Kaifa Du

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Kaifa Du is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaifa Du has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 37 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Kaifa Du's work include Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes (37 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers). Kaifa Du is often cited by papers focused on Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes (37 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers). Kaifa Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Kaifa Du's co-authors include Dihua Wang, Huayi Yin, Huayi Yin, Bowen Deng, Xiting Wang, Wei Liu, Zhaofu Zhang, Fan Wang, Yuzheng Guo and Peilin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kaifa Du

74 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

A durable and pH-universal self-standing MoC–Mo2C heterojunction electrode for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

2021 294 citations Kaifa Du, Huayi Yin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaifa Du China	18	544	539	433	347	290	77	1.1k
Jianxun Song China	22	478 0.9×	234 0.4×	469 1.1×	630 1.8×	807 2.8×	102	1.5k
Zepeng Lv China	18	485 0.9×	631 1.2×	520 1.2×	59 0.2×	247 0.9×	60	1.1k
Zhongsheng Hua China	17	783 1.4×	108 0.2×	181 0.4×	116 0.3×	1.1k 3.7×	45	1.4k
Liwen Hu China	19	949 1.7×	484 0.9×	536 1.2×	57 0.2×	151 0.5×	47	1.5k
Irina Petrushina Denmark	16	505 0.9×	406 0.8×	398 0.9×	25 0.1×	142 0.5×	38	900
Juanjian Ru China	21	956 1.8×	57 0.1×	248 0.6×	83 0.2×	621 2.1×	74	1.5k
Y. Berghoute France	15	233 0.4×	133 0.2×	159 0.4×	207 0.6×	150 0.5×	17	499
María R. Gennero de Chialvo Argentina	23	1.0k 1.9×	1.1k 2.0×	802 1.9×	32 0.1×	62 0.2×	75	1.8k
A. Gomes Portugal	18	731 1.3×	436 0.8×	577 1.3×	13 0.0×	145 0.5×	43	1.2k
Sung Hyun Kim South Korea	14	441 0.8×	251 0.5×	514 1.2×	40 0.1×	104 0.4×	24	1.0k

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Du, Kaifa, Xingyi Wang, Mengyi Tang, et al.. (2025). The Influence of Electrochemical Polarization on Oxygen Transport In Platinum Coating of Pt/Ti Anode During Oxygen Evolution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 172(6). 66502–66502. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yongxin, Xiaowei Liu, Xiang Chen, et al.. (2024). Microstructures and corrosion resistance of PbCaSnAl-M (M=Mg, Sr, Ba) grid alloys. Journal of Energy Storage. 85. 110909–110909. 3 indexed citations

Shi, Hao, Yanpeng Dou, Qinyi Wei, et al.. (2024). CO2-derived carbon for improving thermal energy storage of molten carbonate. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 267. 112692–112692. 3 indexed citations

Du, Kaifa, Peilin Wang, Lei Guo, et al.. (2024). Calcium titanate corrosion inhibitor enabling carbon as inert anode for oxygen evolution in molten chlorides. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 34(10). 3400–3411. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xinyu, Kaifa Du, Di Chen, et al.. (2024). Tailoring Borate Mediator Species Enables Industrial CO Production with Improved Overall Energy Efficiency by Sustainable Molten Salt CO₂ Electrolysis. Advanced Science. 12(4). e2406457–e2406457.

Shi, Hao, Yu Zhang, Jiakang Qu, et al.. (2024). Rechargeable Zn‐H₂O hydrolysis battery for hydrogen storage and production. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(26). e202404025–e202404025. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Mengyi, Kaifa Du, Rui Yu, et al.. (2024). Microzone-Acidification-Driven Degradation Mechanism of the NiFe-Based Anode in Seawater Electrolysis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(3). 3260–3269. 5 indexed citations

Wei, Qinyi, Mengyi Tang, Xianglin Liu, et al.. (2024). Surface Evolution of Ni Electrode Under Cathodic Polarization in Acidic Solution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(5). 51501–51501. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Hao, Yu Zhang, Jiakang Qu, et al.. (2024). Rechargeable Zn‐H₂O hydrolysis battery for hydrogen storage and production. Angewandte Chemie. 136(26). 4 indexed citations

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Guo, Lei, Shuaibo Gao, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Fundamentals of liquid metal displacement reactions: Emf measurements of Na-Sn, Li-Sn, Mg-Sn, and Ca-Sn. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 945. 117669–117669. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Peilin, Kaifa Du, Huayi Yin, & Dihua Wang. (2023). Enhancing oxide scale growth and adhesion via electrochemically regulating ion diffusion. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 158. 133–144. 7 indexed citations

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Deng, Bowen, et al.. (2023). Selective CO₂ Electroreduction with Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Efficiency in Affordable Borate-Mediated Molten Electrolyte. ACS Energy Letters. 8(4). 1762–1771. 13 indexed citations

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Shi, Hao, et al.. (2023). Liquid Metal–CO₂ Battery Bridged Intermittent Energy Conversion and O₂ Production in the Martian Atmosphere. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(24). 9235–9242. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Rui, Kaifa Du, Bowen Deng, Huayi Yin, & Dihua Wang. (2023). Unraveling the role of substrate materials in governing the carbon/carbide growth of molten carbonate electrolysis of CO₂. Nanoscale. 15(46). 18707–18715. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Di, Kaifa Du, Peilin Wang, et al.. (2022). A Highly Reliable Ni/NiO Reference Electrode for Molten Li-Na-K Carbonates. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(10). 106519–106519. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Peilin, Yu Zhang, Hao Shi, et al.. (2022). Local Basicity Dependent Gas-Liquid Interfacial Corrosion of Nickel Anode and Its Protection in Molten Li ₂ CO ₃ -Na ₂ CO ₃ -K ₂ CO ₃. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(3). 31505–31505. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Rui, Kaifa Du, Bowen Deng, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical Growth of High-Strength Carbon Nanocoils in Molten Carbonates. Nano Letters. 22(1). 97–104. 35 indexed citations

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Huang, Jian, Peilin Wang, Kaifa Du, Huayi Yin, & Dihua Wang. (2021). Electrochemical Preparation of Fe _0.5 CoNiCuSn _x Medium Entropy Alloys and Their Corrosion Properties. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(12). 121503–121503. 2 indexed citations

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Du, Kaifa, Rui Yu, Muxing Gao, et al.. (2019). Durability of platinum coating anode in molten carbonate electrolysis cell. Corrosion Science. 153. 12–18. 31 indexed citations

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Du, Kaifa, Bin Wang, Fuxing Gan, & Dihua Wang. (2017). Corrosion Performance of Oxide Scales on Bronze QSn7-0.2 Anode in Molten Carbonates. Zhongguo fushi yu fanghu xuebao. 37(5). 421–427. 1 indexed citations

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