Xianjun Lang

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
139 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Xianjun Lang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianjun Lang has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 110 papers in Materials Chemistry and 58 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xianjun Lang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (120 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (80 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (57 papers). Xianjun Lang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (120 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (80 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (57 papers). Xianjun Lang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Maldives. Xianjun Lang's co-authors include Jincai Zhao, Xiaodong Chen, Ji‐Long Shi, Xia Li, Huimin Hao, Cheng Wang, Fulin Zhang, Xiaoyun Dong, Chuncheng Chen and Hongwei Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xianjun Lang

131 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Heterogeneous visible light photocatalysis for selective organic transformations

2013 1.4k citations Xianjun Lang et al. profile →
Designed Synthesis of a 2D Porphyrin‐Based sp²Carbon‐Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

2019 615 citations Ji‐Long Shi, Xianjun Lang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xianjun Lang China	46	6.0k	5.8k	2.8k	2.7k	1.1k	139	8.7k
Cuibo Liu China	53	2.9k 0.5×	4.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 2.0×	123	8.1k
Jabor Rabeah Germany	40	4.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	728 0.7×	157	7.3k
Yong Ding China	53	6.3k 1.0×	6.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	2.7k 2.4×	198	8.8k
Xu‐Bing Li China	49	4.9k 0.8×	5.4k 0.9×	945 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	106	7.5k
Shuang‐Feng Yin China	57	4.8k 0.8×	5.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	4.3k 1.6×	2.8k 2.6×	344	11.0k
Aleksandr Savateev Germany	49	4.8k 0.8×	6.0k 1.0×	647 0.2×	2.1k 0.8×	2.3k 2.1×	128	7.9k
Hongjin Lv China	38	4.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	816 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	102	5.2k
Fei Li China	53	4.9k 0.8×	6.9k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	3.5k 3.2×	290	9.9k
Qihao Yang China	25	3.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	896 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	45	5.2k
Yongge Wei China	56	7.9k 1.3×	2.0k 0.3×	5.1k 1.8×	3.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	273	10.3k

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Li, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Carbon-to-nitrogen atom transmutations in a covalent organic framework transform the visible light-triggered selective oxidation of sulfides. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(7). 5169–5179. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Siyu, et al.. (2025). Benzothiadiazole steers covalent triazine frameworks toward boosted photocatalytic activity for selective oxidation of amines. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 381. 125822–125822.

Hao, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). Tuning molecular polarity of covalent organic frameworks for ultrafast visible light photocatalytic water purification. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 382. 125975–125975. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengqi, Fulin Zhang, Bing Zeng, et al.. (2025). Linkage Microenvironment Modulation in Triazine‐Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. Small. 21(10). e2411625–e2411625. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Keke, et al.. (2024). Benzotrithiophene-based sp2 carbon-conjugated microporous polymers for green light-triggered oxidation of amines to imines. Materials Today Chemistry. 35. 101879–101879. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Fengwei, Yuexin Wang, Xiaoyun Dong, & Xianjun Lang. (2024). Imine-linked 2D covalent organic frameworks based on benzotrithiophene for visible-light-driven selective aerobic sulfoxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(12). 7036–7046. 26 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongxiang, Yuexin Wang, Fulin Zhang, Xiaoyun Dong, & Xianjun Lang. (2024). Oxygen-atom substitution in a β-ketoenamine-linked covalent organic framework for boosting photocatalytic oxygenation of sulfides. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 350. 123899–123899. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Yuexin, et al.. (2024). Tailoring β-ketoenamine covalent organic framework with azo for blue light-driven selective oxidation of amines with oxygen. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 665. 252–262. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Keke, et al.. (2024). Engineering fluorene-based covalent organic framework photocatalysts toward efficient and selective aerobic oxidation of amines. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 681. 250–260. 6 indexed citations

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Zeng, Bing, et al.. (2024). Zirconium metal–organic framework photocatalysis with TEMPO for blue light-powered aerobic sulfoxidation. Chemical Communications. 60(95). 14061–14064.

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Huang, Fengwei, Fulin Zhang, Yuexin Wang, Keke Zhang, & Xianjun Lang. (2024). 2D sp2 carbon-linked benzotrithiophene covalent organic frameworks for selective sulfoxidation with oxygen driven by green light. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124628–124628. 11 indexed citations

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Dong, Xiaoyun, Hongxiang Zhao, Keke Zhang, & Xianjun Lang. (2024). Pyrene-based porous organic materials for visible light photocatalysis. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 513. 215902–215902. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuexin, Ji‐Long Shi, Xiaoyun Dong, Fulin Zhang, & Xianjun Lang. (2024). Converting the covalent organic framework linkage from hydrazone to thiadiazole toward blue light-powered selective conversion of organic sulfides. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(36). 24144–24155. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Xia, Yuexin Wang, Fulin Zhang, & Xianjun Lang. (2023). Benzothiadiazole covalent organic framework photocatalysis with an electron transfer mediator for selective aerobic sulfoxidation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 648. 683–692. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fulin, et al.. (2023). Selective oxidation of amines powered with green light and oxygen over an anthraquinone covalent organic framework. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 643. 340–349. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Xia, Fengwei Huang, Huimin Ding, et al.. (2023). Red light-driven generation of reactive oxygen species for the targeted oxidation of glioma cells and thiols over covalent organic framework. Chinese Chemical Letters. 34(12). 108564–108564. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Xia, Yuexin Wang, Fulin Zhang, & Xianjun Lang. (2023). Symmetry-dependent photocatalysis of conjugated microporous polymers based on pyrene for oxygenation of sulfides with O2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 340. 123190–123190. 29 indexed citations

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Zeng, Bing, et al.. (2023). Cooperative photocatalysis of hafnium-based metal–organic framework and TEMPO for selective oxidation of sulfides. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 145559–145559. 26 indexed citations

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Sheng, Wenlong, Fengwei Huang, & Xianjun Lang. (2023). NH2-MIL-125(Ti)/amorphous TiO2 microspheres for enhanced visible light photocatalytic selective oxidation of amines. Materials Today Chemistry. 30. 101505–101505. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenyan, et al.. (2022). Surface Engineering of Conjugated Polybenzothiadiazoles and Integration with Cobalt Oxides for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(52). e202201244–e202201244. 4 indexed citations

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