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Shu Hu

Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1979Rising activity

Publications

251

Citations

7,994

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

48

Publishing since 1979

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher works on solar-driven and electrochemical technologies for converting sunlight and electricity into fuels and chemicals, including splitting water into hydrogen, converting carbon dioxide into useful products, and producing hydrogen peroxide from water and air. The work spans designing photocatalytic and electrocatalytic materials (light-absorbing semiconductors, catalyst nanoparticles, heterojunction interfaces) and engineering these into scaled-up devices such as flow reactors. Note that the publication list also includes titles on unrelated topics like laser physics, medical image analysis, and machine learning, which may reflect collaborations, name overlap with other authors, or a broader publication record beyond the core energy focus.

Solar fuel production (photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry)CO2 conversion and hydrogenationWater splitting for hydrogen productionCatalyst and heterojunction material designScale-up engineering of energy conversion devices

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from single digits in 2017 to a peak of around 29-30 papers per year in 2023 and 2025, indicating an increasingly active and productive research output in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 20.2/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 12 publications182019: 13 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 24 publications222023: 30 publications30232024: 16 publications242025: 29 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts×12
  • Optics Communications×8
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×7
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×7
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces×5
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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