Ming Xu

10.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
111 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Ming Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Xu has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 25 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Ming Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (36 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (25 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (25 papers). Ming Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (36 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (25 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (25 papers). Ming Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and France. Ming Xu's co-authors include Lirong Zheng, Min Wei, Zhenhua Li, Xianggui Kong, Hua Zhou, Simin Xu, Haohong Duan, Mingfei Shao, Ruixiang Ge and Haohong Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ming Xu

104 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Fe–N–C electrocatalyst with dense active sites and efficient mass transport for high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells

2019 1.2k citations Lirong Zheng, Ming Xu et al. profile →
Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

2021 573 citations Hua Zhou, Yue Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →
Layered Double Hydroxide‐Based Catalysts: Recent Advances in Preparation, Structure, and Applications

2018 473 citations Ming Xu, Min Wei profile →
Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities

2023 354 citations Yifan Yan, Hua Zhou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst

2022 345 citations Zhenhua Li, Yifan Yan et al. Nature Communications profile →
Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural Promoted by a Ru₁Cu Single‐Atom Alloy Catalyst

2022 233 citations Ming Xu, Simin Xu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol via Promoted OH* Generation over Single-Atom-Bismuth-Doped Spinel Co₃O₄

2022 224 citations Ye Wang, Yuquan Zhu et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi₂O₃-Incorporated Catalyst

2022 216 citations Lan Luo, Wangsong Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Renaissance of Strong Metal–Support Interactions

2024 168 citations Ming Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Scalable electrosynthesis of commodity chemicals from biomass by suppressing non-Faradaic transformations

2023 157 citations Hua Zhou, Yue Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Xu China	44	5.3k	3.8k	2.7k	1.6k	1.5k	111	8.8k
Xing Zhu China	51	3.8k 0.7×	5.2k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	2.9k 1.8×	2.7k 1.8×	171	8.8k
Xu Xiang China	58	4.6k 0.9×	5.4k 1.4×	3.6k 1.3×	888 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	182	9.6k
Levi T. Thompson United States	52	2.9k 0.5×	3.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	974 0.6×	137	8.2k
Bo‐Qing Xu China	56	3.4k 0.6×	6.6k 1.8×	2.3k 0.9×	3.2k 2.0×	2.0k 1.3×	155	10.1k
Xiao Wang China	42	3.3k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	510 0.3×	181	6.7k
Yunqi Liu China	52	8.2k 1.5×	4.2k 1.1×	6.4k 2.4×	1.1k 0.7×	851 0.6×	214	11.7k
Yong‐Gun Shul South Korea	48	2.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	3.5k 1.3×	930 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	288	7.4k
Xiubing Huang China	52	5.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	684 0.4×	778 0.5×	167	9.0k
Yijun Zhong China	60	4.9k 0.9×	5.0k 1.3×	4.9k 1.8×	889 0.6×	884 0.6×	184	10.1k
Ghulam Yasin China	52	3.8k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	4.1k 1.5×	818 0.5×	618 0.4×	191	8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ming Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ming 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 Ming Xu. Ming 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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Zhang, Xiaofang, Zhijiao Ji, Kaiwen Yang, et al.. (2025). The effect of Nafion on electrochemical nitrate reduction over CoRu alloy catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 14(3). 1640–1646.

Guo, Jingyi, Ming Xu, Dandan Guo, et al.. (2025). In Situ Reduction of Fe-Doped Calcium Carbonate to Perform Low-Carbon Cement Clinker Coupling with Generation of Syngas. ACS Catalysis. 15(18). 16132–16143.

Wang, Yuchao, Guanjie Li, Haiming Han, et al.. (2025). Metalloid Coordination Reinforcing Electronic Synergy in Dual‐Atom Sites for Large‐Scale CO ₂ Electrolysis. Angewandte Chemie. 138(2).

Wang, Yuchao, Guanjie Li, Haiming Han, et al.. (2025). Metalloid Coordination Reinforcing Electronic Synergy in Dual‐Atom Sites for Large‐Scale CO ₂ Electrolysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(2). e16353–e16353.

Song, Huiting, Xue Yao, Huijie Liu, et al.. (2024). Thermal decomposition of magnesium carbonate in methane atmosphere for the synthesis of syngas: The effect of O2. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(1). 111864–111864. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Cong, Chi Zhang, Zhaoqi Guo, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical oxidation synthesis of energetic compound coupled with energy-efficient hydrogen evolution. Electrochimica Acta. 507. 145164–145164. 2 indexed citations

Umar, Abdul Wakeel, Naveed Ahmad, & Ming Xu. (2024). Reviving Natural Rubber Synthesis via Native/Large Nanodiscs. Polymers. 16(11). 1468–1468. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ye, Ming Xu, Xi Wang, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the potential-dependent structure evolution in CuO for electrocatalytic biomass valorization. Science Bulletin. 68(23). 2982–2992. 27 indexed citations

Zhu, Yuquan, Hua Zhou, Juncai Dong, et al.. (2023). Identification of Active Sites Formed on Cobalt Oxyhydroxide in Glucose Electrooxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(15). e202219048–e202219048. 86 indexed citations

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Yan, Yifan, Hua Zhou, Simin Xu, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(11). 6144–6155. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hao, Leilei, Qinghui Ren, Jiangrong Yang, et al.. (2023). Promoting Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Oxalic Acid to Glycolic Acid via an Al³⁺ Ion Adsorption Strategy Coupled with Ethylene Glycol Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(10). 13176–13185. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenhua, Yifan Yan, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst. Nature Communications. 13(1). 147–147. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Ye, Yuquan Zhu, Zhiheng Xie, et al.. (2022). Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol via Promoted OH* Generation over Single-Atom-Bismuth-Doped Spinel Co₃O₄. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 12432–12443. 224 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luo, Lan, Wangsong Chen, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi₂O₃-Incorporated Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(17). 7720–7730. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Zhenhua, Lan Luo, Min Li, et al.. (2021). Photoelectrocatalytic C–H halogenation over an oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2 photoanode. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6698–6698. 133 indexed citations

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Yin, Pan, Jun Yu, Lei Wang, et al.. (2021). Water-Gas-Shift Reaction on Au/TiO_2–x Catalysts with Various TiO₂ Crystalline Phases: A Theoretical and Experimental Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(37). 20360–20372. 18 indexed citations

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Ma, Lina, et al.. (2020). Integrating hydrogen production with anodic selective oxidation of sulfides over a CoFe layered double hydroxide electrode. Chemical Science. 12(3). 938–945. 61 indexed citations

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Meng, Xiaoyu, Lei Wang, Lifang Chen, et al.. (2020). Charge-separated metal-couple-site in NiZn alloy catalysts towards furfural hydrodeoxygenation reaction. Journal of Catalysis. 392. 69–79. 85 indexed citations

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Liu, Ning, Ming Xu, Yusen Yang, et al.. (2019). Au^δ−–O_v–Ti³⁺ Interfacial Site: Catalytic Active Center toward Low-Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 9(4). 2707–2717. 197 indexed citations

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Rao, Deming, Guoqing Cui, Shan He, et al.. (2017). Metal-acid site synergistic catalysis in Ru–ZrO₂ toward selective hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene. Catalysis Science & Technology. 8(1). 236–243. 21 indexed citations

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