Phong D. Tran

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Phong D. Tran is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Phong D. Tran has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 31 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Phong D. Tran's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (22 papers). Phong D. Tran is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (47 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (22 papers). Phong D. Tran collaborates with scholars based in Vietnam, France and Singapore. Phong D. Tran's co-authors include James Barber, Vincent Artero, Marc Fontecave, Lydia Helena Wong, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Bruno Jousselme, Serge Palacin, Alan Le Goff, Nicolas Guillet and Sudip K. Batabyal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Phong D. Tran

84 papers receiving 5.3k citations

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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.

From Hydrogenases to Noble Metal–Free Catalytic Nanomaterials for H ₂ Production and Uptake

2009 814 citations Vincent Artero, Phong D. Tran et al. profile →
Recent advances in hybrid photocatalysts for solar fuel production

2012 544 citations Phong D. Tran, Lydia Helena Wong et al. profile →
Coordination polymer structure and revisited hydrogen evolution catalytic mechanism for amorphous molybdenum sulfide

2016 521 citations Phong D. Tran, Thu Van Tran et al. Nature Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phong D. Tran Vietnam	28	4.2k	2.4k	2.2k	384	352	90	5.3k
Zhengkun Yang China	17	3.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	541 1.4×	375 1.1×	52	4.5k
Shasha Yi China	39	4.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	362 0.9×	305 0.9×	98	5.2k
Seok‐Jin Kim South Korea	22	3.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	643 1.7×	256 0.7×	51	4.7k
Chunmei Ding China	35	4.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	457 1.2×	268 0.8×	55	5.1k
Gao‐Feng Han China	32	3.5k 0.8×	2.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	576 1.5×	440 1.3×	86	5.2k
Yi Huang China	41	3.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	643 1.7×	515 1.5×	114	5.3k
Jingfu He China	30	3.9k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.2×	838 2.2×	421 1.2×	68	5.3k
Jun Ma China	36	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	927 2.4×	271 0.8×	112	4.6k
Hyuk‐Jun Noh South Korea	29	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	461 1.2×	316 0.9×	77	3.9k
Huimin Liu China	32	4.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	3.8k 1.7×	866 2.3×	409 1.2×	50	5.6k

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Hải, Nguyễn Duy, N. Tran, Jianmin Yu, et al.. (2025). Enrichment of γ-NiOOH in ultrathin metal-organic framework nanosheet arrays by linker engineering for urea-assisted natural seawater electrolysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 700(Pt 3). 138618–138618.

Le, Thi Anh, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of 1D/2D core–shell Cu NW@NiCo-LDH nanowire arrays as high-performance electrocatalysts for water splitting. Advances in Natural Sciences Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 16(3). 35011–35011.

Tran, Phong D., et al.. (2025). Synthesis of an imine-type nickel complex and investigation of its electrocatalytic activity for H₂ evolution. RSC Advances. 15(4). 2430–2436.

Hải, Nguyễn Duy, Lishan Peng, Thi Anh Le, et al.. (2025). Suppression of passivation on NiMoO4 microrod by ultrathin metal-organic-framework nanosheets in urea-assisted natural seawater splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 702(Pt 2). 138946–138946.

Le, Ly, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical unzipping of multiple-walled WS2 nanotubes for synthesis of WS2 nanoribbons being an attractive H2 evolution catalyst. Materials Letters. 377. 137415–137415. 1 indexed citations

Le, Ly, Đức Nghĩa Nguyễn, Quyen T. Nguyen, et al.. (2024). A novel method for the synthesis of MoSSe using an (Et₄N)₂[Mo₃S₄Se₃Br₆] complex as the sole precursor. Dalton Transactions. 53(37). 15638–15647. 1 indexed citations

Nguyen, Duc‐Toan, et al.. (2024). A novel method for preparing BiOI nanoplates and their use as precursors to synthesize porous BiVO₄ water oxidation photocatalysts. Dalton Transactions. 53(10). 4451–4460. 1 indexed citations

Le, Ly, et al.. (2023). Photoelectrodeposition of Ag3PO4 nanoparticles on BiVO4 photoanode for enhancing its photoelectrochemical water oxidation performance. Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices. 8(2). 100547–100547. 9 indexed citations

Nguyen, Thai, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of inverse opal molybdenum sulfide and its use as a catalyst for H₂ evolution. RSC Advances. 13(40). 27923–27933. 1 indexed citations

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Robert, François, Vincent Collière, Pierre Lecante, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of NiFeOx nanocatalysts from metal–organic precursors for the oxygen evolution reaction. Dalton Transactions. 51(30). 11457–11466. 6 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Minh Dang, Yen Thi Hai Pham, Đức Nghĩa Nguyễn, et al.. (2021). Decoration of AgOx hole collector to boost photocatalytic water oxidation activity of BiVO4 photoanode. Materials Today Energy. 21. 100762–100762. 11 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Quyen T., Élodie Rousset, Van Tu Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Covalent Grafting of Ruthenium Complexes on Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Hybrid Materials for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(45). 53829–53840. 4 indexed citations

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Le, Ly, et al.. (2020). Gold nanorod/molybdenum sulfide core–shell nanostructures synthesized by a photo-induced reduction process. Nanotechnology. 31(26). 265602–265602. 8 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Quyen T., Đức Nghĩa Nguyễn, Murukanahally Kempaiah Devaraju, et al.. (2019). Defect-rich exfoliated MoSe2 nanosheets by supercritical fluid process as an attractive catalyst for hydrogen evolution in water. Applied Surface Science. 505. 144537–144537. 26 indexed citations

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Tuyết, Nguyễn Thị, Quyen T. Nguyen, Anh D. Nguyen, et al.. (2019). Structure and electrochemical property of amorphous molybdenum selenide H2-evolving catalysts prepared by a solvothermal synthesis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 44(26). 13273–13283. 6 indexed citations

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Pham, Thuy‐Phuong T., et al.. (2019). New insights into the formation of amorphous molybdenum sulfide from a tetrathiomolybdate precursor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 61(4). 9–13. 3 indexed citations

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Tran, Phong D., Thu Van Tran, Maylis Orio, et al.. (2016). Coordination polymer structure and revisited hydrogen evolution catalytic mechanism for amorphous molybdenum sulfide. Nature Materials. 15(6). 640–646. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tuyết, Nguyễn Thị, Phong D. Tran, Stevin S. Pramana, et al.. (2013). In situ photo-assisted deposition of MoS2 electrocatalyst onto zinc cadmium sulphide nanoparticle surfaces to construct an efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen generation. Nanoscale. 5(4). 1479–1479. 130 indexed citations

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Tran, Phong D., Stevin S. Pramana, Vinayak S. Kale, et al.. (2012). Novel Assembly of an MoS₂ Electrocatalyst onto a Silicon Nanowire Array Electrode to Construct a Photocathode Composed of Elements Abundant on the Earth for Hydrogen Generation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(44). 13994–13999. 105 indexed citations

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Tran, Phong D. & James Barber. (2012). Proton reduction to hydrogen in biological and chemical systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(40). 13772–13772. 47 indexed citations

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