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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
72
Citations
16870
World Ranking
1511
National Ranking
143

Chemistry

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72
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5316
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Engineering and Technology

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72
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16989
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928
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166

Peng Liang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peng Liang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 237 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Peng Liang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peng Liang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peng Liang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and is active in research across the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their scholarly output includes contributions that span multiple subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Pollution.

Peng Liang has focused on a range of core research topics which include:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Their work has been published frequently in scientific journals with notable recurring publication venues such as:

  • Water Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Among Peng Liang's recent papers are the following:

  • "Recent advances in ion selectivity with capacitive deionization," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Sparse Fuse Dense: Towards High Quality 3D Detection with Depth Completion," 2022, 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
  • "Flow-electrode capacitive deionization: A review and new perspectives," 2021, Water Research
  • "Challenges, solutions and prospects of mainstream anammox-based process for municipal wastewater treatment," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "A Hybrid Metal-Organic Framework-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanomaterial for Selective Removal of Chromate from Water in an Electrochemical Process," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Peng Liang frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Xia Huang (45 shared publications)
  • Xiang Qi (22 shared publications)
  • Xiaoyuan Zhang (21 shared publications)
  • Panpan Liu (14 shared publications)
  • Yong Jiang (13 shared publications)

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in electrodes for microbial fuel cells.

    Jincheng Wei;Peng Liang;Xia Huang

  • A new method for water desalination using microbial desalination cells.

    Xiaoxin Cao;Xia Huang;Peng Liang;Kang Xiao

  • Recent advances in ion selectivity with capacitive deionization

    J. G. Gamaethiralalage;K. Singh;S. Sahin;J. Yoon

  • One-year operation of 1000-L modularized microbial fuel cell for municipal wastewater treatment.

    Peng Liang;Rui Duan;Yong Jiang;Xiaoyuan Zhang

  • Stacked Microbial Desalination Cells to Enhance Water Desalination Efficiency

    Xi Chen;Xue Xia;Peng Liang;Xiaoxin Cao

  • A novel pilot-scale stacked microbial fuel cell for efficient electricity generation and wastewater treatment

    Shijia Wu;Hui Li;Xuechen Zhou;Peng Liang

  • Carbon dioxide and organic waste valorization by microbial electrosynthesis and electro-fermentation.

    Yong Jiang;Harold D. May;Lu Lu;Peng Liang

  • A dopamine modified Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12/PEO solid-state electrolyte: enhanced thermal and electrochemical properties

    Zeya Huang;Wanying Pang;Peng Liang;Zhehui Jin

  • Microbial fuel cell sensors for water quality early warning systems: Fundamentals, signal resolution, optimization and future challenges

    Yong Jiang;Xufei Yang;Peng Liang;Panpan Liu

  • Composition and distribution of internal resistance in three types of microbial fuel cells

    Peng Liang;Xia Huang;Ming-Zhi Fan;Xiao-Xin Cao

  • Optimized desalination performance of high voltage flow-electrode capacitive deionization by adding carbon black in flow-electrode

    Peng Liang;Xueliang Sun;Yanhong Bian;Helan Zhang

  • A completely anoxic microbial fuel cell using a photo-biocathode for cathodic carbon dioxide reduction

    Xiaoxin Cao;Xia Huang;Peng Liang;Nico Boon

  • Challenges, solutions and prospects of mainstream anammox-based process for municipal wastewater treatment.

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  • Flow-electrode capacitive deionization: A review and new perspectives.

    Fan Yang;Yunfei He;Leon Rosentsvit;Matthew E. Suss

  • Binder-free graphene and manganese oxide coated carbon felt anode for high-performance microbial fuel cell.

    Changyong Zhang;Peng Liang;Xufei Yang;Yong Jiang

  • Simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removal using an oxic/anoxic-biocathode microbial fuel cells coupled system

    Shan Xie;Peng Liang;Yang Chen;Xue Xia

  • A new insight into potential regulation on growth and power generation of Geobacter sulfurreducens in microbial fuel cells based on energy viewpoint.

    Jincheng Wei;Peng Liang;Xiaoxin Cao;Xia Huang

  • Selective ion separation by capacitive deionization (CDI) based technologies: a state-of-the-art review

    Xudong Zhang;Kuichang Zuo;Xiaori Zhang;Changyong Zhang

  • Hydrophilic surface coating on hydrophobic PTFE membrane for robust anti-oil-fouling membrane distillation

    Kunpeng Wang;Deyin Hou;Jun Wang;Zhangxin Wang

  • Coupling ion-exchangers with inexpensive activated carbon fiber electrodes to enhance the performance of capacitive deionization cells for domestic wastewater desalination.

    Peng Liang;Lulu Yuan;Xufei Yang;Shaoji Zhou

  • Carbon nanotube powders as electrode modifier to enhance the activity of anodic biofilm in microbial fuel cells

    Peng Liang;Huiyong Wang;Huiyong Wang;Xue Xia;Xia Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xia Huang
Xia Huang Tsinghua University
Xiaoyuan Zhang
Xiaoyuan Zhang Tsinghua University
Kang Xiao
Kang Xiao University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paris Avgeriou
Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen
Zhiyong Jason Ren
Zhiyong Jason Ren Princeton University
Bruce E. Logan
Bruce E. Logan Pennsylvania State University
Muhammad Ali Babar
Muhammad Ali Babar University of Adelaide
Maya Daneva
Maya Daneva University of Twente
Minlin Zhong
Minlin Zhong Tsinghua University
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma

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