Xiang Ao

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Xiang Ao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Ao has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 36 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiang Ao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (35 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (26 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (17 papers). Xiang Ao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (35 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (26 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (17 papers). Xiang Ao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiang Ao's co-authors include Chundong Wang, Zhishan Li, Jiangang Li, Huachuan Sun, Lin Lv, Meilin Liu, Jianjun Jiang, Kostya Ostrikov, Yunjun Ruan and Luke Soule and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Ao

46 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Rh-engineered ultrathin NiFe-LDH nanosheets enable highly-efficient overall water splitting and urea electrolysis

2020 457 citations Huachuan Sun, Wei Zhang et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
Markedly Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity of Single-Atom Fe Catalysts via Integration with Fe Nanoclusters

2019 450 citations Xiang Ao, Wei Zhang et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiang Ao China	30	3.3k	2.9k	1.1k	579	381	49	4.0k
Chengtian Zhang China	28	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	827 0.7×	454 0.8×	438 1.1×	32	3.7k
Huihui Jin China	32	3.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	989 0.9×	669 1.2×	388 1.0×	69	3.9k
Zhishan Li China	30	3.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	642 1.1×	388 1.0×	74	4.1k
Jinyan Cai China	27	3.3k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	369 0.6×	448 1.2×	42	4.8k
Yiyin Huang China	36	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	914 0.8×	568 1.0×	391 1.0×	93	3.6k
Jing Du China	29	2.7k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	990 1.7×	464 1.2×	42	4.1k
Xu‐Lei Sui China	39	2.4k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	936 1.6×	330 0.9×	104	4.0k
Khang Ngoc Dinh Singapore	32	2.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	715 1.2×	290 0.8×	45	3.8k
Xiaohong Xie China	15	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	320 0.6×	368 1.0×	23	3.9k
Shuwen Niu China	25	3.8k 1.2×	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	366 0.6×	462 1.2×	47	5.0k

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Sun, Qiming, W. Z. Zhong, Xiang Ao, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the role of FeOOH on catalyst evolution for advanced water oxidation. Rare Metals. 44(8). 5462–5474.

Liu, Wei, et al.. (2025). N-coordinated Fe–Co catalytic sites with interatomic cooperation for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(34). 28400–28408.

Sun, Qiming, W. Z. Zhong, Yuxiao Liu, et al.. (2025). Iron and vanadium in perovskite hydroxide enabling the relay catalysis for oxygen evolution. Rare Metals. 44(7). 4724–4739.

Ao, Xiang, Xue Liu, Zhenxiang Dai, & Aiping Zhu. (2024). The preparation of polyaniline/graphene/polypropylene nanocomposite and its novel antibacterial activity. Polymer Composites. 46(3). 2794–2802. 2 indexed citations

Ao, Xiang, Peng Chen, Dahui Liu, et al.. (2024). Na4Fe3(PO4)2(P2O7)@C/Ti3C2Tx Hybrid Cathode Materials with Enhanced Performances for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Batteries. 10(4). 121–121. 10 indexed citations

Ao, Xiang, Linfeng Li, Peixing Wang, et al.. (2023). Highly accessible dual-metal atomic pairs for enhancing oxygen redox reaction in zinc−air batteries. Nano Energy. 118. 108952–108952. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Peng, et al.. (2023). One Pot Synthesis of Ammonium Rich Nickel Hexacyanoferrate as Stable Cathode Material for Ammonium‐Ion Batteries. Batteries & Supercaps. 7(3). 5 indexed citations

Ao, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Achieving Stable Copper Ion Storage in Layered Vanadium Pentoxide. Batteries. 9(12). 572–572. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Huachuan, Linfeng Li, Hsiao‐Chien Chen, et al.. (2022). Highly efficient overall urea electrolysis via single-atomically active centers on layered double hydroxide. Science Bulletin. 67(17). 1763–1775. 124 indexed citations

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Humayun, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Plasmon Assisted Highly Efficient Visible Light Catalytic CO2 Reduction Over the Noble Metal Decorated Sr-Incorporated g-C3N4. Nano-Micro Letters. 13(1). 209–209. 83 indexed citations

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Lv, Lin, Xiang Ao, Zhishan Li, et al.. (2020). Interfacial electron transfer on heterostructured Ni3Se4/FeOOH endows highly efficient water oxidation in alkaline solutions. Materials Today Energy. 17. 100462–100462. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Zhishan, Jiangang Li, Xiang Ao, et al.. (2020). Conductive metal–Organic frameworks endow high-efficient oxygen evolution of La0·6Sr0·4Co0·8Fe0·2O3 perovskite oxide nanofibers. Electrochimica Acta. 334. 135638–135638. 29 indexed citations

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Sun, Huachuan, Wei Zhang, Jiangang Li, et al.. (2020). Rh-engineered ultrathin NiFe-LDH nanosheets enable highly-efficient overall water splitting and urea electrolysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 284. 119740–119740. 457 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Zhishan, Lin Lv, Xiang Ao, et al.. (2019). An effective method for enhancing oxygen evolution kinetics of LaMO3 (M = Ni, Co, Mn) perovskite catalysts and its application to a rechargeable zinc–air battery. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 262. 118291–118291. 104 indexed citations

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Ao, Xiang, Wei Zhang, Zhishan Li, et al.. (2019). Markedly Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity of Single-Atom Fe Catalysts via Integration with Fe Nanoclusters. ACS Nano. 13(10). 11853–11862. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ao, Xiang, Chundong Wang, Jiangang Li, et al.. (2018). In situ nitrogen-doped helical mesoporous carbonaceous nanotubes for superior-high lithium anodic performance. Carbon. 130. 599–606. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Yansheng, et al.. (2017). Sub-10-nm Graphene Nanoribbons with Tunable Surface Functionalities for Lithium-ion Batteries. Electrochimica Acta. 249. 404–412. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Chundong, Jianjun Jiang, Yunjun Ruan, et al.. (2017). Construction of MoO₂ Quantum Dot–Graphene and MoS₂ Nanoparticle–Graphene Nanoarchitectures toward Ultrahigh Lithium Storage Capability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(34). 28441–28450. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhaoxi, Junye Zhang, Zhishan Li, et al.. (2017). “Cuju”-Structured Iron Diselenide-Derived Oxide: A Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(46). 40351–40359. 67 indexed citations

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Zu, Lei, Yueting Li, Huiqin Lian, et al.. (2016). The Enhancement Effect of Mesoporous Graphene on Actuation of Nafion‐Based IPMC. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 301(9). 1076–1083. 13 indexed citations

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