Wanglai Cen

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Wanglai Cen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wanglai Cen has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Materials Chemistry, 55 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wanglai Cen's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (44 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (39 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (24 papers). Wanglai Cen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (44 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (39 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (24 papers). Wanglai Cen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wanglai Cen's co-authors include Fan Dong, Ting Xiong, Jieyuan Li, Yuxin Zhang, Yanjuan Sun, Zhongbiao Wu, Wen Cui, Haiqiang Wang, Xing’an Dong and Yue Liu 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

Wanglai Cen

108 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Bridging the g-C₃N₄ Interlayers for Enhanced Photocatalysis

2016 1.0k citations Wanglai Cen, Fan Dong et al. profile →
The role of cerium in the improved SO2 tolerance for NO reduction with NH3 over Mn-Ce/TiO2 catalyst at low temperature

2013 368 citations Yue Liu, Wanglai Cen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wanglai Cen China	39	4.8k	4.3k	2.9k	868	705	114	6.5k
Sun Hee Choi South Korea	44	4.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	450 0.6×	145	7.3k
Linzhou Zhuang China	40	2.1k 0.4×	4.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.3×	536 0.6×	538 0.8×	97	6.7k
Fa‐tang Li China	48	6.6k 1.4×	6.4k 1.5×	3.3k 1.2×	580 0.7×	989 1.4×	154	9.1k
Tie‐Zhen Ren China	43	4.0k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	682 0.8×	404 0.6×	143	6.6k
Yongtao Meng United States	31	2.3k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	936 1.1×	355 0.5×	42	5.1k
Dong Jiang China	41	3.9k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	537 0.8×	117	5.6k
G. Colón Spain	53	7.5k 1.6×	7.8k 1.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	602 0.9×	133	10.2k
Meicheng Wen China	38	4.0k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	913 1.1×	442 0.6×	62	5.6k
Hui Song China	42	5.5k 1.1×	6.0k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 1.7×	281 0.4×	84	7.5k
Lequan Liu China	47	5.6k 1.2×	6.1k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	962 1.1×	215 0.3×	109	7.6k

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Xu, Wei, et al.. (2025). Copper doping tunes d-band center to enhance hydrogen evolution in global minimum Fe clusters on FeN4‒graphene. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 201. 112640–112640. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Wei, et al.. (2025). Screened (Co, Rh, Ir)–N4 graphene single atom catalysts for hydrogen production via tunable surrounding coordination shell: Computation and machine learning. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 106. 186–193. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yufeng, Jie Wang, Mingyue Tan, et al.. (2025). Electron Shuttling of Ni–Phosphate–Co Bridging Enables the Bidirectional Valence Modulation for Superior and Ultralong Water Splitting for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(34). 13837–13853.

Liu, Yulu, et al.. (2024). Comparative study of pre- and post-Cu modified calcium-based desulfurizers: Experimental and theoretical insights into adsorption vs. catalysis. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114762–114762. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Ziliang, Stefan Mebs, Indranil Mondal, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen‐Induced Disproportionation of Samarium‐Cobalt Intermetallics Enabling Promoted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity and Durability in Alkaline Media. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(38). 20 indexed citations

Cen, Wanglai, et al.. (2024). Machine-learning-accelerated structure prediction of PtSnO nanoclusters under working conditions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(43). 27624–27632.

Cen, Wanglai, et al.. (2023). DFT study of Pd4 and Pd3P supported on modified graphene for hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 50. 659–669. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Yu-Xiong, Guang Hong, Yaoyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Au₁Ag Single‐Atom Alloy Modified ZnO with Oxygen and Water Vapor: Synergy of Gold and Silver. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(42). e202310525–e202310525. 28 indexed citations

Li, Jinchi, Ding Zhu, Wanhai Zhou, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the synergistic effects and mechanisms of nano-carbon modification on metal hydride alloys for enhanced electrochemical performance in energy storage applications. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 145985–145985. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoxia, et al.. (2023). Accelerating structure reconstruction to form NiOOH in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for boosting the oxygen evolution reaction. Nanoscale. 15(46). 18858–18863. 23 indexed citations

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Deng, Yuchao, et al.. (2022). Nondissociative activation of O2 for SO2 oxidation on metal-free N-doped carbocatalyst. Surface Science. 723. 122116–122116. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Jianjun, Song Shu, Jiaxiu Guo, et al.. (2022). Preparation of VOC low-temperature oxidation catalysts with copper and iron binary metal oxides via hydrotalcite-like precursors. RSC Advances. 12(54). 35083–35093. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Jinyan, et al.. (2021). WC/BiOCl binary composite photocatalyst for accelerating interfacial charge separation and sulfamethoxazole degradation. Applied Surface Science. 570. 151201–151201. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Boying, Yunrui Zhang, Meiling Hou, et al.. (2021). Pristine, metal ion and metal cluster modified conjugated triazine frameworks as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(16). 10146–10159. 34 indexed citations

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Cheng, Can, Jianjun Li, Jinyan Cao, Jiaxiu Guo, & Wanglai Cen. (2020). The absorption of SO2 by morpholine cyclic amines with sulfolane as the solvent for flue gas. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 408. 124462–124462. 19 indexed citations

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Fang, Xue, Yongjun Liu, Wanglai Cen, & Yan Cheng. (2020). Birnessite as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Low-Temperature NH₃-SCR: The Vital Role of Surface Oxygen Vacancies. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(33). 14606–14615. 37 indexed citations

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Tang, Nian, Jie Liu, Chenghua Xu, et al.. (2019). A DRIFTS study of moisture adsorption on hexagonal mesoporous (HMS) silica supported composites. Vibrational Spectroscopy. 103. 102937–102937. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jieyuan, Ping Yan, Kanglu Li, et al.. (2019). Cu supported on polymeric carbon nitride for selective CO₂ reduction into CH₄: a combined kinetics and thermodynamics investigation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(28). 17014–17021. 104 indexed citations

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Liu, Yulu, et al.. (2018). A computational study of supported Cu-based bimetallic nanoclusters for CO oxidation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(11). 7508–7513. 19 indexed citations

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Cui, Wen, Jieyuan Li, Fan Dong, et al.. (2017). Highly Efficient Performance and Conversion Pathway of Photocatalytic NO Oxidation on SrO-Clusters@Amorphous Carbon Nitride. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(18). 10682–10690. 225 indexed citations

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