Junbo Hou

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Junbo Hou is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Junbo Hou has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Junbo Hou's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (33 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers). Junbo Hou is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (33 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers). Junbo Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Junbo Hou's co-authors include Junliang Zhang, Baolian Yi, Min Yang, Michael W. Ellis, Robert B. Moore, Yuyan Shao, Deyu Wang, Min Yang, Min Yang and Zhigang Shao and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Junbo Hou

79 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Fundamentals and Challenges of Lithium Ion Batteries at T... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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. Fundamentals and Challenges of Lithium Ion Batteries at Temperatures between −40 and 60 °C
    2020 331 citations Junbo Hou, Junliang Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Junbo Hou China 28 2.1k 1.2k 875 557 537 84 3.1k
Zhi‐Long Yu China 26 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 909 1.0× 1.1k 2.0× 248 0.5× 45 3.8k
Qi Kang China 38 2.6k 1.2× 929 0.8× 1.9k 2.1× 824 1.5× 561 1.0× 78 4.7k
Shiyao Lu China 36 2.3k 1.1× 602 0.5× 828 0.9× 973 1.7× 441 0.8× 78 3.4k
Luis Estevez United States 30 2.1k 1.0× 718 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 905 1.6× 426 0.8× 40 4.1k
Xuan Zhao China 33 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 1.7k 1.9× 401 0.7× 257 0.5× 93 3.6k
Zhonghui Sun China 36 3.1k 1.4× 654 0.6× 1.8k 2.1× 902 1.6× 708 1.3× 102 4.6k
Xiaofei Zhang China 30 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 629 1.1× 347 0.6× 54 3.3k
Hao Fu China 34 2.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 703 1.3× 274 0.5× 133 3.6k
Xiongwei Zhong China 36 3.6k 1.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 509 0.9× 61 4.6k
Wei Yan China 35 3.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 982 1.8× 287 0.5× 93 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junbo Hou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junbo Hou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Junbo Hou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Junbo Hou 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 Junbo Hou. Junbo Hou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Qing, Zhi‐Chao Jiang, Xue Jiang, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Body Heat‐ and Sunlight‐ Driven Self‐Sustaining Motion via Material‐Structure Synergy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(18). e202500527–e202500527. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Senhe, Chenbao Lu, Junbo Hou, et al.. (2025). Anion-Exchange Strategy for Ru/RuO2-Embedded N/S-Co-Doped Porous Carbon Composites for Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation. Polymers. 17(4). 543–543.
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Liu, Qing, Zhi‐Chao Jiang, Xue Jiang, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Body Heat‐ and Sunlight‐ Driven Self‐Sustaining Motion via Material‐Structure Synergy. Angewandte Chemie. 137(18). 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Bangjun, Jingjing Wang, Yongzhu Fu, et al.. (2025). Conductive binary Li borate glass coating for improved Ni-rich positive electrode in sulfide-based all-solid-state Li batteries. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9462–9462.
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Chen, Zhenying, Junbo Hou, Min Yang, Jinhui Zhu, & Xiaodong Zhuang. (2024). Sulfide-based solid electrolyte and electrode membranes for all-solid-state lithium batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 502. 158136–158136. 3 indexed citations
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Hou, Junbo, et al.. (2024). Room temperature shape self-adjustable tough hydrogel based on multi-physical crosslinking. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156144–156144. 7 indexed citations
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Hou, Junbo, et al.. (2024). A Paper‐Like Hydrogel for Versatile Information Encryption and Decryption Via Chemical‐Induced Phase Separation. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(18). 16 indexed citations
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Jiang, Wenxing, Qiqi Wan, Bang Li, et al.. (2024). Production of the porous transport layer based on stainless steel felt for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. Electrochimica Acta. 513. 145598–145598. 5 indexed citations
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Han, Li, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and Study of Copolymers Bearing Two Coumarin Side Groups in Monomer Unit: Toward Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 224(19). 4 indexed citations
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Wan, Qiqi, Gang Zhu, Tianhui Li, et al.. (2023). Is the higher current density, the better performance for CO2 electrochemical reduction reaction?. Journal of Power Sources. 572. 233106–233106. 5 indexed citations
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Wan, Qiqi, Wenxing Jiang, Junbo Hou, et al.. (2023). Converting CO2 to multi-carbon products at >1 A/cm2 using gas diffusion electrode based on commercial materials via transfer process engineering. Electrochimica Acta. 475. 143662–143662. 8 indexed citations
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Wan, Qiqi, Yingying Liu, Wenxing Jiang, et al.. (2022). Pore Engineering in Gas Diffusion Layer of Phthalocyanine Cobalt Cathode to Promote Electrochemical CO 2 -to-CO Reduction. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(12). 124501–124501. 4 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jie, et al.. (2022). Water-soluble copolymers and their hydrogels with pH-tunable diverse thermoresponsive behaviors enabled by hydrogen bonding. Polymer Chemistry. 13(40). 5700–5706. 13 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yao‐Yu, Zhi‐Chao Jiang, Junbo Hou, & Yue Zhao. (2021). Desynchronized liquid crystalline network actuators with deformation reversal capability. Nature Communications. 12(1). 624–624. 54 indexed citations
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Hou, Junbo, Zhihui Chen, Shuting Fan, et al.. (2020). A Tough Self-Healing Elastomer with a Slip-Ring Structure. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(1). 251–262. 7 indexed citations
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Hou, Junbo, et al.. (2012). Lithium oxides precipitation in nonaqueous Li–air batteries. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(39). 13487–13487. 42 indexed citations
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Hou, Junbo, Yuyan Shao, Michael W. Ellis, Robert B. Moore, & Baolian Yi. (2011). Graphene-based electrochemical energy conversion and storage: fuel cells, supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(34). 15384–15384. 454 indexed citations
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Li, Dong, et al.. (2007). A novel fluorescent method for determination of peroxynitrite using folic acid as a probe. Talanta. 72(4). 1283–1287. 69 indexed citations

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