Xiaoran Zhang

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaoran Zhang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoran Zhang has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.2k 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 Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 16 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Xiaoran Zhang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (28 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (19 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (19 papers). Xiaoran Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (28 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (19 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (19 papers). Xiaoran Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Xiaoran Zhang's co-authors include Zhi Qun Tian, Pei Kang Shen, San Ping Jiang, Shuangyin Wang, Chen Chen, Dandan Lyu, Xiaoxiao Wei, Xiaorong Zhu, Yafei Li and Wei Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoran Zhang

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Identifying and tailoring C–N coupling site for efficient... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Identifying and tailoring C–N coupling site for efficient urea synthesis over diatomic Fe–Ni catalyst
    2022 365 citations Xiaoran Zhang, Xiaorong Zhu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaoran Zhang China 29 1.8k 873 846 696 180 48 2.2k
Xuhao Wan China 21 1.2k 0.7× 778 0.9× 672 0.8× 847 1.2× 117 0.7× 39 2.0k
Zuochao Wang China 28 1.7k 1.0× 915 1.0× 522 0.6× 738 1.1× 205 1.1× 56 2.1k
Thành Trần‐Phú Australia 25 1.4k 0.8× 787 0.9× 748 0.9× 884 1.3× 110 0.6× 52 2.1k
Huidi Yu China 25 2.5k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 1.6k 2.3× 319 1.8× 35 3.4k
Weng Fai Ip Macao 22 1.5k 0.9× 703 0.8× 532 0.6× 875 1.3× 97 0.5× 63 1.9k
Mengying Liu China 22 1.1k 0.6× 681 0.8× 567 0.7× 616 0.9× 113 0.6× 60 1.8k
Huan Zhao China 20 1.4k 0.8× 606 0.7× 490 0.6× 716 1.0× 155 0.9× 33 1.9k
Yuchun Ren China 28 1.8k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 772 1.1× 226 1.3× 51 2.6k
Abhijit Dutta Switzerland 32 2.7k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 138 0.8× 77 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaoran Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoran Zhang

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All Works

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Ding, Jingjing, Yanhong Lyu, Huaijuan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Efficiently unbiased solar-to-ammonia conversion by photoelectrochemical Cu/C/Si-TiO2 tandems. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 345. 123735–123735. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Yingtang Zhou, Tom Lawson, et al.. (2024). Rationally Designed Carbon‐Based Catalysts for Electrochemical C‐N Coupling. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(28). 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Yanhong Lyu, Chen Chen, et al.. (2024). Enhanced charge-carrier dynamics and efficient solar-to-urea conversion on Si-based photocathodes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(8). e2311326121–e2311326121. 34 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Yanhong Lyu, Huaijuan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Photoelectrochemical N2‐to‐NH3 Fixation with High Efficiency and Rates via Optimized Si‐Based System at Positive Potential versus Li0/+. Advanced Materials. 35(21). e2211894–e2211894. 43 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Xiaorong Zhu, Shuowen Bo, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis with 63.5 % Faradaic Efficiency and 100 % N‐Selectivity via One‐step C−N coupling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(33). e202305447–e202305447. 112 indexed citations
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Xing, Xiangzhuo, Chao Wang, Jie Xu, et al.. (2023). Observation of non-superconducting phase changes in nitrogen doped lutetium hydrides. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5991–5991. 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, et al.. (2023). Morphological and microstructural engineering of Mn-N-C with strengthened Mn-N bond for efficient electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 475. 146135–146135. 21 indexed citations
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Song, Chongmin, et al.. (2023). High-order implicit time integration scheme with controllable numerical dissipation based on mixed-order Padé expansions. Computers & Structures. 285. 107071–107071. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Xiaorong Zhu, Shuowen Bo, et al.. (2022). Identifying and tailoring C–N coupling site for efficient urea synthesis over diatomic Fe–Ni catalyst. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5337–5337. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pan, Can, Qi Wei, Xiaoran Zhang, et al.. (2022). Bottom-up synthesis of few-layered graphene powders and their applications as efficient lubricating and electromagnetic shielding additives. FlatChem. 33. 100375–100375. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao, Xiaoran Zhang, Ping Yang, & San Ping Jiang. (2021). Pt clusters embedded in g-C3N4 nanosheets to form Z-scheme heterostructures with enhanced photochemical performance. Surfaces and Interfaces. 27. 101450–101450. 47 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Xiao Zhang, Shiyong Zhao, et al.. (2021). Precursor modulated active sites of nitrogen doped graphene-based carbon catalysts via one-step pyrolysis method for the enhanced oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochimica Acta. 370. 137712–137712. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoran, Xiao Zhang, Can Pan, et al.. (2021). Nitrogen and Phosphate Co‐doped Graphene as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts by Precursor Modulation Strategy for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. ChemElectroChem. 8(17). 3262–3272. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Lin, Xiaoran Zhang, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2021). Hyperbranched concave octahedron of PtIrCu nanocrystals with high-index facets for efficiently electrochemical ammonia oxidation reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 601. 1–11. 60 indexed citations
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Lyu, Dandan, Yaser Bahari, Syed Waqar Hasan, et al.. (2020). In situ molecular-level synthesis of N, S co-doped carbon as efficient metal-free oxygen redox electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn–Air batteries. Applied Materials Today. 20. 100737–100737. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunqiu, Xiaoran Zhang, Shibo Xi, et al.. (2020). Rational Design and Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous Mn–N–C Nanoparticles with Atomically Dispersed MnNx Moieties for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(25). 9367–9376. 48 indexed citations
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Lyu, Dandan, Yaser Bahari, Shangli Huang, et al.. (2018). Ultra-high surface area graphitic Fe-N-C nanospheres with single-atom iron sites as highly efficient non-precious metal bifunctional catalysts towards oxygen redox reactions. Journal of Catalysis. 368. 279–290. 118 indexed citations
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Shen, Zongshan, Jiancheng Wang, Qiting Huang, et al.. (2018). Genetic modification to induce CXCR2 overexpression in mesenchymal stem cells enhances treatment benefits in radiation-induced oral mucositis. Cell Death and Disease. 9(2). 229–229. 39 indexed citations

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