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Materials Science

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68
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19060
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4798
National Ranking
1479

Chemistry

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73
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20218
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4927
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911

Engineering and Technology

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73
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20186
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Overview

Mingfei Shao is affiliated with Beijing University of Chemical Technology in China. Their research primarily lies in the fields of Engineering, Energy, and Materials Science, with a notable focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advancements in battery technologies and materials. Specific themes within these topics focus on advanced battery materials, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication.

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated extensively with Mingfei Shao. These include Zhenhua Li, Wenfu Xie, Xianggui Kong, Jiangrong Yang, and Haohong Duan.

Mingfei Shao has contributed to numerous publications in major scientific journals. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Catalysis

Among their recent papers are:

  • Active hydrogen boosts electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials, 2021, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
  • Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Select ive Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi2O3-Incorporated Catalyst, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their research outputs cover a range of contributions to electrocatalysis and photocatalysis, with high-impact studies on the conversion and upcycling of chemical materials and energy substances. Their work includes exploration of nitrate reduction, two-dimensional materials, biomass and plastic waste upcycling, alcohol electrooxidation, and photoelectrocatalytic oxidation processes.

Best Publications

  • Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets with Multiple Vacancies Obtained by Dry Exfoliation as Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts

    Yanyong Wang;Yiqiong Zhang;Zhijuan Liu;Chao Xie

  • Preparation of Fe3O4@SiO2@layered double hydroxide core-shell microspheres for magnetic separation of proteins.

    Mingfei Shao;Fanyu Ning;Jingwen Zhao;Min Wei

  • Active hydrogen boosts electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia

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  • Hierarchical NiMn Layered Double Hydroxide/Carbon Nanotubes Architecture with Superb Energy Density for Flexible Supercapacitors

    Jingwen Zhao;Jiale Chen;Simin Xu;Mingfei Shao

  • Directed Growth of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derived Carbon-Based Network for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction.

    Zhenhua Li;Mingfei Shao;Lei Zhou;Ruikang Zhang

  • TiO2/graphene/NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanorod array photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

    Fanyu Ning;Mingfei Shao;Simin Xu;Yi Fu

  • Interface engineering of (Ni, Fe)S2@MoS2 heterostructures for synergetic electrochemical water splitting

    Yunke Liu;Shan Jiang;Shijin Li;Lei Zhou

  • Fast electrosynthesis of Fe-containing layered double hydroxide arrays toward highly efficient electrocatalytic oxidation reactions

    Zhenhua Li;Mingfei Shao;Hongli An;Zixuan Wang

  • Layered double hydroxides toward electrochemical energy storage and conversion: design, synthesis and applications

    Mingfei Shao;Ruikang Zhang;Zhenhua Li;Min Wei

  • Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities.

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  • A flexible all-solid-state micro-supercapacitor based on hierarchical CuO@layered double hydroxide core–shell nanoarrays

    Zhenhua Li;Mingfei Shao;Lei Zhou;Ruikang Zhang

  • Core–Shell Layered Double Hydroxide Microspheres with Tunable Interior Architecture for Supercapacitors

    Mingfei Shao;Fanyu Ning;Yufei Zhao;Jingwen Zhao

  • The synthesis of hierarchical Zn–Ti layered double hydroxide for efficient visible-light photocatalysis

    Mingfei Shao;Jingbin Han;Min Wei;David G. Evans

  • Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst

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  • Hierarchical Nanowire Arrays Based on ZnO Core−Layered Double Hydroxide Shell for Largely Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

    Mingfei Shao;Fanyu Ning;Min Wei;David G. Evans

  • Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi2O3-Incorporated Catalyst.

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  • Two-dimensional Ultrathin Arrays of CoP: Electronic Modulation toward High Performance Overall Water Splitting

    Lei Zhou;Mingfei Shao;Jianbo Li;Shan Jiang

  • Missing OH source in a suburban environment near Beijing: observed and modelled OH and HO 2 concentrations in summer 2006

    K. D. Lu;K. D. Lu;A. Hofzumahaus;F. Holland;B. Bohn

  • Co3O4@layered double hydroxide core/shell hierarchical nanowire arrays for enhanced supercapacitance performance

    Fanyu Ning;Mingfei Shao;Chenglong Zhang;Simin Xu

  • Au nanoparticles sensitized ZnO nanorod@nanoplatelet core–shell arrays for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

    Chenglong Zhang;Mingfei Shao;Fanyu Ning;Simin Xu

  • CoMn-layered double hydroxide nanowalls supported on carbon fibers for high-performance flexible energy storage devices

    Jingwen Zhao;Jiale Chen;Simin Xu;Mingfei Shao

  • Hierarchical CoNi-Sulfide Nanosheet Arrays Derived from Layered Double Hydroxides toward Efficient Hydrazine Electrooxidation.

    Lei Zhou;Mingfei Shao;Cong Zhang;Jingwen Zhao

  • Hierarchical NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Hollow Microspheres with Highly-Efficient Behavior toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Cong Zhang;Mingfei Shao;Lei Zhou;Zhenhua Li

  • Photo-assisted synthesis of zinc-iron layered double hydroxides/TiO2 nanoarrays toward highly-efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

    Ruikang Zhang;Mingfei Shao;Simin Xu;Fanyu Ning

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Wei
Min Wei Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Xue Duan
Xue Duan Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Liwu Zeng
Liwu Zeng Peking University
Keding Lu
Keding Lu Peking University
Franz Rohrer
Franz Rohrer Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hendrik Fuchs
Hendrik Fuchs Forschungszentrum Jülich
Tong Zhu
Tong Zhu Peking University
Andreas Wahner
Andreas Wahner Forschungszentrum Jülich
Birger Bohn
Birger Bohn Forschungszentrum Jülich
Chih-Chung Chang
Chih-Chung Chang National Taiwan University

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