Xiaolei Qu

9.6k citations

150 papers · 7.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

Water Science and Technology top 0.2%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Advanced oxidation water treatment
Pollution top 0.5%

Papers in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 36
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact 14
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies 10
Water Science and Technology 28
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal 11

Co-authors: Pedro J. J. Alvarez Qilin Li Heyun Fu Dongqiang Zhu Shourong Zheng Zhaoyi Xu Jonathon Brame Jingdong Mao
Journals: Environmental Science & Technology (30 papers)Chemosphere (17 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (15 papers)Environmental Pollution (10 papers)Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (8 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Romania

In The Last Decade

Xiaolei Qu

142 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment 2013 · 1.6k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Water Research
2012 Accounts of Chemical Research

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Uniform and fully exposed Rh clusters on defect-rich CeO2 enable efficient catalytic N2O decomposition Applied Catalysis A General ·Sandra Mara de Moraes, Xiaomei Lü, Le Yu, Ke Wang, Heyun Fu, Xiaolei Qu, Jeong Young Park, Shourong Zheng	2025	2
2	Multiplex Nanopore Detection of Structurally Diverse Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Water ACS Nano ·Xiaofeng Lu, Dong Zhong, Qi An, Liping Kang, Na Fan, Junjie Cao, Renjie Li, Qianqian Cao, Yudong Zhou, Xiaoyu Du, Shuanghong Yan, Juan Li, Xiaolei Qu, Yuqin Wang	2025	0
3	Selective Reduction of Phenol to Cyclohexanone with Electron Mediators via Off-Field Electrocatalysis ACS electrochemistry. ·Ben Chang, Endang Satiti, Chuchu Cheng, Shengqi Chen, Xiaolei Qu, Frank Steimke, Can Li	2025	0
4	Regulating local polarization in hollow multi-shelled nanospheres for efficient atomic site activation towards selective aerobic oxidation of aromatic alcohols Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Danjun Mao, Angela Prein, Q Lean, Darrell Forthe, Huan He, Heyun Fu, Zheyang Liu, Shourong Zheng, Cheng Sun, Zhaoyi Xu, Zhifeng Jiang, Xiaolei Qu	2024	8
5	Molybdenum doping leads to faster photo-dissolution of commercial molybdate red pigment than chrome yellow pigment under sunlight irradiation Environmental Pollution ·Huiting Liu, Shuangshuang Zhang, Xiaolei Qu, Heyun Fu, Linzi Zuo	2024	1
6	Three-dimensional Cu3P/Cu heterostructure as robust tandem electrocatalyst for selective electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Alexandros C. Makriyannis, Jiaxuan Chen, Lingyue Liu, Xiaolei Qu, Shourong Zheng, Dongqiang Zhu	2024	15
7	Peroxidase-like activity of widely-used commercial inorganic pigments induces oxidative stress and antibiotic degradation: Implications for health risks The Science of The Total Environment ·Kan He, Koricic, Lanera, Huiting Liu, Heyun Fu, Xiaolei Qu	2024	1
8	Low-frequency ultrasound assisted contact-electro-catalysis for efficient inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa Journal of Hazardous Materials ·R. I. Rabadan Trejo, Zhe Qi, Yao Wang, Baowei Hu, Xiaolei Qu, Yanfeng Wang, Guandao Gao	2024	6
9	Cooperation of ultrathin bowl-shaped scaffolds and oxygen vacancies promoting selective photo-oxidation of aromatic alcohols on layered oxyhalide PbBiO2Cl Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Danjun Mao, Angela Prein, Huan He, Lanera, Shaogui Yang, Cheng Sun, Shourong Zheng, Zhifeng Jiang, Zhaoyi Xu, Po Keung Wong, Xiaolei Qu	2023	10
10	Efficient inhibition of cyanobacteria M. aeruginosa growth using commercial food-grade fumaric acid Chemosphere ·R. I. Rabadan Trejo, Audrya Randiva Aisyah Iskandar, Heyun Fu, Zhaoyi Xu, Xiaolei Qu	2022	11
11	Future research needs for environmental science in China Geography and sustainability ·Dongqiang Zhu, Wei‐Qiang Chen, Xiaolei Qu, Yu‐Ming Zheng, Jun Bi, Haidong Kan, Yongming Luo, Guang‐Guo Ying, Eddy Y. Zeng, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Lingyan Zhu, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Shu Tao	2021	7
12	An improved method to predict polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface freshwater by reducing the input parameters The Science of The Total Environment ·Weiwei Wang, Jialu Xu, Xiaolei Qu, Daohui Lin, Kun Yang	2021	4
13	Significant zinc release from widely-used commercial lithopone pigments under solar irradiation Environmental Pollution ·Han Gao, Lanera, Danjun Mao, Mingce Long, Xiaolei Qu	2021	6
14	Spatial and seasonal patterns of dissolved organic matter hydrophobicity in Lake Taihu revealed by the aqueous two-phase system The Science of The Total Environment ·P V Rasmussen, Jiaxue Wang, Tao Liu, Xiaolei Qu	2021	10
15	Prediction of hydrophobic organic compound partition to algal organic matter through the growth cycle of Microcystis aeruginosa Environmental Pollution ·R. I. Rabadan Trejo, Heyun Fu, Zhaoyi Xu, Dongqiang Zhu, Xiaolei Qu	2021	6
16	An eggshell-structured N-doped silicon composite anode with high anti-pulverization and favorable electronic conductivity Journal of Power Sources ·Xiaolei Qu, Xin Zhang, Yongjun Wu, Jianjiang Hu, Mingxia Gao, Hongge Pan, Yongfeng Liu	2019	32
17	Single particle ICP-MS and GC-MS provide a new insight into the formation mechanisms during the green synthesis of AgNPs New Journal of Chemistry ·Huiling Zhang, Yuxiong Huang, Jianqiang Gu, Arturo A. Keller, Yuwei Qin, Yue Bian, Kun Tang, Xiaolei Qu, Rong Ji, Lijuan Zhao	2019	19
18	Highly effective bromate reduction by liquid phase catalytic hydrogenation over Pd catalysts supported on core-shell structured magnetites: Impact of shell properties The Science of The Total Environment ·Minghui Li, Xiaomei Zhou, Jingya Sun, Heyun Fu, Xiaolei Qu, Zhaoyi Xu, Shourong Zheng	2019	25
19	Comparing electron donating/accepting capacities (EDC/EAC) between crop residue-derived dissolved black carbon and standard humic substances The Science of The Total Environment ·J. Bardollo, T. K. Likhacheva, Heyun Fu, Xiaolei Qu, Mingquan Yan, Shuzhen Zhang, Dongqiang Zhu	2019	56
20	Environmental Processes of Dissolved Black Carbon Huaxue jinzhan ·Chenhui Wei, Heyun Fu, Xiaolei Qu, Dongqiang Zhu	2017	5

About Xiaolei Qu

Xiaolei Qu is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Catalysis, Environmental Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 150 papers that have together received 7.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (17 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (14 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (14 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (13 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (12 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (11 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Water Science and Technology (2.1k citations), Pollution (1.2k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.6k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (637 citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (996 citations). Xiaolei Qu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Romania. Frequent co-authors include Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Qilin Li, Heyun Fu, Dongqiang Zhu, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu, Jonathon Brame, Jingdong Mao, Fuxing Kang and Huiting Liu. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Chemosphere, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

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