Minmin Gao

9.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
56 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Minmin Gao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Minmin Gao has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Minmin Gao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (20 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers). Minmin Gao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (20 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers). Minmin Gao collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and France. Minmin Gao's co-authors include Ghim Wei Ho, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Liangliang Zhu, Tianpeng Ding, Wei Li Ong, Xiao‐Qiao Wang, Fan Lu Meng, Minghui Hong, Gamze Yilmaz and Min‐Quan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Minmin Gao

55 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

Solar absorber material and system designs for phototherm... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production
    2018 1.7k citations Minmin Gao, Liangliang Zhu et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  2. Recent progress in solar-driven interfacial water evaporation: Advanced designs and applications
    2018 758 citations Liangliang Zhu, Minmin Gao et al. Nano Energy profile →
  3. Solar-driven photothermal nanostructured materials designs and prerequisites for evaporation and catalysis applications
    2018 623 citations Liangliang Zhu, Minmin Gao et al. profile →
  4. Self‐Contained Monolithic Carbon Sponges for Solar‐Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation Distillation and Electricity Generation
    2018 597 citations Liangliang Zhu, Minmin Gao et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  5. Shape Conformal and Thermal Insulative Organic Solar Absorber Sponge for Photothermal Water Evaporation and Thermoelectric Power Generation
    2019 447 citations Liangliang Zhu, Tianpeng Ding et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Minmin Gao Singapore 33 6.7k 2.4k 1.9k 1.1k 996 56 8.0k
Hadi Ghasemi United States 35 3.4k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 79 6.4k
George Ni United States 14 7.0k 1.0× 3.4k 1.4× 909 0.5× 976 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 19 8.2k
Xiuqiang Li China 34 7.0k 1.0× 3.6k 1.5× 549 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 60 9.3k
Le Shi China 28 4.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 768 0.8× 72 5.9k
Xingyi Zhou United States 27 8.0k 1.2× 4.1k 1.7× 895 0.5× 2.3k 2.1× 2.0k 2.0× 38 11.0k
Connor Kang Nuo Peh Singapore 21 5.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 906 0.8× 873 0.9× 31 6.2k
Lin Zhou China 34 10.2k 1.5× 4.9k 2.0× 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.7× 2.0k 2.1× 121 13.0k
Jinlei Li China 32 4.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 428 0.2× 810 0.8× 755 0.8× 48 6.8k
Lin Zhao China 29 2.0k 0.3× 1.6k 0.7× 834 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 357 0.4× 122 5.2k
James Loomis United States 19 2.4k 0.4× 858 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 927 0.9× 387 0.4× 28 4.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gao, Minmin, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and characterization of Photo-Magnetic dual responsive molecularly imprinted polymers and its selective Extraction of sulfamerazine. Microchemical Journal. 209. 112806–112806. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Minmin, Tianxi Zhang, Serene Wen Ling Ng, et al.. (2025). Polymeric Layered Films for TiO2‐Au/CuS Tandem Photothermal Catalytic H2 Production in Harsh Seawater and Waste Plastic Media. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(19). 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Wanheng, et al.. (2024). Co-designed dual-ambient energy harvester hydrogel for hydrogen production and electricity generation. Nano Energy. 128. 109850–109850. 13 indexed citations
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Fan, Yuxin, et al.. (2023). Paleozoic rapid denudation of the Proterozoic Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, NW China: Insights from single-grain zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 255. 105762–105762. 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Serene Wen Ling, Minmin Gao, Wanheng Lu, et al.. (2023). Localized ultrafine Cu clusters within MOF-derived metal oxides for collective photochemical and photothermal H2 generation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 340. 123182–123182. 32 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianxi, Fanlu Meng, Minmin Gao, et al.. (2023). Porous Host–Guest MOF‐Semiconductor Hybrid with Multisites Heterojunctions and Modulable Electronic Band for Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion and H2 Evolution. Small. 19(39). e2301121–e2301121. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Mingming, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and characterization of a high near infrared reflectance yellow pigment SbxWO3 (x ≤ 0.14). Ceramics International. 49(16). 26973–26981. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Minmin, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Fan Lu Meng, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2021). Photothermal Membrane Distillation toward Solar Water Production. Small Methods. 5(5). e2001200–e2001200. 204 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, Tianpeng Ding, Minmin Gao, et al.. (2020). Controlled heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation towards enhanced photothermal water-electricity-hydrogen production. Nano Energy. 77. 105102–105102. 213 indexed citations
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Yilmaz, Gamze, Fan Lu Meng, Jane W. Z. Lu, et al.. (2020). Autonomous atmospheric water seeping MOF matrix. Science Advances. 6(42). 193 indexed citations
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Gao, Minmin, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Liangliang Zhu, Gamze Yilmaz, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2020). Photothermal Catalytic Gel Featuring Spectral and Thermal Management for Parallel Freshwater and Hydrogen Production. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(23). 221 indexed citations
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Xu, Wanzhen, et al.. (2020). Photo‐stimulated “turn‐on/off” molecularly imprinted polymers based on magnetic mesoporous silicon surface for efficient detection of sulfamerazine. Journal of Separation Science. 43(13). 2550–2557. 17 indexed citations
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Gao, Minmin, Liangliang Zhu, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2018). Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(3). 841–864. 1660 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Minmin, Serene Wen Ling Ng, Lianwei Chen, Minghui Hong, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2017). Self-regulating reversible photocatalytic-driven chromism of a cavity enhanced optical field TiO2/CuO nanocomposite. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(22). 10909–10916. 22 indexed citations
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Gao, Minmin, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Yanlin Pan, Qing‐Hua Xu, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2014). Fine structural tuning of whereabout and clustering of metal–metal oxide heterostructure for optimal photocatalytic enhancement and stability. Nanoscale. 6(21). 12655–12664. 20 indexed citations
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Gao, Minmin, et al.. (2012). Photocatalytic H2 production of composite one-dimensional TiO2 nanostructures of different morphological structures and crystal phases with graphene. Catalysis Science & Technology. 3(4). 1086–1086. 68 indexed citations

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