Wenwen Zhan

5.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
61 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

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Wenwen Zhan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenwen Zhan has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 17 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wenwen Zhan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (32 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (15 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers). Wenwen Zhan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (32 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (15 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers). Wenwen Zhan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Japan. Wenwen Zhan's co-authors include Xiguang Han, Liming Sun, Lan‐Sun Zheng, Zhaoxiong Xie, Qin Kuang, Qiang Xü, Xiang‐Jian Kong, Qi‐Long Zhu, Yinyun Lü and Yi‐Ting Wang 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

Wenwen Zhan

57 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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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.

MOF-Templated Synthesis of Porous Co₃O₄Concave Nanocubes with High Specific Surface Area and Their Gas Sensing Properties

2014 759 citations Wenwen Zhan, Yue He et al. profile →
Semiconductor@Metal–Organic Framework Core–Shell Heterostructures: A Case of ZnO@ZIF-8 Nanorods with Selective Photoelectrochemical Response

2013 724 citations Wenwen Zhan, Qin Kuang et al. profile →
Recent Progress on Engineering Highly Efficient Porous Semiconductor Photocatalysts Derived from Metal–Organic Frameworks

2019 587 citations Wenwen Zhan, Liming Sun et al. profile →
Synthesis of porous Cu₂O/CuO cages using Cu-based metal–organic frameworks as templates and their gas-sensing properties

2015 418 citations Wenwen Zhan, Zhaoxiong Xie et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenwen Zhan China	29	3.2k	2.0k	1.9k	1.4k	638	61	5.1k
Yongcun Zou China	40	3.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	470 0.7×	131	5.3k
Zile Hua China	43	3.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	791 1.2×	119	5.1k
Rui Lin China	33	4.0k 1.2×	4.3k 2.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	828 1.3×	54	6.6k
Xiguang Han China	39	4.3k 1.3×	3.7k 1.9×	2.8k 1.5×	637 0.5×	1.0k 1.6×	107	6.8k
Tie‐Zhen Ren China	43	4.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.7×	2.6k 1.4×	817 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	143	6.6k
Thierry Toupance France	40	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	390 0.3×	627 1.0×	154	5.2k
Kaifeng Lin China	36	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	351 0.6×	151	5.6k
Jinxuan Liu China	34	3.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	3.4k 2.4×	799 1.3×	105	6.2k
Trong‐On Do Canada	47	5.1k 1.6×	4.4k 2.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	676 1.1×	130	7.2k
Won Seok South Korea	36	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	307 0.5×	126	5.5k

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Zhou, Jie, Wenwen Zhan, Yan Liu, et al.. (2025). Hydride‐Richest Molecular Complex: Ligand‐Length Facilitated Cu ₄₀ H ₃₈ Nanoclusters Exhibiting High Catalytic Performance for Selective Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(25). e202504671–e202504671. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Hao, Xiaoxiao He, Qiang Zhu, et al.. (2025). Constructing a visible-light-excited Z-scheme heterojunction by engineering the directional N–C/Cu insertion layer: overcoming work function mismatches. Chemical Science. 16(43). 20544–20552.

Zheng, Hao, Yan Li, Wenwen Zhan, et al.. (2025). Integrating Circular Polarized Luminescence and Long Persistent Luminescence in Cu ₈ Cage‐Like Clusters via Ligand Engineering. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(16). e202423787–e202423787. 8 indexed citations

Zhan, Wenwen, et al.. (2024). Enantiopure trigonal bipyramidal coordination cages templated by in situ self-organized D2h-symmetric anions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5628–5628. 9 indexed citations

Yan, Xiaoqin, Tianyi Xu, Wenwen Zhan, et al.. (2024). Engineering Cu2O/Cu/N-C interface to induce directional migration of charge for driving photocatalytic homo-coupling of terminal alkynes. Nano Research. 17(8). 6895–6902. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yu, Wenwen Zhan, Lei Yang, et al.. (2023). Construction of a micro–nano reactor assembled by TiO₂/N–C ultrathin sheets for photocatalytic H₂ evolution. Chemical Communications. 59(52). 8131–8134.

He, Xiaoxiao, et al.. (2023). Hollow anatase TiO₂ tetrakaidecahedral crystals with an active {001}/{110} redox interface toward high-performance photocatalytic activity. Chemical Science. 15(2). 692–700. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Duo, Liqiong Chen, Wenwen Zhan, et al.. (2023). Study on the leakage dispersion law of exposed high-pressure natural gas pipelines in the mountainous environment. Frontiers in Energy Research. 10. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Feng‐Lei, et al.. (2023). Engineering cuboctahedral N-doped C-coated p-CuO/n-TiO₂ heterojunctions toward high-performance photocatalytic cross-dehydrogenative coupling. Nanoscale. 15(32). 13313–13321.

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Gao, Hao, Zhiliang Chen, Huade Liu, et al.. (2022). Immobilization of AgCl/Pd Heterojunctions on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes: Interfacial Design‐Induced Electronic Regulation Enhances Photocatalytic Activity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(66). e202202433–e202202433. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Yun, Liming Sun, Wenwen Zhan, Xiaojun Wang, & Xiguang Han. (2021). Separated redox site strategies for engineering highly efficient photocatalysts: a pagoda-like In₂O₃/CuO heteroepitaxial structure coated with a N-doped C layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(7). 4310–4316. 37 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yusheng, Liming Sun, Hao Gao, et al.. (2020). Engineering a Highly Improved Porous Photocatalyst Based on Cu₂O by a Synergistic Effect of Cation Doping of Zn and Carbon Layer Coating. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(21). 16010–16015. 18 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yusheng, Liming Sun, Suyuan Zeng, et al.. (2019). Modulating the Charge‐Transfer Step of a p–n Heterojunction with Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon: A Promising Strategy To Improve Photocatalytic Performance. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(4). 921–926. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Liming, Yusheng Yuan, Rong Li, et al.. (2019). Significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance of In₂O₃ hollow spheres via the coating effect of an N,S-codoped carbon layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(44). 25423–25432. 30 indexed citations

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Han, Xiguang, Xiguang Han, Xiao Han, et al.. (2018). Preparation of 3D hierarchical porous Co₃O₄ nanostructures with enhanced performance in lithium-ion batteries. RSC Advances. 8(6). 3218–3224. 15 indexed citations

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Han, Xiguang, Xiguang Han, Xiaoxiao He, et al.. (2018). Increasing Effectiveness of Photogenerated Carriers by in Situ Anchoring of Cu₂O Nanoparticles on a Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Yolk–Shell Cuboctahedral Framework. ACS Catalysis. 8(4). 3348–3356. 122 indexed citations

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Li, Rong, Liming Sun, Wenwen Zhan, et al.. (2018). Engineering an effective noble-metal-free photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution: hollow hexagonal porous micro-rods assembled from In₂O₃@carbon core–shell nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(32). 15747–15754. 85 indexed citations

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Sun, Liming, Wenwen Zhan, Yanan Li, et al.. (2018). Understanding the facet-dependent catalytic performance of hematite microcrystals in a CO oxidation reaction. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(9). 2332–2339. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Luning, Huiqi Li, Mengwen Yan, et al.. (2017). Ternary Alloys Encapsulated within Different MOFs via a Self‐Sacrificing Template Process: A Potential Platform for the Investigation of Size‐Selective Catalytic Performances. Small. 13(33). 34 indexed citations

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Zhan, Wenwen, Yue He, Luning Chen, et al.. (2016). Probing the structural flexibility of MOFs by constructing metal oxide@MOF-based heterostructures for size-selective photoelectrochemical response. Nanoscale. 8(27). 13181–13185. 28 indexed citations

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