Ben Xiang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ben Xiang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Xiang has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ben Xiang's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (8 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (8 papers). Ben Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (11 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (8 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (8 papers). Ben Xiang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ben Xiang's co-authors include Biao Gao, Shixiong Mei, Paul K. Chu, Kaifu Huo, Jijiang Fu, Weili An, Lei Wang, Qiaobao Zhang, Siguang Guo and Xuming Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ben Xiang

15 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Scalable synthesis of ant-nest-like bulk porous silicon f... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 200 400 600
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.

  1. Scalable synthesis of ant-nest-like bulk porous silicon for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes
    2019 668 citations Weili An, Biao Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Xiang China 9 1.0k 530 242 181 147 16 1.1k
Shixiong Mei China 12 1.1k 1.1× 599 1.1× 263 1.1× 210 1.2× 158 1.1× 15 1.2k
Soojin Sim South Korea 10 874 0.9× 432 0.8× 200 0.8× 232 1.3× 129 0.9× 16 938
Jaeseong Hwang South Korea 12 1.6k 1.6× 469 0.9× 619 2.6× 161 0.9× 267 1.8× 18 1.6k
Songyan Chen China 18 884 0.9× 261 0.5× 338 1.4× 167 0.9× 93 0.6× 29 929
Tina Weigel Germany 7 1.0k 1.0× 372 0.7× 342 1.4× 203 1.1× 228 1.6× 17 1.1k
Seong‐Hyeon Choi South Korea 9 1.4k 1.4× 539 1.0× 524 2.2× 136 0.8× 208 1.4× 9 1.4k
Lei Ming China 22 1.1k 1.1× 356 0.7× 343 1.4× 117 0.6× 356 2.4× 64 1.2k
Chan Soon Kang South Korea 11 742 0.7× 248 0.5× 218 0.9× 200 1.1× 118 0.8× 18 867

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Xiang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Xiang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Xiang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Xiang 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 Ben Xiang. Ben Xiang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Xiang, Ben, Jian Liu, Yao Yu, et al.. (2025). Optical attenuation coefficient based optical coherence tomography angiography. Optics Communications. 586. 131908–131908.
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Xiang, Ben, Jian Liu, Yao Yu, et al.. (2025). Optical attenuation coefficient decorrelation-based optical coherence tomography angiography for microvascular evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease on mice. Neurophotonics. 12(1). 15013–15013. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yu, Shixiong Mei, Ben Xiang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced lithium-ion diffusion kinetics of silicon anode via in-situ forming high ion conductive Li3N-rich carbon interface derived from g-C3N4 coating. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163518–163518. 4 indexed citations
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Xiang, Ben, Yao Yu, Cheng Ji, et al.. (2024). Probe fusion all-optic OCT-PAM dual-mode imaging system for biomedical imaging. Photoacoustics. 38. 100631–100631. 2 indexed citations
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Xiang, Ben, Yu Liu, Shixiong Mei, et al.. (2024). High-conductivity and elasticity interface consisting of Li-Mg alloy and Li3N on silicon for robust Li-ion storage. Energy storage materials. 69. 103416–103416. 13 indexed citations
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Mei, Shixiong, Ben Xiang, Siguang Guo, et al.. (2023). Design and Electrochemical Mechanism of the MgF2 Coating as a Highly Stable and Conductive Interlayer on the Si Anode for High‐Performance Li‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(5). 46 indexed citations
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Guo, Siguang, Lei Wang, Shixiong Mei, et al.. (2023). Micro-sized porous bulk bismuth caged by carbon for fast charging and ultralong cycling in sodium-ion batteries. Cell Reports Physical Science. 4(7). 101463–101463. 20 indexed citations
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Mei, Shixiong, Siguang Guo, Ben Xiang, et al.. (2022). Enhanced ion conductivity and electrode–electrolyte interphase stability of porous Si anodes enabled by silicon nitride nanocoating for high-performance Li-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 69. 616–625. 69 indexed citations
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Li, Gaojie, Siguang Guo, Ben Xiang, et al.. (2022). Recent advances and perspectives of microsized alloying-type porous anode materials in high-performance Li- and Na-ion batteries. Energy Materials. 2(3). 200020–200020. 75 indexed citations
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Song, Jian, Yifan Liu, Shixiong Mei, et al.. (2022). Purifying Metallurgical-Grade Silicon to 4N with 3D Porous Structure by Integrated Metallurgy-Materials Phase Separation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 454. 140092–140092. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Qingwen & Ben Xiang. (2021). Rockburst Prediction on the Superimposed Effect of Excavation Accumulation Energy and Blasting Vibration Energy in Deep Roadway. Shock and Vibration. 2021(1). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haojie, Weili An, Hao Song, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of micro-sized porous antimony via vapor dealloying for high-performance Na-ion battery anode. Solid State Ionics. 352. 115365–115365. 10 indexed citations
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An, Weili, Biao Gao, Shixiong Mei, et al.. (2019). Scalable synthesis of ant-nest-like bulk porous silicon for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1447–1447. 668 indexed citations breakdown →
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An, Weili, Ben Xiang, Jijiang Fu, et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional carbon-coating silicon nanoparticles welded on carbon nanotubes composites for high-stability lithium-ion battery anodes. Applied Surface Science. 479. 896–902. 55 indexed citations

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