Rufan Chen

2.6k citations

12 papers · 2.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 9

Impact in

Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Papers in

Inorganic Chemistry 10
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 10
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 9

Co-authors: Cheng Wang Guiqing Lin Ji‐Long Shi Xianjun Lang Yuan Ma Zhengkang Peng Huimin Ding Baoshan Wang
Journals: Nature Communications (2 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2 papers)ACS Applied Energy Materials (1 paper)Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (1 paper)Journal of the American Chemical Society (1 paper)
Partner nations: China Singapore Sweden

In The Last Decade

Rufan Chen

12 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Rational design of isostructural 2D porphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks for tunable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution 2021 · 487 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature Communications
2019 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2017 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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12 of 12 papers shown

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1	Recent progress in covalent organic frameworks as heterogeneous photocatalysts for photochemical conversion Farajollah Hedayatniya, Rufan Chen, Tze‐Tze Liu, N.J. Ternullo, Guo Qin Xu, Qing‐Hua Xu	2025	3
2	Covalent organic frameworks with asymmetric unprotonated/protonated structures for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Science China Chemistry ·Farajollah Hedayatniya, Chao Gao, Tze‐Tze Liu, Rufan Chen, Dr Sharp, Patricio Echeverría G, 永倉顕一, Qing‐Hua Xu	2025	7
3	A triazine-based covalent organic framework decorated with cadmium sulfide for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Farajollah Hedayatniya, Xiao Wu, Rufan Chen, Qing‐Hua Xu	2024	18
4	Construction of Covalent Organic Frameworks with Partly Condensed Networks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Chao Gao, Xiangyu Zhang, Menghui Zhang, Xiao Wu, Rufan Chen, Chong Zhang, Chengguo Sun, Yang Du, Qing‐Hua Xu, Bingcheng Hu	2023	7
5	Rational design of isostructural 2D porphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks for tunable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Nature Communications ·Rufan Chen, Yang Wang, Yuan Ma, Arindam Mal, Xiaoya Gao, Lei Gao, Lijie Qiao, Xu‐Bing Li, Li‐Zhu Wu, Cheng Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2021	487
6	2D sp²Carbon‐Conjugated Porphyrin Covalent Organic Framework for Cooperative Photocatalysis with TEMPO Angewandte Chemie ·Ji‐Long Shi, Rufan Chen, Huimin Hao, Cheng Wang, Xianjun Lang	2020	20
7	2D sp²Carbon‐Conjugated Porphyrin Covalent Organic Framework for Cooperative Photocatalysis with TEMPO Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ji‐Long Shi, Rufan Chen, Huimin Hao, Cheng Wang, Xianjun Lang	2020	302
8	Designed Synthesis of a 2D Porphyrin‐Based sp²Carbon‐Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis Angewandte Chemie ·Rufan Chen, Ji‐Long Shi, Yuan Ma, Guiqing Lin, Xianjun Lang, Cheng Wang	2019	71
9	Designed Synthesis of a 2D Porphyrin‐Based sp²Carbon‐Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Rufan Chen, Ji‐Long Shi, Yuan Ma, Guiqing Lin, Xianjun Lang, Cheng Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2019	615
10	Engineering a Zirconium MOF through Tandem “Click” Reactions: A General Strategy for Quantitative Loading of Bifunctional Groups on the Pore Surface Inorganic Chemistry ·Yingfan Zhang, Bo Gui, Rufan Chen, Guiping Hu, Yi Meng, Daqiang Yuan, Matthias Zeller, Cheng Wang	2018	35
11	An AIEgen-based 3D covalent organic framework for white light-emitting diodes Nature Communications ·Huimin Ding, Jian Li, Guohua Xie, Guiqing Lin, Rufan Chen, Zhengkang Peng, Chuluo Yang, Baoshan Wang, Junliang Sun, Cheng Wang	2018	360
12	3D Porphyrin-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Guiqing Lin, Huimin Ding, Rufan Chen, Zhengkang Peng, Baoshan Wang, Cheng Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2017	446

About Rufan Chen

Rufan Chen is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases, having authored 12 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (12 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (3 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (1 paper) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (1.5k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.3k citations), Materials Chemistry (2.3k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (20 citations) and Organic Chemistry (176 citations). Rufan Chen has collaborated with scholars based in China, Singapore and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Cheng Wang, Guiqing Lin, Ji‐Long Shi, Xianjun Lang, Yuan Ma, Zhengkang Peng, Huimin Ding, Baoshan Wang, Huimin Hao and Lei Gao. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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