Liming Dai

126.3k total citations · 63 hit papers
797 papers, 109.5k citations indexed

About

Liming Dai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Liming Dai has authored 797 papers receiving a total of 109.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 401 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 331 papers in Materials Chemistry and 279 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Liming Dai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (229 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (133 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (128 papers). Liming Dai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (229 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (133 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (128 papers). Liming Dai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Liming Dai's co-authors include Zhenhai Xia, Jong‐Beom Baek, Liangti Qu, Dingshan Yu, Shuangyin Wang, Chuangang Hu, Jintao Zhang, Michael F. Durstock, Feng Du and Yuhua Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Liming Dai

780 papers receiving 108.0k citations

Hit Papers

Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays with High Electroca... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2009 2010 2015 2015 2016 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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  1. Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction
    2009 6.5k citations Zhenhai Xia, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  2. Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells
    2010 3.5k citations Liming Dai et al. ACS Nano profile →
  3. A metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions
    2015 2.8k citations Zhenhai Xia, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  4. Metal-Free Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2015 2.1k citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  5. Plasma‐Engraved Co3O4 Nanosheets with Oxygen Vacancies and High Surface Area for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2016 1.9k citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots with Oxygen-Rich Functional Groups
    2011 1.9k citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  7. Defect Chemistry of Nonprecious‐Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reactions
    2017 1.5k citations Liming Dai, Shuangyin Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  8. Scalable synthesis of hierarchically structured carbon nanotube–graphene fibres for capacitive energy storage
    2014 1.3k citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  9. Carbon-based metal-free catalysts
    2016 1.3k citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  10. Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Conversion and Storage
    2012 1.2k citations Liming Dai et al. Small profile →
  11. Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution in N-doped graphene materials: Development of highly efficient metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst
    2016 1.2k citations Liming Dai, Bin Liu et al. profile →
  12. BCN Graphene as Efficient Metal‐Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2012 1.1k citations Shuangyin Wang, Zhenhai Xia et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  13. Electrocatalysis for CO2conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products
    2021 995 citations Junxiang Chen, Yan Li et al. profile →
  14. Self-Assembled Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Films for Supercapacitors
    2009 960 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  15. Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free ORR Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells: Past, Present, and Future
    2019 859 citations Liming Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  16. Novel MOF‐Derived Co@N‐C Bifunctional Catalysts for Highly Efficient Zn–Air Batteries and Water Splitting
    2018 843 citations Liming Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  17. High‐Performance Sodium Ion Batteries Based on a 3D Anode from Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Foams
    2015 839 citations Liming Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  18. Highly luminescent carbon nanodots by microwave-assisted pyrolysis
    2012 832 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  19. Polyaniline-Grafted Reduced Graphene Oxide for Efficient Electrochemical Supercapacitors
    2012 805 citations Liming Dai et al. ACS Nano profile →
  20. N,P‐Codoped Carbon Networks as Efficient Metal‐free Bifunctional Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions
    2015 799 citations Jian‐Feng Chen, Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  21. Etched and doped Co9S8/graphene hybrid for oxygen electrocatalysis
    2016 787 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  22. Multifunctional Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Simultaneous Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution, and Hydrogen Evolution
    2016 761 citations Chuangang Hu, Liming Dai Advanced Materials profile →
  23. Carbon-based supercapacitors for efficient energy storage
    2017 750 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  24. Vertically Aligned BCN Nanotubes as Efficient Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Synergetic Effect by Co‐Doping with Boron and Nitrogen
    2011 728 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  25. Functionalization of Graphene for Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage
    2012 701 citations Liming Dai profile →
  26. Carbon nanocomposite catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions: From nitrogen doping to transition-metal addition
    2016 669 citations Liming Dai et al. Nano Energy profile →
  27. Polyelectrolyte Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Efficient Metal-free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction
    2011 666 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  28. Nitrogen-doped Ti3C2Tx MXene electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors
    2017 658 citations Liming Dai et al. Nano Energy profile →
  29. Carbon-based electrocatalysts for advanced energy conversion and storage
    2015 632 citations Zhenhai Xia, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  30. Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free Catalysts for Electrocatalysis beyond the ORR
    2016 624 citations Chuangang Hu, Liming Dai Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  31. Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Strong Shear Binding-On and Easy Normal Lifting-Off
    2008 611 citations Liming Dai, Zhenhai Xia et al. profile →
  32. Scalable Fabrication of Nanoporous Carbon Fiber Films as Bifunctional Catalytic Electrodes for Flexible Zn‐Air Batteries
    2016 601 citations Liming Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  33. Carbon nanomaterials for high-performance supercapacitors
    2013 596 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  34. Polyelectrolyte-Functionalized Graphene as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction
    2011 594 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. ACS Nano profile →
  35. Edge-carboxylated graphene nanosheets via ball milling
    2012 590 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  36. Large-Scale Production of Edge-Selectively Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets via Ball Milling and Their Use as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2012 588 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  37. Biocompatible Graphene Oxide-Based Glucose Biosensors
    2010 584 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  38. Highly Efficient Metal-Free Growth of Nitrogen-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Plasma-Etched Substrates for Oxygen Reduction
    2010 582 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  39. Graphene for energy conversion and storage in fuel cells and supercapacitors
    2012 582 citations Liming Dai et al. Nano Energy profile →
  40. Edge-rich and dopant-free graphene as a highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction
    2016 576 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  41. Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Foams as Metal‐Free Counter Electrodes in High‐Performance Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
    2012 565 citations Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  42. Are Diamond Nanoparticles Cytotoxic?
    2006 565 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  43. Identification of active sites for acidic oxygen reduction on carbon catalysts with and without nitrogen doping
    2019 560 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  44. Edge‐Selectively Sulfurized Graphene Nanoplatelets as Efficient Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: The Electron Spin Effect
    2013 556 citations Zhenhai Xia, Liming Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  45. Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Catalysts Based on Single Iron Atoms Dispersed on a Hierarchically Structured Porous Carbon Framework
    2018 548 citations Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  46. Nitrogen Enriched Porous Carbon Spheres: Attractive Materials for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Adsorption
    2014 542 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  47. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Fluorine Tri‐doped Graphene as a Multifunctional Catalyst for Self‐Powered Electrochemical Water Splitting
    2016 538 citations Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  48. Nitrogen-Doped Colloidal Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Size-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2012 536 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  49. N-doped carbon nanomaterials are durable catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in acidic fuel cells
    2015 532 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  50. Plasma‐Engraved Co3O4 Nanosheets with Oxygen Vacancies and High Surface Area for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    2016 529 citations Shuangyin Wang, Liming Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  51. Doping of Carbon Materials for Metal‐Free Electrocatalysis
    2018 519 citations Chuangang Hu, Liming Dai Advanced Materials profile →
  52. Heteroatom-Doped Graphitic Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2015 511 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  53. Design Principles for Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Fuel Cells and Metal–Air Batteries
    2015 507 citations Liming Dai, Zhenhai Xia et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  54. Metal-Free Carbon Nanomaterials Become More Active than Metal Catalysts and Last Longer
    2010 501 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  55. Two-birds-one-stone: multifunctional supercapacitors beyond traditional energy storage
    2021 379 citations Zhou Yang, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  56. Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes for Ultrafast Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
    2016 373 citations Liming Dai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  57. Carbon-based metal-free electrocatalysts: from oxygen reduction to multifunctional electrocatalysis
    2021 342 citations Chuangang Hu, Liming Dai et al. profile →
  58. Tuning the Coordination Structure of CuNC Single Atom Catalysts for Simultaneous Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 and NO3– to Urea
    2022 282 citations Josh Leverett, Thành Trần‐Phú et al. profile →
  59. Off/on switchable smart electromagnetic interference shielding aerogel
    2021 211 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →
  60. The role of oxygen-vacancy in bifunctional indium oxyhydroxide catalysts for electrochemical coupling of biomass valorization with CO2 conversion
    2023 211 citations Fenghui Ye, Dong Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  61. Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO2and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds
    2023 210 citations Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang et al. profile →
  62. Carbon‐Based Electrocatalysts for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2023 183 citations Liming Dai, Chuangang Hu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  63. Hydrophobic, Ultrastable Cuδ+ for Robust CO2 Electroreduction to C2 Products at Ampere-Current Levels
    2023 169 citations Liming Dai et al. profile →

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Liming Dai
Comparison fields: 5 of 187
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 64.3k
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 52.8k
  • Materials Chemistry 42.1k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 26.4k
  • Biomedical Engineering 15.8k
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20 of 20 papers shown
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Selective C 2 Electroproduction via Back Bonding in Asymmetric Copper‐Copper Motifs
2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Chenchen Fang, Liming Dai, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Zhuolun Li, Yaya Wang, Xuefeng Xu, Sait Eren San, Kai Liu, (unknown), (unknown), J. Che, Pan Xiong, Yongsheng Fu, Jingwen Sun, Junwu Zhu
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Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO2 Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts
2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Josh Leverett, (unknown), Thành Trần‐Phú, Jodie A. Yuwono, Priyank V. Kumar, Bernt Johannessen, (unknown), (unknown), Shery L. Y. Chang, Antonio Tricoli, Alexandr N. Simonov, Liming Dai, Rose Amal, Rahman Daiyan, Rosalie K. Hocking
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Recent Developments in Solid-State Electrolytes for Advanced Energy Storage Devices
2025 ·ACS Nano ·Zhou Yang, (unknown), Ziyan Gao, Sha Zhao, (unknown), Andrew N. Rider, (unknown), S. A. Brown, Dewei Chu, Dawei Wang, Liming Dai, Jang‐Kyo Kim, Chunhui Wang
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Construction of a reaction-based fluorescent sensor for tandem detection of Cu2+ and glutathione in wine
2024 ·Food Chemistry ·Yang Han, (unknown), Liming Dai, (unknown), Feng Yang, Yan‐Jun Xu, Qing Li
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Efficient pathways for photogenerated charge transfer induced by Co dopants in WO3/TiO2 nanorod arrays
2024 ·Acta Materialia ·Simiao Sha, (unknown), Yi Li, (unknown), Liming Dai, Julie M. Cairney, Weiguang Yang, Ying Li, Sławomir Prucnal, Sean Li, Bin Liu, Wenxian Li
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A Novel Piezo1 Agonist Promoting Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation and Osteogenesis to Attenuate Disuse Osteoporosis
2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Chunyong Ding, (unknown), (unknown), Ding Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Liming Dai, Bingjun Zhang, Ao Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang
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Highly efficient nanosized MoS2/MoP heterocatalyst for enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction over a wide pH range
2024 ·Sustainable materials and technologies ·Mingyuan Zhu, Lijun Yu, Simiao Sha, Riyue Ge, (unknown), Liming Dai, Sean Li, Bin Liu, Zhixue Qu, Wenxian Li
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The component-activity interrelationship of cobalt-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting: Strategies and performance
2024 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Mingjie Sun, Riyue Ge, Sean Li, Liming Dai, Yiran Li, Bin Liu, Wenxian Li
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Multiscale confinement nitridation in molybdenum carbide for efficient hydrogen production
2024 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Liming Dai, Chenchen Fang, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Xuefeng Xu, Xuanxuan Chen, (unknown), Xueming Hu, Wenyao Zhang, Xue Liang, Pan Xiong, Yongsheng Fu, Jingwen Sun, Junwu Zhu
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Interface Engineering Overall Seawater Splitting of Self-Supporting CeOx@NiCo2O4 Arrays
2024 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Wenjun Liu, Junze Zhao, Liming Dai, Yanli Qi, Kang Liang, Jian Bao, Yurong Ren
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Second‐Shell Coordination Environment Modulation for MnN4 Active Sites by Oxygen Doping to Boost Oxygen Reduction Performance
2024 ·Small ·Xuanni Lin, Dong Liu, Lei Shi, Feng Liu, Fenghui Ye, (unknown), Liming Dai
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Facilitating carrier separation of hierarchical carbon nitride by a nucleation processable strategy in photocatalytic H2 evolution
2023 ·Applied Surface Science ·(unknown), Fanglei Yao, Liming Dai, (unknown), Hongan Zhao, (unknown), Chengcheng Fang, Junwu Zhu, Jingwen Sun
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Photoelectrochemical N2‐to‐NH3 Fixation with High Efficiency and Rates via Optimized Si‐Based System at Positive Potential versus Li0/+
2023 ·Advanced Materials ·Xiaoran Zhang, Yanhong Lyu, Huaijuan Zhou, Jianyun Zheng, Aibin Huang, Jingjing Ding, Chao Xie, Roland De Marco, Nataliya Tsud, (unknown), San Ping Jiang, Liming Dai, Shuangyin Wang
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Highly accessible dual-metal atomic pairs for enhancing oxygen redox reaction in zinc−air batteries
2023 ·Nano Energy ·Xiang Ao, Linfeng Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peixing Wang, Xiaoyan Jin, Liming Dai, Chundong Wang, Seong‐Ju Hwang
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Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks and their derived materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion
2023 ·Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) ·Chenchen Fang, Xuefeng Xu, (unknown), Liming Dai, Fanglei Yao, Wenyao Zhang, Yongsheng Fu, Jingwen Sun, Junwu Zhu
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Boosted water electrolysis capability of NixCoyP via charge redistribution and surface activation
2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Haobo Liu, Jiancheng Li, Yuqi Zhang, Riyue Ge, Jack Yang, Ying Li, Jiujun Zhang, Mingyuan Zhu, Sean Li, Bin Liu, Liming Dai, Wenxian Li
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Concurrent oxygen reduction and water oxidation at high ionic strength for scalable electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide
2023 ·Nature Communications ·Changmin Kim, Sung O Park, Sang Kyu Kwak, Zhenhai Xia, Guntae Kim, Liming Dai
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Boosting Electroreduction Kinetics of Nitrogen to Ammonia via Tuning Electron Distribution of Single‐Atomic Iron Sites
2021 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yan Li, Junwei Li, Junheng Huang, Junxiang Chen, Yan Kong, Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li, Lecheng Lei, Guoliang Chai, Zhenhai Wen, Liming Dai, Yang Hou
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High‐Performance, Long‐Life, Rechargeable Li–CO2 Batteries based on a 3D Holey Graphene Cathode Implanted with Single Iron Atoms
2020 ·Advanced Materials ·Chuangang Hu, Lele Gong, Ying Xiao, Yifei Yuan, Nicholas M. Bedford, Zhenhai Xia, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, Yi Lin, John W. Connell, Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar, Jun Lü, Khalil Amine, Liming Dai
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Chemical Approaches to Carbon‐Based Metal‐Free Catalysts
2019 ·Advanced Materials ·Dong Liu, Liming Dai, Xuanni Lin, Jian‐Feng Chen, Jian Zhang, Xinliang Feng, Kläus Müllen, Xiang Zhu, Sheng Dai
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