Xiaojing Liu

5.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
69 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaojing Liu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaojing Liu has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaojing Liu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (14 papers). Xiaojing Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (14 papers). Xiaojing Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Xiaojing Liu's co-authors include Gongming Wang, Jinyan Cai, Shuwen Niu, Yishang Wu, Xusheng Zheng, Yipeng Zang, Yao Song, Junfa Zhu, Yun Liu and Dongdong Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xiaojing Liu

67 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Tailoring the d‐Band Centers Enables Co₄N Nanosheets To Be Highly Active for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis

2018 971 citations Zhiyan Chen, Yao Song et al. profile →
Deciphering the Modulation Essence of p Bands in Co-Based Compounds on Li-S Chemistry

2018 493 citations Jianbin Zhou, Xiaojing Liu et al. profile →
Electron density modulation of NiCo2S4 nanowires by nitrogen incorporation for highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis

2018 443 citations Yishang Wu, Xiaojing Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Tuning orbital orientation endows molybdenum disulfide with exceptional alkaline hydrogen evolution capability

2019 373 citations Yipeng Zang, Shuwen Niu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Xiaojing Liu

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Zhenhua Zeng United States

Adam J. Biacchi United States

George E. Sterbinsky United States

Vladimir Tripković Denmark

Paolo Malacrida Denmark

Ludwig A. Kibler Germany

Yiming Zhu China

Marı́a Escudero-Escribano Denmark

Isabela C. Man Romania

Zhenhua Zeng United States

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3.3k ×0.9

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2.2k ×0.7

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585 ×1.4

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729 ×2.1

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaojing Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaojing Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaojing Liu 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 Xiaojing Liu. Xiaojing Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Xiaojing, et al.. (2025). Bidirectional optimization of strong–weak adsorption pairs in amorphous-crystalline heterostructure via built-in electric field towards efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160752–160752. 5 indexed citations

Li, Xin, Xin Wang, W.Z. Li, et al.. (2025). Enhanced glucose conversion to 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural with synergistic Lewis and flexible Brønsted acid catalysis. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 19(6). 2286–2297. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojing, Yang Hui, Shi Ziyuan, et al.. (2025). Facile fabrication of Y₂O₃-MgO nanocomposite transparent ceramics with enhanced optical properties. Ceramics International. 51(13). 17415–17422.

Wang, Zhiwei, Xiaojing Liu, Yujie Sun, et al.. (2024). Tetrametallic mastery: Cluster-doped graphdiyne as a superior electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 62. 610–616. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Junying, Xiaojing Liu, Rui‐tang Guo, et al.. (2024). Constructing Cu defect band within TiO₂ and supporting NiO_x nanoparticles for efficient CO₂ photoreduction. Dalton Transactions. 53(9). 4088–4097. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojing, Shuaishuai Gao, Zhiwei Wang, et al.. (2023). Built-in electric field-assisted W-C3/X-C3 van der Waals heterogeneous single-atom catalysts for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction. Applied Surface Science. 619. 156790–156790. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Hao, Shuyi Cao, Jinghan Zhang, et al.. (2023). CeO2 decorated bimetallic phosphide nanosheet as efficient catalyst towards water splitting reaction. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 943. 117591–117591. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojing, et al.. (2023). Local hydroxyl enhancement design of NiFe sulfide electrocatalyst toward efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 331. 122715–122715. 77 indexed citations

Shi, Wei, Xiaojing Liu, Yulei Liu, et al.. (2023). Catalytic ozonation of hard COD in coking wastewater with Fe2O3/Al2O3-SiC: From catalyst design to industrial application. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 447. 130759–130759. 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaojing, Yunkun Wu, Xiao‐Zhuo Qi, et al.. (2022). Near-Field Modulation of Differently Oriented Single Photon Emitters with A Plasmonic Probe. Nano Letters. 22(6). 2244–2250. 7 indexed citations

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Gao, Shuaishuai, Xiaojing Liu, Zhiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Spin regulation for efficient electrocatalytic N2 reduction over diatomic Fe-Mo catalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 630(Pt B). 215–223. 45 indexed citations

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Gao, Can, Jingjing Zhu, Jiecong Li, et al.. (2022). Honeycomb-structured fabric with enhanced photothermal management and site-specific salt crystallization enables sustainable solar steam generation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 619. 322–330. 29 indexed citations

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Jia, Xiaohui, Zhihua Yuan, Yuqin Yang, et al.. (2022). Multi-functional self-assembly nanoparticles originating from small molecule natural product for oral insulin delivery through modulating tight junctions. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20(1). 116–116. 37 indexed citations

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Cai, Jinyan, Yao Song, Yipeng Zang, et al.. (2020). N-induced lattice contraction generally boosts the hydrogen evolution catalysis of P-rich metal phosphides. Science Advances. 6(1). eaaw8113–eaaw8113. 272 indexed citations

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Zang, Yipeng, Shuwen Niu, Yishang Wu, et al.. (2019). Tuning orbital orientation endows molybdenum disulfide with exceptional alkaline hydrogen evolution capability. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1217–1217. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yishang, Xiaojing Liu, Dongdong Han, et al.. (2018). Electron density modulation of NiCo2S4 nanowires by nitrogen incorporation for highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1425–1425. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xing, Ruimin, Liangyu Tong, Xiaojing Liu, et al.. (2018). CdS/ZnS Heterostructured Porous Composite with Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalysis. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 18(10). 6913–6918. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaodan, Xiaojing Liu, Ling Zhang, Deliang Li, & Shanhu Liu. (2015). Novel porous Ag2S/ZnS composite nanospheres: Fabrication and enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activities. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 655. 38–43. 52 indexed citations

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Fan, Fengjia, Yixiu Wang, Xiaojing Liu, Liang Wu, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2012). Large‐Scale Colloidal Synthesis of Non‐Stoichiometric Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ Nanocrystals for Thermoelectric Applications. Advanced Materials. 24(46). 6158–6163. 129 indexed citations

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Zhong, Zhi-Ping, et al.. (2005). Superexcited states of carbon monoxide studied by fast-electron impact. Chinese Physics. 14(12). 2478–2483. 1 indexed citations

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