Zhenao Gu

1.2k total citations
35 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Zhenao Gu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenao Gu has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 11 papers in Water Science and Technology and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenao Gu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (6 papers). Zhenao Gu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (6 papers). Zhenao Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Zhenao Gu's co-authors include Jiuhui Qu, Chengzhi Hu, Xiaoqiang An, Huijuan Liu, Wei Zhang, Limin Liu, Huijuan Liu, Junwang Tang, Gong Zhang and Zhiyang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zhenao Gu

29 papers receiving 897 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenao Gu China 18 530 346 218 209 173 35 910
Yuhuan Fei United States 11 406 0.8× 276 0.8× 242 1.1× 233 1.1× 144 0.8× 25 899
Jingkai Lin Australia 15 867 1.6× 642 1.9× 352 1.6× 216 1.0× 106 0.6× 45 1.1k
Chin‐Jung Lin Taiwan 17 627 1.2× 572 1.7× 152 0.7× 139 0.7× 130 0.8× 38 1.0k
Xiaohan Ma China 13 948 1.8× 720 2.1× 278 1.3× 392 1.9× 192 1.1× 17 1.3k
Samah A. Mahyoub China 14 512 1.0× 362 1.0× 223 1.0× 102 0.5× 62 0.4× 28 699
Zhuoyun Tang China 17 827 1.6× 708 2.0× 313 1.4× 358 1.7× 169 1.0× 37 1.2k
Hongze An China 15 666 1.3× 395 1.1× 158 0.7× 512 2.4× 198 1.1× 22 1.0k
Hehe Qin China 15 753 1.4× 420 1.2× 245 1.1× 511 2.4× 192 1.1× 21 1.1k
Houfen Li China 18 732 1.4× 586 1.7× 291 1.3× 104 0.5× 89 0.5× 47 966

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenao Gu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenao Gu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenao Gu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wen, Shiyu, et al.. (2026). Surface charge modulated hydrogel for faster atmospheric water harvesting. Water Research. 293. 125330–125330.
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Wang, Tianyu, Xiaocong Ma, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Electro-Dialysis-Reduction-Enabled Synergistic Nitrate Enrichment and Conversion for Wastewater Valorization. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(33). 17881–17889.
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Gu, Zhenao, Wei Zhang, Baiwen Ma, et al.. (2025). Confinement-enhanced valorization of contaminants in electrified hydrogenation membranes for water purification. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9443–9443.
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Zhang, Wei, Zhenao Gu, Haihua Bao, et al.. (2025). Electrocatalytic membrane-driven ozonation to reconstruct the extracellular polymeric substance for enhanced sludge dewatering. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 75. 107768–107768. 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Shanyu, Shugang Zhang, Zhenao Gu, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of covalently bonded Cu-MOF-based ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid analogs for efficient metals removal. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165366–165366.
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Mao, Jie, Hongmei Li, Haobo Pan, et al.. (2025). Synergetic photocatalytic activation of persulfate by Ti3C2/g-C3N4 for sterilization and antibiotic degradation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 518. 164605–164605. 3 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, et al.. (2024). Catalytic dechlorination and deep hydrogenation of 4-chlorophenol in a hydrogen-based internal circulation reactor for efficient wastewater detoxification. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 60. 105148–105148. 6 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, Haozhi Wang, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Electronic regulation of Ru electrocatalyst for enhanced atomic hydrogen generation and selective chlorophenol hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 365. 124958–124958. 6 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, Baiwen Ma, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the spatially confined oxidation processes in reactive electrochemical membranes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6590–6590. 68 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, Guangzhi He, Yulong Shan, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Hydrosaturation Selectivity and Electron Transfer for Electrocatalytic Chlorophenols Hydrogenation on Ru Sites. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(43). 16695–16706. 33 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, et al.. (2023). In situ regulation of selectivity and permeability by electrically tuning pore size in trans-membrane ion process. Water Research. 244. 120478–120478. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Tianyu, Zijian Zhang, Zhenao Gu, Chengzhi Hu, & Jiuhui Qu. (2023). Electron Transfer of Activated Carbon to Anode Excites and Regulates Desalination in Flow Electrode Capacitive Deionization. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(6). 2566–2574. 31 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic deep hydrogenation of 4-chlorophenol into cyclohexanol on microchannel-enhanced Ru/TiO2 for wastewater detoxification and simultaneous resource recovery. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(3). 109709–109709. 11 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, Yu Cheng, Zongqiang Zhu, et al.. (2023). Intensified denitrification in a fluidized-bed reactor with suspended sulfur autotrophic microbial fillers. Bioresource Technology. 391(Pt A). 129965–129965. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Huijuan, Gong Zhang, Wei Zhang, Zhenao Gu, & Guibing Zhu. (2023). Specifically adsorbed ferrous ions modulate interfacial affinity for high-rate ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate in neutral media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(3). e2209979120–e2209979120. 89 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Qinghua Ji, Gong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Pumping and sliding of droplets steered by a hydrogel pattern for atmospheric water harvesting. National Science Review. 10(12). nwad334–nwad334. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Jingqiu, et al.. (2022). Anode passivation mitigation by homogenizing current density distribution in electrocoagulation. Water Research. 223. 118966–118966. 28 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, et al.. (2022). Simultaneous Phenol Removal and Resource Recovery from Phenolic Wastewater by Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(7). 4356–4366. 97 indexed citations
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Gu, Zhenao, Xiaoqiang An, Ruiping Liu, et al.. (2020). Interface-modulated nanojunction and microfluidic platform for photoelectrocatalytic chemicals upgrading. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 282. 119541–119541. 42 indexed citations
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Ullah, Rizwan, Junsheng Wu, Yu Tian, et al.. (2020). Bifunctional Photoelectrode Driven by Charged Domain Walls in Ferroelectric Bi2WO6. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(5). 4149–4154. 23 indexed citations

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