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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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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Author						Papers	Cites
Simin Xu	5.4k	4.9k	3.3k	1.7k	1.2k	126	9.3k
Zhongxin Chen	3.7k 0.7×	5.0k 1.0×	4.9k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	793 0.6×	172	9.9k
Hui Liu	3.2k 0.6×	4.6k 0.9×	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	301	8.9k
Ke Wang	5.3k 1.0×	4.2k 0.8×	4.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	762 0.6×	250	9.5k
Xiaozhi Liu	5.3k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	4.5k 1.4×	999 0.6×	920 0.8×	127	9.6k
Yingtang Zhou	6.9k 1.3×	5.5k 1.1×	5.4k 1.6×	801 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	277	12.0k
Hao Tian	3.0k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	635 0.5×	196	7.1k
Jing Yang	2.6k 0.5×	3.7k 0.8×	4.6k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	916 0.7×	249	8.6k
Qing Han	5.5k 1.0×	5.8k 1.2×	4.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	650 0.5×	223	9.6k
Di Zhao	3.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	3.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	550 0.4×	139	6.8k
Xin Wang	3.1k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	4.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	620 0.5×	248	8.1k

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Li, Jing, Xiang Liu, Simin Xu, et al.. (2025). Sustainable oxime production via the electrosynthesis of hydroxylamine in a free state. Nature Synthesis. 4(12). 1598–1609.

Xu, Simin, et al.. (2024). Theoretical study of the mechanism for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to methanol over layered double hydroxides. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(28). 17628–17641. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Jiangrong, Rui Gao, Simin Xu, et al.. (2024). Interplay between Defects and Short-Range Disorder Manipulating the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on a Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(7). 2006–2014. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Simin, Jiayi Cao, Yi‐Jun Xu, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Thermotolerance of Isochrysis zhangjiangensis Through Co-culturing With Algoriphagus marincola. Marine Biotechnology. 25(3). 463–472. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Yuquan, Hua Zhou, Juncai Dong, et al.. (2023). Identification of Active Sites Formed on Cobalt Oxyhydroxide in Glucose Electrooxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(15). e202219048–e202219048. 86 indexed citations

Ma, Rong, et al.. (2023). Tracing global N2O emission mitigation strategies through trade networks. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118455–118455. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuqin, Baolei Li, Ling Zhu, et al.. (2023). Synergistic effect of nickel and calcium dual-atomic sites to facilitate electrochemical CO2 reduction to methanol: Combining high activity and selectivity. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158243–158243. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, Hua Zhou, Simin Xu, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(11). 6144–6155. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

Lei, Jie, Simin Xu, Weiying Xie, et al.. (2023). A Semantic Transferred Priori for Hyperspectral Target Detection With Spatial–Spectral Association. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 61. 1–14. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenhua, Yifan Yan, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst. Nature Communications. 13(1). 147–147. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Ye, Yuquan Zhu, Zhiheng Xie, et al.. (2022). Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol via Promoted OH* Generation over Single-Atom-Bismuth-Doped Spinel Co₃O₄. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 12432–12443. 224 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Simin, Hua Zhou, Yue Ren, et al.. (2022). Engineering Hydrogen Generation Sites to Promote Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to Formate. ACS Catalysis. 12(17). 10551–10559. 74 indexed citations

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Luo, Lan, Wangsong Chen, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi₂O₃-Incorporated Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(17). 7720–7730. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Zhenhua, Lan Luo, Min Li, et al.. (2021). Photoelectrocatalytic C–H halogenation over an oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2 photoanode. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6698–6698. 133 indexed citations

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Xu, Simin, Zhiwei Li, Qingchun Yang, et al.. (2021). Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Consumption, Pollutant Emission, and Cost Analysis of Coal/Oil/Biomass to Ethylene Glycol. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(47). 15849–15860. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Jianbo, Wenfu Xie, Shimeng Zhang, Simin Xu, & Mingfei Shao. (2021). Boosting the rate performance of Li–S batteries under high mass-loading of sulfur based on a hierarchical NCNT@Co-CoP nanowire integrated electrode. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(18). 11151–11159. 33 indexed citations

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Dou, Yibo, Simin Xu, Awu Zhou, et al.. (2020). Hierarchically structured semiconductor@noble-metal@MOF for high-performance selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Green Chemical Engineering. 1(1). 48–55. 25 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingchao, Simin Xu, Yanfei Li, Ruikang Zhang, & Mingfei Shao. (2019). Facet engineering of WO3 arrays toward highly efficient and stable photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation from natural seawater. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 264. 118540–118540. 89 indexed citations

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Liu, Jie, Deming Rao, Simin Xu, et al.. (2017). Double-active site synergistic catalysis in Ru–TiO₂ toward benzene hydrogenation to cyclohexene with largely enhanced selectivity. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(3). 650–657. 32 indexed citations

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Xu, Simin, et al.. (2017). In situ synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon dots in the interlayer region of a layered double hydroxide with tunable quantum yield. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(14). 3536–3541. 39 indexed citations

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