Zewen Shen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zewen Shen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zewen Shen has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 13 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zewen Shen's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (9 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). Zewen Shen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (9 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). Zewen Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Hungary. Zewen Shen's co-authors include Guixia Zhao, Yezi Hu, Xiangke Wang, Duoyue Tang, Zhuoyu Ji, Ling Yao, Bingfeng Li, Yingtong Zou, Xiubing Huang and Baoxiang Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zewen Shen

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ultra-highly efficient enrichment of uranium from seawate... 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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.

  1. Ultra-highly efficient enrichment of uranium from seawater via studtite nanodots growth-elution cycle
    2024 72 citations Yezi Hu, Zewen Shen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zewen Shen China 16 665 579 347 177 153 34 1.1k
Ningchao Zheng China 16 501 0.8× 539 0.9× 228 0.7× 111 0.6× 157 1.0× 29 1.1k
Zenghui Zheng China 11 618 0.9× 501 0.9× 305 0.9× 157 0.9× 191 1.2× 18 1.2k
Renzhi Rao China 11 700 1.1× 477 0.8× 371 1.1× 121 0.7× 261 1.7× 11 1.1k
Kaixing Fu China 15 558 0.8× 428 0.7× 210 0.6× 116 0.7× 181 1.2× 31 1.1k
Yezi Hu China 21 1.1k 1.6× 667 1.2× 768 2.2× 232 1.3× 167 1.1× 38 1.8k
Feiyue Jia China 6 599 0.9× 637 1.1× 435 1.3× 101 0.6× 179 1.2× 7 1.1k
V. Murugesan India 17 735 1.1× 715 1.2× 174 0.5× 168 0.9× 129 0.8× 41 1.2k
Jiafeng Wei China 14 568 0.9× 339 0.6× 126 0.4× 109 0.6× 167 1.1× 22 890
Naipeng Lin China 11 537 0.8× 515 0.9× 164 0.5× 243 1.4× 173 1.1× 12 1.2k
Abolfazl Rahmani-Sani Iran 14 776 1.2× 703 1.2× 263 0.8× 157 0.9× 250 1.6× 16 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zewen Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zewen Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zewen Shen

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

All Works

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Shen, Zewen, Liu Yang, Yezi Hu, et al.. (2025). Accelerated oxygen activation over uranyl decorated covalent organic framework for universally promoted H2O2 photosynthesis. Science China Materials. 69(1). 228–236. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Xinyu, Zewen Shen, Hao Pan, et al.. (2025). Photothermal Promotion of Uranium Extraction from Seawater with Self‐Supporting Functionalized Polyurethane Sponge. Solar RRL. 9(8). 2 indexed citations
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Shen, Zewen, Hao Pan, Yezi Hu, et al.. (2025). Regulating Intermediate Adsorption and Promoting Charge Transfer of CoCr‐LDHs by Ce Doping for Enhancing Electrooxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural. Small. 21(8). e2409343–e2409343. 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Guilong, Zewen Shen, Wolfgang Kleist, et al.. (2024). Comparing direct pyrolysis and post-impregnation in the synthesis of atomic Fe active sites for solvent-free aerobic coupling of benzylamine. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(45). 31312–31322. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Yezi, Zewen Shen, Guixia Zhao, et al.. (2024). Ultra-highly efficient enrichment of uranium from seawater via studtite nanodots growth-elution cycle. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6700–6700. 72 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Yezi, Zewen Shen, Nannan Zheng, et al.. (2024). Light-promoted conversion of aliphatic alcohols to carboxylic acids over Pt-loaded BiVO4 in aqueous solution under ambient conditions. Journal of Catalysis. 437. 115668–115668. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Peng, Zewen Shen, Zhuoyu Ji, et al.. (2024). A review on uranyl-based photocatalysts in photocatalytic organic transformation. Journal of Catalysis. 442. 115900–115900. 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Yezi, Feng Chu, Zewen Shen, et al.. (2024). CeO2 quantum dots/LZU1 Z-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic selective oxidative coupling of benzylamines. Journal of Rare Earths. 43(8). 1616–1624. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Yezi, Zewen Shen, Rong He, et al.. (2024). Efficient uranium(VI) recovery from fluorinated wastewater via deferiprone ligand complexation. Water Research. 271. 122884–122884. 14 indexed citations
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Tang, Duoyue, Zewen Shen, Guilong Lu, et al.. (2023). Aerobic oxidative lactonization of diols at room temperature over defective titanium-based oxides in water. Journal of Catalysis. 418. 237–246. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Ling, Yezi Hu, Yingtong Zou, et al.. (2022). Selective and Efficient Photoextraction of Aqueous Cr(VI) as a Solid-State Polyhydroxy Cr(V) Complex for Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(19). 14030–14037. 75 indexed citations
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Hu, Yezi, Duoyue Tang, Zewen Shen, et al.. (2022). Photochemically triggered self-extraction of uranium from aqueous solution under ambient conditions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 322. 122092–122092. 84 indexed citations
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Yao, Ling, Zewen Shen, Zhuoyu Ji, et al.. (2022). Cr(VI) detoxification and simultaneous selective recovery of Cr resource from wastewater via photo-chemical extraction using biomass. Science Bulletin. 67(21). 2154–2157. 40 indexed citations
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Hu, Yezi, Zewen Shen, Bingfeng Li, et al.. (2021). State-of-the-art progress for the selective crystallization of actinides, synthesis of actinide compounds and their functionalization. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 426. 127838–127838. 12 indexed citations
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Zou, Yingtong, Yezi Hu, Zewen Shen, et al.. (2021). Application of aluminosilicate clay mineral-based composites in photocatalysis. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 115. 190–214. 100 indexed citations
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Li, Bingfeng, Yuejie Ai, Yezi Hu, et al.. (2021). Visible-near-infrared-light-driven selective oxidation of alcohols over nanostructured Cu doped SrTiO3 in water under mild condition. Journal of Catalysis. 399. 142–149. 38 indexed citations
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Tan, Wenyi, et al.. (2017). Carbonation of gypsum from wet flue gas desulfurization process: experiments and modeling. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(9). 8602–8608. 34 indexed citations

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