Wei‐Lu Ding

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Wei‐Lu Ding is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Lu Ding has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Lu Ding's work include Ionic liquids properties and applications (17 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (16 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (15 papers). Wei‐Lu Ding is often cited by papers focused on Ionic liquids properties and applications (17 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (16 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (15 papers). Wei‐Lu Ding collaborates with scholars based in China, Poland and Norway. Wei‐Lu Ding's co-authors include Suojiang Zhang, Zhu‐Zhu Sun, Yang Bing, Honghua Zhang, Zhi‐Yuan Geng, Hongyan He, Xiao‐Ling Zhao, Xing‐Liang Peng, Ze‐Sheng Li and Yu-lin Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Lu Ding

68 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Recent progress in electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen: strategies to improve the catalytic activity and selectivity

2020 290 citations Yang Bing, Wei‐Lu Ding et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei‐Lu Ding China	21	641	583	532	443	313	70	1.6k
Xiaoyun Lin China	20	707 1.1×	558 1.0×	835 1.6×	264 0.6×	323 1.0×	58	1.9k
Nieves López‐Salas Germany	23	602 0.9×	599 1.0×	607 1.1×	350 0.8×	109 0.3×	66	1.6k
Saskia Heumann Germany	17	495 0.8×	775 1.3×	766 1.4×	178 0.4×	85 0.3×	42	1.5k
Taehee Kim South Korea	15	473 0.7×	345 0.6×	625 1.2×	240 0.5×	301 1.0×	47	1.2k
Liguo Wei China	20	809 1.3×	711 1.2×	331 0.6×	104 0.2×	108 0.3×	73	1.3k
Suyun Zhang China	22	686 1.1×	299 0.5×	339 0.6×	257 0.6×	151 0.5×	78	1.6k
Ya Gao China	16	535 0.8×	430 0.7×	300 0.6×	179 0.4×	70 0.2×	50	1.0k
Sàisài Yuán China	25	1.2k 1.8×	983 1.7×	743 1.4×	135 0.3×	114 0.4×	59	1.7k
Wenchang Zhuang China	23	735 1.1×	703 1.2×	627 1.2×	447 1.0×	65 0.2×	61	1.8k
Sang-Wook Park South Korea	21	1.0k 1.6×	545 0.9×	422 0.8×	361 0.8×	98 0.3×	67	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Lu Ding

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Huo, Li‐Hua, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in the preparation, properties, and applications of lignin-based hydrogels and adhesives. Green Chemistry. 27(7). 1895–1908. 6 indexed citations

Guo, Yandong, et al.. (2025). Structure design of photosensitive ionic liquid for CO2 capture. Chemical Engineering Science. 305. 121192–121192. 2 indexed citations

Lu, Yumiao, Lufei Ouyang, Junfeng Lu, et al.. (2025). Modulating product selectivity in lignin electroreduction with a robust metallic glass catalyst. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3414–3414. 5 indexed citations

Ding, Wei‐Lu, Zhenyang Xu, Wei Hua, et al.. (2024). Dual hydrogen bond donor functionalized hierarchical porous poly(ionic liquid)s for efficient CO2 fixation into cyclic carbonates. Separation and Purification Technology. 344. 127174–127174. 14 indexed citations

Dong, Hao, Yanlei Wang, Wei‐Lu Ding, Yue Qiu, & Hongyan He. (2024). Accelerated CO2 preferential permeation using graphene oxide confined ionic liquid membranes for CO2/H2 separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129158–129158. 11 indexed citations

Ding, Wei‐Lu, Zhencai Zhang, Yiwen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of novel sustainable optical poly(isosorbide thioethers) with high refractive indices and good biocompatibility using functional ionic liquid catalysts. Polymer Chemistry. 15(33). 3378–3393. 2 indexed citations

Neiber, Rana R., et al.. (2024). Ultra Stable Ink with Promising Areal Capacitance as Advanced Micro‐Supercapacitor and Unique Metal Absorptivity Enabled by Surface Functionalization of Titanium Carbide (MXene). Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 6 indexed citations

Xu, Fei, Wei‐Lu Ding, Shijie Wang, et al.. (2024). Amphiphilic ionic liquids as catalysts for efficient synthesis of novel isosorbide-based optical polymers with good biocompatibility and tunable properties. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149715–149715. 5 indexed citations

Cui, Li, Jin Soo Kang, Caixia Yin, et al.. (2023). Novel class of crown ether functionalized ionic liquids with multiple binding sites for efficient separation of lithium isotopes. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 376. 121412–121412. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Yi, Wei‐Lu Ding, Yongzhen Li, et al.. (2023). Cost-effective fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonates catalyzed by Zn bromide-based deep eutectic ionic liquid. Tetrahedron. 140. 133453–133453. 2 indexed citations

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Ding, Wei‐Lu, Junwu Chen, Yumiao Lu, et al.. (2023). Electron Density Learning of Z-Bonds in Ionic Liquids and Its Application. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(40). 9103–9111. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Jinrong, Pingping Sun, Wei‐Lu Ding, et al.. (2023). Computational chemistry‐assisted design of hydrazine‐based fluorescent molecular rotor for viscosity sensors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). e20230011–e20230011. 13 indexed citations

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Lu, Yumiao, Yanlei Wang, Feng Huo, et al.. (2022). Ultralow Friction and High Robustness of Monolayer Ionic Liquids. ACS Nano. 16(10). 16471–16480. 15 indexed citations

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Ding, Wei‐Lu, Tao Zhang, Yanlei Wang, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning Screening of Efficient Ionic Liquids for Targeted Cleavage of the β–O–4 Bond of Lignin. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(20). 3693–3704. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanlei, Mi Wang, Enlai Gao, et al.. (2021). Ionophobic nanopores enhancing the capacitance and charging dynamics in supercapacitors with ionic liquids. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(29). 15985–15992. 30 indexed citations

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Ding, Wei‐Lu, Xing‐Liang Peng, Zhu‐Zhu Sun, et al.. (2021). Ionic liquid decoration for the hole transport improvement of PEDOT. Materials Advances. 2(6). 2009–2020. 7 indexed citations

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Ding, Wei‐Lu, Zhu‐Zhu Sun, Xing‐Liang Peng, et al.. (2020). Boosting the hole transport of conductive polymers by regulating the ion ratio in ionic liquid additives. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(17). 9796–9807. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhu‐Zhu, et al.. (2020). Molecular design of dibenzo[g,p]chrysene-based hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells: A theoretical study. Synthetic Metals. 271. 116631–116631. 16 indexed citations

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Bing, Yang, Wei‐Lu Ding, Honghua Zhang, & Suojiang Zhang. (2020). Recent progress in electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen: strategies to improve the catalytic activity and selectivity. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(2). 672–687. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Zhencai, Fei Xu, Hongyan He, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of high-molecular weight isosorbide-based polycarbonates through efficient activation of endo-hydroxyl groups by an ionic liquid. Green Chemistry. 21(14). 3891–3901. 50 indexed citations

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