Limin Chen

13.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
220 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Limin Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Limin Chen has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Materials Chemistry, 53 papers in Catalysis and 53 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Limin Chen's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (76 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (41 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers). Limin Chen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (76 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (41 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers). Limin Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Limin Chen's co-authors include Daiqi Ye, Mingli Fu, Junliang Wu, Jinzhu Chen, Jianhui Hou, Ruosi Peng, Quanming Ren, Shujun Li, Ruliang Liu and Shengpeng Mo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Limin Chen

210 papers receiving 11.9k citations

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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.

Interface-Confined Ferrous Centers for Catalytic Oxidation

2010 923 citations Limin Chen et al. profile →
Bandgap and Molecular Energy Level Control of Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene

2008 698 citations Limin Chen et al. profile →
Vertical Phase Separation in Poly(3‐hexylthiophene): Fullerene Derivative Blends and its Advantage for Inverted Structure Solar Cells

2009 620 citations Limin Chen et al. profile →
Evolution of oxygen vacancies in MnOx-CeO2 mixed oxides for soot oxidation

2017 473 citations Xueting Lin, Junliang Wu et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
Size effect of Pt nanoparticles on the catalytic oxidation of toluene over Pt/CeO2 catalysts

2017 460 citations Quanming Ren, Limin Chen et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Limin Chen	7.3k	3.6k	3.4k	3.1k	2.0k	220	12.1k
Zhen Ma	6.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	270	11.1k
Serge Kaliaguine	10.1k 1.4×	3.5k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	3.1k 1.5×	336	15.9k
Qin Xin	8.4k 1.2×	2.9k 0.8×	7.6k 2.3×	8.0k 2.6×	1.9k 1.0×	341	16.1k
Freddy Kleitz	8.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	198	13.9k
Ziyi Zhong	11.1k 1.5×	4.8k 1.4×	3.7k 1.1×	3.9k 1.3×	4.5k 2.3×	319	17.5k
Zhaochi Feng	12.0k 1.7×	3.9k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	6.6k 2.2×	1.9k 0.9×	257	16.5k
Xinyong Li	11.5k 1.6×	2.6k 0.7×	5.2k 1.5×	9.6k 3.1×	1.5k 0.8×	388	18.3k
Hicham Idriss	11.2k 1.5×	3.5k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	8.2k 2.7×	1.5k 0.7×	263	15.2k
Junhu Wang	7.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	6.5k 2.1×	1.5k 0.7×	286	13.3k
Qian He	9.7k 1.3×	4.5k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	5.8k 1.9×	1.9k 0.9×	334	15.3k

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Yang, Jingxin, Limin Chen, Meng Liu, et al.. (2025). Recyclable adsorbents of Fe and La co-modified clam shells for phosphorus removal from domestic sewage: Characterization and mechanisms. iScience. 28(2). 111762–111762. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Limin, Guang‐Qiang Yin, Jiayin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Multivalent Assembly towards High‐Temperature Liquid‐Phase Phosphorescence. Angewandte Chemie. 137(13).

Zhang, Yan, Fangqun Yu, Yu Qi, et al.. (2025). Contribution of Ship Emissions to Aerosol Number Concentrations: Parameterization of Plume‐Scale Nonlinear Microphysics and Application. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(4).

Chen, Ziyang, Hua Tong, Yun Zhao, et al.. (2025). Facet Engineering-Tailored Directional Electron Transfer from TiO₂ to Cu Nanoparticles Enhances CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Catalysis. 15(14). 12168–12179. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jiaqi, Lele Lei, Hongmei He, et al.. (2024). Double template synthesis of N/S co-doped shrimp shell derived biochar for efficient sulfadiazine degradation: The role of non-radical pathway. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113743–113743. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaoshan, et al.. (2024). Preparation and properties of alkali-activated red mud-based artificial lightweight aggregates. Construction and Building Materials. 449. 138304–138304. 10 indexed citations

Qin, Teng, et al.. (2024). Removal effect of pollutants from stormwater runoff in shallow bioretention system with gramineous plants. Water Science & Technology. 89(8). 1946–1960. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Hang, Jie Yang, Peng Liu, et al.. (2024). Investigation of catalytic methane oxidation over Ag/Co2MO (M = Co, Ni, Cu) catalysts with varying interfacial electron transfer. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 668. 412–425. 11 indexed citations

Ren, Quanming, Jinping Zhong, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Unravelling the role of oxygen species in toluene oxidation over Co3O4-base catalysts: In situ DRIFTS coupled with quasi in situ XPS. Journal of Catalysis. 418. 130–140. 51 indexed citations

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Zhong, Jinping, Peng Liu, Quanming Ren, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the role of OH groups over CeO2 derived from methanol modification for enhancing toluene oxidation: Experimental and theoretical studies. Applied Catalysis A General. 654. 119069–119069. 13 indexed citations

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Geng, Shipeng, Limin Chen, Ruchun Li, et al.. (2023). Synergistic d-p hybridized Co/W5N4 heterostructure catalyst for industrial alkaline water/seawater hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 343. 123486–123486. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Shengwen, et al.. (2023). Synergistic catalysis of mesoporous Cu/Co3O4 and surface oxygen vacancy for CO2 fixation to carbamates. Journal of Catalysis. 418. 178–189. 29 indexed citations

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Song, Linghe, Hang Zhang, Juxia Xiong, et al.. (2023). Doped Mn modulates the local charge distribution of cobalt-based spinel catalysts to promote the availability of ligand lattice oxygen for complete oxidation of methane. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 343. 123547–123547. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Kuizhi, et al.. (2020). Thiophenic silicon phthalocyanines: synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties. New Journal of Chemistry. 45(1). 457–462. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jingjing, Bangfen Wang, Hailin Xiao, et al.. (2019). Effect of plasma on catalytic conversion of CO ₂ with hydrogen over Pd/ZnO in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(24). 244001–244001. 11 indexed citations

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Fan, Jie, Quanming Ren, Shengpeng Mo, et al.. (2019). Transient in‐situ DRIFTS Investigation of Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene over α‐, γ‐ and β‐MnO₂. ChemCatChem. 12(4). 1046–1054. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiuqin, Jianling Chen, Shusen Xie, et al.. (2019). Distribution, Trafficking, and in Vitro Photodynamic Therapy Efficacy of Cholesterol Silicon(IV) Phthalocyanine and Its Nanoparticles in Breast Cancer Cells. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(12). 5976–5984. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Yang, Qiuxia Ma, Qiuxiang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Antimicrobial resistance and genetic characterization of Shigella spp. in Shanxi Province, China, during 2006–2016. BMC Microbiology. 19(1). 116–116. 22 indexed citations

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Lin, Xueting, Mingli Fu, Hui He, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of MnOx-CeO2 Using Metal-Organic Framework as Sacrificial Template and Its Performance in the Toluene Catalytic Oxidation Reaction. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Limin, Dongdong Ma, Xiwen Liu, et al.. (2018). Morpholinyl dendrimer phthalocyanine: synthesis, photophysical properties and photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer. Dalton Transactions. 47(37). 13164–13170. 13 indexed citations

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