Kai Chen

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Chen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chen has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kai Chen's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (62 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (48 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (25 papers). Kai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (62 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (48 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (25 papers). Kai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Kai Chen's co-authors include Zhenhai Wen, Yaxin Ji, Junxiang Chen, Genxiang Wang, Xi Liu, Linfeng Fan, Jinxiang Diao, Yunteng Qu, Weitao Wang and Xiaohui Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kai Chen

79 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Interfacial Engineering of W2N/WC Heterostructures Derive... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2022 100 200 300 400
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. Interfacial Engineering of W2N/WC Heterostructures Derived from Solid‐State Synthesis: A Highly Efficient Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for ORR, OER, and HER
    2019 493 citations Jinxiang Diao, Weitao Wang et al. profile →
  2. High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalytic Electrode toward Alkaline Glycerol Valorization Coupling with Acidic Hydrogen Production
    2022 423 citations Genxiang Wang, Junxiang Chen 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
Kai Chen China 29 2.7k 1.9k 955 301 288 80 3.1k
Zhi Qiao United States 19 3.0k 1.1× 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 212 0.7× 318 1.1× 25 3.7k
Kailong Hu China 28 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 224 0.7× 404 1.4× 69 2.8k
Xiaohong Xie China 15 3.2k 1.2× 2.7k 1.4× 1.4k 1.4× 368 1.2× 320 1.1× 23 3.9k
Aolin Lu China 16 1.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 229 0.8× 329 1.1× 20 2.6k
Hongyuan Sheng United States 19 2.9k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 996 1.0× 554 1.8× 295 1.0× 34 3.4k
Fei Xiao China 19 3.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 339 1.1× 217 0.8× 44 3.6k
Ulises Martinez United States 30 2.5k 0.9× 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 343 1.1× 264 0.9× 61 3.1k
Tehua Wang China 17 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 905 0.9× 297 1.0× 293 1.0× 26 2.7k
Yishang Wu China 19 2.9k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 386 1.3× 186 0.6× 26 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Chen 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 Kai Chen. Kai Chen 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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Li, Chao, Chao Jiang, Hao Chen, et al.. (2025). Numerical simulation and big data analysis for assessing the geothermal utilization potential of deep-buried pipe systems. Journal of Building Engineering. 106. 112648–112648. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiang, Kai Chen, Jian Yang, et al.. (2025). Self‐Assembled Polyoxometalate Supramolecular Nanosheets for Efficient and Durable Water Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(40). e202513915–e202513915. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Genxiang, et al.. (2024). Boosting Zn-air battery performance: Fe single-atom anchored on F, N co-doped carbon nanosheets for efficient oxygen reduction. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177166–177166. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Progress and perspective of transition metal layered double hydroxides with oxygen vacancies for enhancing water splitting applications: A review. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113773–113773. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Libin, Kai Huang, Kai Chen, et al.. (2024). New breakthrough in dye removal: Ultrafast removal of high concentration MB with biochar-based organic photocatalysts under indoor light (30W/m2) drive. Journal of Cleaner Production. 449. 141539–141539. 22 indexed citations
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Pan, Duo, et al.. (2024). Energy‐Efficient Co‐production of Benzoquinone and H2 Using Waste Phenol in a Hybrid Alkali/Acid Flow Cell. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(31). e202407079–e202407079. 8 indexed citations
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Wei, Zhiguo, et al.. (2024). Numerical simulation of micro-channel airfoil printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE). IET conference proceedings.. 2024(8). 142–147. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Advanced Hollow Cubic FeCo‐N‐C Cathode Electrocatalyst for Ultrahigh‐Power Aluminum–Air Battery. Small. 20(31). e2310694–e2310694. 9 indexed citations
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Diao, Jinxiang, Shuya Wang, Yu Qiu, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Electron Distribution of Co Nanoparticles Supported on N‐Doped Mesoporous Hollow Carbon Spheres Endows Highly Efficient ORR, OER, and HER. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(14). 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Highly active Mo-modified NiCoP/NiCoN flower-like sphere: Controlled phase engineering for efficient water splitting. FlatChem. 42. 100552–100552. 7 indexed citations
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Meng, Haibing, Bin Wu, Dantong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Optimizing electronic synergy of atomically dispersed dual-metal Ni–N4 and Fe–N4 sites with adjacent Fe nanoclusters for high-efficiency oxygen electrocatalysis. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(2). 704–716. 106 indexed citations
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Meng, Haibing, Tianxiao Sun, Long Wei, et al.. (2023). Oxidization-induced structural optimization of Ni3Fe-N-C derived from 3D covalent organic framework for high-efficiency and durable oxygen evolution reaction. Nano Research. 16(5). 6710–6720. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Engineering core-shell hollow-sphere Fe3O4@FeP@nitrogen-doped-carbon as an advanced bi-functional electrocatalyst for highly-efficient water splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 657. 684–694. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoli, et al.. (2023). 13C-metabolic flux analysis of lipid accumulation in the green microalgae Tetradesmus obliquus under nitrogen deficiency stress. Bioresource Technology. 388. 129740–129740. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, Yuhan Zhang, Yuanyue Wu, et al.. (2021). The integrated production of ultrathin g -C 3 N 4 and membrane assisted by edible syrup for the sustained photocatalytic treatment of Cr(VI) and tetracycline. Nanotechnology. 32(46). 465603–465603. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Rong, Wentao Zhang, Wenxin Zhu, et al.. (2018). Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic sterilization of tungsten trioxide by surface-engineering oxygen vacancy and carbon matrix. Chemical Engineering Journal. 348. 292–300. 77 indexed citations
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