2026 Liguo Shen: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	65	5760	5573	1746	1739	131	10213
Chemistry	66	7521	6825	1337	1323	141	10347

Overview

Liguo Shen is affiliated with Zhejiang Normal University in China and has an extensive research profile in environmental science, engineering, and materials science. Their scholarly work primarily addresses water science and technology, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as:

Membrane Separation Technologies
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
Advanced oxidation water treatment
Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Some recent papers authored or coauthored include:

Critical review of advanced oxidation processes in organic wastewater treatment, 2021, Chemosphere
Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
New methods based on back propagation (BP) and radial basis function (RBF) artificial neural networks (ANNs) for predicting the occurrence of haloketones in tap water, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
Membrane fouling caused by biological foams in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Mechanism insights, 2020, Water Research
Facile synthesis of 2D TiO2@MXene composite membrane with enhanced separation and antifouling performance, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Hongjun Lin
Yanchao Xu
Bisheng Li
Renjie Li
Cheng Chen

Liguo Shen has published extensively across several prominent scientific journals, with the highest number of publications in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Membrane Science
Chemical Engineering Journal
Separation and Purification Technology
Water Research

Best Publications

Membrane fouling caused by biological foams in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Mechanism insights.

Mengfei Wu;Yifeng Chen;Hongjun Lin;Leihong Zhao

255
Citations
Preparation of Ni@UiO-66 incorporated polyethersulfone (PES) membrane by magnetic field assisted strategy to improve permeability and photocatalytic self-cleaning ability.

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250
Citations
Preparation and characterization of ZnO/polyethersulfone (PES) hybrid membranes

Liguo Shen;Xiaokai Bian;Xiaofeng Lu;Liuqing Shi

244
Citations
Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Impacts of floc size

Li-guo Shen;Qian Lei;Jian-Rong Chen;Hua-Chang Hong

232
Citations
Facile synthesis of 2D TiO2@MXene composite membrane with enhanced separation and antifouling performance

Zhengyi Huang;Qianqian Zeng;Ying Liu;Yanchao Xu

229
Citations
Fabrication of high-performance composite nanofiltration membranes for dye wastewater treatment: mussel-inspired layer-by-layer self-assembly

Dongxue Guo;Yirong Xiao;Tong Li;Qingfeng Zhou

216
Citations
Mechanistic insights into alginate fouling caused by calcium ions based on terahertz time-domain spectra analyses and DFT calculations.

Meijia Zhang;Huachang Hong;Hongjun Lin;Liguo Shen

206
Citations
Inkjet printing of dopamine followed by UV light irradiation to modify mussel-inspired PVDF membrane for efficient oil-water separation

Renjie Li;Jinyan Li;Linhua Rao;Hongjun Lin

202
Citations
Enhanced permeability and antifouling performance of polyether sulfone (PES) membrane via elevating magnetic Ni@MXene nanoparticles to upper layer in phase inversion process

Zhengyi Huang;Jiahao Liu;Ying Liu;Yanchao Xu

197
Citations
Microporous polypropylene hollow fiber membrane: Part I. Surface modification by the graft polymerization of acrylic acid

Zhikang Xu;Jianli Wang;Liqiang Shen;Dongfeng Men

196
Citations
Engineering metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for molecular separation

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177
Citations
Effect of calcium ions on fouling properties of alginate solution and its mechanisms

Meijia Zhang;Hongjun Lin;Liguo Shen;Bao-Qiang Liao

170
Citations
Surface modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane via radiation grafting: novel mechanisms underlying the interesting enhanced membrane performance.

Liguo Shen;Shushu Feng;Jianxi Li;Jianrong Chen

159
Citations
Magnetic field assisted arrangement of photocatalytic TiO2 particles on membrane surface to enhance membrane antifouling performance for water treatment.

Tianyu Sun;Ying Liu;Liguo Shen;Yanchao Xu

147
Citations
A novel in-situ micro-aeration functional membrane with excellent decoloration efficiency and antifouling performance

Ying Liu;Liguo Shen;Zhengyi Huang;Jiahao Liu

146
Citations
MOF-Based Photocatalytic Membrane for Water Purification: A Review.

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146
Citations
Radial basis function artificial neural network (RBF ANN) as well as the hybrid method of RBF ANN and grey relational analysis able to well predict trihalomethanes levels in tap water

Huachang Hong;Zhiying Zhang;Aidi Guo;Liguo Shen

144
Citations
Manipulating the mussel-inspired co-deposition of tannic acid and amine for fabrication of nanofiltration membranes with an enhanced separation performance

Yanchao Xu;Dongxue Guo;Tong Li;Yirong Xiao

143
Citations
A conductive PVDF-Ni membrane with superior rejection, permeance and antifouling ability via electric assisted in-situ aeration for dye separation

Weiming Yu;Ying Liu;Yanchao Xu;Renjie Li

142
Citations
Plant polyphenol intermediated metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes for efficient desalination

Yanchao Xu;Yirong Xiao;Wentian Zhang;Hongjun Lin

142
Citations
Novel insights into membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor: Elucidating interfacial interactions with real membrane surface

Jiaheng Teng;Liguo Shen;Yiming He;Bao-Qiang Liao

122
Citations
Effects of molecular weight distribution of soluble microbial products (SMPs) on membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor (MBR): Novel mechanistic insights.

Jiaheng Teng;Liguo Shen;Yanchao Xu;Yifeng Chen

110
Citations
A novel strategy based on magnetic field assisted preparation of magnetic and photocatalytic membranes with improved performance

Ying Liu;Liguo Shen;Hongjun Lin;Weiming Yu

110
Citations
Inkjet printing assisted fabrication of polyphenol-based coating membranes for oil/water separation

Renjie Li;Hangxu Fan;Liguo Shen;Linhua Rao

109
Citations