Pinyun Ren

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Pinyun Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Pinyun Ren has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Pinyun Ren's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (11 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (9 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers). Pinyun Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (11 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (9 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers). Pinyun Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Pinyun Ren's co-authors include Qinglin Zhang, Jinyou Xu, Xianpei Ren, Honglai Li, Xiujuan Zhuang, Anlian Pan, Hong Zhou, Wei Hu, Liang Ma and Yi Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Pinyun Ren

30 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Growth of Alloy MoS2xSe2(1–x) Nanosheets with Fully Tunab... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Growth of Alloy MoS2xSe2(1–x) Nanosheets with Fully Tunable Chemical Compositions and Optical Properties
    2014 453 citations Honglai Li, Xiujuan Zhuang et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pinyun Ren China 16 973 750 411 211 145 33 1.4k
Rongjie Gao China 19 580 0.6× 747 1.0× 653 1.6× 112 0.5× 47 0.3× 62 1.4k
Zhenbo Liu China 17 765 0.8× 375 0.5× 100 0.2× 271 1.3× 45 0.3× 63 1.4k
Ranjit Hawaldar India 16 611 0.6× 530 0.7× 164 0.4× 201 1.0× 65 0.4× 47 1.0k
Ganesh Koyyada South Korea 19 662 0.7× 701 0.9× 437 1.1× 115 0.5× 37 0.3× 73 1.3k
Αntonios Kouloumpis Greece 19 1.0k 1.0× 292 0.4× 72 0.2× 347 1.6× 38 0.3× 46 1.3k
Naoki Kishi Japan 19 749 0.8× 417 0.6× 182 0.4× 174 0.8× 21 0.1× 111 1.1k
O. Ceballos-Sánchez Mexico 17 569 0.6× 360 0.5× 262 0.6× 95 0.5× 23 0.2× 34 898
H. Erguig Morocco 20 850 0.9× 720 1.0× 168 0.4× 121 0.6× 20 0.1× 65 1.2k
Olivia Niitsoo Israel 12 913 0.9× 701 0.9× 492 1.2× 137 0.6× 14 0.1× 17 1.2k
Min Yin China 18 836 0.9× 968 1.3× 1.1k 2.8× 173 0.8× 17 0.1× 30 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pinyun Ren

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mao, W., Meng Pang, Wei He, et al.. (2025). Topologically Guided Nanowire Arrays on Teflon Cloth for Bending‐Stable Photodetector Integration and Optical Communication. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(48).
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Shi, Lei, Ying Lv, Pinyun Ren, et al.. (2025). A far-red phosphor based on garnet-related Li6CaLa2Ta2O12:Mn4+ and its responsiveness to phytochrome PFR. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 349. 125450–125450. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Lei, et al.. (2025). CaGdMgTaO6:Mn4 + deep-red phosphor with high thermal stability for application in plant growth lighting. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1036. 181988–181988. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Pinyun, Zheyu Wang, Xiangtao Chen, et al.. (2025). Self-Oriented Polycrystalline InP Nanowires Guided by Nanogrooves and Their Near-Infrared Photoresponse. Crystal Growth & Design. 25(8). 2456–2464. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Pinyun, Rui Wang, Tianyu Wang, et al.. (2024). Effect and mechanism of hydrogen annealing temperature on the HER performance of RuO2-based catalysts in acid media. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 72. 1049–1057. 5 indexed citations
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Ren, Pinyun, Rui Wang, Yujie Yang, et al.. (2024). Ru Nanoparticle-Anchored MoP@Mo Composites for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Acidic and Alkaline Media. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(1). 659–667. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Pinyun, Xianpei Ren, Jinyou Xu, et al.. (2022). Excellent adsorption property and mechanism of oxygen vacancies-assisted hexagonal MoO3 nanosheets for methylene blue and rhodamine b dyes. Applied Surface Science. 597. 153699–153699. 39 indexed citations
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Lin, Yi, Pinyun Ren, & Chengyang Wei. (2019). Fabrication of MoS2/TiO2 heterostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity. CrystEngComm. 21(22). 3439–3450. 92 indexed citations
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Ren, Xianpei, Fan Yang, Rong Chen, Pinyun Ren, & Yonghua Wang. (2019). Improvement of HER activity for MoS2: insight into the effect and mechanism of phosphorus post-doping. New Journal of Chemistry. 44(4). 1493–1499. 53 indexed citations
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Ren, Pinyun, Yuehua Peng, Weichang Zhou, et al.. (2019). In-Plane Anisotropic Raman Response and Electrical Conductivity with Robust Electron–Photon and Electron–Phonon Interactions of Air Stable MoO2 Nanosheets. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(9). 2182–2190. 39 indexed citations
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Ren, Xianpei, Qingbo Wei, Pinyun Ren, Yonghua Wang, & Rong Chen. (2018). Synthesis of flower-like MoSe2@MoS2 nanocomposites as the high efficient water splitting electrocatalyst. Materials Letters. 231. 213–216. 42 indexed citations
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Ren, Xianpei, et al.. (2018). Facile sol-gel synthesis of C@MoSe2 core-shell composites as advanced hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst. Materials Letters. 238. 286–289. 21 indexed citations
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Ren, Xianpei, Qiang Ma, Pinyun Ren, & Yonghua Wang. (2018). Synthesis of nitrogen-doped MoSe2 nanosheets with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43(32). 15275–15280. 49 indexed citations
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Li, Honglai, Pinyun Ren, Jinyou Xu, et al.. (2014). Microphotoluminescence of individual ZnSe nanoribbons. Materials Letters. 129. 118–121. 15 indexed citations
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Ren, Pinyun, Jinyou Xu, Yi‐Cheng Wang, et al.. (2013). Synthesis and optical properties of InP quantum dot/nanowire heterostructures. physica status solidi (a). 210(9). 1898–1902. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yicheng, Jinyou Xu, Pinyun Ren, et al.. (2013). Bandgap broadly tunable GaZnSeAs alloy nanowires. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(8). 2912–2912. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Yicheng, Jinyou Xu, Pinyun Ren, et al.. (2013). Complete composition tunability of Cd1−Zn Te alloy nanostructures along a single substrate. Materials Letters. 105. 90–94. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuanyuan, Zhuotong Zeng, Guangming Zeng, et al.. (2011). Immobilization of laccase on magnetic bimodal mesoporous carbon and the application in the removal of phenolic compounds. Bioresource Technology. 115. 21–26. 237 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinjuan, et al.. (2011). Synthesis of Mn-doped ZnS architectures in ternary solution and their optical properties. Applied Surface Science. 257(24). 10898–10902. 31 indexed citations

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