Qiang Xu

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Qiang Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Xu has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Qiang Xu's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (21 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (12 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (9 papers). Qiang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (21 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (12 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (9 papers). Qiang Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Netherlands. Qiang Xu's co-authors include Tze Chien Sum, H.W. Zandbergen, Jianhui Fu, Mingjie Li, Bo Wu, C. H. A. Huan, Cees Dekker, Khuong P. Ong, Armin Feldhoff and Sairam K. Malladi 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

Qiang Xu

101 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Hot carrier cooling mechanisms in halide perovskites 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Hot carrier cooling mechanisms in halide perovskites
    2017 441 citations Jianhui Fu, Qiang Xu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qiang Xu China 37 3.6k 3.1k 760 691 641 105 5.1k
Jing Wu China 44 4.8k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 737 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 184 6.7k
Wei Yi China 32 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 426 0.6× 764 1.1× 838 1.3× 134 4.6k
Hyungjun Kim South Korea 41 5.0k 1.4× 4.2k 1.4× 743 1.0× 393 0.6× 1.0k 1.6× 194 6.5k
Dongzhi Chi Singapore 45 3.8k 1.1× 3.6k 1.2× 517 0.7× 951 1.4× 801 1.2× 186 6.3k
Matthew Mecklenburg United States 30 2.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 853 1.1× 655 0.9× 592 0.9× 100 4.6k
Shisheng Lin China 39 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 566 0.8× 2.0k 3.1× 124 4.8k
Richard Beanland United Kingdom 37 2.5k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 652 0.9× 1.6k 2.4× 1.1k 1.7× 199 5.0k
Han‐Chun Wu China 45 3.6k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.8× 953 1.5× 184 6.0k
Ning Dai China 36 3.0k 0.8× 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 1.3k 2.0× 386 5.6k
Antonino La Magna Italy 37 3.0k 0.9× 4.4k 1.4× 504 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 774 1.2× 343 5.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qiang Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiang Xu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Yang, Liansheng Li, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2025). An ultra-violet and infrared dual-band photodetector using a Ga2O3 thin film and HgTe colloidal quantum dots. Nanoscale Advances. 7(8). 2248–2254.
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Tang, Min, Songda Li, Beien Zhu, et al.. (2024). Oscillatory Active State of a Pd Nanocatalyst Identified by In Situ Capture of the Instantaneous Structure–Activity Change at the Atomic Scale. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(27). 18341–18349. 18 indexed citations
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Yu, Xianghui, Shuxing Bai, Ziyan Zhao, et al.. (2024). Performance optimization by antioxidant strategies for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Recent progress and future. 7(1). 100142–100142. 8 indexed citations
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Fu, Jianhui, et al.. (2024). Organic and inorganic sublattice coupling in two-dimensional lead halide perovskites. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4562–4562. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhenyu, Ning‐Yu Huang, & Qiang Xu. (2023). Metal halide perovskite materials in photocatalysis: Design strategies and applications. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 481. 215031–215031. 88 indexed citations
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Ye, Senyun, Haixia Rao, Minjun Feng, et al.. (2023). Expanding the low-dimensional interface engineering toolbox for efficient perovskite solar cells. Nature Energy. 8(3). 284–293. 93 indexed citations
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Fu, Jianhui, Qiang Xu, Ibrahim Abdelwahab, et al.. (2022). Strain propagation in layered two-dimensional halide perovskites. Science Advances. 8(37). eabq1971–eabq1971. 18 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo, Weihua Ning, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2021). Strong self-trapping by deformation potential limits photovoltaic performance in bismuth double perovskite. Science Advances. 7(8). 146 indexed citations
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Wu, Bo, Haifeng Yuan, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2019). Indirect tail states formation by thermal-induced polar fluctuations in halide perovskites. Nature Communications. 10(1). 484–484. 112 indexed citations
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Gong, Yue, Yuyang Chen, Qinghua Zhang, et al.. (2018). Three-dimensional atomic-scale observation of structural evolution of cathode material in a working all-solid-state battery. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3341–3341. 66 indexed citations
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Molina‐Luna, Leopoldo, Yevheniy Pivak, Alexander Zintler, et al.. (2018). Enabling nanoscale flexoelectricity at extreme temperature by tuning cation diffusion. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4445–4445. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Mingjie, Raihana Begum, Jianhui Fu, et al.. (2018). Low threshold and efficient multiple exciton generation in halide perovskite nanocrystals. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4197–4197. 133 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qinghua, Xu He, Jinan Shi, et al.. (2017). Atomic-resolution imaging of electrically induced oxygen vacancy migration and phase transformation in SrCoO2.5-σ. Nature Communications. 8(1). 104–104. 80 indexed citations
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Liu, Chunhui, Sairam K. Malladi, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2017). In-situ STEM imaging of growth and phase change of individual CuAlX precipitates in Al alloy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2184–2184. 80 indexed citations
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Giannuzzi, Lucille A., et al.. (2015). Theory and New Applications ofEx SituLift Out. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 21(4). 1034–1048. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiang, et al.. (2015). Study of Wetting on Chemically Soften Interfaces by Using Combined Solution Thermodynamics and DFT Calculations: Forecasting Effective Softening Elements. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 7(14). 7576–7583. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiang, H.W. Zandbergen, & D. Van Dyck. (2011). Applying an information transmission approach to extract valence electron information from reconstructed exit waves. Ultramicroscopy. 111(7). 912–919.
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Xu, Qiang, et al.. (2008). Preparation of TEM samples for hard ceramic powders. Ultramicroscopy. 109(1). 8–13. 4 indexed citations
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Amandeep, K., Trevor Ewers, Qiang Xu, H.W. Zandbergen, & Raymond E. Schaak. (2006). One-pot synthesis of bi-disperse FePt nanoparticles and size-selective self-assembly into AB2, AB5, and AB13 superlattices. Chemical Communications. 750–750. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiang. (2003). One On-Line Learning Algorithm of Radial Basis Function Neural Network. 2 indexed citations

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