Honghui Ou

6.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
75 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Honghui Ou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Honghui Ou has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 32 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Honghui Ou's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (50 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (26 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (19 papers). Honghui Ou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (50 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (26 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (19 papers). Honghui Ou collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Taiwan. Honghui Ou's co-authors include Xinchen Wang, Lihua Lin, Pengju Yang, Yuanxing Fang, Yongfan Zhang, Dingsheng Wang, Yun Zheng, Yadong Li, Shenghua Chen and Masakazu Anpo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Honghui Ou

63 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Tri-s-triazine-Based Crystalline Graphitic Carbon Nitrides for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysis

2016 856 citations Honghui Ou et al. profile →
Tri‐s‐triazine‐Based Crystalline Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for an Improved Hydrogen Evolution

2017 612 citations Honghui Ou et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Black Phosphorus and Polymeric Carbon Nitride Heterostructure for Photoinduced Molecular Oxygen Activation

2018 420 citations Honghui Ou et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts with Integrated Oxidation and Reduction Atomic Active Centers for Improved CO₂Conversion

2022 215 citations Honghui Ou, Peng Zhu et al. profile →
Ruthenium Single Atomic Sites Surrounding the Support Pit with Exceptional Photocatalytic Activity

2024 86 citations Honghui Ou, Dingsheng Wang et al. profile →
Efficient ammonia synthesis from the air using tandem non-thermal plasma and electrocatalysis at ambient conditions

2024 85 citations Wei Liu, Mengyang Xia et al. Nature Communications profile →
Tailoring Activation Intermediates of CO₂ Initiates C–N Coupling for Highly Selective Urea Electrosynthesis

2025 48 citations He Li, Xiaoqing Yan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Honghui Ou China	31	5.2k	4.2k	2.1k	881	385	75	5.9k
Xiao Hai China	24	4.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	837 1.0×	273 0.7×	44	5.2k
Pengju Yang China	39	4.9k 0.9×	4.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	408 0.5×	431 1.1×	96	6.2k
Jiajing Pei China	32	4.6k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	304 0.8×	57	5.3k
Tai‐Sing Wu Taiwan	37	2.6k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	306 0.8×	135	5.2k
Chunmei Ding China	35	4.4k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	457 0.5×	689 1.8×	55	5.1k
Wentuan Bi China	27	3.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	761 0.9×	272 0.7×	47	4.6k
Anders B. Laursen Denmark	23	4.1k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	477 0.5×	220 0.6×	37	5.0k
Chia‐Shuo Hsu Taiwan	32	5.7k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	3.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.6×	257 0.7×	62	6.8k
Lichen Bai China	27	5.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.9×	282 0.7×	33	6.4k
Jingfu He China	30	3.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	838 1.0×	110 0.3×	68	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Honghui Ou

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Xiao, Hang, et al.. (2025). Lewis acidic ionic liquid-POM hybrids enable efficient photocatalytic NH3 synthesis by accelerating the capture and activation of N2. Chemical Engineering Science. 320. 122367–122367.

Jia, Chun‐Lin, Hang Xiao, Wei Liu, et al.. (2025). Engineering the Electronic Localization of Metastable Fe ²⁺ ‐O‐Co ³⁺ Bimetallic Sites for Superior Electrochemical Ammonia Production. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(12).

Xiao, Yi, Honghui Ou, Chi‐Feng Lee, et al.. (2025). Monitoring chalcogenide ions–guided in situ transform active sites of tailored bismuth electrocatalysts for CO ₂ reduction to formate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(10). e2420922122–e2420922122. 9 indexed citations

Xiao, Hang, et al.. (2025). Coordination Engineering of Pd nanoclusters for highly efficient electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate to ammonia. Chemical Engineering Science. 312. 121662–121662. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Jin, He Li, Xiaoqing Yan, et al.. (2025). In-situ ionothermal synthesis of amorphous poly (heptazine imide) for the photoredox conversion of water. Applied Catalysis A General. 700. 120304–120304.

Lv, Yang, Gaoyang Li, Jianpeng Sun, et al.. (2025). Stability investigation and techno-economic assessment of gliding arc plasma coupled electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis system. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 85. 251–259. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Bohan, Xinyuan Li, Tailei Hou, et al.. (2025). Oxygen-Bridged Cu and V Dual Metal Sites for Enhanced Photo-oxidative Coupling of Benzylamine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(51). 46997–47007.

Ren, Xiaoling, Honghui Ou, Yang Lv, et al.. (2024). New Lewis acidic ionic liquid coupled carbon shell coated defective WO3 for efficient photocatalytic N2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124579–124579. 7 indexed citations

Xiao, Hang, Ben Chong, Mengyang Xia, et al.. (2024). Constructing Mo5+ sites in molybdenum oxide by lattice stress for efficient ammonia synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 353. 124066–124066. 9 indexed citations

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Xiao, Hang, Baorong Xu, He Li, et al.. (2024). Dual plasmonic coupling effect in Bi/vacancy-rich Bi2WO6 heterojunction for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4. Chemical Engineering Science. 292. 120012–120012. 20 indexed citations

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Yan, Xiaoqing, Zihao Chen, Yufei Yue, et al.. (2024). Janus cobalt sites on carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 360. 124527–124527. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenyu, Lei Chen, Honghui Ou, et al.. (2024). Photo-thermal coupled single-atom catalysis boosting dry reforming of methane beyond thermodynamic limits over high equivalent flow. Nano Energy. 123. 109401–109401. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuzhe, et al.. (2024). A five‐fold twin structure copper for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to sustainable ammonia. AIChE Journal. 71(3). 6 indexed citations

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Ou, Honghui, Jin Yu, Ben Chong, et al.. (2024). Hydroxyl‐Bonded Co Single Atom Site on Boroncarbonitride Surface Realizes Nonsacrificial H₂O₂ Synthesis in the Near‐Infrared Region. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2404851–e2404851. 32 indexed citations

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Kou, Song, Lian Shu, Xiaodong Xie, et al.. (2024). Poly (heptazine imide) nanocrystal for hydrogen peroxide evolution in the dark by accumulating photo-generated electrons. Nano Research. 17(9). 8036–8044. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Mengyang Xia, Ben Chong, et al.. (2024). Efficient ammonia synthesis from the air using tandem non-thermal plasma and electrocatalysis at ambient conditions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3524–3524. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lv, Yang, Wenkai Teng, Yang Li, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical macrokinetics analysis of nitrite electrocatalytic reduction to ammonia. AIChE Journal. 70(12). 7 indexed citations

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Ou, Honghui, Yuping Qian, Lintian Yuan, et al.. (2023). Spatial Position Regulation of Cu Single Atom Site Realizes Efficient Nanozyme Photocatalytic Bactericidal Activity. Advanced Materials. 35(46). e2305077–e2305077. 97 indexed citations

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Lv, Yang, Jiahe Chen, Tao Xie, et al.. (2023). Mass transfer and electrochemical behavior of nitrate reduction to ammonia in electrocatalytic flow cell reactor. AIChE Journal. 70(1). 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Shenghua, Zedong Zhang, Wenjun Jiang, et al.. (2022). Engineering Water Molecules Activation Center on Multisite Electrocatalysts for Enhanced CO₂ Methanation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(28). 12807–12815. 164 indexed citations

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