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Nanfeng Zheng

Nanfeng Zheng

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Chemistry
China
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
119
Citations
47878
World Ranking
509
National Ranking
151

Chemistry

D-Index
119
Citations
47681
World Ranking
521
National Ranking
85

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

Nanfeng Zheng is a researcher affiliated with Xiamen University in China whose work spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research focus includes subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research output covers a range of topics with a particular emphasis on nanomaterials and catalysis. Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Among their recent papers are several publications from 2020, illustrating their contributions to the catalysis and nanomaterials fields:

  • "Surface Coordination Chemistry of Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts" (2020) published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Ultrasound-Switchable Nanozyme Augments Sonodynamic Therapy against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infection" (2020) published in ACS Nano
  • "Nanoscale engineering of catalytic materials for sustainable technologies" (2020) published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Facet engineering accelerates spillover hydrogenation on highly diluted metal nanocatalysts" (2020) published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Surface coordination layer passivates oxidation of copper" (2020) published in Nature

Nanfeng Zheng frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including Boon K. Teo, Ruixuan Qin, Guocheng Deng, Sami Malola, and Hannu Häkkinen. The collaborative nature of their work is underscored by repeated partnerships with these individuals, reflecting sustained research relationships.

The scholar's publications appear predominantly in leading journals and databases such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and the SSRN Electronic Journal. The distribution of published works includes 26 contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database and 19 to the Journal of the American Chemical Society, among others.

Best Publications

  • Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

    Dehui Deng;K. S. Novoselov;Qiang Fu;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Photochemical route for synthesizing atomically dispersed palladium catalysts

    Pengxin Liu;Yun Zhao;Ruixuan Qin;Shiguang Mo

  • Freestanding palladium nanosheets with plasmonic and catalytic properties

    Xiaoqing Huang;Shaoheng Tang;Xiaoliang Mu;Yan Dai

  • All-thiol-stabilized Ag44 and Au12Ag32 nanoparticles with single-crystal structures

    Huayan Yang;Yu Wang;Huaqi Huang;Lars Gell

  • Interfacial Effects in Iron-Nickel Hydroxide–Platinum Nanoparticles Enhance Catalytic Oxidation

    Guangxu Chen;Yun Zhao;Gang Fu;Paul N. Duchesne

  • Interfacial electronic effects control the reaction selectivity of platinum catalysts

    Guangxu Chen;Chaofa Xu;Xiaoqing Huang;Jinyu Ye

  • One-step one-phase synthesis of monodisperse noble-metallic nanoparticles and their colloidal crystals.

    Nanfeng Zheng;Jie Fan;Galen D. Stucky

  • Surface Coordination Chemistry of Metal Nanomaterials

    Pengxin Liu;Ruixuan Qin;Gang Fu;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Surface Chemistry of Atomically Precise Coinage-Metal Nanoclusters: From Structural Control to Surface Reactivity and Catalysis.

    Juanzhu Yan;Boon K Teo;Nanfeng Zheng

  • A general synthetic strategy for oxide-supported metal nanoparticle catalysts.

    Nanfeng Zheng;Galen D. Stucky

  • The Interface Chemistry between Chalcogenide Clusters and Open Framework Chalcogenides

    Pingyun Feng;Xianhui Bu;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Amine-Assisted Synthesis of Concave Polyhedral Platinum Nanocrystals Having {411} High-Index Facets

    Xiaoqing Huang;Zipeng Zhao;Jingmin Fan;Yueming Tan

  • From Hollow Carbon Spheres to N-Doped Hollow Porous Carbon Bowls: Rational Design of Hollow Carbon Host for Li-S Batteries

    Fei Pei;Taihua An;Jun Zang;Xiaojing Zhao

  • Surface Coordination Chemistry of Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts.

    Ruixuan Qin;Kunlong Liu;Qingyuan Wu;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Surface and interface control of noble metal nanocrystals for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

    Binghui Wu;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Microporous and Photoluminescent Chalcogenide Zeolite Analogs

    Nanfeng Zheng;Xianhui Bu;Bing Wang;Pingyun Feng

  • Small Adsorbate-Assisted Shape Control of Pd and Pt Nanocrystals

    Mei Chen;Binghui Wu;Jing Yang;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Polypyrrole nanoparticles for high-performance in vivo near-infrared photothermal cancer therapy

    Mei Chen;Xiaoliang Fang;Shaoheng Tang;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Nonaqueous Production of Nanostructured Anatase with High-Energy Facets

    Binghui Wu;Changyou Guo;Nanfeng Zheng;Zhaoxiong Xie

  • Core–Shell Pd@Au Nanoplates as Theranostic Agents for In‐Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging, CT Imaging, and Photothermal Therapy

    Mei Chen;Shaoheng Tang;Zhide Guo;Xiaoyong Wang

  • Synthetic design of crystalline inorganic chalcogenides exhibiting fast-ion conductivity

    Nanfeng Zheng;Xianhui Bu;Xianhui Bu;Pingyun Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Xianhui Bu
Xianhui Bu California State University, Long Beach
Pingyun Feng
Pingyun Feng University of California, Riverside
Hannu Häkkinen
Hannu Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Sami Malola
Sami Malola University of Jyväskylä
Lan-Sun Zheng
Lan-Sun Zheng Xiamen University
Hai-Feng Su
Hai-Feng Su Xiamen University
Galen D. Stucky
Galen D. Stucky University of California, Santa Barbara
Zhong-Qun Tian
Zhong-Qun Tian Xiamen University
Zhi-You Zhou
Zhi-You Zhou Xiamen University
Lin Gu
Lin Gu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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