Liang Zeng

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
121 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Liang Zeng is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Zeng has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 48 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Liang Zeng's work include Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (46 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (36 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (30 papers). Liang Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (46 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (36 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (30 papers). Liang Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Liang Zeng's co-authors include Jinlong Gong, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, Liang‐Shih Fan, Liang‐Shih Fan, Siwei Luo, Hao Tian, Xinyu Li, Yujie Zhu, Fanxing Li and Sai Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Liang Zeng

119 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Breaking the scaling relationship via thermally stable Pt/Cu single atom alloys for catalytic dehydrogenation

2018 640 citations Guodong Sun, Zhi‐Jian Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Metal oxide redox chemistry for chemical looping processes

2018 475 citations Liang Zeng, Zhuo Cheng et al. Nature Reviews Chemistry profile →
Defect-free potassium manganese hexacyanoferrate cathode material for high-performance potassium-ion batteries

2021 256 citations Leqing Deng, Liang Zeng et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Zeng China	49	5.4k	4.3k	3.3k	2.5k	1.6k	121	9.0k
Xing Zhu China	51	5.2k 1.0×	2.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.6×	171	8.8k
F. Frusteri Italy	54	6.3k 1.2×	6.3k 1.5×	2.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	368 0.2×	175	9.4k
Qingxiang Ma China	48	3.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	984 0.3×	965 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	178	6.1k
Fanxing Li United States	53	5.3k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	4.9k 1.5×	2.5k 1.0×	426 0.3×	162	7.9k
Agustín Bueno‐López Spain	53	7.7k 1.4×	5.9k 1.4×	717 0.2×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	184	9.0k
Mario Montes Spain	45	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	453 0.3×	137	5.7k
A. Julbe France	42	2.8k 0.5×	971 0.2×	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	177	5.6k
Levi T. Thompson United States	52	3.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	974 0.3×	2.5k 1.0×	3.6k 2.2×	137	8.2k
Joongjai Panpranot Thailand	38	3.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	413 0.3×	212	5.1k
Yanying Wei China	42	6.1k 1.1×	564 0.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.5×	120	8.3k

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Zhu, Naiping, et al.. (2025). Syngas chemical looping process: Ni–Fe bimetallic oxygen carriers for maximizing blue hydrogen yield. AIChE Journal. 71(6). 1 indexed citations

Song, Tingting, et al.. (2025). Dual moving bed calcium looping process: Optimizing CO2 capture efficiency and energy utilization. Carbon Capture Science & Technology. 17. 100535–100535.

Ahmed, Bilal, et al.. (2025). Selection of oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion of natural gas and syngas fuels – A machine learning approach. Energy Conversion and Management. 332. 119745–119745. 1 indexed citations

Ullah, Atta, et al.. (2024). Ni-modified La2Ce2O7 oxygen carriers for chemical looping partial oxidation of methane. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 104. 193–201. 8 indexed citations

Jiang, Xiaofeng, Zhenguo Li, Yuankai Shao, et al.. (2024). Ultra-pure hydrogen from chemical looping preferential oxidation of CO over a Cu–O–Ce based dual function material. Chemical Engineering Journal. 495. 153517–153517. 4 indexed citations

Ding, Guangchao, et al.. (2024). Techno-economic analysis of small-scale ammonia production via sorption-enhanced gasification of biomass. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151666–151666. 19 indexed citations

Zeng, Liang, et al.. (2024). Numerical investigation of turbulent mass transfer processes in turbulent fluidized bed by computational mass transfer. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 76. 64–74. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Kunlei, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen production through two-stage sorption-enhanced biomass gasification: process design and thermodynamic analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(98). 38602–38616. 12 indexed citations

Zeng, Liang, Jiaqi Li, Xudong Li, et al.. (2022). An Integrated-Plasmonic Chip of Bragg Reflection and Mach-Zehnder Interference Based on Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide. Photonic Sensors. 12(3). 9 indexed citations

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Zeng, Liang, et al.. (2020). Sorption-enhanced chemical looping oxidative steam reforming of methanol for on-board hydrogen supply. Green Energy & Environment. 7(1). 145–155. 31 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhao, Xianhua Zhang, Hongfang Li, et al.. (2020). Chemical looping oxidative steam reforming of methanol: A new pathway for auto-thermal conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 269. 118758–118758. 82 indexed citations

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Li, Kang, Xin Chang, Chunlei Pei, et al.. (2019). Ordered mesoporous Ni/La2O3 catalysts with interfacial synergism towards CO2 activation in dry reforming of methane. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 259. 118092–118092. 130 indexed citations

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Yang, Yusi, Leqing Deng, Lulu Tan, et al.. (2019). A non-topotactic redox reaction enabled K₂V₃O₈ as a high voltage cathode material for potassium-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 55(99). 14988–14991. 16 indexed citations

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Zeng, Liang, Zhuo Cheng, Jonathan A. Fan, Liang‐Shih Fan, & Jinlong Gong. (2018). Metal oxide redox chemistry for chemical looping processes. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 2(11). 349–364. 475 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Guodong, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, et al.. (2018). Breaking the scaling relationship via thermally stable Pt/Cu single atom alloys for catalytic dehydrogenation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4454–4454. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Xinyu, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, Liang Zeng, et al.. (2018). On the role of Ce in CO₂ adsorption and activation over lanthanum species. Chemical Science. 9(14). 3426–3437. 68 indexed citations

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Li, Hao, Shenjun Zha, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, et al.. (2018). The Nature of Loading-Dependent Reaction Barriers over Mixed RuO₂/TiO₂ Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 8(6). 5526–5532. 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Gang, Liang Zeng, Guodong Sun, et al.. (2017). Structure and catalytic consequence of Mg‐modified VO_x/Al₂O₃ catalysts for propane dehydrogenation. AIChE Journal. 63(11). 4911–4919. 57 indexed citations

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Ma, Hongyan, Liang Zeng, Hao Tian, et al.. (2015). Efficient hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming over La-modified ordered mesoporous Ni-based catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 181. 321–331. 231 indexed citations

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Zeng, Liang. (2012). Multiscale Study of Chemical Looping Technology and Its Applications for Low Carbon Energy Conversions. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 2 indexed citations

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