Rui Kai Miao

6.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
74 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Rui Kai Miao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Kai Miao has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rui Kai Miao's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (35 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (17 papers). Rui Kai Miao is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (35 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (17 papers). Rui Kai Miao collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Rui Kai Miao's co-authors include Edward H. Sargent, David Sinton, Jianan Erick Huang, Shijie Liu, Adnan Ozden, Colin P. O’Brien, Yi Xu, Xue Wang, Geonhui Lee and F. Pelayo Garcı́a de Arquer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rui Kai Miao

66 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

CO ₂ electrolysis to multicarbon products in strong acid

2021 1.0k citations Jianan Erick Huang, Fengwang Li et al. profile →
Self-Cleaning CO₂ Reduction Systems: Unsteady Electrochemical Forcing Enables Stability

2021 290 citations Yi Xu, Jonathan P. Edwards et al. profile →
Carbon-efficient carbon dioxide electrolysers

2022 226 citations Adnan Ozden, Jianan Erick Huang et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Efficient electrosynthesis of n-propanol from carbon monoxide using a Ag–Ru–Cu catalyst

2022 225 citations Xue Wang, Pengfei Ou et al. profile →
Doping Shortens the Metal/Metal Distance and Promotes OH Coverage in Non-Noble Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts

2023 218 citations Pengfei Ou, Rui Kai Miao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

2023 210 citations Byoung‐Hoon Lee, Heejong Shin et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products in strong acid by controlling the catalyst microenvironment

2023 205 citations Yong Zhao, Long Hao et al. Nature Synthesis profile →
Strong‐Proton‐Adsorption Co‐Based Electrocatalysts Achieve Active and Stable Neutral Seawater Splitting

2023 158 citations Pengfei Ou, Sung‐Fu Hung et al. profile →
CO₂ Electrolyzers

2024 151 citations Colin P. O’Brien, Rui Kai Miao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rui Kai Miao China	26	4.0k	2.1k	1.8k	963	684	74	4.6k
Danielle A. Salvatore Canada	20	4.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	930 1.0×	751 1.1×	23	5.0k
Fei‐Yue Gao China	32	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	344 0.5×	53	4.7k
Hengpan Yang China	41	5.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	1.9k 2.0×	463 0.7×	111	6.3k
Zishan Wu United States	28	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	370 0.5×	43	4.8k
Wen Ju Germany	26	7.2k 1.8×	3.1k 1.5×	2.7k 1.6×	2.3k 2.4×	800 1.2×	38	7.6k
Peilin Deng China	35	3.7k 0.9×	991 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	209 0.3×	90	4.3k
Genxiang Wang China	30	3.1k 0.8×	884 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	257 0.4×	52	4.0k
Bingbao Mei China	37	3.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.2k 2.2×	204 0.3×	81	4.6k
Huishan Shang China	32	3.3k 0.8×	860 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.9×	176 0.3×	75	4.2k
Chenliang Ye China	34	3.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	2.3k 2.3×	141 0.2×	72	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Kai Miao

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Chen, Yuanjun, Xinyue Wang, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2025). Electrified synthesis of n-propanol using a dilute alloy catalyst. Nature Catalysis. 8(3). 239–247. 13 indexed citations

Shin, Heejong, Jianan Erick Huang, Hengzhou Liu, et al.. (2025). Electrolysis of ethylene to ethylene glycol paired with acidic CO₂-to-CO conversion. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(18). 8600–8607. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Cai, Qiyou Wang, Jiexin Zhu, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Activation of Edge-Hosted Co–N₄ Sites for Energy-Efficient Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction at Industry-Level Current Density. ACS Catalysis. 15(10). 8540–8550. 2 indexed citations

Vafaie, Maral, Roham Dorakhan, Amin Morteza Najarian, et al.. (2025). Direct Electrosynthesis of C ₃₊ Hydrocarbons from CO ₂ via Size-Controlled Nickel Nanoislands on a Carbon Support. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(44). 40454–40465.

Huang, Run, Rui Kai Miao, Yusong Pan, et al.. (2025). Cancer-specific targeting core–shell nanoparticles with magnetic resonance imaging function: Realizing efficient chemo-photothermal synergistic therapy triggered by near-infrared light. Materials & Design. 255. 114181–114181. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Dongha, Shijie Liu, Rui Kai Miao, et al.. (2025). Passive direct air capture via evaporative carbonate crystallization. TSpace (University of Toronto). 2(12). 736–746.

Miao, Rui Kai, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Mohammad Zargartalebi, et al.. (2025). Voltage distribution within carbon dioxide reduction electrolysers. Nature Sustainability. 8(12). 1592–1600.

Li, Yanan, Lei Wang, Bo Gao, et al.. (2024). Schottky junctions integrated with S-scheme heterojunctions in recyclable loaded ZnIn2S4/UiO-66/calcined graphite felt photocatalysts with enhanced carrier separation for photocatalytic degradation. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130814–130814. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Xue, Jason Tam, Jane Y. Howe, et al.. (2024). Efficient CO and acrolein co-production via paired electrolysis. Nature Sustainability. 7(7). 931–937. 24 indexed citations

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Miao, Rui Kai, Guangfeng Zhou, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). H/O edge passivated B/N co-doped armchair graphene nanoribbon field-effect transistors, based on first principles. Physica Scripta. 99(7). 75991–75991.

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Papangelakis, Panagiotis, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Colin P. O’Brien, et al.. (2024). Carbon‐Efficient CO₂ Electrolysis to Ethylene with Nanoporous Hydrophobic Copper. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(26). 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Xing, Jiani Zhu, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). Schottky junction-mediated carrier separation in BiOBr/Ti3C2Tx van der Waals heterojunction photocatalyst for increased removal of Cr(VI) under visible-light. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 997. 174905–174905. 8 indexed citations

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Miao, Rui Kai, et al.. (2024). The electronic transport characteristics subsequent to linear doping with nitrogen or boron in (8,0) single-walled carbon nanotubes. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 185. 109000–109000. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Liang, Ge Gao, Chaobo Yang, et al.. (2023). Pressure dependence in aqueous-based electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2958–2958. 86 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yong, Long Hao, Adnan Ozden, et al.. (2023). Conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products in strong acid by controlling the catalyst microenvironment. Nature Synthesis. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dorakhan, Roham, Ivan Grigioni, Byoung‐Hoon Lee, et al.. (2023). A silver–copper oxide catalyst for acetate electrosynthesis from carbon monoxide. Nature Synthesis. 2(5). 448–457. 49 indexed citations

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Lee, Byoung‐Hoon, Heejong Shin, Armin Sedighian Rasouli, et al.. (2023). Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis. Nature Catalysis. 6(3). 234–243. 210 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xie, Ke, Rui Kai Miao, Adnan Ozden, et al.. (2022). Bipolar membrane electrolyzers enable high single-pass CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3609–3609. 183 indexed citations

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Xu, Yi, Rui Kai Miao, Jonathan P. Edwards, et al.. (2022). A microchanneled solid electrolyte for carbon-efficient CO2 electrolysis. Joule. 6(6). 1333–1343. 98 indexed citations

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Miao, Rui Kai, Bairui Tao, Fengjuan Miao, et al.. (2019). Co3O4 and Co(OH)2 loaded graphene on Ni foam for high-performance supercapacitor electrode. Ionics. 25(4). 1783–1792. 16 indexed citations

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