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D-Index
89
Citations
26390
World Ranking
2196
National Ranking
788

Tianquan Lian publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tianquan Lian sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 320 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Tianquan Lian D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tianquan Lian sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Tianquan Lian is affiliated with Emory University in the United States, focusing research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans various interdisciplinary subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Electrochemistry.

The scientist has produced a significant body of publications, with key topics that include Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • Radical Chain Reduction via Carbon Dioxide Radical Anion (CO2•-), 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Synergistic Cascade Carrier Extraction via Dual Interfacial Positioning of Ambipolar Black Phosphorene for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Pt Particle Size Affects Both the Charge Separation and Water Reduction Efficiencies of CdS-Pt Nanorod Photocatalysts for Light Driven H2 Generation, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Efficient Hot Electron Transfer from Small Au Nanoparticles, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Surface passivation extends single and biexciton lifetimes of InP quantum dots, 2020, Chemical Science

Their research has been published extensively in several scientific journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Nano Letters
  • Chemical Science

Tianquan Lian collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Zihao Xu
  • Fengyi Zhao
  • Djamaladdin G. Musaev
  • Tao Jin
  • Craig L. Hill

The scientist received the award of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Efficient hot-electron transfer by a plasmon-induced interfacial charge-transfer transition

    K. Wu;Jacqueline Chen;James R McBride;Tianquan Lian

  • Polyoxometalate water oxidation catalysts and the production of green fuel.

    Hongjin Lv;Yurii V. Geletii;Chongchao Zhao;James W. Vickers

  • Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics from Molecular Adsorbates to Semiconductor Nanocrystalline Thin Films

    John B. Asbury;Encai Hao;Yongqiang Wang;Hirendra N. Ghosh

  • Ultrafast electron transfer at the molecule-semiconductor nanoparticle interface.

    Neil A. Anderson;Tianquan Lian

  • Ultrafast Interfacial Electron and Hole Transfer from CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots.

    Kaifeng Wu;Guijie Liang;Guijie Liang;Qiongyi Shang;Yueping Ren;Yueping Ren

  • Ultrafast charge separation and long-lived charge separated state in photocatalytic CdS-Pt nanorod heterostructures.

    Kaifeng Wu;Haiming Zhu;Zheng Liu;William Rodríguez-Córdoba

  • Femtosecond IR Study of Excited-State Relaxation and Electron-Injection Dynamics of Ru(dcbpy)2(NCS)2 in Solution and on Nanocrystalline TiO2 and Al2O3 Thin Films

    John B. Asbury;Randy J. Ellingson;Hirendra N. Ghosh;Suzanne Ferrere

  • Controlling Charge Separation and Recombination Rates in CdSe/ZnS Type I Core−Shell Quantum Dots by Shell Thicknesses

    Haiming Zhu;Nianhui Song;Tianquan Lian

  • Hole removal rate limits photodriven H2 generation efficiency in CdS-Pt and CdSe/CdS-Pt semiconductor nanorod-metal tip heterostructures.

    Kaifeng Wu;Zheyuan Chen;Hongjin Lv;Haiming Zhu

  • Homogeneous Light-Driven Water Oxidation Catalyzed by a Tetraruthenium Complex with All Inorganic Ligands

    Yurii V. Geletii;Zhuangqun Huang;Yu Hou;Djamaladdin G. Musaev

  • Dynamics of Electron Injection in Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide Films Sensitized with (Ru(4,4'-dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridine)2(NCS)2) by Infrared Transient Absorption

    Randy J. Ellingson;John B. Asbury;Sue Ferrere;Hirendra N. Ghosh

  • Efficient Light-Driven Carbon-Free Cobalt-Based Molecular Catalyst for Water Oxidation

    Zhuangqun Huang;Zhen Luo;Yurii V. Geletii;James W. Vickers

  • Evidences of hot excited state electron injection from sensitizer molecules to TiO 2 nanocrystalline thin films

    John B Asbury;Yong-Qiang Wang;Encai Hao;Hirendra N Ghosh

  • Plasmon-Induced Hot Electron Transfer from the Au Tip to CdS Rod in CdS-Au Nanoheterostructures

    Kaifeng Wu;William E. Rodríguez-Córdoba;Ye Yang;Tianquan Lian

  • The Mechanism of a C-H Bond Activation Reaction in Room-Temperature Alkane Solution

    Steven E. Bromberg;Steven E. Bromberg;Haw Yang;Haw Yang;Matthew C. Asplund;Matthew C. Asplund;T. Lian;T. Lian

  • Quantum confined colloidal nanorod heterostructures for solar-to-fuel conversion

    Kaifeng Wu;Tianquan Lian

  • Photoinduced ultrafast electron transfer from CdSe quantum dots to Re-bipyridyl complexes.

    Jier Huang;Dave Stockwell;Zhuangqun Huang;Debra L Mohler

  • Near Unity Quantum Yield of Light-Driven Redox Mediator Reduction and Efficient H2 Generation Using Colloidal Nanorod Heterostructures

    Haiming Zhu;Nianhui Song;Hongjin Lv;Craig L. Hill

  • Parameters affecting electron injection dynamics from ruthenium dyes to titanium dioxide nanocrystalline thin film

    John B. Asbury;Neil A. Anderson;Encai Hao;Xin Ai

  • Multiple Exciton Dissociation in CdSe Quantum Dots by Ultrafast Electron Transfer to Adsorbed Methylene Blue

    Jier Huang;Zhuangqun Huang;Ye Yang;Haiming Zhu

  • Ultrafast Charge Separation at CdS Quantum Dot/Rhodamine B Molecule Interface

    Abdelaziz Boulesbaa;Abey Issac;Dave Stockwell;Zhuangqun Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Djamaladdin G. Musaev
Djamaladdin G. Musaev Emory University
Craig L. Hill
Craig L. Hill Emory University
Haiming Zhu
Haiming Zhu Zhejiang University
Kaifeng Wu
Kaifeng Wu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Victor S. Batista
Victor S. Batista Yale University
James R. McBride
James R. McBride Vanderbilt University
Robin M. Hochstrasser
Robin M. Hochstrasser University of Pennsylvania
Shengye Jin
Shengye Jin Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Hirendra N. Ghosh
Hirendra N. Ghosh Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Ming Lee Tang
Ming Lee Tang University of California, Riverside

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