Xia Liu

21.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
587 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Xia Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Liu has authored 587 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Materials Chemistry, 146 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 105 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xia Liu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (43 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (41 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (27 papers). Xia Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (43 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (41 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (27 papers). Xia Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xia Liu's co-authors include Yong Pei, Shengxiang Jiang, Longlu Wang, Shuqu Zhang, Shenglian Luo, Yunxiong Zeng, Chengbin Liu, John C. Crittenden, Jinming Luo and Hongdeng Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xia Liu

553 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Salt‐Induced Fabrication of Superhydrophilic and Underwater Superoleophobic PAA‐g‐PVDF Membranes for Effective Separation of Oil‐in‐Water Emulsions

2013 713 citations Xia Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
MoS₂ Quantum Dot Growth Induced by S Vacancies in a ZnIn₂S₄ Monolayer: Atomic-Level Heterostructure for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

2017 614 citations Shuqu Zhang, Xia Liu et al. ACS Nano profile →
Gradient Hydrogen Migration Modulated with Self-Adapting S Vacancy in Copper-Doped ZnIn₂S₄ Nanosheet for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2021 308 citations Shuqu Zhang, Xia Liu et al. ACS Nano profile →
Thermally conductive polyvinyl alcohol composite films via introducing hetero-structured MXene@silver fillers

2023 180 citations Xia Liu et al. profile →
Highly Thermally Conductive Polydimethylsiloxane Composites with Controllable 3D GO@f-CNTs Networks via Self-sacrificing Template Method

2024 114 citations Xia Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xia Liu China	64	6.5k	4.3k	4.2k	3.1k	1.6k	587	16.6k
Yongsheng Li China	68	9.7k 1.5×	2.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	4.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	397	16.9k
Rui Liu China	60	5.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	444	13.6k
Yunxia Zhang China	65	4.8k 0.7×	4.8k 1.1×	3.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	929 0.6×	289	12.5k
Yao Chen China	70	10.7k 1.6×	3.8k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	503	18.7k
Dong Liu China	72	6.0k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	516	18.4k
Feng Zhang China	60	6.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.6×	5.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	575	15.0k
Haijun Zhang China	62	7.0k 1.1×	2.7k 0.6×	4.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	595	15.4k
Yasin Orooji China	64	5.5k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	4.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	243	14.6k
Lin Wang China	70	8.2k 1.3×	4.3k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	4.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	501	17.9k
Tao Zhang China	62	4.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	647 0.4×	667	15.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Liu

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Wang, Yulong, Xia Liu, Chengyu Li, et al.. (2025). Scalable topological-entanglement conductive coaxial fibers with superior durability for wearable strain sensing and triboelectric fabric. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 233. 154–165. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Xia, Xia Liu, Zhiguo Qu, et al.. (2025). Facile and durable construction of superhydrophobic cellulose-deposited membrane for efficient oil–water separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 363. 132124–132124. 9 indexed citations

Guo, Liang, Hao Zhang, Wanchen Sun, et al.. (2025). Dynamic behavior and evaporation characteristics of micro-nano bubble premixed fuel droplets impacting on the heated surface. Applied Thermal Engineering. 273. 126540–126540. 2 indexed citations

Song, Huanling, Xin Liu, Linlin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Two Orders of Magnitude Enhancement in Nitrogen Oxidation via H₂SO₄-Mediated Fe-TiO₂ Electrocatalysis. ACS Nano. 19(23). 21858–21865. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Tingting, Juan Xiao, Xia Liu, et al.. (2025). Engineering Ru and Ni sites relay catalysis and strong metal-support interaction for synergetic enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 161348–161348. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xia, Xiaolan Fan, Hui Ding, Guan‐Cheng Xu, & Li Zhang. (2025). FeCo-Ni₅P₄ Nanosheet Arrays on Carbon Fibers as Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(5). 2544–2553. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xia, Ya Liu, & Zhenming Xu. (2024). Simultaneous utilization of copper and non-metals from waste integrated circuits for precious metal melting capture and organics thermal detoxification. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135689–135689. 3 indexed citations

Qin, Ying, et al.. (2024). Synthesis, characterization and anticorrosion performance of a new corrosion inhibitor based on cobalt- phenanthroline- p-hydroxybenzoic acid ternary complex. Materials Today Communications. 41. 110362–110362. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Xia, et al.. (2024). First-principle study of the effect of Hf doping and VO-Hi co-existence on absorption spectrum, conductivity and carrier activity of β-Ga2O3. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1241. 114906–114906.

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Wu, Hao, Xi Cao, Qinghua Guo, Xia Liu, & Guangsuo Yu. (2024). Effects of phosphorus pentoxide on viscosity-temperature characteristics of sewage sludge ash slags under mild reducing atmosphere. Fuel. 376. 132763–132763. 2 indexed citations

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Xia, Kai, Linlin Zhang, Mingxia Guo, et al.. (2024). Nitric Acid‐Mediated Artificial Urea Photo‐Synthesis With N₂ And CO₂. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(22). 37 indexed citations

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Gao, Xueying, Zhenzhen Fu, Yanfei Sun, et al.. (2023). Efficient hybrid capacitive deionization with MnO2/g-C3N4 heterostructure: Enhancing Mn dz2 electron occupancy by interfacial electron bridge for fast charge transfer. Desalination. 567. 116981–116981. 21 indexed citations

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Wu, Hao, Xia Liu, Xi Cao, Qinghua Guo, & Guangsuo Yu. (2023). Effects of phosphorus on the fusion characteristics of synthetic ashes with different Al2O3/CaO ratios. Fuel. 361. 130698–130698. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Yan Wu, Xia Liu, et al.. (2023). Spatial modeling and source identification of PAHs in soils and roadside dusts from Hangzhou, a new first-tier megcity of China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 460. 132366–132366. 17 indexed citations

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Tang, Jianmin, Qinhong Liao, Wenlin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Comparative Study of Volatile Components in Fruits of Thorny and Non-thorny Types of <i>Zanthoxylum schinifolium</i>. Food Science and Technology Research. 26(6). 883–890.

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Liu, Xia, et al.. (2020). Hollow Porous MnFe₂O₄ Sphere Grown on Elm‐Money‐Derived Biochar towards Energy‐Saving Full Water Electrolysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(63). 14397–14404. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Xia, et al.. (2018). Synergistic corrosion inhibition behavior of rare-earth cerium ions and serine on carbon steel in 3% NaCl solutions. Journal of Central South University. 25(8). 1914–1919. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Xia, et al.. (2018). Performance comparison of shear walls with openings designed using elastic stress and genetic evolutionary structural optimization methods. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS. 65(3). 303. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Longlu, Xia Liu, Jinming Luo, et al.. (2017). Self‐Optimization of the Active Site of Molybdenum Disulfide by an Irreversible Phase Transition during Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(26). 7610–7614. 248 indexed citations

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Liu, Xia, Ying Sun, Daqian Song, et al.. (2004). Sensitivity-enhancement of wavelength-modulation surface plasmon resonance biosensor for human complement factor 4. Analytical Biochemistry. 333(1). 99–104. 36 indexed citations

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