Chao Ma

33.1k total citations · 15 hit papers
526 papers, 27.2k citations indexed

About

Chao Ma is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Ma has authored 526 papers receiving a total of 27.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Materials Chemistry, 150 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 115 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Chao Ma's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (80 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (74 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (44 papers). Chao Ma is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (80 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (74 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (44 papers). Chao Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Chao Ma's co-authors include Rui Si, Jie Zeng, Xiaoli Tan, Dehui Deng, Yimei Zhu, Chun‐Jiang Jia, Radoslav R. Adžić, Liang Yu, Xinhe Bao and Wei-Wei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chao Ma

493 papers receiving 26.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hydrogen‐Evolution Catalysts Based on Non‐Noble Metal Nickel–Molybdenum Nitride Nanosheets

2012 1.2k citations Chao Ma et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen

2014 1.2k citations Chao Ma, Dehui Deng et al. profile →
Trace doping of multiple elements enables stable battery cycling of LiCoO2 at 4.6 V

2019 750 citations Chao Ma et al. profile →
Synergetic interaction between neighbouring platinum monomers in CO2 hydrogenation

2018 682 citations Wenhua Zhang, Chao Ma et al. profile →
High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

2017 680 citations Chao Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
AAPM protocol for 40–300 kV x‐ray beam dosimetry in radiotherapy and radiobiology

2001 618 citations Chao Ma et al. profile →
Atomically dispersed iron hydroxide anchored on Pt for preferential oxidation of CO in H2

2019 536 citations Zhihu Sun, Chao Ma et al. profile →
Multiscale structural and electronic control of molybdenum disulfide foam for highly efficient hydrogen production

2017 524 citations Jiao Deng, Chao Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
Activity Trends and Mechanisms in Peroxymonosulfate‐Assisted Catalytic Production of Singlet Oxygen over Atomic Metal‐N‐C Catalysts

2021 420 citations Yun Gao, Tongwei Wu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Identification of the Highly Active Co–N₄ Coordination Motif for Selective Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide

2022 408 citations Hongmei Li, Chao Ma et al. profile →
Unveiling the Proton‐Feeding Effect in Sulfur‐Doped Fe−N−C Single‐Atom Catalyst for Enhanced CO₂ Electroreduction

2022 304 citations Chao Ma, Hongmei Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Partially sintered copper‒ceria as excellent catalyst for the high-temperature reverse water gas shift reaction

2022 250 citations Wujun Zhang, Chao Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment

2022 238 citations Min Liu, Chao Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
High-precision and linear weight updates by subnanosecond pulses in ferroelectric tunnel junction for neuro-inspired computing

2022 162 citations Chao Ma, Yuewei Yin et al. Nature Communications profile →
Sustainable conversion of alkaline nitrate to ammonia at activities greater than 2 A cm−2

2024 147 citations Chao Ma, Min Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chao Ma	13.8k	12.4k	11.1k	4.5k	3.2k	526	27.2k
Yu Zhang	11.7k 0.8×	13.9k 1.1×	17.1k 1.5×	3.0k 0.7×	4.8k 1.5×	775	31.0k
Chao Wang	12.1k 0.9×	16.1k 1.3×	11.1k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	355	26.6k
Hua Zhou	9.5k 0.7×	8.8k 0.7×	9.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	3.9k 1.2×	404	23.0k
Zhenyu Sun	12.8k 0.9×	10.3k 0.8×	7.0k 0.6×	4.5k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	303	22.0k
Wei Liu	13.0k 0.9×	11.7k 0.9×	7.7k 0.7×	5.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	669	24.2k
Wu Zhou	26.8k 1.9×	14.3k 1.2×	16.9k 1.5×	3.7k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	295	38.9k
Bolong Huang	13.5k 1.0×	18.0k 1.5×	15.1k 1.4×	4.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	384	28.7k
Siyu Lu	21.0k 1.5×	12.6k 1.0×	11.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	496	34.0k
Jing Li	9.6k 0.7×	9.5k 0.8×	9.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.4×	3.5k 1.1×	719	23.2k
Liang Chen	11.2k 0.8×	11.5k 0.9×	10.8k 1.0×	4.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	400	23.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Ma

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Zhu, Lin, Tingting Li, Na Li, et al.. (2025). Iodoplumbate Complex Transformation for Efficient Perovskite Emitters. Small. 21(22). e2502535–e2502535. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Xiaoxi, Tongwei Wu, Hengfeng Li, et al.. (2025). Electrosynthesis of NH3 from low-concentration NO on cascade dual-site catalysts in neutral media. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8481–8481.

Yuan, Jiaqi, Tingting Deng, Pengfei Qiu, et al.. (2024). N‐Type CuIn₅Se₈‐Based Thermoelectric Materials with All‐Scale Hierarchical Architectures. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(38). 8 indexed citations

Wang, Mengyao, Wenhao Cheng, Fan Wang, et al.. (2024). Spidroin‐mimetic Engineered Protein Fibers with High Toughness and Minimized Batch‐to‐batch Variations through β‐sheets Co‐assembly. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(15). 19 indexed citations

Jia, Bo, Xinquan Gu, Ming Li, et al.. (2024). Engineered Nanobodies Elicit Durable and Robust Bi‐Therapeutic Efficacy Toward Virus and Tumors. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(46). 2 indexed citations

Ma, Chao, et al.. (2024). Electroantennographic and Behavioral Responses of the Melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), to Volatile Compounds of Ridge Gourd, Luffa acutangular L.. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 50(12). 1036–1045. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Chao, Kai Wang, Dayong Gao, & Gang Zhao. (2024). Highly sensitive and selective flexible anisotropic strain sensor based on liquid metal/conductive ink for wearable applications. Composites Part B Engineering. 281. 111538–111538. 12 indexed citations

Lin, Nan, et al.. (2024). Investigation of microstructure, mechanical and oxidation properties of WC-Co-Ni-Fe-Al multicomponent hardmetals. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 125. 106894–106894. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Hongjuan, Yunzhu Shi, Fei Hu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Strong and ductile light-weight refractory high-entropy alloys via stability engineering and partial recrystallization. Materials Science and Engineering A. 924. 147767–147767. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Chao, et al.. (2024). 50.1 W narrow linewidth Nd:YVO₄ Innoslab nanosecond amplifier at 1064 nm with high efficiency. Optics Express. 32(27). 49153–49153.

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Zheng, Biyuan, Xingxia Sun, Weihao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Vapor growth of V-doped MoS2 monolayers with enhanced B-exciton emission and broad spectral response. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 16(1). 42–42. 8 indexed citations

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Lv, Hong, Chao Ma, Ziyi Zhu, et al.. (2023). A light-sensitive metal-organic framework composite encapsulated by ion exchange for photocatalytic organic reaction. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 322. 123948–123948. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Huanle, Mingyuan Hao, Teng Su, et al.. (2023). Modulation effect of Zr-Sm co-doped on microwave absorption performance of barium ferrite. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 976. 173246–173246. 7 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhuoran, et al.. (2023). Microstructure and mechanical properties of squeeze-cast Al-5.0Cu-1Mn-based alloys with different Ni content. Materials & Design. 229. 111901–111901. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhiwei, et al.. (2023). High-performance unified modular multiplication algorithm and hardware architecture over G(2m). Integration. 96. 102124–102124. 1 indexed citations

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Su, Teng, Huanle Chen, Zhiyang Wei, et al.. (2023). Structure and microwave dielectric properties of Al3+-doped (Zn1/6Ba1/6Ca1/6Sr1/6La1/3)TiO3 high-entropy ceramics system. Ceramics International. 50(3). 5043–5051. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Wanying, Liting Liu, Quanyang Tao, et al.. (2022). Realization of Ultra-Scaled MoS₂ Vertical Diodes via Double-Side Electrodes Lamination. Nano Letters. 22(11). 4429–4436. 31 indexed citations

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Gao, Yun, Tongwei Wu, Chengdong Yang, et al.. (2021). Activity Trends and Mechanisms in Peroxymonosulfate‐Assisted Catalytic Production of Singlet Oxygen over Atomic Metal‐N‐C Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 133(41). 22687–22695. 21 indexed citations

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Duan, Hengli, Peng Guo, Chao Wang, et al.. (2019). Beating the exclusion rule against the coexistence of robust luminescence and ferromagnetism in chalcogenide monolayers. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1584–1584. 60 indexed citations

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Xie, Shunji, Zebin Shen, Jiao Deng, et al.. (2018). Visible light-driven C−H activation and C–C coupling of methanol into ethylene glycol. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1181–1181. 274 indexed citations

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