2026 Min-Rui Gao: 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	68	4758	4606	1467	1461	164	23803
Chemistry	68	6405	5817	1143	1130	147	23822

Overview

Min-Rui Gao is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Energy and Engineering, with significant contributions in the subfields of Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Electrochemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced battery technologies research
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Ionic liquids properties and applications
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Min-Rui Gao has authored several notable papers, including:

Clean and Affordable Hydrogen Fuel from Alkaline Water Splitting: Past, Recent Progress, and Future Prospects (2021), published in Advanced Materials
Protecting Copper Oxidation State via Intermediate Confinement for Selective CO₂ Electroreduction to C₂₊ Fuels (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Identification of Cu(100)/Cu(111) Interfaces as Superior Active Sites for CO Dimerization During CO₂ Electroreduction (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Hierarchical Copper with Inherent Hydrophobicity Mitigates Electrode Flooding for High-Rate CO₂ Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Bimetallic nickel-molybdenum/tungsten nanoalloys for high-efficiency hydrogen oxidation catalysis in alkaline electrolytes (2020), published in Nature Communications

The researcher frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Xiaolong Zhang
Fei-Yue Gao
Peng-Peng Yang
Zhi-Zheng Wu
Zhuang-Zhuang Niu

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Angewandte Chemie
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Nature Communications
Nano Research

Best Publications

Clean and Affordable Hydrogen Fuel from Alkaline Water Splitting: Past, Recent Progress, and Future Prospects.

Zi-You Yu;Yu Duan;Xing-Yu Feng;Xingxing Yu

1719
Citations
Nanostructured metal chalcogenides: synthesis, modification, and applications in energy conversion and storage devices

Min-Rui Gao;Yun-Fei Xu;Jun Jiang;Shu-Hong Yu

1688
Citations
Efficient water oxidation using nanostructured α-nickel-hydroxide as an electrocatalyst.

Minrui Gao;Wenchao Sheng;Zhongbin Zhuang;Qianrong Fang

1375
Citations
Correlating hydrogen oxidation and evolution activity on platinum at different pH with measured hydrogen binding energy.

Wenchao Sheng;Zhongbin Zhuang;Minrui Gao;Jie Zheng

1083
Citations
An efficient molybdenum disulfide/cobalt diselenide hybrid catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen generation.

Min-Rui Gao;Jin-Xia Liang;Ya-Rong Zheng;Yun-Fei Xu

934
Citations
Ni–Mo–O nanorod-derived composite catalysts for efficient alkaline water-to-hydrogen conversion via urea electrolysis

Zi-You Yu;Chao-Chao Lang;Min-Rui Gao;Yu Chen

773
Citations
Edge-terminated molybdenum disulfide with a 9.4-Å interlayer spacing for electrochemical hydrogen production

Min Rui Gao;Maria K. Y. Chan;Yugang Sun

756
Citations
Water oxidation electrocatalyzed by an efficient Mn3O4/CoSe2 nanocomposite.

Min-Rui Gao;Yun-Fei Xu;Jun Jiang;Ya-Rong Zheng

716
Citations
Protecting Copper Oxidation State via Intermediate Confinement for Selective CO2 Electroreduction to C2+ Fuels.

Peng-Peng Yang;Xiao-Long Zhang;Fei-Yue Gao;Ya-Rong Zheng

642
Citations
Nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbon nanosheets derived from plant biomass: an efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Ping Chen;Li-Kun Wang;Gan Wang;Min-Rui Gao

596
Citations
Scaled-Up Synthesis of Amorphous NiFeMo Oxides and Their Rapid Surface Reconstruction for Superior Oxygen Evolution Catalysis.

Yu Duan;Zi-You Yu;Shao-Jin Hu;Xu-Sheng Zheng

580
Citations
Nitrogen-doped graphene supported CoSe₂ nanobelt composite catalyst for efficient water oxidation.

Min-Rui Gao;Xuan Cao;Qiang Gao;Yun-Fei Xu

551
Citations
"Superaerophobic" Nickel Phosphide Nanoarray Catalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution at Ultrahigh Current Densities.

Xingxing Yu;Xingxing Yu;Zi-You Yu;Xiao-Long Zhang;Ya-Rong Zheng

530
Citations
Identification of Cu(100)/Cu(111) Interfaces as Superior Active Sites for CO Dimerization During CO2 Electroreduction.

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523
Citations
Doping-induced structural phase transition in cobalt diselenide enables enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis.

Ya-Rong Zheng;Ping Wu;Min-Rui Gao;Xiao-Long Zhang

442
Citations
Nickel/Nickel(II) Oxide Nanoparticles Anchored onto Cobalt(IV) Diselenide Nanobelts for the Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen

Yun-Fei Xu;Min-Rui Gao;Ya-Rong Zheng;Jun Jiang

437
Citations
Porous Molybdenum-Based Hybrid Catalysts for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution.

Yu-Jia Tang;Min-Rui Gao;Chun-Hui Liu;Shun-Li Li

426
Citations
A one-dimensional porous carbon-supported Ni/Mo2C dual catalyst for efficient water splitting

Zi-You Yu;Yu Duan;Min-Rui Gao;Chao-Chao Lang

402
Citations
An Efficient CeO2/CoSe2 Nanobelt Composite for Electrochemical Water Oxidation

Ya-Rong Zheng;Min-Rui Gao;Qiang Gao;Hui-Hui Li

366
Citations
Hierarchical Copper with Inherent Hydrophobicity Mitigates Electrode Flooding for High-Rate CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products.

Zhuang-Zhuang Niu;Fei-Yue Gao;Xiao-Long Zhang;Peng-Peng Yang

317
Citations
A Janus Nickel Cobalt Phosphide Catalyst for High-Efficiency Neutral-pH Water Splitting.

Rui Wu;Bing Xiao;Qiang Gao;Ya-Rong Zheng

316
Citations
Unconventional CN vacancies suppress iron-leaching in Prussian blue analogue pre-catalyst for boosted oxygen evolution catalysis.

Zi-You Yu;Yu Duan;Jian-Dang Liu;Yu Chen

315
Citations
Solution‐Based Synthesis and Design of Late Transition Metal Chalcogenide Materials for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR)

Min-Rui Gao;Jun Jiang;Shu-Hong Yu

305
Citations