Li An

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Li An is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Li An has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 32 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Li An's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (31 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (14 papers). Li An is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (31 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (14 papers). Li An collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and United States. Li An's co-authors include Dingguo Xia, Zaicheng Sun, Dan Qu, Ruqiang Zou, Wei Xia, Xiayan Wang, Wenshuai Jiang, Xupeng Zong, Yuanjing Wen and Shaojun Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Li An

65 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

A metal–organic framework route to in situ encapsulation of Co@Co₃O₄@C core@bishell nanoparticles into a highly ordered porous carbon matrix for oxygen reduction

2014 557 citations Wei Xia, Ruqiang Zou et al. profile →
Well-defined carbon polyhedrons prepared from nano metal–organic frameworks for oxygen reduction

2014 469 citations Wei Xia, Wenhan Guo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li An China	35	3.2k	2.5k	2.4k	618	488	65	4.8k
Chun‐Chao Hou China	29	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	710 1.1×	458 0.9×	64	4.9k
Yun‐Pei Zhu China	33	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	585 0.9×	258 0.5×	47	4.1k
Aijuan Han China	33	3.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	515 0.8×	465 1.0×	60	4.8k
Yanqing Jiao China	38	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	518 0.8×	327 0.7×	80	5.0k
Fengxiang Yin China	34	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	499 0.8×	602 1.2×	118	3.7k
Hyuk‐Jun Noh South Korea	29	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	316 0.5×	461 0.9×	77	3.9k
Pingwei Cai China	34	3.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	3.0k 1.3×	725 1.2×	734 1.5×	88	4.9k
Zhongxin Song China	29	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	513 0.8×	300 0.6×	60	3.6k
Lishan Peng China	39	4.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	3.7k 1.6×	582 0.9×	448 0.9×	89	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Li An

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li An

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li An

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Li An. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Li An 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 Li An. Li An 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

Zhang, Xu, Pengfei Li, Guang‐Jie Xia, et al.. (2025). Developing Dual-Atom Catalysts with Tunable Electron Synergistic Effect via Photoinduced Ligand Exchange Strategy. ACS Catalysis. 15(2). 1061–1072. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Dongtang, et al.. (2024). Microfluidic-enabled control of ethanol oxidation catalyst synthesis by separating heterogeneous nucleation and growth processes. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 982. 173514–173514. 1 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, Lu Sun, Li An, et al.. (2024). Formation and Fluorescent Mechanism of Multiple Color Emissive Carbon Dots from o‐Phenylenediamine. Small. 20(29). e2310563–e2310563. 25 indexed citations

Liu, Guohua, Li An, Dan Qu, et al.. (2023). Ultra-small carbon-supported FeRu alloy as a superior electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Science China Materials. 66(7). 2672–2679. 8 indexed citations

Qu, Dan, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of a bilayer structural carbon-based hydrogel material with excellent energy conversion efficiency. Science China Materials. 66(12). 4834–4840. 6 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, Lu Sun, Xupeng Zong, et al.. (2022). Formation and fluorescent mechanism of red emissive carbon dots from o-phenylenediamine and catechol system. Light Science & Applications. 11(1). 298–298. 160 indexed citations

Liu, Ziwen, Lijuan Niu, Xupeng Zong, et al.. (2022). Ambient photothermal catalytic CO oxidation over a carbon-supported palladium catalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 313. 121439–121439. 38 indexed citations

Niu, Lijuan, Dandan Wang, Kang Xu, et al.. (2021). Tuning the performance of nitrogen reduction reaction by balancing the reactivity of N2 and the desorption of NH3. Nano Research. 14(11). 4093–4099. 42 indexed citations

Niu, Lijuan, Lu Sun, Li An, et al.. (2020). Electrocatalytic water splitting using organic polymer materials-based hybrid catalysts. MRS Bulletin. 45(7). 562–568. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Biao, Yifeng Wang, Ning Jiang, et al.. (2020). Electrolytic-anion-redox adsorption pseudocapacitance in nanosized lithium-free transition metal oxides as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. Nano Energy. 72. 104727–104727. 57 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jingxian, Wenshuai Jiang, Bin Wang, et al.. (2020). Highly efficient wurtzite/zinc blende CdS visible light photocatalyst with high charge separation efficiency and stability. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(24). 244703–244703. 10 indexed citations

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Feng, Guang, Li An, Biao Li, et al.. (2019). Atomically ordered non-precious Co3Ta intermetallic nanoparticles as high-performance catalysts for hydrazine electrooxidation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4514–4514. 102 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Li An, Dan Qu, et al.. (2019). Enhanced photocatalytic N2 fixation by promoting N2 adsorption with a co-catalyst. Science Bulletin. 64(13). 918–925. 133 indexed citations

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An, Li, Huijun Yan, Xin Chen, et al.. (2015). Catalytic performance and mechanism of N-CoTi@CoTiO3 catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Nano Energy. 20. 134–143. 33 indexed citations

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An, Li, Huijun Yan, Biao Li, et al.. (2015). Highly active N–PtTe/reduced graphene oxide intermetallic catalyst for formic acid oxidation. Nano Energy. 15. 24–32. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Xin, Qing‐An Qiao, Li An, & Dingguo Xia. (2015). Why Do Boron and Nitrogen Doped α- and γ-Graphyne Exhibit Different Oxygen Reduction Mechanism? A First-Principles Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(21). 11493–11498. 81 indexed citations

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Ma, Jin, Biao Li, Li An, et al.. (2014). A highly homogeneous nanocoating strategy for Li-rich Mn-based layered oxides based on chemical conversion. Journal of Power Sources. 277. 393–402. 61 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingfei, Wei Xia, Wenhan Guo, et al.. (2013). Functional Zeolitic‐Imidazolate‐Framework‐Templated Porous Carbon Materials for CO₂ Capture and Enhanced Capacitors. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 8(8). 1879–1885. 131 indexed citations

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Chen, Xin, Fan Li, Nanlin Zhang, Li An, & Dingguo Xia. (2013). Mechanism of oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by Fe(Co)–Nx/C. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(44). 19330–19330. 52 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Li An, Xin Chen, et al.. (2013). Durability Enhancement of Intermetallics Electrocatalysts via N-anchor Effect for Fuel Cells. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3234–3234. 31 indexed citations

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