Rong Xia

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rong Xia is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rong Xia has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 11 papers in Catalysis and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rong Xia's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (11 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers). Rong Xia is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (11 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers). Rong Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Rong Xia's co-authors include Sheng Zhang, Qun Fan, Thomas J. Meyer, Feng Jiao, Sean Overa, Xinbin Ma, Li Bian, Jingguang G. Chen, Zhenhua Li and Bjorn Hasa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Accounts of Chemical Research and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Rong Xia

22 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

CO2 Reduction: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Electroc... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. CO2 Reduction: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis
    2020 533 citations Sheng Zhang, Qun Fan et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rong Xia China 16 900 569 496 245 238 23 1.3k
Ian Sullivan United States 15 982 1.1× 393 0.7× 536 1.1× 439 1.8× 148 0.6× 22 1.4k
Zhilong Yang China 13 682 0.8× 338 0.6× 394 0.8× 342 1.4× 95 0.4× 24 994
Xumei Tao China 24 487 0.5× 433 0.8× 1.1k 2.2× 356 1.5× 106 0.4× 48 1.5k
Shiqun Wu China 22 1.2k 1.3× 481 0.8× 1.1k 2.3× 297 1.2× 51 0.2× 46 1.6k
Tiange Yuan Canada 11 748 0.8× 483 0.8× 233 0.5× 227 0.9× 151 0.6× 14 924
Martina Lessio United States 17 450 0.5× 187 0.3× 317 0.6× 148 0.6× 146 0.6× 33 727
Yuehan Cao China 25 1.6k 1.8× 438 0.8× 1.6k 3.2× 589 2.4× 58 0.2× 52 2.1k
Vanessa J. Bukas Germany 16 825 0.9× 615 1.1× 598 1.2× 438 1.8× 22 0.1× 26 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Rong Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rong Xia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rong Xia. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rong Xia. The network helps show where Rong Xia may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rong Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rong Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rong Xia 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 Rong Xia. Rong Xia 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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Shin, Heejong, Jianan Erick Huang, Hengzhou Liu, et al.. (2025). Electrolysis of ethylene to ethylene glycol paired with acidic CO2-to-CO conversion. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(18). 8600–8607. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Shaozhen, An Wang, Haifeng Huang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Longevity of Lithium Metal Anodes via Fluorine/Nitrogen Co‐Doped Lightweight 3D Carbon Porous Frameworks. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(44). 4 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Bjorn Hasa, Ahryeon Lee, et al.. (2023). Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from C1 feedstocks in a flow electrolyzer. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4570–4570. 33 indexed citations
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Hasa, Bjorn, Rong Xia, Ding Tian, et al.. (2022). Benchmarking anion-exchange membranes for electrocatalytic carbon monoxide reduction. Chem Catalysis. 3(1). 100450–100450. 21 indexed citations
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Biswas, Akash N., Zhenhua Xie, Rong Xia, et al.. (2022). Tandem Electrocatalytic–Thermocatalytic Reaction Scheme for CO2 Conversion to C3 Oxygenates. ACS Energy Letters. 7(9). 2904–2910. 56 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Sean Overa, & Feng Jiao. (2022). Emerging Electrochemical Processes to Decarbonize the Chemical Industry. JACS Au. 2(5). 1054–1070. 122 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Dong Tian, Shyam Kattel, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1949–1949. 91 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Jingjing Lv, Xinbin Ma, & Feng Jiao. (2021). Enhanced multi-carbon selectivity via CO electroreduction approach. Journal of Catalysis. 398. 185–191. 34 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Sheng Zhang, Xinbin Ma, & Feng Jiao. (2020). Surface-functionalized palladium catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(31). 15884–15890. 63 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sheng, Qun Fan, Rong Xia, & Thomas J. Meyer. (2020). CO2 Reduction: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 53(1). 255–264. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuang, Siyu, Jianping Li, Rong Xia, et al.. (2020). Stable Surface-Anchored Cu Nanocubes for CO2 Electroreduction to Ethylene. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 3(8). 8328–8334. 52 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Rammile Ettelaie, Sergey V. Lishchuk, et al.. (2019). Liquid marble-derived solid-liquid hybrid superparticles for CO2 capture. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1854–1854. 60 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sheng, Hai Liu, Na Zhang, et al.. (2019). Tuning the electronic structure of platinum nanocrystals towards high efficient ethanol oxidation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 40(12). 1904–1911. 15 indexed citations
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Xia, Rong, Hengquan Yang, & Ning Zhao. (2017). Rationally Turning the Interface Activity of Mesoporous Silicas for Preparing Pickering Foam and “Dry Water”. Langmuir. 33(36). 9025–9033. 15 indexed citations
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Bian, Li, Weihan Wang, Rong Xia, & Zhenhua Li. (2015). Ni-based catalyst derived from Ni/Al hydrotalcite-like compounds by the urea hydrolysis method for CO methanation. RSC Advances. 6(1). 677–686. 60 indexed citations
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Li, Zhang, Li Bian, Zhenhua Li, & Rong Xia. (2015). The promoter action of CeO2 for the Ni/Al2O3-catalyzed methanation of CO2. Kinetics and Catalysis. 56(3). 329–334. 15 indexed citations
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Bian, Li, Li Zhang, Rong Xia, & Zhenhua Li. (2015). Enhanced low-temperature CO 2 methanation activity on plasma-prepared Ni-based catalyst. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 27. 1189–1194. 64 indexed citations
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Liu, Yun, Zhengyu Liu, Shaoqing Zhang, et al.. (2014). Ensemble-Based Parameter Estimation in a Coupled GCM Using the Adaptive Spatial Average Method*. Journal of Climate. 27(11). 4002–4014. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Yun, Zhengyu Liu, Shaoqing Zhang, et al.. (2014). Ensemble-Based Parameter Estimation in a Coupled General Circulation Model. Journal of Climate. 27(18). 7151–7162. 32 indexed citations

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