Zichao Li

6.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Zichao Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zichao Li has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Materials Chemistry, 28 papers in Water Science and Technology and 17 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zichao Li's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (26 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (16 papers) and Flame retardant materials and properties (11 papers). Zichao Li is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (26 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (16 papers) and Flame retardant materials and properties (11 papers). Zichao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Zichao Li's co-authors include Adrián Bonilla‐Petriciolet, Lotfi Sellaoui, Guilherme Luiz Dotto, Qun Li, Moaaz K. Seliem, Hafedh Belmabrouk, Abdullah Bajahzar, Abdelmottaleb Ben Lamine, Matias S. Netto and Hassan Hanafy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Engineering Journal and Journal of Membrane Science.

In The Last Decade

Zichao Li

116 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Adsorption of congo red and methylene blue dyes on an ashitaba waste and a walnut shell-based activated carbon from aqueous solutions: Experiments, characterization and physical interpretations

2020 436 citations Zichao Li, Moaaz K. Seliem et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution on activated carbons and composite prepared from an agricultural waste biomass: A comparative study by experimental and advanced modeling analysis

2021 304 citations Hanjing Xue, Xuemei Wang et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Efficient adsorption of anionic azo dyes on porous heterostructured MXene/biomass activated carbon composites: Experiments, characterization, and theoretical analysis via advanced statistical physics models

2022 174 citations Hanjing Xue, Moaaz K. Seliem et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Adsorption of food dyes from aqueous solution on a sweet potato residue-derived carbonaceous adsorbent: Analytical interpretation of adsorption mechanisms via adsorbent characterization and statistical physics modeling

2024 68 citations Moaaz K. Seliem, Zichao Li et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zichao Li China	33	2.2k	1.5k	976	888	545	128	4.8k
Mohammed Danish Malaysia	38	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	741 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	486 0.9×	116	5.0k
Robert Pietrzak Poland	44	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	581 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	875 1.6×	169	5.4k
Shamik Chowdhury India	41	3.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	426 0.8×	110	6.8k
Qi Hu China	44	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	625 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	400 0.7×	131	4.9k
Réza Mohammadi Iran	38	1.6k 0.8×	820 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	197 0.4×	145	4.5k
C. Srinivasakannan China	46	2.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	712 0.7×	2.6k 3.0×	628 1.2×	266	7.3k
Seung Han Woo South Korea	40	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	155 0.3×	106	5.7k
Ömer Şahi̇n Türkiye	49	1.4k 0.6×	3.5k 2.4×	966 1.0×	753 0.8×	510 0.9×	302	6.7k
Jan Nisar Pakistan	42	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	740 0.8×	1.9k 2.1×	383 0.7×	160	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zichao Li

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Song, Weina, Chuanbiao Zhu, Yongli Dong, et al.. (2025). Low-temperature efficient catalytic combustion of toluene over Ce-doped α-MnO2: Synergistic Ce-Mn dual redox cycling for enhanced adsorption, oxidation, and CO2 desorption. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(6). 119801–119801. 1 indexed citations

Mobarak, Mohamed, Nassir Al‐Arifi, Yasser F. Salama, et al.. (2024). Facile and green fabrication of an effective and low-cost alkali-activated binder using carbonized limestone: Characterization, experiments, and statistical physics formalism for ibuprofen adsorption. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 41. 101701–101701. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Ningning, et al.. (2024). A novel application of electrostatic separation technology on green enrichment for protein from Enteromorpha prolifera. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 96. 103791–103791. 2 indexed citations

Han, Jing, et al.. (2024). A transformer winding mechanical fault diagnosis method based on ST-SVD and DBO-SVM models. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2849(1). 12052–12052.

Li, Zichao, et al.. (2024). Revealing the mechanism of interfacial adhesion enhancement between the SiO2 film and the GaAs substrate via plasma pre-treatments. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 42(2). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xuemei, Aitang Zhang, Minghui Chen, et al.. (2023). Adsorption of azo dyes and Naproxen by few-layer MXene immobilized with dialdehyde starch nanoparticles: Adsorption properties and statistical physics modeling. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145385–145385. 96 indexed citations

Li, Zichao, et al.. (2023). Research on Calculation and Verification of Hazardous Area for Radioactive Sewage Entering Into The Ocean. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Zhou, Xiaodong, et al.. (2022). A Highly Selective and Sensitive Nano-Silver sol Sensor for Hg2+ and Fe3+: Green Preparation and Mechanism. Polymers. 14(18). 3745–3745. 6 indexed citations

Xue, Hanjing, et al.. (2022). Simple and green synthesis of calcium alginate/hydroxyapatite hybrid material without high temperature treatment and its flame retardancy. Cellulose. 29(3). 1759–1774. 13 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ming, Jihong Shi, Weixia Cai, et al.. (2021). Advances on Graphene-Based Nanomaterials and Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Applied in Cutaneous Wound Healing. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 16. 2647–2665. 34 indexed citations

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Pang, Xuening, et al.. (2021). Autophagy: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential of Flavonoids in Cancer. Biomolecules. 11(2). 135–135. 73 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Yuhuan Jiang, Qi Xu, et al.. (2021). 4-Hydroxyderricin Promotes Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest through Regulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway in Hepatocellular Cells. Foods. 10(9). 2036–2036. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Panpan, Mingchao Wang, Yannan Liu, et al.. (2021). Dual-Redox-Sites Enable Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks with Large Pseudocapacitance and Wide Potential Window. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(27). 10168–10176. 136 indexed citations

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Li, Jingjing, Zichao Li, Lili Mou, et al.. (2020). Unsupervised Text Generation by Learning from Search. Neural Information Processing Systems. 33. 10820–10831. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Yuhuan Jiang, Xuening Pang, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction for Flavonoids and Antioxidant Activity of Angelica keiskei Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Molecules. 24(19). 3461–3461. 48 indexed citations

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Xu, Peng, Lei Zhang, Yun Xue, et al.. (2019). Non-Chloride in Situ Preparation of Nano-Cuprous Oxide and Its Effect on Heat Resistance and Combustion Properties of Calcium Alginate. Polymers. 11(11). 1760–1760. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Peng, et al.. (2019). A Novel Inherently Flame-Retardant Composite Based on Zinc Alginate/Nano-Cu2O. Polymers. 11(10). 1575–1575. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhenhui, Zichao Li, Xihui Zhao, Lei Zhang, & Qun Li. (2018). Highly Efficient Flame Retardant Hybrid Composites Based on Calcium Alginate/Nano-Calcium Borate. Polymers. 10(6). 625–625. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Zichao, Xin Jiang, Lifeng Shang, & Hang Li. (2018). Paraphrase Generation with Deep Reinforcement Learning. 3865–3878. 102 indexed citations

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Li, Zichao, et al.. (2016). Preparation and Electrocapacitive Properties of Hierarchical Porous Carbons Based on Loofah Sponge. Materials. 9(11). 912–912. 28 indexed citations

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