Ligang Feng

17.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
233 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Ligang Feng is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ligang Feng has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 165 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 76 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ligang Feng's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (203 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (100 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (83 papers). Ligang Feng is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (203 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (100 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (83 papers). Ligang Feng collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Switzerland. Ligang Feng's co-authors include Xile Hu, Liu Zong, Wei Xing, Changpeng Liu, Lucas‐Alexandre Stern, Fang Song, Xu Yu, Jinfa Chang, Hui Liu and Shuli Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ligang Feng

224 papers receiving 15.0k 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.

Ni₂P as a Janus catalyst for water splitting: the oxygen evolution activity of Ni₂P nanoparticles

2015 1.5k citations Ligang Feng et al. profile →
Meso/Macroporous Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Architectures with Iron Carbide Encapsulated in Graphitic Layers as an Efficient and Robust Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Both Acidic and Alkaline Solutions

2015 526 citations Ligang Feng et al. profile →
A review of Ni based powder catalyst for urea oxidation in assisting water splitting reaction

2022 229 citations Shuli Wang, Jinfa Chang et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Coupling Co-Ni phosphides for energy-saving alkaline seawater splitting

2024 90 citations Junyang Ding, Ligang Feng et al. Nano Research profile →
Modulating Built‐In Electric Field Via N‐Doped Carbon Dots for Robust Oxygen Evolution at Large Current Density

2025 29 citations Ligang Feng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ligang Feng China	71	13.5k	10.3k	4.6k	2.3k	1.5k	233	15.2k
Gengtao Fu China	72	12.1k 0.9×	10.3k 1.0×	4.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	163	15.2k
Zhen‐Feng Huang China	45	11.5k 0.9×	7.8k 0.8×	5.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	947 0.6×	91	13.5k
Sengeni Anantharaj India	47	10.9k 0.8×	8.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	102	12.4k
Fan Lv China	65	9.9k 0.7×	9.7k 0.9×	5.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.7×	127	14.9k
Yong‐Ming Chai China	69	11.4k 0.9×	9.6k 0.9×	4.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	385	14.3k
Jiajia Song China	30	8.9k 0.7×	6.8k 0.7×	4.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	978 0.6×	78	11.4k
Sung‐Fu Hung Taiwan	57	18.3k 1.4×	11.7k 1.1×	7.0k 1.5×	2.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	134	20.7k
Charles C. L. McCrory United States	26	11.4k 0.8×	8.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	871 0.6×	51	12.4k
Pengzuo Chen China	44	9.4k 0.7×	7.7k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	100	11.3k

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Li, Jiaojiao, Fulin Yang, & Ligang Feng. (2025). Progress of supported Pt-based catalysts for electrochemical methanol energy conversion. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 534. 216603–216603. 7 indexed citations

Ren, Fangfang, et al.. (2025). Nanoscale Pt over MoTe ₂ flower with synergistic anti-poisoning ability for methanol electrolysis. Nano Research. 18(11). 94907852–94907852.

Guo, Rong, Chunru Liu, Yun Yang, Shuli Wang, & Ligang Feng. (2025). Insight into Ni active site coordination in nickel–manganese spinels for methanol electrooxidation catalysis. Chemical Science. 16(29). 13514–13519. 2 indexed citations

Xie, Yaning, et al.. (2025). MOF-derived Pd/CeO ₂ -NC catalyst for efficient electrooxidation of formic acid. Chemical Communications. 61(79). 15421–15424.

Xie, Yaning, et al.. (2025). Unraveling lattice oxygen-mediated oxygen evolution in an amorphous NiFe layered double hydroxide. Chemical Communications. 61(69). 12952–12955.

Guo, Xia, et al.. (2025). Pt-MoTe₂/C Catalyst for Efficient Methanol-Assisted Electrolysis in Green Hydrogen Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(29). 11547–11556.

Wang, Shuli, et al.. (2025). Carbon-constrained heterogeneous Ni-Mo telluride for efficient urea oxidation. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(6). 110999–110999.

Fu, Luhong, et al.. (2024). Deciphering promotion of MoP over MoC in Pt catalysts for methanol-assisted water splitting reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 679(Pt A). 921–929. 13 indexed citations

Ji, Yi‐Gang, Jiawei Wu, Huan Wen, Shuli Wang, & Ligang Feng. (2024). Step-by-step enhancing oxygen evolution ability of CoFe2O4 by hybrid structure engineering and fluorine doping. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 154211–154211. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Xingyu, et al.. (2024). Se self-doped Ni(OH)₂ for an efficient urea oxidation reaction. Chemical Communications. 60(78). 10906–10909. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Fulin, et al.. (2024). Insights into the Confinement Effect of NiMo Catalysts toward Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 14(4). 2324–2332. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Fulin, Xingyu Huang, Ruonan Li, Shuli Wang, & Ligang Feng. (2024). Insight into the High Activity of Nickel Phosphide Precatalysts for Urea Oxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(45). 19436–19444. 8 indexed citations

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Qiao, Wei, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical hydrogen evolution efficiently boosted by interfacial charge redistribution in Ru/MoSe2 embedded mesoporous hollow carbon spheres. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 85. 447–454. 63 indexed citations

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Ding, Junyang, Hui Yang, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Dealloyed NiTiZrAg as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in alkaline seawater. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 53. 318–324. 50 indexed citations

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Zhao, Tonghui, Mengting Li, Dongdong Xiao, et al.. (2023). Improving Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation through Dynamic Lattice Hydrogen Migration in Pd@Pt Core‐Shell Electrocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(5). e202315148–e202315148. 28 indexed citations

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Yang, Fulin, Qiaowei Wang, Jie Li, & Ligang Feng. (2023). Structural evolution of Ru/Te interaction for hydrogen generation engineered by proof of concept via carbon doping. Materials Today Physics. 38. 101262–101262. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Chunyan, Alex Schechter, & Ligang Feng. (2023). Iridium-based catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media: Mechanism, catalytic promotion effects and recent progress. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. e9120056–e9120056. 116 indexed citations

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Ren, Fangfang, Jiayu Xu, & Ligang Feng. (2023). An effective bimetallic oxide catalyst of RuO2-Co3O4 for alkaline overall water splitting. Nano Research. 17(5). 3785–3793. 28 indexed citations

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Yang, Fulin, et al.. (2023). Heterostructured NiSe2/MoSe2 electronic modulation for efficient electrocatalysis in urea assisted water splitting reaction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 51. 225–236. 65 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yang, et al.. (2022). Low carbon alcohol fuel electrolysis of hydrogen generation catalyzed by a novel and effective Pt–CoTe/C bifunctional catalyst system. Green Energy & Environment. 9(4). 758–770. 26 indexed citations

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