Niancai Cheng

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
87 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Niancai Cheng is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Niancai Cheng has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 65 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Niancai Cheng's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (78 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (37 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (31 papers). Niancai Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (78 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (37 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (31 papers). Niancai Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United Kingdom. Niancai Cheng's co-authors include Xueliang Sun, Shichun Mu, Adam Riese, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Wei Wu, Ruying Li, Jian Liu, Yangyang Tan, Biwei Xiao and Zeyi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Niancai Cheng

82 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

2016 1.8k citations Niancai Cheng, Samantha Stambula et al. Nature Communications profile →
Metal organic frameworks for energy storage and conversion

2015 540 citations Zhongxin Song, Xia Li et al. profile →
Single-Atom Catalysts: From Design to Application

2019 493 citations Niancai Cheng, Xueliang Sun et al. Electrochemical Energy Reviews profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niancai Cheng

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Engineering the Metal/Oxide Interfacial O‐Filling Effect to Tailor Oxygen Spillover for Efficient Acidic Water Oxidation 2025 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yu Zhu, Fei Guo, Qiliang Wei, Feiyan Lai, Runzhe Chen, Jianing Guo, (unknown), (unknown), Zichen Wang, Jun Zhong, Guanjie He, Niancai Cheng	19
2	Dual‐Atomic‐Site Engineering of Pt‐Based Intermetallic Catalysts for Highly Efficient and Durable Oxygen Reduction 2025 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·(unknown), Zichen Wang, Yu Zhu, Haoran Jiang, Xuwen Chen, Suhao Chen, Qiliang Wei, Jun Zhong, Niancai Cheng	1
3	Atomically Dispersed Pt‐N _x and Ce‐N _x Dual Sites Enhance PtCe Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction 2025 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·(unknown), Zichen Wang, (unknown), Qiliang Wei, Wei Qu, (unknown), Haoran Jiang, Runzhe Chen, Haifeng Lv, Jun Zhong, Niancai Cheng	0
4	Confined cerium oxide clusters induced interface engineering enhance platinum nanoparticles for efficient ethanol oxidation reaction 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Haoran Jiang, (unknown), Zichen Wang, (unknown), Qiliang Wei, Fei Guo, Wei Chen, (unknown), Heng Zhu, Niancai Cheng	0
5	Charge competition enhancing Ru-based high entropy oxide nanosheet for efficient and stable oxygen evolution 2025 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Zichen Wang, (unknown), Runzhe Chen, Haoran Jiang, (unknown), Qiliang Wei, Wu Wei, Jun Zhong, Niancai Cheng	0
6	Inserted-B atoms modulating electronic structure of Pt enhancing hydrogen evolution under Universal-pH 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Haoran Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), Zichen Wang, (unknown), Qiliang Wei, Niancai Cheng	8
7	Stimulating Efficiency for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Splitting Electrolyzers: From Material Design to Electrode Engineering 2025 ·Electrochemical Energy Reviews ·Yu Zhu, Fei Guo, (unknown), Zichen Wang, Runzhe Chen, Guanjie He, Xueliang Sun, Niancai Cheng	1
8	Ti Single Atom Enhancing Pt‐Based Intermetallics for Efficient and Durable Oxygen Reduction 2024 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Zichen Wang, (unknown), Haoran Jiang, Suhao Chen, Runzhe Chen, Yu Zhu, (unknown), Haifeng Lv, Jun Zhong, Niancai Cheng	22
9	Built‐in Electric Field Within CoSe ₂ ‐FeSe ₂ Heterostructure for Enhanced Sulfur Reduction Reaction in Li‐S Batteries 2024 ·Small ·(unknown), (unknown), Ming Zheng, Zichen Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhixiong Cai, Niancai Cheng	6
10	Atomic controlled shell thickness on Pt@Pt3Ti core-shell nanoparticles for efficient and durable oxygen reduction 2024 ·Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Haoran Jiang, Zichen Wang, Suhao Chen, (unknown), Yu Zhu, (unknown), Runzhe Chen, Niancai Cheng	20
11	Breaking Volmer step limitation on NiO/PtNi heterojunctions via ATO-induced charge injection and interfacial modulation 2023 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Yangyang Tan, Zeyi Zhang, Wei Wu, (unknown), Wei Chen, Niancai Cheng	38
12	Tailoring the d-band center of porous CoS₂ nanospheres via low-electronegative Fe for weakened OH* adsorption and boosted oxygen evolution 2023 ·Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers ·(unknown), Wei Wu, Suhao Chen, Zichen Wang, Runzhe Chen, Niancai Cheng	19
13	Directed Dual Charge Pumping Tunes the d‐Orbital Configuration of Pt Cluster Boosting Hydrogen Evolution Kinetic 2023 ·Small ·Zeyi Zhang, Wei Wu, Suhao Chen, Zichen Wang, Yangyang Tan, Wei Chen, Fei Guo, Runzhe Chen, Niancai Cheng	5
14	Local Geometric Distortion to Stimulate Oxygen Reduction Activity of Atomically Dispersed Zn‐N_x Sites for Zn–Air Batteries 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yangyang Tan, Zeyi Zhang, Suhao Chen, Wei Wu, Liyue Yu, Runzhe Chen, Fei Guo, Zichen Wang, Niancai Cheng	23
15	Constructing Air-Stable and Reconstruction-Inhibited Transition Metal Sulfide Catalysts via Tailoring Electron-Deficient Distribution for Water Oxidation 2022 ·ACS Catalysis ·Runzhe Chen, Zeyi Zhang, Zichen Wang, Wei Wu, Shaowu Du, (unknown), Haifeng Lv, Niancai Cheng	95
16	Origin of the high oxygen reduction reaction of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped MOF-derived nanocarbon electrocatalysts 2017 ·Materials Horizons ·Zhongxin Song, (unknown), Niancai Cheng, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Xia Li, Qian Sun, Biwei Xiao, Yulong Liu, Andrew Lushington, Ruying Li, (unknown), Xueliang Sun	97
17	Recent Progress on MOF-Derived Nanomaterials as Advanced Electrocatalysts in Fuel Cells 2016 ·Catalysts ·Zhongxin Song, Niancai Cheng, Andrew Lushington, Xueliang Sun	111
18	Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction breakdown → 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Niancai Cheng, Samantha Stambula, Da Wang, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Jian Liu, Adam Riese, Biwei Xiao, Ruying Li, Tsun‐Kong Sham, Limin Liu, Gianluigi A. Botton, Xueliang Sun	1765
19	Enhanced ORR activity of cobalt porphyrin co-deposited with transition metal oxides on Au and C electrodes. The ORR threshold data 2013 ·Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry ·Niancai Cheng, Robert Kütz, (unknown), Andrzej Więckowski	14
20	Highly active Pt@Au nanoparticles encapsulated in perfluorosulfonic acid for the reduction of oxygen 2011 ·Chemical Communications ·Niancai Cheng, Huaiguang Li, Guoqiang Li, Haifeng Lv, Shichun Mu, Xueliang Sun, Mu Pan	21

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