Ruyi Zhong

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ruyi Zhong is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruyi Zhong has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ruyi Zhong's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (10 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (8 papers). Ruyi Zhong is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (10 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (8 papers). Ruyi Zhong collaborates with scholars based in China, Belgium and United States. Ruyi Zhong's co-authors include Bert F. Sels, Simona M. Coman, Putla Sudarsanam, Vasile I. Pârvulescu, Sander Van den Bosch, Bo‐Qing Xu, Meng Gu, Limin Huang, Yuhe Liao and Keqiang Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, ACS Nano and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ruyi Zhong

33 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable biomass valorisation

2018 540 citations Putla Sudarsanam, Ruyi Zhong et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
A dynamic Ni(OH)2-NiOOH/NiFeP heterojunction enabling high-performance E-upgrading of hydroxymethylfurfural

2022 199 citations Lixin Xing, Ning Wang et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruyi Zhong China	20	875	786	779	452	419	35	1.9k
Yanfu Ma China	23	658 0.8×	864 1.1×	817 1.0×	538 1.2×	478 1.1×	34	2.1k
Ignacio Jiménez‐Morales Spain	20	704 0.8×	493 0.6×	426 0.5×	372 0.8×	384 0.9×	31	1.3k
Zhuoran Xu United States	15	500 0.6×	684 0.9×	890 1.1×	303 0.7×	539 1.3×	28	1.7k
Bingfeng Chen China	27	1.1k 1.2×	786 1.0×	703 0.9×	653 1.4×	190 0.5×	62	2.2k
Jie Zhu China	23	437 0.5×	792 1.0×	477 0.6×	359 0.8×	264 0.6×	86	1.5k
Florentina Neațu Romania	22	390 0.4×	920 1.2×	368 0.5×	214 0.5×	317 0.8×	63	1.5k
Abhijit Shrotri Japan	25	1.2k 1.4×	831 1.1×	379 0.5×	370 0.8×	115 0.3×	51	2.1k
David J. Chadderdon United States	14	792 0.9×	351 0.4×	1.2k 1.5×	227 0.5×	492 1.2×	17	1.5k
Chi Văn Nguyên Vietnam	17	521 0.6×	599 0.8×	281 0.4×	221 0.5×	187 0.4×	39	1.3k
Dezhang Ren China	18	440 0.5×	318 0.4×	545 0.7×	245 0.5×	278 0.7×	46	1.2k

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Tang, Xin‐Gui, et al.. (2025). Bifunctional optoelectronic devices based on Ruddlesden-Popper Sr2TiO4 for emulating neuromorphic attention mechanisms. Optics & Laser Technology. 192. 113491–113491. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Chao, Xiaomin Huang, Shaobo Han, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric Fe–O–Ni Pair Sites in Two-Step Dealloyed Prussian Blue Analogue Nanocubes Enrich Linear-Adsorbed Intermediates for Efficient Oxygen Evolution. ACS Nano. 19(37). 33230–33245. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Fei, Chen Sun, Ruyi Zhong, & Qiang Sun. (2025). Lignin-derived hard carbon with tailored microstructure as anode for high-performance sodium-ion battery. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 1000. 119644–119644.

Li, Jun, Haoyi Wu, Ruyi Zhong, et al.. (2024). Quenching-induced oxygen vacancy engineering boosts photocatalytic activities of CaTiO3. Applied Surface Science. 670. 160619–160619. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Yunhua, Chao Cai, Liyao Zheng, et al.. (2024). Dual interface engineering of self-supported crystalline/amorphous NiO/Ni(OH)2 nanosheet arrays for efficient and stable H2O splitting. Nano Materials Science. 8(2). 457–465. 3 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruyi, Qi Wang, Lei Du, et al.. (2023). Room-temperature fabrication of defective CoO_xH_y nanosheets with abundant oxygen vacancies and high porosity as efficient 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation electrocatalysts. Green Chemistry. 25(12). 4674–4684. 25 indexed citations

Dang, Jingshuang & Ruyi Zhong. (2022). Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. Coatings. 12(7). 982–982. 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Ruyi, Qi Wang, Lei Du, et al.. (2022). Ultrathin polycrystalline Co3O4 nanosheets with enriched oxygen vacancies for efficient electrochemical oxygen evolution and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation. Applied Surface Science. 584. 152553–152553. 43 indexed citations

Wang, Ning, Lixin Xing, Xiting Zhang, et al.. (2022). The emerging coupled low-PGM and PGM-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Chem Catalysis. 3(2). 100484–100484. 14 indexed citations

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Liao, Yuhe, Ruyi Zhong, Martin d’Halluin, Danny Verboekend, & Bert F. Sels. (2020). Aromatics Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Shape Selective Dealkylation of Lignin-Derived Phenolics over Hierarchical ZSM-5. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(23). 8713–8722. 57 indexed citations

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Wang, Qi, Zhi Liang Zhao, Zhe Zhang, et al.. (2019). Sub‐3 nm Intermetallic Ordered Pt₃In Clusters for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Advanced Science. 7(2). 1901279–1901279. 73 indexed citations

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Sudarsanam, Putla, Ruyi Zhong, Sander Van den Bosch, et al.. (2018). Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable biomass valorisation. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(22). 8349–8402. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhong, Ruyi, Yuhe Liao, Riyang Shu, Longlong Ma, & Bert F. Sels. (2018). Vapor-phase assisted hydrothermal carbon from sucrose and its application in acid catalysis. Green Chemistry. 20(6). 1345–1353. 33 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ruyi & Bert F. Sels. (2018). Sulfonated mesoporous carbon and silica-carbon nanocomposites for biomass conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 236. 518–545. 110 indexed citations

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Liao, Yuhe, Ruyi Zhong, Ekaterina Makshina, et al.. (2018). Propylphenol to Phenol and Propylene over Acidic Zeolites: Role of Shape Selectivity and Presence of Steam. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 7861–7878. 65 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ruyi, Li Peng, Remus Ion Iacobescu, et al.. (2016). Scalable Synthesis of Acidic Mesostructured Silica–Carbon Nanocomposite Catalysts by Rotary Evaporation. ChemCatChem. 9(1). 65–69. 9 indexed citations

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Locus, Roel, Danny Verboekend, Ruyi Zhong, et al.. (2016). Enhanced Acidity and Accessibility in Al-MCM-41 through Aluminum Activation. Chemistry of Materials. 28(21). 7731–7743. 37 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ruyi, Keqiang Sun, Yongchun Hong, & Bo‐Qing Xu. (2014). Impacts of Organic Stabilizers on Catalysis of Au Nanoparticles from Colloidal Preparation. ACS Catalysis. 4(11). 3982–3993. 104 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ruyi, et al.. (2013). Stabilizer substitution and its effect on the hydrogenation catalysis by Au nanoparticles from colloidal synthesis. Catalysis Science & Technology. 3(11). 3013–3013. 36 indexed citations

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Hong, Yongchun, Keqiang Sun, Guirong Zhang, Ruyi Zhong, & Bo‐Qing Xu. (2010). Fully dispersed Pt entities on nano-Au dramatically enhance the activity of gold for chemoselective hydrogenation catalysis. Chemical Communications. 47(4). 1300–1302. 48 indexed citations

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