Wei Ren

8.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
141 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Ren is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ren has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Water Science and Technology, 44 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Ren's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (43 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers). Wei Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (43 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers). Wei Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Finland. Wei Ren's co-authors include Hui Zhang, Xiaoguang Duan, Shaobin Wang, Gang Nie, Cheng Cheng, Xubiao Luo, Liangliang Xiong, Penghui Shao, Peng Zhou and Xuehong Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ren

131 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Origins of Electron-Transfer Regime in Persulfate-Based N... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2021 2020 2019 2019 2021 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. Origins of Electron-Transfer Regime in Persulfate-Based Nonradical Oxidation Processes
    2021 909 citations Wei Ren, Cheng Cheng et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. The Intrinsic Nature of Persulfate Activation and N-Doping in Carbocatalysis
    2020 737 citations Wei Ren, Hui Zhang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  3. Activation of Peroxydisulfate on Carbon Nanotubes: Electron-Transfer Mechanism
    2019 657 citations Wei Ren, Hui Zhang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  4. Insights into the Electron-Transfer Regime of Peroxydisulfate Activation on Carbon Nanotubes: The Role of Oxygen Functional Groups
    2019 614 citations Wei Ren, Hui Zhang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  5. Revisiting the Graphitized Nanodiamond-Mediated Activation of Peroxymonosulfate: Singlet Oxygenation versus Electron Transfer
    2021 267 citations Xiaoguang Duan, Wei Ren et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  6. A Site Distance Effect Induced by Reactant Molecule Matchup in Single‐Atom Catalysts for Fenton‐Like Reactions
    2022 239 citations Cheng Cheng, Hui Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Generation of FeIV=O and its Contribution to Fenton‐Like Reactions on a Single‐Atom Iron−N−C Catalyst
    2023 139 citations Cheng Cheng, Wei Ren et al. profile →
  8. Transformative Removal of Aqueous Micropollutants into Polymeric Products by Advanced Oxidation Processes
    2024 107 citations Yidi Chen, Wei Ren et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Ren China 37 4.6k 4.4k 2.0k 1.6k 848 141 7.0k
Chuan-Shu He China 40 2.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 736 0.9× 130 5.2k
Yueming Ren China 42 3.6k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 2.9k 1.5× 2.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.9× 97 7.4k
Lejin Xu China 30 2.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 473 0.6× 54 5.0k
Dongsheng Xia China 47 2.6k 0.6× 4.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 2.3× 220 6.7k
Gianluca Li Puma United Kingdom 54 2.9k 0.6× 6.1k 1.4× 3.3k 1.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 141 9.2k
Lauren F. Greenlee United States 27 3.1k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 92 6.8k
Ha Ming Ang Australia 30 3.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 531 0.6× 54 5.2k
Jie‐Jie Chen China 44 1.8k 0.4× 3.9k 0.9× 2.7k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 2.3× 145 6.9k
Yi Zhou China 37 2.4k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 868 1.0× 146 5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ren

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ren, Shiying, Xin Xu, Wei Ren, et al.. (2025). Defective multi-element coordinated single atom catalysts (Cu-N2SCl) for high-performance water decontamination. Water Research. 286. 124183–124183. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Wei, Gaoxia Zhang, Jiajie Wang, et al.. (2025). Single-atom catalysts partner with defects to open a new chapter in catalysis: Synthesis, performances, and mechanisms. Chinese Chemical Letters. 112192–112192. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiming, et al.. (2025). Activation of High-Valent Metal Oxidants on Carbon Catalysts: Mechanisms, Applications and Challenges. ACS ES&T Engineering. 5(6). 1338–1356. 1 indexed citations
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Qin, Ying, et al.. (2025). Behavior of truss connectors in composite walls subjected to cyclic loading. Engineering Structures. 331. 120015–120015. 5 indexed citations
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Song, Zhao, Wei Ren, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, et al.. (2024). Sludge biochar accelerates transformative phenolic compounds removal from wastewater via the coupling mechanism. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 359. 124470–124470. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Junwen, Wei Ren, Shuang Zhong, et al.. (2024). Carbon-based materials in flow-through electro-fenton: Advanced catalyst design, mechanisms and perspectives. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 157125–157125. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Yu-Hang, et al.. (2024). Axial compression performance of rubberized concrete-filled steel tubular stub columns after fire exposure: Experimental investigation and calculation models. Construction and Building Materials. 438. 137129–137129. 9 indexed citations
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Cheng, Cheng, Wei Ren, Hui Zhang, Xiaoguang Duan, & Shaobin Wang. (2024). Single-atom iron catalysts for peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation processes: Coordination structure versus reactive species. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 59. 15–37. 12 indexed citations
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Lv, Qingyun, Jiantao Wang, Xingli Zou, et al.. (2024). Large-current polarization-engineered FeOOH@NiOOH electrocatalyst with stable Fe sites for large-current oxygen evolution reaction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 62. 254–264. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hongyu, Shuang Zhong, Junwen Chen, et al.. (2024). Overlooked Complexation and Competition Effects of Phenolic Contaminants in a Mn(II)/Nitrilotriacetic Acid/Peroxymonosulfate System: Inhibited Generation of Primary and Secondary High-Valent Manganese Species. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(42). 19080–19089. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lingjun, Xiangnan Gong, Wei Ren, et al.. (2024). Single AgNF@ZIF-8 nanoparticle for deep learning assisted SERS detection of gaseous molecule. Surfaces and Interfaces. 48. 104232–104232. 6 indexed citations
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Ren, Wei, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of low thermal expansion coefficient electrodeposited Invar alloy films by hydrogen annealing for OLED fine metal masks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(29). 10910–10918. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Dong, Haijun Su, Yuan Liu, et al.. (2023). Enhanced mechanical properties and biological responses of SLA 3D printed biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics by doping bioactive metal elements. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 43(9). 4167–4178. 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xuhong, Yu Wang, Dan Gan, et al.. (2023). Damage detection of concrete segment in steel-concrete hybrid wind turbine tower. Structures. 56. 105009–105009. 10 indexed citations
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Cheng, Cheng, Lin Ding, Peng Yu, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the role of Co(II)-phosphate complex in trace Co(II) activated peroxymonosulfate process for water decontamination with phosphate surrounding. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 344. 123616–123616. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Hefei, Dong Wang, Wei Ren, & Tian Tian. (2023). Effective adsorption of bisphenol A from water using cationic surfactant‐modified natural kaolin minerals. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. 27(3). 341–353. 1 indexed citations
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Leino, Aleksi A., Wei Ren, E. Harriet Åhlgren, et al.. (2018). Graphitization of amorphous carbon by swift heavy ion impacts: Molecular dynamics simulation. Diamond and Related Materials. 83. 134–140. 12 indexed citations

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