Xinfei Fan

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Xinfei Fan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinfei Fan has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Water Science and Technology, 83 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xinfei Fan's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (69 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (34 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers). Xinfei Fan is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (69 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (34 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (34 papers). Xinfei Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xinfei Fan's co-authors include Xie Quan, Shuo Chen, Yanming Liu, Hongtao Yu, Yaobin Zhang, Chengwen Song, Huimin Zhao, Yuanlu Xu, Hua Wang and Yan Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xinfei Fan

141 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Facile Ammonia Synthesis from Electrocatalytic N₂ Reduction under Ambient Conditions on N-Doped Porous Carbon

2018 536 citations Yanming Liu, Xie Quan et al. profile →

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Huayang Zhang Australia

Qiao Wang China

Leihong Zhao China

Kan Li China

Shaoqin Peng China

Dong Suk Han Qatar

Wei Jiang China

Qile Fang China

Jingtang Zheng China

Huayang Zhang Australia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinfei Fan

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

Wu, Qinyue, Xinfei Fan, Bing Shan, et al.. (2025). Insights into lattice oxygen and strains of oxide-derived copper for ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3479–3479. 16 indexed citations

Fan, Xinfei, et al.. (2025). Functionalized inorganic hydrogel-based membrane for synergistic oil/water separation and catalytic degradation. Water Research. 281. 123617–123617. 12 indexed citations

Fan, Xinfei, et al.. (2025). Regulating active hydrogen supply and intermediate binding for pH-universal H2O2 electrosynthesis at ampere-level current density. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10784–10784. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Xinfei, Xiaoyu Liu, Xuefeng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Synergic solar interfacial evaporation with heterogenous electro-Fenton: A near zero-discharge approach for water purification. Chemical Engineering Journal. 514. 163275–163275.

Xin, Yanbin, et al.. (2024). Plasma-assisted synthesis of Janus multifunctional solar evaporator for ultra-long-duration freshwater and thermoelectric co-generation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154621–154621. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Yinan, et al.. (2024). A self-assembled FeNPs/metal polyphenol structured superhydrophilic PVDF membrane with capability to activate PMS for efficient oil-water separation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(2). 112230–112230. 11 indexed citations

Pan, Zonglin, Feng Xu, Xinyuan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Efficient removal of ammonia from aqueous solution using coal-based carbon membrane via electrochemical oxidation in the present of chloride ion. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114335–114335. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yaqi, et al.. (2024). Efficient electro-Fenton degradation of organic pollutants via the synergistic effect of 1O2 and •OH generated on single Fe N4 sites. The Science of The Total Environment. 932. 173042–173042. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Yuanlu, et al.. (2024). Facile electrophoretically deposited of iron/carbon nanotube-based electro-Fenton cathode for high-performance organics degradation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(1). 115127–115127. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Qinyue, et al.. (2024). Efficient and selective electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia via interfacial engineering of B-doped Cu nanoneedles. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124597–124597. 18 indexed citations

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Feng, Guoqing, et al.. (2023). Prospects of modeling and simulations in membrane-electrodes coupled with electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for organic wastewater treatment. Separation and Purification Technology. 323. 124372–124372. 12 indexed citations

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Ma, Huanran, Xiao Zhang, Guoqing Feng, et al.. (2023). Confining manganese-based peroxymonosulfate activation in carbon nanotube membrane for phenol degradation: Combined effect of oxygen vacancy defects and nanoconfinement. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144323–144323. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Huanran, Shuang Xu, Xiao Zhang, et al.. (2023). N-doped coal-based carbon membrane coupling peroxymonosulfate activation for bisphenol A degradation: The role of micro-carbon structure and nitrogen species. Journal of Cleaner Production. 423. 138713–138713. 20 indexed citations

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Fan, Xinfei, Yanling Peng, Bowen Lv, et al.. (2023). A siphon-based spatial evaporation device for efficient salt-free interfacial steam generation. Desalination. 552. 116442–116442. 35 indexed citations

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Yang, Jia, et al.. (2023). Bifunctional Solar Evaporator with Co/N-Doped Graphene Oxide for Synergistic Steam Generation and Organic Pollutant Degradation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(38). 45441–45454. 17 indexed citations

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Fan, Xinfei, et al.. (2022). Silver nanoparticles‐polydopamine‐wax gourd: An antimicrobial solar evaporator with enhanced steam generation. International Journal of Energy Research. 46(7). 8949–8961. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Pengcheng Wang, Xinfei Fan, et al.. (2021). Insights into the impact of polydopamine modification on permeability and anti-fouling performance of forward osmosis membrane. Chemosphere. 291(Pt 1). 132744–132744. 19 indexed citations

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Fan, Xinfei, Yanming Liu, Xiaochen Wang, Xie Quan, & Shuo Chen. (2019). Improvement of Antifouling and Antimicrobial Abilities on Silver–Carbon Nanotube Based Membranes under Electrochemical Assistance. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(9). 5292–5300. 56 indexed citations

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Fan, Xinfei, Yanming Liu, Xie Quan, & Shuo Chen. (2018). Highly Permeable Thin-Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane Based on Carbon Nanotube Hollow Fiber Scaffold with Electrically Enhanced Fouling Resistance. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(3). 1444–1452. 59 indexed citations

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Fan, Xinfei. (2007). Nanoimprint lithography technology with automatic alignment. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 20(3). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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