Yifu Chen

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yifu Chen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifu Chen has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Catalysis and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yifu Chen's work include Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (10 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (9 papers) and Caching and Content Delivery (7 papers). Yifu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (10 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (9 papers) and Caching and Content Delivery (7 papers). Yifu Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Yifu Chen's co-authors include Wenzhen Li, Hengzhou Liu, Shuang Gu, Ce Yang, Lili Lin, Weizhen Li, Ding Ma, Siwei Li, Jungkuk Lee and Yongwang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yifu Chen

29 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Tuning the Selectivity of Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation over Iridium/Cerium Oxide Catalysts with a Strong Metal–Support Interaction

2017 469 citations Yifu Chen et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Superflexible Fluorescent π-Conjugated Organic Crystals: Synergistic Mechanical-Optical Properties and Molecular Engineering Insights 2025 ·Crystal Growth & Design ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Limin Zhou, (unknown), Jerry Y. Y. Heng, Yifu Chen, Shichao Du, Jian Ouyang	0
2	Increase in the Maturity of Walnut Green Husk Compost by Adding a Microbial Consortium with High Tolerance to Walnut Green Husk Extract 2025 ·Waste and Biomass Valorization ·(unknown), Jing He, (unknown), Rui Yao, Yifu Chen, Li Wang, Xia Li	0
3	Economic Viability of Integrated CO₂ Capture and Conversion 2024 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Yongwook Kim, (unknown), (unknown), Yifu Chen, (unknown), Monika Stolar, Curtis P. Berlinguette	14
4	Metal-organic framework self-cleaning membrane enhanced water purification based on collaborative separation and photocatalysis process 2024 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Tian Gao, Xiangyong Zhao, Xiaohui Lu, Yifu Chen, Shujuan Xiao, Shouwu Yu	6
5	A MOF-derived Co₃O₄/nitrogen-doped carbon composite for chlorine-assisted production of ethylene oxide 2023 ·Green Chemistry ·Tianlei Li, Hengzhou Liu, Jiaqi Yu, Yifu Chen, Wenyu Huang, Wenzhen Li	11
6	The synthesis and secretion of key substances in the flavonoid metabolic pathway responding to different nitrogen sources during early growth stages in Robinia pseudoacacia 2023 ·Plant and Soil ·Yuanli Li, (unknown), Rui Shi, (unknown), Yifu Chen, Wen Luo, Gehong Wei, Minxia Chou	10
7	Sustainable waste-nitrogen upcycling enabled by low-concentration nitrate electrodialysis and high-performance ammonia electrosynthesis 2023 ·EES Catalysis ·Yifu Chen, (unknown), Hengzhou Liu, Jungkuk Lee, Xi Yu, Michael J. Castellano, Shuang Gu, Wenzhen Li	19
8	Cu-Based Bimetallic Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Furfural with Practical Rates 2023 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Hengzhou Liu, Jiaqi Yu, Yifu Chen, Jungkuk Lee, Wenyu Huang, Wenzhen Li	18
9	Positive response of host root-associated bacterial community and soil nutrients to inhibitory parasitism of dodder 2023 ·Plant and Soil ·Wen Luo, Yuanli Li, Yidan Jia, Yifu Chen, Da Li, (unknown), Gehong Wei, Minxia Chou, Weimin Chen	2
10	Exploring Electrochemical Flow-Cell Designs and Parameters for CO ₂ Reduction to Formate under Industrially Relevant Conditions 2022 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Joel T. Kirner, Yifu Chen, Hengzhou Liu, Junhua Song, Jinyun Liao, Wenzhen Li, (unknown)	8
11	Ultra-low voltage bipolar hydrogen production from biomass-derived aldehydes and water in membrane-less electrolyzers 2022 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Hengzhou Liu, Naveen Agrawal, (unknown), Yifu Chen, Jungkuk Lee, Jiaqi Yu, Wenyu Huang, Mark Mba Wright, Michael J. Janik, Wenzhen Li	95
12	Unraveling Electroreductive Mechanisms of Biomass-Derived Aldehydes via Tailoring Interfacial Environments 2022 ·ACS Catalysis ·Hengzhou Liu, (unknown), Yifu Chen, Jungkuk Lee, (unknown), Sarah D. Cady, Eric W. Cochran, Luke T. Roling, Wenzhen Li	48
13	Exergy analysis and optimisation of an industrial-scale circulation counter-flow paddy drying process 2022 ·Energy ·Chengjie Li, Yifu Chen, Xuefeng Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Yankai Cao, Changyou Li	19
14	Ammonia-Mediated CO₂ Capture and Direct Electroreduction to Formate 2022 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Hengzhou Liu, Yifu Chen, Jungkuk Lee, Shuang Gu, Wenzhen Li	31
15	Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction on Oxide-Derived Silver with Tunable Selectivity to Nitrite and Ammonia 2021 ·ACS Catalysis ·Hengzhou Liu, (unknown), Yifu Chen, Yang Qiu, Yan Cheng, (unknown), Shuang Gu, Brent H. Shanks, Luke T. Roling, Wenzhen Li	246
16	Paired electrolysis of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural in flow cells with a high-performance oxide-derived silver cathode 2021 ·Green Chemistry ·Hengzhou Liu, (unknown), Yifu Chen, Eric W. Cochran, Wenzhen Li	67
17	Publisher Correction: Revealing nitrogen-containing species in commercial catalysts used for ammonia electrosynthesis 2021 ·Nature Catalysis ·Yifu Chen, Hengzhou Liu, (unknown), Stuart Licht, Shuang Gu, Wenzhen Li	2
18	Revealing the Critical Challenges in State-of-the-Art Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation Research 2021 ·ECS Meeting Abstracts ·Yifu Chen, Hengzhou Liu, Shuang Gu, Wenzhen Li	1
19	Revealing nitrogen-containing species in commercial catalysts used for ammonia electrosynthesis 2020 ·Nature Catalysis ·Yifu Chen, Hengzhou Liu, (unknown), Stuart Licht, Shuang Gu, Wenzhen Li	100
20	Advances in Porous Organic-Inorganic Composite Membranes 2015 ·Huaxue jinzhan ·Hao‐Cheng Yang, Yifu Chen, Ye Chen, Ling‐Shu Wan, (unknown)	5

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