Xu Lu

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
237 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Xu Lu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Lu has authored 237 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Materials Chemistry, 118 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 22 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xu Lu's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (171 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (104 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (52 papers). Xu Lu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (171 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (104 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (52 papers). Xu Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Xu Lu's co-authors include Donald T. Morelli, Guoyu Wang, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Ctirad Uher, Kunling Peng, Yi Xia, Guang Han, Vidvuds Ozoliņš and Yanci Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xu Lu

219 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

High Performance Thermoelectricity in Earth‐Abundant Compounds Based on Natural Mineral Tetrahedrites

2012 457 citations Xu Lu, Xiaoyuan Zhou et al. profile →
Broad temperature plateau for high ZTs in heavily doped p-type SnSe single crystals

2015 408 citations Kunling Peng, Xu Lu et al. profile →
Routes for high-performance thermoelectric materials

2018 319 citations Xiaoyuan Zhou, Yanci Yan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Lu China	40	5.4k	3.3k	850	743	372	237	6.2k
Il‐Ho Kim South Korea	28	2.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	527 0.6×	339 0.5×	417 1.1×	346	4.0k
Lina Cheng China	29	2.9k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	266 0.3×	222 0.3×	792 2.1×	98	4.4k
Jiao Wang China	34	1.8k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	362 0.4×	96 0.1×	231 0.6×	227	3.9k
B. R. Mehta India	40	4.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	577 0.7×	96 0.1×	322 0.9×	209	6.3k
Toshiki Tsubota Japan	36	3.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	789 0.9×	176 0.2×	150 0.4×	160	5.5k
A. Outzourhit Morocco	29	1.8k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	305 0.4×	192 0.3×	192 0.5×	230	3.5k
Karima Horchani‐Naifer Tunisia	31	2.0k 0.4×	858 0.3×	581 0.7×	65 0.1×	225 0.6×	147	2.9k
Jianhui Li China	37	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	585 0.7×	264 0.4×	43 0.1×	147	4.5k
Subhash C. Singh United States	35	2.3k 0.4×	930 0.3×	634 0.7×	238 0.3×	246 0.7×	139	4.9k
Wenzhi Yu China	30	1.8k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	358 0.4×	306 0.4×	366 1.0×	75	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Lu

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

All Works

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Chen, Yao, Zizhen Zhou, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Lattice Overdamping Induced Anisotropy Decoupling of Phonon and Carrier Transports in Quasi‐1D KCu ₇ S ₄ Textured Materials. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(41). 5 indexed citations

Peng, Kunling, Sikang Zheng, Meng Tian, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of Cd₃P₂ by Alloying with Dirac Material Cd₃As₂. Advanced Electronic Materials. 11(12). 1 indexed citations

Wei, Yiqing, Zizhen Zhou, Huan Wang, et al.. (2024). Colloidal synthetic environmental design towards high-density twin boundaries and boosted thermoelectric performance in Cu5FeS4 icosahedrons. Nano Energy. 131. 110181–110181. 5 indexed citations

Lu, Xu, Yong Ding, & Chenqiu Du. (2024). Thermal performance assessment of exterior building walls under intermittent air-conditioning operation in China's hot summer and cold winter zone. Journal of Building Engineering. 95. 110204–110204. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Jian, Zizhen Zhou, Xiaofang Liu, et al.. (2024). Rational composition engineering toward high thermoelectric performance in p-type EuMg2Sb2-based materials. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156111–156111. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaofang, Yao Chen, Hengyang Wang, et al.. (2024). Simultaneously Enhanced Thermoelectric and Mechanical Performance in SnSe-Based Nanocomposites Produced via Sintering SnSe and KCu₇S₄ Nanomaterials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(2). 2240–2250. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yongjin, Hong Wu, Guang Han, et al.. (2024). Synergistic effects lead to high thermoelectric performance of iodine doped pseudo-binary layered GeSb2Te4. Journal of Materiomics. 11(4). 100973–100973. 4 indexed citations

Bai, Xue, Juan Shi, Min Hu, et al.. (2023). Efficient persulfate activation by photo-excited organic dyes: Mechanism and application for actual dyeing wastewater self-purification. Journal of Cleaner Production. 421. 138375–138375. 19 indexed citations

Lu, Xu & Aiping Zhu. (2023). Preparation and electrochemical performance of CNT/Fe3O4@C for lithium-ion battery. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 27(8). 2199–2206. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Hengyang, Guang Han, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2023). AgSbSe2 inclusions enabling high thermoelectric and mechanical performance in n-type Ag2Se-based composites. Acta Materialia. 248. 118753–118753. 30 indexed citations

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Zhang, De, Hong Wu, Zizhen Zhou, et al.. (2023). Enhanced thermoelectric performance of InSb through deep level impurity donor state induced by La doping. Materials Today Physics. 32. 101020–101020. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ting, Xiyang Wang, Yimin A. Wu, et al.. (2023). Manipulating lattice distortion to promote average thermoelectric power factor in metavalently bonded AgBiSe2. Acta Materialia. 259. 119260–119260. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zizhen, et al.. (2023). Anomalous lattice thermal conductivity driven by all-scale electron-phonon scattering in bulk semiconductors. Physical review. B.. 107(19). 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zizhen, Kunling Peng, Yiqing Wei, et al.. (2022). Anomalous Thermoelectric Performance in Asymmetric Dirac Semimetal BaAgBi. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(10). 2291–2298. 24 indexed citations

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Lu, Xu, et al.. (2022). [Effectivity of Multiphase Fenton-like System of Iron Reduction Induced by Bisphenol A Authigenic Photoelectron].. PubMed. 43(6). 3195–3203. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bin, Ting Zhao, Sikang Zheng, et al.. (2022). Achieving glass-like lattice thermal conductivity in PbTe by AgBiTe2 alloying. Applied Physics Letters. 121(24). 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Dingfeng, Xuejun Quan, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Lattice Thermal Transport in the Homogeneous Cage‐Like Compounds Cu₃VSe₄ and Cu₃NbSe₄: Interplay between Phonon‐Phase Space, Anharmonicity, and Atomic Mass. ChemPhysChem. 22(24). 2579–2584. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Nanhai, Huan Wang, Guiwen Wang, et al.. (2021). Multiple Effects Promoting the Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe by Alloying with CuSbTe₂ and CuBiTe₂. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(44). 52775–52782. 13 indexed citations

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Guo, Lijie, Bin Zhang, Hong Wu, et al.. (2020). Manipulating the phase transformation temperature to achieve cubic Cu₅FeS_4−xSe_x and enhanced thermoelectric performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(48). 17222–17228. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Heng, et al.. (2018). Realizing high thermoelectric performance in Te nanocomposite through Sb₂Te₃ incorporation. CrystEngComm. 20(47). 7729–7738. 21 indexed citations

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