Ghim Wei Ho

21.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
227 papers, 18.8k citations indexed

About

Ghim Wei Ho is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ghim Wei Ho has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 18.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 117 papers in Materials Chemistry and 78 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ghim Wei Ho's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (64 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (36 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (34 papers). Ghim Wei Ho is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (64 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (36 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (34 papers). Ghim Wei Ho collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and France. Ghim Wei Ho's co-authors include Minmin Gao, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Liangliang Zhu, Wei Li Ong, Tianpeng Ding, Gamze Yilmaz, Xiao‐Qiao Wang, Minghui Hong, Jing Wang and Chuan Fu Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ghim Wei Ho

223 papers receiving 18.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production

2018 1.7k citations Minmin Gao, Liangliang Zhu et al. profile →
Recent progress in solar-driven interfacial water evaporation: Advanced designs and applications

2018 758 citations Liangliang Zhu, Minmin Gao et al. Nano Energy profile →
Solar-driven photothermal nanostructured materials designs and prerequisites for evaporation and catalysis applications

2018 623 citations Liangliang Zhu, Minmin Gao et al. profile →
Self‐Contained Monolithic Carbon Sponges for Solar‐Driven Interfacial Water Evaporation Distillation and Electricity Generation

2018 597 citations Liangliang Zhu, Minmin Gao et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
In Situ Transformation of MOFs into Layered Double Hydroxide Embedded Metal Sulfides for Improved Electrocatalytic and Supercapacitive Performance

2017 585 citations Gamze Yilmaz, Ghim Wei Ho et al. profile →
Shape Conformal and Thermal Insulative Organic Solar Absorber Sponge for Photothermal Water Evaporation and Thermoelectric Power Generation

2019 447 citations Liangliang Zhu, Tianpeng Ding et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
Hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems: Beyond water production towards high solar energy utilization

2020 424 citations Tianpeng Ding, Yi Zhou et al. profile →
Direct-Ink-Write 3D Printing of Hydrogels into Biomimetic Soft Robots

2019 260 citations Yin Cheng, Kwok Hoe Chan et al. profile →
Deep Eutectic Solvents‐Based Ionogels with Ultrafast Gelation and High Adhesion in Harsh Environments

2023 123 citations Ghim Wei Ho et al. profile →
Solar evaporation and clean water

2025 30 citations Ghim Wei Ho, Yusuke Yamauchi et al. Nature Water profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ghim Wei Ho Singapore	74	12.0k	6.6k	5.6k	3.7k	3.0k	227	18.8k
Fei Zhao China	47	9.6k 0.8×	2.2k 0.3×	3.6k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	4.5k 1.5×	86	15.9k
Huhu Cheng China	61	5.4k 0.5×	5.5k 0.8×	5.9k 1.1×	6.9k 1.9×	1.4k 0.5×	114	15.9k
Jia Zhu China	84	15.0k 1.2×	6.1k 0.9×	10.2k 1.8×	5.0k 1.4×	6.9k 2.3×	235	30.3k
Yonggang Yao China	77	5.6k 0.5×	6.9k 1.0×	11.4k 2.0×	4.8k 1.3×	980 0.3×	228	25.3k
Emily Hitz United States	49	5.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	4.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	57	12.9k
Jianwei Song China	50	4.1k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	3.7k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	91	14.2k
Liangti Qu China	52	5.3k 0.4×	5.5k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	101	11.2k
Chengyi Song China	53	6.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.3×	3.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	183	11.5k
Jiaqi Dai United States	88	4.0k 0.3×	6.0k 0.9×	15.5k 2.8×	5.5k 1.5×	1.8k 0.6×	162	29.4k
Bao Yang United States	46	4.6k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.3×	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	99	10.8k

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Ho, Ghim Wei, Yusuke Yamauchi, Liangbing Hu, et al.. (2025). Solar evaporation and clean water. Nature Water. 3(2). 131–134. 30 indexed citations breakdown →

Wen, Yuming, Shule Wang, Emmerson Hondo, et al.. (2024). Exploring the role of process control and catalyst design in methane catalytic decomposition: A machine learning perspective. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 72. 601–613. 6 indexed citations

Lu, Wanheng, et al.. (2024). Co-designed dual-ambient energy harvester hydrogel for hydrogen production and electricity generation. Nano Energy. 128. 109850–109850. 13 indexed citations

Tan, Yi, Xiaokang Chen, Shengliang Zhai, et al.. (2024). Cooperative Cu with defective MXene for enhanced nitrate electroreduction to ammonia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 258–267. 17 indexed citations

Lu, Wanheng, Wei Li Ong, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2023). Advances in harvesting water and energy from ubiquitous atmospheric moisture. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(24). 12456–12481. 76 indexed citations

Ng, Serene Wen Ling, Minmin Gao, Wanheng Lu, et al.. (2023). Localized ultrafine Cu clusters within MOF-derived metal oxides for collective photochemical and photothermal H2 generation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 340. 123182–123182. 32 indexed citations

Zhou, Yi, Tianpeng Ding, Guoqiang Xu, et al.. (2023). Giant polarization ripple in transverse pyroelectricity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 426–426. 22 indexed citations

Li, Tongtao, Kwok Hoe Chan, Tianpeng Ding, et al.. (2021). Dynamic thermal trapping enables cross-species smart nanoparticle swarms. Science Advances. 7(2). 5 indexed citations

Gao, Minmin, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Fan Lu Meng, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2021). Photothermal Membrane Distillation toward Solar Water Production. Small Methods. 5(5). e2001200–e2001200. 204 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, Tianpeng Ding, Minmin Gao, et al.. (2020). Controlled heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation towards enhanced photothermal water-electricity-hydrogen production. Nano Energy. 77. 105102–105102. 213 indexed citations

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Yilmaz, Gamze, Fan Lu Meng, Jane W. Z. Lu, et al.. (2020). Autonomous atmospheric water seeping MOF matrix. Science Advances. 6(42). 193 indexed citations

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Ding, Tianpeng, Kwok Hoe Chan, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2020). Scalable thermoelectric fibers for multifunctional textile-electronics. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6006–6006. 178 indexed citations

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Gao, Minmin, Connor Kang Nuo Peh, Liangliang Zhu, Gamze Yilmaz, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2020). Photothermal Catalytic Gel Featuring Spectral and Thermal Management for Parallel Freshwater and Hydrogen Production. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(23). 221 indexed citations

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Yilmaz, Gamze, Tong Yang, Yonghua Du, et al.. (2019). Stimulated Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of MOF‐Derived MoS₂ Basal Domains via Charge Injection through Surface Functionalization and Heteroatom Doping. Advanced Science. 6(15). 1900140–1900140. 95 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiao‐Qiao, Chuan Fu Tan, Kwok Hoe Chan, et al.. (2018). In-built thermo-mechanical cooperative feedback mechanism for self-propelled multimodal locomotion and electricity generation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3438–3438. 153 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen, Huangping Yan, Chuan Fu Tan, et al.. (2018). Hedgehog Inspired CuO Nanowires/Cu₂O Composites for Broadband Visible‐Light‐Driven Recyclable Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering. Advanced Optical Materials. 6(7). 87 indexed citations

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Gao, Minmin, et al.. (2018). Solar Absorber Gel: Localized Macro‐Nano Heat Channeling for Efficient Plasmonic Au Nanoflowers Photothermic Vaporization and Triboelectric Generation. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(25). 338 indexed citations

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Xu, Kaichen, Zuyong Wang, Chuan Fu Tan, et al.. (2017). Uniaxially Stretched Flexible Surface Plasmon Resonance Film for Versatile Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Diagnostics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(31). 26341–26349. 94 indexed citations

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Gao, Minmin, Serene Wen Ling Ng, Lianwei Chen, Minghui Hong, & Ghim Wei Ho. (2017). Self-regulating reversible photocatalytic-driven chromism of a cavity enhanced optical field TiO₂/CuO nanocomposite. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(22). 10909–10916. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing & Ghim Wei Ho. (2015). Corrosion‐Mediated Self‐Assembly (CMSA): Direct Writing Towards Sculpturing of 3D Tunable Functional Nanostructures. Angewandte Chemie. 127(52). 16030–16034. 5 indexed citations

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