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D-Index
148
Citations
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World Ranking
149
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Yongfa Zhu is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Energy, Materials Science, and Engineering. Their primary subfields of study include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research encompasses multiple main topics such as Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Covalent Organic Framework Applications, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

Yongfa Zhu has published frequently in several scientific journals. The most common venues for their work include Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, SSRN Electronic Journal, Chemical Engineering Journal, Angewandte Chemie, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Some of their recent papers with publication years and venues are as follows:

  • Efficient Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting Induced by the Giant Internal Electric Field of a g-C3N4/rGO/PDIP Z-Scheme Heterojunction, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • CN/rGO@BPQDs high-low junctions with stretching spatial charge separation ability for photocatalytic degradation and H2O2 production, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline antibiotics using three-dimensional network structure perylene diimide supramolecular organic photocatalyst under visible-light irradiation, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Steering Electron-Hole Migration Pathways Using Oxygen Vacancies in Tungsten Oxides to Enhance Their Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • H2O2 generation from O2 and H2O on a near-infrared absorbing porphyrin supramolecular photocatalyst, 2023, Nature Energy

Yongfa Zhu collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including Yuming Dong, Chengsi Pan, Yang Lou, Ying Zhang, and Junshan Li. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships in their research activities, with co-author counts ranging from 34 to 80 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Visible-light-induced degradation of rhodamine B by nanosized Bi2WO6.

    Hongbo Fu;Chengshi Pan;Wenqing Yao;Yongfa Zhu

  • Defect-related photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of porous ZnO nanosheets

    Di Liu;Yanhui Lv;Mo Zhang;Yanfang Liu

  • Enhancement of photocurrent and photocatalytic activity of ZnO hybridized with graphite-like C3N4

    Yajun Wang;Rui Shi;Jie Lin;Yongfa Zhu

  • Chemical exfoliation of graphitic carbon nitride for efficient heterogeneous photocatalysis

    Jing Xu;Liwu Zhang;Rui Shi;Yongfa Zhu

  • Dramatic Activity of C3N4/BiPO4 Photocatalyst with Core/Shell Structure Formed by Self-Assembly

    Chengsi Pan;Jing Xu;Yajun Wang;Di Li

  • Significantly enhanced photocatalytic performance of ZnO via graphene hybridization and the mechanism study

    Tongguang Xu;Liwu Zhang;Hanyun Cheng;Yongfa Zhu

  • Synthesis of Square Bi2WO6 Nanoplates as High-Activity Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysts

    Chuan Zhang† and;Yongfa Zhu

  • Decontamination of Bisphenol A from Aqueous Solution by Graphene Adsorption

    Jing Xu;Li Wang;Yongfa Zhu;Yongfa Zhu

  • Efficient TiO2 Photocatalysts from Surface Hybridization of TiO2 Particles with Graphite-like Carbon

    Li-Wu Zhang;Hong-Bo Fu;Yong-Fa Zhu

  • Effect of Phase Structure of MnO2 Nanorod Catalyst on the Activity for CO Oxidation

    Shuhui Liang;Fei Teng;G. Bulgan;Ruilong Zong

  • New Type of BiPO4 Oxy-Acid Salt Photocatalyst with High Photocatalytic Activity on Degradation of Dye

    Chengsi Pan;Yongfa Zhu

  • Dramatic visible photocatalytic degradation performances due to synergetic effect of TiO2 with PANI.

    Hao Zhang;Ruilong Zong;Jincai Zhao;Yongfa Zhu

  • A Strategy of Enhancing the Photoactivity of g-C3N4 via Doping of Nonmetal Elements: A First-Principles Study

    Xinguo Ma;Yanhui Lv;Jing Xu;Yanfang Liu

  • Peroxymonosulfate enhanced visible light photocatalytic degradation bisphenol A by single-atom dispersed Ag mesoporous g-C3N4 hybrid

    Yanbin Wang;Xu Zhao;Di Cao;Yan Wang

  • Photocatalytic Activity Enhanced via g-C3N4 Nanoplates to Nanorods

    Xiaojuan Bai;Li Wang;Ruilong Zong;Yongfa Zhu

  • Photocorrosion inhibition and enhancement of photocatalytic activity for ZnO via hybridization with C60.

    Hongbo Fu;Tongguang Xu;Shengbao Zhu;Yongfa Zhu

  • Enhancement of visible photocatalytic activity via Ag@C3N4 core–shell plasmonic composite

    Xiaojuan Bai;Ruilong Zong;Cuixia Li;Di Liu

  • Efficient visible-light-driven selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide by oxygen-enriched graphitic carbon nitride polymers

    Zhen Wei;Meili Liu;Zijian Zhang;Wenqing Yao

  • Three-dimensional porous g-C3N4 for highly efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting

    Xianjie Chen;Run Shi;Qian Chen;Zijian Zhang

  • Photocorrosion Inhibition and Photoactivity Enhancement for Zinc Oxide via Hybridization with Monolayer Polyaniline

    Hao Zhang;Ruilong Zong;Yongfa Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongbo Fu
Hongbo Fu Fudan University
Di Li
Di Li East China Normal University
Shicheng Zhang
Shicheng Zhang Fudan University
Mindong Chen
Mindong Chen Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Song Gao
Song Gao Sun Yat-sen University
Yinghua Liang
Yinghua Liang North China University of Science and Technology
Wenquan Cui
Wenquan Cui North China University of Science and Technology
Jørn Toftum
Jørn Toftum Technical University of Denmark
Yuming Dong
Yuming Dong Jiangnan University
Pingping Jiang
Pingping Jiang Jiangnan University

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