Wanru Liao

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 883 citations indexed

About

Wanru Liao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wanru Liao has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 883 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Wanru Liao's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (8 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers). Wanru Liao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (8 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers). Wanru Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Taiwan. Wanru Liao's co-authors include Shijing Liang, Shuying Zhu, Min Liu, Mingyi Zhang, Kang Liu, Junwei Fu, Emiliano Cortés, Qiyou Wang, Ting‐Shan Chan and Lilong Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wanru Liao

20 papers receiving 861 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.

Sustainable conversion of alkaline nitrate to ammonia at activities greater than 2 A cm−2

2024 147 citations Wanru Liao, Jun Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Metal vacancies in semiconductor oxides enhance hole mobility for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

2025 42 citations Jun Wang, Kang Liu et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

Peers

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Sixing Zheng China

Shengxin Zhang China

Chengbo Li China

Yanan Bo China

Abebe Reda Woldu China

Baihua Long China

Conor L. Rooney United States

Bailin Tian China

Wangxin Ge China

Ashadul Adalder India

Sixing Zheng China

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525 ×1.2

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355 ×0.9

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299 ×1.9

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78 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Wanru Liao

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Jun, Kang Liu, Wanru Liao, et al.. (2025). Metal vacancies in semiconductor oxides enhance hole mobility for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nature Catalysis. 8(3). 229–238. 42 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liao, Wanru, Jun Wang, Yao Tan, et al.. (2025). Near-Unity Nitrate to Ammonia conversion via reactant enrichment at the solid-liquid interface. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5715–5715. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Wanru Liao, Olivier Henrotte, et al.. (2025). Transfer dynamics of photo-generated carriers in catalysis. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(13). 6553–6596. 21 indexed citations

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Lu, Suwei, Wanru Liao, Tingting Qi, et al.. (2024). Sulfur defect engineering boosted nitrogen activation over FeS2 for efficient electrosynthesis of ammonia. Chemical Engineering Science. 300. 120664–120664. 11 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Jun Wang, Ganghai Ni, et al.. (2024). Sustainable conversion of alkaline nitrate to ammonia at activities greater than 2 A cm−2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1264–1264. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Jun, Huangjingwei Li, Wanru Liao, et al.. (2023). Highly selective and sensitive photoelectrochemical detection of silver ions in complex industrial wastewater. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 399. 134796–134796. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Min, Qiyou Wang, Tao Luo, et al.. (2023). Potential Alignment in Tandem Catalysts Enhances CO₂-to-C₂H₄ Conversion Efficiencies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(1). 468–475. 100 indexed citations

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Wang, Qiyou, Hongmei Li, Ying‐Rui Lu, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric Coordination Induces Electron Localization at Ca Sites for Robust CO₂ Electroreduction to CO. Advanced Materials. 35(21). 108 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Jiawei Chen, Wanru Liao, et al.. (2023). BiOI/AgI/Ag plasmonic heterostructure for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Materials Letters. 355. 135534–135534. 1 indexed citations

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Luo, Tao, Kang Liu, Junwei Fu, et al.. (2023). Rational design of active sites in alumina-based catalysts to optimize antibonding-orbital occupancy for tetrafluoromethane decomposition. Environmental Science Nano. 10(12). 3307–3316. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Ganghai Ni, Wanru Liao, et al.. (2022). Subsurface Engineering Induced Fermi Level De‐pinning in Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie. 135(9). 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Ganghai Ni, Wanru Liao, et al.. (2022). Subsurface Engineering Induced Fermi Level De‐pinning in Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(9). e202217026–e202217026. 57 indexed citations

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Lu, Suwei, Wanru Liao, Weihang Chen, et al.. (2022). Elemental sulfur supported on ultrathin titanic acid nanosheets for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH4. Applied Surface Science. 614. 156224–156224. 6 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Kang Liu, Jun Wang, et al.. (2022). Boosting Nitrogen Activation via Ag Nanoneedle Arrays for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis. ACS Nano. 17(1). 411–420. 33 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Suwei Lu, Weihang Chen, et al.. (2021). Rationally designed ultrathin Ni(OH)2/titanate nanosheet heterostructure for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Green Chemical Engineering. 3(3). 240–249. 16 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Ke Xie, Lijuan Liu, et al.. (2021). Triggering in-plane defect cluster on MoS2 for accelerated dinitrogen electroreduction to ammonia. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 62. 359–366. 63 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Weihang Chen, Suwei Lu, et al.. (2021). Alkaline Co(OH)₂-Decorated 2D Monolayer Titanic Acid Nanosheets for Enhanced Photocatalytic Syngas Production from CO₂. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(32). 38239–38247. 27 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Hanxuan Liu, Lu Qi, et al.. (2021). Lithium/bismuth co-functionalized phosphotungstic acid catalyst for promoting dinitrogen electroreduction with high Faradaic efficiency. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2(9). 100557–100557. 22 indexed citations

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Liao, Wanru, Lu Qi, Yanlei Wang, et al.. (2021). Interfacial Engineering Promoting Electrosynthesis of Ammonia over Mo/Phosphotungstic Acid with High Performance. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(22). 71 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shuying, Wanru Liao, Mingyi Zhang, & Shijing Liang. (2018). Design of spatially separated Au and CoO dual cocatalysts on hollow TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic activity towards the reduction of CO2 to CH4. Chemical Engineering Journal. 361. 461–469. 116 indexed citations

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