Cong‐Qiao Xu

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Cong‐Qiao Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong‐Qiao Xu has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 27 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cong‐Qiao Xu's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (25 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers). Cong‐Qiao Xu is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (25 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers). Cong‐Qiao Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Cong‐Qiao Xu's co-authors include Jun Li, Bin Liu, Sung‐Fu Hung, Wei Liu, Weizheng Cai, Tao Zhang, Jiajian Gao, Jinxia Liang, Hao Ming Chen and Aiqin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Cong‐Qiao Xu

82 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Breaking Long-Range Order in Iridium Oxide by Alkali Ion for Efficient Water Oxidation

2019 462 citations Jiajian Gao, Cong‐Qiao Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Ultrastable single-atom gold catalysts with strong covalent metal-support interaction (CMSI)

2015 451 citations Cong‐Qiao Xu, Jun Li et al. profile →

Peers

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Max García‐Melchor Ireland

Sebastian Kunz Germany

Jenny Y. Yang United States

Xin Zhou China

Kok Hwa Lim Singapore

Rongxing He China

Chaoxian Xiao China

Moniek Tromp Netherlands

Kai S. Exner Germany

Mizuki Tada Japan

Max García‐Melchor Ireland

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Countries citing papers authored by Cong‐Qiao Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong‐Qiao Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong‐Qiao Xu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Xu, Cong‐Qiao, Chong Wang, Xinran Dong, et al.. (2025). Observation of the Smallest Three‐Dimensional Neutral Boron Cluster. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(8). e202419089–e202419089. 5 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xue‐Lian, Xu Liu, Weiping Ding, et al.. (2025). Cooperative Au _vertex –Au _shoulder Pair Sites of Biicosahedral Au ₂₅ Cluster for Highly Oxidative Carbonylation of Diamine to Cyclic Urea. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(3). e21717–e21717. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Cong‐Qiao, Chen Chen, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Carbon-Boosted and Nitrogen-Stabilized Isolated Single-Atom Sites for Direct Dehydrogenation of Lower Alkanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(30). 20668–20677. 13 indexed citations

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Yan, Hao, Yuanxin Deng, Yue Zhao, et al.. (2023). Au₁₆Cd₁₆(SC₆H₁₁)₂₀: A Glance at Structure‐Property Relationship. Small. 19(49). e2305056–e2305056. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Hong Bin, Cong‐Qiao Xu, Sambath Baskaran, et al.. (2023). Identification of non-metal single atomic phosphorus active sites for the CO₂ reduction reaction. EES Catalysis. 1(5). 774–783. 14 indexed citations

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You, Qing, Xue‐Lian Jiang, Yan Zhao, et al.. (2023). Pd₈ Nanocluster with Nonmetal‐to‐Metal‐ Ring Coordination and Promising Photothermal Conversion Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(3). e202313491–e202313491. 28 indexed citations

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Xu, Gan, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and characterization of iron clusters with an icosahedral [Fe@Fe12]16+ Core. National Science Review. 11(4). nwad327–nwad327. 3 indexed citations

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Yin, Congcong, Yafei Jiang, Cong‐Qiao Xu, et al.. (2023). A 13-million turnover-number anionic Ir-catalyst for a selective industrial route to chiral nicotine. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3718–3718. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Junming, Xueli Cao, Yafei Jiang, et al.. (2022). Surface enrichment of Ir on the IrRu alloy for efficient and stable water oxidation catalysis in acid. Chemical Science. 13(41). 12114–12121. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Huizhen, Jiaxin Kang, Zi‐Zhou Wang, et al.. (2022). Iodine induced cyclization of sodium aminodiboranate: Reactivity and mechanisms investigation. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 975. 122396–122396. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xuning, Yaqiong Zeng, Ying‐Rui Lu, et al.. (2021). Unveiling the In Situ Generation of a Monovalent Fe(I) Site in the Single-Fe-Atom Catalyst for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction. ACS Catalysis. 11(12). 7292–7301. 80 indexed citations

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Li, Junjie, Yafei Jiang, Qi Wang, et al.. (2021). A general strategy for preparing pyrrolic-N4 type single-atom catalysts via pre-located isolated atoms. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6806–6806. 138 indexed citations

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Yao, Chuanhao, Cong‐Qiao Xu, In‐Hyeok Park, et al.. (2020). Giant Emission Enhancement of Solid‐State Gold Nanoclusters by Surface Engineering. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(21). 8270–8276. 86 indexed citations

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Wang, Qilun, Cong‐Qiao Xu, Wei Liu, et al.. (2020). Coordination engineering of iridium nanocluster bifunctional electrocatalyst for highly efficient and pH-universal overall water splitting. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4246–4246. 355 indexed citations

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Gao, Jiajian, Cong‐Qiao Xu, Sung‐Fu Hung, et al.. (2019). Breaking Long-Range Order in Iridium Oxide by Alkali Ion for Efficient Water Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(7). 3014–3023. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhuang, Zewen, Yu Wang, Cong‐Qiao Xu, et al.. (2019). Three-dimensional open nano-netcage electrocatalysts for efficient pH-universal overall water splitting. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4875–4875. 328 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenqing, Cong‐Qiao Xu, Yong Fang, et al.. (2018). An Isolable Diphosphene Radical Cation Stabilized by Three‐Center Three‐Electron π‐Bonding with Chromium: End‐On versus Side‐On Coordination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(30). 9419–9424. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenqing, Cong‐Qiao Xu, Yong Fang, et al.. (2018). An Isolable Diphosphene Radical Cation Stabilized by Three‐Center Three‐Electron π‐Bonding with Chromium: End‐On versus Side‐On Coordination. Angewandte Chemie. 130(30). 9563–9568. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Cong‐Qiao, Mal‐Soon Lee, Yang‐Gang Wang, et al.. (2017). Structural Rearrangement of Au–Pd Nanoparticles under Reaction Conditions: An ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study. ACS Nano. 11(2). 1649–1658. 48 indexed citations

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Yu, You, Cong‐Qiao Xu, Li Zhang, et al.. (2013). Planar substrate-binding site dictates the specificity of ECF-type nickel/cobalt transporters. Cell Research. 24(3). 267–277. 35 indexed citations

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