Jian Xie

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jian Xie is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jian Xie has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 33 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jian Xie's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (33 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (32 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers). Jian Xie is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (33 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (32 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers). Jian Xie collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Portugal. Jian Xie's co-authors include Chenzhao Li, Yachao Zeng, Gang Wu, Guofeng Wang, S. Karakalos, Le Xin, Deborah J. Myers, Qingfeng Liu, Shanshan Zhang and Karren L. More and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Jian Xie

45 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Atomically dispersed single iron sites for promoting Pt and Pt₃Co fuel cell catalysts: performance and durability improvements

2021 278 citations Zhi Qiao, Chenzhao Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts

2023 265 citations Yachao Zeng, Chenzhao Li et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Hierarchically Porous Carbons with Highly Curved Surfaces for Hosting Single Metal FeN₄ Sites as Outstanding Oxygen Reduction Catalysts

2023 153 citations Guangbo Chen, Ruihu Lu et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jian Xie United States	17	1.1k	1.1k	532	139	137	47	1.7k
Xuepeng Wang China	24	1.0k 0.9×	445 0.4×	1.2k 2.2×	72 0.5×	115 0.8×	72	1.8k
Andrew D. Pendergast United States	12	392 0.3×	340 0.3×	201 0.4×	63 0.5×	67 0.5×	18	915
Sejun Kim South Korea	11	587 0.5×	552 0.5×	403 0.8×	46 0.3×	13 0.1×	44	1.0k
Yifei Xu China	19	565 0.5×	214 0.2×	252 0.5×	67 0.5×	27 0.2×	65	993
Yanzhi Wang China	19	499 0.4×	888 0.8×	446 0.8×	80 0.6×	9 0.1×	74	1.5k
Weiwei Liu China	19	1.0k 0.9×	949 0.9×	425 0.8×	27 0.2×	16 0.1×	43	1.8k
Qian Dang China	20	1.1k 0.9×	497 0.5×	680 1.3×	36 0.3×	13 0.1×	56	1.5k
Jinjian Wang China	14	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	912 1.7×	110 0.8×	12 0.1×	36	2.0k
Jun Gong China	12	611 0.5×	382 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	39 0.3×	17 0.1×	49	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jian Xie

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jian Xie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jian Xie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jian Xie 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 Jian Xie. Jian Xie is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zhu, Guangqi, Qi Zhang, Chenzhao Li, et al.. (2025). Durability of PGM catalyst MEAs of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles. Chem Catalysis. 5(5). 101303–101303. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Xueru, Hao Cheng, Lijun Wu, et al.. (2025). Sub-angstrom strain in high-entropy intermetallic boosts the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cell cathodes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7547–7547. 2 indexed citations

Rui, Yuan, Chenyi Liao, Longsheng Cao, et al.. (2025). Highly Efficiency Seawater Electrolysis Guided by Coordinating Catalysis of Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(3).

Zeng, Yachao, Chenzhao Li, Boyang Li, et al.. (2023). Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts. Nature Catalysis. 6(12). 1215–1227. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Chenzhao, Fei Guo, Ján Ilavský, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the core of fuel cell performance: engineering the ionomer/catalyst interface. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(7). 2977–2990. 48 indexed citations

Chen, Guangbo, Ruihu Lu, Chenzhao Li, et al.. (2023). Hierarchically Porous Carbons with Highly Curved Surfaces for Hosting Single Metal FeN₄ Sites as Outstanding Oxygen Reduction Catalysts. Advanced Materials. 35(32). e2300907–e2300907. 153 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Chenzhao, Limin Zhu, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Synergistic effect of polyaniline on stabilizing Pt nanoparticles in PEMFCs. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(14). 7756–7766. 13 indexed citations

Gong, Qing, Hong Zhang, Haoran Yu, et al.. (2023). Amino-tethering synthesis strategy toward highly accessible sub-3-nm L10-PtM catalysts for high-power fuel cells. Matter. 6(3). 963–982. 41 indexed citations

Liu, Yadong, Yikang Yu, & Jian Xie. (2023). Reversible Iron Oxyfluoride (FeOF)-Graphene Composites as Sustainable Cathodes for High Energy Density Lithium Batteries. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2023-01(2). 495–495. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Yikang, Zisheng Zhang, Zhenzhen Yang, et al.. (2023). Kinetic pathways of fast lithium transport in solid electrolyte interphases with discrete inorganic components. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(12). 5904–5915. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Mengjie, Chenzhao Li, Bingzhang Zhang, et al.. (2022). High-Platinum-Content Catalysts on Atomically Dispersed and Nitrogen Coordinated Single Manganese Site Carbons for Heavy-Duty Fuel Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(3). 34510–34510. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Xing, Yanghua He, Shaobo Cheng, et al.. (2021). Atomic Structure Evolution of Pt–Co Binary Catalysts: Single Metal Sites versus Intermetallic Nanocrystals. Advanced Materials. 33(48). e2106371–e2106371. 104 indexed citations

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Li, Chenzhao, Yadong Liu, Le Xin, et al.. (2020). Surface Proton Conduction over Catalyst Support via Chemically Grafted Groups. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(16). 164509–164509. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Le Xin, Aytekin Uzunoğlu, et al.. (2016). Investigation of Solvent Effects on the Dispersion of Carbon Agglomerates and Nafion Ionomer Particles in Catalyst Inks Using Ultra Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Method. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2016-02(38). 2698–2698. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Meixian, Fan Xu, & Jian Xie. (2011). Enhanced carbon corrosion resistance for FEFC Pt/C catalysts using steam-etched carbon blacks as a catalyst support. Electrochimica Acta. 63. 295–301. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Fan, Hangyu Zhang, Ján Ilavský, et al.. (2010). Investigation of a Catalyst Ink Dispersion Using Both Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Cryogenic TEM. Langmuir. 26(24). 19199–19208. 67 indexed citations

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Huang, Lihong, et al.. (2008). Improved Durability of Iron Promoted Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation through Bio-ethanol Reforming. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2008-02(11). 828–828. 1 indexed citations

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Atanassov, Plamen, et al.. (2006). Electrochemical Oxidation Resistance of Carbonaceous Materials. ECS Transactions. 1(8). 41–50. 13 indexed citations

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Xie, Jian, et al.. (2005). Converter control and stability of the 110-kV railway grid increasing use of the static frequency converters. 8 pp.–P.8. 3 indexed citations

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Borup, Rod L., Michael A. Inbody, John Davey, et al.. (2004). VII.I.3 PEM Fuel Cell Durability. 1 indexed citations

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