Jin‐Tao Ren

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
123 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Jin‐Tao Ren is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jin‐Tao Ren has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 80 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 31 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jin‐Tao Ren's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (87 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (59 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (40 papers). Jin‐Tao Ren is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (87 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (59 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (40 papers). Jin‐Tao Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and South Africa. Jin‐Tao Ren's co-authors include Zhong‐Yong Yuan, Lei Chen, Haoyu Wang, Chen‐Chen Weng, Wenwen Tian, Xian‐Wei Lv, Minglei Sun, Zhong‐Pan Hu, Ge‐Ge Yuan and Xin‐Lian Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Jin‐Tao Ren

118 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

2023 290 citations Jin‐Tao Ren, Haoyu Wang et al. profile →
High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications

2023 287 citations Jin‐Tao Ren, Lei Chen et al. profile →
Enabling Internal Electric Fields to Enhance Energy and Environmental Catalysis

2023 157 citations Lei Chen, Jin‐Tao Ren et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jin‐Tao Ren China	48	5.0k	3.7k	2.1k	1.2k	543	123	6.4k
Haijing Yan China	42	5.7k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	549 0.5×	673 1.2×	80	6.9k
Hongming Sun China	26	3.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	473 0.4×	572 1.1×	67	5.0k
Wenjie Zang Singapore	40	4.8k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	503 0.9×	74	6.3k
Shibin Yin China	56	6.2k 1.2×	5.2k 1.4×	2.0k 0.9×	924 0.8×	763 1.4×	166	7.7k
Meiling Xiao China	40	6.6k 1.3×	5.0k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	676 0.6×	687 1.3×	112	7.6k
Xiangwen Zhang China	20	5.0k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	409 0.3×	880 1.6×	61	6.0k
Lishan Peng China	39	4.7k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	448 0.4×	616 1.1×	89	5.5k
Hua Bing Tao China	34	5.0k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	434 0.4×	750 1.4×	54	6.0k
Tatsuya Shinagawa Saudi Arabia	28	4.8k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	970 1.8×	46	5.5k
Shahid Zaman China	37	4.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	614 0.5×	396 0.7×	71	5.6k

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All Works

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Zhang, Lingfeng, et al.. (2025). Interface engineering of transition-metal-based electrocatalysts for alkaline water splitting. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 545. 217009–217009. 7 indexed citations

Ren, Jin‐Tao, Lei Chen, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2025). Electrocatalytic seawater splitting from direct electrolysis to hybrid electrolysis: Challenges and opportunities. Materials Today. 86. 282–316. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, Xian‐Wei Lv, Haoyu Wang, et al.. (2025). Rational d ‐Orbitals Modulation for Tailoring Co ₂ P Interfacial Adsorption Behavior: Boosting Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(43).

He, Haiping, Nanping Deng, Xiaoyin Wang, et al.. (2025). Design Strategies, Characterization Mechanisms, and Applications of MOFs in Polymer Composite Electrolytes for Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(19). 9 indexed citations

Li, Jingyao, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Zinc–Air Batteries: Innovations, Challenges, and Pathways to Commercialization. Small. 21(49). e08482–e08482.

Feng, Yi, Xian‐Wei Lv, Haoyu Wang, et al.. (2025). ^* H Species Regulation of Heterostructured Cu ₂ O/NiO Nanoflowers Boosting Tandem Nitrite Reduction for High‐Efficiency Ammonia Production. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(34). 8 indexed citations

Chen, Lei, Jin‐Tao Ren, Min Li, Marco Giorgetti, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2025). Enhancing aerobic oxidative desulfurization: Curvature-tailored local environments for efficient two-phase reactant delivery. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 379. 125726–125726. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Shuai, Dan Wu, Meng Ma, et al.. (2024). Impact of the key residues of 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose-5-Phosphate synthase on its catalysis. Molecular Catalysis. 569. 114639–114639.

Song, Xin‐Lian, Lei Chen, Jin‐Tao Ren, Li‐Jiao Gao, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2024). Engineering of g-C3N4-based composites for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic water splitting: Recent progress, challenges and perspective. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 507. 215752–215752. 31 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hui, Jin‐Tao Ren, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2024). Microenvironment engineering of gas-involving energy electrocatalysis and device applications. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 514. 215901–215901. 12 indexed citations

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Ren, Jin‐Tao, Lei Chen, Haoyu Wang, et al.. (2024). Modulating interfacial charge distribution of Ni2P-NiSe2 by multiple interface engineering for accelerating water splitting with industry-level activity and stability. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 347. 123817–123817. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoyu, Hao Wang, Jin‐Tao Ren, et al.. (2024). Taking Advantage of Potential Coincidence Region: Insights into Gas Production Behavior in Advanced Self-Activated Hydrazine-Assisted Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis. ACS Nano. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Lei Wang, Jin‐Tao Ren, et al.. (2024). Artificial Heterointerfaces with Regulated Charge Distribution of Ni Active Sites for Urea Oxidation Reaction. Small Methods. 8(12). e2400108–e2400108. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoyu, Hao Wang, Jin‐Tao Ren, et al.. (2024). The Combination of Electronic Structure and Lattice Strain Engineering for Multi‐Powered Hydrazine‐Assisted Seawater Electrolysis System at High Current Densities. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(42). 20 indexed citations

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Feng, Yi, Jin‐Tao Ren, Minglei Sun, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2024). Valorization systems based on electrocatalytic nitrate/nitrite conversion for energy supply and valuable product synthesis. Chemical Science. 16(4). 1528–1559. 12 indexed citations

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Song, Shidong, Yukui Fu, Fengxiang Yin, et al.. (2023). NiFe-based tungstate@layered double hydroxide heterostructure supported on graphene as efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst. Materials Today Chemistry. 28. 101369–101369. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Jin‐Tao Ren, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2023). Enabling Internal Electric Fields to Enhance Energy and Environmental Catalysis (Adv. Energy Mater. 11/2023). Advanced Energy Materials. 13(11). 38 indexed citations

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Kong, Qing‐Hui, Xian‐Wei Lv, Jin‐Tao Ren, et al.. (2023). “Charging” the cigarette butt: heteroatomic porous carbon nanosheets with edge-induced topological defects for enhanced oxygen evolution performance. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering. 17(11). 1755–1764. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoyu, Minglei Sun, Jin‐Tao Ren, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2023). Circumventing Challenges: Design of Anodic Electrocatalysts for Hybrid Water Electrolysis Systems (Adv. Energy Mater. 4/2023). Advanced Energy Materials. 13(4). 2 indexed citations

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Feng, Yi, Jin‐Tao Ren, Haoyu Wang, Lei Wang, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2023). Core–shell heterojunction engineering of Co₃O₄/NiFe LDH nanosheets as bifunctional electrocatalysts for efficient reduction of nitrite to ammonia. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(15). 4510–4518. 25 indexed citations

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