Siman Mao

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Siman Mao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Siman Mao has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Siman Mao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (27 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (14 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (6 papers). Siman Mao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (27 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (14 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (6 papers). Siman Mao collaborates with scholars based in China and Iran. Siman Mao's co-authors include Jian‐Wen Shi, Dandan Ma, Yonghong Cheng, Chi He, Guotai Sun, Yajun Zou, Yixuan Lv, Zengxin Pu, Hongkang Wang and Kunli Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Siman Mao

28 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Recent research advances of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) based composites for photocatalytic H2 evolution

2024 84 citations Yi Zhang, Dandan Ma et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Siman Mao China	20	1.6k	1.5k	640	278	85	28	1.8k
Xixi Wang China	16	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	681 1.1×	150 0.5×	72 0.8×	19	1.8k
Guotai Sun China	21	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	629 1.0×	242 0.9×	43 0.5×	28	1.6k
Xiaowen Ruan China	21	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	682 1.1×	90 0.3×	108 1.3×	48	1.7k
Xixiong Jin China	15	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	569 0.9×	99 0.4×	212 2.5×	25	1.8k
Yanbing Li China	12	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	444 0.7×	210 0.8×	35 0.4×	17	1.3k
Ruolin Cheng China	20	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	661 1.0×	111 0.4×	30 0.4×	24	1.5k
Xiaofeng Ning China	16	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	659 1.0×	92 0.3×	59 0.7×	27	2.1k
Shunsuke Kanazawa Japan	5	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	757 1.2×	145 0.5×	35 0.4×	7	1.7k
Anastasia Vogel Germany	9	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	316 0.5×	436 1.6×	39 0.5×	10	1.3k
Mingpu Kou China	9	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	399 0.6×	434 1.6×	34 0.4×	10	1.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mao, Siman, Youzi Zhang, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2025). Oxygen‐Evolving Covalent Organic Frameworks via Phosphonate Ylide‐Engineering for Enhanced Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2507668–e2507668. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Youzi, Maohuai Wang, Yanping Wei, et al.. (2025). A Near‐Perfect Pt Cocatalyst with a Spatially Oriented Distribution of Pt ²⁺ /Pt ⁰ for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Advanced Materials. 37(44). e08693–e08693. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Junchao, Siman Mao, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2025). Interfacial Ce‐S bonds enhanced Mo‐doped ZnIn₂S₄/oxygen‐deficient CeO₂ S‐scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yijin, Penghui Zhao, Youzi Zhang, et al.. (2025). All-day multifunction hygroscopic salt/aerogels/photocatalysts system for efficient freshwater-hydrogen-oxygen co-production from air. Science China Chemistry. 68(10). 4785–4795. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yi, Dandan Ma, Jun Li, et al.. (2024). Recent research advances of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) based composites for photocatalytic H2 evolution. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 517. 215995–215995. 84 indexed citations breakdown →

Pu, Zengxin, Bing Xiao, Siman Mao, et al.. (2022). An electron-hole separation mechanism caused by the pseudo-gap formed at the interfacial Co-N bond between cobalt porphyrin metal organic framework and boron-doped g-C3N4 for boosting photocatalytic H2 production. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 628(Pt B). 477–487. 62 indexed citations

Li, Qinghao, Jun Zhou, Lei Fu, et al.. (2022). Fabrication of heterostructural Ru-SrTiO3 fibers through in-situ exsolution for visible-light-induced photocatalysis. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 925. 166747–166747. 7 indexed citations

Ma, Dandan, Jian‐Wen Shi, Zengxin Pu, et al.. (2022). Decorating Phosphorus‐Doped g‐C₃N₄ with Zinc Porphyrin Metal–Organic Framework via an Electrostatic Self‐Assembly Process: An Efficient Strategy to Boost Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance. Solar RRL. 6(12). 27 indexed citations

Mao, Siman, Jian‐Wen Shi, Guotai Sun, et al.. (2022). PdS Quantum Dots as a Hole Attractor Encapsulated into the MOF@Cd_0.5Zn_0.5S Heterostructure for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(43). 48770–48779. 42 indexed citations

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Sun, Guotai, Bing Xiao, Jian‐Wen Shi, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen spillover effect induced by ascorbic acid in CdS/NiO core-shell p-n heterojunction for significantly enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 596. 215–224. 87 indexed citations

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Ma, Dandan, Jian‐Wen Shi, Yingxue Sun, et al.. (2021). Knack behind the high performance CdS/ZnS-NiS nanocomposites: Optimizing synergistic effect between cocatalyst and heterostructure for boosting hydrogen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 431. 133446–133446. 128 indexed citations

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Sun, Guotai, Bing Xiao, Hong Zheng, et al.. (2021). Ascorbic acid functionalized CdS–ZnO core–shell nanorods with hydrogen spillover for greatly enhanced photocatalytic H₂ evolution and outstanding photostability. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(15). 9735–9744. 96 indexed citations

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Mao, Siman, Yajun Zou, Guotai Sun, et al.. (2020). Thio linkage between CdS quantum dots and UiO-66-type MOFs as an effective transfer bridge of charge carriers boosting visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 581(Pt A). 1–10. 102 indexed citations

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Mao, Siman, Jian‐Wen Shi, Guotai Sun, et al.. (2020). Au nanodots@thiol-UiO66@ZnIn2S4 nanosheets with significantly enhanced visible-light photocatalytic H2 evolution: The effect of different Au positions on the transfer of electron-hole pairs. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 282. 119550–119550. 227 indexed citations

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Ma, Dandan, Zhenyu Wang, Jian‐Wen Shi, et al.. (2020). Cu-In2S3 nanorod induced the growth of Cu&In co-doped multi-arm CdS hetero-phase junction to promote photocatalytic H2 evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 399. 125785–125785. 57 indexed citations

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Ma, Dandan, Diankun Sun, Yajun Zou, et al.. (2019). The synergy between electronic anchoring effect and internal electric field in CdS quantum dots decorated dandelion-like Fe-CeO2 nanoflowers for improved photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 549. 179–188. 30 indexed citations

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Sun, Guotai, Siman Mao, Dandan Ma, et al.. (2019). One-step vulcanization of Cd(OH)Cl nanorods to synthesize CdS/ZnS/PdS nanotubes for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(25). 15278–15287. 78 indexed citations

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Zou, Yajun, Jian‐Wen Shi, Dandan Ma, et al.. (2019). Energy-band-controlled ZnxCd1−xIn2S4 solid solution coupled with g-C3N4 nanosheets as 2D/2D heterostructure toward efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 378. 122192–122192. 113 indexed citations

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Zou, Yajun, Dandan Ma, Diankun Sun, et al.. (2018). Carbon nanosheet facilitated charge separation and transfer between molybdenum carbide and graphitic carbon nitride toward efficient photocatalytic H2 production. Applied Surface Science. 473. 91–101. 61 indexed citations

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Yang, Guan‐Jun, Chang‐Jiu Li, Feng Han, & Siman Mao. (2003). Preparation of TiO2 Photocatalyst by Thermal Spraying with Liquid Feedstock. Thermal spray. 83638. 675–680. 2 indexed citations

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