Yangbo Ma

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yangbo Ma is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yangbo Ma has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Yangbo Ma's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (16 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (7 papers). Yangbo Ma is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (16 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (7 papers). Yangbo Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Yangbo Ma's co-authors include Zhanxi Fan, Jinwen Yin, Jingwen Zhou, Yunhao Wang, Juan Wang, Jinli Yu, Pengyi Lu, Yuecheng Xiong, Fengkun Hao and Ruquan Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yangbo Ma

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate

2023 145 citations Yunhao Wang, Mingzi Sun et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Crystal Phase Engineering of Ultrathin Alloy Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Electroreduction of Nitrate to Ammonia

2024 112 citations Yunhao Wang, Fengkun Hao et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yangbo Ma China	18	1.0k	717	469	292	140	31	1.3k
Jiaqi Shao China	16	1.1k 1.0×	709 1.0×	483 1.0×	439 1.5×	183 1.3×	24	1.4k
John C. Lin United States	9	1.2k 1.2×	997 1.4×	487 1.0×	280 1.0×	126 0.9×	11	1.4k
Chun-Yen Liu United States	10	667 0.6×	599 0.8×	466 1.0×	118 0.4×	184 1.3×	11	1.0k
Abebe Reda Woldu China	16	1.0k 1.0×	509 0.7×	535 1.1×	294 1.0×	52 0.4×	34	1.2k
Sixing Zheng China	13	918 0.9×	525 0.7×	355 0.8×	299 1.0×	78 0.6×	19	1.1k
Qin-Kun Li China	10	875 0.8×	604 0.8×	604 1.3×	268 0.9×	71 0.5×	12	1.1k
Shuowen Bo China	17	1.4k 1.4×	954 1.3×	615 1.3×	357 1.2×	93 0.7×	30	1.7k
Juhyung Lim South Korea	6	1.1k 1.1×	725 1.0×	707 1.5×	208 0.7×	73 0.5×	7	1.3k
Yuying Mi China	18	1.2k 1.1×	462 0.6×	595 1.3×	481 1.6×	55 0.4×	23	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yangbo Ma

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Zhang, Yihui, et al.. (2025). Pt4Pd–MgF2/2d-CdS: Dual-site enhanced photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 156. 150398–150398.

Shao, Mingzheng, Yangbo Ma, Yuecheng Xiong, et al.. (2025). Multiple active site metal-based catalysts for C-N coupling reactions and the beyond. Next Materials. 8. 100555–100555. 2 indexed citations

Xiong, Yuecheng, Han Wu, Mingzheng Shao, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Metal Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Multielectron Transfer Reactions. Chemistry of Materials. 37(12). 4247–4271. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Yangbo, Mingzheng Shao, Guozhi Wang, et al.. (2025). Controlled synthesis of metal-based Janus nanostructures for tandem electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. Science Bulletin. 70(14). 2330–2346. 3 indexed citations

Ma, Yangbo, et al.. (2025). A AgPd3/2D-CdS photocatalyst: The function of AgPd3 cocatalyst, and the enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation property under visible light. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 116. 378–388. 3 indexed citations

Ma, Yangbo, et al.. (2024). Anchoring NiSx (x=0, 1, 2) on porous g-C3N4 (PCN) to enhance photocatalytic H2 production: The effect of S element on H2 evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 79. 1357–1364. 5 indexed citations

Yu, Jinli, Juan Xiao, Liang Guo, et al.. (2024). In Situ Phase Transformation-Enabled Metal–Organic Frameworks for Efficient CO₂ Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products in Strong Acidic Media. ACS Nano. 18(49). 33602–33613. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Yunhao, Fengkun Hao, Mingzi Sun, et al.. (2024). Crystal Phase Engineering of Ultrathin Alloy Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Electroreduction of Nitrate to Ammonia. Advanced Materials. 36(14). e2313548–e2313548. 112 indexed citations breakdown →

Guo, Liang, Jingwen Zhou, Fu Liu, et al.. (2024). Electronic Structure Design of Transition Metal-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ACS Nano. 18(14). 9823–9851. 71 indexed citations

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Lu, Pengyi, Jia Lv, Yu Chen, et al.. (2024). Steering the Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction from Single-Carbon to Multicarbon Products on Metal–Organic Frameworks via Facet Engineering. Nano Letters. 24(5). 1553–1562. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, Hongming Xu, Shibo Xi, et al.. (2023). Electronic Structure Modulation of Unconventional Phase Metal Nanomaterials for Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. ACS Materials Letters. 5(12). 3212–3221. 13 indexed citations

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Guo, Weihua, Siwei Zhang, Jun‐Jie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Accelerating multielectron reduction at CuxO nanograins interfaces with controlled local electric field. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7383–7383. 82 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunhao, Mingzi Sun, Jingwen Zhou, et al.. (2023). Atomic coordination environment engineering of bimetallic alloy nanostructures for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(32). e2306461120–e2306461120. 145 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Guozhi, Yangbo Ma, Juan Wang, et al.. (2023). Metal functionalization of two-dimensional nanomaterials for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. Nanoscale. 15(14). 6456–6475. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Fu, Jingwen Zhou, Yunhao Wang, et al.. (2023). Rational Engineering of 2D Materials as Advanced Catalyst Cathodes for High‐Performance Metal–Carbon Dioxide Batteries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Yangbo, et al.. (2023). Role of Ag, Pd cocatalysts on layered SrBi2Ta2O9 in enhancing the activity and selectivity of photocatalytic CO2 reaction. Applied Surface Science. 632. 157564–157564. 15 indexed citations

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Yin, Jinwen, Jingwen Zhou, Yunhao Wang, et al.. (2022). Controlled Synthesis of 2D Prussian Blue Analog Nanosheets with Low Coordinated Water Content for High‐Performance Lithium Storage. Small Methods. 6(12). e2201107–e2201107. 14 indexed citations

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Yu, Jinli, Juan Wang, Yangbo Ma, et al.. (2021). Recent Progresses in Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper‐Based Catalysts toward Multicarbon Products. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(37). 231 indexed citations

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Ma, Yangbo, Weihua Guo, Xiaozhang Yao, et al.. (2018). Modulating Surface Composition and Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activities of Pt–Ni Octahedral Nanoparticles by Microwave-Enhanced Surface Diffusion during Solvothermal Synthesis. Chemistry of Materials. 30(13). 4355–4360. 24 indexed citations

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Ma, Yangbo & Lin Gan. (2017). Progress in the morphology control and stability of shaped Pt alloy nanocrystal catalysts for fuel cells. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 62(25). 2905–2918. 2 indexed citations

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