Zhixin Ren

750 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 588 citations indexed

About

Zhixin Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhixin Ren has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 588 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zhixin Ren's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (6 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (5 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (4 papers). Zhixin Ren is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (6 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (5 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (4 papers). Zhixin Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Thailand and Bulgaria. Zhixin Ren's co-authors include Jing Xie, Xiao Feng, Pengpeng Shao, Bo Wang, Ruiwen Shao, Dafei Sheng, Yuhao Zhu, Zhenjie Mu, Teng Zhang and Qingnuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zhixin Ren

14 papers receiving 579 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.

Covalent organic framework–based porous ionomers for high-performance fuel cells

2022 355 citations Qingnuan Zhang, Pengpeng Shao et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhixin Ren China	10	315	315	314	152	60	14	588
Alireza Ahmadiparidari United States	9	411 1.3×	322 1.0×	257 0.8×	124 0.8×	92 1.5×	17	725
Sina Rastegar United States	9	429 1.4×	302 1.0×	245 0.8×	122 0.8×	87 1.4×	11	722
Wonjae Ko South Korea	13	359 1.1×	422 1.3×	313 1.0×	38 0.3×	45 0.8×	20	720
Anrui Dong China	8	290 0.9×	251 0.8×	192 0.6×	110 0.7×	39 0.7×	8	537
Zixu Sun China	12	461 1.5×	207 0.7×	242 0.8×	45 0.3×	55 0.9×	21	602
Huiqi Qu China	9	260 0.8×	202 0.6×	125 0.4×	57 0.4×	32 0.5×	15	411
Ryohji Ohnishi Japan	12	434 1.4×	299 0.9×	160 0.5×	43 0.3×	29 0.5×	13	566
Negin Khosroshahi Iran	14	160 0.5×	216 0.7×	249 0.8×	175 1.2×	122 2.0×	23	486
Tao Liang China	11	235 0.7×	249 0.8×	292 0.9×	31 0.2×	46 0.8×	34	495
Jiarun Geng China	13	626 2.0×	219 0.7×	188 0.6×	79 0.5×	47 0.8×	22	762

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14 of 14 papers shown

Shao, Pengpeng, Zhixin Ren, Bo Zhao, et al.. (2025). Theory-Guided Design of N-Confused Porphyrinic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(10). 8769–8777. 19 indexed citations

Ren, Zhixin, et al.. (2025). Rearrangement and Cyclization of Enamine Thianthrenium Salts: Effective Access to Substituted Indoles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(23). 7661–7672. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Zhixin, Ke Gong, Bo Zhao, Shi‐Lu Chen, & Jing Xie. (2024). Boosting the catalytic performance of metalloporphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks via coordination engineering for CO₂ and O₂ reduction. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 8(8). 1958–1970. 10 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhejiaji, Yuhao Zhu, Zhixin Ren, et al.. (2024). Covalent Organic Framework Ionomer Steering the CO₂ Electroreduction Pathway on Cu at Industrial-Grade Current Density. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(2). 1572–1579. 50 indexed citations

Ren, Zhixin, Bo Zhao, & Jing Xie. (2023). Designing N‐Confused Metalloporphyrin‐Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Small. 19(33). e2301818–e2301818. 30 indexed citations

Ren, Zhixin, Bo Zhao, & Jing Xie. (2023). Designing N‐Confused Metalloporphyrin‐Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction (Small 33/2023). Small. 19(33). 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Bo, et al.. (2023). Graphene-Supported Single-Atom Ni as High-Performance Catalyst for Direct Methane-to-Methanol Conversion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(39). 19527–19535. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yixin, Bo Zhao, Zhixin Ren, et al.. (2023). Molecular-level identification of organic species of ether-based solid-electrolyte interphase in sodium-ion batteries. Nano Energy. 120. 109163–109163. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Qingnuan, Pengpeng Shao, Yuhao Zhu, et al.. (2022). Covalent organic framework–based porous ionomers for high-performance fuel cells. Science. 378(6616). 181–186. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Bo, Zhixin Ren, Ze‐Sheng Li, Guoqiang Tan, & Jing Xie. (2022). Encapsulate lithium sulfide cathodes with carbon-doped MoS2 for fast kinetics in lithium-sulfur batteries, a theoretical study. Acta Materialia. 242. 118441–118441. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, Qiang Yuan, Zhixin Ren, et al.. (2022). Thermochemical Cyclization Constructs Bridged Dual-Coating of Ni-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes for High-Energy Li-Ion Batteries. Nano Letters. 22(13). 5221–5229. 51 indexed citations

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Zhao, Bo, Zhixin Ren, Guoqiang Tan, Ze‐Sheng Li, & Jing Xie. (2022). Defects on Li2S@graphene cathode improves the performance of lithium-sulfur battery, A theoretical study. Acta Materialia. 226. 117632–117632. 18 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhixin, Jiaqian Qin, Riping Liu, & Xinyu Zhang. (2020). Vacancy mediated alloying strengthening effects on Al/Al3Zr interface and stabilization of L12-Al3Zr: A first-principles study. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 825. 153825–153825. 11 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhixin, Zhe Xue, Xinyu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Atomic diffusion mediated by vacancy defects in L12-Zr3Al: A first-principles study. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 821. 153223–153223. 13 indexed citations

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