Ruonan Gu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ruonan Gu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruonan Gu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 18 papers in Water Science and Technology and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ruonan Gu's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (17 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (14 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers). Ruonan Gu is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (17 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (14 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers). Ruonan Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United Kingdom. Ruonan Gu's co-authors include Shaoan Cheng, Zhen Yu, Pengfei Xie, Beichen Jin, Yuqing Su, Yue Tian, Yihang Li, Yangxi Li, Zhen Yu and Yi Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ruonan Gu

27 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Enhanced Interfacial Solar Evaporation through Formation ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Enhanced Interfacial Solar Evaporation through Formation of Micro‐Meniscuses and Microdroplets to Reduce Evaporation Enthalpy
    2022 283 citations Zhen Yu, Ruonan Gu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruonan Gu China 17 857 489 132 122 112 29 1.0k
Roya Mehrkhah Iran 15 556 0.6× 330 0.7× 70 0.5× 87 0.7× 114 1.0× 19 805
Shengqiong Fang China 17 453 0.5× 422 0.9× 145 1.1× 71 0.6× 146 1.3× 37 976
Ningning Cao China 11 193 0.2× 115 0.2× 39 0.3× 81 0.7× 41 0.4× 25 385
Julian A. Bobb United States 11 197 0.2× 128 0.3× 22 0.2× 37 0.3× 81 0.7× 13 444
Chaosheng Zhu China 16 388 0.5× 75 0.2× 62 0.5× 95 0.8× 178 1.6× 35 791
Ruoyu Wang United States 18 145 0.2× 813 1.7× 27 0.2× 450 3.7× 380 3.4× 38 1.2k
Yongzhe Yang China 10 92 0.1× 270 0.6× 35 0.3× 73 0.6× 92 0.8× 24 568
Cristina Bogatu Romania 11 212 0.2× 183 0.4× 9 0.1× 47 0.4× 113 1.0× 35 530

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruonan Gu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruonan Gu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruonan Gu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruonan Gu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ruonan Gu. Ruonan Gu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Cheng, Shaoan, Yangxi Li, Zhen Yu, et al.. (2024). Waste PET-derived MOF-5 for high-efficiency removal of tetracycline. Separation and Purification Technology. 339. 126490–126490. 38 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhen, Ruonan Gu, Yuqing Su, et al.. (2024). Natural-inspired hierarchic double-Janus solar evaporator for stable clean water production from high-salinity emulsions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 474. 134739–134739. 21 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shaoan, Wei Wu, Longxin Li, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of P‐(NiCo)CO3/TiO2/Ti Self‐Supported Electrode with High Catalytic Activity and Stability for Hydrogen Evolution. Small Methods. 8(10). e2301771–e2301771. 2 indexed citations
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Gu, Ruonan, Zhen Yu, Yuqing Su, Yihang Li, & Shaoan Cheng. (2023). High-salinity brine desalination and wastewater treatment strategies based on solar-driven interfacial evaporators. Separation and Purification Technology. 322. 124322–124322. 47 indexed citations
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Gu, Ruonan, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of Wnt/β‐catenin signaling upregulates Nav1.5 channels in Brugada syndrome iPSC‐derived cardiomyocytes. Physiological Reports. 11(10). 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhen, Yuqing Su, Ruonan Gu, et al.. (2023). Micro–Nano Water Film Enabled High-Performance Interfacial Solar Evaporation. Nano-Micro Letters. 15(1). 214–214. 102 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shaoan, et al.. (2023). Enhanced evaporation performance of solar interface evaporator by modifying the evaporation layer surface with hydrophobic fumed silica. Journal of Cleaner Production. 392. 136302–136302. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shaoan, et al.. (2022). Hydroxyl-modified zirconia/porous carbon nanocomposite used as a highly efficient and renewable adsorbent for removal of carbamazepine from water. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 3). 114030–114030. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shaoan, et al.. (2022). Enhanced adsorption performance of UiO-66 via modification with functional groups and integration into hydrogels. Environmental Research. 212(Pt C). 113354–113354. 47 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhen, Ruonan Gu, Yue Tian, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Interfacial Solar Evaporation through Formation of Micro‐Meniscuses and Microdroplets to Reduce Evaporation Enthalpy. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(17). 283 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yihang, Shaoan Cheng, Beichen Jin, Zhen Yu, & Ruonan Gu. (2022). Designing 3D ribbed evaporating layer of solar-driven multistage desalination device for enhanced evaporation performance. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 53. 102586–102586. 9 indexed citations
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Xia, Ying, Ruonan Gu, Kyoung-Han Kim, et al.. (2022). Viral Transgene Expression in Rodent Hearts and the Assessment of Cardiac Arrhythmia Risk. Journal of Visualized Experiments.
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Yu, Zhen, Ruonan Gu, Yaoxin Zhang, et al.. (2022). High-flux flowing interfacial water evaporation under multiple heating sources enabled by a biohybrid hydrogel. Nano Energy. 98. 107287–107287. 108 indexed citations
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Gu, Ruonan, et al.. (2022). Janus 3D solar crystallizer enabling an eco-friendly zero liquid discharge of high-salinity concentrated seawater with antiscalant. Desalination. 537. 115862–115862. 32 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhen, et al.. (2021). Interfacial solar evaporator for clean water production and beyond: From design to application. Applied Energy. 299. 117317–117317. 68 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shaoan, Zhengzhong Mao, Yi Sun, et al.. (2020). A novel electrochemical oxidation-methanogenesis system for simultaneously degrading antibiotics and reducing CO2 to CH4 with low energy costs. The Science of The Total Environment. 750. 141732–141732. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Yi, Shaoan Cheng, Zhufan Lin, et al.. (2019). Combination of plasma oxidation process with microbial fuel cell for mineralizing methylene blue with high energy efficiency. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 384. 121307–121307. 58 indexed citations

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