Xin Gu

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
155 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Xin Gu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Gu has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 57 papers in Materials Chemistry and 42 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Xin Gu's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (47 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (42 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (35 papers). Xin Gu is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (47 papers), Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (42 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (35 papers). Xin Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xin Gu's co-authors include Xuebo Zhao, Liangjun Li, Pengcheng Dai, Ying Wang, Liting Yan, Dandan Liu, Jian Yang, Lei Cao, Changwei Ji and Shuofeng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xin Gu

149 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Metal‐Organic Frameworks Derived Nanotube of Nickel–Cobalt Bimetal Phosphides as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting

2017 678 citations Liting Yan, Lei Cao et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin Gu China	45	3.6k	2.3k	2.0k	1.8k	988	155	6.7k
Mingyong Wang China	42	3.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	902 0.5×	541 0.5×	199	6.4k
Hongyu An China	31	963 0.3×	3.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	308 0.2×	768 0.8×	42	5.2k
Zhi Qun Tian China	35	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	536 0.3×	589 0.6×	125	3.8k
Sang Mun Jeong South Korea	38	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	649 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	746 0.8×	177	4.3k
Cheng Zhan China	31	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	727 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	285 0.3×	91	4.9k
Shanwen Tao United Kingdom	55	4.4k 1.2×	9.0k 3.9×	4.5k 2.2×	2.7k 1.5×	161 0.2×	189	13.3k
R. Vasant Kumar United Kingdom	47	4.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	56 0.1×	145	6.7k
Rong Lan United Kingdom	38	2.0k 0.5×	3.7k 1.6×	3.0k 1.5×	847 0.5×	123 0.1×	94	6.6k
Lionel Roué Canada	48	3.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	209 0.2×	170	6.8k
William S. Epling United States	50	1.5k 0.4×	9.0k 3.9×	2.0k 1.0×	257 0.1×	249 0.3×	176	10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xin Gu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Gu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jian, Lei, et al.. (2025). The low-carbon transition of rotary engines: Potential and challenges of alcohol fuels. Energy. 320. 135260–135260. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Huaiyu, Hao Meng, Xin Gu, et al.. (2025). Effects of spark ignition chamber arrangement on combustion characteristics in a hydrogen rotary engine. Energy. 336. 138280–138280. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Ning, et al.. (2025). Efficient recycling of spent Li-ion battery cathodes by laser-induced high-temperature thermal shock. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7169–7169.

Ji, Changwei, et al.. (2024). Research on modeling and control strategy of zero-carbon hybrid power system based on the ammonia-hydrogen engine. Energy Conversion and Management. 319. 118869–118869. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Hong, et al.. (2024). An experimental study of knock in a DI hydrogen engine: The synergistic effects of the deep Miller cycle and oxygen-enriched atmosphere. Energy Conversion and Management. 306. 118269–118269. 12 indexed citations

Jian, Lei, Junjie Niu, Guohong Tian, et al.. (2024). Advances in hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel for rotary engines: A review. Fuel. 381. 133681–133681. 15 indexed citations

Deng, Daxiang, et al.. (2024). Multi-scale CuS-rGO pyramidal photothermal structure for highly efficient solar-driven water evaporation and thermoelectric power generation. Nano Energy. 125. 109531–109531. 60 indexed citations

Zhang, Li, et al.. (2024). Selective phosphorylation of MOF to construct KTP/KTOP/C heterojunction for high-performance potassium-ion batteries. Applied Surface Science. 652. 159290–159290. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Dehong, Dandan Liu, Yang Li, et al.. (2023). Photo-thermal synergistic catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over a spherical superstructure of boron carbon nitride nanosheets. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158258–158258. 13 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, Changwei Ji, Shuofeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on the load control strategy of ammonia-hydrogen dual-fuel internal combustion engine for hybrid power system. Fuel. 347. 128396–128396. 27 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, Changwei Ji, Shuofeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Effect of direct injection of small amounts of ethanol on port-injected hydrogen internal combustion engines. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 49. 980–996. 7 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, Juntao Wang, Xin Jin, et al.. (2023). Engineered nitrogen doping on VO2(B) enables fast and reversible zinc-ion storage capability for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 85. 30–38. 98 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, Juntao Wang, Fengchun Li, et al.. (2023). Synergistic carbon and oxygen vacancy engineering on vanadium dioxide nanobelts for efficient aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Materials Advances. 4(21). 5206–5214. 19 indexed citations

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Luan, Xiaoyu, Chenggang Wang, Chunsheng Wang, et al.. (2020). Stable Lithium Deposition Enabled by an Acid-Treated g-C₃N₄ Interface Layer for a Lithium Metal Anode. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(9). 11265–11272. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Gaoda, Leixin Meng, Tian Wang, et al.. (2020). High rate capacity anode of Si-C composite nanofiber wrapped with Cu foam for lithium-ion batteries. Materials Letters. 268. 127572–127572. 7 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, et al.. (2019). Improving Cycling Performance of Si-Based Lithium Ion Batteries Anode with Se-Loaded Carbon Coating. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2(7). 5124–5132. 16 indexed citations

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Dai, Pengcheng, Yanming Xue, Shuo Zhang, et al.. (2018). Paper-Derived Flexible 3D Interconnected Carbon Microfiber Networks with Controllable Pore Sizes for Supercapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(43). 37046–37056. 39 indexed citations

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Yan, Liting, Huimin Jiang, Yanlong Xing, et al.. (2017). Nickel metal–organic framework implanted on graphene and incubated to be ultrasmall nickel phosphide nanocrystals acts as a highly efficient water splitting electrocatalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(4). 1682–1691. 162 indexed citations

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Yan, Liting, Lei Cao, Pengcheng Dai, et al.. (2017). Metal‐Organic Frameworks Derived Nanotube of Nickel–Cobalt Bimetal Phosphides as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials. 27(40). 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Xin, Pengcheng Dai, Liangjun Li, et al.. (2016). Porous Carbon Polyhedrons with High‐Level Nitrogen‐Doping for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Battery Anodes. ChemistrySelect. 1(20). 6442–6447. 16 indexed citations

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