Zexi Hou

468 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 381 citations indexed

About

Zexi Hou is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zexi Hou has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 381 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 1 paper in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zexi Hou's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (1 paper) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (1 paper). Zexi Hou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (1 paper) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (1 paper). Zexi Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Zexi Hou's co-authors include Yanwei Li, Qinyan Yue, Baoyu Gao, Xin Zhang, Xiaoguang Duan, Xing Xu, Yanan Shang, Yi Chen, Qian Li and Yuntong Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Zexi Hou

6 papers receiving 380 citations

Hit Papers

Unveiling the Origins of Selective Oxidation in Single-At... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 100 200 300
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.

  1. Unveiling the Origins of Selective Oxidation in Single-Atom Catalysis via Co–N4–C Intensified Radical and Nonradical Pathways
    2022 347 citations Zexi Hou, Xin Zhang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zexi Hou China 4 281 274 133 82 43 7 381
Pengcheng Cai China 5 294 1.0× 275 1.0× 117 0.9× 97 1.2× 52 1.2× 10 416
Zhenqi Xu China 9 263 0.9× 232 0.8× 140 1.1× 76 0.9× 35 0.8× 13 364
Chaofa Chen China 7 332 1.2× 296 1.1× 188 1.4× 95 1.2× 69 1.6× 10 445
Jyun‐Ting Lin Taiwan 8 253 0.9× 247 0.9× 130 1.0× 88 1.1× 66 1.5× 8 379
Yanhua Peng China 6 210 0.7× 249 0.9× 92 0.7× 81 1.0× 45 1.0× 8 343
Dedong Sun China 9 207 0.7× 233 0.9× 97 0.7× 70 0.9× 48 1.1× 19 334
Zhuang He China 11 245 0.9× 233 0.9× 127 1.0× 89 1.1× 62 1.4× 16 381
Ziyang Chu China 10 198 0.7× 248 0.9× 108 0.8× 87 1.1× 34 0.8× 25 367

Countries citing papers authored by Zexi Hou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zexi Hou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zexi Hou. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zexi Hou. The network helps show where Zexi Hou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zexi Hou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zexi Hou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zexi Hou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zexi Hou. Zexi Hou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Yang, Chen, Shuyao Zhou, Yilin Guo, et al.. (2025). Nanosecond-scale single-molecule reaction dynamics for scalable synthesis on a chip. National Science Review. 12(9). nwaf172–nwaf172.
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Hou, Zexi, Haiyan Yu, Mingxue Li, et al.. (2023). Repeated fluctuation of Cu2+ concentration during photocatalytic purification of SMZ-Cu2+ combined pollution: Behavior, mechanism and application. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 447. 130768–130768. 12 indexed citations
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Hou, Zexi, et al.. (2023). Regioselective oxidation of heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons catalyzed by cytochrome P450: A case study of carbazole. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 258. 114964–114964. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yi, Yuntong Dai, Yanwei Li, et al.. (2023). Oxygen vacancies-mediated CuO@N-doped carbon nanocomposites for non-radical-dominated photothermal catalytic degradation of contaminants. Journal of Cleaner Production. 389. 136054–136054. 16 indexed citations
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Hou, Zexi, Xin Zhang, Baoyu Gao, et al.. (2022). Unveiling the Origins of Selective Oxidation in Single-Atom Catalysis via Co–N4–C Intensified Radical and Nonradical Pathways. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(16). 11635–11645. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Yi, Yuntong Dai, Yanwei Li, et al.. (2022). Oxygen Vacancies-Mediated Cuo@N-Doped Carbon Nanocomposites for Non-Radical-Dominated Photothermal Catalytic Degradation of Contaminants. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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