Tong Bian

7.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
37 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Tong Bian is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tong Bian has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tong Bian's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers). Tong Bian is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers). Tong Bian collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and United States. Tong Bian's co-authors include Tierui Zhang, Li‐Zhu Wu, Chen‐Ho Tung, Yufei Zhao, Huijun Yu, Chao Zhou, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Run Shi, Lu Shang and Yunxuan Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Tong Bian

34 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Alkali‐Assisted Synthesis of Nitrogen Deficient Graphitic... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2017 2016 2015 2015 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Alkali‐Assisted Synthesis of Nitrogen Deficient Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Tunable Band Structures for Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution
    2017 2.0k citations Huijun Yu, Run Shi et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets Templated from g‐C3N4 as Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2016 791 citations Huijun Yu, Lu Shang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Well‐Dispersed ZIF‐Derived Co,N‐Co‐doped Carbon Nanoframes through Mesoporous‐Silica‐Protected Calcination as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts
    2015 701 citations Lu Shang, Huijun Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. Defect‐Rich Ultrathin ZnAl‐Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Efficient Photoreduction of CO2 to CO with Water
    2015 686 citations Yufei Zhao, Guangbo Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. Graphene‐Supported Ultrafine Metal Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Mesoporous Silica: Robust Catalysts for Oxidation and Reduction Reactions
    2013 410 citations Lu Shang, Tong Bian et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures
    2021 206 citations Tong Bian, Andrea Gardin et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers

Tong Bian
Zaiwang Zhao China
Fang‐Xing Xiao China
Jinghai Liu China
Renjie Li China
Xiguang Han China
Srabanti Ghosh India
Dongdong Xu China
Jianwei Miao Singapore
Fan Liao China
Bo Jiang Japan
Zaiwang Zhao China
Tong Bian
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tong Bian

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bian, Tong & Rafał Klajn. (2021). Morphology control in crystalline nanoparticle–polymer aggregates. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1505(1). 191–201. 7 indexed citations
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Bian, Tong, Andrea Gardin, Julius Gemen, et al.. (2021). Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures. Nature Chemistry. 13(10). 940–949. 206 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bian, Tong, Zonglin Chu, & Rafał Klajn. (2020). Self‐Assembly: The Many Ways to Assemble Nanoparticles Using Light (Adv. Mater. 20/2020). Advanced Materials. 32(20).
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Bian, Tong, Zonglin Chu, & Rafał Klajn. (2019). The Many Ways to Assemble Nanoparticles Using Light. Advanced Materials. 32(20). e1905866–e1905866. 83 indexed citations
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Ahrens, Johannes, et al.. (2017). Irreversible Bleaching of Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts on the Surfaces of Magnetite Nanoparticles. ChemPhotoChem. 1(5). 230–236. 29 indexed citations
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Fan, Chunfang, Tong Bian, Lu Shang, et al.. (2016). pH-Responsive reversible self-assembly of gold nanoparticles into nanovesicles. Nanoscale. 8(7). 3923–3925. 47 indexed citations
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Peng, Yong, Lu Shang, Tong Bian, et al.. (2015). Flower-like CdSe ultrathin nanosheet assemblies for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production. Chemical Communications. 51(22). 4677–4680. 49 indexed citations
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Peng, Yong, Lu Shang, Yitao Cao, et al.. (2015). Effects of surfactants on visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activities of AgInZn7S9 nanorods. Applied Surface Science. 358. 485–490. 22 indexed citations
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Bian, Tong, Chao Wang, Zhenda Lu, et al.. (2015). Nanocrystals: A Versatile ‘Click Chemistry’ Route to Size‐Restricted, Robust, and Functionalizable Hydrophilic Nanocrystals (Small 14/2015). Small. 11(14). 1613–1613. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yufei, Qing Wang, Tong Bian, et al.. (2015). Ni3+doped monolayer layered double hydroxide nanosheets as efficient electrodes for supercapacitors. Nanoscale. 7(16). 7168–7173. 140 indexed citations
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Shang, Lu, Huijun Yu, Xing Huang, et al.. (2015). Well‐Dispersed ZIF‐Derived Co,N‐Co‐doped Carbon Nanoframes through Mesoporous‐Silica‐Protected Calcination as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts. Advanced Materials. 28(8). 1668–1674. 701 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Yufei, Guangbo Chen, Tong Bian, et al.. (2015). Defect‐Rich Ultrathin ZnAl‐Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Efficient Photoreduction of CO2 to CO with Water. Advanced Materials. 27(47). 7824–7831. 686 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zi, Huijun Yu, Tong Bian, et al.. (2014). Highly luminescent nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots as effective fluorescent probes for mercuric and iodide ions. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 3(9). 1922–1928. 196 indexed citations
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Bian, Tong, Lu Shang, Huijun Yu, et al.. (2014). Spontaneous Organization of Inorganic Nanoparticles into Nanovesicles Triggered by UV Light. Advanced Materials. 26(32). 5613–5618. 114 indexed citations
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Bian, Tong, Chao Wang, Zhenda Lu, et al.. (2014). A Versatile ‘Click Chemistry’ Route to Size‐Restricted, Robust, and Functionalizable Hydrophilic Nanocrystals. Small. 11(14). 1644–1648. 12 indexed citations
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Ma, Cheng, Tong Bian, Sheng Yang, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of Versatile Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Upconversion Luminescence Nanoplatform for Biomedical Imaging. Analytical Chemistry. 86(13). 6508–6515. 47 indexed citations
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Zhou, Chao, Yufei Zhao, Tong Bian, et al.. (2013). Bubble template synthesis of Sn2Nb2O7 hollow spheres for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production. Chemical Communications. 49(84). 9872–9872. 84 indexed citations
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Shang, Lu, Tong Bian, Donghui Zhang, et al.. (2013). Graphene‐Supported Ultrafine Metal Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Mesoporous Silica: Robust Catalysts for Oxidation and Reduction Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(1). 250–254. 410 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shang, Lu, Chao Zhou, Tong Bian, et al.. (2013). Facile synthesis of hierarchical ZnIn2S4 submicrospheres composed of ultrathin mesoporous nanosheets as a highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for H2 production. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1(14). 4552–4552. 183 indexed citations
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Shang, Lu, Tong Bian, Chao Zhou, et al.. (2012). Shape-controlled synthesis of polyhedral 50-facet Cu2O microcrystals with high-index facets. CrystEngComm. 14(13). 4431–4431. 69 indexed citations

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