Xiaohui Ren

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaohui Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohui Ren has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Materials Chemistry, 68 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaohui Ren's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (52 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (31 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (22 papers). Xiaohui Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (52 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (31 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (22 papers). Xiaohui Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Macao. Xiaohui Ren's co-authors include Zongyu Huang, Xiang Qi, Han Zhang, Jianxin Zhong, Hui Qiao, Ligang Chen, Zhongjun Li, Jinhua Ye, Jianqing Li and Shunqin Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohui Ren

114 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Environmentally Robust Black Phosphorus Nanosheets in Solution: Application for Self‐Powered Photodetector

2017 382 citations Xiaohui Ren, Zhongjun Li et al. profile →
Self‐Powered Photodetectors Based on 2D Materials

2019 354 citations Hui Qiao, Zongyu Huang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaohui Ren China	38	3.5k	2.3k	2.2k	834	711	123	5.2k
Qunhui Yuan China	36	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	832 1.0×	487 0.7×	138	4.3k
Yukihide Shiraishi Japan	37	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	668 0.9×	148	5.0k
Shengyang Tao China	36	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	953 0.4×	508 0.6×	904 1.3×	135	3.5k
Shi‐Zhao Kang China	31	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	444 0.5×	660 0.9×	243	3.8k
Weichun Ye China	37	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	769 0.9×	744 1.0×	105	4.1k
Uttam Kumar Ghorai India	36	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	428 0.5×	506 0.7×	151	4.5k
Kefeng Xie China	37	1.9k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	617 0.7×	644 0.9×	140	4.1k
John Rick Taiwan	45	2.4k 0.7×	4.0k 1.8×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	996 1.4×	94	7.0k
Yanfeng Tang China	32	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	380 0.5×	546 0.8×	151	3.8k
Man Qiao China	32	2.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	3.8k 1.7×	701 0.8×	193 0.3×	74	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaohui Ren

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ren, Xiaohui, Ying Wen, Tian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Rational construction and design of bimetallic Co-Ni species by pulsed laser irradiation for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. Materials Science and Engineering B. 314. 118011–118011. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yuelong, et al.. (2025). Investigation of corrosion inhibition of aluminum alloys in alkaline solutions using betaine derivatives and Na2SiO3 hybrids. 7. 100085–100085.

Chu, W.Y., Xiaohui Ren, Feng Ma, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Coordinated Active Sites of Transition Metal Complexes: Exploring Metal–Molecule Interactions for Governing CO₂-to-CO Conversion. ACS Nano. 19(18). 17336–17346. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yuelong, Jinyan Liu, Bo Chen, & Xiaohui Ren. (2025). Investigation of three betaine surfactants and KI compounds as a corrosion inhibitor on carbon steel in industrial pickling. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1328. 141269–141269. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Cailing, Xiaohui Ren, Artem V. Kuklin, et al.. (2025). Enriched Oxygen Vacancy‐Mediated Efficient Charge Transfer in S‐Scheme ZnO‐V _O @Zn _0.5 Cd _0.5 S Heterojunction for Rapid U(VI) Removal From Nuclear Wastewater. Advanced Science. 12(43). e12163–e12163.

Wei, Songrui, Shasha Sun, Gege Wu, et al.. (2025). Main-Group Nonmetal Single-Selenium-Atom Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(19). 9372–9379.

Zhan, Shaoqi, Yule Zhang, Artem V. Kuklin, et al.. (2025). An Electron Transfer Mediated Mechanism for Efficient Photoreforming of Waste Plastics Using a Ni₃S₄/ZnCdS Heterojunction. Advanced Materials. 37(14). e2416581–e2416581. 24 indexed citations

Dai, Chunhui, Chengyin Liu, Yushuai Jia, et al.. (2024). Fluorine lattice-doped ZnS with accompanying sulfur vacancies for high activity and selectivity of CO2 conversion to CO. Ceramics International. 50(11). 19769–19780. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Jinyan, et al.. (2024). Corrosion inhibition performance of two plant extracts and sodium silicate compound on AA2024-T3 aluminum alloy in NaOH medium. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177977–177977. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Leiming, Artem V. Kuklin, Huating Liu, et al.. (2024). Facile Exfoliation of Few‐Layer Sn‐Based Nanosheets for Self‐Powered Photo‐Electrochemical and All‐Optical Modulation Applications. Small. 20(46). e2404228–e2404228. 3 indexed citations

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He, Wei, Xiaohui Ren, & Jinyan Liu. (2024). Corrosion inhibition performance of RNC-n on aluminum alloy surface in alkaline solution. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1317. 139107–139107. 5 indexed citations

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Ali, Sajjad, Chunhui Dai, Qing Zeng, et al.. (2024). A Full-Spectrum ZnS Photocatalyst with Gradient Distribution of Atomic Copper Dopants and Concomitant Sulfur Vacancies for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Nano. 46 indexed citations

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Jia, Yushuai, Xiaohui Ren, Xin Liu, et al.. (2024). Cr dopants and S vacancies in ZnS to trigger efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution and CO2 reduction. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 199. 75–85. 42 indexed citations

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Yao, Bowen, et al.. (2023). Enhanced glucose sensing performance of p-n Cu2O homojunction promoted by Cu(I)/Cu(III) redox process. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 940. 117500–117500. 9 indexed citations

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Song, Xinyue, et al.. (2023). Vertically aligned Ag-decorated MoS2 nanosheets supported on polyvinyl alcohol flexible substrate enable high-sensitivity and self-cleaning SERS devices. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(2). 109437–109437. 13 indexed citations

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Tang, Qingqing, Yingying Gu, Jing Ning, et al.. (2023). Boosting photocatalysis of hydrazone-linked covalent organic frameworks through introducing electron-rich conjugated aldehyde. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144106–144106. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tian, Xiaohui Ren, Feng Ma, et al.. (2023). MOF-derived Co(Ni)Ox species loading on two-dimensional cobalt phosphide: A Janus electrocatalyst toward efficient and stable overall water splitting. Applied Materials Today. 34. 101912–101912. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Xusheng, Wenbin Wu, Xinya Feng, et al.. (2023). In Situ Encapsulation of Graphene Quantum Dots in Highly Stable Porphyrin Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Molecules. 28(12). 4703–4703. 21 indexed citations

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Qiao, Hui, Zhongjun Li, Zongyu Huang, et al.. (2020). Self-powered photodetectors based on 0D/2D mixed dimensional heterojunction with black phosphorus quantum dots as hole accepters. Applied Materials Today. 20. 100765–100765. 68 indexed citations

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Shi, Li, Qi Wang, Xiaohui Ren, et al.. (2020). Efficient photocatalytic CO₂ reduction mediated by transitional metal borides: metal site-dependent activity and selectivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(41). 21833–21841. 32 indexed citations

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