Xiahan Sang

11.9k citations

160 papers · 10.0k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 50

Structural Biology top 0.5%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 23
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts 19
Catalysis top 1%
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices 31
- 2D Materials and Applications 25
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials 17
- Graphene research and applications 15
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films 14
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques 14

Co-authors: Raymond R. Unocic James M. LeBeau Everett D. Grimley Uwe Schroeder Tony Schenk Kai Xiao Lecheng Lei Zhongjian Li
Cited by: Structural Biology Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Catalysis
Journals: Advanced Functional Materials (14 papers)ACS Nano (9 papers)Microscopy and Microanalysis (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Australia

In The Last Decade

Xiahan Sang

157 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.

2019 ACS Materials Letters
2018 Advanced Materials
2016 ACS Nano
2016 Advanced Functional Materials
2015 Applied Physics Letters

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1	Rhombohedral GeSe Thermoelectric Breakthrough by Strategic Pb Alloying Advanced Functional Materials ·Colin McNight,Hongyao Xie,Aisha Al Huraizi,Zhi Yang,王宗丽,Weibin Xu,Songlin Li,Xiahan Sang,Qingjie Zhang,Xinfeng Tang,Gangjian Tan	2025	1
2	Engineering the Coordination Environment of Metal Centers for Selective and High-Current CO₂ Electromethanation Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Chang Zhu,Dashuai Wang,Libin Zeng,Guanghui Feng,Yi Liang,Wanzhen Zheng,Franco Cavallo,Xianyun Peng,Zhibin Liu,Xiahan Sang,Bin Yang,Zhongjian Li,Qinghua Zhang,Lecheng Lei,Yang Hou	2025	1
3	Interfacial Electron Engineering Unlocks Efficient Nitrate Electrosynthesis by Balancing Nitrogen Activation and Oxygen Evolution ACS Catalysis ·Haixia Zeng,Dashuai Wang,Cheng‐Jie Yang,Chung‐Li Dong,Franco Cavallo,Xiahan Sang,Bin Yang,Zhongjian Li,Siyu Yao,Qinghua Zhang,Jianguo Lü,Lecheng Lei,Vinícius Ramos,Raúl D. Rodriguez,Yang Hou	2025	1
4	Atomic-Resolution Interfacial Reaction Mechanism between Bi₂Te₃-Based Alloys and Ni Electrodes ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Jacquelyn Hutchinson,M A Morgan,Wenjun Cui,Franco Cavallo,Congli Sun,Xiahan Sang	2024	5
5	Electronic structure optimization of metal–phthalocyanine via confining atomic Ru for all-pH hydrogen evolution Energy & Environmental Science ·H.W. Wu,Cynthia De Greef,Wenjun Cui,Bin Yang,Zhongjian Li,Raúl D. Rodriguez,Qinghua Zhang,Chung‐Li Dong,Xiahan Sang,Lecheng Lei,Tao Zhang,Yang Hou	2024	44
6	Enhanced thermoelectric properties for p-type BiSbTe by incorporating multiferroic BiFeO3 nanoparticles Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Эшқобилов Лочин Умарович,Wenjun Cui,M A Morgan,Wanting Zhu,Xiaolei Nie,Xiahan Sang	2023	6
7	Accelerating industrial-level CO₂electroreduction kinetics on isolated zinc centersviasulfur-boosted bicarbonate dissociation Energy & Environmental Science ·Wanzhen Zheng,Dashuai Wang,Wenjun Cui,Xiahan Sang,Xuetao Qin,Zilin Zhao,Zhongjian Li,Bin Yang,Miao Zhong,Lecheng Lei,Qiang Zheng,Siyu Yao,Gang Wu,Yang Hou	2023	56
8	Fabrication and Excellent Performances of Bismuth Telluride-Based Thermoelectric Devices ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Soniya Amin,Ping Wei,Jianqiang Zhang,宋祖荫,Wanting Zhu,Xiaolei Nie,Xiahan Sang,Qingjie Zhang,Wenyu Zhao	2022	43
9	Percolation Process-Mediated Rich Defects in Hole-Doped PbSe with Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance Chemistry of Materials ·Jinchang Sun,Ruoyu Wang,Wenjun Cui,Hongyao Xie,Tingting Luo,Josefina Michea,Xiaodie Zhao,Zhiquan Chen,Xiahan Sang,Xiaojian Tan,Xinfeng Tang,Gangjian Tan	2022	19
10	Proton Capture Strategy for Enhancing Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Atomically Dispersed Metal–Nitrogen Active Sites** Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xinyue Wang,Xiahan Sang,Chung‐Li Dong,Siyu Yao,Ling Shuai,Jianguo Lü,Bin Yang,Zhongjian Li,Lecheng Lei,Ming Qiu,Liming Dai,Yang Hou	2021	233
11	Accelerated Water Dissociation Kinetics By Electron‐Enriched Cobalt Sites for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Advanced Functional Materials ·Qizhou Dai,Lin Wang,Kexin Wang,Xiahan Sang,Zhongjian Li,Bin Yang,Jianmeng Chen,Lecheng Lei,Liming Dai,Yang Hou	2021	130
12	Intrinsic Defects in MoS₂ Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition: From Monolayers to Bilayers ACS Nano ·G Jayababu,Raymond R. Unocic,Yu‐Chuan Lin,Xiahan Sang,Alexander A. Puretzky,Yiling Yu,D W Foerster,Christopher M. Rouleau,Jørgen Schou,Kristian S. Thygesen,David B. Geohegan,Stela Canulescu	2021	61
13	Cadmium Selective Etching in CdTe Solar Cells Produces Detrimental Narrow-Gap Te in Grain Boundaries ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Sudhajit Misra,Jeffery A. Aguiar,Abdulbaset Bukhamada,Xiahan Sang,Raymond R. Unocic,Amit Munshi,Walajabad Sampath,Chris Ferekides,Michael A. Scarpulla	2020	5
14	Effect of lattice mismatch and shell thickness on strain in core@shell nanocrystals Nanoscale Advances ·Jocelyn T. L. Gamler,Alberto Leonardi,Xiahan Sang,Kallum M. Koczkur,Raymond R. Unocic,Michael Engel,Sara E. Skrabalak	2020	63
15	Mechanochemical Synthesis of High Entropy Oxide Materials under Ambient Conditions: Dispersion of Catalysts via Entropy Maximizationbreakdown → ACS Materials Letters ·Hao Chen,Wenwen Lin,Zihao Zhang,Kecheng Jie,David R. Mullins,Xiahan Sang,Shize Yang,Charl J. Jafta,Craig A. Bridges,Xiaobing Hu,Raymond R. Unocic,Jie Fu,Pengfei Zhang,Sheng Dai	2019	210
16	Building Random Alloy Surfaces from Intermetallic Seeds: A General Route to Strain-Engineered Electrocatalysts with High Durability ACS Applied Nano Materials ·Jocelyn T. L. Gamler,Hannah M. Ashberry,Xiahan Sang,Raymond R. Unocic,Sara E. Skrabalak	2019	17
17	Interpreting Electrochemical and Chemical Sodiation Mechanisms and Kinetics in Tin Antimony Battery Anodes Using in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Computational Methods ACS Applied Energy Materials ·竹重友貴,Loïc Baggetto,Xiahan Sang,Dongwon Shin,Vitaliy Yurkiv,Farzad Mashayek,Gabriel M. Veith,Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar,Raymond R. Unocic	2019	16
18	The Influence of Local Distortions on Proton Mobility in Acceptor Doped Perovskites Chemistry of Materials ·Zoran Sto,Janakiraman Balachandran,Xiahan Sang,Wei Guo,В. И. Дедов,Gabriel M. Veith,Craig A. Bridges,Yongqiang Cheng,Christopher M. Rouleau,Jonathan D. Poplawsky,Nazanin Bassiri‐Gharb,Raymond R. Unocic,Panchapakesan Ganesh	2018	45
19	Influence of Nonstoichiometry on Proton Conductivity in Thin-Film Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Zoran Sto,Janakiraman Balachandran,Xiahan Sang,Wei Guo,Gabriel M. Veith,Craig A. Bridges,Christopher M. Rouleau,Jonathan D. Poplawsky,Nazanin Bassiri‐Gharb,Panchapakesan Ganesh,Raymond R. Unocic	2018	22
20	Facet-Dependent Deposition of Highly Strained Alloyed Shells on Intermetallic Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electrocatalysis Nano Letters ·Chenyu Wang,Xiahan Sang,Jocelyn T. L. Gamler,Dennis P. Chen,Raymond R. Unocic,Sara E. Skrabalak	2017	93

About Xiahan Sang

Xiahan Sang is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Materials Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 160 papers that have together received 10.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (31 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (25 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (19 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (17 papers), Graphene research and applications (15 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (14 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (337 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (3.0k citations), Catalysis (1.0k citations), Materials Chemistry (6.4k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4.6k citations). Xiahan Sang has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Raymond R. Unocic, James M. LeBeau, Everett D. Grimley, Uwe Schroeder, Tony Schenk, Kai Xiao, Lecheng Lei, Zhongjian Li, Yang Hou and Yu Xie. Their work appears in journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Advanced Materials.

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