Patrick H.‐L. Sit

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Patrick H.‐L. Sit is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick H.‐L. Sit has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Materials Chemistry, 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick H.‐L. Sit's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (11 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). Patrick H.‐L. Sit is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (11 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). Patrick H.‐L. Sit collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Patrick H.‐L. Sit's co-authors include Linghai Zhang, Nicola Marzari, Annabella Selloni, Morrel H. Cohen, Jinfan Chen, Wey Yang Teoh, Matteo Cococcioni, Chen Jia, Yefei Li and Jochen A.H. Dreyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Patrick H.‐L. Sit

76 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

In‐tandem Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Ultrathin‐Sheet‐Assembled Iron‐Nickel Alloy Nanoflowers

2025 22 citations Kartick Chandra Majhi, Qi Zhu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick H.‐L. Sit Hong Kong	24	1.2k	799	658	335	313	80	2.3k
Bing Zhou China	24	884 0.7×	566 0.7×	556 0.8×	440 1.3×	290 0.9×	90	2.0k
Yan Xie China	25	1.1k 0.9×	482 0.6×	567 0.9×	311 0.9×	451 1.4×	83	1.9k
Nicola Seriani Italy	30	1.9k 1.6×	718 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	341 1.0×	485 1.5×	101	2.6k
Frédèric Labat France	31	2.2k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.7×	281 0.8×	242 0.8×	88	3.1k
Joseph Dvorak United States	21	1.4k 1.2×	766 1.0×	505 0.8×	202 0.6×	280 0.9×	36	1.9k
Jakub Szlachetko Poland	29	1.5k 1.2×	317 0.4×	532 0.8×	259 0.8×	389 1.2×	147	2.9k
Connie J. Nelin United States	24	936 0.8×	450 0.6×	370 0.6×	406 1.2×	122 0.4×	41	1.7k
Klas Andersson United States	26	1.6k 1.3×	722 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	719 2.1×	390 1.2×	35	2.9k
Zbigniew Łodziana Poland	33	2.7k 2.2×	788 1.0×	440 0.7×	543 1.6×	578 1.8×	95	3.4k
Ricardo Grau‐Crespo United Kingdom	33	2.3k 1.9×	846 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	288 0.9×	416 1.3×	109	3.4k

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Sun, Jiawei, Muhammad Usman Farid, Gang Lü, et al.. (2025). Hydrogel‐Based Photothermal‐Catalytic Membrane for Efficient Cogeneration of Freshwater and Hydrogen in Membrane Distillation System. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6). 21 indexed citations

Majhi, Kartick Chandra, Zixuan Wu, Xiaodan Xu, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the Reaction Mechanism of Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on a Cu/Cu ₂ O Heterojunction Catalyst. Energy & Fuels. 39(33). 15903–15911.

Majhi, Kartick Chandra, Qi Zhu, Yangxin Jin, et al.. (2025). Outside Back Cover: In‐tandem Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Ultrathin‐Sheet‐Assembled Iron–Nickel Alloy Nanoflowers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(14). 3 indexed citations

Liang, Zhancong, Liyuan Zhou, Kunpeng Chen, et al.. (2024). Formation of secondary aerosol by 222 nm Far-UVC irradiation on SO2. Atmospheric Environment. 330. 120559–120559. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Hao, Hoi Ying Chung, Wahyu Prasetyo Utomo, et al.. (2024). Incorporating Zinc Metal Sites in Aluminum‐Coordinated Porphyrin Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia. Small. 20(44). e2402779–e2402779. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Yu, et al.. (2024). Suppressing Formation of Zn─Mn─O Phases by In Situ Ti Decoration of MnO ₂ for Long Lifespan MnO ₂ ‐Zn Battery. Small. 20(45). e2404368–e2404368. 8 indexed citations

Gong, Bo, Wei Chen, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Xian‐Wei Liu, & Chen Qian. (2023). One-step fluorometric determination of multiple-component dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments. The Science of The Total Environment. 873. 162200–162200. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Bo, Ruifeng Zhang, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Maoxia He, & Chak K. Chan. (2023). Theoretical study on the aqueous phase oxidation of glyoxal. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 3(9). 1296–1305. 8 indexed citations

Gong, Bo, Wei Chen, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, et al.. (2023). Multiple spectroscopic insights into the interaction mechanisms between proteins and humic acid. Water Research. 243. 120424–120424. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Xuemin, Yi‐Pei Li, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, et al.. (2021). Unveiling the elusive role of tetraethyl orthosilicate hydrolysis in ionic-liquid-templated zeolite synthesis. Materials Today Chemistry. 23. 100658–100658. 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Shuilin, Hanqin Liang, Qinfen Gu, et al.. (2021). Boosting capacity and operating voltage of LiVO3 as cathode for lithium-ion batteries by activating oxygen reaction in the lattice. Journal of Power Sources. 517. 230728–230728. 9 indexed citations

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Gong, Bo, et al.. (2021). Formation of Humboldtine During the Dissolution of Hematite in Oxalic Acid – Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculations and Experimental Verification. Clays and Clay Minerals. 69(6). 655–662. 7 indexed citations

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Sit, Patrick H.‐L., et al.. (2021). Evaluation of optical band gaps and dopant state energies in transition metal oxides using oxidation-state constrained density functional theory. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 33(36). 365901–365901. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Xuemin, Yanghwan Jeong, Owen J. Curnow, et al.. (2020). Ionic liquid-templated synthesis of 10-MR zeolites and its origin disclosure. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 305. 110346–110346. 16 indexed citations

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Okada, Junpei, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Ryo Ishikawa, et al.. (2020). Phase relation between supercooled liquid and amorphous silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 116(9). 2 indexed citations

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Ravi, Sai Kishore, Varun Kumar Singh, Lakshmi Suresh, et al.. (2020). Hydro‐Assisted Self‐Regenerating BrominatedN‐Alkylated Thiophene Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dye Nanofibers—A Sustainable Synthesis Route for Renewable Air Filter Materials. Small. 16(14). 87–100. 13 indexed citations

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Okada, Junpei, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Yasuhiro Watanabe, et al.. (2015). Visualizing the Mixed Bonding Properties of Liquid Boron with High-Resolution X-Ray Compton Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 114(17). 177401–177401. 10 indexed citations

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Okada, Junpei, Patrick H.‐L. Sit, Yasuhiro Watanabe, et al.. (2012). Persistence of Covalent Bonding in Liquid Silicon Probed by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 108(6). 67402–67402. 51 indexed citations

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Sit, Patrick H.‐L., Federico Zipoli, Jia Chen, et al.. (2011). Oxidation State Changes and Electron Flow in Enzymatic Catalysis and Electrocatalysis through Wannier‐Function Analysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(43). 12136–12143. 32 indexed citations

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Sit, Patrick H.‐L., Christophe Bellin, B. Barbiellini, et al.. (2007). Hydrogen bonding and coordination in normal and supercritical water from x-ray inelastic scattering. Physical Review B. 76(24). 43 indexed citations

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