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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
125
Citations
61143
World Ranking
398
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Buxing Han is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a significant body of work focused on energy and chemical engineering. Their research addresses key areas within renewable energy, catalysis, and materials chemistry, with a particular interest in sustainable processes and carbon resource management.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Energy
  • Chemical Engineering

Subfields contributing to their research encompass:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Catalysis
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry

Main topics of Buxing Han's work include:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

The scientist has multiple notable recent publications, reflecting ongoing research trends:

  • "Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and fuels," 2022, Green Energy & Environment
  • "Green Carbon Science: Efficient Carbon Resource Processing, Utilization, and Recycling towards Carbon Neutrality," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Highly Electrocatalytic Ethylene Production from CO2 on Nanodefective Cu Nanosheets," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Improving CO2-to-C2+ Product Electroreduction Efficiency via Atomic Lanthanide Dopant-Induced Tensile-Strained CuOx Catalysts," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Adjacent Copper Single Atoms Promote C-C Coupling in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction for the Efficient Conversion of Ethanol," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Buxing Han frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Green Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science

Collaborative work involves several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Xiaofu Sun
  • Qinggong Zhu
  • Haihong Wu
  • Xinchen Kang
  • Huizhen Liu

Buxing Han received the honor of Fellow from The World Academy of Sciences in 2018, recognizing contributions to their field. The scientist's research spans catalytic methods for energy conversion and sustainable chemical processes, reflecting an extensive engagement with contemporary challenges in carbon management and material science.

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals and Challenges of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Two-Dimensional Materials

    Zhenyu Sun;Tao Ma;Hengcong Tao;Qun Fan

  • Catalytic Transformation of Lignocellulose into Chemicals and Fuel Products in Ionic Liquids

    Zhanrong Zhang;Jinliang Song;Buxing Han

  • Green Carbon Science: Scientific Basis for Integrating Carbon Resource Processing, Utilization, and Recycling

    Mingyuan He;Yuhan Sun;Buxing Han

  • Selective phenol hydrogenation to cyclohexanone over a dual supported Pd-Lewis acid catalyst.

    Huizhen Liu;Tao Jiang;Buxing Han;Shuguang Liang

  • Desulfurization of Flue Gas: SO2 Absorption by an Ionic Liquid

    Weize Wu;Buxing Han;Haixiang Gao;Zhimin Liu

  • Efficient conversion of glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by a common Lewis acid SnCl4 in an ionic liquid

    Suqin Hu;Zhaofu Zhang;Jinliang Song;Yinxi Zhou

  • MOF-5/n-Bu4NBr: an efficient catalyst system for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 under mild conditions

    Jinliang Song;Zhaofu Zhang;Suqin Hu;Tianbin Wu

  • CO2 Cycloaddition Reactions Catalyzed by an Ionic Liquid Grafted onto a Highly Cross‐Linked Polymer Matrix

    Ye Xie;Zhaofu Zhang;Tao Jiang;Jinling He

  • A Highly Efficient Chemical Sensor Material for H2S: α-Fe2O3 Nanotubes Fabricated Using Carbon Nanotube Templates

    Zhenyu Sun;Hanqiu Yuan;Zhimin Liu;Buxing Han

  • Green Carbon Science: Efficient Carbon Resource Processing, Utilization, and Recycling Towards Carbon Neutrality.

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  • Solubility of CO2 in a Choline Chloride + Urea Eutectic Mixture

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  • Beaded Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles along Carbon Nanotubes: Towards More Highly Integrated Electronic Devices

    Lei Fu;Zhimin Liu;Yunqi Liu;Buxing Han

  • Carbon dioxide electroreduction to C2 products over copper-cuprous oxide derived from electrosynthesized copper complex.

    Qinggong Zhu;Xiaofu Sun;Dexin Yang;Jun Ma

  • Highly Electrocatalytic Ethylene Production from CO2 on Nanodefective Cu Nanosheets.

    Bingxing Zhang;Jianling Zhang;Manli Hua;Qiang Wan

  • Preparation of titania/carbon nanotube composites using supercritical ethanol and their photocatalytic activity for phenol degradation under visible light irradiation

    Guimin An;Wanhong Ma;Zhenyu Sun;Zhimin Liu

  • Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide is Promoted by a Task‐Specific Ionic Liquid

    Zhaofu Zhang;Ye Xie;Wenjing Li;Suqin Hu

  • Adhesion and proliferation of OCT-1 osteoblast-like cells on micro- and nano-scale topography structured poly(L-lactide).

    Yuqing Wan;Yong Wang;Zhimin Liu;Xue Qu

  • Mannich reaction using acidic ionic liquids as catalysts and solvents

    Guoying Zhao;Tao Jiang;Haixiang Gao;Buxing Han

  • Selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to methanol on copper selenide nanocatalysts.

    Dexin Yang;Qinggong Zhu;Chunjun Chen;Huizhen Liu

  • Conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using ionic liquids prepared from renewable materials

    Suqin Hu;Zhaofu Zhang;Yinxi Zhou;Buxing Han

  • Effect of water and organic solvents on the ionic dissociation of ionic liquids.

    Wenjing Li;Zhaofu Zhang;Buxing Han;Suqin Hu

  • Highly efficient synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxides over cellulose/KI

    Shuguang Liang;Huizhen Liu;Tao Jiang;Jinliang Song

  • Microemulsions with ionic liquid polar domains

    Haixiang Gao;Junchun Li;Buxing Han;Wenna Chen

  • Facile Synthesis of High Quality TiO2 Nanocrystals in Ionic Liquid via a Microwave-Assisted Process

    Kunlun Ding;Zhenjiang Miao;Zhimin Liu;Zhaofu Zhang

  • Conversion of glucose and cellulose into value-added products in water and ionic liquids

    Jinliang Song;Honglei Fan;Jun Ma;Buxing Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhimin Liu
Zhimin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinliang Song
Jinliang Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huizhen Liu
Huizhen Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guanying Yang
Guanying Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhaofu Zhang
Zhaofu Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tao Jiang
Tao Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qinggong Zhu
Qinggong Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenyu Sun
Zhenyu Sun Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Jun He
Jun He Nottingham Trent University
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences

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