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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
37193
World Ranking
1851
National Ranking
42

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Yongfeng Hu is affiliated with the Canadian Light Source in Canada and has a significant body of research primarily focused on engineering and materials science. Their publications cover specialized subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, environmental sciences, catalysis, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Yongfeng Hu has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles with notable recent papers including:

  • "Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Regulating Fe-spin state by atomically dispersed Mn-N in Fe-N-C catalysts with high oxygen reduction activity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3d metal oxidation cycle energetics," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "General synthesis of single-atom catalysts with high metal loading using graphene quantum dots," 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • "Stabilizing Highly Active Ru Sites by Suppressing Lattice Oxygen Participation in Acidic Water Oxidation," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent coauthors include Mohsen Shakouri, Zhongwei Chen, Xueliang Sun, Ya-Ping Deng, and Rui Gao, indicating collaborative research activities across several projects.

Yongfeng Hu's work has been published in several recurring venues, suggesting a focus and continual contribution to specific research communities. These venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Nanoscale nickel oxide/nickel heterostructures for active hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

    Ming Gong;Wu Zhou;Mon-Che Tsai;Jigang Zhou

  • Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst.

    Zhen-Yu Wu;Mohammadreza Karamad;Xue Yong;Qizheng Huang

  • Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

    Kun Jiang;Samira Siahrostami;Tingting Zheng;Tingting Zheng;Yongfeng Hu

  • Regulating Fe-spin state by atomically dispersed Mn-N in Fe-N-C catalysts with high oxygen reduction activity.

    Gege Yang;Jiawei Zhu;Pengfei Yuan;Yongfeng Hu

  • α-RuCl3: A spin-orbit assisted Mott insulator on a honeycomb lattice

    K. W. Plumb;J. P. Clancy;L. J. Sandilands;V. Vijay Shankar

  • A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature.

    Dehui Deng;Xiaoqi Chen;Liang Yu;Xing Wu

  • Large-Scale and Highly Selective CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction on Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst

    Tingting Zheng;Tingting Zheng;Kun Jiang;Na Ta;Yongfeng Hu

  • Highly selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on transition metal single atom coordination.

    Kun Jiang;Seoin Back;Austin J. Akey;Chuan Xia

  • High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3d metal oxidation cycle energetics

    Bo Zhang;Lie Wang;Zhen Cao;Sergey M. Kozlov

  • Air-stable Li3InCl6 electrolyte with high voltage compatibility for all-solid-state batteries

    Xiaona Li;Jianwen Liang;Jing Luo;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Mohammad Norouzi Banis

  • An Isolated Zinc–Cobalt Atomic Pair for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction

    Ziyang Lu;Bo Wang;Yongfeng Hu;Wei Liu

  • General synthesis of single-atom catalysts with high metal loading using graphene quantum dots.

    Chuan Xia;Chuan Xia;Yunrui Qiu;Yang Xia;Peng Zhu

  • High-Performance Reversible Aqueous Zn-Ion Battery Based on Porous MnOx Nanorods Coated by MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon

    Yanqing Fu;Qiliang Wei;Gaixia Zhang;Xiaomin Wang

  • Stabilizing Highly Active Ru Sites by Suppressing Lattice Oxygen Participation in Acidic Water Oxidation.

    Yunzhou Wen;Peining Chen;Peining Chen;Lu Wang;Lu Wang;Shangyu Li

  • Site-Occupation-Tuned Superionic LixScCl3+xHalide Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries.

    Jianwen Liang;Xiaona Li;Shuo Wang;Keegan R Adair

  • Carbon Nanosheets Containing Discrete Co-Nx-By-C Active Sites for Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis and Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries

    Yingying Guo;Pengfei Yuan;Jianan Zhang;Yongfeng Hu

  • Highly active and selective oxygen reduction to H2O2 on boron-doped carbon for high production rates

    Yang Xia;Xunhua Zhao;Chuan Xia;Zhen-Yu Wu

  • Proto-calcite and proto-vaterite in amorphous calcium carbonates.

    Denis Gebauer;Philips N. Gunawidjaja;J. Y. Peter Ko;Zoltan Bacsik

  • Sulfuration of an Fe-N-C Catalyst Containing Fe x C/Fe Species to Enhance the Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media and for Use in Flexible Zn-Air Batteries

    Yueyang Qiao;Pengfei Yuan;Yongfeng Hu;Jianan Zhang;Jianan Zhang

  • Transition-Metal Single Atoms in a Graphene Shell as Active Centers for Highly Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis

    Kun Jiang;Samira Siahrostami;Austin J. Akey;Yanbin Li

  • Promoting the Transformation of Li2S2 to Li2S: Significantly Increasing Utilization of Active Materials for High‐Sulfur‐Loading Li–S Batteries

    Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xiaofei Yang;Xuejie Gao;Qian Sun;Sara Panahian Jand

  • A Defect-Driven Metal-free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Electrolyte

    Daohao Li;Yi Jia;Guojing Chang;Jun Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsun-Kong Sham
Tsun-Kong Sham University of Western Ontario
Jigang Zhou
Jigang Zhou Canadian Light Source (Canada)
Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Zhongwei Chen
Zhongwei Chen University of Waterloo
Weihan Li
Weihan Li University of Western Ontario
Mohammad Norouzi Banis
Mohammad Norouzi Banis General Motors (United States)
Jianwen Liang
Jianwen Liang General Research Institute For Nonferrous Metals (China)
Ajay K. Dalai
Ajay K. Dalai University of Saskatchewan
Keegan R. Adair
Keegan R. Adair University of Western Ontario

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