Xu Hu

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 946 citations indexed

About

Xu Hu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Hu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 946 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Xu Hu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (7 papers). Xu Hu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (7 papers). Xu Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Xu Hu's co-authors include Zhen Zhou, Xu Zhang, Sai Yao, Letian Chen, Yun Tian, Zhengyu Lu, Huijuan Cui, Yibo Guo, Yuanyuan Xue and An Chen 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

Xu Hu

19 papers receiving 924 citations

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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.

What is the Real Origin of the Activity of Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts in the O₂ Reduction Reaction? Critical Roles of Coordinating Pyrrolic N and Axially Adsorbing Species

2022 236 citations Xu Hu, Letian Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Tailoring the Surface Curvature of the Supporting Carbon to Tune the d‐Band Center of Fe−N−C Single‐Atom Catalysts for Zinc‐Urea‐Air Batteries

2025 29 citations Qichen Wang, Lulu Lyu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Toward Practical Photo‐Assisted Li‐O ₂ Batteries: a Four‐Electron Pathway Enabled by Ru‐Doped β‐MnO ₂ 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), Xu Hu, (unknown), Yuxuan Wang, Yaying Dou, Meng Guo, Qinming Zhang, (unknown), Zhaojun Xie, Zhen Zhou	3
2	Beyond Electrocatalysis: Solvent-Dependent CO₂ Reduction Reaction Mechanisms in Aprotic Li-CO₂ Batteries Revealed by In Situ Spectroscopies 2025 ·ACS Energy Letters ·(unknown), Xu Hu, Zhiwei Zhao, Zhen Zhou, Erkang Wang, Zhangquan Peng	0
3	Tailoring the Surface Curvature of the Supporting Carbon to Tune the d‐Band Center of Fe−N−C Single‐Atom Catalysts for Zinc‐Urea‐Air Batteries 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Qichen Wang, Lulu Lyu, Xu Hu, Wenqi Fan, Chunyan Shang, (unknown), Zhipeng Li, Zhen Zhou, Yong‐Mook Kang	1
4	Automating structure–activity analysis for electrochemical nitrogen reduction catalyst design through multi-agent collaborations 2025 ·National Science Review ·Xu Hu, (unknown), Letian Chen, Huijuan Wang, Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou	1
5	Tailoring the Surface Curvature of the Supporting Carbon to Tune the d‐Band Center of Fe−N−C Single‐Atom Catalysts for Zinc‐Urea‐Air Batteries breakdown → 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Qichen Wang, Lulu Lyu, Xu Hu, Wenqi Fan, Chunyan Shang, (unknown), Zhipeng Li, Zhen Zhou, Yong‐Mook Kang	29
6	Prediction of Ground State Configurations and Electrochemical Properties of Li₃InCl₆ Doped with F, Br, and Ga 2024 ·Chinese Physics Letters ·Zhengyu Lu, Letian Chen, Xu Hu, (unknown), Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou	4
7	Design of graphitic multichannel monolith electrode with in-situ transformed Ni-N-C sites for continuous electrolysis of CO2 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Xu Hu, Hong‐Liang Xu, (unknown), Wen‐Cui Li, Guang‐Ping Hao, An‐Hui Lu	2
8	Two Better Than One: Enhanced Photo‐Assisted Li‐O₂ Batteries with Bimetallic Fe‐UiO‐66 Metal‐Organic Framework Photocathodes 2024 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yuting Yang, Xu Hu, (unknown), (unknown), Qinming Zhang, Weiwei Liu, Zhaojun Xie, Zhen Zhou	27
9	An amide-based gel polymer electrolyte for Li–O₂ batteries: advancing towards practical Li–air batteries 2024 ·Chemical Communications ·Qinming Zhang, Xu Hu, Zhaojun Xie, Zhen Zhou	2
10	Confirming High-Valent Iron as Highly Active Species of Water Oxidation on the Fe, V-Coupled Bimetallic Electrocatalyst: In Situ Analysis of X-ray Absorption and Mössbauer Spectroscopy 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Rashid Mehmood, Wenjun Fan, Xu Hu, Jiangnan Li, (unknown), (unknown), Zhen Zhou, Junhu Wang, Min Liu, Fuxiang Zhang	68
11	Layer-by-layer enriching active Ni-N3C sites in nickel-nitrogen-carbon electrocatalysts for enhanced CO2-to-CO reduction 2023 ·Chinese Chemical Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Xu Hu, Junjie Guo, Guang‐Ping Hao, An‐Hui Lu	7
12	Surface Polarity Induced Simultaneous Enhancement of Nanopore Accessibility and Metal Utilization in Metal and Nitrogen Co-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts for CO₂ Reduction 2023 ·ACS Applied Nano Materials ·Xu Hu, (unknown), (unknown), Wen‐Cui Li, Martin Oschatz, Guang‐Ping Hao, An‐Hui Lu	4
13	Light‐Assisted Li–O₂ Batteries with Lowered Bias Voltages by Redox Mediators 2022 ·Small ·Weiwei Liu, Yuting Yang, Xu Hu, Qinming Zhang, Chengyi Wang, Jinping Wei, Zhaojun Xie, Zhen Zhou	25
14	What is the Real Origin of the Activity of Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts in the O₂ Reduction Reaction? Critical Roles of Coordinating Pyrrolic N and Axially Adsorbing Species breakdown → 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xu Hu, (unknown), Letian Chen, Yun Tian, Sai Yao, Zhengyu Lu, Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou	236
15	A Universal Machine Learning Framework for Electrocatalyst Innovation: A Case Study of Discovering Alloys for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction 2022 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Letian Chen, Yun Tian, Xu Hu, Sai Yao, Zhengyu Lu, (unknown), Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou	88
16	Machine Learning: A New Paradigm in Computational Electrocatalysis 2022 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Xu Zhang, Yun Tian, Letian Chen, Xu Hu, Zhen Zhou	88
17	Targeted design of advanced electrocatalysts by machine learning 2021 ·CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) ·Letian Chen, Xu Zhang, An Chen, Sai Yao, Xu Hu, Zhen Zhou	93
18	Decorating CoSe2 on N-doped carbon nanotubes as catalysts and efficient polysulfides traps for Li-S batteries 2021 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Han Su, (unknown), Mingzhi Yang, Feipeng Cai, Weiliang Liu, Mei Li, Xu Hu, Manman Ren, Xu Zhang, Zhen Zhou	63
19	Nickel single-atom catalysts intrinsically promoted by fast pyrolysis for selective electroreduction of CO2 into CO 2021 ·Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Yibo Guo, Sai Yao, Yuanyuan Xue, Xu Hu, Huijuan Cui, Zhen Zhou	132
20	Understanding the role of axial O in CO₂ electroreduction on NiN₄ single-atom catalysts via simulations in realistic electrochemical environment 2021 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Xu Hu, Sai Yao, Letian Chen, Xu Zhang, Menggai Jiao, Zhengyu Lu, Zhen Zhou	73

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