Lifen Xiao

13.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
82 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Lifen Xiao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lifen Xiao has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Lifen Xiao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (60 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (53 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (19 papers). Lifen Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (60 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (53 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (19 papers). Lifen Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Bulgaria. Lifen Xiao's co-authors include Yuliang Cao, Hanxi Yang, Xinping Ai, Jun Liu, Yongjin Fang, Zimin Nie, Maria L. Sushko, Jie Xiao, Wei Wang and Laxmikant V. Saraf and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Lifen Xiao

81 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Sodium Ion Insertion in Hollow Carbon Nanowires for Battery Applications

2012 1.7k citations Yuliang Cao, Lifen Xiao et al. profile →
A Soft Approach to Encapsulate Sulfur: Polyaniline Nanotubes for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries with Long Cycle Life

2012 962 citations Lifen Xiao, Yuliang Cao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Manipulating Adsorption–Insertion Mechanisms in Nanostructured Carbon Materials for High‐Efficiency Sodium Ion Storage

2017 862 citations Lifen Xiao, Yuyan Shao et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
Non-flammable electrolytes with high salt-to-solvent ratios for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries

2018 703 citations Ziqi Zeng, Xiaoyu Jiang et al. profile →
Reversible Sodium Ion Insertion in Single Crystalline Manganese Oxide Nanowires with Long Cycle Life

2011 662 citations Yuliang Cao, Lifen Xiao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Low‐Defect and Low‐Porosity Hard Carbon with High Coulombic Efficiency and High Capacity for Practical Sodium Ion Battery Anode

2018 610 citations Lifen Xiao, Haiyan Lu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
High capacity, reversible alloying reactions in SnSb/C nanocomposites for Na-ion battery applications

2012 578 citations Lifen Xiao, Yuliang Cao et al. Chemical Communications profile →
Hierarchical Carbon Framework Wrapped Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ as a Superior High‐Rate and Extended Lifespan Cathode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2015 494 citations Yongjin Fang, Lifen Xiao et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	NiFe-LDH modified cobalt boride for enhanced OER catalytic performance 2025 ·Electrochimica Acta ·Letian Li, Lifen Xiao, Cheng Xu, (unknown), Tian Tian, Yadong Wang, Haolin Tang	1
2	Preparation and Electrocatalytic Performance of a Nitrogen-Doped TiO ₂ -Based Self-Supported Electrode 2025 ·Energy & Fuels ·(unknown), Lifen Xiao, Hanyang Li, Letian Li, Tian Tian, Yadong Wang, Haolin Tang	1
3	Electrostatic self-assembly of red phosphorus@MgAl-layered double hydroxide for improved flame retardancy in epoxy resin 2025 ·Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects ·Yongkang Zhou, (unknown), Lifen Xiao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ye‐Tang Pan, Henri Vahabi	1
4	Doping Regulation in Polyanionic Compounds for Advanced Sodium‐Ion Batteries 2022 ·Small ·Lifen Xiao, Fangjie Ji, Jiexin Zhang, Xumiao Chen, Yongjin Fang	136
5	Stable Li Metal Anode with “Ion–Solvent-Coordinated” Nonflammable Electrolyte for Safe Li Metal Batteries 2019 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Lifen Xiao, Ziqi Zeng, Xuemei Liu, Yongjin Fang, Xiaoyu Jiang, Yuyan Shao, Lin Zhuang, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao, Jun Liu	188
6	High-Capacity Hard Carbon Pyrolyzed from Subbituminous Coal as Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries 2019 ·ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Haiyan Lu, Shaofa Sun, Lifen Xiao, Jiangfeng Qian, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, An‐Hui Lu, Yuliang Cao	88
7	A Bifunctional Fluorophosphate Electrolyte for Safer Sodium-Ion Batteries 2018 ·iScience ·Xiaoyu Jiang, Xuemei Liu, Ziqi Zeng, Lifen Xiao, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao	61
8	Cyclic Multiblock Copolymers via Combination of Iterative Cu(0)‐Mediated Radical Polymerization and Cu(I)‐Catalyzed Azide‐Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction 2017 ·Macromolecular Rapid Communications ·Lifen Xiao, Wen Zhu, Jiqiang Chen, Ke Zhang	10
9	3D Graphene Decorated NaTi₂(PO₄)₃ Microspheres as a Superior High‐Rate and Ultracycle‐Stable Anode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries 2016 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Yongjin Fang, Lifen Xiao, Jiangfeng Qian, Yuliang Cao, Xinping Ai, Yunhui Huang, Hanxi Yang	288
10	Nanophase ZnV2O4 as stable and high capacity Li insertion electrode for Li-ion battery 2015 ·Current Applied Physics ·Xiaoming Zhu, Xiaoyu Jiang, Lifen Xiao, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao	21
11	Safer lithium ion batteries based on nonflammable electrolyte 2014 ·Journal of Power Sources ·Ziqi Zeng, Bingbin Wu, Lifen Xiao, Xiaoyu Jiang, Yao Chen, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao	107
12	High capacity, reversible alloying reactions in SnSb/C nanocomposites for Na-ion battery applications breakdown → 2012 ·Chemical Communications ·Lifen Xiao, Yuliang Cao, Jie Xiao, Wei Wang, Libor Kovařík, Zimin Nie, Jun Liu	578
13	A Soft Approach to Encapsulate Sulfur: Polyaniline Nanotubes for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries with Long Cycle Life breakdown → 2012 ·Advanced Materials ·Lifen Xiao, Yuliang Cao, Jie Xiao, Birgit Schwenzer, Mark Engelhard, Laxmikant V. Saraf, Zimin Nie, Gregory J. Exarhos, Jun Liu	962
14	Reversible Sodium Ion Insertion in Single Crystalline Manganese Oxide Nanowires with Long Cycle Life breakdown → 2011 ·Advanced Materials ·Yuliang Cao, Lifen Xiao, Wei Wang, Daiwon Choi, Zimin Nie, Jianguo Yu, Laxmikant V. Saraf, Zhenguo Yang, Jun Liu	662
15	Clewlike ZnV₂O₄ Hollow Spheres: Nonaqueous Sol–Gel Synthesis, Formation Mechanism, and Lithium Storage Properties 2009 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Lifen Xiao, Yanqiang Zhao, Yin Jia, Lizhi Zhang	126
16	Synthesis and green luminescent properties of Cu(II), Zn(II) polymeric complexes containing triphenylamine as hole-transporting unit and 1,10-phenanthroline derivative as electron-transporting unit 2009 ·Materials Letters ·Chaofan Zhong, Yan He, Yu Zhou, Lifen Xiao, Yuan Liu, Hailiang Zhang	4
17	Novel Polymeric Metal Complexes of 2,7-Bis[2-(2′-Pyridyl) Benzimidazole]- 9,9′-Dioctylfluorene with Cu(II)and Zn(II): Synthesis and Luminescence Properties 2009 ·Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials ·Yu Zhou, Chaofan Zhong, Yan He, Lifen Xiao, Yuan Liu, Hailiang Zhang	13
18	SnO2@C core-shell spheres: synthesis, characterization, and performance in reversible Li-ion storage 2008 ·Journal of Materials Science ·Hui Qiao, Zhi Zheng, Lizhi Zhang, Lifen Xiao	58
19	Enhanced electrochemical performance of submicron LiCoO2 synthesized by polymer pyrolysis method 2007 ·Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry ·Lifen Xiao, Yanyan Yang, Yanqiang Zhao, Xinping Ai, Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao	16
20	The Mechanism of Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen on Manganese Dioxide 2003 ·Dian hua xue ·Yuliang Cao, Hanxi Yang, Xinping Ai, Lifen Xiao	1

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