Xiang‐Kui Gu

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Xiang‐Kui Gu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang‐Kui Gu has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 32 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Xiang‐Kui Gu's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (45 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (21 papers). Xiang‐Kui Gu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (45 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (21 papers). Xiang‐Kui Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Austria. Xiang‐Kui Gu's co-authors include Wei‐Xue Li, Hai‐Yan Su, Eranda Nikolla, Junling Lu, Xinhe Bao, Qiang Fu, Hui Zhang, Yunxi Yao, Bing Wang and Hongyang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Xiang‐Kui Gu

83 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Interface-Confined Ferrous Centers for Catalytic Oxidation

2010 923 citations Wei‐Xue Li, Hai‐Yan Su et al. profile →
Water-Mediated Mars–Van Krevelen Mechanism for CO Oxidation on Ceria-Supported Single-Atom Pt₁ Catalyst

2016 473 citations Xiang‐Kui Gu, Yue Lin et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
Spin polarized Fe1−Ti pairs for highly efficient electroreduction nitrate to ammonia

2024 159 citations Jie Dai, Yawen Tong et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiang‐Kui Gu China	34	3.5k	2.4k	1.7k	938	717	88	4.7k
Jin‐Xun Liu China	33	3.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.8×	525 0.6×	759 1.1×	68	5.0k
Alessandro Gallo United States	37	2.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	331 0.5×	87	4.5k
Hyung Chul Ham South Korea	38	2.6k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	373 0.5×	155	4.6k
Botao Teng China	31	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	266 0.4×	104	4.2k
Débora Motta Meira United States	31	2.8k 0.8×	3.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	602 0.8×	87	5.1k
Weizhen Li China	30	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	518 0.6×	526 0.7×	84	3.7k
Yuta Yamamoto Japan	28	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	843 0.5×	918 1.0×	599 0.8×	99	4.0k
Chaozheng He China	48	4.6k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	2.4k 2.6×	639 0.9×	190	6.6k
Jian Lin China	42	4.9k 1.4×	3.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.7×	720 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	116	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang‐Kui Gu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang‐Kui Gu

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All Works

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Tong, Yawen, et al.. (2025). Machine learning-guided design of bimetallic alloy catalysts for ethane direct dehydrogenation to ethylene. Chemical Engineering Science. 320. 122479–122479. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Yancai, Ruizhao Wang, Long Zhao, et al.. (2025). Pd single atoms guided proton transfer along an interfacial hydrogen bond network for efficient electrochemical hydrogenation. Science Advances. 11(32). eadu1602–eadu1602. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Yang, Chenghao Ye, Xiang‐Kui Gu, et al.. (2024). Highly Efficient, Recyclable Microplastic Adsorption Enabled by Chitin Hydrogen Bond Network Rearrangement. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(32). 36 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhen, Yao Luo, Yu‐Shan Wu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing carbon enrichment by metal–organic cage to improve the electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction performance of silver-based catalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 683(Pt 1). 468–476. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Qi, Di Xu, Haifeng Fan, et al.. (2024). Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ over CeO₂ with Electron‐Enriched Lattice Oxygen Species. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(19). e202402053–e202402053. 43 indexed citations

Zhang, Dong, Tong Liu, Chang Xu, et al.. (2024). In Situ Exsolution of Quaternary Alloy Nanoparticles for CO₂‐CO Mutual Conversion Using Reversible Solid Oxide Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(40). 27 indexed citations

Wang, Qi, Di Xu, Haifeng Fan, et al.. (2024). Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis from CO₂ over CeO₂ with Electron‐Enriched Lattice Oxygen Species. Angewandte Chemie. 136(19). 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yushan, Yawen Tong, Heng Liang, et al.. (2023). Pd nanoparticles encapsulated in MOF boosts selective hydrogenation of biomass derived compound under mild conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal. 460. 141779–141779. 28 indexed citations

Xu, Yanfei, Heng Liang, Zhenxuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Insights into the Diffusion Behaviors of Water over Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Catalysts During the Conversion of Syngas to High‐Quality Gasoline. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(37). e202306786–e202306786. 34 indexed citations

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Su, Hai‐Yan, Keju Sun, Xiang‐Kui Gu, et al.. (2022). Finding Key Factors for Efficient Water and Methanol Activation at Metals, Oxides, MXenes, and Metal/Oxide Interfaces. ACS Catalysis. 12(2). 1237–1246. 13 indexed citations

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Samira, Samji, et al.. (2021). Modulating Catalytic Properties of Targeted Metal Cationic Centers in Nonstochiometric Mixed Metal Oxides for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction. ACS Energy Letters. 6(3). 1065–1072. 12 indexed citations

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Xiong, Wei, Xiang‐Kui Gu, Zhenhua Zhang, et al.. (2021). Fine cubic Cu2O nanocrystals as highly selective catalyst for propylene epoxidation with molecular oxygen. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5921–5921. 72 indexed citations

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Carneiro, Juliana S. A., et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ on Metal-Based Cathode Electrocatalysts of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(36). 15884–15893. 22 indexed citations

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Samira, Samji, Xiang‐Kui Gu, & Eranda Nikolla. (2019). Design Strategies for Efficient Nonstoichiometric Mixed Metal Oxide Electrocatalysts: Correlating Measurable Oxide Properties to Electrocatalytic Performance. ACS Catalysis. 9(11). 10575–10586. 33 indexed citations

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Yao, Yancai, Xiang‐Kui Gu, Dongsheng He, et al.. (2019). Engineering the Electronic Structure of Submonolayer Pt on Intermetallic Pd₃Pb via Charge Transfer Boosts the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(51). 19964–19968. 125 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiang‐Kui, Samji Samira, & Eranda Nikolla. (2018). Oxygen Sponges for Electrocatalysis: Oxygen Reduction/Evolution on Nonstoichiometric, Mixed Metal Oxides. Chemistry of Materials. 30(9). 2860–2872. 60 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiang‐Kui, Juliana S. A. Carneiro, Samji Samira, et al.. (2018). Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis by Nanostructured Mixed-Metal Oxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(26). 8128–8137. 58 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiang‐Kui, Juliana S. A. Carneiro, & Eranda Nikolla. (2017). First-Principles Study of High Temperature CO₂ Electrolysis on Transition Metal Electrocatalysts. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 56(21). 6155–6163. 18 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiang‐Kui & Eranda Nikolla. (2017). Design of Ruddlesden–Popper Oxides with Optimal Surface Oxygen Exchange Properties for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution. ACS Catalysis. 7(9). 5912–5920. 37 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiang‐Kui, Runhai Ouyang, Dapeng Sun, Hai‐Yan Su, & Wei‐Xue Li. (2011). CO Oxidation at the Perimeters of an FeO/Pt(111) Interface and how Water Promotes the Activity: A First‐Principles Study. ChemSusChem. 5(5). 871–878. 40 indexed citations

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