Wei Liu

31.5k total citations · 18 hit papers
382 papers, 25.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Liu has authored 382 papers receiving a total of 25.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Materials Chemistry, 174 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 127 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Liu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (116 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (78 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (59 papers). Wei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (116 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (78 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (59 papers). Wei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Liu's co-authors include Tao Yao, Shiqiang Wei, Yue Lin, Yuen Wu, Yadong Li, Junfa Zhu, Lirong Zheng, Huanxin Ju, Xiaokang Liu and Zhijun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Liu

354 papers receiving 25.3k 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.

Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N‐Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

2016 2.1k citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2017 1.4k citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Identification of single-atom active sites in carbon-based cobalt catalysts during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

2018 774 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Synergistic effect of well-defined dual sites boosting the oxygen reduction reaction

2018 757 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Fast Photoelectron Transfer in (C_ring)–C₃N₄ Plane Heterostructural Nanosheets for Overall Water Splitting

2017 717 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

2017 625 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Highly Active and Stable Metal Single-Atom Catalysts Achieved by Strong Electronic Metal–Support Interactions

2019 622 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Dynamic oxygen adsorption on single-atomic Ruthenium catalyst with high performance for acidic oxygen evolution reaction

2019 602 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
An Isolated Zinc–Cobalt Atomic Pair for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction

2019 591 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Bottom-up precise synthesis of stable platinum dimers on graphene

2017 560 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide anchored on Pt for preferential oxidation of CO in H2

2019 536 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Uncovering near-free platinum single-atom dynamics during electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

2020 489 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting

2022 358 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
A single-atom library for guided monometallic and concentration-complex multimetallic designs

2022 321 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →
Quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries with an atomically dispersed cobalt electrocatalyst and organohydrogel electrolyte

2022 309 citations Qichen Wang, Yongpeng Lei et al. profile →
Green hydrogen standard in China: Standard and evaluation of low-carbon hydrogen, clean hydrogen, and renewable hydrogen

2022 209 citations Wei Liu et al. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy profile →
Confining Ti-oxo clusters in covalent organic framework micropores for photocatalytic reduction of the dominant uranium species in seawater

2023 131 citations Lixi Chen, Duo Zhang et al. Chem profile →
Tailoring Octahedron-Tetrahedron Synergism in Spinel Catalysts for Acidic Water Electrolysis

2025 37 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Skeleton engineering of conjugated microporous polymer for highly efficient PM capture in harsh environments 2025 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Wei Liu, Mengxue Li, Peng Mu, (unknown), Zhaoqi Zhu, Rui Jiao, Hanxue Sun, An Li	0
2	Multi-omic characterization of air pollution effects: Applications of AirSigOmniTWP Hub 2024 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Wei Liu, (unknown), Xinxin Si, Jiaxing Liang, Yan Xia, (unknown), Bing Pang, (unknown), (unknown), Huazhe Yang, Peng Shi	2
3	Exposure to acrylamide and increased risk of depression mediated by inflammation, oxidative stress, and alkaline phosphatase: Evidence from a nationally representative population-based study 2024 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·(unknown), Linling Yu, (unknown), Wei Liu, Da Shi, Xiuqing Cui, (unknown), Yongfang Zhang, Ruyi Liang, Weihong Chen, Bin Wang	4
4	Comparison of SiO2/TiO2 photocatalysts with different thicknesses synthesized by fluidized bed atomic layer deposition 2024 ·Powder Technology ·Wei Liu, (unknown), Daoyin Liu	6
5	Core-shell Co-NC@NC nanomaterial for efficient oxygen reduction reaction 2024 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Wenling Gu, Le Shi	4
6	Modeling and Energy Management Design of Hybrid System with High-Temperature Methanol Reforming Fuel Cells 2024 ·IFAC-PapersOnLine ·Qiang Ren, Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
7	Tailoring β-Ti based shape memory alloy with the exceptional mechanical and functional properties towards biomedical bone implants application 2024 ·Journal of Materials Research and Technology ·Wei Liu, Guohao Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Yunfei Wang, Shangzhou Zhang, Xinjian Cao, Xiao Liu, Haizhen Wang, Xiaoyang Yi	4
8	Insights into the impact of micro-amount O2 on the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation performance of LaNi4.25M0.75 (M=Co, Mn) alloys 2024 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·Yanshan Lu, (unknown), Jun Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
9	An all-metallic nanovesicle for hydrogen oxidation 2024 ·National Science Review ·Juntao Zhang, Lujie Jin, Hao Sun, Xiaozhi Liu, Yujin Ji, Youyong Li, Wei Liu, Dong Su, Xuerui Liu, Zhongbin Zhuang, Zhiwei Hu, Qi Shao, Xiaoqing Huang	4
10	Facile Immersing Synthesis of Pt Single Atoms Supported on Sulfide for Bifunctional toward Seawater Electrolysis 2024 ·Catalysts ·Jian Shen, Guotao Yang, Tianshui Li, Wei Liu, Qihao Sha, Zheng Zhong, Yun Kuang	2
11	Identification and Characterization of a Highly Active Hyaluronan Lyase from Enterobacter asburiae 2024 ·Marine Drugs ·Linjing Zhang, Jiayu Jiang, Wei Liu, (unknown), Zhiyuan Yao, Heng Li, Jin‐Song Gong, (unknown), (unknown), Zhenghong Xu, Jin‐Song Shi	2
12	Fe, Co and Ni trimetallic single-atom doped porous carbon boosting oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction 2024 ·Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry ·Wenjing Dong, Naibao Huang, Yang Zhao, Yuan Feng, (unknown), Shuai Ran, Wei Liu	8
13	A protein expression atlas on tissue samples and cell lines from cancer patients provides insights into tumor heterogeneity and dependencies 2024 ·Nature Cancer ·Jun Li, Wei Liu, Kamalika Mojumdar, Hong Kim, (unknown), Zhenlin Ju, Shwetha V. Kumar, Patrick Kwok‐Shing Ng, Han Chen, Michael A. Davies, Yiling Lu, Rehan Akbani, Gordon B. Mills, Han Liang	6
14	Elevated preoperative plasma D-dimer level is an independent prognostic factor for pediatric patients with Wilms tumor 2024 ·Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiangyu Wu, (unknown), Wei Liu, Rongde Wu	0
15	Crystal structures and solution conformations of HtrA from Helicobacter pylori reveal pH-dependent oligomeric conversion and conformational rearrangements 2023 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Liwei Cui, (unknown), Huiling Li, Sheng Wang, Ling Guo, (unknown), Yujie Dai, Qinghua Zhang, Yuzhang Wu, Wei Liu	5
16	Single‐Atom Catalysts for H₂O₂ Electrosynthesis via Two‐Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Min Young Song, Wei Liu, Jingjing Zhang, Chang Zhang, Xiao Huang, Deli Wang	103
17	Electrolyte Tuned Robust Interface toward Fast‐Charging Zn–Air Battery with Atomic Mo Site Catalyst 2023 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Qichen Wang, Shuaihao Tang, Zhiqiang Wang, Jiao Wu, Yu Bai, Yu Xiong, Peiyao Yang, Yuchao Wang, Yun Tan, Wei Liu, Xiang Xiong, Yongpeng Lei	67
18	Confining Ti-oxo clusters in covalent organic framework micropores for photocatalytic reduction of the dominant uranium species in seawater breakdown → 2023 ·Chem ·(unknown), Lixi Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Duo Zhang, Yufei Shen, Hui Li, Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xing Dai, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang	131
19	Coupling soil washing with chelator and cathodic reduction treatment for a multi-metal contaminated soil: Effect of pH controlling 2023 ·Electrochimica Acta ·Hui Sun, Yue Song, Wei Liu, Min Zhang, Tigang Duan, Yong Cai	16
20	Edge-Hosted Mn-N₄-C₁₂ Site Tunes Adsorption Energy for Ultralow-Temperature and High-Capacity Solid-State Zn-Air Battery 2023 ·ACS Nano ·Qichen Wang, Yun Tan, Shuaihao Tang, Wei Liu, Yi Zhang, Xiang Xiong, Yongpeng Lei	91

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