Weiming Wan

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Weiming Wan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiming Wan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 15 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Weiming Wan's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (12 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (10 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (10 papers). Weiming Wan is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (12 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (10 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (10 papers). Weiming Wan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Weiming Wan's co-authors include Zhifeng Jiang, Jingguang G. Chen, Huaming Li, Po Keung Wong, Shouqi Yuan, Huijun Zhao, Jimin Xie, Kun Qian, Chengzhang Zhu and Zhexi Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Weiming Wan

29 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

A Hierarchical Z‑Scheme α‐Fe₂O₃/g‐C₃N₄ Hybrid for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction

2018 857 citations Zhifeng Jiang, Weiming Wan et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiming Wan United States	18	1.8k	1.7k	621	586	423	31	2.6k
Minguang Fan China	27	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	785 1.3×	655 1.1×	133 0.3×	65	2.3k
Dong Ki Lee South Korea	23	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	514 0.8×	1.0k 1.8×	207 0.5×	51	2.8k
Piaoping Yang China	20	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	761 1.2×	455 0.8×	214 0.5×	44	2.2k
Chunyang Dong China	19	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	509 0.8×	460 0.8×	179 0.4×	40	2.6k
Qingyuan Bi China	25	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	698 1.1×	409 0.7×	483 1.1×	58	2.8k
Xuetao Qin China	27	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	471 0.8×	260 0.6×	60	2.9k
Chunmiao Jia Singapore	15	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	756 1.2×	875 1.5×	132 0.3×	20	2.2k
Ruoou Yang China	26	2.5k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	1.5k 2.5×	195 0.5×	58	3.4k
Bingxian Chu China	23	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	576 0.9×	629 1.1×	104 0.2×	61	1.8k
Curtis Guild United States	21	894 0.5×	715 0.4×	384 0.6×	620 1.1×	237 0.6×	39	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiming Wan

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All Works

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Mathiesen, Jette K., Jie Zhu, Weiming Wan, Shamil Shaikhutdinov, & Beatriz Roldán Cuenya. (2025). Metal–Support Interaction in In₂O₃-Based Catalysts of CO₂ Hydrogenation Studied Using “Inverse” In₂O₃(111)/Ru(0001) Model Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(18). 8582–8590.

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Liu, Zong‐Huai, et al.. (2025). Optimizing CO2 hydrogenation to methanol by enriching ZnOx/Cu interfacial sites in Zn-dispersed HKUST-1 derived catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 373. 125334–125334. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xianhui, Canan Karakaya, Moriko Qian, et al.. (2024). 3D printing synthesis of catalysts. Materials Today Sustainability. 26. 100746–100746. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jieyun, Guanna Li, Jin Xie, et al.. (2024). Controllable Active Intermediate in CO₂ Hydrogenation Enabling Highly Selective N,N-Dimethylformamide Synthesis via N-Formylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(4). 3152–3160. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Si Woo, Mauricio López Luna, Weiming Wan, et al.. (2023). Unraveling surface structures of gallium promoted transition metal catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4649–4649. 34 indexed citations

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Wei, Hairong, et al.. (2023). Effect of preoperative prophylactic antibiotic use on postoperative infection after percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with negative urine culture: a single-center randomized controlled trial. World Journal of Urology. 41(12). 3687–3693. 3 indexed citations

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Wan, Weiming, Mauricio López Luna, See Wee Chee, et al.. (2022). Highly Stable and Reactive Platinum Single Atoms on Oxygen Plasma‐Functionalized CeO ₂ Surfaces: Nanostructuring and Peroxo Effects. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(20). e202112640–e202112640. 53 indexed citations

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Wan, Weiming, Mauricio López Luna, See Wee Chee, et al.. (2022). Highly Stable and Reactive Platinum Single Atoms on Oxygen Plasma‐Functionalized CeO ₂ Surfaces: Nanostructuring and Peroxo Effects. Angewandte Chemie. 134(20). 3 indexed citations

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Prieto, Maurício J., Weiming Wan, Liviu C. Tănase, et al.. (2022). Plasma Functionalization of Silica Bilayer Polymorphs. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(43). 48609–48618.

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Lin, Zhexi, Weiming Wan, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2019). 1,2-Propanediol as a Surrogate Molecule of Glycerol for Mechanistic Studies of Selective Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions over Mo₂C and Cu/Mo₂C Surfaces. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(9). 8077–8082. 12 indexed citations

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Gao, Dunfeng, Ian T. McCrum, Shyam Deo, et al.. (2018). Activity and Selectivity Control in CO₂ Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products over CuO_x Catalysts via Electrolyte Design. ACS Catalysis. 8(11). 10012–10020. 226 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhifeng, Weiming Wan, Huaming Li, et al.. (2018). A Hierarchical Z‑Scheme α‐Fe₂O₃/g‐C₃N₄ Hybrid for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction. Advanced Materials. 30(10). 857 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wan, Weiming, et al.. (2018). Controlling reaction pathways of selective C–O bond cleavage of glycerol. Nature Communications. 9(1). 62 indexed citations

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Lin, Zhexi, Weiming Wan, Siyu Yao, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2018). Cobalt-modified molybdenum carbide as a selective catalyst for hydrodeoxygenation of furfural. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 233. 160–166. 73 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaodan, Weiming Wan, Jingguang G. Chen, & Tiefeng Wang. (2018). Selective Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived 2(5H)-Furanone to γ-Butyrolactone over Ni-Based Bimetallic Catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(12). 16039–16046. 17 indexed citations

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Wan, Weiming, Glen R. Jenness, Ke Xiong, Dionisios G. Vlachos, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2017). Ring‐Opening Reaction of Furfural and Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol on Hydrogen‐Predosed Iridium(1 1 1) and Cobalt/Iridium(1 1 1) Surfaces. ChemCatChem. 9(9). 1701–1707. 39 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhifeng, Kun Qian, Chengzhang Zhu, et al.. (2017). Carbon nitride coupled with CdS-TiO2 nanodots as 2D/0D ternary composite with enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution: A novel efficient three-level electron transfer process. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 210. 194–204. 142 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhifeng, Weiming Wan, Zhexi Lin, Jimin Xie, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2017). Understanding the Role of M/Pt(111) (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) Bimetallic Surfaces for Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Furfural. ACS Catalysis. 7(9). 5758–5765. 87 indexed citations

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Kattel, Shyam, Weiting Yu, Xiaofang Yang, et al.. (2016). CO₂ Hydrogenation over Oxide‐Supported PtCo Catalysts: The Role of the Oxide Support in Determining the Product Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(28). 7968–7973. 320 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhendong, Yangcheng Lü, Man Zhang, Weiming Wan, & Guangsheng Luo. (2012). Controllable preparation of uniform polystyrene nanospheres with premix membrane emulsification. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 129(3). 1202–1211. 6 indexed citations

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