Chengxiang Xiang

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
80 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Chengxiang Xiang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengxiang Xiang has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chengxiang Xiang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (30 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (25 papers). Chengxiang Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (30 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (25 papers). Chengxiang Xiang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Chengxiang Xiang's co-authors include Nathan S. Lewis, Adam Z. Weber, Harry A. Atwater, Ibadillah A. Digdaya, Sophia Haussener, Shu Hu, Yikai Chen, Ian Sullivan, David A. Vermaas and Kimberly M. Papadantonakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chengxiang Xiang

79 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Coupling electrochemical ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2021 2018 2013 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture
    2021 510 citations Ian Sullivan, Andrey Goryachev et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  2. Gas-Diffusion Electrodes for Carbon Dioxide Reduction: A New Paradigm
    2018 499 citations Chengxiang Xiang, Adam Z. Weber et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
  3. An analysis of the optimal band gaps of light absorbers in integrated tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems
    2013 497 citations Chengxiang Xiang, Sophia Haussener et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  4. Electrochemical carbon dioxide capture to close the carbon cycle
    2020 351 citations Ibadillah A. Digdaya, Chengxiang Xiang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chengxiang Xiang United States 40 4.5k 2.9k 2.0k 1.1k 786 80 6.2k
Siwei Li China 40 4.2k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 2.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 565 0.7× 105 6.4k
Joshua M. Spurgeon United States 30 3.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 941 0.8× 813 1.0× 68 5.0k
Jie Xu China 49 4.6k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 3.8k 1.9× 1.4k 1.2× 560 0.7× 190 7.7k
Débora Motta Meira United States 31 3.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 2.8k 1.4× 1.9k 1.7× 355 0.5× 87 5.1k
Leigang Li China 41 4.3k 0.9× 3.1k 1.1× 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 463 0.6× 123 6.8k
Hamish A. Miller Italy 40 3.6k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 460 0.4× 654 0.8× 113 5.1k
Seoin Back South Korea 44 6.6k 1.5× 3.5k 1.2× 3.8k 1.9× 2.1k 1.8× 272 0.3× 117 8.5k
Priyank V. Kumar Australia 41 3.2k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 3.1k 1.5× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 137 6.1k
Mohsen Shakouri Canada 33 3.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 360 0.5× 122 5.1k
Zhiwen Chen China 38 2.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.4× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 285 0.4× 121 4.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengxiang Xiang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Li, Chengxiang Xiang, & Ning Liu. (2025). Planning and Layout Method for Community Bus Stops Based on Carbon Reduction Benefits. PROMET - Traffic&Transportation. 37(1). 170–184. 1 indexed citations
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Bui, Justin C., Kaiwen Wang, Ahmet Kusoglu, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Bipolar Membrane for High Current Density Electrodialysis Operation with Exceptional Stability. ACS Energy Letters. 9(11). 5596–5605. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuzhu, Chengxiang Xiang, & Meng Lin. (2024). Performance assessment of photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction photocathodes with patterned electrocatalysts: a multi-physical model-based approach. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(9). 3032–3041. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huanlei, et al.. (2023). Tuning the Interfacial Electrical Field of Bipolar Membranes with Temperature and Electrolyte Concentration for Enhanced Water Dissociation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(21). 8044–8054. 6 indexed citations
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Bui, Justin C., Eric W. Lees, Harry A. Atwater, et al.. (2023). Analysis of bipolar membranes for electrochemical CO 2 capture from air and oceanwater. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(11). 5076–5095. 34 indexed citations
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Xu, Da, Ian Sullivan, Chengxiang Xiang, & Meng Lin. (2022). Comparative Study on Electrochemical and Thermochemical Pathways for Carbonaceous Fuel Generation Using Sunlight and Air. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(42). 13945–13954. 11 indexed citations
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Fenwick, Aidan Q., Alex J. Welch, Xue–Qian Li, et al.. (2022). Probing the Catalytically Active Region in a Nanoporous Gold Gas Diffusion Electrode for Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ACS Energy Letters. 7(2). 871–879. 27 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ian, Huanlei Zhang, Cheng Zhu, et al.. (2021). 3D Printed Nickel–Molybdenum-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution at Low Overpotentials in a Flow-Through Configuration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(17). 20260–20268. 39 indexed citations
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Bui, Justin C., Ibadillah A. Digdaya, Chengxiang Xiang, Alexis T. Bell, & Adam Z. Weber. (2021). Correction to “Understanding Multi-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Bipolar Membranes”. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(20). 24342–24343. 3 indexed citations
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Welch, Alex J., Aidan Q. Fenwick, Hsiang‐Yun Chen, et al.. (2021). Operando Local pH Measurement within Gas Diffusion Electrodes Performing Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(38). 20896–20904. 48 indexed citations
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Lin, Meng, Ibadillah A. Digdaya, & Chengxiang Xiang. (2021). Modeling the electrochemical behavior and interfacial junction profiles of bipolar membranes at solar flux relevant operating current densities. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 5(7). 2149–2158. 16 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ian, Andrey Goryachev, Ibadillah A. Digdaya, et al.. (2021). Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture. Nature Catalysis. 4(11). 952–958. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Digdaya, Ibadillah A., Ian Sullivan, Meng Lin, et al.. (2020). A direct coupled electrochemical system for capture and conversion of CO2 from oceanwater. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4412–4412. 173 indexed citations
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Bui, Justin C., Ibadillah A. Digdaya, Chengxiang Xiang, Alexis T. Bell, & Adam Z. Weber. (2020). Understanding Multi-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Bipolar Membranes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(47). 52509–52526. 93 indexed citations
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Lin, Meng, Lihao Han, Meenesh R. Singh, & Chengxiang Xiang. (2019). An Experimental- and Simulation-Based Evaluation of the CO2 Utilization Efficiency of Aqueous-Based Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reactors with Ion-Selective Membranes. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2(8). 5843–5850. 54 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Ian, Lihao Han, Soo Hong Lee, et al.. (2019). A Hybrid Catalyst-Bonded Membrane Device for Electrochemical Carbon Monoxide Reduction at Different Relative Humidities. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(20). 16964–16970. 16 indexed citations
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Spitler, Mark T., Miguel A. Modestino, Todd G. Deutsch, et al.. (2019). Practical challenges in the development of photoelectrochemical solar fuels production. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(3). 985–995. 72 indexed citations
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Hashiba, Hiroshi, Lien‐Chun Weng, Yikai Chen, et al.. (2018). Effects of Electrolyte Buffer Capacity on Surface Reactant Species and the Reaction Rate of CO2 in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(7). 3719–3726. 125 indexed citations
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Xiang, Chengxiang, et al.. (2008). Coupled Electrooxidation and Electrical Conduction in a Single Gold Nanowire. Nano Letters. 8(9). 3017–3022. 30 indexed citations

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