Xiaoyan Liu

24.7k total citations · 15 hit papers
321 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Xiaoyan Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoyan Liu has authored 321 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Materials Chemistry, 84 papers in Organic Chemistry and 76 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Xiaoyan Liu's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (77 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (54 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (49 papers). Xiaoyan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (77 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (54 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (49 papers). Xiaoyan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xiaoyan Liu's co-authors include Tao Zhang, Aiqin Wang, Xiaofeng Yang, Shu Miao, Botao Qiao, Jun Li, Chung‐Yuan Mou, Yanqiang Huang, Haifeng Qi and Xiaodong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoyan Liu

307 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

FeOx-supported platinum single-atom and pseudo-single-atom catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes

2014 986 citations Xiaoyan Liu, Aiqin Wang et al. profile →
Discriminating Catalytically Active FeN_x Species of Atomically Dispersed Fe–N–C Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of the C–H Bond

2017 875 citations Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Remarkable Performance of Ir₁/FeO_x Single-Atom Catalyst in Water Gas Shift Reaction

2013 869 citations Aiqin Wang, Xiaoyan Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Single-atom dispersed Co–N–C catalyst: structure identification and performance for hydrogenative coupling of nitroarenes

2016 627 citations Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang et al. profile →
Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Gold Nanoparticles and ZnO Nanorods in CO Oxidation

2012 591 citations Xiaoyan Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Non defect-stabilized thermally stable single-atom catalyst

2019 566 citations Lin Li, Xiaoyan Liu et al. profile →
Potential-Driven Restructuring of Cu Single Atoms to Nanoparticles for Boosting the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia

2022 510 citations Ji Yang, Haifeng Qi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Water Splitting: From Electrode to Green Energy System

2020 469 citations Xiaoyan Liu, Hong Liu et al. profile →
Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Pt Single Atoms and TiO₂

2020 463 citations Haifeng Qi, Yujing Ren et al. profile →
Dynamic Behavior of Single-Atom Catalysts in Electrocatalysis: Identification of Cu-N₃ as an Active Site for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2021 410 citations Ji Yang, Xiaoyan Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
PdZn Intermetallic Nanostructure with Pd–Zn–Pd Ensembles for Highly Active and Chemoselective Semi-Hydrogenation of Acetylene

2015 386 citations Xiaofeng Yang, Xiaoyan Liu et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
Unraveling the coordination structure-performance relationship in Pt1/Fe2O3 single-atom catalyst

2019 384 citations Yujing Ren, Xiaoyan Liu et al. profile →
Highly selective and robust single-atom catalyst Ru1/NC for reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones

2021 279 citations Haifeng Qi, Ji Yang et al. profile →
High quantum efficiency of hydrogen production from methanol aqueous solution with PtCu–TiO2 photocatalysts

2023 206 citations Haifeng Qi, Xiaoyan Liu et al. profile →
The SlWRKY42–SlMYC2 module synergistically enhances tomato saline–alkali tolerance by activating the jasmonic acid signaling and spermidine biosynthesis pathway

2025 17 citations Xiaoyan Liu et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ultra-thin, scalable, and MOF network-reinforced composite solid electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries 2025 ·Journal of Membrane Science ·Guoxu Wang, (unknown), Fanfan Liu, (unknown), Wei Ding, Xiaoyan Liu, Chengbiao Wei, Feng Lin, Li‐Zhen Fan	3
2	Tailoring intergranular binding phase by Pr6O11 in Mg2SiO4-MgO refractories prepared from magnesite flotation tailings 2025 ·Ceramics International ·Huey‐Jiuan Lin, Lin Tian, Xiaoyan Liu, Guocheng Wang, Changsheng Xie, Guohua Li, Chao Tian	1
3	Alopecia universalis following human papillomavirus vaccine administration: a case report 2025 ·Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research ·(unknown), Xiaoyan Liu, Jianjun Qiao, Hong Fang	0
4	Single-atom iridium doped ultrathin MoS2 layers as a highly efficient catalyst for the hydrodeoxygenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Science ·Jianwei Ji, (unknown), (unknown), Wenqing Zhu, Yuanlong Tan, (unknown), Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaohui Ji, Bo Zhang	3
5	In-situ chemobiocatalytic conversion of glucose into 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan by AlCl3/Enterobacter cloacae in biocompatible DMSO-water solvent 2024 ·Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy ·Jun Xia, Yiran Sun, Yuanfang Deng, Xiaoyan Liu, Aiyong He, Lei Hu, Zhongyang Qiu, Jiaxing Xu	3
6	Prussian blue analogue-derived Co-Ni5P4 porous nanosheet arrays composite coal-based carbon nanofibers as efficient self-supported electrocatalyst for overall water splitting 2024 ·Diamond and Related Materials ·Xiaolan Fan, (unknown), Hui Ding, Xia Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Guan‐Cheng Xu, Li Zhang	6
7	The piezoelectric catalysis effect of tourmalines in the degradation of organic pollutants 2024 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Huichao He, (unknown), Xiaoyan Liu, (unknown), Tao Han, Hanmei Jiang, (unknown), Gaili Ke, Huaming Yang	3
8	Ternary cold source transistors for multivalue logic applications 2024 ·Physical Review Applied ·Xiaoxin Xie, (unknown), Xiaoyan Liu, Fei Liu	2
9	Deep Learning-Assisted Trap Extraction Method from Noise Power Spectral Density for MOSFETs 2024 ·(unknown), Zheng Zhou, (unknown), Zixuan Sun, Shuhan Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Xiaoyan Liu	0
10	Refrigerant spray cooling in the overheating decomposition stage of ternary Li-ion battery 2023 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·Xiaoyan Liu, (unknown), Qing Gao, Xiaoyu Xu, Haopeng Chen, (unknown)	18
11	Efficient reduction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan by Bacillus subtilis HA70 whole cells 2023 ·Molecular Catalysis ·Jun Xia, (unknown), Jingyi Liu, (unknown), Zhongyang Qiu, Xiaoyan Liu, Aiyong He, (unknown), Jiaxing Xu	9
12	Laser-induced plasma and local temperature field for high-efficiency ammonia synthesis 2023 ·Nano Energy ·Tong Wu, Bin Chang, Yue Li, (unknown), Xiao‐Lei Zhao, Zhen Liu, Guixiang Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Lili Zhao, Yuhai Zhang, Huabin Zhang, Hong Liu, Weijia Zhou	13
13	A Tyrosine Phosphoproteome Analysis Approach Enabled by Selective Dephosphorylation with Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 2022 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Xiaoyan Liu, Mingming Dong, Yating Yao, Yan Wang, Jiawei Mao, Lianghai Hu, Lishan Yao, Mingliang Ye	7
14	Crystal-Phase-Mediated Restructuring of Pt on TiO ₂ with Tunable Reactivity: Redispersion versus Reshaping 2022 ·ACS Catalysis ·Xiaoben Zhang, Zhimin Li, Wei Pei, Gao Li, Wei Liu, Pengfei Du, (unknown), Zhaoxian Qin, Haifeng Qi, Xiaoyan Liu, Si Zhou, Jijun Zhao, Bing Yang, Wenjie Shen	80
15	Potential-Driven Restructuring of Cu Single Atoms to Nanoparticles for Boosting the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia breakdown → 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ji Yang, Haifeng Qi, Anqi Li, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Shengxin Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Qike Jiang, Yang Su, Leilei Zhang, Jian‐Feng Li, Zhong‐Qun Tian, Wei Liu, Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhang	510
16	Multifunctional graphene/carbon fiber aerogels toward compatible electromagnetic wave absorption and shielding in gigahertz and terahertz bands with optimized radar cross section 2022 ·Carbon ·Yishu Cao, Zheng Cheng, Ruofeng Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, Tianrui Zhang, Fei Fan, Yi Huang	78
17	Highly Selective Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Ethanol via Designed Bifunctional Ir₁–In₂O₃ Single-Atom Catalyst 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xue Ye, Chongya Yang, Xiaoli Pan, Junguo Ma, Yaru Zhang, Yujing Ren, Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Li, Yanqiang Huang	241
18	Ru/TiO₂ Catalysts with Size-Dependent Metal/Support Interaction for Tunable Reactivity in Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis 2020 ·ACS Catalysis ·Yaru Zhang, Xiong Su, Lin Li, Haifeng Qi, Chongya Yang, Wei Liu, Xiaoli Pan, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Yanqiang Huang, Tao Zhang	130
19	N-doped carbon spheres impregnated with highly monodispersed ruthenium nanoparticles as a hydrogenation catalyst 2019 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Xiaoyan Liu, Guojun Lan, Yash Boyjoo, Lihua Qian, Sai Gu, Cameron Alexander Hurd Price, Liang Wang, Ying Li, Jian Liu	60
20	A metabolomics study of the inhibitory effect of 17-beta-estradiol on osteoclast proliferation and differentiation 2014 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Xiaoyan Liu, Yanqiu Liu, Mengchun Cheng, Xiaozhe Zhang, Hongbin Xiao	21

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