Pengju Ren

9.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
90 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Pengju Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengju Ren has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Catalysis and 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Pengju Ren's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (34 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (18 papers). Pengju Ren is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (34 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (18 papers). Pengju Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Pengju Ren's co-authors include Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng, Jiao Deng, Jiao Deng, Liang Yu, Jianping Xiao, Xiaodong Wen, Xiaoju Cui, Yunchuan Tu and Fan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Pengju Ren

85 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Triggering the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of the inert two-dimensional MoS₂ surface via single-atom metal doping

2015 1.2k citations Jiao Deng, Yunchuan Tu et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Enhanced Electron Penetration through an Ultrathin Graphene Layer for Highly Efficient Catalysis of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2015 1.2k citations Jiao Deng, Pengju Ren et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Enhanced Electron Penetration through an Ultrathin Graphene Layer for Highly Efficient Catalysis of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2015 877 citations Jiao Deng, Pengju Ren et al. profile →
Highly active and durable non-precious-metal catalysts encapsulated in carbon nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction

2014 863 citations Jiao Deng, Pengju Ren et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Single layer graphene encapsulating non-precious metals as high-performance electrocatalysts for water oxidation

2015 737 citations Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Atomically Dispersed Pd on Nanodiamond/Graphene Hybrid for Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene

2018 428 citations Fei Huang, Yuchen Deng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengju Ren China	32	6.0k	4.3k	3.7k	1.2k	875	90	8.4k
S. Karakalos United States	43	7.7k 1.3×	5.8k 1.4×	4.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	724 0.8×	105	10.6k
Chih‐Wen Pao Taiwan	54	7.1k 1.2×	4.3k 1.0×	4.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	238	10.8k
Pengtang Wang China	44	7.5k 1.2×	4.4k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.8×	666 0.8×	65	8.9k
Jiajia Song China	30	8.9k 1.5×	6.8k 1.6×	4.6k 1.3×	850 0.7×	792 0.9×	78	11.4k
Chun‐Ran Chang China	38	4.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	101	7.3k
Xun Hong China	48	8.7k 1.4×	5.2k 1.2×	5.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	118	12.1k
Guigao Liu China	46	8.0k 1.3×	3.6k 0.9×	6.3k 1.7×	860 0.7×	591 0.7×	97	10.0k
Yujin Ji China	46	5.2k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	493 0.6×	160	7.1k
Jie Yin China	47	6.8k 1.1×	5.9k 1.4×	3.3k 0.9×	770 0.6×	473 0.5×	156	9.4k
Chang Hyuck Choi South Korea	49	7.6k 1.3×	5.6k 1.3×	3.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	535 0.6×	122	9.2k

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Ren, Pengju, Haiyong Wang, Y. D. Cui, et al.. (2025). Direct Synthesis of Aromatics for Jet Fuel by Integrating CO₂-FTS and Toluene Alkylation Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 15(15). 13233–13242.

Ren, Pengju, He Wang, Xin Yu, et al.. (2025). Distinct Diffusion and Recombination Dynamics of Atomic Carbon and Oxygen on Face-Centered Cubic and Body-Centered Cubic Iron Multilayers. ACS Nano. 19(11). 11120–11132. 1 indexed citations

Wang, He, Pengju Ren, Xiue Li, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Reconfiguration and Induced Symmetry Switching in Iron Carbide Surface by Adsorbed Hydrogen. ACS Materials Letters. 7(7). 2541–2546. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Pengju, Shaocheng Zhang, X. Wei, et al.. (2024). Template assisted assembly and diffusion of Cu on biphase Fe2O3(0001). Applied Surface Science. 687. 162227–162227.

Lu, Kuan, Ke Zheng, Xin Yu, et al.. (2024). Atomic-level insight into the carburization process of iron-based catalysts: A ReaxFF molecular dynamics study. Journal of Catalysis. 438. 115719–115719. 4 indexed citations

Wang, He, Pengju Ren, Xiao Han, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic Insights into CO Reactivity on Iron-Based Catalysts: Role of Surface Atomic Carbon. ACS Catalysis. 14(19). 14721–14732. 3 indexed citations

Man, Yi, Pengju Ren, Runduo Zhang, et al.. (2023). High-performance Al-doped Cu/ZnO catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol: MIL-53(Al) source-enabled oxygen vacancy engineering and related promoting mechanisms. Chemical Engineering Journal. 480. 148195–148195. 25 indexed citations

Ren, Pengju, Xin Yu, Tianfu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Similarities and trends in adsorbate induced reconstruction – Structure and stability of FCC iron and cobalt surface carbides. Applied Surface Science. 626. 157245–157245. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaowen, Xuetao Qin, Mi Peng, et al.. (2023). Structure-dependence and metal-dependence on atomically dispersed Ir catalysts for efficient n-butane dehydrogenation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2588–2588. 38 indexed citations

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Ren, Pengju, Xin Yu, Tianfu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Additions to “Atomistic Understanding of the Formation, Structure, and Decomposition of an Fe₄C Iron Carbide Phase on a Copper Substrate”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(42). 20972–20973. 1 indexed citations

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Ren, Pengju, Xin Yu, Tianfu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Atomistic Understanding of the Formation, Structure, and Decomposition of an Fe₄C Iron Carbide Phase on a Copper Substrate. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(26). 12811–12820. 6 indexed citations

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Yu, Xin, C. J. Weststrate, Pengju Ren, et al.. (2021). Role of Interfaces in the Thermal Reduction Process of the FeO/Cu₂O/Cu(100) Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(38). 20863–20869. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yong, Pengju Ren, Jingting Hu, et al.. (2021). Electron penetration triggering interface activity of Pt-graphene for CO oxidation at room temperature. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5814–5814. 78 indexed citations

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Li, Siwei, Jinjia Liu, Zhen Yin, et al.. (2019). Impact of the Coordination Environment on Atomically Dispersed Pt Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 10(1). 907–913. 140 indexed citations

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Zhao, Peng, Pengju Ren, C. J. Weststrate, et al.. (2018). Intercalation Mechanisms of Fe Atoms underneath A Graphene Monolayer on Ru(0001). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(40). 22903–22910. 8 indexed citations

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Huang, Fei, Yuchen Deng, Yunlei Chen, et al.. (2018). Atomically Dispersed Pd on Nanodiamond/Graphene Hybrid for Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(41). 13142–13146. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Zhenchao, et al.. (2018). Unveiling chain–chain interactions in CO 2 -based crystalline stereocomplexed polycarbonates by solid-state NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 27(2). 361–366. 4 indexed citations

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Lu, Yuanjun, Bryan E. G. Lucier, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2017). Sizable dynamics in small pores: CO₂location and motion in the α-Mg formate metal–organic framework. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(8). 6130–6141. 39 indexed citations

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Deng, Jiao, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng, & Xinhe Bao. (2015). Enhanced Electron Penetration through an Ultrathin Graphene Layer for Highly Efficient Catalysis of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(7). 2100–2104. 1198 indexed citations breakdown →

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Deng, Jiao, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng, et al.. (2014). Highly active and durable non-precious-metal catalysts encapsulated in carbon nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction. Energy & Environmental Science. 7(6). 1919–1923. 863 indexed citations breakdown →

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