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Overview

Yidong Hou is affiliated with Fuzhou University in China, contributing extensively to the fields of energy and materials science. Their research focuses on subfields such as renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and water science and technology.

Their work covers key topics including advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, covalent organic framework applications, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, copper-based nanomaterials and applications, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, and advanced oxidation water treatment.

Yidong Hou has published in a range of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Some of the recent papers involving Yidong Hou or closely associated research include:

  • "Semiconducting Polymers for Oxygen Evolution Reaction under Light Illumination" (2022), Chemical Reviews
  • "Hydroxyl-Bonded Ru on Metallic TiN Surface Catalyzing CO2 Reduction with H2O by Infrared Light" (2023), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Unveiling the charge transfer dynamics steered by built-in electric fields in BiOBr photocatalysts" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Fabrication of hierarchical Co3O4@CdIn2S4 p-n heterojunction photocatalysts for improved CO2 reduction with visible light" (2020), Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "On-Surface Polymerization of In-Plane Highly Ordered Carbon Nitride Nanosheets toward Photocatalytic Mineralization of Mercaptan Gas" (2021), Advanced Materials

Yidong Hou frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Jinshui Zhang
  • Xinchen Wang
  • Can Yang
  • Sibo Wang
  • Masakazu Anpo

The profile of Yidong Hou reflects significant research contributions primarily in sustainable energy and materials science, with applications that extend into photocatalysis, environmental chemistry, and advanced material design.

Best Publications

  • Polymer semiconductors for artificial photosynthesis: hydrogen evolution by mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride with visible light.

    Xinchen Wang;Kazuhiko Maeda;Xiufang Chen;Kazuhiro Takanabe

  • Layered Nanojunctions for Hydrogen-Evolution Catalysis†

    Yidong Hou;Anders B. Laursen;Jinshui Zhang;Guigang Zhang

  • Bioinspired molecular co-catalysts bonded to a silicon photocathode for solar hydrogen evolution

    Yidong Hou;Billie L. Abrams;Peter Christian Kjærgaard Vesborg;Mårten E. Björketun

  • Photocatalytic activity of a hierarchically macro/mesoporous titania.

    Xinchen Wang;Jimmy C. Yu;Chunman Ho;Yidong Hou

  • Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 by graphitic carbon nitride polymers derived from urea and barbituric acid

    Jiani Qin;Sibo Wang;He Ren;Yidong Hou

  • Photocatalytic performance of α-, β-, and γ-Ga2O3 for the destruction of volatile aromatic pollutants in air

    Yidong Hou;Ling Wu;Xinchen Wang;Zhengxin Ding

  • Development of a stable MnCo2O4 cocatalyst for photocatalytic CO2 reduction with visible light

    Sibo Wang;Yidong Hou;Xinchen Wang

  • Enhanced photocatalytic ozonation degradation of organic pollutants by ZnO modified TiO2 nanocomposites

    Tangtao Yang;Junmin Peng;Yun Zheng;Xuan He

  • Photocatalytic oxidation of water by polymeric carbon nitride nanohybrids made of sustainable elements

    Jinshui Zhang;Marek Grzelczak;Yidong Hou;Kazuhiko Maeda

  • The effect of postnitridation annealing on the surface property and photocatalytic performance of N-doped TiO2 under visible light irradiation

    Xiufang Chen;Xinchen Wang;Yidong Hou;Jianhui Huang

  • Efficient Decomposition of Benzene over a β-Ga2O3 Photocatalyst under Ambient Conditions

    Yidong Hou;Xinchen Wang;Ling Wu;Zhengxin Ding

  • Gold plasmon-induced photocatalytic dehydrogenative coupling of methane to ethane on polar oxide surfaces

    Lingshu Meng;Zhenye Chen;Zhiyun Ma;Sha He

  • Photocatalytic hydrogen production over carbon nitride loaded with WS2 as cocatalyst under visible light

    Yidong Hou;Yongsheng Zhu;Yan Xu;Xinchen Wang

  • Fabrication of hierarchical Co3O4@CdIn2S4 p–n heterojunction photocatalysts for improved CO2 reduction with visible light

    Lijuan Huang;Bifang Li;Bo Su;Zhuang Xiong

  • On-Surface Polymerization of In-Plane Highly Ordered Carbon Nitride Nanosheets toward Photocatalytic Mineralization of Mercaptan Gas.

    Fangsong Guo;Bing Hu;Can Yang;Jinshui Zhang

  • All-solid-state direct Z-scheme NiTiO3/Cd0.5Zn0.5S heterostructures for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with visible light

    Bifang Li;Wenjing Wang;Jiwu Zhao;Zhaoyu Wang

  • N-Doped SiO2/TiO2 mesoporous nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation

    Y.D. Hou;X.C. Wang;L. Wu;X.F. Chen

  • Photocatalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate by carbon quantum dots functionalized carbon nitride for efficient degradation of bisphenol A under visible-light irradiation

    Hongbo Ming;Danlei Wei;Yang Yang;Boqiang Chen

  • Degradation of Benzene over a Zinc Germanate Photocatalyst under Ambient Conditions

    Jianhui Huang;Xinchen Wang;Yidong Hou;Xiufang Chen

  • Layering MoS2 on soft hollow g-C3N4 nanostructures for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Dandan Zheng;Guigang Zhang;Yidong Hou;Xinchen Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinchen Wang
Xinchen Wang Fuzhou University
Zhengxin Ding
Zhengxin Ding Fuzhou University
Jinshui Zhang
Jinshui Zhang Fuzhou University
Xianzhi Fu
Xianzhi Fu Fuzhou University
Ling Wu
Ling Wu Fuzhou University
Ib Chorkendorff
Ib Chorkendorff Technical University of Denmark
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Jinlin Long
Jinlin Long Fuzhou University
Ole Hansen
Ole Hansen Technical University of Denmark
Xuxu Wang
Xuxu Wang Fuzhou University

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