Qinghua Liu

32.1k total citations · 18 hit papers
514 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Qinghua Liu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qinghua Liu has authored 514 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 177 papers in Materials Chemistry and 174 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qinghua Liu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (139 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (74 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (68 papers). Qinghua Liu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (139 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (74 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (68 papers). Qinghua Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Qinghua Liu's co-authors include Shiqiang Wei, Hui Su, Zhihu Sun, Tao Yao, Weiren Cheng, Yi Xie, Xu Zhao, Fengchun Hu, Fumin Tang and Jingfu He and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Qinghua Liu

479 papers receiving 24.5k 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.

Redox flow batteries: a review

2011 1.6k citations Qinghua Liu et al. profile →
Low Overpotential in Vacancy-Rich Ultrathin CoSe₂ Nanosheets for Water Oxidation

2014 1.0k citations Qinghua Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Lattice-strained metal–organic-framework arrays for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

2019 895 citations Xu Zhao, Hui Su et al. Nature Energy profile →
Vacancy-Induced Ferromagnetism of MoS₂ Nanosheets

2015 731 citations Qinghua Liu, Fengchun Hu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Fast Photoelectron Transfer in (C_ring)–C₃N₄ Plane Heterostructural Nanosheets for Overall Water Splitting

2017 717 citations Hui Su, Qinghua Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
CoOOH Nanosheets with High Mass Activity for Water Oxidation

2015 615 citations Qinghua Liu, Fengchun Hu et al. profile →
Nickel ferrocyanide as a high-performance urea oxidation electrocatalyst

2021 577 citations Yao Zheng, Shanqing Li et al. Nature Energy profile →
Freestanding Tin Disulfide Single‐Layers Realizing Efficient Visible‐Light Water Splitting

2012 576 citations Qinghua Liu et al. profile →
Enhanced Photoexcited Carrier Separation in Oxygen‐Doped ZnIn₂S₄ Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution

2016 562 citations Qinghua Liu et al. profile →
Boosting the Kinetics and Stability of Zn Anodes in Aqueous Electrolytes with Supramolecular Cyclodextrin Additives

2022 419 citations Hui Su, Qinghua Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Identifying and tailoring C–N coupling site for efficient urea synthesis over diatomic Fe–Ni catalyst

2022 365 citations Shuowen Bo, Chen Chen et al. profile →
In-situ spectroscopic observation of dynamic-coupling oxygen on atomically dispersed iridium electrocatalyst for acidic water oxidation

2021 310 citations Hui Su, Wanlin Zhou et al. profile →
Developing Ni single-atom sites in carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production

2023 308 citations Hui Su, Qinghua Liu et al. profile →
Dynamic Reconstitution Between Copper Single Atoms and Clusters for Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis

2023 264 citations Xiaoxiao Wei, Shuowen Bo et al. profile →
In situ modulating coordination fields of single-atom cobalt catalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction

2024 167 citations Meihuan Liu, Hui Su et al. profile →
Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Essential Amino Acids from Nitric Oxide Using Atomically Dispersed Fe on N‐doped Carbon

2023 146 citations Jiahui Xian, Suisheng Li et al. profile →
Tensile straining of iridium sites in manganese oxides for proton-exchange membrane water electrolysers

2024 145 citations Hui Su, Chenyu Yang et al. profile →
Engineering triple O-Ti-O vacancy associates for efficient water-activation catalysis

2025 31 citations Qinghua Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qinghua Liu China	74	14.4k	12.2k	10.9k	3.1k	2.8k	514	24.9k
Yu Zhang China	78	13.9k 1.0×	17.1k 1.4×	11.7k 1.1×	4.8k 1.5×	3.0k 1.0×	775	31.0k
Qing Li China	92	13.8k 1.0×	16.9k 1.4×	9.9k 0.9×	4.2k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	739	30.6k
Shuhui Sun Canada	87	13.4k 0.9×	15.7k 1.3×	9.5k 0.9×	4.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	473	26.5k
Ying Yu China	79	15.2k 1.1×	12.7k 1.0×	10.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	412	25.0k
Ying Li China	87	12.5k 0.9×	9.9k 0.8×	12.7k 1.2×	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	712	27.6k
Jing Li China	73	9.5k 0.7×	9.7k 0.8×	9.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	719	23.2k
Hao Li China	80	11.6k 0.8×	8.6k 0.7×	10.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	4.0k 1.4×	749	24.7k
Wei Zhang China	86	10.7k 0.7×	16.3k 1.3×	14.6k 1.3×	6.4k 2.1×	1.8k 0.6×	911	30.6k
Gang Chen China	90	16.3k 1.1×	17.2k 1.4×	15.0k 1.4×	7.0k 2.3×	3.5k 1.2×	547	30.8k
Tao Li China	78	7.3k 0.5×	10.4k 0.8×	10.8k 1.0×	3.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	850	25.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qinghua Liu

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Feng, Pu, Jiehui Li, Leihuan Mu, et al.. (2025). PP/PE two-component rGO-non-woven Janus solar evaporators with self-floating and wetting gradients promote efficient and continuous seawater desalination through one-way water transport. Separation and Purification Technology. 363. 132118–132118. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, Hui Liu, Qinghua Liu, et al.. (2025). Research progress on the application of aerogels in atmospheric water harvesting. Separation and Purification Technology. 363. 132074–132074. 17 indexed citations

Song, Wei, Yuyan Huang, Li Zhao, et al.. (2025). Development of an alginate-based bioink with enhanced hemostatic and antibacterial properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 302. 140549–140549.

Liang, Jing, Yuanyuan Zhao, Chenyu Yang, et al.. (2025). Dual-Site Cobalt-Doped RuO ₂ /TiO ₂ Electrocatalyst Enables Stable and Cost-Efficient Acidic Oxygen Evolution for PEM Water Electrolysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(43). 39781–39795. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Hongtao, Tao Jiang, Changgui Xu, et al.. (2024). Decoding the complex fluvial-lacustrine sedimentary interactions: Insights from the Neogene Guantao Formation in the Bohai Bay Basin and Modern Poyang Lake, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 168. 107007–107007. 2 indexed citations

Li, Baojie, Wanlin Zhou, Xuan Sun, et al.. (2024). Regulating the evolution of interfacial species via B, N-codoped Pt sites for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155311–155311. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuhao, Xiuxiu Zhang, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2024). In-situ transcribed local coordinations from CoP nanorods pre-catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Nano Energy. 132. 110414–110414. 10 indexed citations

Pan, Yuping, Yuqin Zou, Chongyang Ma, et al.. (2024). Electrocatalytic Coupling of Nitrate and Formaldehyde for Hexamethylenetetramine Synthesis via C–N Bond Construction and Ring Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(28). 19572–19579. 30 indexed citations

He, Yuanqing, Xu Zeng, Qizheng An, et al.. (2024). Aqueous Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation Depolymerization of Lignin β-O-4 Linkage via Selective C_aryl–O(C) Bond Cleavage: The Regulation of Adsorption. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(46). 32022–32031. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Can, Donglai Zhong, Weichen Wang, et al.. (2024). Strain-Induced Performance Variation in Stretchable Carbon-Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors and the Solution Through a Circular Channel Design. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 71(5). 3411–3416. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Qinghua, et al.. (2023). Temperature instantaneous online monitoring methods of thermal runaway based on electrode process principle. Surfaces and Interfaces. 42. 103326–103326. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Chenyu, Xiuxiu Zhang, Qizheng An, et al.. (2023). Dynamically-evolved surface heterojunction in iridium nanocrystals boosting acidic oxygen evolution and overall water splitting. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 78. 374–380. 44 indexed citations

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He, Jinmei, Jiehui Li, Qinghua Liu, et al.. (2023). Eco-friendly and multifunctional superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic materials with adsorption, photodegradation and oil-water separation properties. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 681. 132786–132786. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Weiwei, et al.. (2023). Development of a 1-step TaqMan real-time PCR method for detection of the Bovine Group A Rotavirus. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 107(4). 116081–116081. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Qinghua, et al.. (2023). Preparation of ZSM-5 molecular sieve modified by kaolin and its CO2 adsorption performance investigation. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 360. 112678–112678. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Ligang, Hui Su, Zhuang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Co−Co Dinuclear Active Sites Dispersed on Zirconium‐doped Heterostructured Co₉S₈/Co₃O₄ for High‐current‐density and Durable Acidic Oxygen Evolution. Angewandte Chemie. 135(49). 7 indexed citations

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Qiu, Mengyi, Xiaorong Zhu, Shuowen Bo, et al.. (2023). Boosting Electrocatalytic Urea Production via Promoting Asymmetric C–N Coupling. CCS Chemistry. 5(11). 2617–2627. 65 indexed citations

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Xian, Jiahui, Suisheng Li, Hui Su, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Essential Amino Acids from Nitric Oxide Using Atomically Dispersed Fe on N‐doped Carbon. Angewandte Chemie. 135(26). 5 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yao, Shanqing Li, Hui Su, et al.. (2021). Nickel ferrocyanide as a high-performance urea oxidation electrocatalyst. Nature Energy. 6(9). 904–912. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Qinghua, Xueyao Zhou, Linsen Zhou, et al.. (2018). Constructing High-Dimensional Neural Network Potential Energy Surfaces for Gas–Surface Scattering and Reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(3). 1761–1769. 80 indexed citations

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