Li Xu

14.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
270 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Li Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Xu has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 176 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 74 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Li Xu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (104 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (97 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (88 papers). Li Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (104 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (97 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (88 papers). Li Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Li Xu's co-authors include Jiexiang Xia, Henan Li, Hui Xu, Huaming Li, Huaming Li, Yuanguo Xu, Jian Bao, Sheng Yin, Junchao Qian and Yuhui Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Li Xu

263 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

Copper-catalysed exclusive CO2 to pure formic acid conversion via single-atom alloying

2021 552 citations Tingting Zheng, Chunxiao Liu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Engineering Crystallinity and Oxygen Vacancies of Co(II) Oxide Nanosheets for High Performance and Robust Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries

2021 280 citations Li Xu, Yuhai Dou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Xu China	65	9.2k	8.4k	5.3k	2.6k	1.1k	270	13.3k
Xu Sun China	45	4.8k 0.5×	5.1k 0.6×	4.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	155	10.0k
Pinxian Xi China	66	11.9k 1.3×	10.2k 1.2×	5.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	504 0.5×	175	16.1k
Qipeng Lu China	46	5.7k 0.6×	5.0k 0.6×	6.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	726 0.7×	142	11.9k
T. Maiyalagan India	60	7.5k 0.8×	9.2k 1.1×	5.9k 1.1×	4.1k 1.6×	557 0.5×	286	15.2k
Cheng Wang China	56	7.1k 0.8×	7.1k 0.8×	4.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	281 0.3×	380	13.0k
Shaohua Liu China	44	5.2k 0.6×	6.0k 0.7×	3.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	416 0.4×	190	10.2k
Ru Chen China	42	7.4k 0.8×	6.8k 0.8×	3.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	316 0.3×	116	11.5k
Han Zhu China	55	6.4k 0.7×	5.1k 0.6×	3.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	502 0.5×	240	10.4k
Yihua Zhu China	61	5.9k 0.6×	7.1k 0.8×	8.4k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	268	15.8k
Gaixia Zhang Canada	60	7.2k 0.8×	7.9k 0.9×	3.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	234 0.2×	191	11.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Xu

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Wu, Suqin, et al.. (2025). Enhanced two-electron oxygen reduction via Lewis acidic aluminum sites and heterostructures in a nickel–aluminum layered double hydroxide/carbon nitride catalyst. Chemical Communications. 61(38). 6941–6944. 1 indexed citations

Qian, Junchao, Yun Chen, Guifen Lu, Li Xu, & Henan Li. (2024). A photoelectrochemical immunosensor based on cobalt corrole sensitized carbon nitride for human norovirus detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 418. 136348–136348. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yun, et al.. (2024). Self-Powered Immunoassay of Norovirus in Human Stools by π-Electron-Rich Homojunction for Enhanced Charge Transfer. ACS Sensors. 9(5). 2429–2439. 14 indexed citations

Shi, Kaixiang, Kaixin Wang, Tong Li, et al.. (2024). Apically guiding electron/mass transfer reaction induced by Ag/FeN Mott-Schottky effect within a hollow star reactor toward high performance zinc-air batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 95. 106–116. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Hong‐jian, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Z-type spherical B-g-C3N4/Bi2WO6 heterojunctions for enhanced rhodamine B degradation. Optical Materials. 142. 114042–114042. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Yun, Pengcheng Yan, Li Xu, et al.. (2023). (2 0 0) Facet regulation on Bi12O17Cl2 nanosheets driven charge separation for enhancing photoelectrochemical ciprofloxacin aptasensing. Applied Surface Science. 636. 157803–157803. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Hong‐jian, et al.. (2023). In situ construction of Z-type defective Al2O3/BiPO4 for efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes. Materials Science and Engineering B. 297. 116772–116772. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Li, Peng Wang, & Suqin Wu. (2023). Chelation-assisted synthesis of chitosan-derived Mn-N-C electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 156. 111227–111227. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Suqin, Daijie Deng, Jianchun Wu, et al.. (2023). Lewis Acid Site Al-Promoted CoAl₂O₄/CoO Electrocatalyst for Efficient Electrochemical Production of H₂O₂ toward On-Site Pollutant Degradation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(1). 216–225. 9 indexed citations

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Zheng, Tingting, Chunxiao Liu, Chenxi Guo, et al.. (2021). Copper-catalysed exclusive CO2 to pure formic acid conversion via single-atom alloying. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(12). 1386–1393. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bao, Jian, Zhaolong Wang, Junfeng Xie, et al.. (2019). A ternary cobalt–molybdenum–vanadium layered double hydroxide nanosheet array as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Chemical Communications. 55(24). 3521–3524. 141 indexed citations

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Bao, Jian, Wenjun Liu, Junfeng Xie, et al.. (2019). Ni_xCo_3‐xO₄ Nanoneedle Arrays Grown on Ni Foam as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Full Water Splitting. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 14(3). 480–485. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinyuan, Li Xu, Yilin Deng, et al.. (2019). Metallic cobalt nanoparticles embedded in sulfur and nitrogen co-doped rambutan-like nanocarbons for the oxygen reduction reaction under both acidic and alkaline conditions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(23). 14291–14301. 41 indexed citations

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Hu, Yiming, Zhaolong Wang, Wenjun Liu, et al.. (2019). Novel Cobalt–Iron–Vanadium Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheet Arrays for Superior Water Oxidation Performance. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(19). 16828–16834. 71 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenjun, Jian Bao, Li Xu, et al.. (2019). NiCo2O4 ultrathin nanosheets with oxygen vacancies as bifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn-air battery. Applied Surface Science. 478. 552–559. 131 indexed citations

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Bao, Jian, Zhaolong Wang, Wenjun Liu, et al.. (2018). ZnCo2O4 ultrathin nanosheets towards the high performance of flexible supercapacitors and bifunctional electrocatalysis. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 764. 565–573. 66 indexed citations

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Wang, Guang, Ying Qi, Dawei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Rational Design of Porous TiO₂@N‐Doped Carbon for High Rate Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Energy Technology. 7(8). 9 indexed citations

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Kordek-Khalil, Karolina, Lixue Jiang, Kaicai Fan, et al.. (2018). Two‐Step Activated Carbon Cloth with Oxygen‐Rich Functional Groups as a High‐Performance Additive‐Free Air Electrode for Flexible Zinc–Air Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(4). 228 indexed citations

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Bao, Jian, Zhaolong Wang, Junfeng Xie, et al.. (2018). The CoMo-LDH ultrathin nanosheet as a highly active and bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(11). 2964–2970. 98 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dawei, Guang Wang, Li Xu, et al.. (2018). Defect-rich N-doped porous carbon derived from soybean for high rate lithium-ion batteries. Applied Surface Science. 451. 298–305. 66 indexed citations

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