Li‐Wei Chen

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Li‐Wei Chen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Li‐Wei Chen has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Li‐Wei Chen's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (11 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers). Li‐Wei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (11 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers). Li‐Wei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Li‐Wei Chen's co-authors include Yuchen Hao, Bo Wang, Xiao Feng, Anxiang Yin, Xin Su, Wenyan Gao, Ya‐Wen Zhang, Yu Guo, Chun‐Hua Yan and Rui Si 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‐Wei Chen

29 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water

2019 776 citations Yuchen Hao, Yu Guo et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Metal‐Triazolate‐Framework‐Derived FeN₄Cl₁ Single‐Atom Catalysts with Hierarchical Porosity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2021 260 citations Linyu Hu, Chunlong Dai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li‐Wei Chen China	14	1.6k	1.0k	989	339	275	33	2.0k
Minghang Jiang China	24	1.4k 0.9×	824 0.8×	901 0.9×	491 1.4×	135 0.5×	52	1.9k
Nannan Meng China	19	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	367 1.1×	90 0.3×	25	2.2k
Shiyong Mou China	16	2.0k 1.2×	938 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	329 1.0×	76 0.3×	23	2.3k
Shi‐Nan Zhang China	17	1.3k 0.8×	683 0.7×	849 0.9×	385 1.1×	80 0.3×	42	1.7k
Bingquan Xia Australia	23	2.6k 1.6×	1.9k 1.9×	934 0.9×	829 2.4×	313 1.1×	38	3.2k
Hiroaki Hirakawa Japan	9	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	799 0.8×	274 0.8×	121 0.4×	10	1.7k
Huidong Shen China	22	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	607 0.6×	722 2.1×	115 0.4×	35	2.2k
Fumihiko Ichihara Japan	19	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	472 0.5×	412 1.2×	396 1.4×	29	1.9k
Menglei Yuan China	25	1.7k 1.1×	807 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	691 2.0×	176 0.6×	58	2.4k
Fanpeng Chen China	14	1.2k 0.8×	624 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	201 0.6×	106 0.4×	27	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Li‐Wei Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li‐Wei Chen

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All Works

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Gao, Mingming, et al.. (2025). A Review on Pre-, In-Process, and Post-Synthetic Strategies to Break the Surface Area Barrier in g-C3N4 for Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation. Nanomaterials. 15(13). 956–956.

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Liu, Di, Zhejiaji Zhu, Wenjing Tian, et al.. (2025). Dual-functional RhNi nanocubes for coupling electrocatalytic water reduction and alcohol oxidation for energy-saving hydrogen production. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(8). 3147–3156. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Li‐Wei, et al.. (2025). Endophytic bacteria-assisted cadmium removal in sunflower stalks: towards safe biomass recycling. Environmental Technology. 46(19). 3822–3835. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Hao, Zhiping Zhang, Zhao Wang, et al.. (2025). Generation of reactive nitrogen species for ultrasound-catalyzed tumor treatment through cascade reaction by self-supplied H2O2 nano-reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 526. 170750–170750.

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Xia, Weixing, Kaiyang Zhang, Jiwei Hou, et al.. (2025). Bio-Inspired Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation: From Nitrogenase Mimicry to Advanced Artificial Systems. Nanomaterials. 15(19). 1485–1485.

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Lv, Qingqing, Chenhui Zhou, Shuchang Chen, et al.. (2025). Strategic Design of Ethanol Oxidation Catalysts: From Active Metal Selection to Mechanistic Insights and Performance Engineering. Nanomaterials. 15(19). 1477–1477.

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Hao, Yuchen, Li‐Wei Chen, Haodong Liu, et al.. (2025). Continuous photo-oxidation of methane to methanol at an atomically tailored reticular gas-solid interface. Nature Communications. 16(1). 747–747. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Di, et al.. (2023). Rh–Cu alloy nano-dendrites with enhanced electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation activity. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 82. 343–349. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Jiani, Li‐Wei Chen, Yuchen Hao, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric coordinated single-atom Pd sites for high performance CO2 electroreduction and Zn–CO2 battery. Chemical Engineering Journal. 461. 141865–141865. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Di, Li‐Wei Chen, Zhejiaji Zhu, et al.. (2023). Ultrathin Dendritic Pd‐Ag Nanoplates for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to Formate. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 18(9). e202300110–e202300110. 7 indexed citations

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Gu, Hongfei, Jiani Li, Xiangfu Niu, et al.. (2023). Symmetry-Breaking p-Block Antimony Single Atoms Trigger N-Bridged Titanium Sites for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction with High Efficiency. ACS Nano. 17(21). 21838–21849. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Li‐Wei, Yuchen Hao, Jiani Li, et al.. (2023). Controllable Crystallization of Two‐Dimensional Bi Nanocrystals with Morphology‐Boosted CO₂ Electroreduction in Wide pH Environments. Small. 19(34). e2301639–e2301639. 13 indexed citations

13.

Sun, Chao, Yuhao Zhu, Pengpeng Shao, et al.. (2023). 2D Covalent Organic Framework for Water Harvesting with Fast Kinetics and Low Regeneration Temperature. Angewandte Chemie. 135(11). 16 indexed citations

14.

Sun, Chao, Yuhao Zhu, Pengpeng Shao, et al.. (2023). 2D Covalent Organic Framework for Water Harvesting with Fast Kinetics and Low Regeneration Temperature. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(11). e202217103–e202217103. 75 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiao-Ming, Qi Zhang, Wenru Liu, et al.. (2022). The organics-mediated microbial dynamics and mixotrophic metabolisms in anammox consortia under micro-aerobic conditions. Journal of Environmental Management. 324. 116262–116262. 9 indexed citations

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Yu, Zilong, Li‐Wei Chen, Yuchen Hao, et al.. (2022). Promoting the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ on Ultrathin Porous Bismuth Nanosheets with Tunable Surface-Active Sites and Local pH Environments. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(8). 10648–10655. 40 indexed citations

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Hao, Yuchen, Li‐Wei Chen, Jiani Li, et al.. (2021). Metal-organic framework membranes with single-atomic centers for photocatalytic CO2 and O2 reduction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2682–2682. 244 indexed citations

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Chen, Li‐Wei, Yuchen Hao, Yu Guo, et al.. (2021). Metal–Organic Framework Membranes Encapsulating Gold Nanoparticles for Direct Plasmonic Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(15). 5727–5736. 244 indexed citations

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Hu, Linyu, Chunlong Dai, Li‐Wei Chen, et al.. (2021). Metal‐Triazolate‐Framework‐Derived FeN₄Cl₁ Single‐Atom Catalysts with Hierarchical Porosity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 133(52). 27530–27535. 13 indexed citations

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Hao, Yuchen, Yu Guo, Li‐Wei Chen, et al.. (2019). Publisher Correction: Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water. Nature Catalysis. 2(5). 467–467. 19 indexed citations

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