Mingkai Liu

5.1k citations

107 papers · 4.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 2%
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 2%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Papers in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48
- Advancements in Battery Materials 26
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies 22
- Advanced battery technologies research 14
Materials Chemistry 35
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 8

Co-authors: Tianxi Liu (21 shared papers)Yan Yan (29 shared papers)Weng Weei Tjiu (9 shared papers)Chao Zhang (6 shared papers)Zehua Qu (12 shared papers)Zhibin Yang (4 shared papers)Huisheng Peng (4 shared papers)Yue‐E Miao (6 shared papers)
Journals: Advanced Functional Materials (9 papers)Chemical Communications (6 papers)Nano Letters (5 papers)Nature Communications (4 papers)Chemical Engineering Journal (4 papers)
Partner nations: China Singapore United States

In The Last Decade

Mingkai Liu

99 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Mingkai Liu's Hit Papers

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Isolated Copper Atoms Boost *NO₃ Adsorption and Active Hydrogen Retention over Zinc Oxide for Ammonia Electrosynthesis at Ampere-Level Current Densities 2025 · 43 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2025 Advanced Energy Materials
2019 Nature Communications

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1	Conductive carbon nanofiber interpenetrated graphene architecture for ultra-stable sodium ion battery Nature Communications ·Mingkai Liu, Peng Zhang, Zehua Qu, Yan Yan, Chao Lai, Tianxi Liu, Shanqing Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2019	324
2	Constructing CoO/Co₃S₄ Heterostructures Embedded in N‐doped Carbon Frameworks for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries Advanced Functional Materials ·Can Guo, Wenchao Zhang, Yi Liu, Jiapeng He, Shun Yang, Mingkai Liu, Qinghong Wang, Zhanhu Guo	2019	212
3	One-step synthesis of graphene nanoribbon–MnO2 hybrids and their all-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors Nanoscale ·Mingkai Liu, Weng Weei Tjiu, Jisheng Pan, Chao Zhang, Wei Gao, Tianxi Liu	2014	178
4	Hierarchical composites of polyaniline–graphene nanoribbons–carbon nanotubes as electrode materials in all-solid-state supercapacitors Nanoscale ·Mingkai Liu, Yue‐E Miao, Chao Zhang, Weng Weei Tjiu, Zhibin Yang, Huisheng Peng, Tianxi Liu	2013	173
5	Carbon Nanotubes Bridged with Graphene Nanoribbons and Their Use in High‐Efficiency Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Zhibin Yang, Mingkai Liu, Chao Zhang, Weng Weei Tjiu, Tianxi Liu, Huisheng Peng	2013	172
6	Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Mingkai Liu, Yanfang Song, Sixin He, Weng Weei Tjiu, Jisheng Pan, Yongyao Xia, Tianxi Liu	2014	152
7	Recent progress on the synthesis and oxygen reduction applications of Fe-based single-atom and double-atom catalysts Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Yan Yan, Haoyan Cheng, Zehua Qu, Rui Yu, Fan Liu, Qianwen Ma, Shuang Zhao, Hao Hu, Yu Cheng, Chongyang Yang, Zaifeng Li, Xu Wang, Shaoyu Hao, Yuyu Chen, Mingkai Liu	2021	149
8	Carbon/Sulfur Aerogel with Adequate Mesoporous Channels as Robust Polysulfide Confinement Matrix for Highly Stable Lithium–Sulfur Battery Nano Letters ·Yan Yan, Peng Zhang, Zehua Qu, Minman Tong, Shuang Zhao, Zhiwei Li, Mingkai Liu, Zhiqun Lin	2020	145
9	A hybrid carbon aerogel with both aligned and interconnected pores as interlayer for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries Nano Research ·Mingkai Liu, Zhibin Yang, Hao Sun, Chao Lai, Xinsheng Zhao, Huisheng Peng, Tianxi Liu	2016	136
10	Extraordinary rate capability achieved by a 3D “skeleton/skin” carbon aerogel–polyaniline hybrid with vertically aligned pores Chemical Communications ·Mingkai Liu, Bomin Li, Hang Zhou, Cong Chen, Yuqing Liu, Tianxi Liu	2017	113
11	Effective Removal of Tetracycline Antibiotics from Water using Hybrid Carbon Membranes Scientific Reports ·Mingkai Liu, Ying‐Ya Liu, Dandan Bao, Gen Zhu, Guohai Yang, Junfeng Geng, Haitao Li	2017	100
12	Highly Reproducible Ag NPs/CNT-Intercalated GO Membranes for Enrichment and SERS Detection of Antibiotics ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Lulu Qu, Ying‐Ya Liu, Mingkai Liu, Guohai Yang, Dawei Li, Haitao Li	2016	99
13	A self-supported 3D aerogel network lithium–sulfur battery cathode: sulfur spheres wrapped with phosphorus doped graphene and bridged with carbon nanofibers Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Junchao Tan, Dan Li, Yuqing Liu, Peng Zhang, Zehua Qu, Yan Yan, Hao Hu, Haoyan Cheng, Jiaoxia Zhang, Mengyao Dong, Chao Wang, Jincheng Fan, Zhiwei Li, Zhanhu Guo, Mingkai Liu	2020	90
14	Ultra-long-term cycling stability of an integrated carbon–sulfur membrane with dual shuttle-inhibiting layers of graphene “nets” and a porous carbon skin Chemical Communications ·Mingkai Liu, Qinghua Meng, Zhiyuan Yang, Xinsheng Zhao, Tianxi Liu	2018	83
15	A highly conductive carbon–sulfur film with interconnected mesopores as an advanced cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries Chemical Communications ·Mingkai Liu, Yuqing Liu, Yan Yan, Fengsheng Wang, Jiahui Liu, Tianxi Liu	2017	82
16	Modulating the electronic structure of nanomaterials to enhance polysulfides confinement for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Shuang Zhao, Yajuan Kang, Minjie Liu, Bihan Wen, Qi Fang, Yaoyao Tang, Shicheng He, Xin Ma, Mingkai Liu, Yan Yan	2021	77
17	Versatile High-Performance Electrochemiluminescence ELISA Platform Based on a Gold Nanocluster Probe ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Hua‐Ping Peng, Zhongnan Huang, Weihua Wu, Mingkai Liu, Kai‐Yuan Huang, Yu Yang, Hao‐Hua Deng, Xing‐Hua Xia, Wei Chen	2019	75
18	Cascade Synthesis of Fe‐N₂‐Fe Dual‐Atom Catalysts for Superior Oxygen Catalysis Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Shuang Zhao, Minjie Liu, (unknown), Zehua Qu, (unknown), (unknown), Zhirong Zhang, Jifeng Yang, Siyuan He, Zhou Xu, Zhu Yi-quan, Laihao Luo, Kwun Nam Hui, Mingkai Liu, Jie Zeng	2024	74
19	Anisotropic conductive films based on highly aligned polyimide fibers containing hybrid materials of graphene nanoribbons and carbon nanotubes Nanoscale ·Mingkai Liu, Yifeng Du, Yue‐E Miao, Qianwei Ding, Sixin He, Weng Weei Tjiu, Jisheng Pan, Tianxi Liu	2014	74
20	Flexible polyaniline-coated TiO2/SiO2 nanofiber membranes with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation performance Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Zhenyan Liu, Yue‐E Miao, Mingkai Liu, Qianwei Ding, Weng Weei Tjiu, Xiaoli Cui, Tianxi Liu	2014	69

About Mingkai Liu

Mingkai Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 107 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (28 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (22 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (14 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (9 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (8 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.3k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.1k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.4k citations), Polymers and Plastics (583 citations) and Electrochemistry (180 citations). Mingkai Liu has collaborated with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Frequent co-authors include Tianxi Liu, Yan Yan, Weng Weei Tjiu, Chao Zhang, Zehua Qu, Zhibin Yang, Huisheng Peng, Yue‐E Miao, Chao Lai and Jisheng Pan. Their work appears in journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Communications, Nano Letters, Nature Communications and Chemical Engineering Journal.

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