2026 Tuo Wang: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Rising Stars	67	103	103	34	34	151	16504
Materials Science	74	3591	3472	1152	1146	252	21778
Chemistry	75	4411	4010	832	821	190	21796

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2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Tuo Wang is a researcher affiliated with Tianjin University in China, with a primary focus on engineering and its related subfields. Their work extensively covers Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Catalysis.

The scientist's research topics include:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced battery technologies research
Ionic liquids properties and applications
Advanced oxidation water treatment
Advancements in Battery Materials

Tuo Wang has published papers across various leading scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Nature Communications
Angewandte Chemie
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Chemical Engineering Journal

Their recent papers include:

"Grain-Boundary-Rich Copper for Efficient Solar-Driven Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction to Ethylene and Ethanol", 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Controllable Cu⁰-Cu⁺ Sites for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide", 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"The nature of active sites for carbon dioxide electroreduction over oxide-derived copper catalysts", 2021, Nature Communications
"Efficient CO2 electroreduction on facet-selective copper films with high conversion rate", 2021, Nature Communications
"Modulation of *CH_xO Adsorption to Facilitate Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to CH₄ over Cu-Based Catalysts", 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tuo Wang include:

Jinlong Gong
Gong Zhang
Peng Zhang
Zhi-Jian Zhao
Bin Liu

Best Publications

CO2 photo-reduction: insights into CO2 activation and reaction on surfaces of photocatalysts

Xiaoxia Chang;Tuo Wang;Jinlong Gong

2223
Citations
Enhanced Surface Reaction Kinetics and Charge Separation of p-n Heterojunction Co3O4/BiVO4 Photoanodes.

Xiaoxia Chang;Tuo Wang;Peng Zhang;Jijie Zhang

905
Citations
Sub-10 nm rutile titanium dioxide nanoparticles for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production

Landong Li;Junqing Yan;Tuo Wang;Zhi-Jian Zhao

885
Citations
Tungsten Oxide Single Crystal Nanosheets for Enhanced Multichannel Solar Light Harvesting

Junqing Yan;Tuo Wang;Guangjun Wu;Weili Dai

542
Citations
Room-temperature ductile inorganic semiconductor.

Xun Shi;Hongyi Chen;Hongyi Chen;Feng Hao;Ruiheng Liu

480
Citations
Mechanistic Understanding of the Plasmonic Enhancement for Solar Water Splitting.

Peng Zhang;Tuo Wang;Jinlong Gong

455
Citations
Promoted Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen with Surface Oxygen Vacancies on Plasmon‐Enhanced TiO2 Photoelectrodes

Chengcheng Li;Tuo Wang;Zhi-Jian Zhao;Weimin Yang

440
Citations
Grain-Boundary-Rich Copper for Efficient Solar-Driven Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethylene and Ethanol.

Zhiqiang Chen;Tuo Wang;Bin Liu;Dongfang Cheng

403
Citations
Controllable synthesis of nanotube-type graphitic C3N4 and their visible-light photocatalytic and fluorescent properties

Shengping Wang;Changjiang Li;Tuo Wang;Peng Zhang

385
Citations
Effective Charge Carrier Utilization in Photocatalytic Conversions.

Peng Zhang;Tuo Wang;Xiaoxia Chang;Jinlong Gong

378
Citations
Controllable Cu0-Cu+ Sites for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Xintong Yuan;Sai Chen;Dongfang Cheng;Lulu Li

358
Citations
Electrochemical activation of peroxymonosulfate with ACF cathode: Kinetics, influencing factors, mechanism, and application potential.

Zhen Liu;Haojie Ding;Chun Zhao;Tuo Wang

346
Citations
Surface, Bulk, and Interface: Rational Design of Hematite Architecture toward Efficient Photo-Electrochemical Water Splitting.

Chengcheng Li;Zhibin Luo;Tuo Wang;Jinlong Gong

345
Citations
Rational design of yolk–shell nanostructures for photocatalysis

Ang Li;Wenjin Zhu;Chengcheng Li;Tuo Wang

327
Citations
Crucial Role of Surface Hydroxyls on the Activity and Stability in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction.

Wanyu Deng;Lei Zhang;Lulu Li;Sai Chen

316
Citations
The Development of Cocatalysts for Photoelectrochemical CO 2 Reduction

Xiaoxia Chang;Tuo Wang;Piaoping Yang;Gong Zhang

308
Citations
The nature of active sites for carbon dioxide electroreduction over oxide-derived copper catalysts

Dongfang Cheng;Zhi-Jian Zhao;Gong Zhang;Piaoping Yang

297
Citations
Dendritic Au/TiO2 nanorod arrays for visible-light driven photoelectrochemical water splitting

Fengli Su;Tuo Wang;Rui Lv;Jijie Zhang

289
Citations
Room-temperature hydrogen storage characteristics of ZnO nanowires

Q. Wan;C. L. Lin;X. B. Yu;T. H. Wang

281
Citations
Copper in medicine: homeostasis, chelation therapy and antitumor drug design.

Tuo Wang;Zijian Guo

277
Citations
Propane dehydrogenation over Pt–Cu bimetallic catalysts: the nature of coke deposition and the role of copper

Zhiping Han;Shuirong Li;Feng Jiang;Tuo Wang

258
Citations
Gradient doping of phosphorus in Fe2O3 nanoarray photoanodes for enhanced charge separation

Zhibin Luo;Chengcheng Li;Shanshan Liu;Tuo Wang

251
Citations
Selective deposition of Ag₃PO₄ on monoclinic BiVO₄(040) for highly efficient photocatalysis.

Changjiang Li;Peng Zhang;Rui-Juan Lv;Jianwei Lu

249
Citations
Monoclinic porous BiVO4 networks decorated by discrete g-C3N4 nano-islands with tunable coverage for highly efficient photocatalysis.

Changjiang Li;Shengping Wang;Tuo Wang;Yijia Wei

244
Citations
Controllable fabrication of nanostructured materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting via atomic layer deposition

Tuo Wang;Zhibin Luo;Chengcheng Li;Jinlong Gong

234
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