Xinping Ai

35.0k total citations · 14 hit papers
340 papers, 31.2k citations indexed

About

Xinping Ai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinping Ai has authored 340 papers receiving a total of 31.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 317 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 109 papers in Automotive Engineering and 82 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Xinping Ai's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (284 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (265 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (109 papers). Xinping Ai is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (284 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (265 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (109 papers). Xinping Ai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Bulgaria. Xinping Ai's co-authors include Hanxi Yang, Yuliang Cao, Jiangfeng Qian, Lifen Xiao, Yongjin Fang, Xianyong Wu, Zhongxue Chen, Xiaoyu Jiang, Faping Zhong and Lin Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xinping Ai

334 papers receiving 30.8k citations

Hit Papers

Manipulating Adsorption–Insertion Mechanisms ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2017 2018 2018 2013 2012 250 500 750
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. Manipulating Adsorption–Insertion Mechanisms in Nanostructured Carbon Materials for High‐Efficiency Sodium Ion Storage
    2017 862 citations Yuliang Cao, Xinping Ai et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  2. Prussian Blue Cathode Materials for Sodium‐Ion Batteries and Other Ion Batteries
    2018 754 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Chen Wu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  3. Non-flammable electrolytes with high salt-to-solvent ratios for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries
    2018 703 citations Yuliang Cao, Xinping Ai et al. profile →
  4. High Capacity and Rate Capability of Amorphous Phosphorus for Sodium Ion Batteries
    2013 650 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Yuliang Cao et al. profile →
  5. High capacity Na-storage and superior cyclability of nanocomposite Sb/C anode for Na-ion batteries
    2012 622 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Yuliang Cao et al. profile →
  6. Low‐Defect and Low‐Porosity Hard Carbon with High Coulombic Efficiency and High Capacity for Practical Sodium Ion Battery Anode
    2018 610 citations Yongjin Fang, Yuliang Cao et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  7. Sb–C nanofibers with long cycle life as an anode material for high-performance sodium-ion batteries
    2013 600 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Xinping Ai et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  8. TiO2‐Coated Multilayered SnO2 Hollow Microspheres for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells
    2009 519 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Yuliang Cao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Hierarchical Carbon Framework Wrapped Na3V2(PO4)3 as a Superior High‐Rate and Extended Lifespan Cathode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
    2015 494 citations Yongjin Fang, Xinping Ai et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Highly Crystallized Na2CoFe(CN)6 with Suppressed Lattice Defects as Superior Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries
    2016 417 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Yuliang Cao et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →
  11. An Overall Understanding of Sodium Storage Behaviors in Hard Carbons by an “Adsorption‐Intercalation/Filling” Hybrid Mechanism
    2022 407 citations Xiaoyang Chen, Yongjin Fang et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  12. Synergistic Na-Storage Reactions in Sn4P3 as a High-Capacity, Cycle-stable Anode of Na-Ion Batteries
    2014 389 citations Jiangfeng Qian, Yuliang Cao et al. profile →
  13. Understanding of the sodium storage mechanism in hard carbon anodes
    2022 325 citations Xiaoyang Chen, Yongjin Fang et al. Carbon Energy profile →
  14. Filling carbon: a microstructure-engineered hard carbon for efficient alkali metal ion storage
    2023 224 citations Xiaoyang Chen, Kean Chen et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xinping Ai China 99 28.7k 9.0k 8.3k 5.2k 3.3k 340 31.2k
Xuejie Huang China 90 29.6k 1.0× 8.3k 0.9× 9.9k 1.2× 5.0k 1.0× 3.6k 1.1× 335 31.3k
Hongshuai Hou China 93 25.0k 0.9× 11.8k 1.3× 4.5k 0.5× 6.7k 1.3× 3.3k 1.0× 452 29.0k
Sen Xin China 88 26.1k 0.9× 6.7k 0.7× 8.4k 1.0× 6.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.5× 235 28.4k
Xiulin Fan China 98 35.3k 1.2× 7.2k 0.8× 12.7k 1.5× 6.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.5× 343 38.7k
Xiulei Ji United States 93 37.0k 1.3× 13.9k 1.5× 8.6k 1.0× 7.7k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 205 40.5k
Ping He China 86 21.7k 0.8× 4.5k 0.5× 6.4k 0.8× 3.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 333 23.3k
Guoqiang Zou China 80 16.8k 0.6× 7.3k 0.8× 3.5k 0.4× 4.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 357 19.7k
Yanqing Lai China 74 16.9k 0.6× 4.1k 0.5× 4.8k 0.6× 5.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.6× 474 19.1k
Bingan Lu China 107 31.9k 1.1× 12.6k 1.4× 6.0k 0.7× 6.3k 1.2× 1.5k 0.4× 373 35.0k
Kai Zhang China 80 21.5k 0.8× 9.6k 1.1× 4.2k 0.5× 7.1k 1.4× 2.1k 0.6× 424 27.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinping Ai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Dong‐Bo, Hongchang Qian, Rong Chen, et al.. (2025). Li-SOCl2 batteries: Current status, practical challenges, and future perspectives. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 113. 365–401.
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Miao, Sicheng, Ya You, Zhiyong Wang, et al.. (2025). Non-flammable electrolytes for high-safety sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(20). 9289–9316. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiaxuan, et al.. (2025). In Situ Engineering of a Multifunctional Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase for Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 10(7). 3544–3553. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Kean, et al.. (2025). Temperature-switchable electrolyte with desirable phase transition behavior for thermal protection of lithium-ion batteries. Materials Science and Engineering R Reports. 163. 100947–100947. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Chen, Lang Ye, Chenyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Direct Regeneration of Spent LiCoO2 Black Mass Based on Fluorenone‐Mediated Lithium Supplementation and Energy‐Saving Structural Restoration. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(26). 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Mei, Kean Chen, Hui Li, et al.. (2023). Molecular Adsorption‐Induced Interfacial Solvation Regulation to Stabilize Graphite Anode in Ethylene Carbonate‐Free Electrolytes. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(47). 24 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, Hanxi Yang, & Xinping Ai. (2023). Routes to Electrochemically Stable Sulfur Cathodes for Practical Li–S Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(31). e2305038–e2305038. 46 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaoyang, Kean Chen, Hui Li, et al.. (2023). Filling carbon: a microstructure-engineered hard carbon for efficient alkali metal ion storage. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(9). 4041–4053. 224 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Long, Xiaohui Shen, Hui Chen, et al.. (2022). High-stable nonflammable electrolyte regulated by coordination-number rule for all-climate and safer lithium-ion batteries. Energy storage materials. 55. 836–846. 59 indexed citations
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Wang, Feng, Junxiao Wang, Gaofeng Li, et al.. (2022). A high-energy dual-ion battery based on chloride-inserted polyviologen cathode and LiCl/DMSO electrolyte. Energy storage materials. 50. 658–667. 23 indexed citations
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Zhao, Along, Changyu Liu, Fangjie Ji, et al.. (2022). Revealing the Phase Evolution in Na4FexP4O12+x (2 ≤ x ≤ 4) Cathode Materials. ACS Energy Letters. 8(1). 753–761. 90 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kun, Zewen Jiang, Fanghua Ning, et al.. (2021). Metal‐Ligand π Interactions in Lithium‐Rich Li2RhO3 Cathode Material Activate Bimodal Anionic Redox. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(30). 29 indexed citations
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Zhao, Along, Faping Zhong, Xiangming Feng, et al.. (2020). Efficient and Facile Electrochemical Process for the Production of High-Quality Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Electrolyte. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(29). 32771–32777. 6 indexed citations
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Pu, Xiangjun, Hui‐Ming Wang, Dong Zhao, et al.. (2019). Recent Progress in Rechargeable Sodium‐Ion Batteries: toward High‐Power Applications. Small. 15(32). e1805427–e1805427. 320 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunxiao, Yanxia Wang, Yunxia Wang, et al.. (2019). In Situ Formation of Co9S8 Nanoclusters in Sulfur-Doped Carbon Foam as a Sustainable and High-Rate Sodium-Ion Anode. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(21). 19218–19226. 54 indexed citations
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Zhao, Along, Faping Zhong, Xiangming Feng, et al.. (2019). A Membrane-Free and Energy-Efficient Three-Step Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis with Higher-Purity NaOH Production. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(48). 45126–45132. 21 indexed citations

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