Xiaolu Liu

9.1k citations

140 papers · 7.7k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 62
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 53
- TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells 16
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 9
Inorganic Chemistry 40
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 24
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing 22

Co-authors: Xiangke WangHui YangZhongshan Chen Shengqian Ma Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse Yinghui Xie Baowei Hu Mengjie Hao
Journals: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (6 papers)Chemical Engineering Journal (4 papers)Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (4 papers)Catalysis Today (4 papers)Separation and Purification Technology (4 papers)
Partner nations: China Australia New Zealand

In The Last Decade

Xiaolu Liu

130 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

Emerging MOFs, COFs, and their derivatives for energy and environmental applications 2025 · 65 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.

2025 The Innovation
2024 Nature Communications
2023 Coordination Chemistry Reviews
2023 Nature Communications
2023 JACS Au
2023 The Science of The Total Environment
2023 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2022 The Innovation
2022 Advanced Science
2021 The Innovation
2021 Advanced Materials
2020 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
2019 Environmental Pollution

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1	Engineering delocalized π-electron and donor-acceptor system in polymeric carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·D.Z. Wang, W. S. Penn, Haiyang Liu, Xiaolu Liu, Jingyao Huang, Yongcheng Jin, Chengqun Xu	2024	0
2	Piezocatalytic techniques and materials for degradation of organic pollutants from aqueous solution SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Bo Liu, Xiaolu Liu, Yang Li, Svetlana Valerianovna Obolenskai︠a︡, Zhongshan Chen, Suhua Wang, Hongqing Wang, Xiangke Wang	2024	24
3	Scalable fabrication of hypercrosslinked imidazole cationic polymer membranes for the efficient removal of 99TcO4−/ReO4− Chemical Engineering Journal ·Bo Liu, Svetlana Valerianovna Obolenskai︠a︡, Pei Chen, Xinyi Yang, Xinyue Zhang, Jiaqi Li, Xiaolu Liu, Zhongshan Chen, Hongqing Wang, Xiangke Wang	2024	8
4	Palladium(II) Modulation Enhances the Water Stability and Aqueous ⁹⁹TcO₄^–/ReO₄^– Removal Performance of Metal–Organic Frameworks Inorganic Chemistry ·Xinyue Zhang, Xinyi Yang, Yinghui Xie, Xiaolu Liu, Mengjie Hao, Hui Yang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengqian Ma, Xiangke Wang	2024	10
5	Enrichment and Separation of Radionuclides by Organic Polymer Materials: A Review ACS ES&T Engineering ·Liliana-Viorica Popa, Xinyi Yang, 汤尚水, Xiaolu Liu, Yuranis Reales Gutiérrez, Hui Yang, Guofu Wang, Zhongshan Chen, Xiangke Wang	2024	29
6	Engineering the pore environment of antiparallel stacked covalent organic frameworks for capture of iodine pollutants Nature Communications ·Yinghui Xie, 汤尚水, Josias Láng Ritter, Shi-Yu Wang, You Wu, Xiaolu Liu, Mengjie Hao, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengqian Ma, Xiangke Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2024	94
7	Stimulation of electron transfer in electricigens by MnxCoySz heterostructure for the enhanced power generation of microbial fuel cell Biochemical Engineering Journal ·Lyndsay Lazzarotto, Xiaoqiu Lin, Xiaolu Liu, Ling Wang, Congju Li	2023	3
8	Boosting photocatalytic overall water splitting over single-layer graphene coated metal cocatalyst Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Xinmin Yang, Jiwei Cui, Xiaolu Liu, Qiqi Zhang, Defa Wang, Jinhua Ye, Lequan Liu	2023	22
9	Sorption-catalytic reduction/extraction of hexavalent Cr(VI) and U(VI) by porous frameworks materials Separation and Purification Technology ·Yang Li, Tao Huang, Xiaolu Liu, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Xiangke Wang	2023	43
10	Covalent organic frameworks (COF) materials for selective radionuclides removal from water Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry ·Karanpreet Singh Ratra, Sufei Wang, Yang Li, Hua Lü, Mingyu Zhu, Xiaolu Liu, Zhongshan Chen	2023	9
11	Modulating Uranium Extraction Performance of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks through Donor–Acceptor Linkers and Amidoxime Nanotraps JACS Au ·Mengjie Hao, Yinghui Xie, Xiaolu Liu, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengqian Ma, Xiangke Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2023	146
12	Highly Selective Extraction of U(VI) from Solutions by Metal Organic Framework-Based Nanomaterials through Sorption, Photochemistry, and Electrochemistry Strategies Langmuir ·Xiaolu Liu, Yang Li, Chunhong Tan, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Xiangke Wang	2023	14
13	Modulating Anion Nanotraps via Halogenation for High-Efficiency ⁹⁹TcO₄^–/ReO₄^– Removal under Wide-Ranging pH Conditions Environmental Science & Technology ·Xinyi Yang, 亮細江, Yinghui Xie, Mengjie Hao, Xiaolu Liu, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengqian Ma, Xiangke Wang	2023	55
14	Rational design of cooperative chelating sites on covalent organic frameworks for highly selective uranium extraction from seawater Cell Reports Physical Science ·Yinghui Xie, You Wu, Xiaolu Liu, Isley Cristiellem Bicalho da Silva, Zhongshan Chen, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Xiangke Wang, Hui Yang, Shengqian Ma	2023	49
15	Functional nanomaterials for selective uranium recovery from seawater: Material design, extraction properties and mechanisms Coordination Chemistry Reviews ·You Wu, Yinghui Xie, Xiaolu Liu, Yang Li, Jingyi Wang, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Baowei Hu, Chi Shen, Zhenwu Tang, Qifei Huang, Xiangke Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2023	195
16	Large-scale synthesis of N-doped carbon capsules supporting atomically dispersed iron for efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Hui Yang, Yanfang Liu, Xiaolu Liu, Xiangke Wang, He Tian, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Paul E. Kruger, Shane G. Telfer, Shengqian Ma	2022	164
17	Orderly Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks-based Materials: Superior Adsorbents for Pollutants Removal from Aqueous Solutions The Innovation ·Xiaolu Liu, Hongwei Pang, Xuewei Liu, Qian Li, Ning Zhang, Liang Mao, Muqing Qiu, Baowei Hu, Hui Yang, Xiangke Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2021	540
18	Nanoscale Pt₅Ni₃₆ design and synthesis for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Xiaolu Liu, Xin Wan, Xiaoli Tan, Hui Yang, Yu Yang, Jianglan Shui, Xiangke Wang	2021	18
19	Experimental study on permeability characteristics and radon exhalation law of overburden soil in uranium tailings pond Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Xiaolu Liu, Xiangyang Li, Clauter Gatti, Yong Liu, Changshou Hong, Hong Wang	2020	23
20	Inelastic response analysis of bridges subjected to non-stationary seismic excitations by efficient MCS based on explicit time-domain method Nonlinear Dynamics ·Cheng Su, Xiaolu Liu, Zeinab Ghorbanoghli, Huang Zhi-jian	2018	31

About Xiaolu Liu

Xiaolu Liu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis, having authored 140 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (53 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (33 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (24 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (22 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (16 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Characterization (10 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (3.1k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (2.5k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (996 citations), Materials Chemistry (4.2k citations) and Water Science and Technology (1.0k citations). Xiaolu Liu has collaborated with scholars based in China, Australia and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Xiangke Wang, Hui Yang, Zhongshan Chen, Shengqian Ma, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Yinghui Xie, Baowei Hu, Mengjie Hao, Huijun Zhao and Taicheng An. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Chemical Engineering Journal, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Catalysis Today and Separation and Purification Technology.

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