Weijian Duan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Weijian Duan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Weijian Duan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Water Science and Technology and 9 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Weijian Duan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (11 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (10 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (9 papers). Weijian Duan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (11 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (10 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (9 papers). Weijian Duan collaborates with scholars based in China, Iran and Taiwan. Weijian Duan's co-authors include Chunhua Feng, Sheng Liang, Tonghe Zhu, Chaohai Wei, Yan Zhang, Qiongshan Chen, Peng Liao, Ge Li, Zhenchao Lei and Wenxiao Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Weijian Duan

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Single‐Atom Cu Catalysts for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction with Significant Alleviation of Nitrite Production

2020 376 citations Tonghe Zhu, Qiongshan Chen et al. Small profile →

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Weijian Duan

RESE

CATAL

WST

CNC

Zhenchao Lei China

Yao‐Yin Lou China

Jiacheng Li China

Jialu Shi China

Qinan Song China

Jinshan Wei China

B. Zhou China

Yingnan He China

Yinghao Ma China

Nan Bai China

Zhenchao Lei China

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352 ×0.6

CATAL

388 ×1.0

WST

162 ×0.6

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205 ×0.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weijian Duan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Haitao, Weijian Duan, Li Tian, Wei Wang, & Chunhua Feng. (2025). Highly efficient electrochemical oxidation of ammonium in strong acid via low-frequency sonication: The role of ammonium desolvation. Water Research. 284. 123937–123937. 1 indexed citations

Duan, Weijian, Haitao Ma, Wei Wang, & Chunhua Feng. (2025). Elucidating Solvation Effects in Reactive Halogen Species-Initiated Ammonium Oxidation. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(24). 12387–12396.

Duan, Weijian, Ying Li, Yangjie Ou, et al.. (2025). Insights into Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Nitrogen on Metal Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(6). 3263–3275. 17 indexed citations

Liu, Yuwei, et al.. (2024). Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction on Fe, Fe3O4, and Fe@Fe3O4 cathodes: Elucidating structure-sensitive mechanisms of direct electron versus hydrogen atom transfer. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(6). 110347–110347. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Wenxiao, Xin Luo, Hengyi Fu, et al.. (2024). Trace Br^– Inhibits Halogenated Byproduct Formation in Saline Wastewater Electrochemical Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(27). 12212–12224. 18 indexed citations

Duan, Weijian, Yanyan Chen, Li Tian, et al.. (2024). Synergistic effects of Co single atoms and Co nanoparticles for electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonium conversion in strongly acidic wastewater. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 363. 124812–124812. 22 indexed citations

Fu, Hengyi, Wenxiao Zheng, Weijian Duan, et al.. (2024). Overlooked Roles and Transformation of Carbon-Centered Radicals Produced from Natural Organic Matter in a Thermally Activated Persulfate System. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(33). 14949–14960. 12 indexed citations

Zhu, Yihui, Weijian Duan, Tian Li, et al.. (2024). An Anti-Scaling Strategy for Electrochemical Wastewater Treatment: Leveraging Tip-Enhanced Electric Fields. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(29). 13145–13156. 13 indexed citations

Zhu, Shishu, Wenxiao Zheng, Weijian Duan, & Chunhua Feng. (2023). Reaction: Harnessing reactive oxygen species (ROS) for water purification. Chem. 9(6). 1340–1341. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Wenxiao, Hengyi Fu, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Reactive species conversion into 1O2 promotes substantial inhibition of chlorinated byproduct formation during electrooxidation of phenols in Cl−-laden wastewater. Water Research. 225. 119143–119143. 26 indexed citations

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Chen, Yanyan, et al.. (2022). Metal-encapsulated carbon nanotube arrays for enhancing electrocatalytic nitrate reduction in wastewater: importance of lying-down to standing-up structure transition. Environmental Science Nano. 9(8). 2841–2853. 6 indexed citations

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Lei, Zhenchao, et al.. (2021). Highly dispersed Pd nanoparticles for electrocatalytic dechlorination: Positive and negative effects of carbon supports. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 9(5). 105995–105995. 15 indexed citations

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Zhu, Tonghe, Qiongshan Chen, Peng Liao, et al.. (2020). Single‐Atom Cu Catalysts: Single‐Atom Cu Catalysts for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction with Significant Alleviation of Nitrite Production (Small 49/2020). Small. 16(49). 6 indexed citations

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Duan, Weijian, et al.. (2020). A unique Si-doped carbon nanocatalyst for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation: insights into the singlet oxygen generation mechanism and the abnormal salt effect. Environmental Science Nano. 7(10). 2982–2994. 68 indexed citations

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Liang, Sheng, Jian Hua, Weijian Duan, et al.. (2020). Fe²⁺/HClO Reaction Produces Fe^IVO²⁺: An Enhanced Advanced Oxidation Process. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(10). 6406–6414. 195 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaotao, Tonghe Zhu, Weijian Duan, et al.. (2019). Comparative studies on catalytic mechanisms for natural chalcopyrite-induced Fenton oxidation: Effect of chalcopyrite type. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 381. 120998–120998. 60 indexed citations

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Duan, Weijian, Ge Li, Zhenchao Lei, et al.. (2019). Highly active and durable carbon electrocatalyst for nitrate reduction reaction. Water Research. 161. 126–135. 194 indexed citations

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Li, Ge, Tonghe Zhu, Yali Ye, et al.. (2019). Transforming Ni‐Coagulated Polyferriertic Sulfate Sludge into Porous Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon‐Supported Transition Metal Phosphide: An Efficient Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Energy Technology. 8(1). 9 indexed citations

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Liang, Sheng, et al.. (2019). One-Step Treatment of Phosphite-Laden Wastewater: A Single Electrochemical Reactor Integrating Superoxide Radical-Induced Oxidation and Electrocoagulation. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(9). 5328–5336. 74 indexed citations

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Ye, Yali, Weijian Duan, Xiaoyun Yi, et al.. (2019). Biogenic precursor to size-controlled synthesis of Fe2P nanoparticles in heteroatom-doped graphene-like carbons and their electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen. Journal of Power Sources. 435. 226770–226770. 21 indexed citations

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