Wenzhen Lai

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Wenzhen Lai is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenzhen Lai has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wenzhen Lai's work include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (37 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Wenzhen Lai is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (37 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Wenzhen Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, Israel and United States. Wenzhen Lai's co-authors include Rui Cao, Sason Shaik, Wei Zhang, Hui Chen, Yongzhen Han, Pingwu Du, Yong Wang, Haitao Lei, Chunsen Li and Geng Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wenzhen Lai

77 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Energy-Related Small Molecule Activation Reactions: Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Catalyzed by Porphyrin- and Corrole-Based Systems

2016 1.1k citations Wei Zhang, Wenzhen Lai et al. profile →

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Jonathan F. Hull United States

Ryan G. Hadt United States

Rong‐Zhen Liao China

Zhuofeng Ke China

Maylis Orio France

John A. Keith United States

Maurice van Gastel Germany

Caleb A. Kent United States

Christopher J. Gagliardi United States

C. W. Liu Taiwan

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Lei, Haitao, Fengwang Li, Chengyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Highly selective electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate by a dinuclear nickel complex: cooperative catalysis across diverse conditions. Science Bulletin. 70(23). 4005–4013.

Chen, Yong, et al.. (2024). Hyperspectral Compressive Snapshot Reconstruction via Coupled Low-Rank Subspace Representation and Self-Supervised Deep Network. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 33. 926–941. 43 indexed citations

Wang, Yaqing & Wenzhen Lai. (2024). Mechanistic insight into electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate by the iron(I) porphyrin complex: A DFT study. Molecular Catalysis. 566. 114430–114430. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yong, et al.. (2023). A guidable nonlocal low-rank approximation model for hyperspectral image denoising. Signal Processing. 215. 109266–109266. 12 indexed citations

Lai, Wenzhen, et al.. (2023). Intramolecular electrostatic effects on reduction of CO2 to CO by iron porphyrin complexes: Insights from DFT calculations. Molecular Catalysis. 553. 113797–113797. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yanju, Yongzhen Han, Zongyao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Low overpotential water oxidation at neutral pH catalyzed by a copper(ii) porphyrin. Chemical Science. 10(9). 2613–2622. 175 indexed citations

Chen, Fangfang, Ni Wang, Haitao Lei, et al.. (2017). Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Water-Soluble Copper(II) Complex with a Copper-Bound Carbonate Group Acting as a Potential Proton Shuttle. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(21). 13368–13375. 82 indexed citations

Jiang, Xuan‐Feng, Hui Huang, Yunfeng Chai, et al.. (2016). Hydrolytic cleavage of both CS2 carbon–sulfur bonds by multinuclear Pd(II) complexes at room temperature. Nature Chemistry. 9(2). 188–193. 70 indexed citations

Wang, Binju, et al.. (2016). How do Enzymes Utilize Reactive OH Radicals? Lessons from Nonheme HppE and Fenton Systems. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(27). 8489–8496. 46 indexed citations

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Han, Yongzhen, et al.. (2016). Singly versus Doubly Reduced Nickel Porphyrins for Proton Reduction: Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for a Homolytic Hydrogen‐Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 128(18). 5547–5552. 30 indexed citations

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Lei, Haitao, Huayi Fang, Yongzhen Han, et al.. (2015). Reactivity and Mechanism Studies of Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Copper Corroles. ACS Catalysis. 5(9). 5145–5153. 180 indexed citations

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Cao, Lili, Geng Dong, & Wenzhen Lai. (2015). Reaction Mechanism of Cobalt-Substituted Homoprotocatechuate 2,3-Dioxygenase: A QM/MM Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119(13). 4608–4616. 7 indexed citations

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Lei, Haitao, Ali Han, Fengwang Li, et al.. (2013). Electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a simple bifunctional cobalt corrole catalyst for oxygen evolution and hydrogen production. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(5). 1883–1893. 191 indexed citations

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Cho, Kyung‐Bin, Wenzhen Lai, Mats Hámberg, C.S. Raman, & Sason Shaik. (2010). The reaction mechanism of allene oxide synthase: Interplay of theoretical QM/MM calculations and experimental investigations. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 507(1). 14–25. 16 indexed citations

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Meir, Rinat, Hui Chen, Wenzhen Lai, & Sason Shaik. (2010). Oriented Electric Fields Accelerate Diels–Alder Reactions and Control the endo/exo Selectivity. ChemPhysChem. 11(1). 301–310. 230 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Reactivities of Iron(IV)‐Oxo Porphyrin π‐Cation Radicals in Oxygenation Reactions by Electron‐Donating Axial Ligands. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(39). 10039–10046. 114 indexed citations

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Lai, Wenzhen, Hui Chen, Kyung‐Bin Cho, & Sason Shaik. (2009). Effects of Substrate, Protein Environment, and Proximal Ligand Mutation on Compound I and Compound 0 of Chloroperoxidase. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 113(43). 11763–11771. 21 indexed citations

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Lai, Wenzhen, Hui Chen, & Sason Shaik. (2009). What Kinds of Ferryl Species Exist for Compound II of Chloroperoxidase? A Dialog of Theory with Experiment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(22). 7912–7917. 19 indexed citations

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Lai, Wenzhen, et al.. (2008). A first-principles study of K adsorption on Pb(111). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(12). 1669–1669. 7 indexed citations

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Lai, Wenzhen, Daiqian Xie, Jinlong Yang, & Dong Zhang. (2004). A first-principles potential energy surface and vibrational states for hydrogen on Cu(100). The Journal of Chemical Physics. 121(15). 7434–7439. 15 indexed citations

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