Ran Niu

5.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
132 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ran Niu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Niu has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ran Niu's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (47 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (22 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (22 papers). Ran Niu is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (47 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (22 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (22 papers). Ran Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ran Niu's co-authors include Jiang Gong, Tao Tang, Liangyan Hao, Panpan He, Huiying Bai, Jiaxin Ren, Ning Liu, Zifen Fan, Jinping Qu and Ling Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ran Niu

122 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Bio‐Inspired Sandwich‐Structured All‐Day‐Round Solar Evaporator for Synergistic Clean Water and Electricity Generation

2023 230 citations Ran Niu, Jiaxin Ren et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
Hofmeister effect mediated hydrogel evaporator for simultaneous solar evaporation and thermoelectric power generation

2023 118 citations Jiaxin Ren, Ling Chen et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Transforming waste polyester into porous carbon polyhedron for interfacial solar steam and hydrovoltaic electricity co-generation

2024 93 citations Huajian Liu, Lijie Liu et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
All‐In‐One Carbon Foam Evaporators for Efficient Co‐Generation of Freshwater and Electricity

2025 37 citations Guixin Hu, Huajian Liu et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Niu China	36	2.5k	1.4k	692	687	637	132	4.2k
Wen Shi China	25	3.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	386 0.6×	839 1.2×	841 1.3×	59	4.9k
Amy Marconnet United States	27	2.0k 0.8×	865 0.6×	2.0k 3.0×	878 1.3×	764 1.2×	119	4.8k
Le Shi China	28	4.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	1.4k 2.1×	804 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	72	5.9k
Guobin Xue China	28	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	661 1.0×	550 0.8×	1.5k 2.3×	49	4.5k
Weixin Guan United States	27	2.1k 0.8×	716 0.5×	845 1.2×	688 1.0×	476 0.7×	48	3.2k
Hadi Ghasemi United States	35	3.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	1.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	79	6.4k
Jinlei Li China	32	4.2k 1.7×	2.0k 1.5×	428 0.6×	672 1.0×	514 0.8×	48	6.8k
Van‐Duong Dao Vietnam	40	3.8k 1.5×	966 0.7×	2.0k 2.9×	294 0.4×	468 0.7×	195	5.3k
Xuejiao Hu China	34	1.2k 0.5×	825 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	607 0.9×	971 1.5×	101	3.7k
Yusuf Shi Saudi Arabia	28	3.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.6×	392 0.6×	954 1.4×	849 1.3×	36	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Niu

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Wang, Huina, Qianqian Li, Kai Feng, et al.. (2025). Solar-driven pump for simultaneous lithium capture and freshwater generation from salt-lake brine. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 254. 299–306. 1 indexed citations

Li, Qianqian, et al.. (2024). Facile synthesis of dual-functional ZIF-8-based evaporators towards high-performance in seawater desalination and uranium extraction. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113580–113580. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Zhipeng, Kai Feng, Xinle Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced uranium extraction using a nanostructured photothermal hydrogel membrane. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155423–155423. 10 indexed citations

Fan, Zifen, Jie Liu, Huajian Liu, et al.. (2024). Synergism of solar-driven interfacial evaporation and photo-Fenton Cr(VI) reduction by sustainable Bi-MOF-based evaporator from waste polyester. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 94. 527–540. 43 indexed citations

Wen, Xueying, Huiyue Wang, Huajian Liu, et al.. (2024). Catalytic upcycling of silicone rubber by AlCl3 at low temperature. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 232. 111117–111117.

Niu, Ran, Guang Zhang, Lingli Mu, et al.. (2024). Scientific Objectives and Suggestions on Landing Site Selection of Manned Lunar Exploration Engineering. 7(1). 37–50. 4 indexed citations

Dong, Zhiyue, et al.. (2024). Green synthesis of luminescent La‐MOF nanoparticle from waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) for high‐performance in Fe(III) detection. Rare Metals. 43(8). 3833–3843. 21 indexed citations

Fu, Linhui, Kai Feng, Qianqian Li, et al.. (2024). Ion-exchange induced multiple effects to promote uranium uptake from nonmarine water by micromotors. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136464–136464. 21 indexed citations

Liu, Lijie, Huajian Liu, Zifen Fan, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation and Photo‐Fenton Oxidation by Semiconducting Metal–Organic Framework From Waste Polyimide. Energy & environment materials. 8(2). 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Dongrun, Yue Long, Xuan‐Wen Gao, et al.. (2024). Single Crystal Sodium Layered Oxide Achieves Superior Cyclability at High Voltage. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(13). 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Huajian, Lijie Liu, Zifen Fan, et al.. (2024). Transforming waste polyester into porous carbon polyhedron for interfacial solar steam and hydrovoltaic electricity co-generation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149690–149690. 93 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Guixin, Huiyue Wang, Huajian Liu, et al.. (2024). Green conversion of waste polyester into few-layer graphene for interfacial solar-driven evaporation and hydroelectric electricity generation. Journal of Cleaner Production. 478. 143960–143960. 21 indexed citations

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Feng, Kai, Bingkun Bao, Jing Chen, et al.. (2024). Biohybrid Nanorobots Carrying Glycoengineered Extracellular Vesicles Promote Diabetic Wound Repair through Dual‐Enhanced Cell and Tissue Penetration. Advanced Science. 11(31). e2404456–e2404456. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Lu, Yu Song, Yuanbin She, et al.. (2023). Functional upcycling of waste polyester into Cr-MOF towards synergistic interfacial solar evaporation and organic pollutant degradation. Materials Today Sustainability. 24. 100561–100561. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Zhuolin, Zhigang Liu, Yu Fang, et al.. (2023). Bio-based Polylactic acid/Polyurethane blends with good recyclability and excellent shape stability for solar thermal energy storage. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 258. 112406–112406. 7 indexed citations

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Niu, Ran, et al.. (2023). Writing Into Water. Small. 19(49). e2303741–e2303741. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhongqiu, et al.. (2021). Physical and numerical simulation of mixed columnar-equiaxed solidification during cold strip feeding in continuous casting. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 173. 121237–121237. 38 indexed citations

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Niu, Ran, Neil Y. C. Lin, Abhishek Shetty, et al.. (2020). Stress decomposition in LAOS of dense colloidal suspensions. Journal of Rheology. 64(2). 343–351. 22 indexed citations

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Niu, Ran, et al.. (2017). Numerical Simulation of Counter Flow Natural Draft Wet Cooling Tower with Flue Gas Injection. Journal of Northeastern University. 38(6). 819. 1 indexed citations

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Niu, Ran & Mikhail Skliar. (2012). Ultrasound phased array control of thermal dose: High efficient constrained MPC. Chinese Control Conference. 4102–4107. 1 indexed citations

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