Chao Xu

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Chao Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Xu has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Materials Chemistry, 54 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chao Xu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (35 papers), Graphene research and applications (18 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (15 papers). Chao Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (35 papers), Graphene research and applications (18 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (15 papers). Chao Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Chao Xu's co-authors include Junwu Zhu, Xin Wang, Xin Wang, Rusheng Yuan, Xianzhi Fu, Lude Lu, Jinlin Long, Xin Wang, Xiaoming Fang and Zhengguo Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chao Xu

116 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Graphene−Metal Particle Nanocomposites

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stabilizing the High Spin Cobalt Atoms by Local Magnetic Asymmetry in p‐Block Metals‐Doped Spinel MnCo ₂ O ₄ Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), Guojun Wen, (unknown), (unknown), Y.G. Wang, Yaoyao Chen, Ying Wang, Na Wen, Chao Xu, Huaxiang Lin, Zhengxin Ding, (unknown), Jinlin Long	1
2	Capacitive deionization using wrinkle-engineered Nb4C3Tx-MXene freestanding membranes 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Haoyang Liu, (unknown), Liyan Liu, Rusheng Yuan, Jinlin Long, Chao Xu	3
3	All‐Conjugated Microporous Polymer Heterojunction with Hierarchical Hollow Sphere Architecture for Photocatalytic H ₂ O ₂ Production 2025 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yuanhui Zheng, (unknown), Shanshan Li, Zhengxin Ding, Rusheng Yuan, Jinlin Long, Chao Xu	0
4	Creating Asymmetric Fe–N₃C–N Sites in Single-Atom Catalysts Boosts Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Reduction Reaction 2024 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Chao Xu, Xuewen Li, Pengpeng Guo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ping‐Jie Wei, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Qing Xu, Jin‐Gang Liu	9
5	Battery‐Type Desalination Behavior Confined Within Capsules for Efficient Capacitive Deionization 2024 ·Small ·Liyan Liu, (unknown), Haoyang Liu, Zhengxin Ding, (unknown), Jinlin Long, Chao Xu	5
6	Confined synthesis of conjugated microporous polymers for selective photocatalytic oxidation of amines 2024 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·(unknown), Zhengxin Ding, Rusheng Yuan, Jinlin Long, Chao Xu	13
7	Gold nanoparticle-mediated fluorescence resonance energy transfer for analytical applications in the fields of life health and safety 2024 ·Talanta ·Xuemei Liu, Yunjing Luo, Yong Zhang, (unknown), Chao Xu	8
8	Bioinspired, anisotropically highly thermoconductive silicon carbide/epoxy composite based on a nacre-mimetic architecture 2023 ·Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing ·Xiaonan Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jianfei Zhang, Qiaogen Zhang, Zhongqi Shi, Bo Wang, Chao Xu, Jianfeng Yang	11
9	Current challenges of university laboratory: Characteristics of human factors and safety management system deficiencies based on accident statistics 2023 ·Journal of Safety Research ·Chao Xu, (unknown), Kai Wang, Tong Yang, (unknown), Haiyan Wang, Dan Li, Gui Fu	14
10	Hierarchical structured Cu@carbon/carbon cloth film with high levels of light absorption for efficient solar thermal desalination 2023 ·Environmental Science Nano ·Chao Xu, Haibo Li	7
11	CO₂-Switchable Emulsification and Demulsification of Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by Zirconium-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks 2022 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Yunlei Shi, Chao Xu, (unknown), Xiantao Ma, Dongli Xu, Zhiyong Li	14
12	Visible light initiated oxidative coupling of alcohols and o-phenylenediamines to synthesize benzimidazoles over MIL-101(Fe) promoted by plasmonic Au 2021 ·Green Chemistry ·Yuhuan Qin, Mingming Hao, Chao Xu, Zhaohui Li	48
13	Engineering of porous graphene oxide membranes for solar steam generation with improved efficiency 2021 ·Environmental Science Water Research & Technology ·Chao Xu, Haibo Li	9
14	Interconnected Graphene Hollow Shells for High-Performance Capacitive Deionization 2020 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), (unknown), Chao Xu, Lianzhou Wang	50
15	In situconstruction of layered graphene-based nanofiltration membranes with interlayer photocatalytic purification function and their application for water treatment 2019 ·Environmental Science Nano ·Huan Zhang, (unknown), Jinlin Long, Zhengxin Ding, Rusheng Yuan, Zhaohui Li, Chao Xu	13
16	A graphene-hidden structure with diminished light shielding effect: more efficient graphene-involved composite photocatalysts 2018 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·(unknown), Yanming Yang, (unknown), Juanjuan Ma, Jinlin Long, Rusheng Yuan, Zhengxin Ding, Zhaohui Li, Chao Xu	29
17	Amorphous Ta2OxNy-enwrapped TiO2 rutile nanorods for enhanced solar photoelectrochemical water splitting 2018 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Hongwen Zhang, Lei Ma, (unknown), Bingqian Liu, Yibo Zhao, Yidong Hou, Zhengxin Ding, Chao Xu, Zizhong Zhang, Jinlin Long	93
18	Photodeposition of Pd nanoparticles on ZnIn2S4 for efficient alkylation of amines and ketones’ α-H with alcohols under visible light 2018 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Bingqing Wang, (unknown), Xianzhi Fu, Chao Xu, Zhaohui Li	63
19	Interference of non-lethal levels of graphene oxide in biofilm formation and adaptive response of quorum sensing in bacteria 2018 ·Environmental Science Nano ·Yunyun Zhang, Na Li, Meizhen Wang, Huajun Feng, Chao Xu, Feng Xu	25
20	Bu4NI-catalyzed construction of CO bonds by oxidative coupling of alcohols with ethers 2014 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Quan Wang, (unknown), Wen Chai, (unknown), Min Xu, Kun Wang, Chao Xu, Renzhong Fu, (unknown)	12

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