Hao Xu

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
230 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Hao Xu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hao Xu has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Organic Chemistry, 62 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 61 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hao Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (30 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers). Hao Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (30 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers). Hao Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Hao Xu's co-authors include Peixia Yang, Yong Tang, Jinqiu Zhang, Maozhong An, Ruopeng Li, Saihu Liao, Xiong Hu, Xiangyu Lu, Lihui Xiao and Yangqin Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hao Xu

208 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

  1. Recent advances in intelligent food packaging materials: Principles, preparation and applications
    2021 235 citations Hao Xu et al. profile →
  2. Synergistic Interaction between Metal Single‐Atoms and Defective WO3−x Nanosheets for Enhanced Sonodynamic Cancer Therapy
    2024 69 citations Hao Xu et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Hao Xu 2.6k 2.2k 2.0k 1.8k 473 230 6.4k
Karthikeyan Sekar 3.2k 1.2× 845 0.4× 2.9k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 359 0.8× 153 6.2k
Jide Wang 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 2.9k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 2.2× 307 6.9k
Suman L. Jain 2.6k 1.0× 3.3k 1.5× 3.1k 1.6× 851 0.5× 1.1k 2.3× 266 7.4k
Yuling Zhao 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 911 1.9× 243 5.8k
Ermelinda Falletta 1.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 680 0.4× 290 0.6× 119 4.3k
Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri 5.4k 2.1× 1.2k 0.6× 3.3k 1.7× 2.5k 1.4× 471 1.0× 152 8.6k
Khalid A. Alamry 1.1k 0.4× 831 0.4× 2.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 387 0.8× 156 4.8k
Ali Ayati 1.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 797 0.4× 476 1.0× 83 5.0k
Guan Zhang 3.0k 1.2× 751 0.3× 2.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 302 0.6× 147 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hao Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hao Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hao Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hao 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 Hao Xu. Hao 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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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2025). Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of zinc polyfluorobenzoate with aryl imidazolylsulfonate for polyfluorinated biaryl synthesis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(23). 5569–5575. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Hao, Ruopeng Li, Yaqiang Li, et al.. (2025). Research progress of atomically dispersed iron, nitrogen co-coordinated carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction: a mini-review. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(19). 13675–13692. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Youzheng, Penghui Ren, Ruopeng Li, et al.. (2025). Investigation of the structure-activity relationship of phosphorus-doped Fe-Cu@NC catalysts: Exploring the influence of different coordination layers on oxygen reduction reaction activity. Journal of Power Sources. 631. 236302–236302. 6 indexed citations
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Zheng, Kai, et al.. (2025). Unlocking the Accessibility of Alkyl/Aryl Radicals from Boronic Acids through EDA Complex Photoactivation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(44). 15567–15577. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Hao, Ruopeng Li, Chenguang Liu, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen, sulfur co-coordinated iron single-atom catalysts with the optimized electronic structure for highly efficient oxygen reduction in Zn-air battery and fuel cell. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 671. 643–652. 6 indexed citations
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He, Tianbiao, et al.. (2024). Towards energy-efficient hydrate-based desalination: A comprehensive study on binary hydrate formers with propane as a promoter. Applied Energy. 375. 124041–124041. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Xiao‐Song, Dan Wang, Hao Xu, et al.. (2024). Graphitic N-C-P configuration of phosphorus and nitrogen co-doped carbon for boosting the oxygen electroreduction. Applied Surface Science. 683. 161814–161814. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Fan, et al.. (2024). Multi-objective optimization of thermal management system for multiple heat source arrays electronic chassis in a noiseless environment. Applied Thermal Engineering. 241. 122420–122420. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Baoxiu, Ning Chen, Hao Xu, et al.. (2024). Challenges and perspectives of tribocatalysis in the treatment for dye wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105455–105455. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingsheng, et al.. (2024). Research on multicolor luminescence, structural and energy transfer in Dy/Eu co-doped fluoroborate glasses for W-LEDs. Optical Materials. 157. 116086–116086. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Ning, Baoxiu Zhao, Hao Xu, et al.. (2024). Preparation of mesoporous TiO2/g-C3N4 heterojunction catalyst and visible-light-driven photocatalytic reduction of Cr6+. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 63. 105513–105513. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Weiwei, Shaojia Song, Ping Wang, et al.. (2023). Chemical Bonding of g-C3N4/UiO-66(Zr/Ce) from Zr and Ce Single Atoms for Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 under Visible Light. ACS Catalysis. 13(7). 4597–4610. 109 indexed citations
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Sun, Li, Juan Li, Hao Xu, Jie Ma, & Hao Peng. (2022). Numerical study on heat transfer and flow characteristics of novel microchannel heat sinks. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 176. 107535–107535. 75 indexed citations
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Ma, Jie, Hao Xu, Shuai Liu, Hao Peng, & Xiang Ling. (2021). Numerical study on solidification behavior and exergy analysis of a latent heat storage unit with innovative circular superimposed longitudinal fins. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 169. 120949–120949. 50 indexed citations
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Xu, Hao, et al.. (2020). Flame retardant effect and mechanism of benzoxazine as synergist in intumescent flame‐retardant polyoxymethylene. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 31(11). 2512–2525. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qunfeng, Qingtao Wang, Weimin Huang, et al.. (2019). Outstanding catalytic performance in the semi-hydrogenation of acetylene in a front-end process by establishing a “hydrogen deficient” phase. Chemical Communications. 55(99). 14910–14913. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Junliang, Hao Xu, Yanpeng Wang, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of siloxane‐containing benzoxazine and its synergistic effect on flame retardancy of polyoxymethylene. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 30(11). 2686–2694. 32 indexed citations
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