Xia Sheng

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Xia Sheng is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Sheng has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Organic Chemistry, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Xia Sheng's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (12 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers). Xia Sheng is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (12 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers). Xia Sheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Xia Sheng's co-authors include Paolo P. Pescarmona, Ivo F.J. Vankelecom, Nick Daems, Dejin Li, Bin Zhao, Michael R. Kessler, Licheng Sun, Lizhou Fan, Biaobiao Zhang and Peili Zhang 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 Sheng

97 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Metal-free doped carbon materials as electrocatalysts for... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
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. Metal-free doped carbon materials as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
    2013 628 citations Nick Daems, Xia Sheng 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
Xia Sheng China 28 1.9k 1.4k 978 978 559 100 3.9k
Xi‐Ming Song China 33 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 546 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 509 0.9× 163 3.7k
Min Zeng China 33 1.5k 0.8× 765 0.5× 919 0.9× 2.3k 2.3× 218 0.4× 85 3.4k
Jiafu Chen China 31 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 606 0.6× 2.2k 2.2× 501 0.9× 98 4.5k
Martin Petr Czechia 31 908 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 540 0.6× 1.9k 2.0× 264 0.5× 81 3.9k
Xin Shu China 32 670 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 515 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 377 0.7× 135 3.2k
Jérôme P. Claverie Canada 45 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 2.9k 3.0× 1.9k 2.0× 613 1.1× 125 5.7k
Won Seok South Korea 36 1.1k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 475 0.5× 2.7k 2.7× 498 0.9× 126 5.5k
Shengyang Tao China 36 953 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 437 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 293 0.5× 135 3.5k
Gaofeng Zeng China 43 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 433 0.4× 4.0k 4.1× 333 0.6× 159 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xia Sheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Sheng

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xu, Mengyi, Linqin Wang, X. Z. Cui, et al.. (2025). Efficient Hydrogen Production from Seawater via Fe‐EL‐Modified Catalysts: A Biomass‐Coupled Approach for Sustainable Energy Storage. ChemSusChem. 18(12). e202500070–e202500070. 2 indexed citations
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Peng, Hehuan, Ming Huang, Xia Sheng, et al.. (2025). Advancing biomass gasification by the dry and wet torrefaction pretreatment. Energy. 324. 136118–136118. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Liang, Xia Sheng, Chuang Xing, et al.. (2025). Upgrading of biomass by bamboo vinegar-assisted wet torrefaction pretreatment for the highly production of bio-aromatics through catalytic fast pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 193. 107404–107404.
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Huang, Ming, Xia Sheng, Liang Zhu, et al.. (2025). Bio-aromatics production from biomass by a two-step method of torrefaction and catalytic pyrolysis. Industrial Crops and Products. 225. 120512–120512. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanyan, Huanhuan Zhang, Jingjing Zhou, et al.. (2024). Spin-cross interface-inducing ultra-high catalytic activity in Co(OH)xPy-MXene toward alkali-free liquid hydrogen generation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 354. 124143–124143. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Kui, Hailiang Zhao, Xu Li, et al.. (2024). Efficient electro-demulsification of O/W emulsions and simultaneous oil removal enabled by a multiscale porous biocarbon electrode. Chemical Engineering Journal. 481. 148655–148655. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hailiang, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous catalytic reaction of NO2 to HONO on hematite. Surface Science. 733. 122291–122291. 1 indexed citations
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Qin, Yuchen, Wenlong Zhang, Fengqi Wang, et al.. (2022). Extraordinary p–d Hybridization Interaction in Heterostructural Pd‐PdSe Nanosheets Boosts C−C Bond Cleavage of Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation. Angewandte Chemie. 134(16). 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Fengqi, Wenlong Zhang, Chenxi Li, et al.. (2021). Recent progress in advanced core-shell metal-based catalysts for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. Chinese Chemical Letters. 33(5). 2259–2269. 48 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peili, Xia Sheng, Xiaoyu Chen, et al.. (2019). Paired Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Hydrogenation of Organic Substrates with Water as the Oxygen and Hydrogen Source. Angewandte Chemie. 131(27). 9253–9257. 63 indexed citations
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Sheng, Xia, Yolanda Álvarez‐Gallego, Xochitl Dominguez‐Benetton, et al.. (2018). Carbon-supported iron complexes as electrocatalysts for the cogeneration of hydroxylamine and electricity in a NO-H2 fuel cell: A combined electrochemical and density functional theory study. Journal of Power Sources. 390. 249–260. 13 indexed citations
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Sheng, Xia, Hailiang Zhao, & Lin Du. (2017). Molecular understanding of the interaction of methyl hydrogen sulfate with ammonia/dimethylamine/water. Chemosphere. 186. 331–340. 20 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, Xia Sheng, Yolanda Álvarez‐Gallego, Ivo F.J. Vankelecom, & Paolo P. Pescarmona. (2015). Iron-containing N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the cogeneration of hydroxylamine and electricity in a H2–NO fuel cell. Green Chemistry. 18(6). 1547–1559. 36 indexed citations
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Sheng, Xia, et al.. (2014). One step C–N bond formation from alkylbenzene and ammonia over Cu-modified TS-1 zeolite catalyst. Catalysis Science & Technology. 4(9). 3108–3119. 3 indexed citations
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Rong, Liangce, et al.. (2012). An efficient multicomponent reaction for synthesis of 4-amino-6-aryl-2-alkylthiopyrimidine-5-carbonitrile derivatives. Research on Chemical Intermediates. 39(8). 3699–3707. 4 indexed citations
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Strasser, C.E., Xia Sheng, Damir A. Safin, H.G. Raubenheimer, & Robert C. Luckay. (2009). 4-Bromo-N-(diisopropoxyphosphoryl)benzamide. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(11). o2926–o2926. 2 indexed citations
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Mauldin, Timothy C., et al.. (2008). Ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of a modified linseed oil with varying levels of crosslinking. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 46(20). 6851–6860. 39 indexed citations

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