Heng Xu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Heng Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Xu has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Heng Xu's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (12 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (8 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (7 papers). Heng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (12 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (8 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (7 papers). Heng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Heng Xu's co-authors include Dmitry M. Rudkevich, Lisong Chen, Jianlin Shi, Le‐Xi Zhang, Li‐Jian Bie, Teng Xue, Xijun Liu, Jun Luo, Jie Xu and Yan‐Yan Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Heng Xu

55 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

H* Species Regulation by Mn‐Co(OH)2 for Efficient Nitrate... 2024 2026 2025 2024 40 80 120
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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.

  1. H* Species Regulation by Mn‐Co(OH)2 for Efficient Nitrate Electro‐reduction in Neutral Solution
    2024 129 citations Teng Xue, Heng Xu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heng Xu China 25 584 518 514 356 296 57 1.5k
Érico Teixeira‐Neto Brazil 24 754 1.3× 480 0.9× 845 1.6× 249 0.7× 314 1.1× 56 1.7k
Xu Li China 21 588 1.0× 417 0.8× 1.1k 2.1× 485 1.4× 141 0.5× 64 1.8k
Alexis Bordet Germany 24 569 1.0× 371 0.7× 673 1.3× 481 1.4× 424 1.4× 58 1.8k
Charles A. Roberts United States 20 355 0.6× 357 0.7× 957 1.9× 463 1.3× 133 0.4× 35 1.3k
Michelle Muzzio United States 20 1.3k 2.2× 723 1.4× 1.0k 1.9× 439 1.2× 444 1.5× 32 2.1k
Ke Wu China 27 940 1.6× 657 1.3× 1.5k 2.9× 597 1.7× 487 1.6× 63 2.2k
Qikui Fan China 22 1.1k 1.9× 491 0.9× 897 1.7× 417 1.2× 140 0.5× 56 2.0k
Qishun Wang China 18 1.1k 2.0× 826 1.6× 1.0k 2.0× 244 0.7× 267 0.9× 33 2.0k
Bambar Davaasuren Saudi Arabia 15 489 0.8× 525 1.0× 599 1.2× 386 1.1× 118 0.4× 63 1.3k
Joshua Wright United States 23 742 1.3× 662 1.3× 998 1.9× 278 0.8× 120 0.4× 47 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Heng Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heng Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heng Xu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Heng Xu. The network helps show where Heng Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heng Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heng Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heng 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 Heng Xu. Heng 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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Xue, Teng, et al.. (2024). H* Species Regulation by Mn‐Co(OH)2 for Efficient Nitrate Electro‐reduction in Neutral Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(11). e202400206–e202400206. 129 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xue, Teng, et al.. (2024). H* Species Regulation by Mn‐Co(OH)2 for Efficient Nitrate Electro‐reduction in Neutral Solution. Angewandte Chemie. 136(11). 16 indexed citations
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Zeng, Guoquan, Hongrui Zhu, Shulin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Biogenic Cu-based hydroxyapatite nanocomposites for efficient clean of antibiotics: Performance and mechanism. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 131123–131123. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Heng, et al.. (2023). Zn‐Organic Batteries for the Semi‐Hydrogenation of Biomass Aldehyde Derivatives and Concurrently Enhanced Power Output. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(20). e202218603–e202218603. 47 indexed citations
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Xu, Heng, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2023). Advanced electrocatalytic systems for enhanced atom/electron utilization. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(4). 1334–1363. 24 indexed citations
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Xu, Heng, et al.. (2022). Self‐Co‐Electrolysis for Co‐Production of Phosphate and Hydrogen in Neutral Phosphate Buffer Electrolyte. Advanced Materials. 34(18). e2200058–e2200058. 33 indexed citations
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Song, Xiaowei, Haihong Zhong, Kexin Xu, et al.. (2022). Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated FeCo Alloy Nanostructures with Surface-Dangling Fe(Co)-Nx Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline and Acid Media. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(12). 18035–18047. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Rong‐Yi, Qiong Shen, Chao Zhang, Shaoyong Zhang, & Heng Xu. (2020). Studies on the Mechanism of the Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reaction of Organonitrile with Sodium Azide. Acta Chimica Sinica. 78(6). 565–565. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Jie, Defeng Qi, Min Hu, et al.. (2020). Atomic Fe-Zn dual-metal sites for high-efficiency pH-universal oxygen reduction catalysis. Nano Research. 14(5). 1374–1381. 187 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peng, Le‐Xi Zhang, Heng Xu, et al.. (2020). Ultrathin CeO 2 nanosheets as bifunctional sensing materials for humidity and formaldehyde detection. Rare Metals. 40(6). 1614–1621. 54 indexed citations
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Cheng, Qi, Cui Liu, Heng Xu, et al.. (2016). Quantum yield and lifetime data analysis for the UV curable quantum dot nanocomposites. Data in Brief. 6. 614–618. 2 indexed citations
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Niu, Dongfang, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and CO2 in acetonitrile via the synergistic action of BMIMBr and electrogenerated magnesium. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 37(7). 1076–1080. 17 indexed citations
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Zhu, Bo, et al.. (2016). Surface activation inspires high performance of ultra-thin Pd membrane for hydrogen separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 526. 138–146. 27 indexed citations
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Rudkevich, Dmitry M. & Heng Xu. (2005). Carbon dioxide and supramolecular chemistry. Chemical Communications. 2651–2651. 54 indexed citations
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Xu, Heng & Dmitry M. Rudkevich. (2004). CO2 in Supramolecular Chemistry: Preparation of Switchable Supramolecular Polymers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 10(21). 5432–5442. 75 indexed citations
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Xu, Heng, Jingli Xie, Xiao‐Ming Ren, & You-Cun Chen. (2002). The bis(maleonitriledithiolato)zincate(II) complex of the monoprotonated 4,4′-bipyridine cation. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 58(12). m750–m752. 6 indexed citations

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