Zirui Gao

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Zirui Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Zirui Gao has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 17 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Zirui Gao's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (19 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (13 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Zirui Gao is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (19 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (13 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Zirui Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Zirui Gao's co-authors include Ding Ma, Wu Zhou, Meng Wang, Mi Peng, Zhen Yin, Xuetao Qin, Yao Xu, Dequan Xiao, Na Ma and Aowen Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zirui Gao

64 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2024 2025 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles
    2022 282 citations Zirui Gao, Mi Peng et al. profile →
  2. Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in carcinogenesis and cancer therapy
    2024 127 citations Zirui Gao et al. profile →
  3. Shielding Pt/γ-Mo2N by inert nano-overlays enables stable H2 production
    2025 36 citations Zirui Gao, Aowen Li et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Zirui Gao
Ying Song China
Yiqing Zeng China
Xiangwen Liu China
Hu Liu China
Jianyu Han China
Lin Jing China
Je Seung Lee South Korea
Sara Morandi Italy
Liqiang Wang China
Hiroko Ariga Japan
Ying Song China
Zirui Gao
Citations per year, relative to Zirui Gao Zirui Gao (= 1×) peers Ying Song

Countries citing papers authored by Zirui Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zirui Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zirui Gao

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

All Works

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Gao, Zirui, Aowen Li, Xingwu Liu, et al.. (2025). Shielding Pt/γ-Mo2N by inert nano-overlays enables stable H2 production. Nature. 638(8051). 690–696. 36 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liang, Xuan, Zirui Gao, Maolin Wang, et al.. (2025). Efficient Hydrogen Production from Ethylene Glycol Steam Reforming Catalyzed by Na-Promoted Pt/γ-Mo2N. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(37). 33395–33402.
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Tian, Shuheng, Risheng Bai, Zirui Gao, et al.. (2025). High-Efficiency Hydrocracking of Polyolefin Plastics by Controlling Intimacy between Pt Clusters and Zeolite Acid Sites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(33). 30268–30276. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Weihe, Wei Xu, Zirui Gao, et al.. (2024). A versatile high-speed x-ray microscope for sub-10 nm imaging. Review of Scientific Instruments. 95(11). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, Shixiang Yu, Xingwu Liu, et al.. (2024). Interplay Between Metal and Acid Sites Tunes the Catalytic Selectivity Over Pd/Nanodiamond Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(50). 34990–34997. 12 indexed citations
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Yin, Zhaohui, Zirui Gao, Lan Luo, et al.. (2024). A Green and Efficient Electrocatalytic Route for the Highly‐Selective Oxidation of C−H Bonds in Aromatics over 1D Co 3 O 4 ‐Based Nanoarrays. Angewandte Chemie. 137(3). 2 indexed citations
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Song, Chuqiao, Jinjia Liu, Xin Tang, et al.. (2024). Engineering MOx/Ni inverse catalysts for low-temperature CO2 activation with high methane yields. 1(10). 638–649. 42 indexed citations
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Yin, Zhaohui, Zirui Gao, Lan Luo, et al.. (2024). A Green and Efficient Electrocatalytic Route for the Highly‐Selective Oxidation of C−H Bonds in Aromatics over 1D Co3O4‐Based Nanoarrays. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(3). e202415044–e202415044. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Zirui, Yao Xü, Xuetao Qin, et al.. (2023). Cu-supported nano-ZrZnOx as a highly active inverse catalyst for low temperature methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 344. 123656–123656. 27 indexed citations
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Peng, Mi, Zirui Gao, Wendi Guo, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen-Neighbored Single-Cobalt Sites Enable Heterogeneous Oxidase-Type Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(7). 4166–4176. 32 indexed citations
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Ma, Na, Zhaohui Yin, Xue Yang, et al.. (2023). Rich Surface Oxygen Vacancies of MnO2 for Enhancing Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). 2 indexed citations
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Casanova, Elisa A., Melanie Generali, Yvonne Neldner, et al.. (2023). SAXS imaging reveals optimized osseointegration properties of bioengineered oriented 3D-PLGA/aCaP scaffolds in a critical size bone defect model. Biomaterials. 294. 121989–121989. 17 indexed citations
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Jia, Zhimin, Xuetao Qin, Yunlei Chen, et al.. (2022). Fully-exposed Pt-Fe cluster for efficient preferential oxidation of CO towards hydrogen purification. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6798–6798. 75 indexed citations
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Wang, Changlong, Wei Zhang, Yanjie He, et al.. (2021). Ferritin-based targeted delivery of arsenic to diverse leukaemia types confers strong anti-leukaemia therapeutic effects. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(12). 1413–1423. 76 indexed citations
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Gao, Zirui, Michal Odstrčil, Sebastian Böcklein, et al.. (2021). Sparse ab initio x-ray transmission spectrotomography for nanoscopic compositional analysis of functional materials. Science Advances. 7(24). 25 indexed citations
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Lin, Lili, Jinjia Liu, Xi Liu, et al.. (2021). Reversing sintering effect of Ni particles on γ-Mo2N via strong metal support interaction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6978–6978. 126 indexed citations
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Ma, Na, Zhaohui Yin, Xue Yang, et al.. (2021). Rich Surface Oxygen Vacancies of MnO2 for Enhancing Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(8). 53 indexed citations
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Gao, Zirui, Mirko Holler, Michal Odstrčil, et al.. (2020). Nanoscale crystal grain characterization via linear polarization X-ray ptychography. Chemical Communications. 56(87). 13373–13376. 12 indexed citations
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Grünewald, Tilman A., Marianne Liebi, Nina Kølln Wittig, et al.. (2020). Mapping the 3D orientation of nanocrystals and nanostructures in human bone: Indications of novel structural features. Science Advances. 6(24). eaba4171–eaba4171. 63 indexed citations

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