Hua Zhou

4.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Hua Zhou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hua Zhou has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hua Zhou's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (17 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (11 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers). Hua Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (17 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (11 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers). Hua Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Austria. Hua Zhou's co-authors include Zhenhua Li, Xianggui Kong, Ming Xu, Haohong Duan, Simin Xu, Lirong Zheng, Ruixiang Ge, Yun Liu, Haohong Duan and Lina Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hua Zhou

48 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 2022 2022 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel
    2021 573 citations Hua Zhou, Yue Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst
    2022 345 citations Zhenhua Li, Yifan Yan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Selective Electrooxidation of Biomass‐Derived Alcohols to Aldehydes in a Neutral Medium: Promoted Water Dissociation over a Nickel‐Oxide‐Supported Ruthenium Single‐Atom Catalyst
    2022 339 citations Ruixiang Ge, Zezhou Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol via Promoted OH* Generation over Single-Atom-Bismuth-Doped Spinel Co3O4
    2022 224 citations Ye Wang, Yuquan Zhu et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  5. Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi2O3-Incorporated Catalyst
    2022 216 citations Lan Luo, Wangsong Chen 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Hua Zhou China 29 2.3k 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k 492 50 3.7k
Xianggui Kong China 36 2.9k 1.2× 1.9k 1.9× 729 0.7× 1.6k 1.6× 541 1.1× 96 5.1k
Guoquan Zhang China 38 1.1k 0.5× 1000 1.0× 760 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 203 0.4× 85 3.6k
Xuan Liu China 29 2.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 885 0.9× 2.6k 2.6× 505 1.0× 60 4.5k
Tianfu Wang China 27 755 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 759 0.8× 437 0.9× 71 3.1k
Bappi Paul India 34 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 662 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 452 0.9× 93 3.2k
Mali Hunsom Thailand 32 1.2k 0.5× 725 0.7× 867 0.8× 771 0.8× 198 0.4× 102 2.9k
Yuan-Hang Qin China 30 966 0.4× 703 0.7× 502 0.5× 766 0.8× 203 0.4× 83 2.2k
Xinyu Bai China 23 753 0.3× 697 0.7× 816 0.8× 614 0.6× 281 0.6× 66 2.1k
Yunxia Zhao China 32 1.0k 0.4× 1.6k 1.5× 381 0.4× 839 0.8× 176 0.4× 102 3.3k
Yanzhi Sun China 45 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 686 0.7× 3.6k 3.5× 334 0.7× 223 5.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hua Zhou

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yifan, et al.. (2025). Efficient removal of organic pollutants in reverse osmosis concentrate by coupling granular activated carbon adsorption with ozone. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances. 22. 100736–100736. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Wei, Yang Li, Zhan Wang, et al.. (2025). Selective electrooxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural at pilot scale by engineering a solid polymer electrolyte reactor. Nature Catalysis. 8(8). 771–783. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Xiang Liu, Simin Xu, et al.. (2025). Sustainable oxime production via the electrosynthesis of hydroxylamine in a free state. Nature Synthesis. 4(12). 1598–1609.
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Ren, Qinghui, Leilei Hao, Jiangrong Yang, et al.. (2024). Promoting Electrocatalytic Semihydrogenation of Alkynols to Alkenols over a Bimetallic CuAu Alloy Catalyst. ACS Catalysis. 14(8). 5675–5684. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Ye, Ming Xu, Xi Wang, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the potential-dependent structure evolution in CuO for electrocatalytic biomass valorization. Science Bulletin. 68(23). 2982–2992. 27 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yuquan, Hua Zhou, Juncai Dong, et al.. (2023). Identification of Active Sites Formed on Cobalt Oxyhydroxide in Glucose Electrooxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(15). e202219048–e202219048. 86 indexed citations
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Hao, Leilei, Qinghui Ren, Jiangrong Yang, et al.. (2023). Promoting Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Oxalic Acid to Glycolic Acid via an Al3+ Ion Adsorption Strategy Coupled with Ethylene Glycol Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(10). 13176–13185. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Kaiyue Ji, B. Li, et al.. (2023). Rechargeable Biomass Battery for Electricity Storage/generation and Concurrent Valuable Chemicals Production. Angewandte Chemie. 135(31). 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Jiangrong, Hua Zhou, Ming Xu, et al.. (2023). Promoting Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural over a Cooperative Ag/SnO2 Catalyst in a Wide Potential Window. ACS Catalysis. 13(20). 13528–13539. 36 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenhua, Yifan Yan, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst. Nature Communications. 13(1). 147–147. 345 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Ye, Yuquan Zhu, Zhiheng Xie, et al.. (2022). Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol via Promoted OH* Generation over Single-Atom-Bismuth-Doped Spinel Co3O4. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 12432–12443. 224 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Hua, Ye Wang, Yue Ren, et al.. (2022). Plastic Waste Valorization by Leveraging Multidisciplinary Catalytic Technologies. ACS Catalysis. 12(15). 9307–9324. 121 indexed citations
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Luo, Lan, Wangsong Chen, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi2O3-Incorporated Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(17). 7720–7730. 216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zhenhua, Xiaofan Li, Hua Zhou, et al.. (2022). Electrocatalytic synthesis of adipic acid coupled with H2 production enhanced by a ligand modification strategy. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5009–5009. 140 indexed citations
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Wang, Jikang, Xianggui Kong, Hua Zhou, et al.. (2022). Superstable Mineralization of Heavy Metals Using Low-Cost Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets: Toward Water Remediation and Soil Fertility Enhancement. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 62(1). 365–374. 30 indexed citations
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Xu, Simin, Hua Zhou, Yue Ren, et al.. (2022). Engineering Hydrogen Generation Sites to Promote Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Formate. ACS Catalysis. 12(17). 10551–10559. 74 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenhua, Lan Luo, Min Li, et al.. (2021). Photoelectrocatalytic C–H halogenation over an oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2 photoanode. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6698–6698. 133 indexed citations
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Ma, Lina, Hua Zhou, Xianggui Kong, Zhenhua Li, & Haohong Duan. (2021). An Electrocatalytic Strategy for C–C Bond Cleavage in Lignin Model Compounds and Lignin under Ambient Conditions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(4). 1932–1940. 91 indexed citations
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Ma, Lina, et al.. (2020). Integrating hydrogen production with anodic selective oxidation of sulfides over a CoFe layered double hydroxide electrode. Chemical Science. 12(3). 938–945. 61 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hua, et al.. (2018). Aerobic oxidation of 5‑hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid over Co/Mn-lignin coordination complexes-derived catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 244. 965–973. 153 indexed citations

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