Tao Ling

9.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
130 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Tao Ling is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Ling has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 72 papers in Materials Chemistry and 65 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tao Ling's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (31 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers). Tao Ling is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (31 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers). Tao Ling collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Tao Ling's co-authors include Shi‐Zhang Qiao, Xi‐Wen Du, Yao Zheng, Jing Mao, Zhenpeng Hu, Jieqiong Shan, Mietek Jaroniec, Kenneth Davey, Yan Jiao and Hui Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tao Ling

126 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Engineering surface atomic structure of single-crystal cobalt (II) oxide nanorods for superior electrocatalysis

2016 617 citations Tao Ling, Yan Jiao et al. profile →
Engineering oxygen vacancy on NiO nanorod arrays for alkaline hydrogen evolution

2017 590 citations Hui Liu, Xi‐Wen Du et al. profile →
Transition‐Metal‐Doped RuIr Bifunctional Nanocrystals for Overall Water Splitting in Acidic Environments

2019 578 citations Jieqiong Shan, Tao Ling et al. profile →
Stabilizing Cu²⁺ Ions by Solid Solutions to Promote CO₂ Electroreduction to Methane

2022 383 citations Xianlong Zhou, Jieqiong Shan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst

2023 366 citations Jiaxin Guo, Yao Zheng et al. Nature Energy profile →
Interface engineering breaks both stability and activity limits of RuO2 for sustainable water oxidation

2022 271 citations Kun Du, Jieqiong Shan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tao Ling China	42	6.3k	5.0k	3.2k	983	845	130	8.6k
Xuecheng Yan Australia	38	7.4k 1.2×	5.8k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	907 0.9×	830 1.0×	73	9.1k
Haifeng Lv China	41	5.1k 0.8×	4.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	499 0.6×	139	8.2k
Feng Li China	45	5.8k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	895 0.9×	743 0.9×	178	9.1k
Longzhou Zhang China	30	5.6k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	592 0.6×	689 0.8×	58	6.7k
Yanxia Jiang China	42	3.7k 0.6×	3.2k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	625 0.6×	826 1.0×	146	5.9k
Xiao Han China	42	4.1k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	642 0.7×	429 0.5×	139	6.7k
Shengnan Sun China	46	7.1k 1.1×	5.8k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	675 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	94	10.6k
Weilin Xu China	48	6.1k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	4.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	929 1.1×	175	10.0k
Zhenmeng Peng United States	51	7.7k 1.2×	5.8k 1.2×	4.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	126	10.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Ling

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhao, Yang, Pengfei Yin, Yuanyuan Yang, et al.. (2025). Converting Fe−N−C Single‐atom Catalyst to a New FeN_xSe_y Cluster Catalyst for Proton‐exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(9). e202419501–e202419501. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Yunlong, Cairong Gong, Ruguang Wang, et al.. (2025). High-performance neutral Zn–air batteries: revolutionizing energy storage with concurrent hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis. Green Chemistry. 27(36). 11144–11154.

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Ling, Tao, Fan Lv, Ruiqi Guo, et al.. (2025). NiSe/Ni₂P Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotubes to Construct Self‐Supported Electrode for Efficient Water Splitting. ChemCatChem. 17(9). 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yang, Pengfei Yin, Yuanyuan Yang, et al.. (2025). Converting Fe−N−C Single‐atom Catalyst to a New FeN_xSe_y Cluster Catalyst for Proton‐exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 137(9). 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhao, Ruguang Wang, Jiaxin Guo, et al.. (2025). Tuning the electronic structure of the Mn–N–C catalyst through XO₂ group (X = S, Se, Te) doping for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Green Chemistry. 27(17). 4540–4550. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Ruiqi, Shujuan Wang, Minqi Sheng, et al.. (2025). Creating Bridged‐H* Bond Structure for Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution via Phosphorus‐Doped Iridium Nanosheets. Small. 21(11). e2412338–e2412338. 5 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiaxin, Ruguang Wang, Quanlu Wang, et al.. (2024). Constructing an OH−-enriched microenvironment on the electrode surface for natural seawater electrolysis. Nano Research. 17(11). 9483–9489. 23 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiaxin, Yao Zheng, Zhenpeng Hu, et al.. (2023). Direct seawater electrolysis by adjusting the local reaction environment of a catalyst. Nature Energy. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Guanlong, Guoliang Wang, Huifang Chen, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in constructed wetlands methane reduction: Mechanisms and methods. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1106332–1106332. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xun, et al.. (2023). Technical factors affecting the performance of anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer. International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials. 30(11). 2259–2269. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Yuanyuan, Cejun Hu, Jieqiong Shan, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytically Activating and Reducing N₂ Molecule by Tuning Activity of Local Hydrogen Radical. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(20). e202300989–e202300989. 41 indexed citations

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Wang, Haonan, Chuanqi Cheng, Kun Du, et al.. (2023). A Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Photo‐Electrode to Promote NH₃ Yield in Sustainable N₂ Conversion. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(25). e202300204–e202300204. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rui, Xiaohua Liu, Deyao Wu, et al.. (2022). Metal-Confined Synthesis of ZnS₂ Monolayer Catalysts for Dinitrogen Electroreduction. ACS Catalysis. 12(11). 6809–6815. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xianlong, Jieqiong Shan, Ling Chen, et al.. (2022). Stabilizing Cu²⁺ Ions by Solid Solutions to Promote CO₂ Electroreduction to Methane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(5). 2079–2084. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Chenglong, Gurong Shen, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Zn nanosheets coated with a ZnS subnanometer layer for effective and durable CO₂reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(4). 1418–1423. 71 indexed citations

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Dong, Cunku, Jianyu Fu, Hui Liu, et al.. (2017). Tuning the selectivity and activity of Au catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction via grain boundary engineering: a DFT study. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(15). 7184–7190. 81 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohua, Pengfei Yin, Sergei A. Kulinich, et al.. (2016). Arrays of Ultrathin CdS Nanoflakes with High-Energy Surface for Efficient Gas Detection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(1). 602–609. 38 indexed citations

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Ling, Tao, et al.. (2012). Construction of an ecological ditch based on periphyton reactor.. Agricultural Science and Technology Hunan. 13(12). 2632–2637.

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Zhang, Guangxu, et al.. (2008). Effect of Hydrophobic Carbon Chain Length on the Crystal Structure of MCM-41. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 16(4). 631–634. 12 indexed citations

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Ling, Tao. (2000). Study on Water-absorbing-model of two kinds of Calligonum Seeds. Ganhanqu ziyuan yu huanjing. 1 indexed citations

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