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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
55580
World Ranking
495
National Ranking
80

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

Overview

Cheng-Yong Su is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry.

Their research spans key subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. This interdisciplinary approach informs their work in areas including Metal-Organic Frameworks, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, Supramolecular Chemistry, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Notable recent publications by Cheng-Yong Su include:

  • Modulating electronic structure of metal-organic frameworks by introducing atomically dispersed Ru for efficient hydrogen evolution, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Progress of nanostructured metal oxides derived from metal-organic frameworks as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Engineering Single-Atom Sites into Pore-Confined Nanospaces of Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives as Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications: A Review, 2021, Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  • Nanospace Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks through Dynamic Spacer Installation of Multifunctionalities for Efficient Separation of Ethane from Ethane/Ethylene Mixtures, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Cheng-Yong Su has collaborated extensively with co-authors including Mei Pan, Yu-Lin Lu, Zhang-Wen Wei, Cheng-Xia Chen, and Xiao-Hong Xiong, reflecting an active engagement with multiple research peers in their field.

Their work has been published frequently in prominent venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

In addition to research articles, Cheng-Yong Su has contributed to the scientific literature through book publications, notably with the title "Supramolecular Catalysts," published by World Scientific in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Applications of metal–organic frameworks in heterogeneous supramolecular catalysis

    Jiewei Liu;Lianfen Chen;Hao Cui;Jianyong Zhang

  • Construction of covalent organic framework for catalysis: Pd/COF-LZU1 in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.

    San-Yuan Ding;Jia Gao;Qiong Wang;Qiong Wang;Yuan Zhang

  • Thioether-Based Fluorescent Covalent Organic Framework for Selective Detection and Facile Removal of Mercury(II).

    San-Yuan Ding;Ming Dong;Ya-Wen Wang;Yan-Tao Chen

  • A CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dot/Graphene Oxide Composite for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

    Yang-Fan Xu;Mu-Zi Yang;Bai-Xue Chen;Xu-Dong Wang

  • Single-Phase White-Light-Emitting and Photoluminescent Color-Tuning Coordination Assemblies

    Mei Pan;Wei-Ming Liao;Shao-Yun Yin;Si-Si Sun

  • Missing-linker metal-organic frameworks for oxygen evolution reaction.

    Ziqian Xue;Kang Liu;Qinglin Liu;Yinle Li

  • Modulating electronic structure of metal-organic frameworks by introducing atomically dispersed Ru for efficient hydrogen evolution.

    Yamei Sun;Ziqian Xue;Qinglin Liu;Yaling Jia

  • Porous Pt-Ni-P Composite Nanotube Arrays: Highly Electroactive and Durable Catalysts for Methanol Electrooxidation

    Liang-Xin Ding;An-Liang Wang;Gao-Ren Li;Zhao-Qing Liu

  • Synthesis and Photocatalytic Application of Stable Lead-Free Cs2AgBiBr6 Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Lei Zhou;Yang-Fan Xu;Bai-Xue Chen;Dai-Bin Kuang

  • Oriented hierarchical single crystalline anatase TiO2 nanowire arrays on Ti-foil substrate for efficient flexible dye-sensitized solar cells

    Jin-Yun Liao;Bing-Xin Lei;Hong-Yan Chen;Dai-Bin Kuang

  • Ultrafast water sensing and thermal imaging by a metal-organic framework with switchable luminescence.

    Ling Chen;Jia-Wen Ye;Hai-Ping Wang;Mei Pan

  • Core@Shell CsPbBr3@Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Nanocomposite for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

    Zi-Cheng Kong;Jin-Feng Liao;Yu-Jie Dong;Yang-Fan Xu

  • Ligand-Directed Molecular Architectures: Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Rectangular Metallacycles and Three-Dimensional Trigonal or Tetragonal Prisms

    Cheng-Yong Su;Yue-Ping Cai;Chun-Long Chen;Mark D. Smith

  • A synthetic route to ultralight hierarchically micro/mesoporous Al(III)-carboxylate metal-organic aerogels.

    Lei Li;Shenglin Xiang;Shuqi Cao;Jianyong Zhang

  • Reduced Graphene Oxide-Hierarchical ZnO Hollow Sphere Composites with Enhanced Photocurrent and Photocatalytic Activity

    Qiu-Ping Luo;Xiao-Yun Yu;Bing-Xin Lei;Hong-Yan Chen

  • A Highly Red-Emissive Lead-Free Indium-Based Perovskite Single Crystal for Sensitive Water Detection.

    Lei Zhou;Jin-Feng Liao;Zeng-Guang Huang;Jun-Hua Wei

  • Novel porous molybdenum tungsten phosphide hybrid nanosheets on carbon cloth for efficient hydrogen evolution

    Xu-Dong Wang;Yang-Fan Xu;Hua-Shang Rao;Wei-Jian Xu

  • Two stable 3D metal-organic frameworks constructed by nanoscale cages via sharing the single-layer walls.

    Wen-Guan Lu;Cheng-Yong Su;Tong-Bu Lu;Long Jiang

  • Metal-organic gels: From discrete metallogelators to coordination polymers

    Jianyong Zhang;Cheng-Yong Su

  • Exceptionally stable, hollow tubular metal-organic architectures: synthesis, characterization, and solid-state transformation study.

    Cheng-Yong Su;Andrea M. Goforth;Mark D. Smith;P. J. Pellechia

  • Tri-functional hierarchical TiO2 spheres consisting of anatase nanorods and nanoparticles for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

    Jin-Yun Liao;Bing-Xin Lei;Dai-Bin Kuang;Cheng-Yong Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Mei Pan
Mei Pan Sun Yat-sen University
Dai-Bin Kuang
Dai-Bin Kuang Sun Yat-sen University
Jianyong Zhang
Jianyong Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Hong-Yan Chen
Hong-Yan Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Yexiang Tong
Yexiang Tong Sun Yat-sen University
Yue-Peng Cai
Yue-Peng Cai South China Normal University
Wu-Qiang Wu
Wu-Qiang Wu University of Queensland
Mihail Barboiu
Mihail Barboiu University of Montpellier
Dawei Wang
Dawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hans-Conrad zur Loye
Hans-Conrad zur Loye University of South Carolina

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