Le He

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
257 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Le He is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Le He has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Materials Chemistry, 86 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Le He's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (58 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (35 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (33 papers). Le He is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (58 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (35 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (33 papers). Le He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Le He's co-authors include Yadong Yin, Mingsheng Wang, Jianping Ge, Yongxing Hu, Chaoran Li, Xiaohong Zhang, Zhenda Lu, James Goebl, Geoffrey A. Ozin and Youyong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Le He

244 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Promises of Main Group Metal–Based Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction to Formate

2019 562 citations Le He et al. profile →
Greenhouse-inspired supra-photothermal CO2 catalysis

2021 368 citations Mujin Cai, Zhiyi Wu et al. Nature Energy profile →
A family of oxychloride amorphous solid electrolytes for long-cycling all-solid-state lithium batteries

2023 159 citations Le He et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Le He	4.8k	3.9k	2.3k	1.9k	1.4k	257	10.3k
Ang Li	4.9k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.6×	728 0.5×	350	12.0k
Ovidiu Ersen	6.7k 1.4×	3.0k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	345	10.9k
Xiaodong Han	7.8k 1.6×	3.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	241	11.3k
Rong Wang	5.7k 1.2×	3.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	625 0.5×	347	11.1k
Richard D. Tilley	6.7k 1.4×	3.4k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	3.9k 2.0×	1.5k 1.1×	270	11.9k
David C. Bell	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	3.3k 1.4×	3.1k 1.6×	647 0.5×	115	8.9k
Kazuyuki Tohji	6.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	2.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	318	9.3k
Zongwen Liu	5.7k 1.2×	1.9k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	4.6k 2.4×	1.8k 1.3×	265	11.2k
Kai Sun	7.6k 1.6×	3.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	5.4k 2.8×	2.0k 1.5×	331	13.9k
Dongling Ma	7.6k 1.6×	3.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	4.4k 2.3×	1.7k 1.2×	234	11.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Chen, Yingzhi, Le He, Man Zhou, et al.. (2025). Preparation of photothermal superhydrophobic MoS2@PDMS-EP composite coating for efficient anti-icing and de-icing. Surfaces and Interfaces. 73. 107435–107435.

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Li, Zimu, Shuang Liu, Kai Feng, et al.. (2025). Anisotropic Plasmon Resonance in Ti₃C₂T_x MXene Enables Site-Selective Plasmonic Catalysis. ACS Nano. 19(1). 1832–1844. 18 indexed citations

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Dong, Xudong, Zhijie Zhu, Zhijie Chen, et al.. (2025). Boosting Solar Methanol Production over Hierarchical Carbon Nanocage-Supported In₂O_3–x via Photoenhanced Electron Buffering Effect. ACS Nano. 19(27). 25403–25412.

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Chen, Zhijie, Tao Sun, Xudong Dong, et al.. (2025). Decoupling Activity‐Selectivity Trade‐off in Photothermal Catalytic CO₂ Hydrogenation: A Hydrogen Spillover‐Assisted Dual‐Site Synergy Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie. 137(34). 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhijie, Tao Sun, Xudong Dong, et al.. (2025). Decoupling Activity‐Selectivity Trade‐off in Photothermal Catalytic CO₂ Hydrogenation: A Hydrogen Spillover‐Assisted Dual‐Site Synergy Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(34). e202508090–e202508090. 3 indexed citations

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Dong, Xudong, Zixuan Sun, Yuxuan Zhou, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical Carbon Nanocage-Enabled Electron Buffering to Indium Oxide for Efficient CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(22). 32413–32422.

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Liu, Dan, Junhui He, Ruirui Wang, et al.. (2024). Electron beam irradiation in collaboration with Bi-Fe MOFs for oxidation of bisphenol A and reduction of Cr(VI): Kinetics, DFT calculation and mechanism. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114945–114945. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lin, Chaoran Li, Thongthai Witoon, Xingda An, & Le He. (2024). Nano-thermometry in photothermal catalysis. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 44(4). 100456–100456. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhijie, Xudong Dong, Xingda An, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical Carbon Nanocages as Superior Supports for Photothermal CO₂ Catalysis. ACS Nano. 5 indexed citations

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Numpilai, Thanapha, Kajornsak Faungnawakij, Metta Chareonpanich, et al.. (2024). CO₂ hydrogenation to light olefins over Fe–Co/K–Al₂O₃ catalysts prepared via microwave calcination. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 10(3). 515–533. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing, et al.. (2023). Novel WS ₂ /Co ₉ S ₈ nanoparticles supported on N, S co‐doped mesoporous carbon as efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. ChemistrySelect. 8(25). 2 indexed citations

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Feng, Kai, Jiajun Zhang, Zhengwen Li, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous regeneration of active sites against catalyst deactivation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 344. 123647–123647. 20 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhijie, Rui Tang, Chaoran Li, Xingda An, & Le He. (2023). Promises of Plasmonic Antenna‐Reactor Systems in Gas‐Phase CO₂ Photocatalysis. Advanced Science. 10(24). e2302568–e2302568. 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dake, Shenghua Wang, Chengcheng Zhang, Le He, & Wei Sun. (2023). Chemically exfoliated boron nanosheets for efficient oxidative dehydrogenation of propane. Nanoscale. 16(3). 1312–1319. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Shenghua, Kai Feng, Dake Zhang, et al.. (2022). Stable Cu Catalysts Supported by Two‐dimensional SiO₂ with Strong Metal–Support Interaction. Advanced Science. 9(9). e2104972–e2104972. 47 indexed citations

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Wang, Shenghua, Dake Zhang, Wu Wang, et al.. (2022). Grave-to-cradle upcycling of Ni from electroplating wastewater to photothermal CO2 catalysis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5305–5305. 69 indexed citations

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Zhao, Li, Chengliang Mao, Qijun Pei, et al.. (2022). Engineered disorder in CO2 photocatalysis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7205–7205. 113 indexed citations

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Wang, Shenghua, Athanasios A. Tountas, Le He, et al.. (2021). CO₂ Footprint of Thermal Versus Photothermal CO₂ Catalysis. Small. 17(48). e2007025–e2007025. 54 indexed citations

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Cai, Mujin, Zhiyi Wu, Li Zhao, et al.. (2021). Greenhouse-inspired supra-photothermal CO2 catalysis. Nature Energy. 6(8). 807–814. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Chaoran, Yingying Yu, Liwei Wang, et al.. (2019). A Step-by-Step Strategy for Controlled Preparations of Complex Heterostructured Colloids. Chemistry of Materials. 31(22). 9513–9521. 10 indexed citations

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