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Materials Science

D-Index
55
Citations
17344
World Ranking
8445
National Ranking
2437

Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
17305
World Ranking
11956
National Ranking
1896

Qinghua Liu 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 Qinghua Liu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 144 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qinghua Liu 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 Qinghua Liu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qinghua Liu is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. Their body of research spans multiple fields, primarily centered on Engineering and Energy. Within these broad categories, Liu's work extensively covers subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Catalysis.

Liu has contributed to a wide array of main research topics including Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction.

Research from Liu has frequently been published in notable scientific venues with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications

Their recent papers include significant studies such as:

  • "Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions," 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • "Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Nickel ferrocyanide as a high-performance urea oxidation electrocatalyst," 2021, Nature Energy
  • "Boosting the Kinetics and Stability of Zn Anodes in Aqueous Electrolytes with Supramolecular Cyclodextrin Additives," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Unveiling the Electrooxidation of Urea: Intramolecular Coupling of the N−N Bond," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in Liu's research network include Hui Su, Wanlin Zhou, Shuowen Bo, Jinmei He, and Mengnan Qu, each contributing to a substantial number of joint publications. This illustrates a consistent collaboration pattern within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Low Overpotential in Vacancy-Rich Ultrathin CoSe2 Nanosheets for Water Oxidation

    Youwen Liu;Hao Cheng;Mengjie Lyu;Shaojuan Fan

  • Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions

    Chen Chen;Xiaorong Zhu;Xiaojian Wen;Yangyang Zhou

  • Lattice-strained metal–organic-framework arrays for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

    Weiren Cheng;Xu Zhao;Hui Su;Fumin Tang

  • Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S 1 N 3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

    Huishan Shang;Xiangyi Zhou;Juncai Dong;Ang Li

  • Vacancy-Induced Ferromagnetism of MoS2 Nanosheets

    Liang Cai;Jingfu He;Qinghua Liu;Tao Yao

  • Fast Photoelectron Transfer in (Cring)–C3N4 Plane Heterostructural Nanosheets for Overall Water Splitting

    Wei Che;Weiren Cheng;Tao Yao;Fumin Tang

  • CoOOH Nanosheets with High Mass Activity for Water Oxidation

    Junheng Huang;Junting Chen;Tao Yao;Jingfu He

  • Nickel ferrocyanide as a high-performance urea oxidation electrocatalyst

    Shi-Kui Geng;Yao Zheng;Shan-Qing Li;Hui Su

  • Freestanding Tin Disulfide Single‐Layers Realizing Efficient Visible‐Light Water Splitting

    Yongfu Sun;Hao Cheng;Shan Gao;Zhihu Sun

  • Enhanced Photoexcited Carrier Separation in Oxygen-Doped ZnIn2 S4 Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution.

    Wenlong Yang;Lei Zhang;Junfeng Xie;Xiaodong Zhang

  • Fabrication of flexible and freestanding zinc chalcogenide single layers

    Yongfu Sun;Zhihu Sun;Shan Gao;Hao Cheng

  • Single‐Site Active Cobalt‐Based Photocatalyst with a Long Carrier Lifetime for Spontaneous Overall Water Splitting

    Wei Liu;Linlin Cao;Weiren Cheng;Yuanjie Cao

  • Unveiling the Electrooxidation of Urea: Intramolecular Coupling of the N-N Bond.

    Wei Chen;Leitao Xu;Xiaorong Zhu;Yu-Cheng Huang

  • Pits confined in ultrathin cerium(IV) oxide for studying catalytic centers in carbon monoxide oxidation

    Yongfu Sun;Qinghua Liu;Shan Gao;Hao Cheng

  • In-situ spectroscopic observation of dynamic-coupling oxygen on atomically dispersed iridium electrocatalyst for acidic water oxidation

    Hui Su;Wanlin Zhou;Wu Zhou;Yuanli Li

  • Atomically Thick Bismuth Selenide Freestanding Single Layers Achieving Enhanced Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

    Yongfu Sun;Hao Cheng;Shan Gao;Qinghua Liu

  • Strain Dynamics of Ultrathin VO2 Film Grown on TiO2 (001) and the Associated Phase Transition Modulation

    LL Fan;S Chen;ZL Luo;QH Liu

  • Unraveling Metal-insulator Transition Mechanism of VO2 Triggered by Tungsten Doping

    Xiaogang Tan;Tao Yao;Ran Long;Zhihu Sun

  • Understanding the nature of the kinetic process in a VO2 metal-insulator transition.

    Tao Yao;Xiaodong Zhang;Zhihu Sun;Shoujie Liu

  • Unveiling the electrooxidation of urea: the intramolecular coupling of N‐N bond

    Shuangyin Wang;Wei Chen;Leitao Xu;Xiaorong Zhu

  • Tailoring the Electronic Structure of an Atomically Dispersed Zinc Electrocatalyst: Coordination Environment Regulation for High Selectivity Oxygen Reduction.

    Yaling Jia;Ziqian Xue;Jun Yang;Qinglin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiqiang Wei
Shiqiang Wei University of Science and Technology of China
Zhihu Sun
Zhihu Sun University of Science and Technology of China
Tao Yao
Tao Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Wensheng Yan
Wensheng Yan University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Xie
Yi Xie University of Science and Technology of China
Ziyu Wu
Ziyu Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Yongfu Sun
Yongfu Sun University of Science and Technology of China
Xusheng Zheng
Xusheng Zheng University of Science and Technology of China
Shuangyin Wang
Shuangyin Wang Hunan University
Changzheng Wu
Changzheng Wu University of Science and Technology of China

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