Tong-An Bu

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 900 citations indexed

About

Tong-An Bu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Tong-An Bu has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 900 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Materials Chemistry, 5 papers in Catalysis and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Tong-An Bu's work include Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (4 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (4 papers). Tong-An Bu is often cited by papers focused on Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (4 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (4 papers). Tong-An Bu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Czechia. Tong-An Bu's co-authors include Li‐Wei Chen, Yuchen Hao, Anxiang Yin, Xin Su, Nan Zhang, Wenyan Gao, Rui Si, Xiao Feng, Xinyu Wang and Chun‐Hua Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Communications, Nanoscale and Inorganic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tong-An Bu

10 papers receiving 885 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water

2019 776 citations Yuchen Hao, Yu Guo et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tong-An Bu China	5	753	742	402	225	117	11	900
Fengkun Hao China	11	836 1.1×	752 1.0×	320 0.8×	323 1.4×	159 1.4×	21	1.1k
Sheng-Nan Hu China	6	633 0.8×	580 0.8×	232 0.6×	295 1.3×	110 0.9×	7	759
Sourav Paul India	11	882 1.2×	778 1.0×	304 0.8×	270 1.2×	129 1.1×	18	989
Ruijie Guo China	9	500 0.7×	667 0.9×	353 0.9×	104 0.5×	139 1.2×	14	800
Jing‐Tan Han Canada	9	338 0.4×	413 0.6×	251 0.6×	102 0.5×	147 1.3×	10	592
Sishuang Tang United States	5	408 0.5×	378 0.5×	212 0.5×	184 0.8×	90 0.8×	5	542
Niklas H. Deissler Denmark	7	668 0.9×	375 0.5×	380 0.9×	208 0.9×	76 0.6×	11	768
Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind Denmark	8	680 0.9×	378 0.5×	391 1.0×	209 0.9×	77 0.7×	12	789
Vahid Shadravan Denmark	10	531 0.7×	270 0.4×	358 0.9×	150 0.7×	74 0.6×	14	639

Countries citing papers authored by Tong-An Bu

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Tong-An Bu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Tong-An Bu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Tong-An Bu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Tong-An Bu

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tong-An Bu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tong-An Bu. The network helps show where Tong-An Bu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tong-An Bu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tong-An Bu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tong-An Bu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tong-An Bu. Tong-An Bu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

11 of 11 papers shown

1.

Wang, Xinlei, Shanshan Xu, Tong-An Bu, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the role of reduction sintering method in Ca0.25Nd0.25Sr0.25Ba0.25TiO3 thermoelectric ceramics. Materials Today Chemistry. 48. 102906–102906.

2.

Wang, Xinlei, Tong-An Bu, Shanshan Xu, et al.. (2025). A‐site defect construction in medium‐entropy SrTiO ₃ ceramics for enhanced thermoelectric performance. Rare Metals. 44(5). 3324–3338. 3 indexed citations

3.

Chen, Haidong, et al.. (2025). Properties of polybenzoxazines derived from bio-based diamine: low dielectric constant and high heat resistance. Journal of Materials Science. 60(27). 11420–11434. 1 indexed citations

4.

Xu, Shanshan, et al.. (2024). Utilization of doping and compositing strategy for enhancing the thermoelectric performance of CaMnO3 perovskite. Ceramics International. 50(19). 37119–37125. 5 indexed citations

5.

Xu, Shanshan, Tong-An Bu, Xinlei Wang, et al.. (2024). Entropy Manipulation of SrTiO₃ Perovskite for Enhanced Thermoelectric and Mechanical Properties. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(52). 24724–24735. 3 indexed citations

6.

Su, Xin, Li‐Wei Chen, Zhejiaji Zhu, et al.. (2022). A quantitative single-nanowire study on the plasmonic enhancement for the upconversion photoluminescence of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(10). 2221–2230. 2 indexed citations

7.

Hao, Yuchen, Yu Guo, Li‐Wei Chen, et al.. (2019). Publisher Correction: Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water. Nature Catalysis. 2(5). 467–467. 19 indexed citations

8.

Gao, Wenyan, Yuchen Hao, Xin Su, et al.. (2019). Morphology-dependent electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction on Ag triangular nanoplates. Chemical Communications. 55(72). 10705–10708. 31 indexed citations

9.

Hao, Yuchen, Yu Guo, Li‐Wei Chen, et al.. (2019). Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water. Nature Catalysis. 2(5). 448–456. 776 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Bu, Tong-An, Yuchen Hao, Wenyan Gao, et al.. (2019). Promoting photocatalytic nitrogen fixation with alkali metal cations and plasmonic nanocrystals. Nanoscale. 11(20). 10072–10079. 57 indexed citations

11.

Yu, Fengli, Chunyu Liu, Congxia Xie, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and property of imidazolium oxidative-thermoregulated ionic liquids. Chinese Science Bulletin. 59(34). 4705–4711. 3 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact