Ben Chong

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 876 citations indexed

About

Ben Chong is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Chong has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 876 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ben Chong's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (11 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (8 papers). Ben Chong is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (11 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (8 papers). Ben Chong collaborates with scholars based in China and Australia. Ben Chong's co-authors include Guidong Yang, Mengyang Xia, Bo Lin, Baorong Xu, He Li, He Li, Xiaoqing Yan, Honghui Ou, Hang Xiao and Nathan Wells and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ben Chong

32 papers receiving 859 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Efficient ammonia synthesis from the air using tandem non-thermal plasma and electrocatalysis at ambient conditions

2024 85 citations Wei Liu, Mengyang Xia et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Chong China	19	744	588	272	247	50	35	876
Yanan Bo China	11	736 1.0×	525 0.9×	217 0.8×	246 1.0×	36 0.7×	12	840
Mengqiu Xu China	13	566 0.8×	350 0.6×	130 0.5×	319 1.3×	58 1.2×	28	702
Zanling Huang China	10	1.1k 1.5×	649 1.1×	350 1.3×	407 1.6×	55 1.1×	18	1.2k
Yawen Tong China	12	373 0.5×	436 0.7×	211 0.8×	177 0.7×	41 0.8×	18	683
Guang Wu China	15	976 1.3×	774 1.3×	396 1.5×	291 1.2×	49 1.0×	20	1.1k
Yan‐Xin Duan China	9	851 1.1×	494 0.8×	274 1.0×	424 1.7×	13 0.3×	16	978
Meiyu Cong China	13	636 0.9×	351 0.6×	168 0.6×	484 2.0×	112 2.2×	20	802
Li‐Jiao Gao China	15	605 0.8×	318 0.5×	399 1.5×	144 0.6×	20 0.4×	17	759
Yanming Cai China	12	724 1.0×	350 0.6×	150 0.6×	389 1.6×	19 0.4×	12	824
Zhuobin Yu China	15	717 1.0×	626 1.1×	294 1.1×	110 0.4×	16 0.3×	28	877

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Chong

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Kong, Xirui, Xin Wang, Jian Li, et al.. (2025). Intrinsic safe carboxyl-covalent organic framework gel electrolyte to anchor solvents for lithium-sulfur batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 160960–160960. 4 indexed citations

Gui, Xin, et al.. (2025). Resin-based hard carbon for low-cost sodium-ion batteries with SPAN cathode. Journal of Power Sources. 652. 237664–237664.

Xiao, Hang, et al.. (2025). Coordination Engineering of Pd nanoclusters for highly efficient electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate to ammonia. Chemical Engineering Science. 312. 121662–121662. 1 indexed citations

Li, He, Yuxiu Zou, Hang Xiao, et al.. (2025). Efficient Photoelectrocatalytic Synthesis of Ammonia by Superionic Conductor with Mixed Ion/Electron Conduction. Advanced Materials. 37(19). e2500446–e2500446. 7 indexed citations

Fan, Xiangyu, et al.. (2025). Na-Ion Storage and Diffusion Behavior in Coal-Based Hard Carbon on the View of Molecular Structure. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(6). 3628–3637. 1 indexed citations

Chong, Ben, Honghui Ou, Baorong Xu, et al.. (2025). Internal Nanocavity Regulation of Embedded Rare Earth Up‐Conversion Nanoparticles for H₂O₂ Production Operable at Up to 780 nm. Small. 21(6). e2406513–e2406513.

Xiao, Hang, et al.. (2025). Constructing Asymmetric Polarization Sites on MoO _x Cluster for Efficient Electrochemical N ₂ Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(49).

Zhang, Hao, He Li, Mengyang Xia, et al.. (2025). Atomically Thin PdIn Bimetallene with Surface-Ordered Palladium Trimers for Efficient Urea Electrosynthesis from N₂ and CO₂. ACS Catalysis. 15(15). 12905–12916. 3 indexed citations

Xiao, Hang, Ben Chong, Mengyang Xia, et al.. (2024). Constructing Mo5+ sites in molybdenum oxide by lattice stress for efficient ammonia synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 353. 124066–124066. 9 indexed citations

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Ou, Honghui, Jin Yu, Ben Chong, et al.. (2024). Hydroxyl‐Bonded Co Single Atom Site on Boroncarbonitride Surface Realizes Nonsacrificial H₂O₂ Synthesis in the Near‐Infrared Region. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2404851–e2404851. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Mengyang Xia, Ben Chong, et al.. (2024). Efficient ammonia synthesis from the air using tandem non-thermal plasma and electrocatalysis at ambient conditions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3524–3524. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Baorong, Shicheng Luo, Weibo Hua, et al.. (2024). Constructing Atomic Tungsten-Based Solid Frustrated-Lewis-Pair Sites with d-p Interactions for Selective CO₂ Photoreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(1). 200–210. 39 indexed citations

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Xiao, Hang, Mengyang Xia, Ben Chong, et al.. (2023). D-band center modulation of B-mediated FeS2 to activate molecular nitrogen for electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 343. 123474–123474. 42 indexed citations

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Xu, Baorong, Ben Chong, He Li, & Guidong Yang. (2023). Cobalt incorporation-induced photocatalytic reactivity enhancement in ZnIn2S4 nanosheets for effective hydrogen production. Chemical Engineering Science. 280. 118985–118985. 15 indexed citations

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Chong, Ben, Baorong Xu, He Li, Honghui Ou, & Guidong Yang. (2023). Nanoconfinement-induced water molecules and hydrogen molecules transport behaviors in ball-in-ball structure photocatalysts to improve hydrogen evolution. Nano Research. 17(5). 3752–3760. 6 indexed citations

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Li, He, Mengyang Xia, Ben Chong, et al.. (2023). Efficient reduction of CO2 to C2 hydrocarbons by tandem nonthermal plasma and photocatalysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 342. 123423–123423. 16 indexed citations

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Lin, Bo, Mengyang Xia, Baorong Xu, et al.. (2022). Bio-inspired nanostructured g-C3N4-based photocatalysts: A comprehensive review. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 43(8). 2141–2172. 54 indexed citations

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Wang, Weicong, Tianou He, Zhaorui Zhang, et al.. (2022). Tailoring Amorphous PdCu Nanostructures for Efficient C–C Cleavage in Ethanol Electrooxidation. Nano Letters. 22(17). 7028–7033. 40 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaoling, Mengyang Xia, Ben Chong, et al.. (2021). Uniform NiPx nanospheres loaded onto defective HxWO3-y with three-dimensionally ordered macroporous structure for photocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 297. 120468–120468. 39 indexed citations

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Chong, Ben, Lei Chen, Dezhi Han, et al.. (2019). CdS-modified one-dimensional g-C3N4 porous nanotubes for efficient visible-light photocatalytic conversion. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 40(6). 959–968. 77 indexed citations

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