Kai Song

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kai Song is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Song has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Materials Chemistry, 35 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Song's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (9 papers). Kai Song is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (9 papers). Kai Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kai Song's co-authors include Shijie Shen, Zongpeng Wang, Wenwu Zhong, Zhiping Lin, Lin Gu, Qinghua Zhang, Fanqi Meng, Huilin Hou, Weiyou Yang and Huanhuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kai Song

76 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Crystalline‐Amorphous Interfaces Coupling of CoSe₂/CoP with Optimized d‐Band Center and Boosted Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2022 474 citations Shijie Shen, Zongpeng Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Song China	28	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	404	338	79	2.8k
Shi Hu China	28	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	263 0.7×	431 1.3×	75	2.8k
Lixue Xia China	28	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	405 1.0×	316 0.9×	44	3.3k
Aolin Lu China	16	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	322 0.8×	329 1.0×	20	2.6k
Xiaoya Cui China	24	1.4k 0.9×	985 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	269 0.7×	252 0.7×	43	2.4k
Nicole J. LiBretto United States	18	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	725 0.6×	480 1.2×	211 0.6×	29	2.2k
Verónica Celorrio United Kingdom	31	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	318 0.8×	431 1.3×	96	2.9k
Toyokazu Tanabe Japan	29	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	968 0.8×	269 0.7×	213 0.6×	94	2.3k
Ki Min Nam South Korea	29	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	143 0.4×	397 1.2×	88	2.4k
Tiva Sharifi Sweden	24	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	203 0.5×	671 2.0×	38	3.1k
Usman Khan China	30	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	225 0.6×	627 1.9×	89	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Song

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Song

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shi, Haoran, Xiaotao Yang, Xinxin Cui, et al.. (2025). Binary solvent-mediated modulation of two-dimensional nanoconfined catalytic behaviors. Nanoscale. 18(3). 1411–1419.

Yang, Hongtao, Ruxangul Jamal, Tursun Abdiryim, et al.. (2025). Polydopamine-PEDOT-based portable molecularly imprinted sensor for simultaneous ultrasensitive determination of chlorpromazine and norfloxacin. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166633–166633. 1 indexed citations

Song, Kai, et al.. (2025). Varietal Differences in the Environmental Behavior of 14C-Caffeine in Tea Plants: Accumulation, Subcellular Distribution, and Metabolism. Biology. 14(2). 177–177. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xin, Linke Huang, Kai Song, & Feng Liu. (2025). Effect of vanadium microalloying on the deformation behavior and strain hardening of a medium Mn steel. International Journal of Plasticity. 186. 104263–104263. 17 indexed citations

Wu, Haihong, Kai Song, Kun Li, et al.. (2024). Effect of in contents on the electronic and optical properties of 2D GaN/InxGa1-xN heterostructures. Vacuum. 224. 113153–113153. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Linke, Xin Liu, K. Niu, Kai Song, & F. Liu. (2024). Thermo-kinetic insights into deformation mechanism in the phase-transforming nanostructured Fe alloy. Acta Materialia. 279. 120311–120311. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinqiu, Kai Song, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2024). Tuning the thermo-mechanical synergies effect of solid oxide fuel cells with negative thermal expansion NdMnO3 in La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ-based symmetric electrode. Chemical Engineering Journal. 491. 152063–152063. 10 indexed citations

Jiang, Lihua, Xue‐Feng Cheng, Haoyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Self-supported spinel nanosphere as bifunctional electrocatalysts for energy-saving hydrogen production via urea-water electrolysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 643. 403–408. 10 indexed citations

Liu, Bing, et al.. (2023). Novel high-entropy microwave dielectric ceramics Sr(La0.2Nd0.2Sm0.2Eu0.2Gd0.2)AlO4 with excellent temperature stability and mechanical properties. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 43(6). 2506–2512. 41 indexed citations

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Song, Kai, Huilin Hou, Dongdong Zhang, Fang He, & Weiyou Yang. (2023). In-situ cation-exchange strategy for engineering single-atomic Co on TiO2 photoanode toward efficient and durable solar water splitting. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 330. 122630–122630. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Canhui, Xingkun Wang, Kai Song, et al.. (2023). Engineering adjacent Fe3C as proton-feeding centers to single Fe sites enabling boosted oxygen reduction reaction kinetics for robust Zn-air batteries at high current densities. Nano Research. 16(7). 9371–9378. 33 indexed citations

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Song, Kai, Huanhuan Zhang, Zhiping Lin, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Engineering of Cobalt Thiophosphate with Strain Effect and Modulated Electron Structure for Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(12). 88 indexed citations

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Yang, Quan, Haodong Wu, Kai Song, et al.. (2022). Tuning Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ cathode to high stability and activity via Ce-doping for ceramic fuel cells. Ceramics International. 48(21). 31418–31427. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Quan Yang, Kai Song, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Performance of La0.8Sr0.2FeO3-δ-Gd0.2Ce0.8O2-δ Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Surface Modification with BaCO3 Nanoparticles. Micromachines. 13(6). 884–884. 11 indexed citations

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Tian, Huiyun, Mindong Chen, Feng Ge, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen permeation and stress corrosion cracking of heat-affected zone of E690 steel under the combined effect of sulfur species and cathodic protection in artificial seawater. Construction and Building Materials. 296. 123721–123721. 27 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuxuan, et al.. (2021). Tailored fabrication of TiO2/In2O3 hybrid mesoporous nanofibers towards enhanced photocatalytic performance. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 629. 127455–127455. 33 indexed citations

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Song, Kai, Zhipeng Yu, Xiaoyan Luo, et al.. (2020). A simple Ce-doping strategy to enhance stability of hybrid symmetrical electrode for solid oxide fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(53). 29259–29270. 14 indexed citations

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Liyanage, Wipula Priya Rasika, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of multifunctional ferromagnetic Au₃Pd–CoSe nanoparticles. RSC Advances. 4(53). 28140–28147. 5 indexed citations

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Song, Kai, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Superconducting Nanocables of FeSe Encapsulated in Carbonaceous Shell. ACS Nano. 7(2). 1145–1154. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Jinsong, Kai Song, Baiju Kizhakkekilikoodayil Vijayan, et al.. (2011). Growth of rutile TiO₂ nanorods on anatase TiO₂ thin films on Si-based substrates. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 26(13). 1646–1652. 40 indexed citations

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