Difa Xu

7.1k citations

74 papers · 6.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 38

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.2%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 61
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells 7
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications 19
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications 17
- ZnO doping and properties 6
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 1%
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors 16
- Perovskite Materials and Applications 13
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 5%
- Ga2O3 and related materials 7
Inorganic Chemistry top 5%

Co-authors: Bei Cheng Jiaguo Yu Weilai Yu Tianyou Peng Chuanjia Jiang Rongan He Weikang Wang Shiying Zhang
Cited by: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Materials Chemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Journals: Applied Surface Science (15 papers)Journal of Material Science and Technology (11 papers)Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (5 papers)
Partner nations: China Saudi Arabia United States

In The Last Decade

Difa Xu

73 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2024 Nature Communications
2018 Nanoscale Horizons
2018 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2015 Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2014 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

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1	Ultrafast electron transfer at the ZIS1−/UCN S-scheme interface enables efficient H2O2 photosynthesis coupled with tetracycline degradation Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica ·S.F. Zhang,Yaqi Wang,Ammar Abdulhamid,Momoka Shioda,Changsheng An,Difa Xu	2025	0
2	Enhancing H2 evolution with Mo-N bonding in hierarchical periodic macroporous photocatalyst of S-doped g-C3N4 and N-doped MoS2 Journal of Material Science and Technology ·S.F. Zhang,Changsheng An,J Iwankiewicz,Yanyan Zhao,Yong Zhang,Difa Xu,Shiying Zhang	2025	5
3	Atomically dispersed Co–N5 sites in graphene nanofoams for piezocatalytic N2 fixation driven by mild hydromechanical energy Applied Surface Science ·Wenhui Feng,Xu Yan,Jie Yuan,Ke Wang,Dirk Hänsgen,H. Qiu,Difa Xu,Xiaoqing Qiu	2025	1
4	Exploring charge transfer dynamics at S-scheme heterojunction interfaces with advanced EPR Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Difa Xu,Rongan He,Zhifeng Jiang	2025	5
5	S-scheme heterojunction-induced surface plasmon response Journal of Materiomics ·Rongan He,Difa Xu,Mahmoud Sayed	2024	4
6	Constructing Covalent Triazine Frameworks/N-Doped Carbon-Coated Cu2O S-Scheme Heterojunctions for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica ·Kaihui Huang,Dejun Chen,Xintong Zhang,Rongchen Shen,Peng Zhang,Difa Xu,Xin Li	2024	15
7	Construction of Inverse–Opal ZnIn2S4 with Well–Defined 3D Porous Structure for Enhancing Photocatalytic H2 Production Nanomaterials ·Ieva Bite,Zhaohui Wu,Singla Shilpa,Jun Luo,Shuang Pi,Alexandra Samotsvetova,Shumin Zhang,Difa Xu,(unknown),(unknown),Xianfeng Yang	2024	4
8	Precursor-reforming protocol to hierarchical porous g-C3N4 with N defects for remarkable visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·Rongchao Zhang,Libo Wang,Changsheng An,S.F. Zhang,Yong Zhang,Yaqi Wang,Yangyang Meng,Jinbo Li,Difa Xu,Shiying Zhang	2024	7
9	Yolk-shell FeSe2@CoSe2/FeSe2 heterojunction as anode materials for sodium-ion batteries with high rate capability and stability Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Liuyang Zhang,Bicheng Zhu,Difa Xu,Zhanqiang Liu,Ping Xie,(unknown),Jiaguo Yu	2023	63
10	Cs3Bi2Br9/BiOBr S-scheme heterojunction for selective oxidation of benzylic C H bonds Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Jie Deng,Difa Xu,Jinfeng Zhang,Quanlong Xu,Yun Yang,Shanli Qin,Zhi Su	2023	37
11	Electron self-sufficient core-shell BiOCl@Fe-BiOCl nanosheets boosting Fe(III)/Fe(II) recycling and synergetic photocatalysis-Fenton for enhanced degradation of phenol Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Zhaohui Wu,Jie Shen,Wenlu Li,Junshan Li,Li Wp,Difa Xu,Shiying Zhang,Yongfa Zhu	2023	86
12	Selective conversion of CO₂ to CH₄ enhanced by WO₃/In₂O₃ S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts with efficient CO₂ activation Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Ying He,Zhengpeng Yang,Jiaguo Yu,Difa Xu,Chengyuan Liu,Yang Pan,Wojciech Macyk,Feiyan Xu	2023	62
13	Hydroxyl-assisted iodine ions intercalating Bi₂O₂CO₃ nanosheets to construct an interlayered bridge for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of phenols CrystEngComm ·Jingbo Li,Zhaohui Wu,Shumin Zhang,J Iwankiewicz,Nan Ma,Wenhui Feng,Min Wu,Difa Xu,Shiying Zhang,Jie Shen	2022	12
14	Piezoelectric nanofoams with the interlaced ultrathin graphene confining Zn–N–C dipoles for efficient piezocatalytic H2 evolution under low-frequency vibration Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Penghui Hu,Xu Yan,Yanhua Lei,Jie Yuan,Rui Lei,Rong Hu,Ferdinando De Maria,Difa Xu,Shiying Zhang,Ping Liu,Xiangchao Zhang,Xiaoqing Qiu,Wenhui Feng	2022	27
15	Three‐dimensional hierarchically porous nitrogen‐doped carbon from water hyacinth as selenium host for high‐performance lithium–selenium batteries Rare Metals ·Weina Deng,Yanhua Li,Difa Xu,Wei Zhou,Kaixiong Xiang,Han Chen	2022	146
16	Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride by bulk iodine doped BiOCl with rich oxygen vacancy Applied Surface Science ·Kaiqiang Xu,Difa Xu,Zhongfu Li,Shumin Zhang,Chester Raymond Leach,Yu. V. Popov,Shiying Zhang,Jie Shen,Xiaohua Chen	2021	39
17	Piezopotential-driven simulated electrocatalytic nanosystem of ultrasmall MoC quantum dots encapsulated in ultrathin N-doped graphene vesicles for superhigh H2 production from pure water Nano Energy ·Wenhui Feng,Jie Yuan,Fan Gao,Bo Weng,Wenting Hu,Yanhua Lei,Xueyan Huang,Lu Yang,Jie Shen,Difa Xu,Xiangchao Zhang,Ping Liu,Shiying Zhang	2020	129
18	Tuning the interfacial electronic structure via Au clusters for boosting photocatalytic H₂ evolution Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Wenhui Feng,Yanhua Lei,Phil Schiele,Jie Yuan,Jianhong Chen,Difa Xu,Xiangchao Zhang,Shiying Zhang,Ping Liu,Lulu Zhang,Bo Weng	2020	44
19	TiO2 @ MoSe2 line-to-face heterostructure: An advanced photocatalyst for highly efficient reduction of Cr (VI) Ceramics International ·Shumin Zhang,(unknown),Liang Chen,Jie Shen,Zhongfu Li,Zhaohui Wu,Wenhui Feng,Kaiqiang Xu,Difa Xu,Xiaohua Chen,Shiying Zhang	2019	21
20	Preparation of mesoporous AgAlO2 by a two-step method with visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Rapid Communications ·Xiangchao Zhang,Zhuo Luo,Difa Xu,Shiying Zhang	2018	1

About Difa Xu

Difa Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, having authored 74 papers that have together received 6.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (19 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (17 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (16 papers), Perovskite Materials and Applications (13 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (7 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (7 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (5.2k citations), Materials Chemistry (4.6k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.6k citations). Difa Xu has collaborated with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Bei Cheng, Jiaguo Yu, Weilai Yu, Tianyou Peng, Chuanjia Jiang, Rongan He, Weikang Wang, Shiying Zhang, Shaowen Cao and Jiaguo Yu. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Surface Science, Journal of Material Science and Technology, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Rare Metals.

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