Botao Hu

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Botao Hu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Botao Hu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Botao Hu's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (10 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (7 papers). Botao Hu is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (10 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (7 papers). Botao Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and France. Botao Hu's co-authors include Chen Chen, Zewen Zhuang, Weng‐Chon Cheong, Qing Peng, Kaian Sun, Yadong Li, Shoujie Liu, Renyong Tu, Di Zhao and Xing Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Botao Hu

22 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Distinct Crystal‐Facet‐Dependent Behaviors for Single‐Atom Palladium‐On‐Ceria Catalysts: Enhanced Stabilization and Catalytic Properties

2022 195 citations Botao Hu, Kaian Sun et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Stabilizing Copper by a Reconstruction-Resistant Atomic Cu–O–Si Interface for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction

2023 165 citations Xin Tan, Kaian Sun et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Botao Hu China	15	1.3k	723	691	384	193	25	1.7k
Yuntong Sun China	24	1.3k 1.0×	732 1.0×	630 0.9×	502 1.3×	102 0.5×	56	1.7k
Cameron Priest United States	13	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	717 1.0×	706 1.8×	141 0.7×	25	2.3k
Hongling Huang China	18	1.4k 1.1×	777 1.1×	605 0.9×	615 1.6×	144 0.7×	24	1.8k
Xian‐Yin Ma China	17	1.2k 0.9×	534 0.7×	647 0.9×	343 0.9×	98 0.5×	33	1.5k
Yuhang Liu China	17	1.3k 1.0×	703 1.0×	552 0.8×	305 0.8×	87 0.5×	44	1.5k
Jeonghoon Lim United States	17	997 0.8×	676 0.9×	499 0.7×	768 2.0×	147 0.8×	27	1.7k
Dong Cao China	24	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	666 1.0×	170 0.4×	123 0.6×	65	1.8k
Duojie Wu China	26	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 2.1×	787 1.1×	547 1.4×	147 0.8×	47	2.6k
Changmin Kim South Korea	21	1.1k 0.9×	901 1.2×	632 0.9×	350 0.9×	81 0.4×	45	1.7k
Hao Fei China	19	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	815 1.2×	385 1.0×	85 0.4×	54	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Botao Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Botao Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Botao Hu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Botao Hu. Botao Hu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hu, Botao, Yao Shan, Yu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Tunneling beneath the pile-raft foundations of high-speed railways: Progressive arching deformation and pile settlement behavior. Underground Space. 25. 54–73. 16 indexed citations

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Hou, Tailei, Jiexin Zhu, Hongfei Gu, et al.. (2025). Switching CO₂ Electroreduction toward C₂₊ Products and CH₄ by Regulating the Dimerization and Protonation in Platinum/Copper Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(15). e202424749–e202424749. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Botao, Chuhao Liu, Lirong Zheng, et al.. (2025). Built‐in Axial Electric Field‐Driven Electron‐Rich Monomolecular Co Sites for Promoting CO ₂ Electroreduction to CO Over Ultrawide Potential Window. Angewandte Chemie. 137(51).

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Hu, Botao, Chuhao Liu, Lirong Zheng, et al.. (2025). Built‐in Axial Electric Field‐Driven Electron‐Rich Monomolecular Co Sites for Promoting CO ₂ Electroreduction to CO Over Ultrawide Potential Window. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(51). e202511671–e202511671.

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Hou, Tailei, Jiexin Zhu, Hongfei Gu, et al.. (2025). Switching CO₂ Electroreduction toward C₂₊ Products and CH₄ by Regulating the Dimerization and Protonation in Platinum/Copper Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 137(15). 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Botao, Di Zhao, Benqiang Tian, Chen Chen, & Zhigang Zou. (2025). Pressure-Enhanced Electrocatalysis for Small-Molecule Conversion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6.

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Chen, Chao, et al.. (2024). Variable stroke fatigue test for aircraft landing gears. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 239(6). 2117–2128. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Botao, Yao Shan, Yu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on tunneling-induced soil arching evolution in pile-raft foundations. Transportation Geotechnics. 48. 101340–101340. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Mingzhen, Shitu Yang, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2023). Direct Growth of Uniform Bimetallic Core‐Shell or Intermetallic Nanoparticles on Carbon via a Surface‐Confinement Strategy for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(13). 17 indexed citations

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Tan, Xin, Kaian Sun, Zewen Zhuang, et al.. (2023). Stabilizing Copper by a Reconstruction-Resistant Atomic Cu–O–Si Interface for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(15). 8656–8664. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Di, Ke Yu, Wuyi Feng, et al.. (2022). Atomic-level engineering Fe₁N₂O₂ interfacial structure derived from oxygen-abundant metal–organic frameworks to promote electrochemical CO₂ reduction. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(9). 3795–3804. 80 indexed citations

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Hu, Botao, Kaian Sun, Zewen Zhuang, et al.. (2022). Distinct Crystal‐Facet‐Dependent Behaviors for Single‐Atom Palladium‐On‐Ceria Catalysts: Enhanced Stabilization and Catalytic Properties. Advanced Materials. 34(16). e2107721–e2107721. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Botao, Junkai Zhao, Wenjun Jiang, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction of Bismuth Nanosheets with Introducing Surface Bismuth Subcarbonate. Coatings. 12(2). 233–233. 19 indexed citations

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Zhao, Di, Kaian Sun, Weng‐Chon Cheong, et al.. (2019). Synergistically Interactive Pyridinic‐N–MoP Sites: Identified Active Centers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solution. Angewandte Chemie. 132(23). 9067–9075. 65 indexed citations

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Zhao, Di, Kaian Sun, Weng‐Chon Cheong, et al.. (2019). Synergistically Interactive Pyridinic‐N–MoP Sites: Identified Active Centers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(23). 8982–8990. 352 indexed citations

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Hu, Mingzhen, Wenjuan Yang, Shoujie Liu, et al.. (2018). Topological self-template directed synthesis of multi-shelled intermetallic Ni₃Ga hollow microspheres for the selective hydrogenation of alkyne. Chemical Science. 10(2). 614–619. 34 indexed citations

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Hu, Botao, et al.. (2017). Ultra-low charge transfer resistance carbons by one-pot hydrothermal method for glucose sensing. Science China Materials. 60(12). 1234–1244. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Jen‐Tsai, et al.. (2016). Paper-based electrochemical biosensor detection platform. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 12(2). 534–535. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuwei, Zhenyao Wang, Jun Wang, & Botao Hu. (2014). Corrosion Behavior of Hot-dip Galvanized Steel for Power Transmission Tower in Simulated Acid Rain Atmospheric Environment. Zhongguo fushi yu fanghu xuebao. 34(5). 426–432. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Yecang, Botao Hu, Qian Yang, et al.. (2014). Synthesis of thermo- and pH-responsive Ag nanoparticle-embedded hybrid microgels and their catalytic activity in methylene blue reduction. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 149-150. 460–466. 79 indexed citations

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