Penghui Du

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Penghui Du is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Penghui Du has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Water Science and Technology, 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 12 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Penghui Du's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (19 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers). Penghui Du is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (19 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers). Penghui Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Penghui Du's co-authors include Wen Liu, Ching‐Hua Huang, Juhee Kim, He Zhao, Long Chen, Jun Duan, Weiliang Sun, Bo Lai, Haodong Ji and Jie Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Penghui Du

45 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Accurate identification of radicals by in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance in ultraviolet-based homogenous advanced oxidation processes

2022 509 citations Long Chen, Jun Duan et al. Water Research profile →
Advanced Oxidation Process with Peracetic Acid and Fe(II) for Contaminant Degradation

2019 463 citations Juhee Kim, Tianqi Zhang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Cobalt/Peracetic Acid: Advanced Oxidation of Aromatic Organic Compounds by Acetylperoxyl Radicals

2020 345 citations Juhee Kim, Penghui Du et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Penghui Du China	29	2.0k	1.9k	1.4k	873	536	49	4.0k
Long Chen China	36	2.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	747 1.4×	97	4.8k
Bo Jiang China	31	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 2.1×	114	4.9k
Patrício Peralta-Zamora Brazil	31	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	639 0.7×	578 1.1×	152	4.5k
Kai Yin China	29	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	916 0.6×	666 0.8×	495 0.9×	45	3.1k
Huiping Deng China	34	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	605 0.7×	559 1.0×	83	3.4k
Jingyao Qi China	37	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	950 1.1×	818 1.5×	89	4.0k
Jianmeng Chen China	40	2.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	920 1.1×	915 1.7×	114	5.4k
Sandra Contreras Spain	34	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	997 0.7×	843 1.0×	346 0.6×	74	4.1k
Jinquan Wan China	45	2.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	535 1.0×	139	5.4k
Hongguang Guo China	32	2.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	324 0.6×	70	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Penghui Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Penghui Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Penghui Du

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Du, Penghui, et al.. (2026). Source-dependent composition and reactivity of effluent organic matter regulating disinfection byproduct formation and cytotoxicity. Water Research. 293. 125446–125446.

Atkins, Jeff W., Donald L. Hagan, Barbara J. Campbell, et al.. (2025). Postfire Biogeochemical Processes: Implications to Source Water Quality in Fire-Influenced Watersheds. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(29). 14767–14779.

Du, Penghui, Wen Liu, Qiang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Transformation of dissolved organic matter during UV/peracetic acid treatment. Water Research. 232. 119676–119676. 41 indexed citations

Huang, Xianwei, et al.. (2023). Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal microRNA regulates microglial polarization. PeerJ. 11. e16359–e16359. 1 indexed citations

Dai, Qin, Guangfei Yu, Juanjuan Qi, et al.. (2023). Ternary Co…Ov…Cu sites trigger Co-utilization of endogenous electron donor-acceptor for sustainable removal of refractory low-carbon fatty amines in Fenton-like system. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 340. 123184–123184. 27 indexed citations

Wang, Lidong, Yanan Wang, Zhixiang Wang, et al.. (2023). Proton transfer triggered in-situ construction of C=N active site to activate PMS for efficient autocatalytic degradation of low-carbon fatty amine. Water Research. 240. 120119–120119. 30 indexed citations

Du, Penghui, Junjian Wang, Guodong Sun, Long Chen, & Wen Liu. (2022). Hydrogen atom abstraction mechanism for organic compound oxidation by acetylperoxyl radical in Co(II)/peracetic acid activation system. Water Research. 212. 118113–118113. 100 indexed citations

Chen, Long, Jun Duan, Penghui Du, et al.. (2022). Accurate identification of radicals by in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance in ultraviolet-based homogenous advanced oxidation processes. Water Research. 221. 118747–118747. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

Huang, Xianwei, et al.. (2021). Maternally expressed 3 protects the intestinal barrier from cardiac arrest-induced ischemia/reperfusion injury via miR-34a-3p/sirtuin 1/nuclear factor kappa B signaling. Annals of Translational Medicine. 9(2). 122–122. 3 indexed citations

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Kim, Juhee, Penghui Du, Wen Liu, et al.. (2020). Cobalt/Peracetic Acid: Advanced Oxidation of Aromatic Organic Compounds by Acetylperoxyl Radicals. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(8). 5268–5278. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pan, Fei, Haodong Ji, Penghui Du, et al.. (2020). Insights into catalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate for carbamazepine degradation by MnO2 nanoparticles in-situ anchored titanate nanotubes: Mechanism, ecotoxicity and DFT study. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 402. 123779–123779. 196 indexed citations

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Kim, Juhee, et al.. (2019). Advanced Oxidation Process with Peracetic Acid and Fe(II) for Contaminant Degradation. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(22). 13312–13322. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ji, Haodong, Penghui Du, Dongye Zhao, et al.. (2019). 2D/1D graphitic carbon nitride/titanate nanotubes heterostructure for efficient photocatalysis of sulfamethazine under solar light: Catalytic “hot spots” at the rutile–anatase–titanate interfaces. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 263. 118357–118357. 278 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhengqing, Xiaodi Hao, Xianbo Sun, et al.. (2019). Highly active WO3@anatase-SiO2 aerogel for solar-light-driven phenanthrene degradation: Mechanism insight and toxicity assessment. Water Research. 162. 369–382. 312 indexed citations

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Du, Penghui, Wen Liu, Hongbin Cao, He Zhao, & Ching‐Hua Huang. (2018). Oxidation of amino acids by peracetic acid: Reaction kinetics, pathways and theoretical calculations. Water Research X. 1. 100002–100002. 113 indexed citations

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Zhao, He, Di Zhang, Qin Dai, et al.. (2017). Chloro-benquinone Modified on Graphene Oxide as Metal-free Catalyst: Strong Promotion of Hydroxyl Radical and Generation of Ultra-Small Graphene Oxide. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42643–42643. 20 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiao, Penghui Du, Zhengqing Cai, et al.. (2017). Photocatalysis of bisphenol A by an easy-settling titania/titanate composite: Effects of water chemistry factors, degradation pathway and theoretical calculation. Environmental Pollution. 232. 580–590. 124 indexed citations

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Du, Penghui, He Zhao, Chenming Liu, Qingguo Huang, & Hongbin Cao. (2016). Transformation and products of captopril with humic constituents during laccase-catalyzed oxidation: Role of reactive intermediates. Water Research. 106. 488–495. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, He Zhao, Zhuangjun Fan, et al.. (2015). A Highly Sensitive and Selective Hydrogen Peroxide Biosensor Based on Gold Nanoparticles and Three-Dimensional Porous Carbonized Chicken Eggshell Membrane. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130156–e0130156. 33 indexed citations

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Zhao, He, Di Zhang, Penghui Du, et al.. (2015). A combination of electro-enzymatic catalysis and electrocoagulation for the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals from water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 297. 269–277. 40 indexed citations

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