Xiangwen Zhang

30.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
588 papers, 25.7k citations indexed

About

Xiangwen Zhang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangwen Zhang has authored 588 papers receiving a total of 25.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 232 papers in Materials Chemistry, 178 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 143 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Xiangwen Zhang's work include Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (117 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (91 papers) and Heat transfer and supercritical fluids (89 papers). Xiangwen Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (117 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (91 papers) and Heat transfer and supercritical fluids (89 papers). Xiangwen Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Xiangwen Zhang's co-authors include Ji‐Jun Zou, Lun Pan, Li Wang, Guozhu Liu, Zhen‐Feng Huang, Chengxiang Shi, Qingfa Wang, Songbo Wang, Guozhu Li and Jiajia Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiangwen Zhang

568 papers receiving 25.3k 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.

When Cubic Cobalt Sulfide Meets Layered Molybdenum Disulfide: A Core–Shell System Toward Synergetic Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

2015 767 citations Qingfa Wang, Xiangwen Zhang et al. profile →
Titanium-Defected Undoped Anatase TiO₂ with p-Type Conductivity, Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism, and Remarkable Photocatalytic Performance

2015 614 citations Lun Pan, Ji‐Jun Zou et al. profile →
Advances in Piezo‐Phototronic Effect Enhanced Photocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis

2020 504 citations Lun Pan, Xiangwen Zhang et al. profile →
Review on selective hydrogenation of nitroarene by catalytic, photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reactions

2018 459 citations Zhen‐Feng Huang, Lun Pan et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
Pt/Fe2O3 with Pt–Fe pair sites as a catalyst for oxygen reduction with ultralow Pt loading

2021 430 citations Ruijie Gao, Zhen‐Feng Huang et al. profile →
Manipulating spin polarization of titanium dioxide for efficient photocatalysis

2020 428 citations Lun Pan, Minhua Ai et al. profile →
Rational design, synthesis, adsorption principles and applications of metal oxide adsorbents: a review

2020 361 citations Li Wang, Chengxiang Shi et al. profile →
Tracking the Role of Defect Types in Co₃O₄ Structural Evolution and Active Motifs during Oxygen Evolution Reaction

2023 359 citations Rongrong Zhang, Lun Pan et al. profile →
Rational Design of Better Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting: A Review

2022 343 citations Chengxiang Shi, Xiaolei Guo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiangwen Zhang China	77	12.0k	11.6k	6.7k	5.7k	4.2k	588	25.7k
Ji‐Jun Zou China	82	13.7k 1.1×	17.9k 1.5×	11.3k 1.7×	4.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.7×	516	29.0k
Jian‐Feng Chen China	78	11.7k 1.0×	5.7k 0.5×	6.1k 0.9×	6.7k 1.2×	5.2k 1.2×	777	26.9k
Moses O. Tadé Australia	95	13.6k 1.1×	14.5k 1.2×	7.9k 1.2×	5.7k 1.0×	3.9k 0.9×	505	30.8k
Dionisios G. Vlachos United States	98	15.4k 1.3×	4.9k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	12.8k 2.3×	8.0k 1.9×	682	34.5k
Yongdan Li China	77	14.5k 1.2×	5.1k 0.4×	6.4k 1.0×	5.7k 1.0×	4.4k 1.0×	564	24.2k
Honglai Liu China	66	9.2k 0.8×	4.0k 0.3×	4.7k 0.7×	4.1k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	878	21.3k
Hyungjun Kim South Korea	72	8.3k 0.7×	8.9k 0.8×	6.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	354	19.5k
Wei Liu China	80	13.0k 1.1×	11.7k 1.0×	7.7k 1.2×	2.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	669	24.2k
Guy Marin Belgium	83	14.1k 1.2×	2.2k 0.2×	2.7k 0.4×	7.9k 1.4×	6.3k 1.5×	765	29.5k
Yushan Yan United States	112	18.6k 1.5×	21.3k 1.8×	21.3k 3.2×	6.7k 1.2×	4.3k 1.0×	514	44.4k

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Li, Huaiyu, Xiangwen Zhang, Kang Xue, et al.. (2025). Fluoroalkyl functionalization of boron-based microcapsules via microfluidics for superior ignition and combustion performances. Chemical Engineering Science. 307. 121374–121374. 2 indexed citations

Li, Hao, Muhammad Ajmal, Chengxiang Shi, et al.. (2025). Dispersing high loading and uniform IrO2 nanoparticles on acid-resistant oxides by combined ball milling and Adams fusion strategy for proton exchange membrane electrolyzer. Chemical Engineering Science. 309. 121462–121462. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Ruijie, et al.. (2025). Progress in catalysts for hydrogen storage/release in MBT/DBT based LOHCs: a review. Chemical Communications. 61(48). 8619–8631. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xianlong, Minhua Ai, Chengxiang Shi, et al.. (2025). One-step synthesis of caged hydrocarbon fuel via photoinduced intramolecular cycloaddition of 5-vinyl-2-norbornene. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 80. 61–69.

Liu, Qing, Tinghao Jia, Lun Pan, Ji‐Jun Zou, & Xiangwen Zhang. (2024). Relationship between hydrogenation degree and pyrolysis performance of jet fuel. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 68. 35–42.

Zhang, Xiangwen, et al.. (2024). State of health estimation of lithium-ion battery during fast charging process based on BiLSTM-Transformer. Energy. 311. 133418–133418. 30 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiangwen, et al.. (2024). Distributed fixed-time dynamic event-triggered leaderless formation control for multiple AUVs based on FRBFDO. Ocean Engineering. 307. 118241–118241. 6 indexed citations

Xue, Kang, et al.. (2024). Mechanism and kinetics of catalytic decalin alkylation for the synthesis of high-performance fuel. Chemical Engineering Science. 292. 120018–120018. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiangwen, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the catalytic microenvironment of CuO with hydrophobic CuSA2 for selective CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products. Chemical Engineering Journal. 492. 152164–152164. 10 indexed citations

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Xiao, Zhourong, Peng Li, Desong Wang, et al.. (2024). Engineering oxygen vacancies on Tb-doped ceria supported Pt catalyst for hydrogen production through steam reforming of long-chain hydrocarbon fuels. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 68. 181–192. 36 indexed citations

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Gan, Li, Xiaoxue Zhang, Lei Guo, et al.. (2024). Redirecting surface reconstruction of CoP-Cu heterojunction to promote ammonia synthesis at industrial-level current density. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150429–150429. 17 indexed citations

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Ajmal, Muhammad, Shishi Zhang, Xiaolei Guo, et al.. (2024). Rapid reconstruction of nickel iron hydrogen cyanamide with in-situ produced proton acceptor for efficient oxygen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124561–124561. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangwen, et al.. (2023). Synthesis, chemical bonding and reactivity of new medium-sized polyarsenides. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(7). 108907–108907. 2 indexed citations

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He, Zexing, Xiaokang Liu, Minghui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Coupling ferromagnetic ordering electron transfer channels and surface reconstructed active species for spintronic electrocatalysis of water oxidation. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 85. 570–580. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Deep generative fuel design in low data regimes via multi-objective imitation. Chemical Engineering Science. 274. 118686–118686. 2 indexed citations

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Xue, Kang, Qing Liu, Ying Xu, et al.. (2023). Thermal cracking performance of Al-nanoparticle-containing nanofluids. Fuel. 358. 130321–130321.

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Zhang, Rongrong, Beibei Guo, Lun Pan, et al.. (2023). Metal-oxoacid-mediated oxyhydroxide with proton acceptor to break adsorption energy scaling relation for efficient oxygen evolution. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 80. 594–602. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangwen, Takashi Toyao, Yuan Jing, et al.. (2023). Strong ectopic adsorption on single cobalt site accelerates the direct catalytic oxidation of low concentration acetonitrile on CuO nanoparticles embedded in SAPO-34. Separation and Purification Technology. 325. 124733–124733. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Yi, Kang Xue, Yang Liu, et al.. (2023). Preparation and properties of high-energy-density aluminum/boron-containing gelled fuels. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 65. 230–242. 8 indexed citations

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Phong, D. H., Sébastien Picard, & Xiangwen Zhang. (2018). The Anomaly Flow and the Fu-Yau Equation. 4(2). 14 indexed citations

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