Kehui Cen

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kehui Cen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Kehui Cen has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 7 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Kehui Cen's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (36 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (25 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers). Kehui Cen is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (36 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (25 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers). Kehui Cen collaborates with scholars based in China and Australia. Kehui Cen's co-authors include Dengyu Chen, Xiaobing Cao, Jianbin Zhou, Zhongqing Ma, Jie Zhang, Ziyu Gan, Xiaozhuang Zhuang, Hong Zhang, Yimeng Zhang and Fan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Bioresource Technology and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kehui Cen

37 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.

Insight into biomass pyrolysis mechanism based on cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin: Evolution of volatiles and kinetics, elucidation of reaction pathways, and characterization of gas, biochar and bio‐oil

2022 527 citations Dengyu Chen, Kehui Cen et al. profile →
Investigation of biomass torrefaction based on three major components: Hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin

2018 430 citations Dengyu Chen, Anjiang Gao et al. Energy Conversion and Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kehui Cen China	25	2.2k	494	319	284	283	37	2.6k
Jianbin Zhou China	26	1.9k 0.9×	576 1.2×	275 0.9×	194 0.7×	348 1.2×	82	2.7k
Gongxin Dai China	18	3.1k 1.4×	676 1.4×	469 1.5×	242 0.9×	456 1.6×	22	3.5k
Yamin Hu China	29	1.9k 0.9×	682 1.4×	212 0.7×	240 0.8×	312 1.1×	67	2.5k
H. Haykırı-Açma Türkiye	28	2.2k 1.0×	642 1.3×	220 0.7×	272 1.0×	569 2.0×	80	2.7k
Zhaoping Zhong China	35	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 2.2×	306 1.0×	317 1.1×	477 1.7×	70	3.2k
Başak Burcu Uzun Türkiye	25	2.2k 1.0×	625 1.3×	256 0.8×	305 1.1×	271 1.0×	34	2.6k
Marion Carrier South Africa	28	2.1k 0.9×	477 1.0×	274 0.9×	344 1.2×	700 2.5×	41	3.0k
Quan Bu China	33	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 2.5×	266 0.8×	261 0.9×	513 1.8×	72	3.6k
Selim Ceylan Türkiye	30	2.3k 1.0×	513 1.0×	299 0.9×	238 0.8×	993 3.5×	52	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kehui Cen

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Cen, Kehui, et al.. (2025). Effects of pretreatment sequence of torrefaction deoxygenation and acid washing on biomass pyrolysis polygeneration. Industrial Crops and Products. 225. 120615–120615. 6 indexed citations

Cen, Kehui, et al.. (2025). Assessing biomass torrefaction performance: Characterizing property variations in cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin with torrefaction severity index. Fuel. 397. 135360–135360. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoran, et al.. (2025). Integrated machine learning and response surface methodology for screening and optimization of high-performance Mg-modified bamboo biochar for phosphorus adsorption in water. Industrial Crops and Products. 231. 121213–121213. 1 indexed citations

Cen, Kehui, et al.. (2025). Potential of Cellulose After Oxidative Torrefaction for Fuel Enhancement and Utilization: Properties and Pyrolysis Characteristics. Coatings. 15(4). 407–407. 2 indexed citations

Ni, Xi, et al.. (2025). Cellulose upgradation by torrefaction pretreatment and effect of torrefaction severity on the quality of pyrolysis products. Industrial Crops and Products. 225. 120516–120516. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoran, et al.. (2024). Co-pyrolysis of cellulose and lignin: Effects of pyrolysis temperature, residence time, and lignin percentage on the properties of biochar using response surface methodology. Industrial Crops and Products. 219. 119071–119071. 42 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoran, et al.. (2024). Effects of co-pyrolysis interaction performance of cellulose and lignin on the gas products and hydrogen generation path. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 119858–119858. 4 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoran, et al.. (2024). Insights into the interactions between cellulose and hemicellulose during pyrolysis for optimizing the properties of biochar as a potential energy vector. Industrial Crops and Products. 223. 120126–120126. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Mian, Xiaoran Li, Jin‐Jin Li, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on the synergy between lignin and cellulose during co-torrefaction and its impact on the properties and structural characteristics of pyrolysis biochar. Industrial Crops and Products. 224. 120383–120383. 3 indexed citations

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Cen, Kehui, et al.. (2023). Study on synergistic effect of co-pyrolysis of wood chips and its gasification tar on the biochar and subsequent activated carbon upgrading using response surface method. Industrial Crops and Products. 205. 117558–117558. 14 indexed citations

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Cen, Kehui, Fan Chen, Dengyu Chen, et al.. (2022). Life cycle assessment of torrefied cornstalk pellets combustion heating system. Fuel. 320. 123968–123968. 26 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Xiaozhuang, et al.. (2022). A new insight into high quality syngas production from co-pyrolysis of light bio-oil leached bamboo and heavy bio-oil using response surface methodology. Fuel. 324. 124721–124721. 11 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Xiaozhuang, et al.. (2021). Upgrading biochar by co-pyrolysis of heavy bio-oil and apricot shell using response surface methodology. Fuel. 310. 122447–122447. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Dengyu, Kehui Cen, Xiaobing Cao, et al.. (2020). Upgrading of bio-oil via solar pyrolysis of the biomass pretreated with aqueous phase bio-oil washing, solar drying, and solar torrefaction. Bioresource Technology. 305. 123130–123130. 62 indexed citations

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Chen, Dengyu, Kehui Cen, Xiaobing Cao, et al.. (2020). Insight into a new phenolic-leaching pretreatment on bamboo pyrolysis: Release characteristics of pyrolytic volatiles, upgradation of three phase products, migration of elements, and energy yield. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 136. 110444–110444. 76 indexed citations

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Cen, Kehui, Jie Zhang, Zhongqing Ma, et al.. (2019). Investigation of the relevance between biomass pyrolysis polygeneration and washing pretreatment under different severities: Water, dilute acid solution and aqueous phase bio-oil. Bioresource Technology. 278. 26–33. 144 indexed citations

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Chen, Dengyu, Anjiang Gao, Kehui Cen, et al.. (2018). Investigation of biomass torrefaction based on three major components: Hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin. Energy Conversion and Management. 169. 228–237. 430 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Dengyu, et al.. (2017). An approach for upgrading biomass and pyrolysis product quality using a combination of aqueous phase bio-oil washing and torrefaction pretreatment. Bioresource Technology. 233. 150–158. 144 indexed citations

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Chen, Dengyu, et al.. (2016). Pyrolysis polygeneration of poplar wood: Effect of heating rate and pyrolysis temperature. Bioresource Technology. 218. 780–788. 195 indexed citations

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Cen, Kehui, et al.. (2016). Effects of Water Washing and Torrefaction Pretreatments on Corn Stalk Pyrolysis: Combined Study Using TG-FTIR and a Fixed Bed Reactor. Energy & Fuels. 30(12). 10627–10634. 58 indexed citations

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