Song Liu

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
167 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Song Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Song Liu has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Materials Chemistry, 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Song Liu's work include 2D Materials and Applications (46 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (23 papers) and Graphene research and applications (20 papers). Song Liu is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (46 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (23 papers) and Graphene research and applications (20 papers). Song Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Song Liu's co-authors include Xuefeng Guo, James Hone, Slaven Garaj, Gonglei Shao, Shisheng Li, Haiyan Xiang, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Silvija Gradečak and Yung‐Chang Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Song Liu

156 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Additive-mediated intercalation and surface modification of MXenes

2022 270 citations Jing Zou, Jing Wu et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
A tin-based tandem electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction to ethanol with 80% selectivity

2023 173 citations Jie Ding, Hong Bin Yang et al. Nature Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Song Liu China	32	2.3k	1.7k	632	620	357	167	3.6k
Zhenzhu Li China	29	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	412 0.7×	601 1.0×	685 1.9×	60	3.3k
Jun Liu China	34	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	446 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	436 1.2×	179	4.1k
Lei Tong China	31	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	633 1.0×	654 1.1×	455 1.3×	106	3.5k
Xinlei Zhang China	33	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	444 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	346 1.0×	191	3.9k
Ru‐Zhi Wang China	32	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	329 0.5×	523 0.8×	603 1.7×	167	4.1k
Ya Chen China	32	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	575 0.9×	604 1.0×	379 1.1×	193	3.7k
Xiaohui Song China	26	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	806 1.3×	713 1.1×	182 0.5×	108	3.9k
Zeping Wang China	33	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	711 1.1×	410 0.7×	698 2.0×	133	3.6k
Xu Li China	37	3.7k 1.6×	2.7k 1.6×	392 0.6×	772 1.2×	566 1.6×	291	5.1k
Song Liu China	26	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	876 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	251 0.7×	95	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Song Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Song Liu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Song Liu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Song Liu. The network helps show where Song Liu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Song Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Song Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Song Liu 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 Song Liu. Song Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zixuan, et al.. (2025). Nafion film-based microcantilever humidity sensor for highly sensitive humidity detection and moisture sensitive characterization. Sensor Review. 46(1). 14–23.

Liu, Zhiwei, et al.. (2025). Optimization of Multimodal Transport Paths Considering a Low-Carbon Economy Under Uncertain Demand. Algorithms. 18(2). 92–92. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Gong, et al.. (2025). Mastering vacancy engineering for electrocatalysis: Insights into classification, synthesis, and characterization. Nano Materials Science. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Song, et al.. (2025). Structure and quantification of Ce3+/Ce4+ and stability analysis of basaltic glasses for the immobilization of simulated tetravalent amines. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 2288–2288. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Yuandong, Song Liu, Jia‐Yao Pei, et al.. (2025). A bioinspired carbon nanotube/graphite oxide/epoxy interlaminar region for simultaneously strengthening and toughening glass fiber fabric/epoxy laminated composites. Composites Part B Engineering. 307. 112867–112867. 1 indexed citations

Darlington, Thomas P., Chiara Trovatello, Song Liu, et al.. (2024). Programmable nanowrinkle-induced room-temperature exciton localization in monolayer WSe2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1543–1543. 22 indexed citations

Hu, Travis Shihao, et al.. (2024). Multi-dimensional engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides for enhanced performance in fuel cell technologies. Materials Today Energy. 41. 101528–101528. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Junhua, et al.. (2023). Efficient photothermal conversion of MXenes and their application in biomedicine. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 7(19). 4372–4399. 31 indexed citations

Ding, Jie, Hong Bin Yang, Xuelu Ma, et al.. (2023). A tin-based tandem electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction to ethanol with 80% selectivity. Nature Energy. 8(12). 1386–1394. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Yanhao, Lizhong Li, Yang Xu, et al.. (2023). Evidence of frustrated magnetic interactions in a Wigner–Mott insulator. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(3). 233–237. 39 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Internal structure changes within porous asphalt mixture with different saturation under vertical repeated load. Construction and Building Materials. 372. 130727–130727. 6 indexed citations

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Zou, Jing, Jing Wu, Yizhou Wang, et al.. (2022). Additive-mediated intercalation and surface modification of MXenes. Chemical Society Reviews. 51(8). 2972–2990. 270 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Zhengwei, Ziwei Huang, Jia Li, et al.. (2022). Endoepitaxial growth of monolayer mosaic heterostructures. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(5). 493–499. 91 indexed citations

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Li, Shisheng, Jinhua Hong, Bo Gao, et al.. (2021). Tunable Doping of Rhenium and Vanadium into Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Two‐Dimensional Electronics. Advanced Science. 8(11). e2004438–e2004438. 95 indexed citations

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Li, Shisheng, Yung‐Chang Lin, Jinhua Hong, et al.. (2021). Mixed-Salt Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Chemistry of Materials. 33(18). 7301–7308. 39 indexed citations

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Tang, Yanhao, Jie Gu, Song Liu, et al.. (2020). Tuning layer-hybridized moiré excitons by the quantum-confined Stark effect. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(1). 52–57. 103 indexed citations

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Zhu, Binxin, Song Liu, D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, & Yang Li. (2019). High step‐up SVMC‐based DC/DC converter for offshore wind farms. IET Power Electronics. 12(6). 1445–1454. 17 indexed citations

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Bi, Kaixi, Huaizhi Liu, Yiqin Chen, et al.. (2019). Short channel monolayer MoS ₂ field-effect transistors defined by SiO _x nanofins down to 20 nm. Nanotechnology. 30(29). 295301–295301. 7 indexed citations

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Jiang, Ling, Pei Zhang, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Functional MoS₂nanosheets inhibit melanogenesis to enhance UVB/X-ray induced damage. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 7(29). 4552–4560. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Song. (2001). EVALUATION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS BY ULTRASONIC C-SCAN IN DEPTHS. 1 indexed citations

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