Niankai Fu

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Niankai Fu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Niankai Fu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Niankai Fu's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (15 papers). Niankai Fu is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (15 papers). Niankai Fu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Niankai Fu's co-authors include Song Lin, Gregory S. Sauer, Juno C. Siu, Sanzhong Luo, Ambarneil Saha, Aaron Loo, Liubo Li, Song Lu, Longji Li and Jin‐Pei Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Niankai Fu

46 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Catalyzing Electrosynthesis: A Homogeneous Electrocatalyt... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2020 2017 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Catalyzing Electrosynthesis: A Homogeneous Electrocatalytic Approach to Reaction Discovery
    2020 623 citations Juno C. Siu, Niankai Fu et al. profile →
  2. Metal-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of alkenes
    2017 606 citations Niankai Fu, Gregory S. Sauer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Niankai Fu China 28 3.6k 644 633 407 189 53 3.9k
Shengchun Wang China 33 2.9k 0.8× 459 0.7× 450 0.7× 381 0.9× 132 0.7× 82 3.5k
Tjark H. Meyer Germany 22 3.3k 0.9× 535 0.8× 499 0.8× 184 0.5× 169 0.9× 26 3.6k
Youai Qiu China 40 4.3k 1.2× 807 1.3× 760 1.2× 404 1.0× 147 0.8× 111 5.0k
Ke‐Yin Ye China 32 3.1k 0.9× 317 0.5× 839 1.3× 379 0.9× 53 0.3× 103 3.4k
Brandon R. Rosen United States 10 2.0k 0.6× 384 0.6× 243 0.4× 103 0.3× 178 0.9× 20 2.3k
Corinne Gosmini France 37 4.0k 1.1× 194 0.3× 761 1.2× 213 0.5× 87 0.5× 102 4.3k
Jack Twilton United States 10 4.4k 1.2× 920 1.4× 411 0.6× 546 1.3× 61 0.3× 11 5.0k
Joshua P. Barham Germany 27 2.0k 0.6× 489 0.8× 229 0.4× 228 0.6× 53 0.3× 54 2.3k
Meng Gao China 22 2.3k 0.6× 325 0.5× 349 0.6× 114 0.3× 131 0.7× 47 2.7k
Jinjian Liu United States 7 1.4k 0.4× 422 0.7× 176 0.3× 142 0.3× 123 0.7× 7 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niankai Fu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yao, Yan & Niankai Fu. (2025). Recent Advances in Electrophotochemical Transition Metal Catalysis. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(6). 1819–1819.
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Chai, Minqiang, et al.. (2025). Dual transition metal electrocatalysis for difluoromethylation of Aryl halides using potassium difluoroacetate. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10734–10734.
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Fu, Niankai, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric cyanoesterification of vinylarenes by electrochemical copper catalysis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6767–6767.
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Du, Kai, Yifan Chen, Zihan He, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances on Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical Couplings. CCS Chemistry. 8(3). 1204–1225.
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Wang, Yukang, Yan Yao, & Niankai Fu. (2024). Electrophotochemical metal-catalyzed synthesis of alkylnitriles from simple aliphatic carboxylic acids. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 20. 1497–1503.
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Tang, Daojian, Lei Wu, Liubo Li, et al.. (2024). A controlled non-radical chlorine activation pathway on hematite photoanodes for efficient oxidative chlorination reactions. Chemical Science. 15(8). 3018–3027. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Liubo, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical Nickel‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(22). e202403475–e202403475. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Weixiang, et al.. (2024). Dual transition metal electrocatalysis enables selective C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond cleavage and arylation of cyclic alcohols. Chemical Communications. 60(82). 11714–11717. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Liubo & Niankai Fu. (2023). Electrochemical N-heteroarene carboxylation: Reactor-dependent site selectivity. Chem. 9(3). 556–558. 7 indexed citations
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Lu, Song, et al.. (2021). Reaching the Full Potential of Electroorganic Synthesis by Paired Electrolysis. The Chemical Record. 21(9). 2574–2584. 68 indexed citations
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Lu, Song, Niankai Fu, Brian G. Ernst, et al.. (2020). Dual electrocatalysis enables enantioselective hydrocyanation of conjugated alkenes. Nature Chemistry. 12(8). 747–754. 235 indexed citations
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Wang, Yukang, et al.. (2020). Harnessing Radical Chemistry via Electrochemical Transition Metal Catalysis. iScience. 23(12). 101796–101796. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Longji, Yao Li, Niankai Fu, Long Zhang, & Sanzhong Luo. (2020). Catalytic Asymmetric Electrochemical α‐Arylation of Cyclic β‐Ketocarbonyls with Anodic Benzyne Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(34). 14347–14351. 103 indexed citations
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Siu, Juno C., Gregory S. Sauer, Ambarneil Saha, et al.. (2018). Electrochemical Azidooxygenation of Alkenes Mediated by a TEMPO–N3 Charge-Transfer Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(39). 12511–12520. 165 indexed citations
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Fu, Niankai, Gregory S. Sauer, & Song Lin. (2018). A general, electrocatalytic approach to the synthesis of vicinal diamines. Nature Protocols. 13(8). 1725–1743. 53 indexed citations
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Ye, Ke‐Yin, Zhidong Song, Gregory S. Sauer, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of Chlorotrifluoromethylated Pyrrolidines by Electrocatalytic Radical Ene‐Yne Cyclization. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(47). 12274–12279. 81 indexed citations
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Fu, Niankai, Long Zhang, Sanzhong Luo, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2013). Chiral Primary‐Amine‐Catalyzed Conjugate Addition to α‐Substituted Vinyl Ketones/Aldehydes: Divergent Stereocontrol Modes on Enamine Protonation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(46). 15669–15681. 27 indexed citations
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Fu, Niankai, Long Zhang, Jiuyuan Li, Sanzhong Luo, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2011). Chiral Primary Amine Catalyzed Enantioselective Protonation via an Enamine Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(48). 11451–11455. 73 indexed citations

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