Ji‐Chang Ren

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ji‐Chang Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ji‐Chang Ren has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ji‐Chang Ren's work include Graphene research and applications (16 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (15 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (9 papers). Ji‐Chang Ren is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (16 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (15 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (9 papers). Ji‐Chang Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ji‐Chang Ren's co-authors include Shuang Li, Wei Liu, Dongwen Yang, Zewen Xiao, Xingang Zhao, Lijun Zhang, Yuanhui Sun, Tao Shen, Xinyi Liu and Sha Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ji‐Chang Ren

52 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Rational Design of Halide Double Perovskites for Optoelectronic Applications

2018 419 citations Ji‐Chang Ren et al. profile →
Electronic descriptors for designing high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts by leveraging local chemical environments

2025 31 citations Guolin Cao, Sha Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Li-Chun Xu China

Vadym V. Kulish Singapore

Thanayut Kaewmaraya Thailand

Shuangying Lei China

Yuguo Yang China

Fazel Shojaei Iran

Ziyu Hu China

Y. Guerra Brazil

Benyuan Ma China

Weiyang Yu China

Li-Chun Xu China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ji‐Chang Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ji‐Chang Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ji‐Chang Ren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ji‐Chang Ren. Ji‐Chang Ren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Yang, Yongqi, et al.. (2025). Charge redistribution density as a descriptor for interfacial adhesion in Mg-Sn alloys. Applied Surface Science. 721. 165424–165424.

Xu, Panpan, et al.. (2025). An Effective Single‐Atom Catalytic Descriptor for Accelerating Sulfur Reduction Reaction in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Materials. 38(10). e15380–e15380.

Cao, Guolin, Sha Yang, Ji‐Chang Ren, & Wei Liu. (2025). Electronic descriptors for designing high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts by leveraging local chemical environments. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1251–1251. 31 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Xiaokun, Xinyao Wang, Bassem A. Al‐Maythalony, et al.. (2025). Selective Regulation of Electron–Ion–Phonon Transport in Thermoelectric Materials toward High Performance and Stability. Chemistry of Materials. 37(16). 6335–6346.

Zhang, Yirong, Sha Yang, Yang Yang, et al.. (2024). Rapid Prediction of Energy Level Alignment and Conductance of Single‐Molecule Junctions Through Intramolecular Dipole Moment. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(40). 6 indexed citations

Liu, Jia, Tao Shen, Linghui Wang, et al.. (2024). An Efficient Descriptor for Rapid Determination of Dipole Moments and Band Alignments of 2D Janus Transition‐Metal Dichalcogenides. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(33). 14 indexed citations

Ding, Zhigang, et al.. (2023). Accelerated exploration of high-performance multi-principal element alloys: data-driven high-throughput calculations and active learning method. Materials Research Letters. 11(8). 670–677. 5 indexed citations

Ren, Ji‐Chang, Christopher J. Butch, Zhigang Ding, et al.. (2022). Predicting single-phase solid solutions in as-sputtered high entropy alloys: High-throughput screening with machine-learning model. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 138. 70–79. 33 indexed citations

Peng, Jiang, Ji‐Chang Ren, & Xiaowei Zhang. (2021). High Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of Honeycomb GaN Monolayer. Journal of Electronic Materials. 50(4). 2454–2459. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Xinyi, Peng Cheng, Xiuhai Zhang, et al.. (2021). Enhanced solar-to-hydrogen efficiency for photocatalytic water splitting based on a polarized heterostructure: the role of intrinsic dipoles in heterostructures. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(25). 14515–14523. 58 indexed citations

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Ren, Ji‐Chang, et al.. (2020). Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Conversion by Dipole-Enhanced Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2(1). 100284–100284. 9 indexed citations

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Fang, Min, Xinyi Liu, Ji‐Chang Ren, et al.. (2020). Revisiting the anchoring behavior in lithium-sulfur batteries: many-body effect on the suppression of shuttle effect. npj Computational Materials. 6(1). 39 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, Sha Yang, Ji‐Chang Ren, et al.. (2019). External strain-enhanced cysteine enantiomeric separation ability on alloyed stepped surfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(15). 154701–154701. 5 indexed citations

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Shen, Tao, Ji‐Chang Ren, Xinyi Liu, Shuang Li, & Wei Liu. (2019). van der Waals Stacking Induced Transition from Schottky to Ohmic Contacts: 2D Metals on Multilayer InSe. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(7). 3110–3115. 225 indexed citations

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Su, Guirong, Sha Yang, Shuang Li, et al.. (2019). Switchable Schottky Contacts: Simultaneously Enhanced Output Current and Reduced Leakage Current. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(4). 1628–1635. 49 indexed citations

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Liu, Xinyi, Ji‐Chang Ren, Tao Shen, Shuang Li, & Wei Liu. (2019). Lateral InSe p–n Junction Formed by Partial Doping for Use in Ultrathin Flexible Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(24). 7712–7718. 19 indexed citations

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Su, Guirong, et al.. (2019). Modeling chemical reactions on surfaces: The roles of chemical bonding and van der Waals interactions. Progress in Surface Science. 94(4). 100561–100561. 51 indexed citations

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Xi, Yongjie & Ji‐Chang Ren. (2016). Design of a CO Oxidation Catalyst Based on Two-Dimensional MnO₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120(42). 24302–24306. 24 indexed citations

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Ren, Ji‐Chang, Zejun Ding, Ruiqin Zhang, & M.A. Van Hove. (2015). Self-doping and magnetic ordering induced by extended line defects in graphene. Physical Review B. 91(4). 15 indexed citations

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Ren, Ji‐Chang, Zhigang Wang, Ruiqin Zhang, Zejun Ding, & M.A. Van Hove. (2015). Enhancement of spin polarization induced by Coulomb on-site repulsion between localized p_z electrons in graphene embedded with line defects. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(45). 30744–30750. 5 indexed citations

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