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Chunhua Lu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chunhua Lu between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chunhua Lu published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2017. 17 of the 260 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2017. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 3 publications
2002 2026

260 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chunhua Lu: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 2
2009 5
2010 7
2011 4
2012 6
2013 17
2014 13
2015 19
2016 19
2017 26
2018 18
2019 13
2020 23
2021 17
2022 15
2023 19
2024 19
2025 14
2026 3
Total 260
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Chunhua Lu publications per year - data summary

  • Chunhua Lu, a Materials Science scholar from Nanjing Tech University, has 260 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2002 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 26 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2002, with 1 publication.
  • 5 of the 25 years in the span carry no publications at all (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.0 per year counting only the 20 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 70 publications, 27% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2002-2010: 15 publications (1.7 per year); 2011-2019: 135 publications (15.0 per year); 2020-2026: 110 publications (15.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Chunhua Lu publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chunhua Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Chunhua Lu publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Chunhua Lu D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chunhua Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Chunhua Lu D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Chunhua Lu is a researcher affiliated with Nanjing Tech University in China. Their academic work primarily focuses on materials science, engineering, and energy, with a notable concentration on materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's research themes cover diverse topics including:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Polymer composites and self-healing

Several of Chunhua Lu's notable recent papers include:

  • "Atomic-level insights into surface engineering of semiconductors for photocatalytic CO2 reduction" (2021) published in the Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • "Crystallinity and β Phase Fraction of PVDF in Biaxially Stretched PVDF/PMMA Films" (2021) published in Polymers
  • "Build a bridge from polymeric structure design to engineering application of self-healing coatings: A review" (2022) published in Progress in Organic Coatings
  • "Self-healing polymer coatings of polyurea-urethane/epoxy blends with reversible and dynamic bonds" (2020) published in Progress in Organic Coatings
  • "Design of piezoelectric ZnO based catalysts for ammonia production from N2 and H2O under ultrasound sonication" (2022) published in Nano Energy

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Chunhua Lu include:

  • Zhongzi Xu
  • Jiahui Kou
  • Liang Fang
  • Zhenggang Fang
  • Hengming Huang

The researcher has published multiple papers in well-known venues such as:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Progress in Organic Coatings
  • Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry

The breadth of Chunhua Lu's work includes over a hundred publications in materials science with additional substantial contributions in engineering and energy fields. Their research integrates experimental and applied approaches linked to photocatalysis, polymer engineering, and renewable energy technologies.

Best Publications

  • Selectivity Enhancement in Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Transformations.

    Jiahui Kou;Chunhua Lu;Jian Wang;Yukai Chen

  • Compact and uniform TiO2@g-C3N4 core-shell quantum heterojunction for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline antibiotics

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Jiaojiao Fang;Shaofeng Shao;Min Lai

  • Surface Patterning of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure-Embedded Photothermal Hydrogels for High-Yield Solar Steam Generation.

    Yi Lu;Deqi Fan;Yida Wang;Haolan Xu

  • Synthesis and characterization of nano-sized ZnO powders by direct precipitation method

    ChangChun Chen;Ping Liu;ChunHua Lu

  • Energy Manipulation in Lanthanide-Doped Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Tunable Dual-Mode Luminescence toward Advanced Anti-Counterfeiting.

    Mingye Ding;Bang Dong;Yi Lu;Xiaofei Yang

  • Synergy of photocatalysis and photothermal effect in integrated 0D perovskite oxide/2D MXene heterostructures for simultaneous water purification and solar steam generation

    Deqi Fan;Yi Lu;Hao Zhang;Haolan Xu

  • Oriented built-in electric field introduced by surface gradient diffusion doping for enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution in CdS nanorods

    Hengming Huang;Baoying Dai;Wei Wang;Chunhua Lu

  • Construction of Infrared-Light-Responsive Photoinduced Carriers Driver for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

    Baoying Dai;Jiaojiao Fang;Yunru Yu;Menglong Sun

  • Different upconversion properties of β-NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+/Er3+ in affecting the near-infrared-driven photocatalytic activity of high-reactive TiO2.

    Wei Wang;Wenjuan Huang;Yaru Ni;Chunhua Lu

  • Simultaneous morphology manipulation and upconversion luminescence enhancement of β-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ microcrystals by simply tuning the KF dosage.

    Mingye Ding;Daqin Chen;Shilong Yin;Zhenguo Ji

  • A study on upconversion UV–vis–NIR responsive photocatalytic activity and mechanisms of hexagonal phase NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+@TiO2 core–shell structured photocatalyst

    Wei Wang;Mingye Ding;Chunhua Lu;Yaru Ni

  • Enhanced visible-light photoactivity of {001} facets dominated TiO2 nanosheets with even distributed bulk oxygen vacancy and Ti3+

    Wei Wang;Chun-Hua Lu;Ya-Ru Ni;Jian-Bin Song

  • Synthesis and characterization of g-C3N4/BiFeO3 composites with an enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity

    Ting Fan;Changchun Chen;Zhonghai Tang;Yaru Ni

  • Transparent YAG:Ce ceramics for WLEDs with high CRI: Ce3+ concentration and sample thickness effects

    Song Hu;Song Hu;Chunhua Lu;Guohong Zhou;Xiaoxia Liu

  • A new sight on hydrogenation of F and N-F doped {0 0 1} facets dominated anatase TiO2 for efficient visible light photocatalyst

    Wei Wang;Chunhua Lu;Yaru Ni;Mingxing Su

  • Controllable synthesis, formation mechanism and upconversion luminescence of β-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ microcrystals by hydrothermal process

    Mingye Ding;Chunhua Lu;Linhai Cao;Yaru Ni

  • Hexagonal NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nano/micro-structures: Controlled hydrothermal synthesis and morphology-dependent upconversion luminescence

    Mingye Ding;Mingye Ding;Shilong Yin;Daqin Chen;Jiasong Zhong

  • Construction of Self-Healing Internal Electric Field for Sustainably Enhanced Photocatalysis

    Baoying Dai;Yunru Yu;Yukai Chen;Hengming Huang

  • Atomic-level insights into surface engineering of semiconductors for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

    Hengming Huang;Hengming Huang;Hui Song;Jiahui Kou;Chunhua Lu

  • Implementing Hybrid Energy Harvesting in 3D Spherical Evaporator for Solar Steam Generation and Synergic Water Purification

    Yi Lu;Deqi Fan;Haolan Xu;Huihua Min

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenguo Ji
Zhenguo Ji Hangzhou Dianzi University
Daqin Chen
Daqin Chen Fujian Normal University
Shiwei Wang
Shiwei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunihito Koumoto
Kunihito Koumoto Nagoya University
Lianzhou Wang
Lianzhou Wang University of Queensland
Yuanjin Zhao
Yuanjin Zhao Southeast University
Xiaodong Shen
Xiaodong Shen Nanjing Tech University
Xiaofei Yang
Xiaofei Yang Nanjing Forestry University
Yunru Yu
Yunru Yu Åbo Akademi University
Jinhua Ye
Jinhua Ye National Institute for Materials Science

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