Yang Hou

35.7k total citations · 15 hit papers
469 papers, 31.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Hou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Hou has authored 469 papers receiving a total of 31.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 284 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 203 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 137 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yang Hou's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (161 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (131 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (100 papers). Yang Hou is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (161 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (131 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (100 papers). Yang Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and New Zealand. Yang Hou's co-authors include Zhenhai Wen, Lecheng Lei, Junhong Chen, Zhongjian Li, Xinliang Feng, Shumao Cui, Bin Yang, Xinyong Li, Qidong Zhao and Xiaodong Zhuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yang Hou

447 papers receiving 31.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Electrocatalysis for CO₂conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

2021 995 citations Yang Hou, Zhenhai Wen et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Constructing 2D Porous Graphitic C₃N₄ Nanosheets/Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Layered MoS₂ Ternary Nanojunction with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Activity

2013 789 citations Yang Hou, Zhenhai Wen et al. profile →
Vertically oriented cobalt selenide/NiFe layered-double-hydroxide nanosheets supported on exfoliated graphene foil: an efficient 3D electrode for overall water splitting

2015 774 citations Yang Hou et al. profile →
An Advanced Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Cobalt‐Embedded Porous Carbon Polyhedron Hybrid for Efficient Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction and Water Splitting

2014 698 citations Yang Hou, Zhenhai Wen et al. profile →
High-performance bi-functional electrocatalysts of 3D crumpled graphene–cobalt oxide nanohybrids for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions

2013 569 citations Zhenhai Wen, Yang Hou et al. profile →
Metal−Organic Framework‐Derived Nitrogen‐Doped Core‐Shell‐Structured Porous Fe/Fe₃C@C Nanoboxes Supported on Graphene Sheets for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reactions

2014 533 citations Yang Hou, Zhenhai Wen et al. profile →
Microporous Framework Induced Synthesis of Single-Atom Dispersed Fe-N-C Acidic ORR Catalyst and Its in Situ Reduced Fe-N₄ Active Site Identification Revealed by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

2018 497 citations Yang Hou, Qinggang He et al. profile →
Atomically dispersed nickel–nitrogen–sulfur species anchored on porous carbon nanosheets for efficient water oxidation

2019 491 citations Yang Hou, Ming Qiu et al. profile →
Efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution on atomically dispersed Ni–N_x Species anchored porous carbon with embedded Ni nanoparticles by accelerating water dissociation kinetics

2018 467 citations Yang Hou, Bin Yang et al. profile →
Flexible All‐Solid‐State Supercapacitors with High Volumetric Capacitances Boosted by Solution Processable MXene and Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene

2016 464 citations Yang Hou et al. profile →
Designing flexible, smart and self-sustainable supercapacitors for portable/wearable electronics: from conductive polymers

2021 400 citations Zhenyun Zhao, Yang Hou et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Porous carbon nanosheets: Synthetic strategies and electrochemical energy related applications

2019 398 citations Lecheng Lei, Yang Hou et al. profile →
Highly active ruthenium sites stabilized by modulating electron-feeding for sustainable acidic oxygen-evolution electrocatalysis

2022 242 citations Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li et al. profile →
Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO₂and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

2023 210 citations Xianyun Peng, Libin Zeng et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Three-dimensional cationic covalent organic framework membranes for rapid and selective lithium extraction from saline water

2025 49 citations Feng Gao, Jianguo Lü et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Hou China	95	21.9k	15.0k	12.7k	4.3k	4.0k	469	31.6k
Yu Zhang China	78	13.9k 0.6×	17.1k 1.1×	11.7k 0.9×	4.8k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	775	31.0k
Yonghua Du Singapore	82	15.9k 0.7×	13.5k 0.9×	10.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	244	25.7k
Jian Zhang China	78	13.4k 0.6×	16.3k 1.1×	8.8k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	402	26.5k
Wei Xing China	81	24.0k 1.1×	20.0k 1.3×	9.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	506	30.6k
Gang Chen China	90	16.3k 0.7×	17.2k 1.1×	15.0k 1.2×	7.0k 1.6×	3.5k 0.9×	547	30.8k
Jong‐Min Lee Singapore	83	12.3k 0.6×	11.4k 0.8×	7.4k 0.6×	4.3k 1.0×	2.9k 0.7×	392	23.0k
Yang Yang China	97	16.1k 0.7×	17.9k 1.2×	14.4k 1.1×	7.1k 1.7×	2.4k 0.6×	611	33.4k
Chunxian Guo China	65	9.9k 0.5×	10.1k 0.7×	10.4k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	300	21.8k
Weidong Shi China	83	14.3k 0.7×	10.8k 0.7×	13.9k 1.1×	5.0k 1.2×	2.1k 0.5×	496	23.4k
Tewodros Asefa United States	71	15.1k 0.7×	11.9k 0.8×	15.0k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	231	29.4k

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Chen, Jiale, Yang Hou, & Guangqiang Li. (2025). Synergistic regulation of hydrogen trapping-diffusion at grain boundaries and interfacial hydrogen resistance in La₂O₃/Y-doped Cr₂O₃-based coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 513. 132464–132464.

Egun, Ishioma Laurene, Yang Hou, & Zhengfei Chen. (2025). Optimizing surface properties and porosity of carbonized waste coffee grounds via molten base activation for enhanced zinc supercapattery performance. Chemical Engineering Science. 308. 121404–121404. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Yingshi, Jun Wei, Lecheng Lei, et al.. (2024). Designing a self-breathing electrode modulated by spatial hydrophobic microenvironments with stabilized H2O2 generation for wastewater treatment. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 351. 123973–123973. 20 indexed citations

Li, Pengfei, et al.. (2024). Mechanical and tribological properties of layered epoxy coatings synergistically enhanced by graphene and polytetrafluoroethylene: Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental verification. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109892–109892. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Dashuai, Yanjun Guan, Hualong Liu, et al.. (2024). Theory-driven design of local spin-state modulation at atomically dispersed iron sites for enhanced CO2 electroreduction. Nano Energy. 132. 110370–110370. 5 indexed citations

Zhu, Yingshi, Mingzhi Li, Lecheng Lei, et al.. (2024). Sustainable utilization of fly ash in crafting shell structure for the reduction of iron sludge in Fenton oxidation via enhanced core–shell interaction. Separation and Purification Technology. 361. 131320–131320. 2 indexed citations

Hou, Liwei, Xianyun Peng, Siliu Lyu, et al.. (2024). Advancements in MXene-based nanohybrids for electrochemical water splitting. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(6). 110392–110392. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Dashuai, Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li, et al.. (2023). Efficiently electrochemical CO2 reduction on molybdenum-nitrogen-carbon catalysts with optimized p-block axial ligands. Chemical Engineering Science. 273. 118638–118638. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Feng, Yu Xie, Xiaomin Xu, et al.. (2023). In situ interlocked gradient adaptive network binder with robust adhesion and cycle performance for silicon anodes. Journal of Power Sources. 580. 233267–233267. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Pengfei, et al.. (2023). Graphene-Based Flexible Strain Sensor Based on PDMS for Strain Detection of Steel Wire Core Conveyor Belt Joints. Sensors. 23(17). 7473–7473. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenyun, Jie Yang, Xu Wang, et al.. (2023). Mesoporous Co0.85Se nanowire arrays for flexible asymmetric supercapacitors with high energy and power densities. Journal of Energy Storage. 65. 107360–107360. 7 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yingshi, Jun Wei, Lecheng Lei, et al.. (2023). Deformation of charge density activated by conductive carbon with the piezoelectric effect of tourmaline for highly promoting Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle in Fenton-like process. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 334. 122824–122824. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaodan, Zhibin Liu, Zhongjian Li, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient electrosynthesis of H2O2 in acidic electrolyte on metal-free heteroatoms co-doped carbon nanosheets and simultaneously promoting Fenton process. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(7). 108926–108926. 6 indexed citations

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Peng, Xianyun, Libin Zeng, Dashuai Wang, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO₂and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds. Chemical Society Reviews. 52(6). 2193–2237. 210 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Nannan, et al.. (2021). Bioanode‐driven CO₂ electroreduction in a redox‐medium‐assisted system with high energy efficiency. AIChE Journal. 67(8). 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuomeng, Lei Wang, Liang Wu, et al.. (2021). Deciphering Single-Bacterium Adhesion Behavior Modulated by Extracellular Electron Transfer. Nano Letters. 21(12). 5105–5115. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinyue, Xiahan Sang, Chung‐Li Dong, et al.. (2021). Proton Capture Strategy for Enhancing Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Atomically Dispersed Metal–Nitrogen Active Sites**. Angewandte Chemie. 133(21). 12066–12072. 43 indexed citations

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Zheng, Wanzhen, Jingke Zhu, Zhongjian Li, et al.. (2020). Porous metal-porphyrin triazine-based frameworks for efficient CO2 electroreduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 270. 118908–118908. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Shebin, et al.. (2017). Effects of Rare Earth on Mechanical Properties of LZ50 Axle Steels and Its Formation Mechanism. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 37(6). 509–519. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Ning, Xinyong Li, Yuxin Wang, et al.. (2008). Synthesis of ZnO/TiO2 nanotube composite film by a two-step route. Materials Letters. 62(21-22). 3691–3693. 81 indexed citations

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