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Cheng-Gang Niu

Cheng-Gang Niu

Hunan University
China

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
19382
World Ranking
4278
National Ranking
806

Cheng-Gang Niu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng-Gang Niu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 160 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Cheng-Gang Niu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng-Gang Niu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cheng-Gang Niu is affiliated with Hunan University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Energy, and Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Catalysis.

The scientist's research topics focus on a range of areas related to advanced materials and environmental technologies. Key topics include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Cheng-Gang Niu has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic journals. The top venues for their publications include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Frequent coauthors in the scientist's collaborative work include Hai Guo, Ya-Ya Yang, Huiyun Liu, Huai-Yuan Niu, and Chao Liang.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Cheng-Gang Niu are:

  • "Amidoxime-based materials for uranium recovery and removal," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Polypyrrole coated molybdenum disulfide composites as adsorbent for enhanced removal of Cr(VI) in aqueous solutions by adsorption combined with reduction," 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Anchoring CuFe2O4 nanoparticles into N-doped carbon nanosheets for peroxymonosulfate activation: Built-in electric field dominated radical and non-radical process," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Metal-organic framework-derived CuCo/carbon as an efficient magnetic heterogeneous catalyst for persulfate activation and ciprofloxacin degradation," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Construction of dual S-scheme Ag2CO3/Bi4O5I2/g-C3N4 heterostructure photocatalyst with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation for tetracycline," 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Removal of cationic dyes from aqueous solution using magnetic multi-wall carbon nanotube nanocomposite as adsorbent.

    Ji-Lai Gong;Bin Wang;Guang-Ming Zeng;Chun-Ping Yang

  • Hierarchical assembly of graphene-bridged Ag3PO4/Ag/BiVO4 (040) Z-scheme photocatalyst: An efficient, sustainable and heterogeneous catalyst with enhanced visible-light photoactivity towards tetracycline degradation under visible light irradiation

    Fei Chen;Qi Yang;Xiaoming Li;Guangming Zeng

  • Adsorption of Cd (II) and Zn (II) from aqueous solutions using magnetic hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as adsorbents

    Yuan Feng;Ji-Lai Gong;Guang-Ming Zeng;Qiu-Ya Niu

  • A novel Ag2O/CeO2 heterojunction photocatalysts for photocatalytic degradation of enrofloxacin: possible degradation pathways, mineralization activity and an in depth mechanism insight

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Cheng-Gang Niu;Lei Zhang;Chao Liang

  • Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin by a novel Z-scheme CeO2–Ag/AgBr photocatalyst: Influencing factors, possible degradation pathways, and mechanism insight

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Cheng-Gang Niu;Lei Zhang;Chao Liang

  • Novel ternary heterojunction photcocatalyst of Ag nanoparticles and g-C3N4 nanosheets co-modified BiVO4 for wider spectrum visible-light photocatalytic degradation of refractory pollutant

    Fei Chen;Qi Yang;Yali Wang;Jianwei Zhao

  • Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline by AgI/BiVO4 Heterojunction under Visible-Light Irradiation: Mineralization Efficiency and Mechanism

    Fei Chen;Qi Yang;Jian Sun;Fubing Yao

  • Amidoxime-based materials for uranium recovery and removal

    Ning Tang;Jie Liang;Chenggang Niu;Han Wang

  • Dual-channel charges transfer strategy with synergistic effect of Z-scheme heterojunction and LSPR effect for enhanced quasi-full-spectrum photocatalytic bacterial inactivation: new insight into interfacial charge transfer and molecular oxygen activation

    Ya-Ya Yang;Xue-Gang Zhang;Cheng-Gang Niu;Hao-Peng Feng

  • Photocatalytic degradation of sulfamethazine using a direct Z-Scheme AgI/Bi4V2O11 photocatalyst: Mineralization activity, degradation pathways and promoted charge separation mechanism

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Qian-Lu;Xiao-Xiao Lv;Jie Sun

  • Fabrication of SnO2 Nanopaticles/BiOI n–p Heterostructure for Wider Spectrum Visible-Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Antibiotic Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Cheng-Gang Niu;Lei Zhang;Guang-Ming Zeng

  • Photocatalytic degradation of levofloxacin by ternary Ag2CO3/CeO2/AgBr photocatalyst under visible-light irradiation: Degradation pathways, mineralization ability, and an accelerated interfacial charge transfer process study

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Cheng-Gang Niu;Hai Guo;Lei Zhang

  • Study of the photocatalytic degradation pathway of norfloxacin and mineralization activity using a novel ternary Ag/AgCl-CeO2 photocatalyst

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Cheng-Gang Niu;Da-Wei Huang;Lei Zhang

  • Co-Mn layered double hydroxide as an effective heterogeneous catalyst for degradation of organic dyes by activation of peroxymonosulfate

    Xiufei Zhao;Chenggang Niu;Lei Zhang;Hai Guo

  • Insight into the energy band alignment of magnetically separable Ag2O/ZnFe2O4 p-n heterostructure with rapid charge transfer assisted visible light photocatalysis

    Hai Guo;Huai-Yuan Niu;Chao Liang;Cheng-Gang Niu

  • Efficient removal of Cd2+ and Pb2+ from aqueous solution with amino- and thiol-functionalized activated carbon: Isotherm and kinetics modeling.

    Ning Tang;Cheng-Gang Niu;Xue-Ting Li;Chao Liang

  • Integrating the plasmonic effect and p-n heterojunction into a novel Ag/Ag2O/PbBiO2Br photocatalyst: Broadened light absorption and accelerated charge separation co-mediated highly efficient visible/NIR light photocatalysis

    Hai Guo;Cheng-Gang Niu;Da-Wei Huang;Ning Tang

  • Construction of Direct Z-Scheme AgI/Bi2Sn2O7 Nanojunction System with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity: Accelerated Interfacial Charge Transfer Induced Efficient Cr(VI) Reduction, Tetracycline Degradation and Escherichia coli Inactivation

    Hai Guo;Cheng-Gang Niu;Lei Zhang;Xiao-Ju Wen

  • Recent developments on AgI based heterojunction photocatalytic systems in photocatalytic application

    Xiao-Ju Wen;Chun-Hui Shen;Zheng-Hao Fei;Dong Fang

  • "Turn-on" fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ based on single-stranded DNA functionalized Mn:CdS/ZnS quantum dots and gold nanoparticles by time-gated mode.

    Dawei Huang;Chenggang Niu;Xiaoyu Wang;Xiaoxiao Lv

  • Graphene oxide and carbon nitride nanosheets co-modified silver chromate nanoparticles with enhanced visible-light photoactivity and anti-photocorrosion properties towards multiple refractory pollutants degradation

    Fei Chen;Qi Yang;Shana Wang;Fubing Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Ru-Qin Yu
Ru-Qin Yu Hunan University
Guo-Li Shen
Guo-Li Shen Hunan University
Guohe Huang
Guohe Huang University of Regina
Qi Yang
Qi Yang Hunan University
Chang Zhang
Chang Zhang Hunan University
Yang Yang
Yang Yang Hunan University
Jishan Li
Jishan Li Hunan University
Dongbo Wang
Dongbo Wang Hunan University
Lin Tang
Lin Tang Hunan University
Yunguo Liu
Yunguo Liu Hunan University

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