Lin Xu

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Lin Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Xu has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 71 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 49 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lin Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (44 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers). Lin Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (44 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers). Lin Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Lin Xu's co-authors include Yawen Tang, Dongmei Sun, Yifan Chen, Xien Liu, Xiaoxiao Yan, Tongfei Li, Huan Pang, Zhijuan Li, Gengtao Fu and Jong‐Min Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lin Xu

143 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Atomic Fe Dispersed on N‐Doped Carbon Hollow Nanospheres for High‐Efficiency Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction

2018 627 citations Dongmei Sun, Lin Xu et al. profile →
Boosting Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis with 3D Graphene Aerogel‐Supported Ni/MnO Particles

2017 606 citations Gengtao Fu, Lin Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lin Xu China	41	3.8k	3.3k	2.6k	1.1k	477	148	6.5k
Ge Meng China	42	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	663 0.6×	440 0.9×	130	5.1k
Xin Chen China	41	3.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	466 0.4×	635 1.3×	282	6.0k
Subrata Kundu India	41	5.3k 1.4×	4.3k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	711 0.7×	484 1.0×	140	7.3k
Lijuan Zhang China	39	2.5k 0.6×	4.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	401 0.8×	190	7.3k
Xiaojun Lv China	37	5.0k 1.3×	3.0k 0.9×	4.9k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	636 1.3×	89	7.9k
Xiao Chi China	41	2.9k 0.8×	3.9k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	227 0.5×	162	6.7k
Ruilin Wang China	44	2.5k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	814 0.8×	465 1.0×	305	5.9k
Qianqian Liu China	43	2.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	971 0.9×	406 0.9×	320	6.2k
Shengchun Yang China	50	3.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	3.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	661 1.4×	220	7.2k
Bo Yu China	53	4.0k 1.0×	4.8k 1.5×	2.3k 0.9×	890 0.8×	333 0.7×	164	7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lin Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin Xu

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Lu, Tingyu, Huan Pang, Songtao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Maneuver of the d-orbital spin polarization of Fe single atomic sites via a near-range axial ligand effect for boosting oxygen reduction reaction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 366. 125007–125007. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaowen, Chuanchao Sheng, Lin Xu, et al.. (2025). Tailoring Oxygen Redox Activity and Accelerating Li ⁺ Diffusion via Ti Substitution Within Li‐O‐Vacancy Configurations. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(38).

Li, Hongfei, Wenjing Yuan, Lin Xu, et al.. (2025). Citral‐based amide derivatives improve the antifungal activity of Kresoxim‐methyl against Rhizoctonia solani. Pest Management Science. 81(9). 5738–5749. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Lin, et al.. (2025). Construction of Hierarchical Fe-MFI Nanosheets with Enhanced Fenton-like Degradation Performance. Molecules. 30(19). 4030–4030. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yin, Junfeng An, Lin Xu, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights into the impact of calcium and magnesium ions on ferrous sulfide aggregation and reducing activity. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158305–158305. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Kegang, Dong He, Xianghua Chai, et al.. (2024). Green synthesis of carbon dots from Hakka yellow wine lees: Characterization and applications for Fe3+ and NaFeEDTA sensing. LWT. 208. 116744–116744. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yin, Lin Xu, Wei‐Yu Chen, et al.. (2024). Physiology, microcystin production, and transcriptomic responses of Microcystis aeruginosa exposed to calcium and magnesium. The Science of The Total Environment. 913. 169786–169786. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiaowen, Xin Cao, Chuanchao Sheng, et al.. (2024). Perspective on High-Stability Single-Crystal Li-Rich Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(19). 24147–24161. 16 indexed citations

Yang, Yue, Bin Li, Wenpeng Ni, et al.. (2024). Hetero‐Diatomic CoN₄‐NiN₄ Site Pairs with Long‐Range Coupling as Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries. Advanced Science. 11(22). e2310231–e2310231. 30 indexed citations

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Xu, Lin, et al.. (2024). Silicon Carbide Nanowire Based Integrated Electrode for High Temperature Supercapacitors. Materials. 17(16). 4161–4161. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qixing, Rui Wang, Tingyu Lu, et al.. (2023). Gram-scale synthesis and unraveling the activity origin of atomically dispersed Co-N4O sites toward superior electrocatalytic oxygen reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 328. 122489–122489. 30 indexed citations

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Zhou, Guangyao, et al.. (2023). Template‐assisted Fabrication of O‐doped CoP Microflowers with Optimal Electronic Modulation for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(41). e202301252–e202301252. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoge, Cong Liu, Zhitang Fang, et al.. (2022). Improving the hydrogen evolution performance of self-supported hierarchical NiFe layered double hydroxide via NH₃-inducing at room temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(38). 20626–20634. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Danye, Qing Zeng, Chaoquan Hu, et al.. (2022). Light doping of tungsten into copper-platinum nanoalloys for boosting their electrocatalytic performance in methanol oxidation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. e9120017–e9120017. 83 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoge, Cong Liu, Zhitang Fang, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast Room‐Temperature Synthesis of Self‐Supported NiFe‐Layered Double Hydroxide as Large‐Current–Density Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst. Small. 18(2). e2104354–e2104354. 109 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoge, Lu Ni, Jinhua Zhou, et al.. (2020). Encapsulation of Fe nanoparticles into an N-doped carbon nanotube/nanosheet integrated hierarchical architecture as an efficient and ultrastable electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. Nanoscale. 12(26). 13987–13995. 32 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hong, Yefei Liu, Xiangli Liu, et al.. (2020). Pilot-Scale Cyclohexanone Production through Phenol Hydrogenation over Pd/CN in a Continuous Ceramic Membrane Reactor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(30). 13848–13851. 14 indexed citations

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Lan, Ting, Jian Liu, Hong Qin, & Lin Xu. (2018). Time-domain global similarity method for automatic data cleaning for multi-channel measurement systems in magnetic confinement fusion devices. Computer Physics Communications. 234. 159–166. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Tongfei, Ao Wang, Xin Li, et al.. (2018). MoS_0.5Se_1.5 Embedded in 2D Porous Carbon Sheets Boost Lithium Storage Performance as an Anode Material. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 5(7). 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Lin, et al.. (2015). Enhancing Light-to-Electricity Conversion of Semiconductors by Polyoxometalates and Their Applications in Solar Cells. Huaxue jinzhan. 27(8). 1065. 3 indexed citations

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