Shaohua Shen

28.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
286 papers, 24.8k citations indexed

About

Shaohua Shen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaohua Shen has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 24.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 247 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 194 papers in Materials Chemistry and 90 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shaohua Shen's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (192 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (102 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (64 papers). Shaohua Shen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (192 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (102 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (64 papers). Shaohua Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Shaohua Shen's co-authors include Liejin Guo, Samuel S. Mao, Xiaobo Chen, Chung‐Li Dong, Yucheng Huang, Jie Chen, Daming Zhao, Liejin Guo, Liang Zhao and Liejin Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Shaohua Shen

271 papers receiving 24.5k citations

Hit Papers

Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2021 2017 2019 2016 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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.

  1. Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
    2010 7.0k citations Shaohua Shen, Samuel S. Mao et al. profile →
  2. Boron-doped nitrogen-deficient carbon nitride-based Z-scheme heterostructures for photocatalytic overall water splitting
    2021 1.2k citations Daming Zhao, Yiqing Wang et al. profile →
  3. Filling the oxygen vacancies in Co3O4with phosphorus: an ultra-efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting
    2017 974 citations Zhaohui Xiao, Yu Wang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  4. Synergy of Dopants and Defects in Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Exceptionally Modulated Band Structures for Efficient Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
    2019 855 citations Daming Zhao, Chung‐Li Dong et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. Hematite heterostructures for photoelectrochemical water splitting: rational materials design and charge carrier dynamics
    2016 487 citations Shaohua Shen et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shaohua Shen China 74 21.3k 17.5k 9.5k 1.9k 1.2k 286 24.8k
Takashi Hisatomi Japan 69 22.7k 1.1× 19.0k 1.1× 8.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 248 25.2k
Jae Sung Lee South Korea 89 18.6k 0.9× 16.2k 0.9× 9.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.3× 2.9k 2.5× 334 25.3k
Zhaosheng Li China 65 13.0k 0.6× 11.7k 0.7× 6.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 598 0.5× 311 16.7k
Hua Gui Yang China 89 20.9k 1.0× 19.1k 1.1× 13.9k 1.5× 2.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.7× 422 31.1k
Yingpu Bi China 58 13.8k 0.6× 12.0k 0.7× 5.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 680 0.6× 169 16.0k
Junwang Tang United Kingdom 90 25.4k 1.2× 23.0k 1.3× 9.8k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 2.6k 2.2× 329 31.7k
Kyoung‐Shin Choi United States 68 12.8k 0.6× 11.0k 0.6× 7.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 704 0.6× 162 18.3k
John A. Turner United States 55 13.3k 0.6× 10.1k 0.6× 10.0k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 196 19.3k
Tianyou Peng China 75 17.4k 0.8× 15.7k 0.9× 7.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 810 0.7× 280 21.9k
Roel van de Krol Germany 59 12.1k 0.6× 11.0k 0.6× 7.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 428 0.4× 193 16.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaohua Shen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shen, Shaohua, et al.. (2025). Application of machine learning to thermal management of solid-state hydrogen storage: A comprehensive review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 223. 116010–116010. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Xiangjiu Guan, Daming Zhao, Bin Wang, & Shaohua Shen. (2025). Advancing Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting with Z‐Scheme Heterojunctions by Interfacial Manipulation. Advanced Materials. e15717–e15717.
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Zhao, Daming, Yuxiao Yang, Vassiliοs Binas, & Shaohua Shen. (2024). Interface engineering of Z-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic water splitting. Fundamental Research. 5(5). 2204–2208. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Daming, Yuxiao Yang, Vassiliοs Binas, & Shaohua Shen. (2024). Metal atom-induced microenvironment regulation in polymeric carbon nitride for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Science China Materials. 67(6). 1765–1779. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, et al.. (2024). Thermal management matters in photovoltaic–electrocatalysis for solar hydrogen production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 205–216. 3 indexed citations
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Fang, Wenjian, Zhidong Wei, Mingxia Chen, et al.. (2023). Realization of multilocal gradient-doping PCN by alkali metal ion sustained release capsules for enhanced photocatalytic water splitting. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 339. 123155–123155. 12 indexed citations
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Jiang, Long, Le Li, Xiangjiu Guan, et al.. (2023). Sequential Growth of Cs3Bi2I9/BiVO4 Direct Z-Scheme Heterojunction for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Transactions of Tianjin University. 29(6). 462–472. 31 indexed citations
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Huang, Yucheng, Jie Chen, Ying‐Rui Lu, et al.. (2023). Single-atom cobalt-incorporating carbon nitride for photocatalytic solar hydrogen conversion: An X-ray spectromicroscopy study. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 264. 147319–147319. 6 indexed citations
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Cheng, Cheng, Liuhao Mao, Xin Kang, et al.. (2023). A high-cyano groups-content amorphous-crystalline carbon nitride isotype heterojunction photocatalyst for high-quantum-yield H2 production and enhanced CO2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 331. 122733–122733. 112 indexed citations
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Li, Yanrui, Yiqing Wang, Chung‐Li Dong, et al.. (2021). Single-atom nickel terminating sp2 and sp3 nitride in polymeric carbon nitride for visible-light photocatalytic overall water splitting. Chemical Science. 12(10). 3633–3643. 100 indexed citations
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Li, Naixu, Li Yao, Jiancheng Zhou, et al.. (2019). Plasma-Assisted Photocatalysis of CH4 and CO2 into Ethylene. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(13). 11455–11463. 82 indexed citations
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Qiu, Siyao, Qinye Li, Yongjun Xu, Shaohua Shen, & Chenghua Sun. (2019). Learning from nature: Understanding hydrogenase enzyme using computational approach. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 10(1). 13 indexed citations
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Sinhamahapatra, Apurba, Ha‐Young Lee, Shaohua Shen, Samuel S. Mao, & Jong‐Sung Yu. (2018). H-doped TiO2-x prepared with MgH2 for highly efficient solar-driven hydrogen production. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 237. 613–621. 49 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Hairui Cai, Daming Zhao, et al.. (2018). Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by partially replaced corner-site C atom with P in g-C3N4. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 244. 486–493. 119 indexed citations
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He, Lingyun, et al.. (2017). Pulsed laser-deposited n-Si/NiOxphotoanodes for stable and efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(12). 2632–2638. 26 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zhaohui, Yu Wang, Yucheng Huang, et al.. (2017). Filling the oxygen vacancies in Co3O4with phosphorus: an ultra-efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(12). 2563–2569. 974 indexed citations breakdown →
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