Ke Chu

7.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
81 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Ke Chu is a scholar working on Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Chu has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Catalysis, 56 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 45 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ke Chu's work include Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (60 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (45 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (16 papers). Ke Chu is often cited by papers focused on Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (60 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (45 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (16 papers). Ke Chu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ke Chu's co-authors include Yaping Liu, Yali Guo, Hu Zhang, Peng Shen, Kai Chen, Xingchuan Li, Dongwei Ma, Jing Wang, Chengchang Jia and Yubiao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ke Chu

77 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tandem Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on MBenes

2023 367 citations Guike Zhang, Xiaotian Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Sub-nm RuO_x Clusters on Pd Metallene for Synergistically Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia

2023 289 citations Xiaotian Li, Peng Shen et al. ACS Nano profile →
Lewis Acid Fe‐V Pairs Promote Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia

2023 167 citations Nana Zhang, Guike Zhang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Tandem Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrite to Ammonia on Rhodium–Copper Single Atom Alloys

2024 90 citations Jiaqi Xiang, Shiyao Shang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Pd₁Cu Single-Atom Alloys for High-Current-Density and Durable NO-to-NH₃ Electroreduction

2024 87 citations Kai Chen, Jiaqi Xiang et al. Nano Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ke Chu China	44	4.4k	4.1k	3.0k	1.6k	841	81	6.1k
Xuqiang Ji China	36	2.1k 0.5×	4.1k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	530 0.3×	450 0.5×	63	5.4k
Joshua Wicks Canada	33	4.5k 1.0×	6.5k 1.6×	2.0k 0.7×	668 0.4×	386 0.5×	39	7.7k
Luchao Yue China	51	2.6k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	522 0.6×	93	6.5k
Chuangwei Liu China	27	1.7k 0.4×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	270 0.2×	410 0.5×	87	3.3k
Qinye Li Australia	20	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	355 0.2×	399 0.5×	29	3.1k
Kai Deng China	33	1.2k 0.3×	2.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	500 0.3×	379 0.5×	103	3.3k
Jianyun Zheng China	28	1.1k 0.2×	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	228 0.1×	237 0.3×	63	3.4k
Xiaowan Bai China	34	1.7k 0.4×	4.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	184 0.1×	344 0.4×	58	4.8k
Shaoce Zhang Hong Kong	26	1.5k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	704 0.4×	258 0.3×	54	3.5k
Wenjie Zang Singapore	40	1.3k 0.3×	4.8k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	257 0.2×	409 0.5×	74	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Chu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shang, Shiyao, et al.. (2025). Boosted Nitrate and CO₂ Reduction for Urea Electrosynthesis on p-Block Bi Dispersed Ru Alloys. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(7). 2906–2912. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Danyang, Rui Bao, Jinsong Wang, et al.. (2025). Hyperdispersed and highly stable Bi single atom doped core-shell CuO for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction via modulation of electronic structure. Materials Today Energy. 53. 102004–102004.

Xiang, Jiaqi, Hongyan Zhao, Kai Chen, Xing Yang, & Ke Chu. (2024). Electrocatalytic nitrite reduction to ammonia on an Rh single-atom catalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 659. 432–438. 47 indexed citations

Wang, Fuzhou, Shiyao Shang, Zeyi Sun, Xing Yang, & Ke Chu. (2024). Electrocatalytic nitrite reduction to ammonia on In1Cu single atom alloy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 489. 151410–151410. 24 indexed citations

Wan, Yuying, et al.. (2024). Single-Atom Rh₁ Alloyed Co for Urea Electrosynthesis from CO₂ and NO₃^–. Nano Letters. 24(35). 10928–10935. 21 indexed citations

Xiang, Jiaqi, et al.. (2024). Relay Catalysis of Isolated Rhodium-Alloyed Copper Boosts Urea Electrosynthesis from Nitrate and CO₂. ACS Nano. 18(43). 29856–29863. 27 indexed citations

Wang, Fuzhou, et al.. (2024). Selective Urea Electrosynthesis from Nitrate and CO₂ on Isolated Copper Alloyed Ruthenium. ACS Energy Letters. 9(9). 4624–4632. 28 indexed citations

Wan, Yuying, et al.. (2024). Electrocatalytic nitrite conversion to ammonia over Mn single atoms anchored on MoO3-x. Fuel. 381. 133394–133394. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Atomically Dispersed Cu on In₂O₃ for Relay Electrocatalytic Conversion of Nitrate and CO₂ to Urea. ACS Nano. 18(36). 25316–25324. 38 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guike, Xiaotian Li, Kai Chen, et al.. (2023). Tandem Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on MBenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(13). e202300054–e202300054. 367 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Kai, Peng Shen, Nana Zhang, Dongwei Ma, & Ke Chu. (2023). Electrocatalytic NO Reduction to NH₃ on Mo₂C Nanosheets. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(2). 653–658. 50 indexed citations

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Liu, Baixing, You‐Jun Yu, Guike Zhang, & Ke Chu. (2023). An Amorphization-Engineered Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide to Ammonia. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(51). 20923–20928. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nana, Guike Zhang, Peng Shen, et al.. (2023). Lewis Acid Fe‐V Pairs Promote Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(13). 167 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Fuzhou, et al.. (2023). Electroreduction of Nitrite to Ammonia Over Ni₁Ru Single‐Atom Alloys. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(3). 72 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Jiaxin Wang, Hu Zhang, Dongwei Ma, & Ke Chu. (2023). Self-Tandem Electrocatalytic NO Reduction to NH₃ on a W Single-Atom Catalyst. Nano Letters. 23(5). 1735–1742. 110 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaotian, Peng Shen, Xingchuan Li, Dongwei Ma, & Ke Chu. (2023). Sub-nm RuO_x Clusters on Pd Metallene for Synergistically Enhanced Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia. ACS Nano. 17(2). 1081–1090. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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Du, Wenyu, Ying Zhang, Kai Chen, Guike Zhang, & Ke Chu. (2023). Mo single-atom catalyst boosts nitrite electroreduction for ammonia synthesis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 424. 138875–138875. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guike, Nana Zhang, Yali Guo, Xiaolin Zhao, & Ke Chu. (2023). Vanadium Diboride (VB₂) for NO Electroreduction to NH₃. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(23). 8772–8777. 15 indexed citations

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Chu, Ke, Yaping Liu, Yubiao Li, et al.. (2019). Multi-functional Mo-doping in MnO2 nanoflowers toward efficient and robust electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 264. 118525–118525. 251 indexed citations

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Chu, Ke & Chengchang Jia. (2013). Enhanced strength in bulk graphene–copper composites. physica status solidi (a). 211(1). 184–190. 289 indexed citations

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