An‐Wu Xu

22.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
259 papers, 20.1k citations indexed

About

An‐Wu Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, An‐Wu Xu has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 20.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Materials Chemistry, 104 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 73 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in An‐Wu Xu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (73 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (37 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers). An‐Wu Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (73 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (37 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers). An‐Wu Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. An‐Wu Xu's co-authors include Helmut Cölfen, Qing Zhu, Xi‐Lin Wu, Han-Qin Liu, Ling Lin, Tao Wen, Yifan Jiang, Xiangke Wang, Yuan Gao and Donghong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

An‐Wu Xu

256 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Preparation, Characterization, and their Photocatalytic Activities of Rare-Earth-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles

2002 1.0k citations An‐Wu Xu et al. profile →
Noble-Metal-Free Fe–N/C Catalyst for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction under Both Alkaline and Acidic Conditions

2014 975 citations Ling Lin, Qing Zhu et al. profile →
Biomimetic mineralization

2006 588 citations An‐Wu Xu, Helmut Cölfen et al. profile →
Biomass-Derived Sponge-like Carbonaceous Hydrogels and Aerogels for Supercapacitors

2013 560 citations Xi‐Lin Wu, Tao Wen et al. ACS Nano profile →
Highly Durable N-Doped Graphene/CdS Nanocomposites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water under Visible Light Irradiation

2011 524 citations Donghong Wang, An‐Wu Xu et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of An‐Wu Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of An‐Wu Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of An‐Wu Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with An‐Wu Xu. An‐Wu Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	CCDC 2390518: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination 2026 ·Open MIND ·Chun‐Long Chen, (unknown), (unknown), An‐Wu Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Single atom-decorated transition metal oxide nanomaterials for efficient oxygen evolution reaction 2024 ·Materials Chemistry Frontiers ·Conghui Li, Cheng‐Zong Yuan, (unknown), Fuling Wu, Xin Lei, Xiaomeng Zhang, An‐Wu Xu	4
3	Novel Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Co-B-P Nanocomposites with Significantly Enhance Visible-Light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water Splitting 2024 ·Chemical Science International Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), An‐Wu Xu	1
4	PBA-Derived Heteroatom-Doped Mesoporous Graphitic Spheroids as Peroxidase Nanozyme for In Vitro Tumor Cells Detection 2024 ·ACS Applied Bio Materials ·Shafaq Sahar, Akif Zeb, Zhengwei Mao, An‐Wu Xu, Wei Wang	9
5	Electron‐Deficient Boron‐Doped g‐C₃N₄ as an Efficient and Robust Photocatalyst for Visible‐Light Driven Hydrogen Evolution from Water Splitting 2024 ·Advanced Sustainable Systems ·Ikram Ullah, (unknown), Shuai Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Ghulam Murtaza, (unknown), An‐Wu Xu	10
6	Engineering at Subatomic Scale: Achieving Selective Catalytic Pathways via Tuning of the Oxidation States in Functionalized Single‐Atom Quantum Catalysts 2022 ·Small ·Akif Zeb, Shafaq Sahar, Shengyao Lv, Ammar Bin Yousaf, Peter Kasák, Xiaoming Lin, Zhilie Tang, Yongbo Wu, Guoliang Li, An‐Wu Xu	14
7	A Hybrid VO_xIncorporated Hexacyanoferrate Nanostructured Hydrogel as a Multienzyme MimeticviaCascade Reactions 2020 ·ACS Nano ·Shafaq Sahar, Akif Zeb, Cong Ling, Amna Raja, Gang Wang, Naseeb Ullah, Xiaoming Lin, An‐Wu Xu	68
8	An efficient multidoped Cu0.39Zn0.14Co2.47O4-ZnO electrode attached on reduced graphene oxide and copper foam as superior lithium-ion battery anodes 2017 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Ji‐Liang Niu, Haijun Peng, Chenghui Zeng, Xiaoming Lin, Palanivel Sathishkumar, Yuepeng Cai, An‐Wu Xu	45
9	Self-templated synthesis of novel carbon nanoarchitectures for efficient electrocatalysis 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Xi‐Lin Wu, Tao Wen, Hongli Guo, Shoujie Liu, Xiangke Wang, An‐Wu Xu, Markus Mezger	7
10	Carbon nanotube/S–N–C nanohybrids as high performance bifunctional electrocatalysts for both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions 2015 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·Qing Zhu, Ling Lin, Yifan Jiang, Xiao Xie, Cheng‐Zong Yuan, An‐Wu Xu	32
11	Metallic MoO₂cocatalyst significantly enhances visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production over MoO₂/Zn_0.5Cd_0.5S heterojunction 2015 ·Nanoscale ·Hong Du, Xiao Xie, Qing Zhu, Ling Lin, Yifan Jiang, Zhengkun Yang, Xiao Zhou, An‐Wu Xu	98
12	Bifunctional pH-sensitive Zn(ii)–curcumin nanoparticles/siRNA effectively inhibit growth of human bladder cancer cells in vitro and in vivo 2014 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry B ·(unknown), Jinhuan Wei, Tuck−Yun Cheang, Zongren Wang, Xiao Zhou, Shasha Wang, Wei Chen, (unknown), Junhang Luo, An‐Wu Xu	21
13	Efficient capture of strontium from aqueous solutions using graphene oxide–hydroxyapatite nanocomposites 2014 ·Dalton Transactions ·Tao Wen, Xi‐Lin Wu, Mancheng Liu, (unknown), Xiangke Wang, An‐Wu Xu	116
14	Heterostructured Calcium Carbonate Microspheres with Calcite Equatorial Loops and Vaterite Spherical Cores 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Shasha Wang, Andreas Picker, Helmut Cölfen, An‐Wu Xu	31
15	Room-temperature synthesis of Zn _0.80 Cd _0.20 S solid solution with a high visible-light photocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution 2012 ·Nanoscale ·Donghong Wang, Lei Wang, An‐Wu Xu	131
16	A silver nanoparticle based surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) probe for the ultrasensitive and selective detection of formaldehyde 2012 ·Nanoscale ·Wengang Qu, Liqiang Lu, Ling Lin, An‐Wu Xu	31
17	Nanosheet-constructed porous BiOCl with dominant {001} facets for superior photosensitized degradation 2012 ·Nanoscale ·Donghong Wang, Guiqi Gao, Yuewei Zhang, Lisha Zhou, An‐Wu Xu, Wei Chen	231
18	Plasmonic resonance energy transfer-based nanospectroscopy for sensitive and selective detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) 2010 ·Chemical Communications ·Wengang Qu, Bin Deng, Shengliang Zhong, Hongyan Shi, Shasha Wang, An‐Wu Xu	61
19	The preparation of a highly ordered long-range lamellar silica structure with large interlayer spacingsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Figs. S1–3: XRD, adsorption–desorption isotherms and SEM image. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b204053k/ 2002 ·Chemical Communications ·An‐Wu Xu, Jimmy C. Yu, Yue‐Peng Cai, Hua‐Xin Zhang, Lizhi Zhang	11
20	Hierarchically Ordered Silica Mesophases Using Mixed Surfactant Systems as Templates 2002 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·An‐Wu Xu, Yue‐Peng Cai, Hua‐Xin Zhang, Lizhi Zhang, Jimmy C. Yu	15

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