Xinfa Wei

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Xinfa Wei is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinfa Wei has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xinfa Wei's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (7 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (5 papers). Xinfa Wei is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (7 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (5 papers). Xinfa Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, South Africa and United States. Xinfa Wei's co-authors include Lisong Chen, Jianlin Shi, Yan Li, Mingyuan He, Li‐Song Chen, Yan Li, Shuhe Han, Juanjuan Luo, Lanxin Li and Zile Hua and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xinfa Wei

17 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Nickel-molybdenum nitride nanoplate electrocatalysts for ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Nickel-molybdenum nitride nanoplate electrocatalysts for concurrent electrolytic hydrogen and formate productions
    2019 558 citations Yan Li, Xinfa Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Photoredox‐Promoted Co‐Production of Dihydroisoquinoline and H2O2 over Defective Zn3In2S6
    2023 142 citations Juanjuan Luo, Xinfa Wei et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xinfa Wei China 13 1.8k 1.0k 586 265 211 17 2.0k
Tianqi Yu China 29 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 594 1.0× 341 1.3× 114 0.5× 60 2.2k
Hangjia Shen China 23 1.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.7× 706 1.2× 122 0.5× 139 0.7× 52 2.5k
Mohsin Ali Raza Anjum Pakistan 13 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 648 1.1× 125 0.5× 83 0.4× 24 1.9k
Hengquan Chen China 18 1.4k 0.8× 995 1.0× 579 1.0× 251 0.9× 67 0.3× 33 1.7k
Shanfu Sun China 20 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 867 1.5× 95 0.4× 129 0.6× 40 1.9k
Pandiarajan Thangavel South Korea 18 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.6× 766 1.3× 239 0.9× 65 0.3× 21 2.5k
Debabrata Chanda South Korea 23 1.1k 0.6× 826 0.8× 427 0.7× 237 0.9× 199 0.9× 35 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xinfa Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinfa Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinfa Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xinfa Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xinfa Wei 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 Xinfa Wei. Xinfa Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Li, Mingchang, et al.. (2025). Electrically Driven Biocatalysis for Sustainable CO2‐to‐Chemicals Transformation. ChemSusChem. 18(13). e202500334–e202500334. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Ming, Dianxing Ju, Wen‐Kui Dong, et al.. (2025). Modulating CO2 reduction selectivity over multi-metal electrocatalysts derived from 0D alloyed halide perovskite crystals. Nano Energy. 135. 110684–110684. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuyun, Hui Wang, Qingchen Dong, et al.. (2024). Superhydrophilic/superaerophobic NiFe with internal bubble flow channels for electrocatalytic water splitting. Chemical Engineering Journal. 488. 150953–150953. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Xinfa Wei, Rui Pan, et al.. (2024). PtAu alloying-modulated hydroxyl and substrate adsorption for glycerol electrooxidation to C3 products. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(12). 4205–4215. 71 indexed citations
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Wang, Yue, Xinfa Wei, Yan Li, et al.. (2024). Benzyl alcohol promoted electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide and C2 production by Cu2O/Cu. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149800–149800. 6 indexed citations
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Luo, Juanjuan, Xinfa Wei, Qiao Yang, et al.. (2023). Photoredox‐Promoted Co‐Production of Dihydroisoquinoline and H2O2 over Defective Zn3In2S6. Advanced Materials. 35(10). e2210110–e2210110. 142 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yan, Xinfa Wei, Shuhe Han, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2021). MnO2 Electrocatalysts Coordinating Alcohol Oxidation for Ultra‐Durable Hydrogen and Chemical Productions in Acidic Solutions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(39). 21464–21472. 192 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Xinfa Wei, Shuhe Han, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2021). MnO2 Electrocatalysts Coordinating Alcohol Oxidation for Ultra‐Durable Hydrogen and Chemical Productions in Acidic Solutions. Angewandte Chemie. 133(39). 21634–21642. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, et al.. (2020). Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production Trilogy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(36). 19550–19571. 371 indexed citations
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Wei, Xinfa, Yan Li, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2020). Formic Acid Electro‐Synthesis by Concurrent Cathodic CO2 Reduction and Anodic CH3OH Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie. 133(6). 3185–3192. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Xinfa Wei, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2020). Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production Trilogy. Angewandte Chemie. 133(36). 19702–19723. 40 indexed citations
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Wei, Xinfa, Yan Li, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2020). Formic Acid Electro‐Synthesis by Concurrent Cathodic CO2 Reduction and Anodic CH3OH Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(6). 3148–3155. 286 indexed citations
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Wei, Xinfa, Yan Li, Zile Hua, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2020). One‐Pot Synthesized Nickel‐Doped Hierarchically Porous Beta Zeolite for Enhanced Methanol Electrocatalytic Oxidation Activity. ChemCatChem. 12(24). 6285–6290. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Xinfa Wei, Lisong Chen, Jianlin Shi, & Mingyuan He. (2019). Nickel-molybdenum nitride nanoplate electrocatalysts for concurrent electrolytic hydrogen and formate productions. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5335–5335. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Lulu, et al.. (2019). Sleep heart rate variability assists the automatic prediction of long-term cardiovascular outcomes. Sleep Medicine. 67. 217–224. 55 indexed citations
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Wei, Xinfa, Shun Wang, Zile Hua, Lisong Chen, & Jianlin Shi. (2018). Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheet Electrocatalysts for Efficient H2 Production from Methanol Solution: Methanol-Assisted Water Splitting or Methanol Reforming?. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(30). 25422–25428. 127 indexed citations
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Chen, Lisong, Huilin Zhang, Li Chen, et al.. (2017). Facile synthesis of Cu doped cobalt hydroxide (Cu–Co(OH)2) nano-sheets for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(43). 22568–22575. 117 indexed citations

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