Tao Qian

19.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
383 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Tao Qian is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Qian has authored 383 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 117 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 99 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Tao Qian's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (103 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (97 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (70 papers). Tao Qian is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (103 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (97 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (70 papers). Tao Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Tao Qian's co-authors include Chenglin Yan, Mengfan Wang, Jie Liu, Jinqiu Zhou, Sisi Liu, Haoqing Ji, Xiaowei Shen, Na Xu, Tingzhou Yang and Guang‐Han Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Tao Qian

363 papers receiving 15.6k 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.

Over 56.55% Faradaic efficiency of ambient ammonia synthesis enabled by positively shifting the reaction potential

2019 501 citations Mengfan Wang, Sisi Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
A Sustainable Route from Biomass Byproduct Okara to High Content Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Sheets for Efficient Sodium Ion Batteries

2015 411 citations Tingzhou Yang, Tao Qian et al. profile →
Lithium anode stable in air for low-cost fabrication of a dendrite-free lithium battery

2019 347 citations Xiaowei Shen, Tao Qian et al. Nature Communications profile →
Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis

2021 334 citations Sisi Liu, Tao Qian et al. profile →
Optimizing Intermediate Adsorption over PdM (M=Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) Bimetallene for Boosted Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia

2024 80 citations Lifang Zhang, Mengfan Wang et al. profile →
Maximizing Available Active Hydrogen on FeNi Substitutional Solid-Solution Alloy to Boost Electrosynthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate

2025 32 citations Yanzheng He, Mengfan Wang et al. profile →
Imine‐Linked 3D Covalent Organic Framework Membrane Featuring Highly Charged Sub‐1 nm Channels for Exceptional Lithium‐Ion Sieving

2025 25 citations Yijun Qian, Lifang Zhang et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Qian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tao Qian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tao Qian 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 Tao Qian. Tao Qian 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	De novo biosynthesis of quercetin in Yarrowia Lipolytica through systematic metabolic engineering for enhanced yield 2025 ·Bioresources and Bioprocessing ·(unknown), Wenping Wei, Mengfan Li, Tao Qian, Jiayun Xu, Xiaohe Chu, Bang‐Ce Ye	3
2	Multivariate covalent organic frameworks with tailored electrostatic potential promote nitrate electroreduction to ammonia in acid 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Qiyang Cheng, Sisi Liu, Yanzheng He, Mengfan Wang, Haoqing Ji, Yunfei Huan, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan, Jianmei Lu	28
3	Comprehensive review for zinc powder anodes: Significance, optimizing design, and industrial feasibility in zinc-ion batteries 2024 ·Energy storage materials ·Ling Qin, Jinqiu Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaowei Shen, Chenglin Yan, Tao Qian	19
4	Comprehensive understanding of the thriving electrocatalytic nitrate/nitrite reduction to ammonia under ambient conditions 2024 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·(unknown), Yuzhuo Jiang, Mengfan Wang, Yunfei Huan, Qiyang Cheng, Yanzheng He, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan	59
5	Concentration polarization induced phase rigidification in ultralow salt colloid chemistry to stabilize cryogenic Zn batteries 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Jinqiu Zhou, Hao Yang, (unknown), Zhenkang Wang, Jie Liu, Chenglin Yan, Tao Qian	30
6	Optimization of Interfacial OH⁻ Accessibility by Constructing a Delayed–Release Membrane Electrode for Ampere–Level Hydrogen Production 2024 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yu Cheng, Huanyu Chen, (unknown), Junjie Dong, Mengfan Wang, Chenglin Yan, Tao Qian	8
7	Metabolic engineering of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for 2-phenylethanol overproduction 2024 ·Bioresource Technology ·Tao Qian, Wenping Wei, (unknown), Ping Zhang, Xiaochuan Chen, (unknown), Mengfan Li, Bang‐Ce Ye	5
8	Progress on application of covalent organic frameworks for advanced lithium metal batteries 2024 ·Energy storage materials ·Xuyan Ni, Jinqiu Zhou, Kecheng Long, Piao Qing, Tuoya Naren, Shaozhen Huang, Wen Liu, Qiwen Zhao, Yijun Qian, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan, Libao Chen	17
9	Doping modification of sodium superionic conductor Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ cathodes for sodium-ion batteries: a mini-review 2024 ·Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers ·(unknown), Yijun Qian, Tianshu Zhang, Pengcheng Zhang, (unknown), Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan	12
10	Advanced Strategies for Improving Lithium Storage Performance under Cryogenic Conditions 2023 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Yiwei Zheng, Tao Qian, Jinqiu Zhou, Jie Liu, Zhenkang Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Chenglin Yan	20
11	Deciphering Electrolyte Selection for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen to High‐Value‐Added Chemicals 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Jiajie Ni, Qiyang Cheng, Sisi Liu, Mengfan Wang, Yanzheng He, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan, Jianmei Lu	70
12	Optimizing Intermediate Adsorption via Heteroatom Ensemble Effect over RuFe Bimetallic Alloy for Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia 2023 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·(unknown), Yuzhuo Jiang, Mengfan Wang, Sisi Liu, Zhichao Wang, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan	96
13	Li+-ion bound crown ether functionalization enables dual promotion of dynamics and thermodynamics for ambient ammonia synthesis 2023 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Qiyang Cheng, Sisi Liu, Mengfan Wang, Lifang Zhang, Yanzheng He, Jiajie Ni, Jingru Zhang, Chengwei Deng, Yi Sun, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan	16
14	Deciphering engineering principle of three-phase interface for advanced gas-involved electrochemical reactions 2023 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Yanzheng He, Sisi Liu, Mengfan Wang, Qiyang Cheng, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan	45
15	Enhanced alkaline ammonia oxidation reaction activity using PtW alloy catalysts with tungsten as built-in competitor reservoir 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yunfei Huan, Yuzhuo Jiang, Mengfan Wang, Xi Zhou, Xiaowei Shen, Yufeng Cao, Chenglin Yan, Tao Qian	21
16	Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Sustainable Electrosynthesis of Ammonia and Urea from Ambient Nitrite Reduction and C–N Coupling 2023 ·ACS Materials Letters ·Yunfei Huan, Yuzhuo Jiang, (unknown), Yanzheng He, Qiyang Cheng, Yufeng Cao, Mengfan Wang, Chenglin Yan, Tao Qian	22
17	Surpassing the Redox Potential Limit of Organic Cathode Materials via Extended p−π Conjugation of Dioxin 2022 ·Nano Letters ·Yiwei Zheng, Haoqing Ji, Jie Liu, Zhenkang Wang, Jinqiu Zhou, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan	27
18	Polynorbornene-based bottlebrush polymers confining phase change materials for ultra-stable latent heat storage derived from solar irradiation 2021 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·Dongli Fan, Yufeng Cao, Jie Liu, Dangsheng Xiong, Tao Qian	18
19	Magnetic and transport properties of low-carrier-density Kondo semimetal CeSbTe 2019 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·(unknown), Jian Chen, Lei Qiao, (unknown), Xiaohui Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Tao Qian, Zhu‐An Xu	27
20	Lithium dendrite inhibition via 3D porous lithium metal anode accompanied by inherent SEI layer 2019 ·Energy storage materials ·Tingzhou Yang, Yawen Sun, Tao Qian, Jie Liu, Xuejun Liu, Federico Rosei, Chenglin Yan	65

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