Nan Hu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nan Hu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Hu has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Nan Hu's work include Phase Change Materials Research (13 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (8 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Nan Hu is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (13 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (8 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Nan Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Nan Hu's co-authors include Li‐Wu Fan, Zirui Li, Yuanjiang Pan, Zi-Qin Zhu, Kezhi Jiang, Ya‐Ping Tu, Yuankai Huang, Cuirong Sun, Yalin Wu and Yi Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nan Hu

56 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries

2022 173 citations Shuo‐Qing Zhang, Ruhong Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Hu China	24	644	317	289	281	232	67	1.8k
Rong Li China	23	437 0.7×	217 0.7×	272 0.9×	483 1.7×	338 1.5×	105	2.2k
Annabelle Couvert France	30	916 1.4×	172 0.5×	373 1.3×	547 1.9×	729 3.1×	106	2.8k
Dong Li China	33	1.2k 1.9×	203 0.6×	326 1.1×	945 3.4×	920 4.0×	195	3.4k
Yanan Yuan China	26	433 0.7×	467 1.5×	339 1.2×	552 2.0×	651 2.8×	131	2.7k
Bushra Al‐Duri United Kingdom	31	408 0.6×	178 0.6×	187 0.6×	391 1.4×	987 4.3×	82	2.6k
Kai Li China	33	635 1.0×	184 0.6×	504 1.7×	583 2.1×	1.4k 5.9×	167	3.0k
Madalena M. Dias Portugal	30	420 0.7×	647 2.0×	184 0.6×	565 2.0×	964 4.2×	137	3.1k
Ramesh K. Sharma India	30	643 1.0×	209 0.7×	377 1.3×	773 2.8×	1.9k 8.3×	107	3.5k
Di Yu China	31	686 1.1×	324 1.0×	368 1.3×	1.2k 4.3×	350 1.5×	101	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Hu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hu, Nan, et al.. (2026). Pulse heating and slip enhance charging of phase-change thermal batteries. Nature. 649(8096). 360–365.

Liu, Xiaoli, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation on mechanical and damage properties of single fractured coal subjected to water pressure and triaxial compression. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 130. 104328–104328. 10 indexed citations

Hu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of volume translation models in PC-SAFT EoS for carbon dioxide. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 584. 114145–114145.

Han, Xile, Hai Zhong, Kaiwei Li, et al.. (2024). Operando monitoring of dendrite formation in lithium metal batteries via ultrasensitive tilted fiber Bragg grating sensors. Light Science & Applications. 13(1). 24–24. 42 indexed citations

Hu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Dynamic tensile behavior and rate-dependent constitutive model of 304 + Q235 bimetallic steel. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 222. 108991–108991.

Hu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Hydration of Early‐Age Composite Cement Paste Using Low‐Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2024(1).

Hu, Nan, Yi Liu, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Effects of monosaccharides and protein in extracellular polymeric substances of Klebsiella aerogenes on crystalline forms of CaCO3 crystals. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 34(12). 4085–4098. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Nan, Zirui Wu, Yuxuan Lai, Chen Zhang, & Yansong Feng. (2023). UnifEE: Unified Evidence Extraction for Fact Verification. 1150–1160.

Hu, Nan, et al.. (2023). Understanding of Co-boiling between Organic Contaminants and Water during Thermal Remediation: Effects of Nonequilibrium Heat and Mass Transport. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(42). 16043–16052. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Zirui, Nan Hu, & Li‐Wu Fan. (2022). Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage: A critical review. Energy storage materials. 55. 727–753. 149 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuo‐Qing, Ruhong Li, Nan Hu, et al.. (2022). Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5431–5431. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Kaihang, Shuo Wang, Nan Hu, Weidong Shi, & Fagen Wang. (2022). Alloying Ni–Cu Nanoparticles Encapsulated in SiO₂ Nanospheres for Synergistic Catalysts in CO₂ Reforming with Methane Reaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(20). 23487–23495. 59 indexed citations

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Hu, Nan, et al.. (2021). Rapid charging for latent heat thermal energy storage: A state-of-the-art review of close-contact melting. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 155. 111918–111918. 74 indexed citations

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Hu, Nan, et al.. (2020). An Experimental Investigation of Constrained Melting Heat Transfer of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials in a Horizontal Cylindrical Capsule Using Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Thermography. Journal of Heat Transfer. 143(1). 8 indexed citations

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Li, Zirui, et al.. (2020). Revisiting melting heat transfer of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCM) in differentially-heated rectangular cavities using thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) thermography. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 159. 120119–120119. 43 indexed citations

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Hu, Nan, et al.. (2019). A Novel Indirect Visualization Method for Studying the Melting Heat Transfer of Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials Using Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Thermography. Journal of Heat Transfer. 142(4). 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Jinlong, Jianwen Peng, Feiyu Kang, et al.. (2015). Experimental and theoretical studies of effective thermal conductivity of composites made of silicone rubber and Al2O3 particles. Thermochimica Acta. 614. 1–8. 106 indexed citations

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Hu, Nan, Renfan Shao, Yongqiang Shen, et al.. (2013). An Electric‐Field‐Responsive Discotic Liquid‐Crystalline Hexa‐peri‐Hexabenzocoronene/Oligothiophene Hybrid. Advanced Materials. 26(13). 2066–2071. 36 indexed citations

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Guo, Cheng, Jie‐Ping Wan, Nan Hu, Kezhi Jiang, & Yuanjiang Pan. (2010). An experimental and computational investigation on the fragmentation behavior of enaminones in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 45(11). 1291–1298. 15 indexed citations

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Hu, Nan, Hai Zhang, Hairui Yang, et al.. (2009). Effects of riser height and total solids inventory on the gas–solids in an ultra-tall CFB riser. Powder Technology. 196(1). 8–13. 33 indexed citations

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