Xian Yan

992 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 766 citations indexed

About

Xian Yan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xian Yan has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 766 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xian Yan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (17 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (10 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Xian Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (17 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (10 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Xian Yan collaborates with scholars based in China and Hong Kong. Xian Yan's co-authors include Zhiliang Jin, Fang‐Xing Xiao, Yupeng Zhang, Xuqiang Hao, Xiaoyan Fu, Guorong Wang, Hai Liu, Xiaoli Ma, Jingying Zheng and Yue Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Coordination Chemistry Reviews and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Xian Yan

27 papers receiving 756 citations

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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.

Alloy nanocluster artificial photosystems steering photoredox organic transformation

2025 27 citations Bingna Zheng, P. P. Su et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xian Yan China	15	592	577	229	53	44	29	766
Xin Shen China	14	289 0.5×	282 0.5×	213 0.9×	37 0.7×	16 0.4×	18	500
Henrique A.J.L. Mourão Brazil	12	381 0.6×	428 0.7×	203 0.9×	68 1.3×	26 0.6×	21	594
Xiao-shan Chu China	10	482 0.8×	527 0.9×	185 0.8×	37 0.7×	31 0.7×	10	617
Miwako Teranishi Japan	13	677 1.1×	757 1.3×	265 1.2×	68 1.3×	52 1.2×	22	896
Zongbao Yu China	10	777 1.3×	784 1.4×	304 1.3×	64 1.2×	39 0.9×	19	926
Matías E. Aguirre Argentina	8	575 1.0×	540 0.9×	150 0.7×	44 0.8×	40 0.9×	13	707
Lichen Bai China	9	491 0.8×	530 0.9×	227 1.0×	58 1.1×	24 0.5×	16	652
Lingcheng Zheng China	15	575 1.0×	712 1.2×	347 1.5×	85 1.6×	34 0.8×	50	850
Naghma Shaishta India	10	419 0.7×	392 0.7×	199 0.9×	46 0.9×	40 0.9×	11	547

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yan, Xian, Bingna Zheng, Junrong Zhu, Yubing Li, & Fang‐Xing Xiao. (2025). Spatially Confining Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters Steers Photoredox Organic Transformation. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(7). 3572–3581. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Changqing, Xian Yan, P. P. Su, et al.. (2025). Tailoring layered double hydroxides: Design principles and modification strategies for solar CO2 conversion. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 550. 217396–217396. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaotao, Chuan Xu, Fang‐Xing Xiao, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of size-controlled poly(vinyldiaminotriazine) nanoparticles for enhanced hydrogen bonding adsorption of horseradish peroxidase. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 208. 106156–106156.

Yan, Xian, Jinguo Ge, Jun Cai, et al.. (2025). Research on the preparation of composite BOCN-TiO2 photocatalytic materials and their exhaust gas degradation in road domains. Construction and Building Materials. 494. 143584–143584.

Zheng, Bingna, et al.. (2025). Alloy nanocluster artificial photosystems steering photoredox organic transformation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(7). 4908–4920. 27 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Jiaqi, et al.. (2024). Atomically precise metal nanoclusters combine with MXene towards solar CO ₂ conversion. Chemical Science. 15(33). 13495–13505. 31 indexed citations

Yan, Xian, et al.. (2024). Photocarrier tunneling triggering CO ₂ photocatalysis. Chemical Science. 15(27). 10625–10637. 23 indexed citations

Yan, Xian, et al.. (2024). Identifying Root Origin of Insulating Polymer Mediated Solar Water Oxidation. Small. 20(48). e2405514–e2405514. 9 indexed citations

Yan, Xian, et al.. (2024). Boosted solar water oxidation steered by atomically precise alloy nanocluster. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(1). 110279–110279. 26 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, et al.. (2024). Maneuvering magic-sized transition metal chalcogenides nanoclusters for Solar-to-Hydrogen conversion. Journal of Catalysis. 437. 115667–115667. 18 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, et al.. (2024). A reflection on ‘Self-assembly of aligned rutile@anatase TiO₂ nanorod@CdS quantum dots ternary core–shell heterostructure: cascade electron transfer by interfacial design’. Materials Horizons. 11(21). 5136–5140. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, Junhao Dong, Jingying Zheng, Yue Wu, & Fang‐Xing Xiao. (2024). Customizing precise, tunable, and universal cascade charge transfer chains towards versatile photoredox catalysis. Chemical Science. 15(8). 2898–2913. 55 indexed citations

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Su, Peng, Xian Yan, & Fang‐Xing Xiao. (2024). Customizing dumbbell-shaped heterostructured artificial photosystems steering versatile photoredox catalysis. Chemical Science. 15(36). 14778–14790. 14 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, et al.. (2024). Non-conjugated polymer regulated photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(4). 1553–1567. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiaqi, et al.. (2024). Single‐Atom Electron Pumps Over Transition Metal Chalcogenides Boosting Photocatalysis. Small. 20(51). e2405228–e2405228. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, Xiaoyan Fu, & Fang‐Xing Xiao. (2023). Filling the Gap: Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters‐Induced Z‐Scheme Photosystem toward Robust and Stable Solar Hydrogen Generation. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(48). 50 indexed citations

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Jin, Zhiliang, Xian Yan, & Xuqiang Hao. (2020). Rational design of a novel p-n heterojunction based on 3D layered nanoflower MoSx supported CoWO4 nanoparticles for superior photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 569. 34–49. 81 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, Zhiliang Jin, Yupeng Zhang, Yongke Zhang, & Hong Yuan. (2019). Sustainable and efficient hydrogen evolution over a noble metal-free WP double modified Zn_xCd_1−xS photocatalyst driven by visible-light. Dalton Transactions. 48(29). 11122–11135. 41 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, et al.. (2014). Facile synthesis of gold nanoflowers assisted by soybean peptides and their applications in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and catalysis. Materials Research Innovations. 18(sup2). S2–585. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Xian, et al.. (2014). Preparation and Properties of Glycerol Plasticized-Corn Starch/Titanium Dioxide-Starch Bionanocomposites. Advanced materials research. 997. 480–483. 2 indexed citations

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