Jingguang G. Chen

56.4k total citations · 28 hit papers
474 papers, 48.4k citations indexed

About

Jingguang G. Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Jingguang G. Chen has authored 474 papers receiving a total of 48.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 277 papers in Materials Chemistry, 225 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 201 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Jingguang G. Chen's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (234 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (175 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (126 papers). Jingguang G. Chen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (234 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (175 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (126 papers). Jingguang G. Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Jingguang G. Chen's co-authors include Shyam Kattel, Ping Liu, Marc D. Porosoff, Binhang Yan, Qi Lu, Weiting Yu, Yushan Yan, Henry H. Hwu, Wenchao Sheng and Zhenhua Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jingguang G. Chen

466 papers receiving 47.8k citations

Hit Papers

Beyond fossil fuel–dr... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2018 2017 2014 2020 2012 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Beyond fossil fuel–driven nitrogen transformations
    2018 2.0k citations Jingguang G. Chen, Michael J. Janik et al. profile →
  2. Active sites for CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/ZnO catalysts
    2017 1.5k citations Shyam Kattel, Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  3. A selective and efficient electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction
    2014 1.3k citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  4. Recent Advances in Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol via Heterogeneous Catalysis
    2020 1.2k citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  5. Review of Pt-Based Bimetallic Catalysis: From Model Surfaces to Supported Catalysts
    2012 1.1k citations Marc D. Porosoff, Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  6. Catalytic reduction of CO2 by H2 for synthesis of CO, methanol and hydrocarbons: challenges and opportunities
    2015 1.1k citations Marc D. Porosoff, Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  7. Tuning Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions at the Metal/Oxide Interface
    2017 1.0k citations Shyam Kattel, Ping Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Correlating the hydrogen evolution reaction activity in alkaline electrolytes with the hydrogen binding energy on monometallic surfaces
    2013 1.0k citations Jingguang G. Chen, Yushan Yan et al. profile →
  9. Correlating hydrogen oxidation and evolution activity on platinum at different pH with measured hydrogen binding energy
    2015 941 citations Jingguang G. Chen, Yushan Yan et al. profile →
  10. Adsorbate-mediated strong metal–support interactions in oxide-supported Rh catalysts
    2016 762 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  11. Optimizing Binding Energies of Key Intermediates for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Oxide-Supported Copper
    2016 736 citations Shyam Kattel, Jingguang G. Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Surface Chemistry of Transition Metal Carbides
    2004 702 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  13. Carbide and Nitride Overlayers on Early Transition Metal Surfaces:  Preparation, Characterization, and Reactivities
    1996 690 citations Jingguang G. Chen profile →
  14. Direct Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose into Ethylene Glycol Using Nickel‐Promoted Tungsten Carbide Catalysts
    2008 680 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  15. The Central Role of Bicarbonate in the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide on Gold
    2017 585 citations Jingguang G. Chen, Yushan Yan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Nanostructured Electrodes for High‐Performance Pseudocapacitors
    2013 518 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  17. Low‐Cost Hydrogen‐Evolution Catalysts Based on Monolayer Platinum on Tungsten Monocarbide Substrates
    2010 511 citations Daniel V. Esposito, Brian E. McCandless et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  18. A New Class of Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production from Water Electrolysis: Metal Monolayers Supported on Low-Cost Transition Metal Carbides
    2012 502 citations Daniel V. Esposito, Jingguang G. Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  19. Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Vanadium Nitride Nanoparticles
    2018 479 citations Xuan Yang, Jared Nash et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  20. Highly porous non-precious bimetallic electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution
    2015 479 citations Robert V. Forest, Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  21. Exploring the ternary interactions in Cu–ZnO–ZrO2 catalysts for efficient CO2 hydrogenation to methanol
    2019 448 citations Shyam Kattel, Ping Liu et al. profile →
  22. A General Method to Probe Oxygen Evolution Intermediates at Operating Conditions
    2019 440 citations Hua Bing Tao, Jiazang Chen et al. Joule profile →
  23. Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals
    2020 432 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  24. Net reduction of CO2 via its thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic transformation reactions in standard and hybrid processes
    2019 419 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  25. Selective electroreduction of CO2 to acetone by single copper atoms anchored on N-doped porous carbon
    2020 403 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  26. Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon
    2020 340 citations Qiaowan Chang, Ji Hoon Lee et al. profile →
  27. Metal single-site catalyst design for electrocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide at industrial-relevant currents
    2023 226 citations Jingguang G. Chen et al. profile →
  28. Breaking the linear scaling limit in multi-electron-transfer electrocatalysis through intermediate spillover
    2025 35 citations Qilun Wang, Sung‐Fu Hung et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jingguang G. Chen United States 106 26.0k 25.7k 20.6k 11.2k 8.0k 474 48.4k
Jinlong Gong China 119 32.4k 1.2× 27.7k 1.1× 19.0k 0.9× 10.3k 0.9× 5.3k 0.7× 564 51.9k
Frank Abild‐Pedersen United States 76 23.8k 0.9× 22.3k 0.9× 15.2k 0.7× 9.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.4× 197 37.7k
Tao Zhang China 117 42.3k 1.6× 31.4k 1.2× 22.1k 1.1× 9.3k 0.8× 12.6k 1.6× 807 70.7k
Ding Ma China 99 21.2k 0.8× 12.2k 0.5× 11.2k 0.5× 5.1k 0.5× 4.6k 0.6× 517 33.1k
Aiqin Wang China 101 30.9k 1.2× 22.4k 0.9× 13.5k 0.7× 6.7k 0.6× 11.1k 1.4× 451 54.4k
Ib Chorkendorff Denmark 101 34.2k 1.3× 54.2k 2.1× 18.4k 0.9× 32.4k 2.9× 3.3k 0.4× 471 72.7k
Emiel J. M. Hensen Netherlands 105 23.7k 0.9× 10.0k 0.4× 14.2k 0.7× 4.3k 0.4× 9.6k 1.2× 669 40.6k
J.L.G. Fierro Spain 111 40.7k 1.6× 13.0k 0.5× 24.1k 1.2× 8.8k 0.8× 17.3k 2.2× 1.1k 58.9k
Chak‐Tong Au China 88 20.2k 0.8× 9.8k 0.4× 11.0k 0.5× 5.4k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 658 29.6k
Martin Muhler Germany 89 20.0k 0.8× 13.8k 0.5× 9.7k 0.5× 10.5k 0.9× 3.4k 0.4× 626 33.3k

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All Works

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Zhang, Wei, Sung Min Kim, Michele L. Sarazen, et al.. (2025). Advances and Challenges in Low‐Temperature Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins via Tandem Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(22). e202500559–e202500559. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Qilun, Sung‐Fu Hung, Fuhua Li, et al.. (2025). Breaking the linear scaling limit in multi-electron-transfer electrocatalysis through intermediate spillover. Nature Catalysis. 8(4). 378–388. 35 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Gengnan, Zhenhua Xie, Sinwoo Kang, et al.. (2025). Achieving Higher Activity of Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using an Atomically Thin Layer of IrOx over Co3O4. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(8). 7008–7016. 20 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhi, Huijing Ye, Xintong Liu, et al.. (2024). Overexpression of a high affinity nitrate transporter NtNRT2.1 significantly improves the nicotine content in Nicotiana tabacum. Industrial Crops and Products. 224. 120326–120326. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xianhui, Canan Karakaya, Moriko Qian, et al.. (2024). 3D printing synthesis of catalysts. Materials Today Sustainability. 26. 100746–100746. 21 indexed citations
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Han, Xue, Tianyou Mou, Sinwoo Kang, et al.. (2024). Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Verification of IrOx Supported on Titanium Nitride for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(24). 16499–16510. 45 indexed citations
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Wu, Jiaju, Jingguang G. Chen, Xin Qi, et al.. (2024). Observation of accurately designed bound states in the continuum in momentum space. Photonics Research. 12(4). 638–638. 13 indexed citations
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Liao, Wenjie, et al.. (2024). Controlling Bond Scission Pathways of Isopropanol on Fe- and Pt-Modified Mo2N Model Surfaces and Powder Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 14(3). 1653–1662. 2 indexed citations
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Biswas, Akash N., et al.. (2023). Opportunities for CO 2 upgrading to C 3 oxygenates using tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic processes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 9200002–9200002. 4 indexed citations
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Biswas, Akash N., Lea R. Winter, Zhenhua Xie, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2023). Utilizing CO2 as a Reactant for C3 Oxygenate Production via Tandem Reactions. JACS Au. 3(2). 293–305. 35 indexed citations
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Chang, Qiaowan, Yumeng Liu, Ju‐Hyeon Lee, et al.. (2022). Metal-Coordinated Phthalocyanines as Platform Molecules for Understanding Isolated Metal Sites in the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(35). 16131–16138. 137 indexed citations
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Biswas, Akash N., Zhenhua Xie, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2022). Can CO2-assisted alkane dehydrogenation lead to negative CO2 emissions?. Joule. 6(2). 269–273. 35 indexed citations
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Guo, Haoyue, Zhenhua Xie, Xuelong Wang, Jingguang G. Chen, & Ping Liu. (2022). Descriptor-based identification of bimetallic-derived catalysts for selective activation of ethane with CO2. EES Catalysis. 1(1). 17–25. 7 indexed citations
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Mao, Zhongtian, Haoyue Guo, Zhenhua Xie, Ping Liu, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2022). Trends and descriptors of heterogeneous hydroformylation activity and selectivity of RhM3(M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn) catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology. 12(16). 4988–4992. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Xuan, Shyam Kattel, Jared Nash, et al.. (2019). Quantification of Active Sites and Elucidation of the Reaction Mechanism of the Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Vanadium Nitride. Angewandte Chemie. 131(39). 13906–13910. 30 indexed citations
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Gao, Dunfeng, Ian T. McCrum, Shyam Deo, et al.. (2018). Activity and Selectivity Control in CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products over CuOx Catalysts via Electrolyte Design. ACS Catalysis. 8(11). 10012–10020. 226 indexed citations
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Chen, Jingguang G., Xiaoru Fan, Xiaoru Fan, et al.. (2017). pOsNAR2.1:OsNAR2.1 expression enhances nitrogen uptake efficiency and grain yield in transgenic rice plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 15(10). 1273–1283. 88 indexed citations
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Forest, Robert V., Erten Eser, Brian E. McCandless, Jingguang G. Chen, & Robert W. Birkmire. (2015). Reversibility of (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 electrical properties with the addition and removal of Na: Role of grain boundaries. Journal of Applied Physics. 117(11). 28 indexed citations
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Porosoff, Marc D., Xiaofang Yang, J. Anibal Boscoboinik, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2014). Molybdenum Carbide as Alternative Catalysts to Precious Metals for Highly Selective Reduction of CO2 to CO. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(26). 6705–6709. 394 indexed citations
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Weigert, Erich C., Daniel V. Esposito, & Jingguang G. Chen. (2009). Cyclic voltammetry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies of electrochemical stability of clean and Pt-modified tungsten and molybdenum carbide (WC and Mo2C) electrocatalysts. Journal of Power Sources. 193(2). 501–506. 93 indexed citations

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