

Jian Liu

735 papers receiving 41.9k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Design of catalysts for selective CO2 hydrogenation 2025 · 40 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Nature Synthesis
2024 Progress in Polymer Science
2024 Nature Communications
2024 Nature Communications
2022 Chemical Society Reviews
2021 Chemical Society Reviews
2021 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2020 Nano Energy
2017 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2016 Chemical Engineering Journal
2015 Nature Materials
2015 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2014 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2013 Nature Communications
2012 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2012 Energy & Environmental Science
2011 Small
2011 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2011 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2011 Chemical Communications
2010 Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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Co-authors

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All Works

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1	The curvature structure unlocks an ultra-efficient metal-free carbon catalyst surpassing gold for acetylene hydrochlorination CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) ·Shuhao Wei, Ye Chen, Yiyang Qiu, Wei Kong, Di Lin, Jiarong Li, Guojun Lan, Jia Yi, Xiucheng Sun, Zaizhe Cheng, Jian Liu, PingAn Hu, Ying Li	2025	2
2	Schottky barrier in pea-like Au@Bi2S3 nanoreactor enabling efficient photodynamic therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma Materials Today Bio ·Liangsong Tao, Rongrong Gu, Junfa Yang, Jiewei Wang, Tiling Wu, Xianyue Rao, Hao Wang, Cheng Qian, Jian Liu, Sheng Ye, Tao Xu	2025	3
3	Effect of zinc chloride-modified biochar with varying pore structures on VOCs inhibition and pavement performance of asphalt Construction and Building Materials ·Zhou Yi, Jian Liu, Chunhui Shen, Junwen Li, Teng Wang, Yongjie Xue	2025	2
4	Eco-friendly wearable textiles: Asymmetric structures for EMI shielding, thermal management, and fire safety Chemical Engineering Journal ·Jian Liu, Jingfan Zhang, Xinyu Cui, Weiwen Gu, Qinyong Liu, Hongfei Li, Xiaoyu Gu, Jun Sun, Sheng Zhang	2024	19
5	Advances in enhanced geothermal systems: Integrating laboratory, numerical and field insights Applied Thermal Engineering ·Jian Liu, Chun Shao, Baolin Yang, Mbega Ramadhani Ngata, Mathew Mwangomba, Sadock Josephat, Mohammed Dahiru Aminu	2024	17
6	An analysis of the high-homogeneity preparation, thermo-mechanical deformation and recrystallization behavior of a novel superalloy with γ′ content reaching 73% Journal of Materials Research and Technology ·Yilin Wang, Yi Tan, Jian Liu, Libing Liu, Xiaona Li, Pengting Li	2024	3
7	Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Meteorological Drought in Inner Mongolia Inland River Basin and Its Driving Factors Sustainability ·Weijie Zhang, Hengzhi Guo, Yingjie Wu, Zezhong Zhang, Hang Yin, Kai Feng, Jian Liu, Bin Fu	2024	5
8	Far-UVC Radiation Activating Percarbonate to Accelerate the Removal of Methotrexate: Degradation Efficiency, Mechanisms, and Moiety-Dependence Transformation ACS ES&T Water ·Jiawei Chen, Lin Du, Jian Liu, Lifeng Lin, Min Zhao, Lei Wang, Shaohua Chen, Jianzhi Huang	2024	8
9	Engineering PDA@CNTs-Enhanced sulfobetaine methacrylate hydrogels for superior flexible sensor applications Polymer ·Jian Liu, Xiao Wang, Kai Han, Jing Liu, Jinfeng Yuan, Mingwang Pan, Zhicheng Pan	2024	10
10	Multilayer polyelectrolyte and palladium nanoparticle decorated porous materials as fixed-bed reactors for efficient reduction of 4-NP Journal of Water Process Engineering ·Ziming Luo, Mengqiang Tan, Jianyi Song, Jingyao Sun, Lan Qiao, Jian Liu	2024	1
11	Enhanced specific surface area and mechanical property of silk nanofibers aerogel for potential hemostasis applications International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Jian Liu, Yi Ding, Yang Wang, Yupei Jiang, Jianbing Wu, Yuheng Zhang, Jingyu Zhang, Xuepei Miao, Yunkai Sun, Xiaoqiang Xue, Zhaozhu Zheng	2024	5
12	Mesoporous carbon spheres with programmable interiors as efficient nanoreactors for H2O2 electrosynthesis Nature Communications ·Qiang Tian, Lingyan Jing, Hongnan Du, Yunchao Yin, Xiaolei Cheng, Jiaxin Xu, Junyu Chen, Zhuoxin Liu, Jiayu Wan, Jian Liu, Jinlong Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2024	100
13	Spectroscopic characterization of Yb3+-doped sesquioxide transparent ceramics Journal of Luminescence ·Longxin Liu, Wentao Hou, Jian Liu, Peng Liu, Xiaodong Xu, Jun Xu	2024	1
14	Enhancing fire safety, electromagnetic interference shielding, and photothermal conversion performances of wearable polyamide fabrics through eco-friendly coatings Sustainable materials and technologies ·Jian Liu, Jingfan Zhang, Feng Chen, Xinyu Cui, Peng Qi, Hongfei Li, Xiaoyu Gu, Jun Sun, Sheng Zhang	2024	13
15	Tribological properties and transfer behaviors of WS2-Ag nanocomposite films with structure evolution for aerospace application Applied Surface Science ·Zhen Yan, Jian Liu, Xiancong Shi, Cong Wang, Xiaolong Lu, Junying Hao	2024	7
16	Reactant enrichment in hollow void of Pt NPs@MnOx nanoreactors for boosting hydrogenation performance National Science Review ·Yanfu Ma, Liwei Wang, Wantong Zhao, Tianyi Liu, Haitao Li, Wenhao Luo, Qike Jiang, Wei Liu, Qihua Yang, Jun Huang, Riguang Zhang, Jian Liu, Gao Qing Lu, Can Li	2023	37
17	Tribological dissimilarity and solid-liquid interaction of WS2-Al film combining with different space oils in vacuum Tribology International ·Zhen Yan, Jian Liu, Xiao Zhang, Junying Hao, Weimin Liu	2023	4
18	Eu2+/Ce3+-doped NaAlSiO4 selective occupation-induced emission structure unit evolution and its luminescence characteristics Optical Materials ·Jingwen Zhang, Jian Liu, Weihua Zhu, Ying Xiong, Fabin Cao, Xingrong Wu, Xingmei Shen, Weiming Liu, Zhaojin Wu	2023	6
19	Efficient Water Transport and Solar Steam Generation via Radially, Hierarchically Structured Aerogels ACS Nano ·Weizhong Xu, Yun Xing, Jian Liu, Huaping Wu, Ying Cui, Dewen Li, Daoyou Guo, Chaorong Li, Aiping Liu, Hao Bai	2019	310
20	A huge novel polyoxometalate-based cluster Fe₁₀P₄W₃₂exhibiting prominent electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction and third-order NLO properties Chemical Communications ·Wei Jiang, Xiaomei Liu, Jian Liu, Jie Shi, Jia‐Peng Cao, Xi‐Ming Luo, Wan‐Sheng You, Yan Xu	2019	22

About Jian Liu

Jian Liu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Process Chemistry and Technology, having authored 773 papers that have together received 42.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (109 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (95 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (84 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (84 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (74 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (72 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (71 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (60 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (13.4k citations), Materials Chemistry (20.6k citations), Catalysis (3.1k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (8.2k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (15.6k citations). Jian Liu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Shi‐Zhang Qiao, Gao Qing Lu, Mietek Jaroniec, Ji Liang, Yao Zheng, Qihua Yang, Yusuke Yamauchi, Dongyuan Zhao, Tianyu Yang and Jing Tang. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemical Communications and Small.

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