Tan Li

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Tan Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tan Li has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tan Li's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (10 papers). Tan Li is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (10 papers). Tan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Tan Li's co-authors include Simona E. Hunyadi Murph, Catherine J. Murphy, Linfeng Gou, Tapan K. Sau, Christopher J. Orendorff, Anand Gole, Daiqi Ye, Guangxu Chen, Mingli Fu and Liang Zou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Tan Li

71 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Anisotropic Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly, and Optical Applications

2005 2.6k citations Tan Li et al. profile →
Li2ZrF6-based electrolytes for durable lithium metal batteries

2025 64 citations Qingshuai Xu, Tan Li et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tan Li China	23	2.1k	2.0k	1.2k	875	592	74	3.9k
Jingjing Wang China	37	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	888 0.7×	1.7k 2.0×	950 1.6×	219	5.0k
Hiang Kwee Lee Singapore	36	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	1.2k 2.1×	106	5.0k
Chin‐Te Hung China	35	1.9k 0.9×	696 0.4×	820 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	835 1.4×	87	3.8k
Shengyan Yin China	39	2.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.9×	112	4.8k
Hongjun You China	32	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	827 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.5k 2.6×	124	4.1k
Yong Qian China	36	1.9k 0.9×	760 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	747 1.3×	121	4.1k
Mahmoud A. Mahmoud United States	28	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	988 0.8×	539 0.6×	429 0.7×	67	2.7k
In Yee Phang Singapore	28	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	510 0.6×	565 1.0×	50	3.0k
Oleksiy Lyutakov Czechia	34	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	772 0.9×	358 0.6×	189	3.7k
Ji Feng China	36	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	885 0.7×	1.7k 1.9×	1.6k 2.8×	123	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Tan Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tan Li

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

All Works

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Zhang, Yuhui, Xin‐Huai Zhao, Dazhong Zhong, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene or ethanol via regulating Cu geometric structure. Applied Surface Science. 712. 164233–164233. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Qingshuai, Tan Li, Zhijin Ju, et al.. (2025). Li2ZrF6-based electrolytes for durable lithium metal batteries. Nature. 637(8045). 339–346. 64 indexed citations breakdown →

He, Long, Tan Li, Hao Hu, Pengfei Xie, & Jincheng Li. (2025). Understanding the Three-Shell Coordination Structure–Performance Relationship of Single-Atom Sites for Oxygen Reduction Using Molecular Model Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 15(15). 13391–13400. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Yang, Chao Wu, Qiang Wang, et al.. (2025). De‐Saturation of Single‐Atom Copper Catalysts for Accelerating Propargylic Substitution Reactions. Advanced Materials. 37(50). e09221–e09221. 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Dazhong, Qiang Fang, Peng Chen, et al.. (2025). Selective Electrochemical CO ₂ Reduction to Ethylene or Ethanol via Tuning *OH Adsorption. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(32). e202501773–e202501773. 19 indexed citations

Zhong, Jinping, Tan Li, Yikui Zeng, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insight into the mutual-effect and key intermediate during methanol accelerating toluene decomposition over Co-spinel catalyst revealed by PTR-TOF-MS and DFT calculation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 353. 124075–124075. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Yimin, Yun Zu, Yan Ke, et al.. (2024). Reinforcement and reconfiguration of framework Al in P@ZSM-5 zeolite via in-situ phosphating strategy for efficient methanol-to-propylene. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 357. 124292–124292. 6 indexed citations

He, Dedong, Yimin Zhang, Tan Li, et al.. (2024). Designing Ultra‐Stable and Surface‐Exposed Ni Nanoparticles with Dually Confined Microenvironment for High‐Temperature Methane Dry Reforming. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(2). 17 indexed citations

Zhou, Biao, Kezhou Fan, Yanan Chong, et al.. (2024). Modulating Adsorption–Redox Sites and Charge Separation of Cs₃Bi₂Br_9–x@AgBr Core–Shell Heterostructure for Selective Toluene Photooxidation. ACS Energy Letters. 9(4). 1743–1752. 33 indexed citations

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Huang, Zijun, Dedong He, Jichang Lu, et al.. (2024). Modifying the Charge‐Density of Tetrahedral Cobalt(II) Centers through Carbon‐Layer Modulation Promotes C‐H Activation in the Propane Dehydrogenation Reaction (PDH). Angewandte Chemie. 136(36).

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Li, Xiaoling, Zhiyong Xu, Tan Li, et al.. (2024). Equimolar CO2 adsorption by two Ni-based MOFs and their kinetic and thermodynamic studies. Separation and Purification Technology. 355. 129696–129696. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Jianfeng, Kai Wang, Nai Xu, et al.. (2023). Influence of a Multiple Epoxy Chain Extender on the Rheological Behavior, Crystallization, and Mechanical Properties of Polyglycolic Acid. Polymers. 15(13). 2764–2764. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Longwen, Feng Liu, Xiaoqian Li, et al.. (2023). Surface adsorbed and lattice oxygen activated by the CeO2/Co3O4 interface for enhancive catalytic soot combustion: Experimental and theoretical investigations. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 638. 109–122. 40 indexed citations

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Jian, Xuan, Tan Li, Shanshan Guo, et al.. (2022). Ultralow-Platinum Supported Polyaniline-MXene via Facile Electrochemical Strategy for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(3). 36507–36507. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Tan Li, Qiqi Wu, et al.. (2022). Molecular Assembled Electrocatalyst for Highly Selective CO₂ Fixation to C₂₊ Products. ACS Nano. 16(10). 17021–17032. 27 indexed citations

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Zhong, Dazhong, Dong Wang, Tan Li, et al.. (2022). NiFeO H with electron-deficient Ni2+ for oxygen evolution in mild media. Journal of Power Sources. 556. 232444–232444. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Gaoling, Xiaoliang Liang, Can Wang, et al.. (2022). Different Reactivity of Birnessite and Cryptomelane toward Isoprene: Effect of Structure, Morphology, and Exposed Faces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(51). 21558–21567. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaochao, Tan Li, Changming Zhang, et al.. (2021). Theoretical insights into effective electron transfer and migration behavior for CO₂reduction on the BiOBr(001) surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(4). 2032–2039. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Tan, Xiaochao Zhang, Changming Zhang, et al.. (2018). Theoretical insights into photo-induced electron transfer at BiOX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) (001) surfaces and interfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(2). 868–875. 56 indexed citations

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Li, Tan. (2013). Application of variable-step hill climbing searching in maximum power point tracking for DFIG wind power generation system. Power System Protection and Control. 15 indexed citations

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