Minghan Xu

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Minghan Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Minghan Xu has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Minghan Xu's work include Phase Change Materials Research (17 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (15 papers) and Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (11 papers). Minghan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (17 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (15 papers) and Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (11 papers). Minghan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Germany. Minghan Xu's co-authors include Zhi Yang, Yanjie Su, Feng Gao, Yafei Zhang, Fengjiao He, Hao Wei, Yun Liu, Agus P. Sasmito, Zhaohui Li and Liying Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Minghan Xu

87 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Nitrogen-doped, carbon-rich, highly photoluminescent carbon dots from ammonium citrate

2013 856 citations Zhi Yang, Minghan Xu et al. Nanoscale profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minghan Xu China	22	1.8k	461	444	376	362	92	2.9k
Yufei Gao China	31	1.8k 1.0×	535 1.2×	638 1.4×	615 1.6×	78 0.2×	126	3.0k
Qing Zhang China	27	1.3k 0.7×	366 0.8×	1.0k 2.4×	518 1.4×	129 0.4×	124	2.6k
Christophe Petit France	29	1.2k 0.6×	422 0.9×	332 0.7×	259 0.7×	80 0.2×	107	3.3k
Huanhuan Wang China	24	1.2k 0.6×	687 1.5×	823 1.9×	271 0.7×	214 0.6×	106	2.8k
Lei Peng China	36	1.4k 0.8×	627 1.4×	852 1.9×	305 0.8×	187 0.5×	155	3.2k
Lixiang Zhang China	30	1.2k 0.6×	448 1.0×	745 1.7×	684 1.8×	478 1.3×	107	2.2k
Jing Xie China	23	1.2k 0.6×	684 1.5×	467 1.1×	247 0.7×	194 0.5×	81	2.5k
Yan Cai China	27	1.2k 0.7×	366 0.8×	341 0.8×	185 0.5×	325 0.9×	160	2.8k
Siyoung Q. Choi South Korea	27	865 0.5×	971 2.1×	567 1.3×	147 0.4×	282 0.8×	126	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Minghan Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minghan Xu

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

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Wijayanta, Agung Tri, et al.. (2025). An analytical prediction for charging–discharging cycles of metal foam composite phase change materials thermal energy storage. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 74. 106674–106674. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Minghan, et al.. (2025). Exposed-area dependent forced convective heat transfer in periodic lattice structures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 241. 126683–126683. 1 indexed citations

Akhtar, Saad, et al.. (2025). Development of a renewable technology for air heating and thermal cooling of sub-arctic mines using spray freezing. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 211. 109704–109704. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Minghan, Keyu Zhang, Xiaotong Zheng, et al.. (2025). SiO2-assisted co-assembly of ultrafine aramid nanofiber-based porous thermal-resistant separator for Lithium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165583–165583. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Jiawei, et al.. (2025). Model predictive control for quad active bridge DC-DC converter for more electric aircraft applications. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 13653–13653.

Chen, Jiawei, et al.. (2024). Improved dynamic performance of triple active bridge DC-DC converter using differential flatness control for more electric aircraft applications. Results in Engineering. 23. 102811–102811. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Yuguo, et al.. (2024). Development of a novel continuous nanofluid ice slurry generator: Experimental and theoretical studies. Applied Thermal Engineering. 244. 122667–122667. 9 indexed citations

Gao, Yuguo, et al.. (2024). Investigation of heat transfer characteristics of nanofluid ice slurry flowing in spiral bellows. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 156. 107583–107583. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Keyu, Xiaotong Zheng, Qingfu Wang, & Minghan Xu. (2024). Aramid nanofiber as a polyfunctional crosslinker for epoxidized natural rubber with robust and recyclable properties. Polymer. 305. 127195–127195. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiawei, et al.. (2024). Model predictive control based on single-phase shift modulation for triple active bridge DC-DC converter. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30284–30284.

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Zheng, Xiaotong, et al.. (2024). Semi-interpenetrating networks of ANF/SiO2 composite aerogel with lightweight, compressible, and excellent flame retardancy properties. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 646. 123256–123256. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Canglong, Tao Liao, Dongping Chen, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of carbon-coated V2O5-x nanoparticles by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery composite cathodes. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(12). 110557–110557. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghan, et al.. (2024). PAHs removal by soil washing with thiacalix[4]arene tetrasulfonate. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 21. 100422–100422. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghan, et al.. (2023). Development of a multi-stage model for freezing of a suspended binary solution droplet. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 221. 125115–125115. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghan, et al.. (2023). Asymptotic analysis of a two-phase Stefan problem in an annulus with the convective boundary. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 196. 108744–108744. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghan, et al.. (2023). Analytical Modeling of Metal Foam Composite Phase Change Materials (PCM) in Thermal Energy Storage Using Asymptotic Analysis.

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Hefni, Mohammed A., Minghan Xu, Ferri Hassani, et al.. (2021). An Analytical Model for Transient Heat Transfer with a Time-Dependent Boundary in Solar- and Waste-Heat-Assisted Geothermal Borehole Systems: From Single to Multiple Boreholes. Applied Sciences. 11(21). 10338–10338. 2 indexed citations

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Mian, Ishaq Ahmad, Asif Iqbal, Tufail Shah, et al.. (2020). FOLIAR SULPHUR APPLICATION AND ITS TIMINGS IMPROVE WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) PRODUCTIVITY IN SEMIARID CLIMATE. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 18(3). 3873–3885. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghan, Wei Zhang, Zhi Yang, et al.. (2015). One-pot liquid-phase exfoliation from graphite to graphene with carbon quantum dots. Nanoscale. 7(23). 10527–10534. 63 indexed citations

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Xu, Minghan, Jing Chai, Nantao Hu, et al.. (2014). Facile synthesis of soluble functional graphene by reduction of graphene oxide via acetylacetone and its adsorption of heavy metal ions. Nanotechnology. 25(39). 395602–395602. 31 indexed citations

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