Kezhen Lai

499 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 346 citations indexed

About

Kezhen Lai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Kezhen Lai has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 346 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Kezhen Lai's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (5 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (4 papers). Kezhen Lai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (5 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (4 papers). Kezhen Lai collaborates with scholars based in China and Australia. Kezhen Lai's co-authors include Lei Ge, Yangqin Gao, Ning Li, Yuechang Wei, Zhen Zhao, Jing Xiong, Tianyi Ma, Yuanfeng Li, Hui Li and Jian Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kezhen Lai

9 papers receiving 339 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.

Photocatalytic CO₂‐to‐CH₄ Conversion with Ultrahigh Selectivity of 95.93% on S‐Vacancy Modulated Spatial In₂S₃/In₂O₃ Heterojunction

2024 85 citations Kezhen Lai, Ning Li et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kezhen Lai China	8	253	226	119	106	32	11	346
Baoxin Ni China	12	221 0.9×	382 1.7×	94 0.8×	110 1.0×	20 0.6×	22	434
Hyewon Yun South Korea	10	149 0.6×	289 1.3×	153 1.3×	79 0.7×	31 1.0×	12	368
Hyun Dong Jung South Korea	9	131 0.5×	233 1.0×	80 0.7×	121 1.1×	22 0.7×	13	310
Xingbao Chen China	9	118 0.5×	213 0.9×	89 0.7×	133 1.3×	17 0.5×	17	318
Tong Dou China	8	150 0.6×	297 1.3×	96 0.8×	127 1.2×	19 0.6×	8	349
Tianxiang Yan China	10	116 0.5×	328 1.5×	182 1.5×	94 0.9×	16 0.5×	19	374
Xiaozhou Zhao China	9	251 1.0×	222 1.0×	69 0.6×	143 1.3×	13 0.4×	10	347
Chengkai Jin China	10	292 1.2×	125 0.6×	244 2.1×	54 0.5×	49 1.5×	18	386
Akihiko Anzai Japan	10	299 1.2×	318 1.4×	77 0.6×	70 0.7×	13 0.4×	31	375
Liangyao Xue China	7	90 0.4×	226 1.0×	70 0.6×	116 1.1×	17 0.5×	12	253

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11 of 11 papers shown

Lai, Kezhen, et al.. (2025). Cu Sites d Orbital Regulation Enables Highly Efficient Photocatalytic CO ₂ ‐to‐Ethylene Conversion. Advanced Functional Materials.

Lai, Kezhen, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric Adsorption Site and Cu Vacancy Regulation in La–Cu Nanospheres to Promote CO ₂ Electroreduction Performance with Ultrahigh CH ₄ Selectivity. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(5).

Lai, Kezhen, et al.. (2024). Ultrathin Cu2MoS4/g-C3N4 nanosheets for promoting charge separation with strong redox ability and enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 684. 133156–133156. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Liyang, Yangqin Gao, Yida Liu, et al.. (2024). Gas-liquid interface derived lightweight and twistable BiOI/In2O3/tape assembly for photocatalytic NO removal. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154629–154629. 4 indexed citations

Lai, Kezhen, et al.. (2024). Regulating metal cation Cu vacancies on ZnIn2S4/Cu1.81S to achieve high selectivity for the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH4. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 365. 124907–124907. 21 indexed citations

Lai, Kezhen, Ning Li, Yangqin Gao, et al.. (2024). Photocatalytic CO₂‐to‐CH₄ Conversion with Ultrahigh Selectivity of 95.93% on S‐Vacancy Modulated Spatial In₂S₃/In₂O₃ Heterojunction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 85 indexed citations breakdown →

Lai, Kezhen, et al.. (2024). Efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CH4 via electric field-regulated d-band center on Ga2S3/CuS S-type heterojunction interface structures. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 357. 124302–124302. 65 indexed citations

Li, Yuanfeng, Tian Qin, Yuechang Wei, et al.. (2023). A single site ruthenium catalyst for robust soot oxidation without platinum or palladium. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7149–7149. 83 indexed citations

Li, Yuanfeng, Tian Qin, Jing Xiong, et al.. (2023). Revealing active edge sites induced by oriented lattice bending of Co-CeO2 nanosheets for boosting auto-exhaust soot oxidation. Journal of Catalysis. 421. 351–364. 33 indexed citations

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Xiong, Jing, Hongbin Yu, Yuechang Wei, et al.. (2022). Metal Ions (Li, Mg, Zn, Ce) Doped into La2O3 Nanorod for Boosting Catalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane. Catalysts. 12(7). 713–713. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yuanfeng, Peng Zhang, Jing Xiong, et al.. (2021). Facilitating Catalytic Purification of Auto-Exhaust Carbon Particles via the Fe₂O₃{113} Facet-dependent Effect in Pt/Fe₂O₃ Catalysts. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(23). 16153–16162. 28 indexed citations

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