Hefeng Cheng

13.2k citations

208 papers · 11.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 58

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.05%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Process Chemistry and Technology top 0.5%

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 177
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 140
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts 39
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 31
Process Chemistry and Technology 16

Co-authors: Baibiao Huang Ying Dai Zeyan Wang Peng Wang Yuanyuan Liu Zhaoke Zheng Xiaoyang Zhang Xiaoyan Qin
Journals: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (16 papers)ACS Catalysis (16 papers)Chemical Engineering Journal (15 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (11 papers)Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (8 papers)
Partner nations: China Japan United States

In The Last Decade

Hefeng Cheng

201 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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A scalable solar-driven photocatalytic system for separated H2 and O2 production from water 2025 · 35 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Nature Communications
2013 Nanoscale
2010 Langmuir

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1	A Synergistic Photocatalysis–Electrocatalysis System for Efficient Hydrogen Generation and Energy‐Saving Benzylamine Oxidative Upgrading Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hong Shen, Qianqian Zhang, Xiaolei Liu, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang, Peng Wang	2025	0
2	Revealing the electrochemical-autocatalytic coupling mechanism of Cu-based catalysts for high-potential formaldehyde oxidation Energy & Environmental Science ·Jia Song, Difei Xiao, Jiari He, Caiyun Zhang, Qianqian Zhang, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Yaqiang Wu, Baibiao Huang, Shuangbao Wang	2025	7
3	Construction of piezoelectric photocatalyst Au/BiVO₄ for efficient degradation of tetracycline and studied at single-particle level Chemical Synthesis ·Yujia Zhang, Yan Liu, Xueqin Gong, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang, Zhaoke Zheng	2024	4
4	Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting with a Solar‐to‐Hydrogen Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 2 % through Halide Perovskite Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hui Fu, Qianqian Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang, Peng Wang	2024	22
5	Reinforcing the Efficiency of Plastic Upgrading through Full‐Spectrum Photothermal Effect Integration of Heat Isolator Advanced Science ·Xueqin Gong, Peng Wang, 郑咏永, Wenbo Li, أحمد عبد الهادی شاهین, Bei Li, Jialing Cao, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, Zhaoke Zheng	2024	8
6	Revealing the Lattice Carbonate Mediated Mechanism in Cu₂(OH)₂CO₃ for Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to C₂H₄ Advanced Science ·Yugang Gao, Difei Xiao, Zeyan Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang	2024	15
7	Asymmetric Cu(I)─W Dual‐Atomic Sites Enable C─C Coupling for Selective Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to C₂H₄ Advanced Science ·Yuyin Mao, Minghui Zhang, Guangyao Zhai, Shenghe Si, Dong Liu, Kepeng Song, Yuanyuan Liu, Zeyan Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Peng Wang, Ying Dai, Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang	2024	45
8	Photoreduction of low concentrations of CO2 into methane in self-assembled palladium/porous organic cages nanocomposites Chemical Engineering Journal ·Hui Li, Kawa Dizaye, Shenghe Si, Hefeng Cheng, Zhijie Yang, Jingjing Wei	2023	6
9	Construction of a bismuth-based perovskite direct Z-scheme heterojunction Au-Cs3Bi2Br9/V2O5 for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction Applied Surface Science ·Hui Fu, Xiaolei Liu, Yaqiang Wu, Qianqian Zhang, Zeyan Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, Peng Wang	2023	44
10	Enhanced cycloaddition between CO2 and epoxide over a bismuth-based metal organic framework due to a synergistic photocatalytic and photothermal effect Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Dakota H. King, Honggang Zhang, Hefeng Cheng, Zeyan Wang, Peng Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Ying Dai, Danning Xing, Yuanyuan Liu, Baibiao Huang	2023	22
11	2D/Quasi-2D Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite: A High-Performance Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution ACS Catalysis ·Hui Fu, Xiaolei Liu, Chieh-Teng Hsu, Yaqiang Wu, Qianqian Zhang, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, Peng Wang	2023	37
12	Boosting the Electrochemical 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural Oxidation by Balancing the Competitive Adsorption of Organic and OH⁻ over Controllable Reconstructed Ni₃S₂/NiO_x Advanced Materials ·Difei Xiao, Xiaolei Bao, Dujuan Dai, Yugang Gao, Shenghe Si, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Peng Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang	2023	117
13	A Conductive 3D Dual‐Metal π‐d Conjugated Metal–Organic Framework Fe₃(HITP)₂/bpm@Co for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction Small ·Andrea Groeppel, Caiyun Zhang, Austin Ball, T.M. Hupkens, Danning Xing, Yuanyuan Liu, Peng Wang, Zeyan Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang	2023	7
14	Enhanced thermal assisted photocatalysis reduction of carbon dioxide over a Fe_2−xGa_xO₃ solid solution Catalysis Science & Technology ·Andrea Groeppel, Danning Xing, Caiyun Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zeyan Wang, Peng Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang	2023	3
15	Coupling Benzylamine Oxidation with CO₂ Photoconversion to Ethanol over a Black Phosphorus and Bismuth Tungstate S‐Scheme Heterojunction Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Minghui Zhang, Yuyin Mao, Xiaolei Bao, Guangyao Zhai, Difei Xiao, Dong Liu, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Ying Dai, Yu‐Chen Fan, Zeyan Wang, Baibiao Huang	2023	58
16	Constructing a bifunctional MoO₂/Co heterojunction for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and hydrazine oxidation Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Yuhao Guo, Xiaolei Liu, Yanmei Zang, Yaqiang Wu, Qianqian Zhang, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang, Ying Dai, Peng Wang	2022	30
17	Synergistic Effect between CO₂ Chemisorption Using Amino-Modified Carbon Nitride and Epoxide Activation by High-Energy Electrons for Plasmon-Assisted Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Xueqin Gong, Yujia Zhang, Sekeran Apoi, Guangyao Zhai, Xiaolei Liu, Xiaolei Bao, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Yu‐Chen Fan, Ying Dai, Zhaoke Zheng, Baibiao Huang	2022	23
18	Optimizing the Reaction Pathway by Active Site Regulation in the CdS/Fe₂O₃ Z-Scheme Heterojunction System for Highly Selective Photocatalytic Benzylamine Oxidation Integrated with H₂ Production ACS Catalysis ·Xiaolei Liu, Dujuan Dai, Zihao Cui, Qianqian Zhang, Xueqin Gong, Zeyan Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, Peng Wang	2022	93
19	Light-Promoted CO₂ Conversion from Epoxides to Cyclic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions over a Bi-Based Metal–Organic Framework ACS Catalysis ·Guangyao Zhai, Yuanyuan Liu, Longfei Lei, Jiajia Wang, Zeyan Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang	2021	198
20	Promoting Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to C₂H₄ Production by Inhibiting C₂H₅OH Desorption from Cu₂O/C Composite Small ·Yugang Gao, Shiqiang Yu, Peng Zhou, Xixi Ren, Zeyan Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Wei Wei, Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang	2021	31

About Hefeng Cheng

Hefeng Cheng is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Process Chemistry and Technology, Catalysis, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 208 papers that have together received 11.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (140 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (39 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (34 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (33 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (31 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (28 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (27 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (9.3k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (505 citations), Materials Chemistry (7.4k citations), Catalysis (915 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4.6k citations). Hefeng Cheng has collaborated with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Frequent co-authors include Baibiao Huang, Ying Dai, Zeyan Wang, Peng Wang, Ying Dai, Yuanyuan Liu, Zhaoke Zheng, Xiaoyang Zhang, Baibiao Huang and Xiaoyan Qin. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, ACS Catalysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

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