Pengfei Ou

8.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
96 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Pengfei Ou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengfei Ou has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 44 papers in Materials Chemistry and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pengfei Ou's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (29 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (21 papers). Pengfei Ou is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (29 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (21 papers). Pengfei Ou collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Pengfei Ou's co-authors include Jun Song, Edward H. Sargent, David Sinton, Jianan Erick Huang, Adnan Ozden, Huolin L. Xin, Jun Luo, Lili Han, Rui Kai Miao and Ning Wang 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

Pengfei Ou

91 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

  1. High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media
    2022 454 citations Yi Xie, Pengfei Ou et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  2. A single-atom library for guided monometallic and concentration-complex multimetallic designs
    2022 321 citations Lili Han, Hao Cheng et al. profile →
  3. Unusual Sabatier principle on high entropy alloy catalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions
    2024 266 citations Pengfei Ou, Jianan Erick Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2 via relay catalysis on hybrid catalysts
    2023 241 citations Ke Xie, Pengfei Ou et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  5. Efficient electrosynthesis of n-propanol from carbon monoxide using a Ag–Ru–Cu catalyst
    2022 225 citations Xue Wang, Pengfei Ou et al. profile →
  6. Doping Shortens the Metal/Metal Distance and Promotes OH Coverage in Non-Noble Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts
    2023 218 citations Ning Wang, Pengfei Ou et al. profile →
  7. Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis
    2023 210 citations Heejong Shin, Pengfei Ou et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  8. Conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products in strong acid by controlling the catalyst microenvironment
    2023 205 citations Yong Zhao, Long Hao et al. Nature Synthesis profile →
  9. Strong‐Proton‐Adsorption Co‐Based Electrocatalysts Achieve Active and Stable Neutral Seawater Splitting
    2023 158 citations Ning Wang, Pengfei Ou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pengfei Ou Canada 36 4.3k 2.1k 2.0k 1.6k 417 96 5.4k
Jinyu Ye China 41 5.6k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.6× 368 0.9× 133 7.0k
Hyung Chul Ham South Korea 38 2.6k 0.6× 2.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 253 0.6× 155 4.6k
Débora Motta Meira United States 31 3.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 229 0.5× 87 5.1k
Anne C. Co United States 32 3.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 284 0.7× 88 4.4k
Paul N. Duchesne Canada 34 4.6k 1.1× 3.9k 1.8× 1.0k 0.5× 2.1k 1.3× 304 0.7× 55 6.6k
Jianan Erick Huang Canada 26 4.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 2.4k 1.5× 657 1.6× 37 5.4k
Shangqian Zhu Hong Kong 38 6.9k 1.6× 2.8k 1.3× 2.9k 1.5× 3.2k 2.0× 358 0.9× 84 7.8k
Molly Meng‐Jung Li Hong Kong 31 2.3k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 953 0.6× 415 1.0× 78 4.1k
Zhenhua Xie United States 37 2.6k 0.6× 3.0k 1.4× 2.6k 1.3× 895 0.6× 802 1.9× 82 5.2k
Hengjie Liu China 34 3.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 163 0.4× 90 4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengfei Ou

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhou, Daojin, Yuxin Chang, Jialun Tang, & Pengfei Ou. (2025). Mn 0.75 Ru 0.25 O 2 with Low Ru Concentration for Active and Durable Acidic Oxygen Evolution. Small. 21(12). e2412265–e2412265. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhouzhou, Yixin Li, Bowen Sheng, et al.. (2025). Surface-hydrogenated CrMnOx coupled with GaN nanowires for light-driven bioethanol dehydration to ethylene. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1002–1002. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuanjun, Xinyue Wang, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2025). Electrified synthesis of n-propanol using a dilute alloy catalyst. Nature Catalysis. 8(3). 239–247. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Hengzhou, Gloria H. Su, Heejong Shin, et al.. (2025). Electrosynthesis of CO from an electrically pH-shifted DAC post-capture liquid using a catalyst:support amide linkage. Joule. 9(5). 101883–101883. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiao, Pengfei Ou, Normand Mousseau, & Jun Song. (2024). Critical assessment of hydrogen pipe diffusion at dislocations in metals. Acta Materialia. 268. 119758–119758. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Liang, Ge Gao, Chaobo Yang, et al.. (2023). Pressure dependence in aqueous-based electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2958–2958. 86 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yufei, Ziyan Shen, Juanjuan Huo, et al.. (2023). Epoxy‐rich Fe Single Atom Sites Boost Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 135(36). 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yong, Long Hao, Adnan Ozden, et al.. (2023). Conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products in strong acid by controlling the catalyst microenvironment. Nature Synthesis. 205 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Yiqing, Ying Zhao, Pengfei Ou, & Jun Song. (2023). Basal plane activation of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenidesviaalloying for the hydrogen evolution reaction: first-principles calculations and machine learning prediction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(18). 9964–9975. 14 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ying, Yiqing Chen, Pengfei Ou, & Jun Song. (2023). Basal Plane Activation via Grain Boundaries in Monolayer MoS2 for Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ACS Catalysis. 13(19). 12941–12951. 28 indexed citations
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Ou, Pengfei, Xiao Zhou, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2022). Single-Walled Black Phosphorus Nanotube as a NO2 Gas Sensor. Materials Today Communications. 31. 103434–103434. 9 indexed citations
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Xie, Yi, Pengfei Ou, Xue Wang, et al.. (2022). High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media. Nature Catalysis. 5(6). 564–570. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Han, Lili, Xianyun Peng, Hsiao‐Tsu Wang, et al.. (2022). Chemically coupling SnO 2 quantum dots and MXene for efficient CO 2 electroreduction to formate and Zn–CO 2 battery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2207326119–e2207326119. 54 indexed citations
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Han, Lili, Pengfei Ou, Hsiao‐Tsu Wang, et al.. (2022). Design of Ru-Ni diatomic sites for efficient alkaline hydrogen oxidation. Science Advances. 8(22). eabm3779–eabm3779. 174 indexed citations
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Meng, Fanchao, Shuying Chen, Wenyan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Negative Poisson's ratio in graphene Miura origami. Mechanics of Materials. 155. 103774–103774. 33 indexed citations
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Chen, Yiqing, et al.. (2021). Atomistic and continuum modeling of 3D graphene honeycombs under uniaxial in-plane compression. Computational Materials Science. 197. 110646–110646. 2 indexed citations
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Nazemi, Mohammadreza, Pengfei Ou, Luke Soule, et al.. (2020). Electrosynthesis of Ammonia Using Porous Bimetallic Pd–Ag Nanocatalysts in Liquid- and Gas-Phase Systems. ACS Catalysis. 10(17). 10197–10206. 41 indexed citations
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Han, Lili, Machuan Hou, Pengfei Ou, et al.. (2020). Local Modulation of Single-Atomic Mn Sites for Enhanced Ambient Ammonia Electrosynthesis. ACS Catalysis. 11(2). 509–516. 124 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Fanchao Meng, Huicong Chen, et al.. (2019). Vacancy-assisted core transformation and mobility modulation of a-type edge dislocations in wurtzite GaN. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(49). 495301–495301. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Cheng, Fanchao Meng, Pengfei Ou, et al.. (2019). Effect of indium doping on motions of 〈 a 〉-prismatic edge dislocations in wurtzite gallium nitride. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(31). 315701–315701. 6 indexed citations

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