Zhiji Han

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Zhiji Han is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiji Han has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhiji Han's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (17 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (11 papers). Zhiji Han is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (17 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (11 papers). Zhiji Han collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Zhiji Han's co-authors include Richard Eisenberg, Patrick L. Holland, William W. Brennessel, William R. McNamara, Todd D. Krauss, Fen Qiu, Amit Das, Min‐Sik Eum, Theodor Agapie and Long Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zhiji Han

28 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Robust Photogeneration of H ₂ in Water Using Semiconductor Nanocrystals and a Nickel Catalyst

2012 696 citations Zhiji Han, Fen Qiu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhiji Han China	20	3.2k	1.8k	1.3k	471	385	29	3.9k
Honghui Ou China	31	5.2k 1.6×	4.2k 2.3×	2.1k 1.6×	385 0.8×	881 2.3×	75	5.9k
Jijia Xie United Kingdom	22	2.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	930 0.7×	406 0.9×	512 1.3×	30	3.5k
Linlu Bai China	29	2.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	929 0.7×	641 1.4×	186 0.5×	50	3.1k
Biaobiao Zhang China	35	3.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	573 1.2×	360 0.9×	88	4.5k
Yunyang Qian China	18	2.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	602 0.5×	1.2k 2.6×	299 0.8×	26	3.0k
Xialiang Li China	30	2.1k 0.7×	954 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	513 1.1×	187 0.5×	54	2.8k
Biswajit Mondal India	26	1.9k 0.6×	864 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	434 0.9×	197 0.5×	53	2.4k
Peiqun Yin China	20	3.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	2.6k 2.0×	345 0.7×	401 1.0×	32	4.5k
Keita Sekizawa Japan	25	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	601 0.5×	272 0.6×	394 1.0×	46	2.8k
Zuozhong Liang China	30	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	586 1.2×	147 0.4×	64	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiji Han

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Guo, Kai, Shuang Yang, Y. Q. Wang, et al.. (2025). Self-Sensitized Cobalt Molecular Photocatalysts: The Effects of Alkali Cations on Tuning the Activity of H ₂ Production. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 18769–18781.

Yang, Shuang, et al.. (2025). Red-Light-Driven CO ₂ Reduction in Aqueous Solution Using CdSe Quantum Dots and Cobalt Molecular Catalysts. CCS Chemistry. 7(6). 1610–1617. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Shuang, et al.. (2024). Pyridinethiolate‐Capped CdSe Quantum Dots for Red‐Light‐Driven H₂ Production in Water. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(47). e202401475–e202401475. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Huiqing, et al.. (2024). Photocatalytic CO₂ reduction with iron porphyrin catalysts and anthraquinone dyes. Chemical Communications. 60(49). 6292–6295. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Shuang, et al.. (2024). Fluorinated chlorin chromophores for red-light-driven CO2 reduction. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5704–5704. 13 indexed citations

Yuan, Huiqing, et al.. (2023). Photocatalytic CO2 reduction with aminoanthraquinone organic dyes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1087–1087. 85 indexed citations

Du, Jiehao, Banggui Cheng, Huiqing Yuan, et al.. (2023). Molecular Nickel Thiolate Complexes for Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to C_1–3 Hydrocarbons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(9). e202211804–e202211804. 31 indexed citations

Yuan, Huiqing, et al.. (2022). Efficient Red-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution with an Anthraquinone Organic Dye. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(43). 19680–19684. 14 indexed citations

Cheng, Banggui, Jiehao Du, Huiqing Yuan, et al.. (2022). Selective CO₂ Reduction to Ethylene Using Imidazolium-Functionalized Copper. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(24). 27823–27832. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Jia‐Wei, Long Jiang, Hai‐Hua Huang, Zhiji Han, & Gangfeng Ouyang. (2021). Rapid electron transfer via dynamic coordinative interaction boosts quantum efficiency for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4276–4276. 127 indexed citations

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Yuan, Huiqing, et al.. (2021). Promoting photocatalytic CO2 reduction with a molecular copper purpurin chromophore. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1835–1835. 119 indexed citations

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He, Xinjun, Haozhe Zhang, Xingyu Zhao, et al.. (2019). Stabilized Molybdenum Trioxide Nanowires as Novel Ultrahigh‐Capacity Cathode for Rechargeable Zinc Ion Battery. Advanced Science. 6(14). 1900151–1900151. 211 indexed citations

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Han, Zhiji, et al.. (2017). Tetranuclear Manganese Models of the OEC Displaying Hydrogen Bonding Interactions: Application to Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(27). 9108–9111. 51 indexed citations

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Han, Zhiji, Ruud Kortlever, Hsiang‐Yun Chen, Jonas C. Peters, & Theodor Agapie. (2017). CO₂ Reduction Selective for C_≥2 Products on Polycrystalline Copper with N-Substituted Pyridinium Additives. ACS Central Science. 3(8). 853–859. 278 indexed citations

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Qiu, Fen, Zhiji Han, Jeffrey J. Peterson, et al.. (2016). Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation by CdSe/CdS Nanoparticles. Nano Letters. 16(9). 5347–5352. 173 indexed citations

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Han, Zhiji, Luxi Shen, William W. Brennessel, Patrick L. Holland, & Richard Eisenberg. (2013). Nickel Pyridinethiolate Complexes as Catalysts for the Light-Driven Production of Hydrogen from Aqueous Solutions in Noble-Metal-Free Systems. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(39). 14659–14669. 254 indexed citations

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Das, Amit, Zhiji Han, Mohsen Golbon Haghighi, & Richard Eisenberg. (2013). Photogeneration of hydrogen from water using CdSe nanocrystals demonstrating the importance of surface exchange. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42). 16716–16723. 123 indexed citations

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McNamara, William R., et al.. (2012). Cobalt-dithiolene complexes for the photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of protons in aqueous solutions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(39). 15594–15599. 274 indexed citations

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Han, Zhiji, William R. McNamara, Min‐Sik Eum, Patrick L. Holland, & Richard Eisenberg. (2012). A Nickel Thiolate Catalyst for the Long‐Lived Photocatalytic Production of Hydrogen in a Noble‐Metal‐Free System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(7). 1667–1670. 293 indexed citations

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McNamara, William R., et al.. (2011). A Cobalt–Dithiolene Complex for the Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of Protons. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(39). 15368–15371. 365 indexed citations

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