2026 Shaowen Cao: 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	75	3385	3268	1088	1082	139	31574

Overview

Shaowen Cao is affiliated with Wuhan University of Technology in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Materials Science, Energy, and Engineering, with significant focus on various subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics Cao has contributed to in their scholarly work include:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cao include:

Designing a 0D/2D S-Scheme Heterojunction over Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Inactivation of Bacteria, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
An Inorganic/Organic S-Scheme Heterojunction H₂-Production Photocatalyst and its Charge Transfer Mechanism, 2021, Advanced Materials
Advances in designing heterojunction photocatalytic materials, 2021, CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
A Single Cu-Center Containing Enzyme-Mimic Enabling Full Photosynthesis under CO₂ Reduction, 2020, ACS Nano
Promoting Solar-driven Hydrogen Peroxide Production over Thiazole-based Conjugated Polymers via Generating and Converting Singlet Oxygen, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent publication venues where Cao's work appears include:

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Angewandte Chemie
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
Advanced Materials

Cao has collaborated extensively with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

Jiaguo Yu
Bei Cheng
Wang Wang
Sijie Wan
Jingsan Xu

Best Publications

Monodisperse α-Fe2O3 Mesoporous Microspheres: One-Step NaCl-Assisted Microwave-Solvothermal Preparation, Size Control and Photocatalytic Property

Shao-Wen Cao;Ying-Jie Zhu

3978
Citations
Polymeric Photocatalysts Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride

Shaowen Cao;Jingxiang Low;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

3693
Citations
2D/2D Heterojunction of Ultrathin MXene/Bi2WO6 Nanosheets for Improved Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Shaowen Cao;Baojia Shen;Tong Tong;Junwei Fu

1447
Citations
g-C3N4-Based Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation.

Shaowen Cao;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu

1307
Citations
Designing a 0D/2D S-Scheme Heterojunction over Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Inactivation of Bacteria.

Pengfei Xia;Shaowen Cao;Bicheng Zhu;Mingjin Liu

1085
Citations
Ultra-thin nanosheet assemblies of graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Pengfei Xia;Bicheng Zhu;Jiaguo Yu;Shaowen Cao

863
Citations
An Inorganic/Organic S-Scheme Heterojunction H 2 -Production Photocatalyst and its Charge Transfer Mechanism

Chang Cheng;Bowen He;Jiajie Fan;Bei Cheng

830
Citations
Size- and shape-dependent catalytic performances of oxidation and reduction reactions on nanocatalysts.

Shaowen Cao;Shaowen Cao;Franklin Feng Tao;Yu Tang;Yuting Li

764
Citations
Two-dimensional layered composite photocatalysts.

Jingxiang Low;Shaowen Cao;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Swelm Wageh

657
Citations
Recent advances in visible light Bi-based photocatalysts

Rong'an He;Rong'an He;Shaowen Cao;Peng Zhou;Jiaguo Yu

565
Citations
Enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability of Z-scheme Ag2CrO4-GO composite photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation

Difa Xu;Difa Xu;Bei Cheng;Shaowen Cao;Jiaguo Yu

562
Citations
Solar-to-fuels conversion over In2O3/g-C3N4 hybrid photocatalysts

Shao-Wen Cao;Xin-Feng Liu;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Zhen-Yi Zhang

482
Citations
Semiconductor-based photocatalytic CO2 conversion

Michal Marszewski;Shaowen Cao;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu;Mietek Jaroniec

436
Citations
Single‐Atom Engineering of Directional Charge Transfer Channels and Active Sites for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Shaowen Cao;Han Li;Tong Tong;Hsiao-Chien Chen

431
Citations
Hierarchically Nanostructured Magnetic Hollow Spheres of Fe3O4 and γ-Fe2O3: Preparation and Potential Application in Drug Delivery

Shao-Wen Cao;Ying-Jie Zhu;Ming-Yan Ma;Liang Li

416
Citations
A comparison study of alkali metal-doped g-C 3 N 4 for visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Jing Jiang;Shaowen Cao;Chenglong Hu;Chunhua Chen

406
Citations
In-situ growth of CdS quantum dots on g-C3N4 nanosheets for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation under visible light irradiation

Shao-Wen Cao;Yu-Peng Yuan;Yu-Peng Yuan;Jun Fang;Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

386
Citations
Facet effect of Pd cocatalyst on photocatalytic CO 2 reduction over g-C 3 N 4

Shaowen Cao;Yao Li;Bicheng Zhu;Mietek Jaroniec

385
Citations
TiO2 nanosheets with exposed {001} facets for photocatalytic applications

Chimmikuttanda Ponnappa Sajan;Swelm Wageh;Swelm Wageh;Ahmed. A. Al-Ghamdi;Jiaguo Yu;Jiaguo Yu

384
Citations
Advances in designing heterojunction photocatalytic materials

Zongpeng Wang;Zongpeng Wang;Zhiping Lin;Zhiping Lin;Shijie Shen;Shijie Shen;Wenwu Zhong;Wenwu Zhong

373
Citations
Au/Pt Nanoparticle-Decorated TiO2 Nanofibers with Plasmon-Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion

Zhenyi Zhang;Zhenyi Zhang;Zheng Wang;Shao-Wen Cao;Can Xue

320
Citations