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Shaohua Shen is affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Energy, Materials Science, and Engineering. Their work extensively covers Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with additional focus on Catalysis and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The research themes include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Copper-based nanomaterials and their applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Perovskite Materials and Applications, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, as well as Covalent Organic Framework Applications and Advanced battery technologies research.

Shaohua Shen has published multiple papers in well-known scientific journals. Some recent publications are:

  • Boron-doped nitrogen-deficient carbon nitride-based Z-scheme heterostructures for photocatalytic overall water splitting, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Atomically Dispersed Metal-Nitrogen-Carbon Catalysts with d-Orbital Electronic Configuration-Dependent Selectivity for Electrochemical CO2-to-CO Reduction, 2023, ACS Catalysis
  • Operando Spectral and Electrochemical Investigation into the Heterophase Stimulated Active Species Transformation in Transition-Metal Sulfides for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Ion Irradiation Inducing Oxygen Vacancy-Rich NiO/NiFe2O4 Heterostructure for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Splitting, 2021, Small
  • Synergistic effect of nitrogen vacancy on ultrathin graphitic carbon nitride porous nanosheets for highly efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shaohua Shen include Chung-Li Dong, Yucheng Huang, Yiqing Wang, Jie Chen, and Yuchuan Shi.

Shen's publications have appeared in several recurring venues, notably Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACS Catalysis, and Small. These journals have featured multiple contributions from Shen, indicating a sustained engagement with key outlets in energy and materials research.

Best Publications

  • Semiconductor-based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

    Xiaobo Chen;Shaohua Shen;Liejin Guo;Samuel S. Mao

  • Boron-doped nitrogen-deficient carbon nitride-based Z-scheme heterostructures for photocatalytic overall water splitting

    Daming Zhao;Yiqing Wang;Chung-Li Dong;Yu-Cheng Huang;Yu-Cheng Huang

  • Filling the oxygen vacancies in Co3O4 with phosphorus: an ultra-efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

    Zhaohui Xiao;Yu Wang;Yu-Cheng Huang;Zengxi Wei

  • Synergy of Dopants and Defects in Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Exceptionally Modulated Band Structures for Efficient Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution.

    Daming Zhao;Chung-Li Dong;Bin Wang;Chao Chen

  • Hematite heterostructures for photoelectrochemical water splitting: rational materials design and charge carrier dynamics

    Shaohua Shen;Sarah A. Lindley;Xiangyan Chen;Jin Z. Zhang

  • Enabling silicon for solar-fuel production

    Ke Sun;Shaohua Shen;Shaohua Shen;Yongqi Liang;Paul E. Burrows

  • In-situ reduction synthesis of nano-sized Cu2O particles modifying g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production

    Jie Chen;Shaohua Shen;Penghui Guo;Meng Wang

  • Atomic-Scale CoOx Species in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Shuo Dou;Chung‐Li Dong;Zhe Hu;Yu‐Cheng Huang

  • Efficient solar hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting: From fundamental study to pilot demonstration

    Dengwei Jing;Liejin Guo;Liang Zhao;Ximin Zhang

  • Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution over Cu-Doped ZnIn2S4 under Visible Light Irradiation

    Shaohua Shen;Liang Zhao;Zhaohui Zhou;Liejin Guo

  • Vapor-Phase Epitaxial Growth of Aligned Nanowire Networks of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I)

    Jie Chen;Yongping Fu;Leith Samad;Lianna Dang

  • Single-Crystal Thin Films of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Epitaxially Grown on Metal Oxide Perovskite (SrTiO3)

    Jie Chen;Darien J. Morrow;Yongping Fu;Weihao Zheng

  • Titanium dioxide nanostructures for photoelectrochemical applications

    Shaohua Shen;Jie Chen;Meng Wang;Xia Sheng

  • A perspective on solar-driven water splitting with all-oxide hetero-nanostructures

    Coleman X. Kronawitter;Coleman X. Kronawitter;Lionel Vayssieres;Shaohua Shen;Leijin Guo

  • Molecular Design of Polymer Heterojunctions for Efficient Solar-Hydrogen Conversion.

    Jie Chen;Chung-Li Dong;Daming Zhao;Yu-Cheng Huang

  • N Doping to ZnO Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting under Visible Light: Engineered Impurity Distribution and Terraced Band Structure.

    Meng Wang;Feng Ren;Jigang Zhou;Guangxu Cai

  • A [001]-Oriented Hittorf's Phosphorus Nanorods/Polymeric Carbon Nitride Heterostructure for Boosting Wide-Spectrum-Responsive Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Pure Water.

    Yukun Zhu;Yukun Zhu;Chunxiao Lv;Zhuocheng Yin;Jun Ren

  • Reversible Structural Evolution of NiCoOxHy during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Identification of the Catalytically Active Phase

    Zhu Chen;Li Cai;Xiaofang Yang;Coleman Kronawitter

  • Defect-Induced Pt-Co-Se Coordinated Sites with Highly Asymmetrical Electronic Distribution for Boosting Oxygen-Involving Electrocatalysis

    Linzhou Zhuang;Yi Jia;Hongli Liu;Xin Wang

  • Hybrid Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Systems: From Interface Design to System Assembly

    Fujun Niu;Fujun Niu;Degao Wang;Fei Li;Fei Li;Yanming Liu

  • One-dimensional CdS/ZnO core/shell nanofibers via single-spinneret electrospinning: tunable morphology and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production.

    Guorui Yang;Wei Yan;Qian Zhang;Shaohua Shen

  • Cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide (CTAB)-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of ZnIn2S4 as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for hydrogen production

    Shaohua Shen;Liang Zhao;Liejin Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Liejin Guo
Liejin Guo Xi'an Jiaotong University
Samuel S. Mao
Samuel S. Mao Khalifa University
Chung-Li Dong
Chung-Li Dong Tamkang University
Dongjiang Yang
Dongjiang Yang Qingdao University
Jigang Zhou
Jigang Zhou Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Maochang Liu
Maochang Liu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Changzhong Jiang
Changzhong Jiang Hunan University
Yongfeng Hu
Yongfeng Hu Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Jin Z. Zhang
Jin Z. Zhang University of California, Santa Cruz
Deli Wang
Deli Wang University of California, San Diego

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