Xiaobo Li

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
156 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Xiaobo Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaobo Li has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Materials Chemistry, 64 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 30 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaobo Li's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (50 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (19 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (17 papers). Xiaobo Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (50 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (19 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (17 papers). Xiaobo Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Xiaobo Li's co-authors include Andrew I. Cooper, Qihua Yang, Xiaoyan Wang, Reiner Sebastian Sprick, Anthony F. Masters, Thomas Maschmeyer, Jian Liu, Rob Clowes, Xiao Liu and Jiao Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaobo Li

143 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

A mobile robotic chemist 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 250 500 750
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.

  1. A mobile robotic chemist
    2020 939 citations Phillip M. Maffettone, Xiaoyan Wang et al. profile →
  2. Linear Conjugated Polymers for Solar-Driven Hydrogen Peroxide Production: The Importance of Catalyst Stability
    2021 288 citations Lunjie Liu, Mei‐Yan Gao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaobo Li China 39 3.7k 2.8k 1.2k 1.1k 777 156 5.9k
Weijie Zhang China 36 2.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 839 0.7× 566 0.7× 178 4.4k
Shu-Ni Li China 39 2.7k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 2.4k 2.0× 2.0k 1.7× 677 0.9× 287 6.8k
Meng Wang China 54 5.0k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 224 8.8k
Qian Liang China 47 3.9k 1.1× 4.0k 1.4× 2.0k 1.7× 699 0.6× 294 0.4× 235 6.7k
Liu Yang China 42 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 1.6× 523 0.5× 375 0.5× 213 5.7k
Yanan Liu China 36 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 976 0.8× 396 0.4× 617 0.8× 161 4.5k
Lei Sun China 36 2.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 791 0.7× 321 0.4× 185 5.1k
Ning Zhang China 43 3.1k 0.8× 967 0.3× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 2.0k 2.6× 333 7.1k
Hongbin Yu United States 38 1.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 736 0.7× 1.6k 2.1× 163 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaobo Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaobo Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaobo Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiaobo Li. The network helps show where Xiaobo Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaobo Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaobo Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaobo Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xiaobo Li. Xiaobo Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Xie, Jiahui, Hui Wang, Yujie Tang, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional Nano‐COF‐Embedded Silica Composite for Efficient Photocatalytic NADH Regeneration. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(35). e202500115–e202500115.
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Xu, Wenjun, et al.. (2024). A Third Generation Calphad Description of Pure Lithium. Materials. 17(19). 4750–4750.
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Chen, Hongmei, Adrian M. Gardner, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Triazine-Based Covalent Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation: The Role of Bipyridine Ligand and Cobalt Coordination. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(29). 14137–14145. 24 indexed citations
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Yang, Haofan, Chao Li, Tao Liu, et al.. (2023). Packing-induced selectivity switching in molecular nanoparticle photocatalysts for hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide production. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(3). 307–315. 97 indexed citations
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Chen, Hongmei, Adrian M. Gardner, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2022). Covalent triazine-based frameworks with cobalt-loading for visible light-driven photocatalytic water oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology. 12(17). 5442–5452. 23 indexed citations
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Zhao, Run, Ke Yi, Thomas Maschmeyer, & Xiaobo Li. (2022). O2-promoted photodoping for enhanced photocurrent on polymeric carbon nitride. Materials Today Sustainability. 21. 100268–100268. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Lunjie, Mei‐Yan Gao, Haofan Yang, et al.. (2021). Linear Conjugated Polymers for Solar-Driven Hydrogen Peroxide Production: The Importance of Catalyst Stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(46). 19287–19293. 288 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xiaobo, et al.. (2021). Combining machine learning and high-throughput experimentation to discover photocatalytically active organic molecules. Chemical Science. 12(32). 10742–10754. 81 indexed citations
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Yang, Haofan, Xiaobo Li, Reiner Sebastian Sprick, & Andrew I. Cooper. (2020). Conjugated polymer donor–molecular acceptor nanohybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Chemical Communications. 56(50). 6790–6793. 79 indexed citations
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Fu, Zhiwei, Xiaoyan Wang, Adrian M. Gardner, et al.. (2019). A stable covalent organic framework for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. Chemical Science. 11(2). 543–550. 356 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaobo, Sigismund Melissen, Tangui Le Bahers, et al.. (2018). Shining Light on Carbon Nitrides: Leveraging Temperature To Understand Optical Gap Variations. Chemistry of Materials. 30(13). 4253–4262. 35 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaobo, Ivan V. Sergeyev, Fabien Aussenac, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR Spectroscopy of Polymeric Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts: Insights into Structural Defects and Reactivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(23). 6848–6852. 73 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaobo, Ivan V. Sergeyev, Fabien Aussenac, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR Spectroscopy of Polymeric Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts: Insights into Structural Defects and Reactivity. Angewandte Chemie. 130(23). 6964–6968. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaobo, Edwin B. Clatworthy, Stuart A. Bartlett, Anthony F. Masters, & Thomas Maschmeyer. (2017). Structural Investigation of Cobalt Oxide Clusters Derived from Molecular Cobalt Cubane, Trimer, and Dimer Oligomers in a Phosphate Electrolyte. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(21). 11021–11026. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaobo, Anthony F. Masters, & Thomas Maschmeyer. (2017). Polymeric carbon nitride for solar hydrogen production. Chemical Communications. 53(54). 7438–7446. 46 indexed citations
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Xie, Youqing, et al.. (2013). Alloy Gene Gibbs Energy Partition Function and Equilibrium Holographic Network Phase Diagrams of AuCu-Type Sublattice System. International Journal of Communications Network and System Sciences. 6(10). 415–442. 5 indexed citations

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