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D-Index
89
Citations
31987
World Ranking
1761
National Ranking
537

Shuo Chen publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shuo Chen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 209 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Shuo Chen D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shuo Chen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shuo Chen is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Engineering and Materials Science. Within these main fields, their work encompasses subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their research topics include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Shuo Chen's recent publications highlight a focus on catalytic materials and energy conversion technologies. Notable papers include:

  • Ultrafast room-temperature synthesis of porous S-doped Ni/Fe (oxy)hydroxide electrodes for oxygen evolution catalysis in seawater splitting (2020, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • Heterogeneous Bimetallic Phosphide Ni2P-Fe2P as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Water/Seawater Splitting (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Efficient Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution by a Nanorod-Nanoparticle-Structured Ni-MoN Catalyst with Fast Water-Dissociation Kinetics (2022, Advanced Materials)
  • Hydrogen Generation from Seawater Electrolysis over a Sandwich-like NiCoN|NixP|NiCoN Microsheet Array Catalyst (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • Rational design of core-shell-structured CoP @FeOOH for efficient seawater electrolysis (2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)

Frequent coauthors in Shuo Chen's work include Zhifeng Ren, Shaowei Song, Luo Yu, Fanghao Zhang, and Jianhua Yan. Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their research output.

Their publications appear in a range of venues, often in journals focused on materials science, physics, and energy research. These venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials Today Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advanced Materials
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Platinum−Gold Nanoparticles: A Highly Active Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Lithium−Air Batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;Zhichuan Xu;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Shuo Chen

  • High-power lithium batteries from functionalized carbon-nanotube electrodes

    Seung Woo Lee;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Betar M. Gallant;Shuo Chen

  • Non-noble metal-nitride based electrocatalysts for high-performance alkaline seawater electrolysis

    Luo Yu;Qing Zhu;Shaowei Song;Brian McElhenny

  • Cu nanowires shelled with NiFe layered double hydroxide nanosheets as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

    Luo Yu;Luo Yu;Haiqing Zhou;Jingying Sun;Fan Qin

  • Instability of Supported Platinum Nanoparticles in Low-Temperature Fuel Cells

    Y. Shao-Horn;W. C. Sheng;S. Chen;Paulo J Ferreira

  • High Performance Bifunctional Porous Non-Noble Metal Phosphide Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting

    Fang Yu;Fang Yu;Haiqing Zhou;Haiqing Zhou;Yufeng Huang;Jingying Sun

  • Carbon nanotube/manganese oxide ultrathin film electrodes for electrochemical capacitors.

    Seung Woo Lee;Junhyung Kim;Shuo Chen;Paula T. Hammond

  • Ultrafast room-temperature synthesis of porous S-doped Ni/Fe (oxy)hydroxide electrodes for oxygen evolution catalysis in seawater splitting

    Luo Yu;Luo Yu;Libo Wu;Brian McElhenny;Shaowei Song

  • Layer-by-layer assembly of all carbon nanotube ultrathin films for electrochemical applications.

    Seung Woo Lee;Byeong Su Kim;Shuo Chen;Yang Shao-Horn

  • Thermoelectric Property Studies on Cu-Doped n-type CuxBi2Te2.7Se0.3 Nanocomposites

    Wei-Shu Liu;Qinyong Zhang;Yucheng Lan;Shuo Chen

  • Coherent phonon heat conduction in superlattices.

    Maria N. Luckyanova;Jivtesh Garg;Keivan Esfarjani;Adam Jandl

  • Recent progress of half-Heusler for moderate temperature thermoelectric applications

    Shuo Chen;Zhifeng Ren

  • Heterogeneous Bimetallic Phosphide Ni2P-Fe2P as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Water/Seawater Splitting

    Libo Wu;Libo Wu;Luo Yu;Fanghao Zhang;Brian McElhenny

  • Water splitting by electrolysis at high current densities under 1.6 volts

    Haiqing Zhou;Haiqing Zhou;Fang Yu;Fang Yu;Qing Zhu;Jingying Sun

  • Unusual high thermal conductivity in boron arsenide bulk crystals

    Fei Tian;Bai Song;Xi Chen;Navaneetha K. Ravichandran

  • Efficient Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution by a Nanorod‐Nanoparticle‐Structured Ni‐MoN Catalyst with Fast Water‐Dissociation Kinetics

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  • Superplastic carbon nanotubes

    J. Y. Huang;S. Chen;Z. Q. Wang;K. Kempa

  • Platinum-Alloy Cathode Catalyst Degradation in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Nanometer-Scale Compositional and Morphological Changes

    Shuo Chen;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Katsuichiro Hayakawa;Tomoyuki Tada

  • Heavy doping and band engineering by potassium to improve the thermoelectric figure of merit in p-type PbTe, PbSe, and PbTe(1-y)Se(y).

    Qian Zhang;Feng Cao;Weishu Liu;Kevin Lukas

  • Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam

    Haiqing Zhou;Fang Yu;Yufeng Huang;Jingying Sun

  • Enhanced Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on “Pt3Co” Nanoparticles: Direct Evidence of Percolated and Sandwich-Segregation Structures

    Shuo Chen;Paulo J. Ferreira;Wenchao Sheng;Naoaki Yabuuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhifeng Ren
Zhifeng Ren University of Houston
Haiqing Zhou
Haiqing Zhou Hunan Normal University
Jiming Bao
Jiming Bao University of Houston
Jian Yu Huang
Jian Yu Huang Yanshan University
Weishu Liu
Weishu Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhiming Wang
Zhiming Wang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yucheng Lan
Yucheng Lan Morgan State University
Seung Woo Lee
Seung Woo Lee Korea University
Ching-Wu Chu
Ching-Wu Chu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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