Kecheng Cao

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Kecheng Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kecheng Cao has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kecheng Cao's work include Graphene research and applications (21 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (13 papers). Kecheng Cao is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (21 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (13 papers). Kecheng Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Austria. Kecheng Cao's co-authors include Lijian Ma, Ute Kaiser, Shoujian Li, Han Zhu, Mingliang Du, Jiace Hao, Shuanglong Lu, Zechao Zhuang, Guohua Gao and Weifu Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kecheng Cao

70 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Unraveling the electronegativity-dominated intermediate adsorption on high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts

2022 562 citations Jiace Hao, Zechao Zhuang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Ultrafiltration separation of Am(VI)-polyoxometalate from lanthanides

2023 188 citations Hailong Zhang, Ao Li et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Kecheng Cao

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Jacques Rozière France

Suree Brown United States

Toshiyuki Masui Japan

Xianzhu Xu China

Gianluigi Marra Italy

Zhuopeng Wang China

Cláudia Morais France

Heather F. Greer United Kingdom

Zhuo Han China

Kerstin Schierle‐Arndt United States

Jacques Rozière France

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Countries citing papers authored by Kecheng Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kecheng Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kecheng Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kecheng Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kecheng 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 Kecheng Cao. Kecheng Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Dong, Pengfei Shi, Pu Yan, et al.. (2025). Rational Synthesis of Isomeric Graphdiyne Frameworks toward Single‐Ruthenium Catalysts and High‐Performance Nitrogen Reduction. Advanced Materials. 37(21). e2502980–e2502980. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Shaohua, Yifei Dang, Fan Wu, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Thermal Stability and Oxygen Activation of Electrostatically Assembled Single‐Layer MnO ₂ for Thermocatalysis and Single‐Atom Catalysis. Small. 21(31). e2502627–e2502627.

Wang, Ting, Jiaqi Huang, Lanlu Lu, et al.. (2025). Ion exchange-induced Li _x Mg _y BO _z coating synergized with reinforced bulk doping enables fast-charging long-cycling high-voltage LiCoO ₂. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(24). 10444–10459.

Chen, Yingzhi, et al.. (2024). Confined synthesis and thermal conductivity of deuterated graphene nanoribbons. Carbon. 233. 119841–119841. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Nana, Dong Zhang, Kecheng Cao, et al.. (2024). Atomically Engineered Defect‐Rich Palladium Metallene for High‐Performance Alkaline Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis. Advanced Science. 11(39). e2405187–e2405187. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Jian, et al.. (2024). Molten multi-phase catalytic system comprising Li–Zn alloy and LiCl–KCl salt for nitrogen fixation and ammonia synthesis at ambient pressure. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(12). 3320–3334. 4 indexed citations

Jiang, Kaiyue, Pengfei Shi, Jichao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Two‐Dimensional Silver–Isocyanide Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(5). e202417658–e202417658. 4 indexed citations

Cui, Weili, Wendi Zhang, Yingzhi Chen, et al.. (2024). Precursor‐Driven Confined Synthesis of Highly Pure 5‐Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons. Small Methods. 9(4). e2401168–e2401168.

Zhang, Yiwen, Peng Dong, Yifan Ding, et al.. (2024). Intrinsic supercurrent diode effect in NbSe₂ nanobridge. Microstructures. 4(2).

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Zhang, Zhen, Junqi Lai, Ziyi Hu, et al.. (2024). Interlayer Charge Transfer Induced Electrical Behavior Transition in 1D AgI@sSWCNT van der Waals Heterostructures. Nano Letters. 24(2). 741–747. 13 indexed citations

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Qiao, Fen, Yan Zhou, Junfeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Cu/Mo2C synthesized through Anderson-type polyoxometalates modulate interfacial water structure to achieve hydrogen evolution at high current density. Nano Research. 17(4). 2546–2554. 18 indexed citations

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He, Ningning, Bo Jiang, Xiaofeng Li, et al.. (2023). Monomer Symmetry-Regulated Defect Engineering: In Situ Preparation of Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Capture and Separation of Carbon Dioxide. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(13). 16975–16983. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Ning, Bili Chen, Kunlong Liu, et al.. (2023). Ensemble Effect of the Nickel–Silica Interface Promotes the Water–Gas Shift Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 13(11). 7347–7357. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Yunfei, Jing Li, Haiquan Tian, et al.. (2023). Efficient Synthesis of Highly Crystalline One-Dimensional CrCl₃ Atomic Chains with a Spin Glass State. ACS Nano. 17(20). 20112–20119. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Kun, Guang‐Jie Xia, Tianhui Liu, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic Growth of One-Dimensional Carbides in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Strong Interaction for Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(23). 12760–12770. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hailong, Ao Li, Kai Li, et al.. (2023). Ultrafiltration separation of Am(VI)-polyoxometalate from lanthanides. Nature. 616(7957). 482–487. 188 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hao, Jican, Zechao Zhuang, Jiace Hao, et al.. (2022). Strain Relaxation in Metal Alloy Catalysts Steers the Product Selectivity of Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction. ACS Nano. 16(2). 3251–3263. 151 indexed citations

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Hao, Jiace, Zechao Zhuang, Kecheng Cao, et al.. (2022). Unraveling the electronegativity-dominated intermediate adsorption on high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2662–2662. 562 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kuzmany, H., Lei Shi, Sofie Cambré, et al.. (2020). . Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp). 33 indexed citations

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Cao, Kecheng, Stephen T. Skowron, Craig T. Stoppiello, et al.. (2020). Direct Imaging of Atomic Permeation Through a Vacancy Defect in the Carbon Lattice. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(51). 22922–22927. 7 indexed citations

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