Qi Hu

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Qi Hu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qi Hu has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Water Science and Technology, 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qi Hu's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (33 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (18 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers). Qi Hu is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (33 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (18 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers). Qi Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Qi Hu's co-authors include Jianhua Qu, Ying Zhang, Dawen Gao, Xiaohong Hou, Guoli Fan, Feng Li, Lan Yang, Liang Feng, Junyu Chang and Enhui Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Qi Hu

129 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Strategy for enhanced soil lead passivation and mitigating lead toxicity to plants by biochar-based microbial agents

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Author						Papers	Cites
Qi Hu	1.8k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	789	131	4.9k
Bin Qiu	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	832 1.1×	113	5.6k
Fanghua Li	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	793 0.7×	1.5k 1.9×	111	5.5k
Meng Li	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	190	5.1k
Yian Zheng	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	473 0.4×	456 0.6×	114	5.4k
Lincheng Zhou	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	792 0.6×	473 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	93	3.8k
Shaukat Ali Mazari	836 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	876 1.1×	100	5.0k
E.C. Abdullah	2.7k 1.5×	2.3k 1.8×	2.5k 2.0×	1.1k 1.0×	849 1.1×	126	8.0k
Songlin Wang	2.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	554 0.5×	1.7k 2.1×	167	5.3k
Yuan Zhuang	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	906 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	119	4.0k
Ali Ahmadpour	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	821 0.7×	658 0.6×	761 1.0×	152	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qi Hu

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Wang, Yue, Jun Wang, Boya Zhang, et al.. (2025). Advanced biochar for accelerated and efficient pollutant removal in complex water systems. Separation and Purification Technology. 363. 132133–132133. 3 indexed citations

Cui, Kai, Xiaoli Huang, Qi Hu, et al.. (2025). Influence of saline-alkali soil properties on halophyte-derived biochar characteristics. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 117166–117166.

Yang, Zhao, Tianqi Guo, Qi Hu, et al.. (2025). How amorphous CoOx(OH)y-Pd nanocomposite endows high performance and durability in methanol oxidation reaction. Materials Today. 86. 255–266. 3 indexed citations

Jiao, You, Qihua Huo, Shuai Qi, et al.. (2024). Coordination environment-tailored electronic structure of single atomic copper sites for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction toward ammonia. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(21). 8360–8367. 37 indexed citations

Qu, Jianhua, Qiyuan Wang, Guangshan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced degradation of organic contaminant with bamboo shoot skin-based Fe/N co-doped porous hydrochar via persulfate activation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 441. 140881–140881. 17 indexed citations

Qu, Jianhua, Huiyao Li, Ziwei Li, et al.. (2024). Effective removal of Cr(VI) from water by ball milling sulfur-modified micron zero-valent iron：Influencing factors and removal mechanism. Environmental Research. 262. 119925–119925. 10 indexed citations

Qu, Jianhua, Fansong Meng, Fuxuan Bi, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen-doped porous hydrochar for enhanced chromium(VI) and bisphenol A scavenging: Synergistic effect of chemical activation and hydrothermal doping. Environmental Research. 267. 120667–120667. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Zhiwu, Qi Hu, Nanjing Zhao, et al.. (2023). Molecular insights into the sensitivity detection mechanism of fluorescent 2D Zr-BTB for 2,4-dinitrophenol. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11(31). 10738–10747. 6 indexed citations

Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Muhammad Zahid, Qi Hu, et al.. (2023). A facile approach for making superhydrophobic cotton fabric membrane for oil water separation. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 678. 132478–132478. 24 indexed citations

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Qu, Jianhua, Zhaolin Du, Lei Yue, et al.. (2023). Microwave-assisted one-pot preparation of magnetic cactus-derived hydrochar for efficient removal of lead(Ⅱ) and phenol from water: Performance and mechanism exploration. Bioresource Technology. 388. 129789–129789. 15 indexed citations

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Qu, Jianhua, Ruixin Liu, Xuewei Bi, et al.. (2023). Remediation of atrazine contaminated soil by microwave activated persulfate system: Performance, mechanism and DFT calculation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 399. 136546–136546. 70 indexed citations

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Qu, Jianhua, Qingjuan Meng, Peng Wei, et al.. (2023). Application of functionalized biochar for adsorption of organic pollutants from environmental media: Synthesis strategies, removal mechanisms and outlook. Journal of Cleaner Production. 423. 138690–138690. 80 indexed citations

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Qi, Yutong, Jun Wang, Xiaohong Hou, et al.. (2023). Multifunctional absorbents for oily pollution control and mechanistic insights with theoretical simulation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144466–144466. 36 indexed citations

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Wang, Honggang, Wentao Shi, Yanyan Liu, et al.. (2023). Dual-functional biochar-supported iron trinitrophthalocyanine for tetracycline removal. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 389. 122933–122933. 4 indexed citations

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Qu, Jianhua, Ruolin Li, Di Wang, et al.. (2023). Conversion of agricultural waste to porous hydrochar for non-metallic activation of persulfate to phenol degradation via non-radical-dominated processes: Singlet oxygen and electron transfer. Journal of Cleaner Production. 419. 138216–138216. 10 indexed citations

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Qu, Jianhua, Shuai Shi, Yuhui Li, et al.. (2023). Fe/N co-doped magnetic porous hydrochar for chromium(VI) removal in water: Adsorption performance and mechanism investigation. Bioresource Technology. 394. 130273–130273. 38 indexed citations

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Fang, Yi, et al.. (2021). Hollow MOF-derived CoNi/C composites as effective electromagnetic absorbers in the X-band and Ku-band. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(3). 983–993. 47 indexed citations

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Hu, Qi, Yi Fang, Jingjing Wang, et al.. (2019). Novel hierarchical RGO/MoS₂/K-αMnO₂ composite architectures with enhanced broadband microwave absorption performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(44). 13878–13886. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Chaochao, Yanming Xue, Zhenya Liu, et al.. (2019). Scalable exfoliation and gradable separation of boric-acid-functionalized boron nitride nanosheets. 2D Materials. 6(3). 35014–35014. 77 indexed citations

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Hu, Qi, Zhi-Qiang Fan, Anping Huang, et al.. (2019). Competitive conductive mechanism of interstitial Ag and oxygen vacancies in Ag/Ta2O5/Pt stack. Journal of Applied Physics. 126(6). 4 indexed citations

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