Dongfang Hou

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Dongfang Hou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dongfang Hou has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dongfang Hou's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (41 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (20 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (18 papers). Dongfang Hou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (41 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (20 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (18 papers). Dongfang Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Dongfang Hou's co-authors include Dong‐Sheng Li, Xiu-Qing Qiao, Xianluo Hu, Yunhui Huang, Pei Hu, Fengyu Tian, Fuchao Hu, Qiuhao Li, Chaoji Chen and Qichun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Dongfang Hou

47 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Skillful promotion of charge separation via defect-mediated built-in electric field and LSPR effect for enhanced photocatalytic activity

2025 40 citations Hui Guo, Wenxuan Chen et al. Nano Energy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dongfang Hou China	28	2.1k	2.0k	1.6k	452	295	50	3.1k
Wei Ma China	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	604 1.3×	429 1.5×	90	3.4k
Yunxiong Zeng China	28	2.9k 1.4×	3.4k 1.7×	1.9k 1.3×	365 0.8×	341 1.2×	76	4.2k
Juan Su China	28	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	247 0.5×	294 1.0×	49	2.7k
Tongwei Yuan China	19	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	202 0.4×	371 1.3×	35	3.6k
Zhengcui Wu China	28	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	438 1.0×	174 0.6×	60	3.1k
Long Kuai China	35	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	579 1.3×	255 0.9×	71	3.7k
Shutao Wang China	34	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	559 1.2×	240 0.8×	68	3.9k
Kemeng Ji China	29	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	702 1.6×	197 0.7×	60	3.1k
Mengmeng Li China	28	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	475 1.1×	641 2.2×	47	2.9k
Junhua Yuan China	38	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	571 1.3×	370 1.3×	96	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dongfang Hou

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Guo, Hui, Wenxuan Chen, Xiu-Qing Qiao, et al.. (2025). Skillful promotion of charge separation via defect-mediated built-in electric field and LSPR effect for enhanced photocatalytic activity. Nano Energy. 135. 110672–110672. 40 indexed citations breakdown →

Hou, Dongfang, Siyue Li, Jiashuo Liu, et al.. (2025). Interfacial engineering of S-scheme ZnIn ₂ S ₄ /CoPPc for photoinduced H ₂ production coupled with benzyl alcohol valorization. Green Chemistry. 27(45). 14710–14720.

Qiao, Xiu-Qing, Hui Guo, Pengcheng Du, et al.. (2025). Dual-vacancy enhanced built-in electric field boosting plasmonic S-scheme photocatalysis for superior hydrogen evolution. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 113. 1–11.

Qiao, Xiu-Qing, Chen Li, Wenxuan Chen, et al.. (2024). Optimization of Schottky barrier height and LSPR effect by dual defect induced work function changes for efficient solar-driven hydrogen production. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151822–151822. 48 indexed citations

Chen, Wenxuan, Xiu-Qing Qiao, Bojing Sun, et al.. (2024). Plasmonic tandem heterojunctions enable high-efficiency charge transfer for broad spectrum photocatalytic hydrogen production. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 100. 710–720. 29 indexed citations

Hou, Dongfang, Qian Zhu, Junjie Wang, et al.. (2024). Direct Z-scheme system of UiO-66 cubes wrapped with Zn0.5Cd0.5S nanoparticles for photocatalytic hydrogen generation synchronized with organic pollutant degradation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 665. 68–79. 20 indexed citations

Sun, Bojing, Junjie Wang, Qian Zhu, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of CdLa2S4@La(OH)3@Co3S4 Z-scheme heterojunctions with dense La, S-dual defects for robust photothermal assisted photocatalytic performance. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 645. 429–438. 17 indexed citations

Huang, Lei, Dongfang Hou, Shenglong Gan, Xiu-Qing Qiao, & Dong‐Sheng Li. (2021). Multifunctional Mulberry‐like BiVO₄−Bi₂O₃ p‐n Heterostructures with Enhanced both Photocatalytic Reduction and Oxidation Activities. ChemCatChem. 13(14). 3357–3367. 9 indexed citations

Hou, Dongfang, et al.. (2020). Selectivity control of Pt/SiC catalysts for photothermocatalytic hydrogenation of 3-nitrostyrene. Applied Surface Science. 526. 146616–146616. 12 indexed citations

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Hou, Dongfang, Zhifeng Jiao, Xiaoning Guo, et al.. (2019). Aldehydes rather than alcohols in oxygenated products from light-driven Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over Ru/SiC catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology. 9(17). 4629–4632. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenwei, Qiuhao Li, Xiu-Qing Qiao, Dongfang Hou, & Dong‐Sheng Li. (2019). One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of willow branch-shaped MoS2/CdS heterojunctions for photocatalytic H2 production under visible light irradiation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 40(3). 371–379. 155 indexed citations

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Hou, Dongfang, et al.. (2019). Exploring improvement of photocatalytic and catalytic performance in Nd-doped BiYO3 nanotube systems. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 106. 151–157. 14 indexed citations

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Qiao, Xiu-Qing, Zhenwei Zhang, Qiuhao Li, et al.. (2018). In situ synthesis of n–n Bi₂MoO₆ & Bi₂S₃ heterojunctions for highly efficient photocatalytic removal of Cr(vi). Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(45). 22580–22589. 218 indexed citations

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Qiao, Xiu-Qing, Zhenwei Zhang, Dongfang Hou, et al.. (2018). Tunable MoS₂/SnO₂ P–N Heterojunctions for an Efficient Trimethylamine Gas Sensor and 4-Nitrophenol Reduction Catalyst. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(9). 12375–12384. 167 indexed citations

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Hu, Pei, Chaoji Chen, Rui Zeng, et al.. (2018). Facile synthesis of bimodal porous graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets as efficient photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Nano Energy. 50. 376–382. 61 indexed citations

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Wu, Ya‐Pan, Wei Zhou, Wen‐Wen Dong, et al.. (2017). Temperature-Controlled Synthesis of Porous CuO Particles with Different Morphologies for Highly Sensitive Detection of Triethylamine. Crystal Growth & Design. 17(4). 2158–2165. 106 indexed citations

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Qiao, Xiu-Qing, Fuchao Hu, Fengyu Tian, Dongfang Hou, & Dong‐Sheng Li. (2016). Equilibrium and kinetic studies on MB adsorption by ultrathin 2D MoS₂nanosheets. RSC Advances. 6(14). 11631–11636. 149 indexed citations

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Xiong, Xiaoqin, Wei Luo, Xianluo Hu, et al.. (2015). Flexible Membranes of MoS2/C Nanofibers by Electrospinning as Binder-Free Anodes for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9254–9254. 265 indexed citations

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Hou, Dongfang, Xianluo Hu, Yanwei Wen, et al.. (2013). Electrospun sillenite Bi12MO20 (M = Ti, Ge, Si) nanofibers: general synthesis, band structure, and photocatalytic activity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(47). 20698–20698. 111 indexed citations

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Hou, Dongfang, Xianluo Hu, Pei Hu, et al.. (2013). Bi4Ti3O12 nanofibers–BiOI nanosheets p–n junction: facile synthesis and enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. Nanoscale. 5(20). 9764–9764. 184 indexed citations

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