Xiaowen Yu

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Xiaowen Yu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowen Yu has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaowen Yu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (9 papers). Xiaowen Yu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (9 papers). Xiaowen Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Brazil. Xiaowen Yu's co-authors include Gaoquan Shi, Miao Zhang, Mats Johnsson, Yang Zhao, Liangti Qu, Huhu Cheng, Chun Li, Jun Zhao, Wenjing Yuan and Ji Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowen Yu

42 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Graphene-based smart materials

2017 652 citations Xiaowen Yu, Miao Zhang et al. profile →
Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin

2021 204 citations Elena Subbotina, Thanya Rukkijakan et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaowen Yu China	26	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	919	745	47	3.7k
Yuanjun Liu China	34	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	515 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	173	3.9k
Lirong Kong China	35	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	607 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	85	3.5k
Qingchi Xu China	32	986 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	726 0.8×	603 0.8×	83	3.1k
Muhammad Ali Ehsan Saudi Arabia	32	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	289 0.3×	532 0.7×	119	2.9k
Jizhen Ma China	30	2.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	568 0.6×	846 1.1×	62	4.6k
Huilong Dong China	43	2.0k 1.1×	3.6k 2.2×	2.4k 1.7×	742 0.8×	543 0.7×	163	5.6k
Ramendra Sundar Dey India	29	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	557 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	89	3.0k
Jian Wu China	32	977 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	493 0.5×	984 1.3×	98	3.5k
Haili Gao China	33	820 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	894 1.0×	1.5k 2.0×	91	3.5k
Xiaoheng Liu China	39	2.6k 1.4×	2.0k 1.2×	2.9k 2.1×	449 0.5×	985 1.3×	103	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowen Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaowen Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaowen Yu 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 Xiaowen Yu. Xiaowen Yu 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

Santos, Egon Campos dos, Xiao‐Lei Zhao, Chao Cui, et al.. (2025). The critical role of coordination interaction between hole scavenger and ZnIn2S4 for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nano Energy. 136. 110750–110750. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Zhe, Ting Lin, Baokun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning‐Guided Design of L1 ₂ ‐Type Pt‐Based High‐Entropy Intermetallic Compound for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Materials. 38(4). e10424–e10424.

Wang, Jianhang, Baokun Zhang, Kepeng Song, et al.. (2025). Enhanced glycerol valorization via descriptor-guided dual-site engineering in Ni-doped MnO2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 383. 126127–126127.

Santos, Egon Campos dos, Mingtao Li, Yujie Shi, et al.. (2025). Hydrogenation of “Readily Activated Molecule” for Glycine Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(23). e202505675–e202505675.

Li, Zhenwei, Hao He, Xuebu Hu, et al.. (2025). Three birds with one stone: A multifunctional water-soluble binder for enhanced the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(6). 110985–110985. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiao‐Lei, Kepeng Song, Ning Xi, et al.. (2024). Polyol-assisted efficient hole transfer and utilization at the Si-based photoanode/electrolyte interface. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 350. 123901–123901. 6 indexed citations

Sang, Yuanhua, et al.. (2024). Silicon‐Based Electrodes for Photoelectrochemical Redox Reactions. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 9(11). 2 indexed citations

Gao, Wenqiang, Xiao‐Lei Zhao, Ting Zhang, et al.. (2023). Construction of diluted magnetic semiconductor to endow nonmagnetic semiconductor with spin-regulated photocatalytic performance. Nano Energy. 110. 108381–108381. 50 indexed citations

Zhao, Xiao‐Lei, Wenqiang Gao, Chao Cui, et al.. (2023). Promotion of photo-induced charge carrier separation in a heterostructure via introducing an enhanced polarization electric field. Materials Today Communications. 35. 105624–105624. 9 indexed citations

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Shi, Yujie, Yijie Wang, Jiayuan Yu, et al.. (2023). Superscalar Phase Boundaries Derived Multiple Active Sites in SnO₂/Cu₆Sn₅/CuO for Tandem Electroreduction of CO₂ to Formic Acid. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(13). 79 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaowen, Egon Campos dos Santos, J.M. White, et al.. (2021). Electrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation with Concurrent Hydrogen Evolution Utilizing an Efficient MoO_x/Pt Catalyst. Small. 17(44). e2104288–e2104288. 125 indexed citations

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Subbotina, Elena, et al.. (2021). Oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in lignin. Nature Chemistry. 13(11). 1118–1125. 204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Xiaowen, Miao Zhang, Tong Yue, Chun Li, & Gaoquan Shi. (2018). A Large‐Scale Graphene–Bimetal Film Electrode with an Ultrahigh Mass Catalytic Activity for Durable Water Splitting. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(21). 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Miao, Xiaowen Yu, Hongyun Ma, et al.. (2018). Robust graphene composite films for multifunctional electrochemical capacitors with an ultrawide range of areal mass loading toward high-rate frequency response and ultrahigh specific capacitance. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(3). 559–565. 138 indexed citations

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Yue, Tong, Xiaowen Yu, Haiyan Wang, et al.. (2018). Trace Level Co–N Doped Graphite Foams as High-Performance Self-Standing Electrocatalytic Electrodes for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution. ACS Catalysis. 8(5). 4637–4644. 54 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaowen, Jun Zhao, Lirong Zheng, et al.. (2017). Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media: Alpha- or Beta-Nickel Hydroxide on the Surface of Platinum?. ACS Energy Letters. 3(1). 237–244. 294 indexed citations

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Du, Wencheng, Mingmao Wu, Miao Zhang, et al.. (2017). Organic dispersions of graphene oxide with arbitrary concentrations and improved chemical stability. Chemical Communications. 53(80). 11005–11007. 20 indexed citations

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Du, Wencheng, Mingmao Wu, Miao Zhang, et al.. (2017). High-quality graphene films and nitrogen-doped organogels prepared from the organic dispersions of graphene oxide. Carbon. 129. 15–20. 22 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaowen, Kaixuan Sheng, Ji Chen, Chun Li, & Gaoquan Shi. (2014). Electrochemical Biosensing Based on Graphene Modified Electrodes. Acta Chimica Sinica. 72(3). 319–319. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Meng, Wenjing Yuan, Xiaowen Yu, & Gaoquan Shi. (2014). Picomolar detection of mercury (II) using a three-dimensional porous graphene/polypyrrole composite electrode. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 406(27). 6953–6956. 18 indexed citations

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