Quanjun Xiang

28.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
150 papers, 25.8k citations indexed

About

Quanjun Xiang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Quanjun Xiang has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 25.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 124 papers in Materials Chemistry and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Quanjun Xiang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (129 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (40 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (26 papers). Quanjun Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (129 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (40 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (26 papers). Quanjun Xiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Quanjun Xiang's co-authors include Jiaguo Yu, Mietek Jaroniec, Lei Cheng, Jiajie Fan, Huaiwu Zhang, Yulong Liao, Dainan Zhang, Xiaoyang Yue, Bei Cheng and Xin Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Quanjun Xiang

146 papers receiving 25.5k citations

Hit Papers

Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts 2009 2026 2014 2020 2011 2012 2011 2018 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts
    2011 2.5k citations Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu et al. profile →
  2. Synergetic Effect of MoS2 and Graphene as Cocatalysts for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production Activity of TiO2 Nanoparticles
    2012 2.2k citations Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu et al. profile →
  3. Preparation and Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic H2-Production Activity of Graphene/C3N4Composites
    2011 1.7k citations Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu et al. profile →
  4. CdS-Based photocatalysts
    2018 1.5k citations Lei Cheng, Quanjun Xiang et al. profile →
  5. Enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity of graphene-modified titania nanosheets
    2011 720 citations Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu et al. Nanoscale profile →
  6. Graphene‐Based Photocatalysts for Solar‐Fuel Generation
    2015 698 citations Quanjun Xiang, Bei Cheng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  7. Preparation, characterization and visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Fe-doped titania nanorods and first-principles study for electronic structures
    2009 698 citations Jiaguo Yu, Quanjun Xiang et al. profile →
  8. Quantitative characterization of hydroxyl radicals produced by various photocatalysts
    2011 591 citations Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu et al. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →
  9. Crystalline Carbon Nitride Supported Copper Single Atoms for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity
    2020 580 citations Dainan Zhang, Lei Cheng et al. profile →
  10. Pivotal role of fluorine in enhanced photocatalytic activity of anatase TiO2 nanosheets with dominant (0 0 1) facets for the photocatalytic degradation of acetone in air
    2010 510 citations Quanjun Xiang, Kangle Lv et al. profile →
  11. Review on Metal Sulphide‐based Z‐scheme Photocatalysts
    2019 496 citations Quanjun Xiang, Jiaguo Yu et al. profile →
  12. A review on 2D MoS2 cocatalysts in photocatalytic H2 production
    2020 399 citations Quanjun Xiang et al. profile →
  13. 2D/2D BiVO4/CsPbBr3 S-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic CO2 reduction: Insights into structure regulation and Fermi level modulation
    2021 286 citations Xiaoyang Yue, Lei Cheng et al. profile →
  14. Dual‐Single‐Atom Tailoring with Bifunctional Integration for High‐Performance CO2 Photoreduction
    2021 282 citations Lei Cheng, Xiaoyang Yue et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  15. Understanding the unique S-scheme charge migration in triazine/heptazine crystalline carbon nitride homojunction
    2023 197 citations Fang Li, Xiaoyang Yue et al. Nature Communications profile →
  16. MOFs-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts
    2024 175 citations Ziming Wang, Xiaoyang Yue et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Quanjun Xiang China 74 22.5k 20.4k 8.2k 1.9k 1.2k 150 25.8k
Bicheng Zhu China 75 20.9k 0.9× 18.6k 0.9× 10.4k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 154 24.7k
Liqiang Jing China 76 14.8k 0.7× 13.2k 0.6× 6.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 337 19.0k
Shaohua Shen China 74 21.3k 0.9× 17.5k 0.9× 9.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 847 0.7× 286 24.8k
Jinshui Zhang China 55 16.2k 0.7× 16.1k 0.8× 8.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 858 0.7× 129 20.3k
Jiexiang Xia China 80 18.0k 0.8× 14.9k 0.7× 9.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 836 0.7× 265 21.5k
Huogen Yu China 77 18.2k 0.8× 15.9k 0.8× 6.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 789 0.6× 246 20.8k
Tianyou Peng China 75 17.4k 0.8× 15.7k 0.8× 7.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 842 0.7× 280 21.9k
Liuyang Zhang China 77 18.8k 0.8× 16.7k 0.8× 11.4k 1.4× 3.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.2× 162 24.3k
Xuxu Wang China 80 15.9k 0.7× 15.1k 0.7× 7.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 357 20.9k
Shuxin Ouyang China 68 17.5k 0.8× 15.9k 0.8× 7.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 849 0.7× 148 20.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Quanjun Xiang

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All Works

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Zhou, Jiabin, et al.. (2025). Surface reductive acid etching for the fabrication of abundant oxygen vacancies into CuCo2O4 for enhanced toluene oxidation. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131805–131805. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Yizhou, Lei Cheng, Yawen Tang, Hanjun Sun, & Quanjun Xiang. (2025). Unified Perspectives on Spin Polarization in Heterogeneous Photo/Electrocatalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Na, Lingyun Cheng, Xigui Zhang, & Quanjun Xiang. (2024). Ethanol-based edge functionalization and interlayer phosphate group-mediation of co-modified g-C3N4: Regulation of electron distribution and carrier transport for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 69. 1394–1402. 1 indexed citations
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Guan, Chen, Yulong Liao, & Quanjun Xiang. (2024). Dual-facet engineering of surface carboxyl functionalization and interlayer potassium ions regulation in carbon nitride for enhanced CO2 photoreduction. Science China Materials. 67(2). 473–483. 55 indexed citations
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Wang, Guohong, et al.. (2024). Reducing Dielectric Confinement Effect Enhances Carrier Separation in Two‐Dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Photocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(43). e202411219–e202411219. 6 indexed citations
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Guan, Chen, Xiaoyang Yue, Yulong Liao, & Quanjun Xiang. (2024). Structurally Asymmetric Ni−O−Mn Node in Metal–Organic Layers on Carbon Nitride Support for CO 2 Photoreduction. Angewandte Chemie. 137(3). 1 indexed citations
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Xiang, Quanjun, et al.. (2024). Single-atom catalysts supported on covalent triazine frameworks. Applied Catalysis A General. 690. 120035–120035. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Ziming, Xiaoyang Yue, & Quanjun Xiang. (2024). MOFs-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 504. 215674–215674. 175 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Lei, et al.. (2024). Toward Functionality and Deactivation of Metal‐Single‐Atom in Heterogeneous Photocatalysts. Advanced Materials. 36(35). e2406807–e2406807. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Ziming, Xiaoyang Yue, Yulong Liao, & Quanjun Xiang. (2024). Indium Oxide Layer Dual Functional Modified Bismuth Vanadate Photoanode Promotes Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Water to Hydrogen Peroxide. ChemSusChem. 18(4). e202401810–e202401810. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Yuanxun, Jie Li, Quanjun Xiang, et al.. (2023). Influence of particle size of initial oxides on the dielectric properties of ilmenite-type Zn0.7Mg0.3TiO3 ceramics. Ceramics International. 50(2). 3618–3623. 3 indexed citations
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Guan, Chen, Haiping Zhou, Yulong Liao, & Quanjun Xiang. (2023). 2D/2D g-C3N4/ZnxCd1-xS Van der Waals heterojunctions modulation: Interfacial chemical bond accelerating charge separation for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Applied Surface Science. 619. 156734–156734. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Fang, Xiaoyang Yue, Yulong Liao, et al.. (2023). Understanding the unique S-scheme charge migration in triazine/heptazine crystalline carbon nitride homojunction. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3901–3901. 197 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Fang, Dainan Zhang, Yulong Liao, et al.. (2019). Synthesis and photocatalytic H 2 ‐production activity of plasma‐treated Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene modified graphitic carbon nitride. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 103(2). 849–858. 63 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lei, Dainan Zhang, Yulong Liao, et al.. (2019). Constructing functionalized plasmonic gold/titanium dioxide nanosheets with small gold nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 555. 94–103. 130 indexed citations
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Shen, Tingting, Di Lang, Feiyue Cheng, & Quanjun Xiang. (2016). Ternary Reduced Graphene Oxide/g‐C 3 N 4 /Ag‐AgCl Nanocomposites for Controlled Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Selectivity. ChemistrySelect. 1(5). 1006–1015. 27 indexed citations
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Xiang, Quanjun, Jiaguo Yu, & Mietek Jaroniec. (2011). Tunable photocatalytic selectivity of TiO2 films consisted of flower-like microspheres with exposed {001} facets. Chemical Communications. 47(15). 4532–4532. 246 indexed citations
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Xiang, Quanjun, Jiaguo Yu, & Mietek Jaroniec. (2011). Enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity of graphene-modified titania nanosheets. Nanoscale. 3(9). 3670–3670. 720 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiang, Quanjun, Jiaguo Yu, Bei Cheng, & H. C. Ong. (2010). Microwave‐Hydrothermal Preparation and Visible‐Light Photoactivity of Plasmonic Photocatalyst Ag‐TiO2 Nanocomposite Hollow Spheres. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 5(6). 1466–1474. 340 indexed citations

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