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Xiong Wen (David) Lou

Xiong Wen (David) Lou

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Materials Science
China
2026

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Best Scientists

D-Index
225
Citations
144215
World Ranking
116
National Ranking
2

Materials Science

D-Index
235
Citations
155034
World Ranking
11
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Xiong Wen (David) Lou is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research contributions span several fields, predominantly focused on engineering, energy, and materials science. The subfields of their work mostly include electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and catalysis.

The research topics covered in their publications are varied and specialized, highlighting areas such as advanced battery technologies research, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, advanced photocatalysis techniques, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and fuel cells and related materials.

The scientist has published a number of papers across notable journals and venues, frequently contributing to the following publication sources:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Science Advances
  • Science

Examples of significant recent papers by Xiong Wen (David) Lou include:

  • "Non-Noble-Metal-Based Electrocatalysts toward the Oxygen Evolution Reaction," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Advanced Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Energy Conversion Technologies," 2020, Joule
  • "Self-assembled monolayers direct a LiF-rich interphase toward long-life lithium metal batteries," 2022, Science
  • "Construction of Co-Mn Prussian Blue Analog Hollow Spheres for Efficient Aqueous Zn-ion Batteries," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Functional Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion: A Mini Review," 2021, Nano Letters

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Deyan Luan, Xue Feng Lu, Zhihao Pei, Yinxiang Zeng, and Huabin Zhang.

Best Publications

  • Hollow Micro-/Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications**

    Xiong Wen Lou;Xiong Wen Lou;Lynden A. Archer;Zichao Yang

  • Defect-rich MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets with additional active edge sites for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Junfeng Xie;Hao Zhang;Shuang Li;Ruoxing Wang

  • Recent Advances in Metal Oxide-based Electrode Architecture Design for Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Jian Jiang;Yuanyuan Li;Jinping Liu;Xintang Huang

  • Mixed transition-metal oxides: design, synthesis, and energy-related applications.

    Changzhou Yuan;Hao Bin Wu;Yi Xie;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • A metal–organic framework-derived bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst

    Bao Yu Xia;Ya Yan;Nan Li;Hao Bin Wu

  • Template‐Free Synthesis of SnO2 Hollow Nanostructures with High Lithium Storage Capacity

    Xiong Wen Lou;Yong Wang;Chongli Yuan;Jim Yang Lee

  • Ultrathin mesoporous NiCo2O4 nanosheets supported on Ni foam as advanced electrodes for supercapacitors

    Changzhou Yuan;Changzhou Yuan;Jiaoyang Li;Linrui Hou;Xiaogang Zhang

  • Metal oxide hollow nanostructures for lithium-ion batteries

    Zhiyu Wang;Liang Zhou;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • Porous molybdenum carbide nano-octahedrons synthesized via confined carburization in metal-organic frameworks for efficient hydrogen production

    Hao Bin Wu;Bao Yu Xia;Le Yu;Xin-Yao Yu

  • Engineering bunched Pt-Ni alloy nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction in practical fuel cells

    Xinlong Tian;Xinlong Tian;Xiao Zhao;Ya-Qiong Su;Lijuan Wang

  • Constructing Hierarchical Spheres from Large Ultrathin Anatase TiO2 Nanosheets with Nearly 100% Exposed (001) Facets for Fast Reversible Lithium Storage

    Jun Song Chen;Yi Ling Tan;Chang Ming Li;Yan Ling Cheah

  • Formation of nickel cobalt sulfide ball-in-ball hollow spheres with enhanced electrochemical pseudocapacitive properties

    Laifa Shen;Le Yu;Hao Bin Wu;Xin-Yao Yu

  • Designed Formation of Co3O4/NiCo2O4 Double-Shelled Nanocages with Enhanced Pseudocapacitive and Electrocatalytic Properties

    Han Hu;Buyuan Guan;Baoyu Xia;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • Construction of ZnIn2S4-In2O3 Hierarchical Tubular Heterostructures for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction.

    Sibo Wang;Bu Yuan Guan;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • Nanostructured metal oxide-based materials as advanced anodes for lithium-ion batteries.

    Hao Bin Wu;Jun Song Chen;Huey Hoon Hng;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • Non‐Noble‐Metal‐Based Electrocatalysts toward the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Zhi-Peng Wu;Zhi-Peng Wu;Xue Feng Lu;Shuang-Quan Zang;Xiong Wen (David) Lou

  • Self-Supported Formation of Needlelike Co3O4 Nanotubes and Their Application as Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes†

    Xiong Wen Lou;Da Deng;Jim Yang Lee;Ji Feng

  • Enhancing lithium–sulphur battery performance by strongly binding the discharge products on amino-functionalized reduced graphene oxide

    Zhiyu Wang;Yanfeng Dong;Hongjiang Li;Zongbin Zhao

  • Designed Synthesis of Coaxial SnO2@carbon Hollow Nanospheres for Highly Reversible Lithium Storage

    Xiong Wen Lou;Chang Ming Li;Lynden A. Archer

  • General solution growth of mesoporous NiCo2O4 nanosheets on various conductive substrates as high-performance electrodes for supercapacitors.

    Genqiang Zhang;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • Formation of Fe2O3 Microboxes with Hierarchical Shell Structures from Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Lithium Storage Properties

    Lei Zhang;Hao Bin Wu;Srinivasan Madhavi;Huey Hoon Hng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Song Chen
Jun Song Chen University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Hao Bin Wu
Hao Bin Wu Zhejiang University
Lynden A. Archer
Lynden A. Archer Cornell University
Le Yu
Le Yu Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Chang Ming Li
Chang Ming Li Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology
Srinivasan Madhavi
Srinivasan Madhavi Nanyang Technological University
Bao Yu Xia
Bao Yu Xia Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Liang Zhou
Liang Zhou Wuhan University of Technology
Shujiang Ding
Shujiang Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University

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