Ke Fan

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
104 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Ke Fan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Fan has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 48 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 48 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ke Fan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (65 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (42 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (33 papers). Ke Fan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (65 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (42 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (33 papers). Ke Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Saudi Arabia. Ke Fan's co-authors include Jiaguo Yu, Licheng Sun, Panyong Kuang, Haiyuan Zou, Fusheng Li, Tianyou Peng, Quentin Daniel, Hong Chen, Yongfei Ji and Kai Dai 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

Ke Fan

103 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Nickel–vanadium monolayer double hydroxide for efficient electrochemical water oxidation

2016 925 citations Ke Fan, Hong Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →
Direct Observation of Structural Evolution of Metal Chalcogenide in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation

2018 449 citations Ke Fan, Hong Chen et al. profile →
Interfacial Chemical Bond and Oxygen Vacancy‐Enhanced In₂O₃/CdSe‐DETA S‐scheme Heterojunction for Photocatalytic CO₂ Conversion

2023 185 citations Zhiwei Zhao, Zhongliao Wang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ke Fan China	47	6.6k	4.2k	4.0k	663	594	104	8.2k
Zhenxing Liang China	49	5.2k 0.8×	5.4k 1.3×	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	963 1.6×	176	7.8k
Jun Guo China	50	6.5k 1.0×	5.4k 1.3×	2.9k 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.8×	100	8.1k
Fan Liao China	45	4.2k 0.6×	3.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	538 0.8×	1.2k 2.1×	188	6.8k
Muhammad Tahir China	39	5.1k 0.8×	4.5k 1.1×	3.4k 0.8×	560 0.8×	1.6k 2.6×	106	7.2k
Shaofang Fu United States	39	5.2k 0.8×	4.5k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	721 1.1×	958 1.6×	52	6.9k
Jianwei Miao Singapore	36	5.4k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	573 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	47	7.4k
Ningyan Cheng China	33	6.9k 1.0×	6.1k 1.5×	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	1.0k 1.8×	69	8.6k
Zengcai Liu United States	29	4.3k 0.6×	5.9k 1.4×	2.4k 0.6×	540 0.8×	506 0.9×	47	8.1k
Menny Shalom Israel	59	10.6k 1.6×	6.4k 1.5×	8.5k 2.1×	574 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	174	13.0k
Ligui Li China	45	5.3k 0.8×	6.2k 1.5×	2.4k 0.6×	609 0.9×	1.7k 2.8×	127	8.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ke Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Fan

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All Works

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Liu, Shuai, Peili Zhang, Yunxuan Ding, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic insights into acidic water oxidation by Mn(2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-dicarboxylate)-based hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 44(3). 100535–100535. 1 indexed citations

Luo, Jianlin, et al.. (2025). A review on the effect of organic admixtures containing different functional groups on the hydration behaviors of Portland cement. Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry. 2 indexed citations

Jia, Yufei, Fei Li, & Ke Fan. (2024). Surface reconstruction of Cu-based bimetallic catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 43(3). 100255–100255. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zhongliao, et al.. (2024). Interface Chemical Bond Enhanced Ions Intercalated Carbon Nitride/CdSe‐Diethylenetriamine S‐Scheme Heterojunction for Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Synthesis in Pure Water. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(24). 76 indexed citations

Jia, Yufei, Dekang Li, Chang Liu, et al.. (2024). Regulating Cu Oxidation State for Electrocatalytic CO₂ Conversion into CO with Near‐Unity Selectivity via Oxygen Spillover. Small. 20(37). e2402537–e2402537. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zhijian, et al.. (2024). Research on Risk Prediction of New Energy Photovoltaic Power Projects Oriented to Extreme Weather Conditions. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences. 9(1). 1 indexed citations

Fang, Zhiyong, Yunxuan Ding, Mei Wang, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of nitriles by the electro-oxidative coupling of primary alcohols and ammonia on Pd nanoparticle-modified CuO nanowires in oxidant-free electrolytes under ambient conditions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 337. 122999–122999. 14 indexed citations

Hua, Jiahui, et al.. (2023). A hierarchical Bi-MOF-derived BiOBr/Mn0.2Cd0.8S S-scheme for visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 156. 64–71. 112 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhiwei, Zhongliao Wang, Jinfeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Chemical Bond and Oxygen Vacancy‐Enhanced In₂O₃/CdSe‐DETA S‐scheme Heterojunction for Photocatalytic CO₂ Conversion. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(23). 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yingzheng, Chang Liu, Peili Zhang, et al.. (2023). Optimized H₂-evolving dye-sensitized LaFeO₃ photocathodes prepared via the layer-by-layer assembly of dyes and catalysts. Dalton Transactions. 52(18). 5848–5853. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Fusheng Li, Linqin Wang, et al.. (2022). Polymeric viologen-based electron transfer mediator for improving the photoelectrochemical water splitting on Sb2Se3 photocathode. Fundamental Research. 4(2). 291–299. 3 indexed citations

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Fang, Zhiyong, Peili Zhang, Mei Wang, et al.. (2021). Selective Electro-oxidation of Alcohols to the Corresponding Aldehydes in Aqueous Solution via Cu(III) Intermediates from CuO Nanorods. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(35). 11855–11861. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peili, Tao Song, Dehua Zheng, et al.. (2021). Ni^III‐rich NiFeBa as an Efficient Catalyst for Water Oxidation. ChemSusChem. 14(12). 2516–2520. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Chi, Peili Zhang, Mei Wang, et al.. (2020). Boosting Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Creating Defects and Lattice‐Oxygen Active Sites on Ni‐Fe Nanosheets. ChemSusChem. 13(18). 5067–5072. 15 indexed citations

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Fan, Ke, Min He, Naga Venkata Ranga Aditya Dharanipragada, et al.. (2020). Amorphous WO₃ induced lattice distortion for a low-cost and high-efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting in acid. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(4). 1712–1722. 18 indexed citations

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Ni, Xuewen, Ke Fan, Man Xiao, et al.. (2016). The control of ice crystal growth and effect on porous structure of konjac glucomannan-based aerogels. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 92. 1130–1135. 86 indexed citations

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Fan, Ke, Hong Chen, Yongfei Ji, et al.. (2016). Nickel–vanadium monolayer double hydroxide for efficient electrochemical water oxidation. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11981–11981. 925 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duan, Tainan, Ke Fan, Kan Li, et al.. (2015). Design of organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Extending π-conjugation backbone via ‘Click’ reaction to improve photovoltaic performances. Dyes and Pigments. 117. 108–115. 6 indexed citations

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Duan, Tainan, Ke Fan, Cheng Zhong, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and photovoltaic property of new kind of organic dyes containing 2,2′-bithiophene unit with three electron-donors. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 278. 39–45. 12 indexed citations

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Peng, Tianyou, et al.. (2011). Preparation and Photoelectrochemical Performance of BiVO<sub>4</sub> Film Electrode. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 27(9). 2160–2166. 2 indexed citations

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