Junfa Zhu

49.3k total citations · 20 hit papers
493 papers, 43.1k citations indexed

About

Junfa Zhu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Junfa Zhu has authored 493 papers receiving a total of 43.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 309 papers in Materials Chemistry, 204 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 194 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Junfa Zhu's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (148 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (123 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (83 papers). Junfa Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (148 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (123 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (83 papers). Junfa Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Junfa Zhu's co-authors include Huanxin Ju, Xusheng Zheng, Yi Xie, Yujie Xiong, Ling‐Guang Qiu, Fei Ke, Yongfu Sun, Yue Lin, Yupeng Yuan and Xiaodong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junfa Zhu

484 papers receiving 42.6k citations

Hit Papers

Single Cobalt Atoms with ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2016 2019 2016 2018 2018 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N‐Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts
    2016 2.1k citations Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Selective visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CH4 mediated by atomically thin CuIn5S8 layers
    2019 1.4k citations Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu et al. profile →
  3. Oxide Defect Engineering Enables to Couple Solar Energy into Oxygen Activation
    2016 1.0k citations Huanxin Ju, Chengming Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Tailoring the d‐Band Centers Enables Co4N Nanosheets To Be Highly Active for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis
    2018 971 citations Xusheng Zheng, Junfa Zhu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Refining Defect States in W18O49 by Mo Doping: A Strategy for Tuning N2 Activation towards Solar-Driven Nitrogen Fixation
    2018 875 citations Huanxin Ju, Chengming Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Heterogeneous Single-Atom Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applications
    2020 865 citations Junfa Zhu et al. profile →
  7. Exclusive Ni–N4 Sites Realize Near-Unity CO Selectivity for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
    2017 843 citations Huanxin Ju, Wensheng Yan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Synergetic interaction between neighbouring platinum monomers in CO2 hydrogenation
    2018 682 citations Xusheng Zheng, Junfa Zhu et al. profile →
  9. Sulfur-anchoring synthesis of platinum intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts for fuel cells
    2021 661 citations Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu et al. profile →
  10. Highly Active and Stable Metal Single-Atom Catalysts Achieved by Strong Electronic Metal–Support Interactions
    2019 622 citations Zhihu Sun, Xusheng Zheng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Protecting Copper Oxidation State via Intermediate Confinement for Selective CO2 Electroreduction to C2+ Fuels
    2020 610 citations Peng‐Peng Yang, Xiaolong Zhang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Fabrication of composite photocatalyst g-C3N4–ZnO and enhancement of photocatalytic activity under visible light
    2012 577 citations Junfa Zhu et al. profile →
  13. Scaled‐Up Synthesis of Amorphous NiFeMo Oxides and Their Rapid Surface Reconstruction for Superior Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
    2019 556 citations Yu Duan, Shao‐Jin Hu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  14. Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction with the Metal–Oxide Interface
    2017 539 citations Dunfeng Gao, Yi Zhang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  15. Isolation of Cu Atoms in Pd Lattice: Forming Highly Selective Sites for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CH4
    2017 504 citations Xusheng Zheng, Junfa Zhu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Thiol-functionalization of metal-organic framework by a facile coordination-based postsynthetic strategy and enhanced removal of Hg2+ from water
    2011 481 citations Junfa Zhu et al. profile →
  17. Precisely Tuning the Number of Fe Atoms in Clusters on N-Doped Carbon toward Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2019 474 citations Xusheng Zheng, Chengming Wang et al. profile →
  18. Tuning orbital orientation endows molybdenum disulfide with exceptional alkaline hydrogen evolution capability
    2019 373 citations Xusheng Zheng, Junfa Zhu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  19. Synergy between Palladium Single Atoms and Nanoparticles via Hydrogen Spillover for Enhancing CO2 Photoreduction to CH4
    2022 325 citations Junfa Zhu, Gongming Wang et al. profile →
  20. Engineering the Electronic Structure of Single‐Atom Iron Sites with Boosted Oxygen Bifunctional Activity for Zinc–Air Batteries
    2022 206 citations Junfa Zhu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Junfa Zhu 27.3k 24.0k 16.2k 6.3k 4.9k 493 43.1k
Martin Muhler 13.8k 0.5× 20.0k 0.8× 10.5k 0.6× 9.7k 1.5× 3.8k 0.8× 626 33.3k
Bin Liu 33.9k 1.2× 22.1k 0.9× 22.5k 1.4× 6.7k 1.0× 2.5k 0.5× 592 48.9k
Tierui Zhang 40.4k 1.5× 33.4k 1.4× 21.5k 1.3× 6.0k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 434 53.9k
Chen Chen 32.1k 1.2× 23.3k 1.0× 22.8k 1.4× 6.4k 1.0× 4.8k 1.0× 773 51.0k
Jun Luo 23.5k 0.9× 16.2k 0.7× 14.4k 0.9× 8.1k 1.3× 2.5k 0.5× 404 34.1k
Shiqiang Wei 20.6k 0.8× 18.3k 0.8× 12.2k 0.8× 4.8k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 373 32.1k
Rui Si 18.4k 0.7× 22.0k 0.9× 9.1k 0.6× 11.6k 1.8× 3.4k 0.7× 316 34.1k
Aijun Du 17.7k 0.6× 21.9k 0.9× 14.2k 0.9× 4.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.3× 486 33.6k
Yi‐Jun Xu 35.9k 1.3× 32.6k 1.4× 14.9k 0.9× 2.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 360 47.7k
Jin‐Song Hu 18.6k 0.7× 18.3k 0.8× 25.6k 1.6× 2.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.5× 430 40.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junfa Zhu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Rui, Heng Liu, Jie Xu, et al.. (2025). Surface Reconstruction Activates Non‐Noble Metal Cathode for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(26). 3 indexed citations
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Guo, Yige, Shuo Wang, Rongtan Li, et al.. (2024). In situ exsolved CoFe alloy nanoparticles for stable anodic methane reforming in solid oxide electrolysis cells. Joule. 8(7). 2016–2032. 37 indexed citations
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Tu, Yi, Dongling Zhang, Dong Han, et al.. (2024). CO adsorption, activation, and oxidation on CeO 2(111)-supported Fe model catalyst surfaces. Nano Research. 18(2). 94907093–94907093. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Juncheng, Qing Hu, Dongpo He, et al.. (2024). Light‐Driven C−C Coupling for Targeted Synthesis of CH3COOH with Nearly 100 % Selectivity from CO2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(13). e202400828–e202400828. 46 indexed citations
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Hu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Substrate-modulation effect in on-surface synthesis. Surface Science. 749. 122568–122568. 1 indexed citations
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Han, Wanying, Longfei Lin, Z. H. Cen, et al.. (2024). Production of Branched Alkanes by Upcycling of Waste Polyethylene over Controlled Acid Sites of SO4/ZrO2‐Al2O3 Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(6). e202417923–e202417923. 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Zongming, Yuqian Yang, Honghe Ding, et al.. (2024). Efficient Homojunction Tin Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Gradient Germanium Doping. Nano Letters. 24(18). 5513–5520. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingyu, Yu Xiao, Shaokang Yang, et al.. (2022). Monitoring Electron Flow in Nickel Single-Atom Catalysts during Nitrogen Photofixation. Nano Letters. 22(24). 10216–10223. 31 indexed citations
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Cao, Xu, Chunli Liu, Tianfu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Revisiting Oxygen Adsorption on Ir(100). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(24). 10035–10044. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiao, Xuanye Chen, Cong Fu, et al.. (2022). Molecular oxygen enhances H2O2 utilization for the photocatalytic conversion of methane to liquid-phase oxygenates. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6677–6677. 88 indexed citations
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Cao, Xu, Dongling Zhang, Qian Xu, et al.. (2022). Adsorption and Oxidation of CO on Co3O4/Ir(100) Thin Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(51). 21638–21649. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaolong, Xiaozhi Su, Ya‐Rong Zheng, et al.. (2021). Strongly Coupled Cobalt Diselenide Monolayers for Selective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction to H2O2 under Acidic Conditions. Angewandte Chemie. 133(52). 27128–27137. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaolong, Xiaozhi Su, Ya‐Rong Zheng, et al.. (2021). Strongly Coupled Cobalt Diselenide Monolayers for Selective Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction to H2O2 under Acidic Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(52). 26922–26931. 103 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaolong, Peng‐Peng Yang, Ya‐Rong Zheng, et al.. (2021). An Efficient Turing‐Type Ag2Se‐CoSe2 Multi‐Interfacial Oxygen‐Evolving Electrocatalyst**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(12). 6553–6560. 74 indexed citations
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Yang, Peng‐Peng, Xiaolong Zhang, Fei‐Yue Gao, et al.. (2020). Protecting Copper Oxidation State via Intermediate Confinement for Selective CO2 Electroreduction to C2+ Fuels. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(13). 6400–6408. 610 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gao, Fei‐Yue, Shao‐Jin Hu, Xiaolong Zhang, et al.. (2019). High‐Curvature Transition‐Metal Chalcogenide Nanostructures with a Pronounced Proximity Effect Enable Fast and Selective CO2 Electroreduction. Angewandte Chemie. 132(22). 8784–8790. 47 indexed citations
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Xu, Quan, Rigu Su, Yu‐Sheng Chen, et al.. (2018). Metal Charge Transfer Doped Carbon Dots with Reversibly Switchable, Ultra-High Quantum Yield Photoluminescence. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(4). 1886–1893. 81 indexed citations
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Wu, Rui, Bing Xiao, Qiang Gao, et al.. (2018). A Janus Nickel Cobalt Phosphide Catalyst for High‐Efficiency Neutral‐pH Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(47). 15445–15449. 302 indexed citations
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Zheng, Ya‐Rong, Ping Wu, Min‐Rui Gao, et al.. (2018). Doping-induced structural phase transition in cobalt diselenide enables enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2533–2533. 426 indexed citations
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Gao, Dunfeng, Yi Zhang, Zhiwen Zhou, et al.. (2017). Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction with the Metal–Oxide Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(16). 5652–5655. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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