Mengfan Li

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 821 citations indexed

About

Mengfan Li is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengfan Li has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 821 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Mengfan Li's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (9 papers), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (7 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (6 papers). Mengfan Li is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (9 papers), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (7 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (6 papers). Mengfan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Mengfan Li's co-authors include Hongwen Huang, Lei Gao, Jiawei Zhang, Yuliang Yuan, Zhenguang Li, Jinbiao Zhang, Ming Tan, Zhao-Yu Yao, Haixia Zhang and Peiyan Shan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Mengfan Li

26 papers receiving 813 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.

Stabilizing Pt‐Based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Fundamental Understanding and Design Strategies

2021 336 citations Lei Gao, Mengfan Li et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengfan Li China	12	530	399	193	107	97	28	821
Atharva Sahasrabudhe United States	18	293 0.6×	350 0.9×	280 1.5×	26 0.2×	123 1.3×	27	1.2k
Hsin‐Cheng Hsu Taiwan	20	557 1.1×	470 1.2×	387 2.0×	39 0.4×	32 0.3×	45	1.4k
Seungwoo Yoo South Korea	11	199 0.4×	92 0.2×	204 1.1×	30 0.3×	86 0.9×	19	535
Kaiming Guo China	13	165 0.3×	144 0.4×	46 0.2×	57 0.5×	44 0.5×	29	534
Zirui Zhou China	10	412 0.8×	322 0.8×	106 0.5×	12 0.1×	23 0.2×	21	766
Daniel J. Rosen United States	17	121 0.2×	92 0.2×	144 0.7×	201 1.9×	148 1.5×	28	962
Yangshen Chen China	19	719 1.4×	361 0.9×	289 1.5×	109 1.0×	45 0.5×	33	1.4k
Jialing Ma China	12	146 0.3×	209 0.5×	150 0.8×	37 0.3×	26 0.3×	27	562
Jeongjin Kim South Korea	15	214 0.4×	130 0.3×	368 1.9×	16 0.1×	99 1.0×	37	763

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Zhao, Baoxiu, Ning Chen, Mengfan Li, et al.. (2025). Efficient degradation of dye wastewater with a novel tribocatalytic process initiated by CQDs-Bi2MoO6 catalyst: Preparation, degradation, kinetics, DFT calculations and mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 511. 161852–161852. 4 indexed citations

Song, Kai, Mengfan Li, Xu Zhu, et al.. (2025). Eu-doping engineered CoAl-layered double hydroxides for efficient reactive oxygen species scavenging. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166555–166555. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaorui, Biao Feng, Lei Gao, et al.. (2025). Tensile-Strain-Promoted In Situ Electrochemical Hydrogen Intercalation Stabilizes Pd Icosahedra toward Oxygen Reduction. Nano Letters. 25(49). 17104–17111.

Zhao, Baoxiu, Ning Chen, Mengfan Li, et al.. (2025). Synergistic manganese-cobalt co-doped TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A: Mechanism, DFT calculations, and toxicity assessment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1036. 182032–182032. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Wenxiang, Mengfan Li, Baoxiu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Photoelectrocatalytic decomposition of RhB using an efficient Bi2O3/Nickel foam photoelectrode prepared with microwave radiation method. Electrochimica Acta. 546. 147781–147781.

Guo, Zihan, Yan Qiao, Mengfan Li, et al.. (2025). Understanding the strain effect in alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction over well-defined Ru surfaces: insights into catalyst design. Chemical Science. 16(32). 14468–14477. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yingdong, Aling Shen, Daxin Chen, et al.. (2024). Dehydrocorydaline attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via the FoXO signalling pathway: A multimodal study based on network pharmacology, molecular docking, and experimental study. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 337(Pt 1). 118738–118738. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Baoxiu, Ning Chen, Hao Xu, et al.. (2024). Challenges and perspectives of tribocatalysis in the treatment for dye wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105455–105455. 17 indexed citations

Chen, Ning, Baoxiu Zhao, Hao Xu, et al.. (2024). Preparation of mesoporous TiO2/g-C3N4 heterojunction catalyst and visible-light-driven photocatalytic reduction of Cr6+. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105513–105513. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Mengfan, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with cognitive impairment in adults with OSA without dementia. Sleep Medicine. 119. 234–243. 2 indexed citations

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Dapari, Rahmat, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing HPV vaccine acceptance among females in mainland China: A systematic review. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 26. 101514–101514. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Mengfan, et al.. (2023). Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers and Complement Proteins Mediate the Impact of Sleep Fragmentation on Cognitive Impairment in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Without Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 95(4). 1685–1696. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinjin, et al.. (2023). Effects of a Nonwearable Digital Therapeutic Intervention on Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorder in China: Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e45836–e45836. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Mengfan, Chao Sun, Bing Leng, et al.. (2023). Complement protein levels in serum astrocyte-derived exosomes are associated with cognitive impairment in obstructive sleep apnea. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 19(4). 727–739. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Mengfan, et al.. (2022). Elevated complement component 8 gamma levels in astrocyte-derived exosomes are associated with cognitive impairment in obstructive sleep apnea patients without dementia. Neuroscience Letters. 794. 137010–137010. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Mengfan, et al.. (2022). Paroxysmal slow wave events are associated with cognitive impairment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 14(1). 200–200. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Hairong, et al.. (2022). Altered amyloid-β and tau proteins in neural-derived plasma exosomes in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Medicine. 94. 76–83. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Mengfan, et al.. (2022). Treatment of Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Trial to Evaluate a Learning Style Profile Intervention Program in China. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. 831621–831621. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Bingtian, Jiangping Xu, Ningbo Cai, et al.. (2020). Roflumilast prevents ischemic stroke-induced neuronal damage by restricting GSK3β-mediated oxidative stress and IRE1α/TRAF2/JNK pathway. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 163. 281–296. 63 indexed citations

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Jiao, Shilong, Zhao-Yu Yao, Mengfan Li, et al.. (2019). Accelerating oxygen evolution electrocatalysis of two-dimensional NiFe layered double hydroxide nanosheets via space-confined amorphization. Nanoscale. 11(40). 18894–18899. 46 indexed citations

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