Weilin Xu

11.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
175 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Weilin Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weilin Xu has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 79 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Weilin Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (81 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (40 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers). Weilin Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (81 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (40 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers). Weilin Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Weilin Xu's co-authors include Ping Song, Wei Xing, Jing Liu, Zheng Jiang, Yang Fa, Peng Chen, Changpeng Liu, Xiujuan Sun, Lin Gu and Ying Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Weilin Xu

170 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

ZIF‐8 Derived Graphene‐Based Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon Sheets as Highly Efficient and Durable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

2014 876 citations Weilin Xu, Wei Xing et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

2017 680 citations Lin Zhuang, Ping Song et al. Nature Communications profile →
Bismuthene for highly efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction

2020 431 citations Yang Fa, Ahmed O. Elnabawy et al. Nature Communications profile →
Confined Ir single sites with triggered lattice oxygen redox: Toward boosted and sustained water oxidation catalysis

2021 420 citations Zhaoping Shi, Weilin Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weilin Xu China	48	6.1k	4.8k	4.1k	1.6k	1.1k	175	10.0k
Yijin Kang United States	48	8.0k 1.3×	6.3k 1.3×	5.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	89	12.7k
Shengnan Sun China	46	7.1k 1.2×	5.8k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	946 0.9×	94	10.6k
Marc Heggen Germany	55	6.6k 1.1×	5.3k 1.1×	5.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	241	12.0k
Guangxu Chen China	47	7.4k 1.2×	6.5k 1.4×	6.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	122	13.9k
Xu Sun China	45	4.8k 0.8×	5.1k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	155	10.0k
Tsukasa Torimoto Japan	53	3.8k 0.6×	4.0k 0.8×	6.7k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	947 0.9×	242	10.1k
Jianhong Liu China	52	6.0k 1.0×	5.1k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	549 0.5×	231	10.5k
Nailiang Yang China	48	6.7k 1.1×	4.9k 1.0×	6.9k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	105	11.8k
Feng Li China	45	5.8k 1.0×	4.4k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	760 0.5×	635 0.6×	178	9.1k
Anna Fischer Germany	40	5.9k 1.0×	3.8k 0.8×	5.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	639 0.6×	128	9.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Xinchao, Xinchao Zhang, Jie Fang, et al.. (2025). Moderating effects of a healthy lifestyle on the association of pre-metabolic syndrome with multiple chronic disease comorbidities. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1652015–1652015.

Jiang, Liquan, et al.. (2025). Safe path planning for autonomous vehicles with real-time observation based localization uncertainty prediction. Expert Systems with Applications. 281. 127596–127596. 1 indexed citations

Song, Ping, Xue Gong, Mingbo Ruan, et al.. (2024). Molecule aging induced by electron attacking. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 93. 519–525.

Xu, Weilin, et al.. (2024). Towards the first synthetic eukaryotic cell. Biosafety and Health. 6(6). 376–382. 1 indexed citations

Song, Ping, et al.. (2024). Pt-Fe alloy supported on Fe/NC catalyst with high activity and durability for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 959. 118189–118189. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Dezheng, et al.. (2024). Revealing the heterogeneous catalytic kinetics of PtRu nanocatalysts at the single particle level. The Analyst. 149(21). 5184–5190. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Miao, Huiyu Jiang, Jiao Dai, et al.. (2024). Harnessing the Unconventional Cubic Phase in 2D LaNiO₃ Perovskite for Highly Efficient Urea Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(1). e202413932–e202413932. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Dezheng, Jingsen Bai, Ce Han, et al.. (2024). Ru‐MnO Heterostructure Clusters Toward Efficient and CO‐Tolerant Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(11). 10 indexed citations

Mei, Bingbao, Zhaoping Shi, Zheng Jiang, et al.. (2024). Operando formation of highly efficient electrocatalysts induced by heteroatom leaching. Nature Communications. 15(1). 242–242. 29 indexed citations

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Fan, Miao, Jiao Dai, Yutong Feng, et al.. (2024). Microwave Shock Synthesis of Porous 2D Non‐Layered Transition Metal Carbides for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huimin, Ping Song, Pengfei Yao, et al.. (2023). Three-phase-boundary Pt in a self-supported MoPt2-MoNi4/Mo2C heterojunction electrocatalyst for highly efficient pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144375–144375. 37 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhe, Haifei Wen, Zhijun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Acceptor engineering-facilitated versatile AIEgen for mitochondria-targeted multimodal imaging-guided cancer photoimmunotherapy. Biomaterials. 301. 122276–122276. 22 indexed citations

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Kang, Miaomiao, Zhijun Zhang, Xue Li, et al.. (2023). Synchronously Manipulating Absorption and Extinction Coefficient of Semiconducting Polymers via Precise Dual‐Acceptor Engineering for NIR‐II Excited Photothermal Theranostics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(20). e202301617–e202301617. 78 indexed citations

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Cao, Jing, Dezheng Zhang, & Weilin Xu. (2023). Imaging the electrochemical reactions on single-particle by single-molecule fluorescent microscopy. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 41. 101360–101360. 3 indexed citations

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Xie, Peng, Yingqian Wang, Pengfei Yao, et al.. (2023). Carbon black supported PtCu nanoparticles derived from mix‐phased Cu precursor for high‐performanced oxygen reduction reaction in acid medium. Electroanalysis. 35(8). 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Lizhen, Mingbo Ruan, Xin Liu, et al.. (2023). Structural Analysis and Intrinsic Enzyme Mimicking Activities of Ligand‐Free PtAg Nanoalloys. Small. 19(19). e2206772–e2206772. 16 indexed citations

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Yan, Saisai, Panpan Sun, Niu Niu, et al.. (2022). “One Stone, Four Birds” Ion Engineering to Fabricate Versatile Core–Shell Organosilica Nanoparticles for Intelligent Nanotheranostics. ACS Nano. 16(6). 9785–9798. 42 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yi & Weilin Xu. (2021). Single‐Molecule Fluorescence Imaging of Nanocatalysis. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 39(6). 1459–1470. 21 indexed citations

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Fa, Yang, Ahmed O. Elnabawy, Roberto Schimmenti, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Bismuthene for highly efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2352–2352. 10 indexed citations

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Fa, Yang, Ping Song, Xiaozhi Liu, et al.. (2018). Highly Efficient CO₂ Electroreduction on ZnN₄‐based Single‐Atom Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie. 130(38). 12483–12487. 90 indexed citations

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