Danyun Xu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Danyun Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Danyun Xu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Danyun Xu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (7 papers). Danyun Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (7 papers). Danyun Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Singapore. Danyun Xu's co-authors include Wenchao Peng, Xiaobin Fan, Fengbao Zhang, Yang Li, Guoliang Zhang, Yuanzhi Zhu, Yang Liu, Jiapeng Liu, Zhen Li and Qicheng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Danyun Xu

26 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Isolated Octahedral Pt-Induced Electron Transfer to Ultralow-Content Ruthenium-Doped Spinel Co₃O₄ for Enhanced Acidic Overall Water Splitting

2024 90 citations Di Li, Danyun Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Danyun Xu China	17	856	846	597	180	95	27	1.4k
Dung Van Dao South Korea	24	793 0.9×	776 0.9×	816 1.4×	312 1.7×	135 1.4×	51	1.4k
Jingcong Hu China	17	735 0.9×	889 1.1×	783 1.3×	86 0.5×	83 0.9×	33	1.4k
Purushothaman Varadhan Saudi Arabia	15	1000 1.2×	870 1.0×	691 1.2×	156 0.9×	212 2.2×	17	1.5k
Xiongyi Liang Hong Kong	22	764 0.9×	721 0.9×	681 1.1×	82 0.5×	105 1.1×	44	1.4k
Jiabao Ding China	14	900 1.1×	495 0.6×	802 1.3×	119 0.7×	106 1.1×	31	1.3k
Alaina L. Strickler United States	10	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	137 0.8×	146 1.5×	13	2.0k
Yuwen Cheng China	21	882 1.0×	888 1.0×	867 1.5×	64 0.4×	94 1.0×	64	1.5k
Jiahe Peng China	15	894 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	535 0.9×	196 1.1×	130 1.4×	31	1.5k
Mohammad Tavakkoli Finland	13	964 1.1×	424 0.5×	824 1.4×	105 0.6×	98 1.0×	18	1.3k
Pitchai Thangasamy India	18	454 0.5×	602 0.7×	417 0.7×	214 1.2×	120 1.3×	31	1.1k

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Zhang, Qicheng, Bin Chen, Wenchao Peng, et al.. (2025). Phase Transformation-Tailored In-Plane Sulfur Vacancies in MoS₂ for Enhanced Hydrodeoxygenation Performance. ACS Catalysis. 15(8). 6535–6543. 5 indexed citations

Bu, Ran, Shuaiqiang Jia, Yuhou Pei, et al.. (2025). Stretchable asymmetric dual-atom Cu(I) electrocatalyst for enhanced CO2 reduction to C2+ products. Chem Catalysis. 5(6). 101327–101327. 1 indexed citations

Li, Pingping, Qicheng Zhang, Long Zhang, et al.. (2024). Regulating the Crystal Facet Differences of In2O3 via Different Precipitants to Affect Methanol Selectivity. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 27(25).

Li, Di, Danyun Xu, Yuhou Pei, et al.. (2024). Isolated Octahedral Pt-Induced Electron Transfer to Ultralow-Content Ruthenium-Doped Spinel Co₃O₄ for Enhanced Acidic Overall Water Splitting. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(42). 28728–28738. 90 indexed citations breakdown →

Shen, Jiale, Danyun Xu, Jian Ji, Qicheng Zhang, & Xiaobin Fan. (2022). In situ evolved defective TiO2 as robust support for CoB-catalyzed hydrolysis of NaBH4. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(3). 1001–1010. 28 indexed citations

Zhang, Qicheng, Danyun Xu, Xuewen Hu, et al.. (2022). Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Nitro Compounds by MoS₂ via Introduction of Independent Active Hydrogen-Donating Sites. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 12170–12178. 28 indexed citations

Bai, Jinglong, Yang Kong, Zailun Liu, et al.. (2022). Ag modified Tb-doped double-phase In2O3 for ultrasensitive hydrogen gas sensor. Applied Surface Science. 583. 152521–152521. 60 indexed citations

Li, Xinzhe, Yiyun Fang, Jun Wang, et al.. (2021). Ordered clustering of single atomic Te vacancies in atomically thin PtTe2 promotes hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2351–2351. 132 indexed citations

Zhang, Qicheng, Danyun Xu, Junmei Liang, et al.. (2020). Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Ultrafine Pt Nanoparticles on MoS₂ Nanosheets as Bifunctional Catalysts for the Hydrodeoxygenation of Bio-Oil. Langmuir. 36(48). 14710–14716. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuai, Danyun Xu, Chenliang Su, et al.. (2019). Hermetically encapsulating sulfur by FePS₃ flakes for high-performance lithium sulfur batteries. Chemical Communications. 56(5). 810–813. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Danyun, Pengtao Xu, Yuanzhi Zhu, et al.. (2018). High Yield Exfoliation of WS₂ Crystals into 1–2 Layer Semiconducting Nanosheets and Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from WS₂/CdS Nanorod Composites. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(3). 2810–2818. 114 indexed citations

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Xu, Danyun, Wenchao Peng, Yang Li, et al.. (2018). Ti₂C₃T_x nanosheets as photothermal agents for near-infrared responsive hydrogels. Nanoscale. 10(32). 15387–15392. 75 indexed citations

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Ma, Jingwen, Yuanzhi Zhu, Zhen Li, et al.. (2018). Controllable Synthesis of Ruthenium Phosphides (RuP and RuP₂) for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(5). 6388–6394. 91 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yuanzhi, Xifan Chen, Jing Liu, et al.. (2018). Rational Design of Fe/N/S‐Doped Nanoporous Carbon Catalysts from Covalent Triazine Frameworks for Efficient Oxygen Reduction. ChemSusChem. 11(14). 2402–2409. 48 indexed citations

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Li, Zhen, Danyun Xu, Yang Li, et al.. (2017). Utilization of MoS2 and graphene to enhance the photocatalytic activity of Cu2O for oxidative C C bond formation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 213. 1–8. 56 indexed citations

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Zhang, Junyang, Ping Du, Danyun Xu, et al.. (2016). Near-Infrared Responsive MoS₂/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels for Remote Light-Controlled Microvalves. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 55(16). 4526–4531. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Danyun, Yuanzhi Zhu, Jiapeng Liu, et al.. (2016). Microwave-assisted 1T to 2H phase reversion of MoS₂in solution: a fast route to processable dispersions of 2H-MoS₂nanosheets and nanocomposites. Nanotechnology. 27(38). 385604–385604. 41 indexed citations

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Tian, Nan, Zhen Li, Danyun Xu, et al.. (2016). Utilization of MoS₂ Nanosheets To Enhance the Photocatalytic Activity of ZnO for the Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Halides under Visible Light. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 55(32). 8726–8732. 54 indexed citations

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Du, Ping, Yuanzhi Zhu, Junyang Zhang, et al.. (2016). Metallic 1T phase MoS₂ nanosheets as a highly efficient co-catalyst for the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of CdS nanorods. RSC Advances. 6(78). 74394–74399. 44 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yuanzhi, Danyun Xu, Qingshan Zhao, et al.. (2015). Controllable Preparation of Ultrathin Sandwich-Like Membrane with Porous Organic Framework and Graphene Oxide for Molecular Filtration. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14961–14961. 8 indexed citations

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