World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
97
Citations
29720
World Ranking
1235
National Ranking
388

Overview

Yang Hou is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has a research focus spanning engineering and energy disciplines. Their work emphasizes renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, supported by a substantial number of publications in related fields.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Energy

Within these broad areas, Yang Hou has contributed extensively to subfields such as renewable energy and sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and biomedical engineering.

Key subfields in their research portfolio include:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Biomedical Engineering

Yang Hou's research topics reflect a focus on energy conversion and catalysis technologies, including electrocatalysts for energy conversion, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced battery technologies, advancements in battery materials, and ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction.

Main topics covered are:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies

A number of their recent papers include:

  • "Electrocatalysis for CO2conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products" (2021) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Designing flexible, smart and self-sustainable supercapacitors for portable/wearable electronics: from conductive polymers" (2021) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Dynamic Activation of Adsorbed Intermediates via Axial Traction for the Promoted Electrochemical CO2 Reduction" (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Synergistic Effect of Atomically Dispersed Ni-Zn Pair Sites for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction" (2021) published in Advanced Materials
  • "Highly active ruthenium sites stabilized by modulating electron-feeding for sustainable acidic oxygen-evolution electrocatalysis" (2022) published in Energy & Environmental Science

Frequent co-authors working alongside Yang Hou include:

  • Lecheng Lei
  • Zhongjian Li
  • Bin Yang
  • Qinghua Zhang

The venues where Yang Hou has published frequently illustrate the reach and focus of their work, with multiple contributions to journals such as:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Electrocatalysis for CO2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

    Genxiang Wang;Junxiang Chen;Yichun Ding;Pingwei Cai

  • Constructing 2D porous graphitic C3 N4 nanosheets/nitrogen-doped graphene/layered MoS2 ternary nanojunction with enhanced photoelectrochemical activity.

    Yang Hou;Zhenhai Wen;Shumao Cui;Xiaoru Guo

  • Vertically oriented cobalt selenide/NiFe layered-double-hydroxide nanosheets supported on exfoliated graphene foil: an efficient 3D electrode for overall water splitting

    Yang Hou;Martin R. Lohe;Jian Zhang;Shaohua Liu

  • An Advanced Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Cobalt‐Embedded Porous Carbon Polyhedron Hybrid for Efficient Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction and Water Splitting

    Yang Hou;Zhenhai Wen;Shumao Cui;Suqin Ci

  • High-performance bi-functional electrocatalysts of 3D crumpled graphene–cobalt oxide nanohybrids for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions

    Shun Mao;Zhenhai Wen;Taizhong Huang;Taizhong Huang;Yang Hou

  • Microporous Framework Induced Synthesis of Single-Atom Dispersed Fe-N-C Acidic ORR Catalyst and Its in Situ Reduced Fe-N4 Active Site Identification Revealed by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    Meiling Xiao;Jianbing Zhu;Liang Ma;Zhao Jin

  • Atomically dispersed nickel-nitrogen-sulfur species anchored on porous carbon nanosheets for efficient water oxidation.

    Yang Hou;Ming Qiu;Min Gyu Kim;Pan Liu

  • Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitors with High Volumetric Capacitances Boosted by Solution Processable MXene and Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene

    Hongyan Li;Hongyan Li;Yang Hou;Faxing Wang;Martin R. Lohe

  • Metal−Organic Framework‐Derived Nitrogen‐Doped Core‐Shell‐Structured Porous Fe/Fe3C@C Nanoboxes Supported on Graphene Sheets for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reactions

    Yang Hou;Taizhong Huang;Zhenhai Wen;Shun Mao

  • Efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution on atomically dispersed Ni–Nx Species anchored porous carbon with embedded Ni nanoparticles by accelerating water dissociation kinetics

    Chaojun Lei;Yu Wang;Yang Hou;Pan Liu

  • Visible light-driven α-Fe₂O₃ nanorod/graphene/BiV₁-xMoxO₄ core/shell heterojunction array for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting.

    Yang Hou;Fan Zuo;Alex Dagg;Pingyun Feng

  • Branched WO3 nanosheet array with layered C3 N4 heterojunctions and CoOx nanoparticles as a flexible photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

    Yang Hou;Fan Zuo;Alexander P. Dagg;Jikai Liu

  • Designing flexible, smart and self-sustainable supercapacitors for portable/wearable electronics: from conductive polymers

    Zhenyun Zhao;Kequan Xia;Yang Hou;Qinghua Zhang

  • Porous carbon nanosheets: Synthetic strategies and electrochemical energy related applications

    Yafei He;Xiaodong Zhuang;Chaojun Lei;Lecheng Lei

  • A three-dimensional branched cobalt-doped α-Fe2O3 nanorod/MgFe2O4 heterojunction array as a flexible photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.

    Yang Hou;Fan Zuo;Alex Dagg;Pingyun Feng

  • Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: a review

    Heyang Yuan;Yang Hou;Ibrahim M. Abu-Reesh;Junhong Chen

  • Wafer-sized multifunctional polyimine-based two-dimensional conjugated polymers with high mechanical stiffness

    Hafeesudeen Sahabudeen;Haoyuan Qi;Bernhard Alexander Glatz;Diana Tranca

  • Electrochemical Method for Synthesis of a ZnFe2O4/TiO2 Composite Nanotube Array Modified Electrode with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Activity

    Yang Hou;Xin Yong Li;Xin Yong Li;Qi Dong Zhao;Xie Quan

  • A general, one-step and template-free synthesis of sphere-like zinc ferrite nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity for dye degradation

    Xinyong Li;Yang Hou;Qidong Zhao;Lianzhou Wang

  • Photoeletrocatalytic activity of a Cu2O-loaded self-organized highly oriented TiO2 nanotube array electrode for 4-chlorophenol degradation.

    Yang Hou;Xinyong Li;Xuejun Zou;Xie Quan

  • NiCoMo Hydroxide Nanosheet Arrays Synthesized via Chloride Corrosion for Overall Water Splitting

    Shaoyun Hao;Luchuan Chen;Chunlin Yu;Bin Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lecheng Lei
Lecheng Lei Zhejiang University
Bin Yang
Bin Yang Zhejiang University
Zhongjian Li
Zhongjian Li Zhejiang University
Xinyong Li
Xinyong Li Dalian University of Technology
Zhenhai Wen
Zhenhai Wen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junhong Chen
Junhong Chen University of Chicago
Qidong Zhao
Qidong Zhao Dalian University of Technology
Chris Yuan
Chris Yuan Case Western Reserve University
Xinliang Feng
Xinliang Feng TU Dresden
Guohua Chen
Guohua Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Yang Hou

Trending Scientists