Pengfei Cheng

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Pengfei Cheng is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengfei Cheng has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pengfei Cheng's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (33 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (15 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers). Pengfei Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (33 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (15 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers). Pengfei Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Pengfei Cheng's co-authors include Roger Ruan, Paul Chen, Shuhao Huo, Dongjie Chen, Dong Wang, Peter Schaaf, Nan Zhou, Yuhuan Liu, Renchuan Zhang and Yanling Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Pengfei Cheng

87 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants using TiO2-based photocatalysts: A review

2020 1.3k citations Pengfei Cheng, Roger Ruan et al. profile →
Microalgae-based wastewater treatment for nutrients recovery: A review

2019 507 citations Pengfei Cheng, Roger Ruan et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengfei Cheng China	29	3.0k	1.3k	755	565	346	95	4.2k
Shuhao Huo China	27	2.3k 0.8×	845 0.7×	411 0.5×	673 1.2×	290 0.8×	114	3.6k
Fan Mo China	28	1.4k 0.5×	819 0.6×	559 0.7×	827 1.5×	373 1.1×	117	3.1k
Ke Dai China	36	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.7×	463 0.8×	388 1.1×	98	4.3k
Qiming Xian China	43	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	854 1.1×	485 0.9×	862 2.5×	116	5.4k
Guocheng Huang China	35	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	582 0.8×	444 0.8×	654 1.9×	77	3.4k
Kai Yu China	30	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	657 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	655 1.9×	63	3.6k
Qin Zhou China	42	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	899 1.2×	706 1.2×	930 2.7×	151	5.2k
Zhongbo Wei China	33	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	616 0.8×	416 0.7×	614 1.8×	77	3.2k
Yingping Huang China	34	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	897 1.2×	585 1.0×	1.2k 3.3×	124	4.3k
Nianbing Zhong China	34	1.2k 0.4×	652 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	757 1.3×	688 2.0×	143	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Pengfei Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pengfei Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengfei Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pengfei Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pengfei Cheng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pengfei Cheng. Pengfei Cheng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, Pengfei, Weiming Song, Xuyan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Controllable fabrications of multicore-shell Au@ZnO nanostructures for plasmonic photocatalysis. Optical Materials. 162. 116898–116898. 1 indexed citations

Qiu, Xiaoting, et al.. (2025). Physiological characteristics of microalgae in response to glyphosate and tetracycline regulated by exogenous melatonin. Algal Research. 89. 104081–104081.

Li, S., Pengfei Cheng, Juntao Li, et al.. (2025). Polycation Engineering in Polymeric Metal Halides Enables Tunable and Multicolor Emission from Single Transition‐Metals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(36). e202502210–e202502210. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Honglei, Yifan Bo, Hongguang Wang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Photothermal Conversion through 2D/0D Nano-Heterojunction Engineering for Highly Efficient Solar Desalination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(29). 25750–25760. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Pengfei, Juan Cheng, Junliang Chen, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by biochar and biochar-mineral composites in the dry system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 203. 207047–207047. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Feifei, Kang Chen, Xiaohui Li, et al.. (2024). Effect of phytohormone on proliferation and accumulation of cellular metabolites of microalgae Isochrysis zhanjiangensis. Bioresource Technology. 410. 131299–131299. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhujun, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of NADPH oxidase genes in response to biotic and abiotic stresses, and during alternating heteromorphic generations in Pyropia haitanensis. Algal Research. 83. 103696–103696. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Pengfei, Malte Klingenhof, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Synergizing Plasmonic Local Heating and 3D Nanostructures to Boost the Solar‐to‐Vapor Efficiency Beyond 100%. Advanced Materials. 37(5). e2415655–e2415655. 18 indexed citations

Cheng, Pengfei, Dong Wang, & Peter Schaaf. (2024). Simple and sustainable electric power generation by free evaporation of liquids from the surface of a conventional thermoelectric generator. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 8(21). 4956–4961. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Chun, Baosheng Ge, Xuezhi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Effect of heavy metals in aquaculture water on the growth of microalgae and their migration mechanism in algae-shellfish system. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145274–145274. 16 indexed citations

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Shan, Shengzhou, A. Y. Manyakhin, Chun Wang, et al.. (2023). Mixotrophy, a more promising culture mode: Multi-faceted elaboration of carbon and energy metabolism mechanisms to optimize microalgae culture. Bioresource Technology. 386. 129512–129512. 41 indexed citations

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Luo, Wenjun, Pengfei Cheng, Dong Wang, et al.. (2023). High performance photothermal carbon nanotubes/nanostructured hydrogel for solar electricity production and solar water sterilization. Applied Surface Science. 643. 158680–158680. 26 indexed citations

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Cheng, Pengfei, Yuanwu Liu, Mario Ziegler, et al.. (2022). Improving Silicon Photocathode Performance for Water Reduction through Dual Interface Engineering and Integrating ReS₂ Photocatalyst. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(7). 8222–8231. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qingwei, Shaoqiang Su, Pengfei Cheng, et al.. (2020). Vertically conductive MoS₂ pyramids with a high density of active edge sites for efficient hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(9). 3017–3022. 24 indexed citations

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Cheng, Pengfei, Yuan Chen, Qingwei Zhou, et al.. (2019). Core–Shell MoS₂@CoO Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting in Neural and Alkaline Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(10). 5833–5839. 49 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qingwei, Pengfei Cheng, Shaoqiang Su, et al.. (2019). Nickel-iron selenide polyhedral nanocrystal with optimized surface morphology as a high-performance bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Applied Surface Science. 488. 326–334. 52 indexed citations

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Cheng, Pengfei, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of estrogen contamination in organic fertilizers derived from livestock manures.. 36(5). 673–678. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qingwei, Shaoqiang Su, Pengfei Cheng, et al.. (2018). Robust ferromagnetism in zigzag-edge rich MoS₂ pyramids. Nanoscale. 10(24). 11578–11584. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Xi, Qingwei Zhou, Chengyan Wen, et al.. (2018). Magnetically Recyclable MoS₂/Fe₃O₄ Hybrid Composite as Visible Light Responsive Photocatalyst with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(1). 1673–1682. 93 indexed citations

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Cheng, Pengfei, Qingwei Zhou, Shaoqiang Su, et al.. (2018). Transparent Glass with the Growth of Pyramid-Type MoS₂ for Highly Efficient Water Disinfection under Visible-Light Irradiation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(28). 23444–23450. 55 indexed citations

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