Ying‐Chih Pu

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Ying‐Chih Pu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying‐Chih Pu has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ying‐Chih Pu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (42 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (24 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (22 papers). Ying‐Chih Pu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (42 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (24 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (22 papers). Ying‐Chih Pu collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and China. Ying‐Chih Pu's co-authors include Yung‐Jung Hsu, Jin Z. Zhang, Yat Li, Kao‐Der Chang, Yichuan Ling, Yu‐Chih Chen, Xihong Lu, Yexiang Tong, Gongming Wang and Bob C. Fitzmorris and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ying‐Chih Pu

64 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Au Nanostructure-Decorated TiO₂ Nanowires Exhibiting Photoactivity Across Entire UV-visible Region for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

2013 801 citations Ying‐Chih Pu, Jin Z. Zhang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ying‐Chih Pu Taiwan	31	3.1k	2.4k	1.6k	468	321	67	3.9k
Oleksandr Stroyuk Ukraine	34	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	465 1.0×	459 1.4×	211	3.9k
Baohong Zhang China	10	3.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	390 0.8×	591 1.8×	44	3.9k
Audrey Forticaux United States	10	2.9k 0.9×	4.0k 1.7×	3.2k 2.0×	592 1.3×	250 0.8×	10	5.7k
Lu Han China	32	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	467 1.0×	400 1.2×	73	4.5k
Ki‐jeong Kong South Korea	32	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	341 0.7×	420 1.3×	82	3.7k
Xiangchao Ma China	30	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	592 1.3×	312 1.0×	58	3.5k
Micheál D. Scanlon Ireland	31	1.3k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	534 1.1×	425 1.3×	74	4.1k
Ashish Kumar India	31	2.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	364 0.8×	294 0.9×	58	3.8k
Jianhua Sun China	26	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	540 1.2×	255 0.8×	91	2.8k
Xunyu Yang China	10	3.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.5×	1.7k 1.0×	740 1.6×	376 1.2×	13	4.9k

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Pu, Ying‐Chih, et al.. (2025). Core–shell porous ZnO p–n homojunction nanorod arrays for achieving superior water splitting efficiency via piezocatalytic and piezo-phototronic effects. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(25). 20005–20015.

Tran, Ngoc Thanh Thuy, et al.. (2025). Insights into the anchoring sites of Ag and Bi co-doped TiO2/biocarbon for photocatalytic degradation of formaldehyde gas under visible light. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 179. 114767–114767.

Lin, Pei‐Ying, et al.. (2024). Boosted humidity resistance of CsPbBr3 perovskite by incorporating 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride. Applied Surface Science. 666. 160365–160365. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yi‐An, Yongju Yun, Ying‐Chih Pu, et al.. (2024). Boosting photocatalytic H2 evolution in B-doped g-C3N4/O-doped g-C3N4 through synergistic band structure engineering and homojunction formation. Applied Surface Science. 679. 161250–161250. 14 indexed citations

Chang, Chi‐Jung, Yi‐Ching Wang, Yuan‐Hsiang Yu, Ying‐Chih Pu, & Wang Hay Kan. (2024). Morphology control and enhanced activity of (Cu–S)nMOF@ZnS heterostructures for photocatalytic H2 production. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 683(Pt 2). 166–181. 2 indexed citations

Tsai, Kai‐An, et al.. (2024). Effect of Lattice Disorder on Exciton Dynamics in Copper-Doped InP/ZnSe_xS_1–x Core/Shell Quantum Dots. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(16). 4311–4318. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Shou‐Heng, et al.. (2024). Visible-light photocatalytic O2-to-H2O2 via nitrogen-graphene quantum dots-modified Bi2Fe4O9 for synchronizing the reduction of Cr(VI) and oxidation of organic contaminants: Kinetics, mechanism, and performance. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150712–150712. 22 indexed citations

Pu, Ying‐Chih, et al.. (2024). Enhancing the photoelectrochemical water splitting efficiency of ZnO P–N homojunction nanorod arrays under the piezocatalyst effect. Catalysis Science & Technology. 15(1). 165–172. 4 indexed citations

Tsai, Kai‐An, Chien‐Chih Lai, Yu‐Hung Chen, et al.. (2023). Exploring the impact of surface oxygen vacancies on charge carrier dynamics in BiVO4 photoanodes through atmospheric pressure plasma jet post-treatment for efficiency improvement in photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 341. 123288–123288. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Yan, et al.. (2023). Enhanced fluorescence sensing of tetracycline with Ti2C quantum dots. Nano Research. 17(4). 3180–3188. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Chia-Ying, et al.. (2022). Photocatalytic splitting of H₂O-to-H₂O₂ by BiOI/g-C₃N₄/CoP S-scheme heterojunctions. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(4). 1825–1831. 11 indexed citations

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Pu, Ying‐Chih, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms of biochar enhanced Cu2O photocatalysts in the visible-light photodegradation of sulfamethoxazole. Chemosphere. 307(Pt 3). 135984–135984. 30 indexed citations

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Pu, Ying‐Chih, et al.. (2022). 3D laminated graphitic carbon nitride decorating with 2D / 2D Bi ₂ WO ₆ / rGO nanosheets for selective photoreduction of CO ₂ to CO. International Journal of Energy Research. 46(11). 15198–15210. 8 indexed citations

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Naghadeh, Sara Bonabi, Binbin Luo, Ying‐Chih Pu, et al.. (2019). Size Dependence of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Deciphering Radiative Versus Nonradiative Components. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(7). 4610–4619. 34 indexed citations

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Chu, Che‐Yi, et al.. (2019). Qualitative Effect of the Polymerization Rate on the Nanoparticle Dispersion in Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Silica Nanocomposite Films. Macromolecules. 52(21). 8312–8322. 2 indexed citations

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Naghadeh, Sara Bonabi, Binbin Luo, Ghada Abdelmageed, et al.. (2018). Photophysical Properties and Improved Stability of Organic–Inorganic Perovskite by Surface Passivation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(28). 15799–15818. 81 indexed citations

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Chien, Chia-Hung, et al.. (2014). Studies on the annealing and antibacterial properties of the silver-embedded aluminum/silica nanospheres. Nanoscale Research Letters. 9(1). 307–307. 4 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi‐Hsuan, Wei-Hao Lin, Yi-Hsuan Chiu, et al.. (2014). A facile green antisolvent approach to Cu²⁺-doped ZnO nanocrystals with visible-light-responsive photoactivities. Nanoscale. 6(15). 8796–8796. 150 indexed citations

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Pu, Ying‐Chih, et al.. (2013). Au/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals as an efficient anode photocatalyst in direct methanol fuel cells. Chemical Communications. 49(76). 8486–8486. 63 indexed citations

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Chen, Yu‐Chih, Ying‐Chih Pu, & Yung‐Jung Hsu. (2012). Interfacial Charge Carrier Dynamics of the Three-Component In₂O₃–TiO₂–Pt Heterojunction System. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(4). 2967–2975. 169 indexed citations

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