Xin Xu

24.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
410 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Xin Xu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Xu has authored 410 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Materials Chemistry, 142 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 70 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xin Xu's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (111 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (56 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (50 papers). Xin Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (111 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (56 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (50 papers). Xin Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Xin Xu's co-authors include William A. Goddard, Igor Ying Zhang, Zheng Chen, Neil Qiang Su, Jianming Wu, Feng Gong, Zhong‐Sheng Wang, Gang Zhou, Gengfeng Zheng and Xin Lü and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Xin Xu

396 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The X3LYP extended density functional for accurate descriptions of nonbond interactions, spin states, and thermochemical properties

2004 830 citations Xin Xu, William A. Goddard profile →
ReaxFF_SiO Reactive Force Field for Silicon and Silicon Oxide Systems

2003 814 citations Xin Xu, William A. Goddard et al. profile →
In Situ Growth of Co_0.85Se and Ni_0.85Se on Conductive Substrates as High-Performance Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2012 723 citations Xin Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Single-Atomic Cu with Multiple Oxygen Vacancies on Ceria for Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to CH₄

2018 615 citations Yifei Wang, Zheng Chen et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
Boosting CO₂ Electroreduction to CH₄ via Tuning Neighboring Single-Copper Sites

2020 455 citations Zheng Chen, Xin Xu et al. profile →
Extraction of lithium with functionalized lithium ion-sieves

2016 398 citations Xin Xu et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Xu

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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A cross-entropy corrected hybrid multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory for complex molecular systems 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Rulin Feng, Igor Ying Zhang, Xin Xu	3
2	A self-optimized alloy with multi-scale hierarchical microstructure and enhanced mechanical properties 2025 ·Materials & Design ·Yu Yin, Hansheng Chen, Guanyu Deng, Lihong Su, (unknown), Ming Yan, (unknown), Xin Xu, (unknown), Qiyang Tan, Haiwei Chang, Chuan Guo, Huijun Li, Simon P. Ringer, Han Huang, Mingxing Zhang	1
3	Electrocatalytic Mapping of Metal Fatigue with Persistent Slip Bands 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Zheng Chen, Yan Hu, Xiangdong Yao, (unknown), (unknown), Yao Ma, Can Tang, Zuohua Huang, Bin Shen, Wenzhong Bao, Xin Xu, Binghui Ge, Zhengzong Sun	1
4	How accurate can Kohn‐Sham density functional be for both main‐group and transition metal reactions 2024 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Yizhen Wang, Igor Ying Zhang, Xin Xu	0
5	Understanding Supported Nanocatalysts under Operando Conditions through Systematic Kinetic Simulations 2024 ·ACS Catalysis ·Yuqi Yang, Tonghao Shen, Xin Xu	3
6	X2-GNN: A Physical Message Passing Neural Network with Natural Generalization Ability to Large and Complex Molecules 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Minghong Jiang, (unknown), Zhenyu Zhu, (unknown), Jianming Wu, Xin Xu	3
7	Metallaaromaticity involving a d⁰ early transition metal centre: synthesis, structure, and aromaticity of tantallapyridinazirine complexes 2024 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), Xin Xu, Zhenyang Lin, Zuowei Xie	3
8	Small molecule II-6s synergises with fluconazole against Candida albicans 2023 ·International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents ·(unknown), Peng Xian, Biao Ren, Youfu Luo, Xin Xu	5
9	Advancing hydrochar production and application: A critical examination of microwave irradiation and blended feedstocks synergy 2023 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·(unknown), Quan Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Zilin Liu, Jianhui Huang, Xin Xu, Yijing Wu, (unknown), Quan He, Sonil Nanda, Rahil Changotra, Yulin Hu, (unknown), Jie Yang	11
10	Surface enhanced Raman scattering active substrate based on hydrogel microspheres for pretreatment-free detection of glucose in biological samples 2023 ·Talanta ·Qin Wang, (unknown), Xiaofei Ma, (unknown), Jinqiu Xu, Xin Xu, (unknown), Lixing Xu	21
11	A review of antibiotics in surface water and their removal by advanced electrocoagulation technologies 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Feng Yan, (unknown), Xin Xu, (unknown), Ruihua Dai	33
12	Focal-Point Analysis to Achieve Accurate CCSD(T) Data Set References for Static Polarizabilities 2023 ·Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Zhenyu Zhu, Xin Xu	5
13	Understanding the Source of Error in First-Principles-Based Micro-Kinetic Modeling: Density Functional Theory Calculations Versus the Mean-Field Approximation 2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Yuqi Yang, Tonghao Shen, Xin Xu	7
14	Unraveling the effects of sodium carbonate on hydrothermal liquefaction through individual biomass model component and machine learning-enabled prediction 2023 ·Fuel ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yijing Wu, (unknown), Quan He, Yulong Wu, Xin Xu, Jie Yang	4
15	Pb-rich Cu grain boundary sites for selective CO-to-n-propanol electroconversion 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Wenzhe Niu, Zheng Chen, Wen Guo, Wei Mao, Yi Liu, Yunna Guo, Jingzhao Chen, Rui Huang, (unknown), Yiwen Ma, Qisheng Yan, Jinyu Ye, Chunyu Cui, Liqiang Zhang, Peng Wang, Xin Xu, Bo Zhang	72
16	Extending nudged elastic band method to reaction pathways involving multiple spin states 2020 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Li‐Ming Zhao, (unknown), Naoki Nakatani, Akira Nakayama, Xin Xu, Jun‐ya Hasegawa	6
17	Highly Efficient and Selective N‐Formylation of Amines with CO₂ and H₂ Catalyzed by Porous Organometallic Polymers 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yajing Shen, Qingshu Zheng, Zhe‐Ning Chen, (unknown), James H. Clark, Xin Xu, Tao Tu	5
18	Highly Efficient and Selective N‐Formylation of Amines with CO₂ and H₂ Catalyzed by Porous Organometallic Polymers 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yajing Shen, Qingshu Zheng, Zhe‐Ning Chen, (unknown), James H. Clark, Xin Xu, Tao Tu	89
19	Single-Atomic Cu with Multiple Oxygen Vacancies on Ceria for Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to CH₄ breakdown → 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Yifei Wang, Zheng Chen, Peng Han, Yonghua Du, Zhengxiang Gu, Xin Xu, Gengfeng Zheng	615
20	Antibody Catalysis of the Oxidation of Water 2001 ·Science ·Paul Wentworth, Lyn H. Jones, Anita D. Wentworth, Xueyong Zhu, Nicholas Larsen, Ian A. Wilson, Xin Xu, William A. Goddard, Kim D. Janda, Albert Eschenmoser, Richard A. Lerner	228

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