Qun Fan

5.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Qun Fan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Qun Fan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 19 papers in Catalysis and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Qun Fan's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (24 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (16 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Qun Fan is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (24 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (16 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers). Qun Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and United States. Qun Fan's co-authors include Zhenyu Sun, Hengcong Tao, Tao Ma, Sheng Zhang, Buxing Han, Shizhen Liu, Thomas J. Meyer, Rong Xia, Song Hong and Yousung Jung and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Qun Fan

33 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Fundamentals and Challenges of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Two-Dimensional Materials

2017 1.0k citations Zhenyu Sun, Tao Ma et al. Chem profile →
Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

2018 851 citations Hengcong Tao, Changhyeok Choi et al. Chem profile →
CO₂ Reduction: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis

2020 533 citations Sheng Zhang, Qun Fan et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
Multiscale CO₂ Electrocatalysis to C₂₊ Products: Reaction Mechanisms, Catalyst Design, and Device Fabrication

2023 199 citations Tianxiang Yan, Xiaoyi Chen et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qun Fan China	23	4.1k	2.4k	2.1k	1.2k	518	34	5.0k
Hyo Sang Jeon South Korea	35	5.3k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	630 1.2×	71	6.1k
Hengpan Yang China	41	5.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	463 0.9×	111	6.3k
Xiangdong Kong China	26	3.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	838 0.7×	235 0.5×	48	3.7k
Alexander Bagger Denmark	33	6.2k 1.5×	3.3k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	684 1.3×	69	7.0k
Hyung Chul Ham South Korea	38	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	253 0.5×	155	4.6k
Yuvraj Y. Birdja Netherlands	17	3.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	607 1.2×	20	4.3k
Mingjie Liu United States	22	3.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	276 0.5×	65	4.4k
Molly Meng‐Jung Li Hong Kong	31	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	953 0.8×	415 0.8×	78	4.1k
Claudio Ampelli Italy	31	2.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	630 0.5×	306 0.6×	85	3.4k
Bari Wulan China	23	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	739 0.6×	221 0.4×	40	4.1k

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Fan, Qun, Yihan Xu, Xiaoyi Chen, et al.. (2024). Boosting CO2 electrocatalysis through electrical double layer regulations. iScience. 27(3). 109060–109060.

Liu, Zhihui, Hai Liu, Jianping Li, et al.. (2024). Pd‐Doped In₂O₃ for CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethanol through CO Binding Regulation. ChemCatChem. 16(10). 4 indexed citations

Lin, Jianlong, Haoyuan Chi, Hai Liu, et al.. (2024). Concentrated formate produced through co‐electrolysis of CO₂ and methanol in a zero‐gap electrolyzer. AIChE Journal. 70(5). 6 indexed citations

Fan, Qun, Tian‐Tian Xiao, Tianxiang Yan, et al.. (2024). Proton-Transfer Dynamics Regulates CO₂ Electroreduction Products via Hydrogen Coverage. ACS Central Science. 10(12). 2331–2337. 11 indexed citations

Chi, Haoyuan, Jianlong Lin, Siyu Kuang, et al.. (2023). Self-supported ultrathin NiCo layered double hydroxides nanosheets electrode for efficient electrosynthesis of formate. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 85. 267–275. 19 indexed citations

Li, Jianping, Siyu Kuang, Hai Liu, et al.. (2023). Stabilizing Cu Catalysts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction Using a Carbon Overlayer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(8). 3952–3959. 7 indexed citations

Yan, Tianxiang, Xiaoyi Chen, Lata Kumari, et al.. (2023). Multiscale CO₂ Electrocatalysis to C₂₊ Products: Reaction Mechanisms, Catalyst Design, and Device Fabrication. Chemical Reviews. 123(17). 10530–10583. 199 indexed citations breakdown →

Fan, Qun, et al.. (2022). Iron Nanoparticles Tuned to Catalyze CO₂ Electroreduction in Acidic Solutions through Chemical Microenvironment Engineering. ACS Catalysis. 12(13). 7517–7523. 69 indexed citations

Liu, Jinping, Qun Fan, Xiaoyi Chen, et al.. (2022). Hollow Copper Nanocubes Promoting CO₂ Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 61(50). 18250–18257. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Kai, Qun Fan, Hongyuan Chuai, et al.. (2021). Revisiting Chlor-Alkali Electrolyzers: from Materials to Devices. Transactions of Tianjin University. 27(3). 202–216. 61 indexed citations

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Zhang, Sheng, Qun Fan, Rong Xia, & Thomas J. Meyer. (2020). CO₂ Reduction: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 53(1). 255–264. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kuang, Siyu, et al.. (2020). Recent Advances in Electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction Using CopperBased Catalysts. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 0(0). 2006034–0. 21 indexed citations

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Fan, Qun, et al.. (2020). First-row transition metal oxide oxygen evolution electrocatalysts: regulation strategies and mechanistic understandings. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(11). 5417–5432. 130 indexed citations

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Ma, Tao, Qun Fan, Xin Li, et al.. (2019). Graphene-based materials for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 30. 168–182. 116 indexed citations

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Han, Zishan, Changhyeok Choi, Hengcong Tao, et al.. (2018). Tuning the Pd-catalyzed electroreduction of CO₂to CO with reduced overpotential. Catalysis Science & Technology. 8(15). 3894–3900. 28 indexed citations

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Tao, Hengcong, Changhyeok Choi, Liang‐Xin Ding, et al.. (2018). Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction. Chem. 5(1). 204–214. 851 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Tao, Qun Fan, Hengcong Tao, et al.. (2017). Heterogeneous electrochemical CO₂ reduction using nonmetallic carbon-based catalysts: current status and future challenges. Nanotechnology. 28(47). 472001–472001. 88 indexed citations

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Coelho, Margarida C., Elby Titus, G. Cabral, et al.. (2008). Hydrogen Adsorption onto Nickel Modified Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 8(8). 4023–4028. 5 indexed citations

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Strasser, Peter, Qun Fan, Martin Devenney, et al.. (2003). High Throughput Experimental and Theoretical Predictive Screening of Materials − A Comparative Study of Search Strategies for New Fuel Cell Anode Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(40). 11013–11021. 205 indexed citations

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Cong, Peijun, Robert Doolen, Qun Fan, et al.. (1999). High‐Throughput Synthesis and Screening of Combinatorial Heterogeneous Catalyst Libraries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(4). 483–488. 179 indexed citations

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