Xiaohua Ren

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Xiaohua Ren is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohua Ren has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Water Science and Technology, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaohua Ren's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (6 papers). Xiaohua Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (6 papers). Xiaohua Ren collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Xiaohua Ren's co-authors include Weilin Guo, Lijie Ci, Deping Li, Qing Sun, Pengchao Si, Jinkui Feng, Qing Ai, Jun Lou, Yang Liu and Lin Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Energy Materials and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohua Ren

45 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Facile Fabrication of Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon as Superior Anode Material for Potassium‐Ion Batteries

2018 462 citations Deping Li, Xiaohua Ren et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaohua Ren China	21	905	476	396	374	353	47	1.7k
Xuxu Wang China	26	1.3k 1.4×	673 1.4×	513 1.3×	740 2.0×	323 0.9×	92	2.2k
Peiyao Wang China	18	916 1.0×	306 0.6×	485 1.2×	252 0.7×	217 0.6×	55	1.8k
Shanshan Shi China	21	1.4k 1.6×	583 1.2×	589 1.5×	459 1.2×	143 0.4×	70	2.3k
Wanqi Zhang China	23	659 0.7×	249 0.5×	582 1.5×	339 0.9×	196 0.6×	93	1.7k
Weiwei Kang China	23	659 0.7×	615 1.3×	406 1.0×	198 0.5×	193 0.5×	89	1.5k
Jie Liao China	19	842 0.9×	627 1.3×	609 1.5×	183 0.5×	138 0.4×	50	1.8k
Jun Pan China	24	1.4k 1.5×	443 0.9×	377 1.0×	127 0.3×	200 0.6×	70	2.0k
Chunmei Zhang China	25	759 0.8×	1.1k 2.4×	396 1.0×	283 0.8×	94 0.3×	79	2.0k
Yanqing Ma China	21	1.0k 1.1×	884 1.9×	488 1.2×	352 0.9×	82 0.2×	92	1.9k
Xupin Zhuang China	19	621 0.7×	177 0.4×	263 0.7×	284 0.8×	90 0.3×	37	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaohua Ren

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

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Cao, Lingling, Xin Tan, Jiaxin Dong, et al.. (2025). One-step calcined cellulose-derived NiNx nanoclusters catalyst: Unleashing non-radical peroxymonosulfate activation for accelerated p-nitrophenol degradation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 305(Pt 1). 141054–141054.

Wang, Rongyao, Shuai Wang, Baoli Du, et al.. (2025). Self-powered monitoring and synergistic peroxymonosulfate activation via Janus-structured PVDF@Cu for enhanced levofloxacin degradation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 164970–164970.

Lv, Xiaoyu, Yanqiu Leng, Rongyao Wang, et al.. (2022). Persulfate activation by ferrocene-based metal–organic framework microspheres for efficient oxidation of orange acid 7. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(23). 34464–34474. 8 indexed citations

Li, Jinyu, Hao Huang, Jinsheng Li, et al.. (2022). Effect of the interconnecting window diameter of hydroxyapatite scaffolds on vascularization and osteoinduction. Ceramics International. 48(17). 25070–25078. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Rongyao, Yanjun Yu, Ruijuan Zhang, Xiaohua Ren, & Weilin Guo. (2022). Elucidating the origin mechanism of a morphology-dependent layered double hydroxide catalyst toward organic contaminant oxidation via persulfate activation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(52). 79126–79139. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Shouwei, Xiaohua Ren, Huihui Gao, et al.. (2021). Hierarchical multi-active component yolk-shell nanoreactors as highly active peroxymonosulfate activator for ciprofloxacin degradation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 605. 766–778. 49 indexed citations

Li, Deping, Linna Dai, Xiaohua Ren, et al.. (2020). Foldable potassium-ion batteries enabled by free-standing and flexible SnS₂@C nanofibers. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(1). 424–436. 218 indexed citations

Chen, Qiong, Xiaohua Ren, Yuqian Li, et al.. (2020). Promotion effect of nitrogen-doped functional carbon nanodots on the early growth stage of plants. 1(1). 9 indexed citations

Su, Shengnan, et al.. (2020). Enhanced catalytic activity of MIL-101(Fe) with coordinatively unsaturated sites for activating persulfate to degrade organic pollutants. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(14). 17194–17204. 50 indexed citations

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Yang, Min, et al.. (2020). Insights into the facet-dependent adsorption of antibiotic ciprofloxacin on goethite. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(9). 11486–11497. 17 indexed citations

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Hou, Guangmei, Qidi Sun, Qing Ai, et al.. (2019). Growth direction control of lithium dendrites in a heterogeneous lithiophilic host for ultra-safe lithium metal batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 416. 141–147. 37 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaohua, Huanhuan Guo, Xiaoxin Ma, et al.. (2018). Improved interfacial floatability of superhydrophobic and compressive S, N co-doped graphene aerogel by electrostatic spraying for highly efficient organic pollutants recovery from water. Applied Surface Science. 457. 780–788. 22 indexed citations

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Guo, Huanhuan, Guangmei Hou, Jianguang Guo, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Cycling Performance of Li–O₂ Battery by Using a Li₃PO₄-Protected Lithium Anode in DMSO-Based Electrolyte. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 1(10). 5511–5517. 23 indexed citations

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Hou, Guangmei, Xiaohua Ren, Xiaoxin Ma, et al.. (2018). Dendrite-free Li metal anode enabled by a 3D free-standing lithiophilic nitrogen-enriched carbon sponge. Journal of Power Sources. 386. 77–84. 66 indexed citations

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Pang, Xin, Ya‐Jie Tang, Xiaohua Ren, et al.. (2018). Microbiota, Epithelium, Inflammation, and TGF-β Signaling: An Intricate Interaction in Oncogenesis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Deping, Xiaohua Ren, Qing Ai, et al.. (2018). Facile Fabrication of Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon as Superior Anode Material for Potassium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(34). 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Xiaoxin, Long Chen, Xiaohua Ren, et al.. (2017). High-performance red phosphorus/carbon nanofibers/graphene free-standing paper anode for sodium ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(4). 1574–1581. 67 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaohua, Huanhuan Guo, Jinkui Feng, et al.. (2017). Synergic mechanism of adsorption and metal-free catalysis for phenol degradation by N-doped graphene aerogel. Chemosphere. 191. 389–399. 67 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaohua, et al.. (2017). A new four-step hierarchy method for combined assessment of groundwater quality and pollution. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(1). 50–50. 6 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhaojie, Fanli Meng, Jinglan Hong, Xiangzhi Li, & Xiaohua Ren. (2012). Effects of electron donors on the microbial reductive dechlorination of hexachlorocyclohexane and on the environment. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 113(6). 765–770. 9 indexed citations

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