Hongbo Wu

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
89 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Hongbo Wu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongbo Wu has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 38 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 28 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hongbo Wu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (42 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (42 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (38 papers). Hongbo Wu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (42 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (42 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (38 papers). Hongbo Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Australia. Hongbo Wu's co-authors include Zheng Tang, Zaifei Ma, Yanming Sun, Yunhao Cai, Fei Huang, Jie Zhang, Xiaotao Hao, Yun Li, Wei Ma and Ke Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hongbo Wu

87 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

A Well‐Mixed Phase Formed by Two Compatible Non‐Fullerene Acceptors Enables Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 18.6%

2021 403 citations Yunhao Cai, Hongbo Wu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
High‐Pressure Fabrication of Binary Organic Solar Cells with High Molecular Weight D18 Yields Record 19.65 % Efficiency

2023 133 citations Hao Lu, Hongbo Wu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Designing A–D–A Type Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors with a Bulky 3D Substituent at the Central Donor Core to Minimize Non‐Radiative Losses and Enhance Organic Solar Cell Efficiency

2024 111 citations Hao Lu, Hongbo Wu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

Hongbo Wu

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Jason A. Röhr United States

Michaël Salvador Germany

Ping Fu China

Zongbao Li China

Shangshang Chen China

Lance M. Wheeler United States

Xiaoyang Guo China

E. Ashley Gaulding United States

Eugene A. Katz Israel

Anna Osherov Israel

Jason A. Röhr United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongbo Wu

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Wan, Xiangang, Fengxian Ma, Hongbo Wu, & Yalong Jiao. (2025). Computational design of two-dimensional Co-based boridenes: Functional group-dependent electronic properties and bifunctional HER/OER catalytic activity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 106. 377–384. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Cheng, Lina Wang, Junting Sun, et al.. (2025). High-density, high-activity and high-spin atomic Fe (Ⅲ) sites on ZIF-8-derived microporous carbon for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Power Sources. 646. 237264–237264. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Hongbo, Weizhen Meng, Fengxian Ma, & Yalong Jiao. (2024). Monolayer Ta2Se: A low-cost catalyst with enhanced stability and high basal plane activity for oxygen reduction reaction. Materials Today Sustainability. 27. 100851–100851. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Xiaolin, Wenlong Liu, Nan Wei, et al.. (2024). Boosting Organic Solar Cells to Over 18 % Efficiency through Dipole‐Dipole Interactions in Fluorinated Nonfused Ring Electron Acceptors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(46). e202412854–e202412854. 22 indexed citations

Li, Wen, et al.. (2024). An exploratory machine learning model for predicting advanced liver fibrosis in autoimmune hepatitis patients: A preliminary study. Annals of Hepatology. 30(1). 101754–101754. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Weizhen, Jiayu Jiang, Hongbo Wu, et al.. (2024). Topological electride Hf₂Se: Enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction activity from nontrivial topological Fermi arc. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 432–440. 4 indexed citations

Geng, Yanfang, You Chen, Mengzhen Du, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Insight into the Structure Contribution of A₂‐A₁‐D‐A₁‐A₂ Acceptor to Performance of P3HT Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(14). 11 indexed citations

Wu, Hongbo, Hao Lu, Yungui Li, et al.. (2024). Decreasing exciton dissociation rates for reduced voltage losses in organic solar cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2693–2693. 22 indexed citations

Wu, Hongbo, Da‐Shuai Ma, & Botao Fu. (2023). Hybrid nodal-chain semimetal with emergent flat band in MgCaN₂. New Journal of Physics. 25(3). 33005–33005. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Hongbo, et al.. (2023). Reducing voltage losses in organic solar cells based on fluorinated acceptors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 145390–145390. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Hongbo, Zaifei Ma, Mengyang Li, et al.. (2023). Impact of donor halogenation on reorganization energies and voltage losses in bulk-heterojunction solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(3). 1277–1290. 32 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhen, Fengxian Ma, Hongbo Wu, et al.. (2023). Two-dimensional ruthenium boride: a Dirac nodal loop quantum electrocatalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(7). 3717–3724. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhi, Jie Wang, Hongbo Wu, et al.. (2022). A Transparent Electrode Based on Solution-Processed ZnO for Organic Optoelectronic Devices. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4387–4387. 86 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaobo, Hongbo Wu, Guanyu Lu, et al.. (2022). Over 31% efficient indoor organic photovoltaics enabled by simultaneously reduced trap-assisted recombination and non-radiative recombination voltage loss. Materials Horizons. 10(2). 566–575. 33 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaobo, Chao Zhao, Hongbo Wu, et al.. (2022). Electrical edge effect induced photocurrent overestimation in low-light organic photovoltaics. Joule. 6(8). 1904–1917. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, Xudong Jiang, Hongbo Wu, et al.. (2021). Increasing donor-acceptor spacing for reduced voltage loss in organic solar cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6679–6679. 95 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cai’e, Shouli Ming, Hongbo Wu, et al.. (2020). High-efficiency ternary nonfullerene organic solar cells with record long-term thermal stability. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(43). 22907–22917. 32 indexed citations

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Cai, Yunhao, Hongbo Wu, Ailing Tang, et al.. (2020). Solution‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with High Open‐Circuit Voltage of 1.3 V and Low Non‐Radiative Voltage Loss of 0.16 V. Advanced Materials. 32(39). e2002122–e2002122. 197 indexed citations

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Wu, Hongbo, Jonathan E. Sutton, Wei Guo, & Dionisios G. Vlachos. (2019). Volcano Curves for in Silico Prediction of Mono- and Bifunctional Catalysts: Application to Ammonia Decomposition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(44). 27097–27104. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Zequn, Hongbo Wu, Jian Li, et al.. (2019). Defect enhanced CoP/Reduced graphene oxide electrocatalytic hydrogen production with pt-like activity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 265. 118576–118576. 53 indexed citations

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