Simin Xu

11.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
126 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Simin Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simin Xu has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Materials Chemistry, 60 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simin Xu's work include Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications (41 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers). Simin Xu is often cited by papers focused on Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications (41 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers). Simin Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Simin Xu's co-authors include Min Wei, Mingfei Shao, Xue Duan, David G. Evans, Zhenhua Li, Haohong Duan, Hong Yan, Fanyu Ning, Ming Xu and Hua Zhou 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

Simin Xu

119 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hierarchical NiMn Layered Double Hydroxide/Carbon Nanotubes Architecture with Superb Energy Density for Flexible Supercapacitors

2014 691 citations Simin Xu, Mingfei Shao et al. profile →
TiO₂/graphene/NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanorod array photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

2016 486 citations Mingfei Shao, Simin Xu et al. 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 →
Selective Electrooxidation of Biomass‐Derived Alcohols to Aldehydes in a Neutral Medium: Promoted Water Dissociation over a Nickel‐Oxide‐Supported Ruthenium Single‐Atom Catalyst

2022 339 citations Ruixiang Ge, Zezhou Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 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 →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sustainable oxime production via the electrosynthesis of hydroxylamine in a free state 2025 ·Nature Synthesis ·Jing Li, Xiang Liu, Simin Xu, Ming Xu, (unknown), Yongqiang Lyu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hua Zhou, Yue Peng, Xuning Li, Lirong Zheng, Haohong Duan	0
2	Interplay between Defects and Short-Range Disorder Manipulating the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on a Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Jiangrong Yang, Rui Gao, Simin Xu, Xianggui Kong, Xiao Hua, Pu Zhao, Haigang Hao, Dermot O’Hare, Yufei Zhao	8
3	Theoretical study of the mechanism for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to methanol over layered double hydroxides 2024 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Simin Xu, Rui Xu, Yuquan Zhu, Ling Zhu, (unknown)	8
4	Synergistic effect of nickel and calcium dual-atomic sites to facilitate electrochemical CO2 reduction to methanol: Combining high activity and selectivity 2023 ·Applied Surface Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuqin Zhang, Baolei Li, Ling Zhu, Simin Xu, Jun Jiang, Shaobin Tang	5
5	Enhancing the Thermotolerance of Isochrysis zhangjiangensis Through Co-culturing With Algoriphagus marincola 2023 ·Marine Biotechnology ·Simin Xu, Jiayi Cao, (unknown), Yi‐Jun Xu, Yuanyuan Wu, (unknown), Bin Ma, Lin Zhang, (unknown), Xinyu Liu, Xiaojun Yan, Jilin Xu	2
6	Identification of Active Sites Formed on Cobalt Oxyhydroxide in Glucose Electrooxidation 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yuquan Zhu, Hua Zhou, Juncai Dong, Simin Xu, Ming Xu, Lirong Zheng, (unknown), Lina Ma, Zhenhua Li, Mingfei Shao, Haohong Duan	86
7	Tracing global N2O emission mitigation strategies through trade networks 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Rong Ma, (unknown), Bo Zhang, Simin Xu, Cuiyang Feng	8
8	Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities breakdown → 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yifan Yan, Hua Zhou, Simin Xu, Jiangrong Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Yue Ren, Ming Xu, Xianggui Kong, Mingfei Shao, Zhenhua Li, Haohong Duan	354
9	A Semantic Transferred Priori for Hyperspectral Target Detection With Spatial–Spectral Association 2023 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Jie Lei, Simin Xu, Weiying Xie, Jiaqing Zhang, Yunsong Li, Qian Du	7
10	Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Zhenhua Li, Yifan Yan, Simin Xu, Hua Zhou, Ming Xu, Lina Ma, Mingfei Shao, Xianggui Kong, Bin Wang, Lirong Zheng, Haohong Duan	345
11	Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol via Promoted OH* Generation over Single-Atom-Bismuth-Doped Spinel Co₃O₄ breakdown → 2022 ·ACS Catalysis ·Ye Wang, Yuquan Zhu, Zhiheng Xie, Simin Xu, Ming Xu, Zezhou Li, Lina Ma, Ruixiang Ge, Hua Zhou, Zhenhua Li, Xianggui Kong, Lirong Zheng, Jihan Zhou, Haohong Duan	224
12	Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi₂O₃-Incorporated Catalyst breakdown → 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Lan Luo, Wangsong Chen, Simin Xu, Jiangrong Yang, Min Li, Hua Zhou, Ming Xu, Mingfei Shao, Xianggui Kong, Zhenhua Li, Haohong Duan	216
13	Photoelectrocatalytic C–H halogenation over an oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2 photoanode 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Zhenhua Li, Lan Luo, Min Li, Wangsong Chen, Yuguang Liu, Jiangrong Yang, Simin Xu, Hua Zhou, Lina Ma, Ming Xu, Xianggui Kong, Haohong Duan	133
14	Boosting the rate performance of Li–S batteries under high mass-loading of sulfur based on a hierarchical NCNT@Co-CoP nanowire integrated electrode 2021 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Jianbo Li, Wenfu Xie, Shimeng Zhang, Simin Xu, Mingfei Shao	33
15	Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Consumption, Pollutant Emission, and Cost Analysis of Coal/Oil/Biomass to Ethylene Glycol 2021 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Simin Xu, Zhiwei Li, Qingchun Yang, (unknown), Jinliang Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Huairong Zhou, (unknown)	54
16	Hierarchically structured semiconductor@noble-metal@MOF for high-performance selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction 2020 ·Green Chemical Engineering ·Yibo Dou, Simin Xu, Awu Zhou, Haozheng Wang, Jian Zhou, Hong Yan, Jian‐Rong Li	25
17	Coordinating Adsorption and Catalytic Activity of Polysulfide on Hierarchical Integrated Electrodes for High-Performance Flexible Li–S Batteries 2020 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Jianbo Li, Yuwei Chen, Shimeng Zhang, Wenfu Xie, Simin Xu, Guirong Wang, Mingfei Shao	25
18	Facet engineering of WO3 arrays toward highly efficient and stable photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation from natural seawater 2019 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Jingchao Liu, Simin Xu, Yanfei Li, Ruikang Zhang, Mingfei Shao	89
19	Double-active site synergistic catalysis in Ru–TiO₂ toward benzene hydrogenation to cyclohexene with largely enhanced selectivity 2017 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·(unknown), Jie Liu, Deming Rao, Simin Xu, Weihan Bing, Bin Wang, Shan He, Min Wei	32
20	In situ synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots in the interlayer region of a layered double hydroxide with tunable quantum yield 2017 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·(unknown), Simin Xu, Ruizheng Liang, Min Wei, David G. Evans, Xue Duan	39

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