Wenli Xu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Wenli Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenli Xu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wenli Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers) and Graphene research and applications (9 papers). Wenli Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers) and Graphene research and applications (9 papers). Wenli Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Wenli Xu's co-authors include Shisheng Lin, Zhiqian Wu, Shengjiao Zhang, Xuanke Li, Zhijuan Xu, Rong Zhao, Xiaoqiang Li, Nianjun Yang, Wenda Zhong and Yanghua Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Wenli Xu

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Oxygen- and proton-transporting open framework ionomer fo... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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. Oxygen- and proton-transporting open framework ionomer for medium-temperature fuel cells
    2024 99 citations Wenli Xu, Fengchao Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wenli Xu China 26 1.1k 912 601 307 248 53 2.0k
Xiaofang Chen China 22 831 0.8× 706 0.8× 613 1.0× 250 0.8× 317 1.3× 49 1.6k
Hee Jung Park South Korea 26 1.2k 1.2× 686 0.8× 244 0.4× 262 0.9× 332 1.3× 113 1.8k
Yiming Song China 25 1.3k 1.2× 521 0.6× 661 1.1× 265 0.9× 863 3.5× 75 2.8k
Bowen Liu China 21 496 0.5× 750 0.8× 591 1.0× 216 0.7× 164 0.7× 76 1.6k
Jianhua Deng China 23 923 0.9× 767 0.8× 186 0.3× 353 1.1× 296 1.2× 76 1.8k
Aaron Lopes United States 15 437 0.4× 281 0.3× 463 0.8× 151 0.5× 130 0.5× 26 1.1k
Shiying Guo China 28 2.5k 2.3× 1.6k 1.7× 513 0.9× 342 1.1× 431 1.7× 82 3.4k
Shouzhi Wang China 26 960 0.9× 1.4k 1.6× 442 0.7× 208 0.7× 1.3k 5.4× 83 2.4k
Zhi‐wei Zhang China 31 2.1k 1.9× 1.2k 1.3× 415 0.7× 155 0.5× 149 0.6× 128 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenli Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenli Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wenli Xu. 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 Wenli Xu. The network helps show where Wenli Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenli Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenli Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenli Xu 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 Wenli Xu. Wenli Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Guo, Yaxiao, Tao Guo, Xingqi Bi, et al.. (2025). All-polymer organic photovoltaic heterojunction nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate and stability. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 110. 892–898.
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Lu, Haiyan, Hu Zang, Changjiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Phase engineering Governing reaction pathways in Phosphorus-Doped copper oxide for selective CO2 electroreduction to CH4 and Multicarbon products. Chemical Engineering Journal. 511. 162269–162269.
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Li, Qiqi, et al.. (2025). Dynamic surface reconstruction of pentlandite catalyst for enhanced water oxidation reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 703(Pt 2). 139263–139263.
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Xu, Wenli, et al.. (2024). Alloying strategy for developing a single-band warm white emitting material Cs2NaGdCl6:Bi3+via Ag+ co-doping. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(15). 5615–5622. 5 indexed citations
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Deng, Zhuo, et al.. (2024). Edge‐Effect Modulated Noble Metal Electrocatalysts for Efficient and pH‐Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(52). 11 indexed citations
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Li, Liangjun, Mengwei Guo, Wenli Xu, et al.. (2023). Construction of Sunflower-like Superstructure of CHA Zeolite through Oriented Attachment for Superior CO2 Separation Performance via Thermodynamic–Kinetic Synergistic Adsorption. Chemistry of Materials. 35(23). 10119–10128. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Wenli, Liangjun Li, Mengwei Guo, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of Pillar‐Cage Fluorinated Anion Pillared Metal–Organic Frameworks via a Pillar Embedding Strategy and Efficient Separation of SO 2 through Multi‐Site Trapping. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(46). e202312029–e202312029. 23 indexed citations
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Xu, Nan, Rong Zhao, Bing Sun, et al.. (2023). Abundant Lithiophilic VO2/V8C7 Heterostructures Boost Charge Transfer toward High‐Rate Lithium Storage. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(21). 6 indexed citations
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Zhong, Wenda, Chenfan Yang, Jing Wu, et al.. (2022). Oxygen vacancies induced by charge compensation tailoring Ni-doped Co3O4 nanoflakes for efficient hydrogen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 436. 134813–134813. 79 indexed citations
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Lei, Fengcai, et al.. (2021). Electronic Optimization by Coupling FeCo Nanoclusters and Pt Nanoparticles to Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(17). 5895–5901. 9 indexed citations
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Lei, Fengcai, Wenli Xu, Jing Yu, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia by nitrate reduction on indium incorporated in sulfur doped graphene. Chemical Engineering Journal. 426. 131317–131317. 83 indexed citations
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Liu, Xian, Wenli Xu, Siran Xu, et al.. (2020). A Series of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Compounds [(C2H5)4N]InCl4–xBrx (x = 0, 2, 4): Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Nonlinear Optical Properties. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(8). 5721–5727. 33 indexed citations
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Lu, Yanghua, Zhiqian Wu, Wenli Xu, & Shisheng Lin. (2016). ZnO quantum dot-doped graphene/h-BN/GaN-heterostructure ultraviolet photodetector with extremely high responsivity. Nanotechnology. 27(48). 48LT03–48LT03. 52 indexed citations
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Lin, Shisheng, Xiaoqiang Li, Peng Wang, et al.. (2015). Interface designed MoS2/GaAs heterostructure solar cell with sandwich stacked hexagonal boron nitride. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 15103–15103. 119 indexed citations
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Huang, Yan, Ling Zhang, Mei Ma, et al.. (2015). Microelectrode array measurement of potassium ion channel remodeling on the field action potential duration in rapid atrial pacing rabbits model.. PubMed. 8(1). 249–56. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Shisheng, Shengjiao Zhang, Xiaoqiang Li, et al.. (2015). Quasi-Two-Dimensional SiC and SiC2: Interaction of Silicon and Carbon at Atomic Thin Lattice Plane. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(34). 19772–19779. 101 indexed citations
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Shi, Zongying, Wenli Xu, Yisheng Zhong, & Mingguo Zhao. (2007). Optimal Sagittal Gait with ZMP Stability during Complete Walking Cycle for Humanoid Robots. Journal of Control Theory and Applications. 5(2). 133–138. 1 indexed citations

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