Wei Hou

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 789 citations indexed

About

Wei Hou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Hou has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 789 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Biomaterials and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wei Hou's work include High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena (9 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). Wei Hou is often cited by papers focused on High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena (9 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (8 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). Wei Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Wei Hou's co-authors include Lizhi Zhang, Yancai Yao, Guangming Zhan, Qian Zheng, Jie Dai, Jiaxian Wang, Lijun Yang, Ruijin Liao, Long Zhao and Xingyue Zou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Hou

21 papers receiving 778 citations

Hit Papers

Spin polarized Fe1−Ti pairs for highly efficient electror... 2024 2026 2025 2024 50 100 150
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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. Spin polarized Fe1−Ti pairs for highly efficient electroreduction nitrate to ammonia
    2024 159 citations Jie Dai, Yawen Tong et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Hou China 12 386 348 296 166 129 23 789
Hee‐Joon Chun South Korea 13 540 1.4× 454 1.3× 463 1.6× 193 1.2× 69 0.5× 29 895
Aijing Ma China 16 415 1.1× 571 1.6× 289 1.0× 225 1.4× 32 0.2× 34 907
Hongtao Xie China 20 867 2.2× 555 1.6× 610 2.1× 387 2.3× 57 0.4× 43 1.3k
Kumar Siddharth Hong Kong 11 759 2.0× 327 0.9× 332 1.1× 528 3.2× 29 0.2× 15 1.1k
Yanzhen He China 18 440 1.1× 374 1.1× 87 0.3× 587 3.5× 27 0.2× 39 1.0k
Hui Yin China 16 478 1.2× 440 1.3× 212 0.7× 283 1.7× 15 0.1× 26 845
Chenglong Qiu China 13 344 0.9× 398 1.1× 205 0.7× 241 1.5× 12 0.1× 43 776
Sumei Han China 14 555 1.4× 336 1.0× 219 0.7× 279 1.7× 12 0.1× 30 778
Jingjing Qin China 13 198 0.5× 211 0.6× 127 0.4× 175 1.1× 28 0.2× 22 591

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Hou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Hou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Hou. 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 Wei Hou. The network helps show where Wei Hou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Hou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Hou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Hou 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 Wei Hou. Wei Hou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Junzhi, et al.. (2025). Automating nested watershed delineation over the world considering endorheic basins and islands. International Journal of Digital Earth. 18(1).
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Zhan, Guangming, Hao Li, Jie Dai, et al.. (2024). Highly selective urea electrooxidation coupled with efficient hydrogen evolution. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5918–5918. 70 indexed citations
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Hou, Wei, Qian Zheng, Hengyue Xu, et al.. (2024). Pd1-O-Ti dual sites for efficient electrochemical active hydrogen generation and bromate reduction. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 154. 63–72.
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Tong, Yawen, Yancai Yao, Weixing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Reversed I 1 Cu 4 single-atom sites for superior neutral ammonia electrosynthesis with nitrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(37). e2405236121–e2405236121. 48 indexed citations
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Dai, Jie, Yawen Tong, Long Zhao, et al.. (2024). Spin polarized Fe1−Ti pairs for highly efficient electroreduction nitrate to ammonia. Nature Communications. 15(1). 88–88. 159 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Jun, Wei Hou, Rong Fan, et al.. (2024). Magnetic Chitosan/ZrO2 Composites for Vanadium(V) Adsorption while Concurrently being Transformed to a Dual Functional Catalyst. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(57). e202402450–e202402450. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Qian, Hengyue Xu, Yancai Yao, et al.. (2024). Cobalt Single‐Atom Reverse Hydrogen Spillover for Efficient Electrochemical Water Dissociation and Dechlorination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(19). e202401386–e202401386. 71 indexed citations
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Hou, Wei, Yancai Yao, & Lizhi Zhang. (2023). Advances in Electrochemical Reductive Removal of Oxyanions in Water★. Acta Chimica Sinica. 81(8). 979–979. 2 indexed citations
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Yin, Fei, Lijun Yang, Wei Hou, Yuan Yuan, & Hua Yu. (2022). Study of dielectric properties of meta-aramid fibers by molecular dynamics methods using modified OPLSAA force field. Polymer. 259. 125331–125331. 9 indexed citations
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Yin, Fei, et al.. (2022). Origin of low dielectric permittivity in crosslinked cellulose/ Kevlar fiber composites as revealed via molecular dynamics simulation. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 286. 126008–126008. 6 indexed citations
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Hou, Wei, et al.. (2022). Enhancement and Mechanism of NH3 Plasma Treatment on Interfacial Combination of PMTA and Cellulose Insulation Matrix. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 29(3). 965–972. 8 indexed citations
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Yao, Yancai, Long Zhao, Jie Dai, et al.. (2022). Single Atom Ru Monolithic Electrode for Efficient Chlorine Evolution and Nitrate Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(41). e202208215–e202208215. 171 indexed citations
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Hou, Wei, et al.. (2021). Static dielectric constant and dielectric loss of cellulose insulation: Molecular dynamics simulations. High Voltage. 6(6). 1051–1060. 36 indexed citations
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Hou, Wei, et al.. (2021). Preparation of a Novel Cellulose Insulation with Network Structure by Citric Acid Crosslinking. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 28(4). 1171–1180. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Lijun, et al.. (2020). Preparation of Cellulose Insulating Paper with Low Dielectric Constant by BTCA Esterification Crosslinking. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 305(6). 36 indexed citations
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Yang, Lijun, et al.. (2019). Preparation of cellulose insulating paper of low dielectric constant by OAPS grafting. Cellulose. 26(12). 7451–7468. 55 indexed citations
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Weng, Lu‐Tao, et al.. (2005). Morphology-Driven Surface Segregation in a Blend of Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Poly(vinyl chloride). Langmuir. 21(17). 7968–7970. 26 indexed citations

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