Tianquan Lian

24.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
283 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Tianquan Lian is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianquan Lian has authored 283 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Materials Chemistry, 154 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 83 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Tianquan Lian's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (144 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (90 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (60 papers). Tianquan Lian is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (144 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (90 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (60 papers). Tianquan Lian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Tianquan Lian's co-authors include Kaifeng Wu, Haiming Zhu, John B. Asbury, Neil A. Anderson, Craig L. Hill, Nianhui Song, William Rodríguez-Córdoba, Encai Hao, Ye Yang and Zhuangqun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Tianquan Lian

276 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

Efficient hot-electron transfer by a ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2015 2012 2001 2004 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Efficient hot-electron transfer by a plasmon-induced interfacial charge-transfer transition
    2015 995 citations Tianquan Lian et al. profile →
  2. Polyoxometalate water oxidation catalysts and the production of green fuel
    2012 689 citations Yurii V. Geletii, Tianquan Lian et al. profile →
  3. Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics from Molecular Adsorbates to Semiconductor Nanocrystalline Thin Films
    2001 540 citations Tianquan Lian et al. profile →
  4. Phenyl-Conjugated Oligoene Sensitizers for TiO2 Solar Cells
    2004 536 citations Tianquan Lian et al. profile →
  5. Ultrafast Interfacial Electron and Hole Transfer from CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots
    2015 528 citations Tianquan Lian et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Ultrafast Charge Separation and Long-Lived Charge Separated State in Photocatalytic CdS–Pt Nanorod Heterostructures
    2012 494 citations Tianquan Lian et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tianquan Lian United States 80 15.4k 9.1k 9.0k 2.1k 1.9k 283 21.4k
Bruce S. Brunschwig United States 73 7.7k 0.5× 6.5k 0.7× 9.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 2.6k 1.4× 224 17.9k
Jacques‐E. Moser Switzerland 76 22.0k 1.4× 16.2k 1.8× 18.3k 2.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 207 35.9k
Tetsuro Majima Japan 79 15.4k 1.0× 6.2k 0.7× 13.1k 1.5× 959 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 549 25.5k
Lin X. Chen United States 70 7.3k 0.5× 10.7k 1.2× 3.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 290 18.6k
Gerald J. Meyer United States 67 9.8k 0.6× 4.3k 0.5× 10.1k 1.1× 800 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 339 18.3k
Gerrit Boschloo Sweden 90 21.7k 1.4× 14.9k 1.6× 21.5k 2.4× 784 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 304 35.5k
Clifford P. Kubiak United States 65 5.9k 0.4× 5.7k 0.6× 9.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 280 19.5k
Brian C. O’Regan United Kingdom 63 26.0k 1.7× 16.4k 1.8× 27.3k 3.0× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 93 42.1k
Dai‐Bin Kuang China 86 17.5k 1.1× 13.1k 1.4× 13.8k 1.5× 864 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 280 25.7k
Lars Kloo Sweden 50 9.5k 0.6× 6.5k 0.7× 8.7k 1.0× 708 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 265 19.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianquan Lian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sheehan, Colton, Seil Jeon, Yufeng Zheng, et al.. (2025). Electron Transfer Energetics in Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction at Viologen Redox Polymer-Modified p-Si Electrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(11). 9629–9639. 3 indexed citations
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Ghorai, Nandan, et al.. (2025). In Situ Studies of Multi‐Carrier Dynamics in Electrochemically‐Charged Colloidal CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie. 137(30). 1 indexed citations
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Tereniak, Stephen J., Carrie L. Donley, Leonard B. Collins, et al.. (2025). Illuminating the mechanistic impacts of an Fe-quaterpyridine functionalized crystalline poly(triazine imide) semiconductor for photocatalytic CO 2 reduction. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(21). 6640–6654.
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Zhao, Fengyi, Ting Cheng, Nandan Ghorai, et al.. (2024). Charge Transfer Mechanism on a Cobalt-Polyoxometalate-TiO2 Photoanode for Water Oxidation in Acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(21). 14600–14609. 19 indexed citations
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Zeng, Rui, Huiqi Li, Zixiao Shi, et al.. (2024). Origins of enhanced oxygen reduction activity of transition metal nitrides. Nature Materials. 23(12). 1695–1703. 60 indexed citations
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Long, Zhuoran, Jinhui Meng, Pablo E. Videla, et al.. (2024). A Resilient Platform for the Discrete Functionalization of Gold Surfaces Based on N-Heterocyclic Carbene Self-Assembled Monolayers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(15). 10489–10497. 5 indexed citations
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Lian, Tianquan, et al.. (2024). Triplet energy transfer from quantum dots increases Ln(iii) photoluminescence, enabling excitation at visible wavelengths. Chemical Science. 15(12). 4556–4563. 8 indexed citations
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Shang, Bo, Fengyi Zhao, Yuanzuo Gao, et al.. (2024). Tailoring Interfaces for Enhanced Methanol Production from Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(3). 2267–2274. 28 indexed citations
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Kelly, H. Ray, Pablo E. Videla, Clifford P. Kubiak, Tianquan Lian, & Víctor S. Batista. (2023). Controlling Hydricity of Adsorbed Catalysts with Applied Electric Fields. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(14). 6733–6743. 5 indexed citations
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Kiefer, Laura M., Ke Yang, Christopher J. Miller, et al.. (2023). Amine Hole Scavengers Facilitate Both Electron and Hole Transfer in a Nanocrystal/Molecular Hybrid Photocatalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(5). 3238–3247. 16 indexed citations
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Meng, Jinhui, et al.. (2023). Electro-inductive Effect Dominates Vibrational Frequency Shifts of Conjugated Probes on Gold Electrodes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(41). 22548–22554. 16 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Dhritiman, et al.. (2023). Unlocking the Facet-Dependent Ligand Exchange on Rutile TiO2 of a Rhenium Bipyridyl Catalyst for CO2 Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(17). 8126–8135. 1 indexed citations
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Tereniak, Stephen J., Carrie L. Donley, Seil Jeon, et al.. (2023). Discovery of a Hybrid System for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction via Attachment of a Molecular Cobalt-Quaterpyridine Complex to a Crystalline Carbon Nitride. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(20). 10542–10553. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Chaoyu, Ming Chen, Shuai Liu, et al.. (2022). Unconventional interfacial water structure of highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes at negative electrode polarizations. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5330–5330. 72 indexed citations
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Shang, Bo, Fengyi Zhao, Chungseok Choi, et al.. (2022). Monolayer Molecular Functionalization Enabled by Acid–Base Interaction for High-Performance Photochemical CO2 Reduction. ACS Energy Letters. 7(7). 2265–2272. 30 indexed citations
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Bhattacharyya, Dhritiman, Pablo E. Videla, Jinhui Meng, et al.. (2022). Sub-Nanometer Mapping of the Interfacial Electric Field Profile Using a Vibrational Stark Shift Ruler. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(31). 14330–14338. 30 indexed citations
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Yang, Wenxing, Yawei Liu, Tomas Edvinsson, et al.. (2021). Photoinduced Fano Resonances between Quantum Confined Nanocrystals and Adsorbed Molecular Catalysts. Nano Letters. 21(13). 5813–5818. 10 indexed citations
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Guo, Xu, Qiuyang Li, Yawei Liu, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Light-Driven Charge Separation and H2 Generation Efficiency in WSe2 Nanosheet–Semiconductor Nanocrystal Heterostructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(40). 44769–44776. 15 indexed citations
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Ge, Aimin, Benjamin Rudshteyn, Pablo E. Videla, et al.. (2019). Heterogenized Molecular Catalysts: Vibrational Sum-Frequency Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Investigations. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(5). 1289–1300. 62 indexed citations
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Ge, Aimin, Pablo E. Videla, Benjamin Rudshteyn, et al.. (2017). Interfacial Structure and Electric Field Probed by in Situ Electrochemical Vibrational Stark Effect Spectroscopy and Computational Modeling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(34). 18674–18682. 92 indexed citations

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