Zenan Hu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Zenan Hu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zenan Hu has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Organic Chemistry, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 15 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zenan Hu's work include Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (25 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (15 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers). Zenan Hu is often cited by papers focused on Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (25 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (15 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers). Zenan Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zenan Hu's co-authors include Hongbin Sun, Yongjian Ai, Qionglin Liang, Hongbo Xin, Xiaoping Liang, M. C. Liu, Ruisheng Zhang, Xiaojun Yao, Lei Liu and Junjie Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zenan Hu

75 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Recent Advances in Nanozymes: From Matters to Bioapplications

2021 378 citations Yongjian Ai, Zenan Hu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zenan Hu China	26	736	557	481	313	288	78	2.0k
Hailei Zhang China	23	443 0.6×	267 0.5×	573 1.2×	167 0.5×	263 0.9×	81	2.0k
Qianqian Xu China	34	982 1.3×	370 0.7×	636 1.3×	604 1.9×	332 1.2×	175	3.4k
Sajjad Hussain Pakistan	27	724 1.0×	432 0.8×	760 1.6×	233 0.7×	352 1.2×	107	2.3k
Qi Yang China	22	526 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	141 0.3×	238 0.8×	332 1.2×	71	2.2k
Shi‐Lu Chen China	33	968 1.3×	686 1.2×	814 1.7×	334 1.1×	723 2.5×	135	3.2k
Qingxiang Guo China	31	536 0.7×	1.6k 3.0×	651 1.4×	679 2.2×	139 0.5×	116	3.1k
Li Ji China	26	505 0.7×	765 1.4×	409 0.9×	112 0.4×	89 0.3×	85	2.2k
Ivana Pibiri Italy	30	401 0.5×	771 1.4×	391 0.8×	200 0.6×	143 0.5×	88	1.9k
Nisar Ahmed United Kingdom	27	585 0.8×	935 1.7×	347 0.7×	248 0.8×	335 1.2×	79	2.1k
Anuj K. Rathi Czechia	27	860 1.2×	1.4k 2.5×	227 0.5×	295 0.9×	495 1.7×	44	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zenan Hu

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

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Liu, Yating, Y.X. Xu, Xianjuan Pang, et al.. (2025). The cooperative p-n heterojunction and Schottky junction in Cu-coated Cu2O/TiO2/Ti3C2 for efficiently photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethanol. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1017. 179012–179012. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Tingting, et al.. (2025). Impedance-Modulated Soft Strain Sensor with High Stability for Humanoid Robots. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(38). 54125–54138.

Hu, Zenan, et al.. (2025). Histidine‐Induced Cu(II) Coordination Distortion in Cu‐MOF: A Groundbreaking Strategy to Revolutionize Nanozyme Catalytic Mechanisms and Break pH Limitations. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(51). 2 indexed citations

Chen, Huajun, Xiaolei Shi, Zenan Hu, et al.. (2025). Bottom-up assembly of recyclable van der Waals-integrated photocatalysts towards efficient photoelectrocatalytic degradation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(14). 9764–9777. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Zenan, et al.. (2025). Lysine enhances the photoresponsive oxidase-like activity of twin Cd0.7Zn0.3S for direct colorimetric detection of lysine. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1352. 343914–343914. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yichen, Zheng Liu, Yanyan Zheng, Zenan Hu, & Guanghong Zhou. (2024). Exploration of the growth pattern and stemness maintenance of bovine muscle stem cells in vitro culture. Food Bioscience. 62. 105418–105418. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Zenan, et al.. (2024). Solvent-dependent chemoselective synthesis of different isoquinolinones mediated by the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PISA. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 20. 1914–1921.

Hu, Zenan, et al.. (2024). Nanostructured LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ with a Hollow Morphology Boosting Cycling Stability as Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(13). 15215–15222. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Yanyan, Zenan Hu, & Guanghong Zhou. (2024). A review: analysis of technical challenges in cultured meat production and its commercialization. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 65(10). 1911–1928. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Jiajing, Jianghua Zhang, Yongjian Ai, et al.. (2023). Triple boost to improve the lithium storage performance of hierarchical porous carbon. Journal of Energy Storage. 71. 108099–108099. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Rongxiu, Xinyue Zhang, Zenan Hu, et al.. (2022). Synergizing the Cu-only catalyst with the amino-modified mesoporous double-shelled nanoreactor for the selective transfer hydrogenation of nitriles. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(1). 109143–109143. 3 indexed citations

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Ren, Jing, et al.. (2021). Ring Expansion Fluorination of Unactivated Cyclopropanes Mediated by a New Monofluoroiodane(III) Reagent. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(45). 24171–24178. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xinyue, Yao Wang, Yongjian Ai, et al.. (2021). Ultimate Resourcization of Waste: Crab Shell-Derived Biochar for Antimony Removal and Sequential Utilization as an Anode for a Li-Ion Battery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(26). 8813–8823. 40 indexed citations

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Ai, Yongjian, Zenan Hu, Xiaoping Liang, et al.. (2021). Recent Advances in Nanozymes: From Matters to Bioapplications. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(14). 378 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Jing, et al.. (2021). Ring Expansion Fluorination of Unactivated Cyclopropanes Mediated by a New Monofluoroiodane(III) Reagent. Angewandte Chemie. 133(45). 24373–24380. 4 indexed citations

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Hu, Zenan, et al.. (2021). Singlet Oxygen Generation from a Water-Soluble Hypervalent Iodine(V) Reagent AIBX and H₂O₂: An Access to Artemisinin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(6). 3885–3894. 9 indexed citations

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Ai, Yongjian, Lei Liu, Zenan Hu, et al.. (2020). In‐situ Construction of Graphite‐Supported Magnetic Carbocatalysts from a Metallo‐Supramolecular Polymer: High Performance for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation. ChemNanoMat. 6(4). 629–638. 5 indexed citations

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Ai, Yongjian, Xinyue Zhang, Zenan Hu, et al.. (2019). Recycling Antimony(III) by Magnetic Carbon Nanospheres: Turning Waste to Recoverable Catalytic for Synthesis of Esters and Triazoles. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(1). 469–477. 25 indexed citations

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Ai, Yongjian, Zenan Hu, Lei Liu, et al.. (2019). Magnetically Hollow Pt Nanocages with Ultrathin Walls as a Highly Integrated Nanoreactor for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation Reaction. Advanced Science. 6(7). 1802132–1802132. 57 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingting, Yixin Chen, Ziqing Zhang, et al.. (2018). Microwell Confined Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Honeycomblike Carbon Spheres for the Adsorption of Sb(III) and Sequential Utilization as a Catalyst. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(10). 12925–12934. 37 indexed citations

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