Hai‐Chao Xu

11.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
145 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Hai‐Chao Xu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hai‐Chao Xu has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hai‐Chao Xu's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (103 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (81 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (56 papers). Hai‐Chao Xu is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (103 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (81 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (56 papers). Hai‐Chao Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Hai‐Chao Xu's co-authors include Peng Xiong, Jinshuai Song, Zhong‐Wei Hou, Kevin D. Moeller, Zheng‐Jian Wu, Xiao‐Li Lai, Zhong‐Yi Mao, Huaibo Zhao, Chen‐Yan Cai and Xiang‐Yang Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hai‐Chao Xu

138 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Chemistry with Electrochemically Generated N-Centered Radicals

2019 904 citations Peng Xiong, Hai‐Chao Xu profile →
Recent Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis

2021 456 citations Hai‐Chao Xu et al. profile →
Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts

2021 314 citations Hai‐Chao Xu et al. profile →
Molecular Photoelectrocatalysis for Radical Reactions

2025 38 citations Peng Xiong, Hai‐Chao Xu profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hai‐Chao Xu China	56	8.6k	1.4k	894	726	364	145	9.6k
Yu Kawamata United States	28	6.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	820 0.9×	543 0.7×	409 1.1×	53	7.5k
Alastair J. J. Lennox United Kingdom	26	3.2k 0.4×	621 0.4×	681 0.8×	425 0.6×	426 1.2×	62	4.3k
Xu Cheng China	41	4.4k 0.5×	528 0.4×	985 1.1×	514 0.7×	553 1.5×	136	5.5k
Markus D. Kärkäs Sweden	31	3.2k 0.4×	2.6k 1.9×	927 1.0×	250 0.3×	432 1.2×	83	6.4k
Jacques Périchon France	42	3.7k 0.4×	970 0.7×	862 1.0×	459 0.6×	244 0.7×	195	5.4k
Shengchun Wang China	33	2.9k 0.3×	459 0.3×	450 0.5×	381 0.5×	259 0.7×	82	3.5k
Robert Francke Germany	22	2.4k 0.3×	1.7k 1.2×	388 0.4×	186 0.3×	174 0.5×	58	4.0k
T. Brent Gunnoe United States	46	4.8k 0.6×	974 0.7×	2.6k 2.9×	235 0.3×	239 0.7×	202	6.4k
Pengfei Zhang China	46	5.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	635 0.7×	647 0.9×	876 2.4×	271	7.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Chong & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2025). Scalable and Practical Electrooxidation of Electron‐Deficient Methylarenes to Access Aromatic Aldehydes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(33). e202504612–e202504612. 2 indexed citations

He, Yan, Tiansheng Chen, Xuesen Fan, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2025). Diverse C(sp ³ )–H functionalizations through electrochemical benzylic oxygenation. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(6). 1850–1857. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Hai‐Chao, et al.. (2025). Direct Decarboxylative Phosphorylation of α‐Amino Acids via Continous‐Flow Electrochemistry. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 43(10). 1167–1172. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yuanxin, Ning Yang, Zhiheng Ma, et al.. (2025). Carbene Reactivity Directly from Aldehydes via Low-Valent Iron Electrocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 43254–43260.

Guo, Bin, Jing Zhang, J. Ling, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical oxidation enabled HAT approach for the synthesis of quinolinones. Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 7(1). 57–61.

Xie, Jing, et al.. (2025). Comparison of spatial interpolation methods for rainfall erosivity in a typical basin in the Hengduan Mountain region, Southwest China. Ecological Indicators. 174. 113451–113451.

Zheng, Yanping, Yuanxin Wu, Liping Su, Peng Xiong, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2025). Harnessing Electrochemistry for Direct Deoxygenative Silylation of Alcohols and Ketones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(40). e202509411–e202509411. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Tiansheng, Peng Xiong, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2025). Continuous Flow Electrochemistry Unlocks Broadly Applicable Arene C─H Amination. Angewandte Chemie. 137(40).

Xu, Hai‐Chao, Yong Liu, & Kan Wang. (2024). Preparation high-performance SiC ceramic reinforced with 3D hybrid graphene oxide-carbon nanotube by direct ink writing and liquid silicon infiltration. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 44(10). 5612–5622. 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Chong, Peng Xiong, Xiao‐Li Lai, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2024). Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis. Nature Catalysis. 7(12). 1250–1254. 21 indexed citations

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Hou, Zhong‐Wei, Hai‐Chao Xu, & Lei Wang. (2024). Electrochemical generation and utilization of radical intermediates. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 44. 101447–101447. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Tiansheng, Hao Long, Yuxing Gao, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2023). Continuous Flow Electrochemistry Enables Practical and Site‐Selective C−H Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(40). e202310138–e202310138. 27 indexed citations

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Xu, Hai‐Chao. (2023). Electrochemical Organic Synthesis. Synthesis. 55(18). 2797–2798.

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Hou, Zhong‐Wei, Hai‐Chao Xu, & Lei Wang. (2022). Electrochemical dehydrogenative N–H/N–H coupling reactions. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 34. 100988–100988. 32 indexed citations

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Long, Hao, Tiansheng Chen, Jinshuai Song, Shaobin Zhu, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2022). Electrochemical aromatic C–H hydroxylation in continuous flow. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3945–3945. 65 indexed citations

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Chen, Ming, Zheng‐Jian Wu, Jinshuai Song, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2022). Electrocatalytic Allylic C−H Alkylation Enabled by a Dual‐Function Cobalt Catalyst**. Angewandte Chemie. 134(14). 11 indexed citations

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Guo, Bin & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2021). Electrocatalytic C(sp³)–H/C(sp)–H cross-coupling in continuous flow through TEMPO/copper relay catalysis. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 17. 2650–2656. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Long, et al.. (2021). Progress of Pt-based catalysts in Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs): A Review. Journal of Electrochemistry. 0. 9 indexed citations

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Huang, Chong, Xiang‐Yang Qian, & Hai‐Chao Xu. (2019). Continuous‐Flow Electrosynthesis of Benzofused S‐Heterocycles by Dehydrogenative C−S Cross‐Coupling. Angewandte Chemie. 131(20). 6722–6725. 15 indexed citations

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Xu, Hai‐Chao & Kevin D. Moeller. (2010). Intramolecular Anodic Olefin Coupling Reactions: Use of the Reaction Rate To Control Substrate/Product Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(43). 8004–8007. 62 indexed citations

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