Xuan Ai

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Xuan Ai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuan Ai has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xuan Ai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers). Xuan Ai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers). Xuan Ai collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Xuan Ai's co-authors include Xiaoxin Zou, Hui Chen, Yipu Liu, Xiao Liang, Tewodros Asefa, Yu Chen, Xiaotian Li, Xiaoqiang Li, Yuanyuan Li and Zhoubing Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xuan Ai

68 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xuan Ai China	25	2.4k	1.5k	1.3k	581	382	71	3.3k
Lixue Xia China	28	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	405 0.7×	184 0.5×	44	3.3k
Xunhua Zhao United States	24	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	545 0.9×	198 0.5×	42	3.0k
Shaorui Sun China	31	2.1k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	327 0.6×	262 0.7×	75	3.3k
Tianwei He China	36	3.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.8×	749 1.3×	182 0.5×	109	4.3k
Aolin Lu China	16	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	322 0.6×	191 0.5×	20	2.6k
Jiashun Liang China	36	4.0k 1.7×	3.1k 2.0×	1.5k 1.2×	680 1.2×	268 0.7×	66	4.8k
Kai Song China	28	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	404 0.7×	224 0.6×	79	2.8k
Tristan Asset France	30	2.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	362 0.6×	143 0.4×	81	3.3k
Erhong Song China	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	421 0.7×	136 0.4×	74	2.9k
Quan Zhang China	27	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	293 0.5×	211 0.6×	81	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuan Ai

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Sun, Bin, Mingyao Wang, Xuan Ai, et al.. (2025). Crystal facet effect of PtRh alloy nanodendrites for boosting complete electrooxidation of ethylene glycol. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 111. 412–419. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Bin, et al.. (2025). Controlling rhodium-based nanomaterials for high-efficiency energy-related electrocatalysis. 7(2). 100148–100148. 16 indexed citations

Sun, Bin, Qing‐Ling Hong, Xuan Ai, et al.. (2025). Rhodium Metallene With Wrinkle‐Induced Lattice Strain for Acetonitrile Electroreduction Related Energy Conversion. Carbon Energy. 7(6). 8 indexed citations

Hong, Qing‐Ling, Xue Xiao, Xuan Ai, et al.. (2025). Organic interface enhanced electrocatalysis. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(21). 9849–9875. 3 indexed citations

Zhong, Wei, Qing‐Ling Hong, Bao Yu Xia, et al.. (2025). Dual strain regulated RhNiAu trimetallene for efficient plasmonic-promoted acidic nitrate electroreduction. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(10). 4971–4981. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Bin, Siqi Li, Feng Shi, et al.. (2025). The silver-platinum interaction empowering stable 12-electron ethanol oxidation. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 110. 61–68. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaohui, et al.. (2025). Defect‐Rich AuCu/CuS Nanowires Heterojunction for Light‐Enhanced Sulfur Ion Electrooxidation Coupled Nitrite Electroreduction. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(34). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Chong, Qing‐Ling Hong, Tong Liu, et al.. (2024). Modulating intramolecular charge transfer via π-d conjugative effect in coordination polymers toward photo-thermo-electric conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124604–124604. 5 indexed citations

Han, Changzhi, Jiaxin Ma, Xuan Ai, et al.. (2024). Rational design of triazine-based conjugated polymers with enhanced charge separation ability for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 659. 984–992. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianjiao, Libo Sun, Xuan Ai, et al.. (2024). Boosting Formate Electrooxidation by Heterostructured PtPd Alloy and Oxides Nanowires. Advanced Materials. 36(27). e2403664–e2403664. 27 indexed citations

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Hong, Qing‐Ling, Wei Zhong, Bin Sun, et al.. (2024). Bifunctional PtCu Nanooctahedrons for the Electrochemical Conversion of Nitrite and Sulfion Into Value‐Added Products. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 8(12). 4 indexed citations

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Zhong, Wei, Qing‐Ling Hong, Xuan Ai, et al.. (2024). RhNi Bimetallenes with Lattice‐Compressed Rh Skin towards Ultrastable Acidic Nitrate Electroreduction. Advanced Materials. 36(23). e2314351–e2314351. 80 indexed citations

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Luo, Lian‐Wei, Chong Zhang, Wenyan Ma, et al.. (2024). Regulating the Double‐Way Traffic of Cations and Anions in Ambipolar Polymer Cathodes for High‐Performing Aluminum Dual‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(39). e2406106–e2406106. 18 indexed citations

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Miao, Bo‐Qiang, Xuan Ai, Guangtao Zhao, et al.. (2024). Tensile Strain and Interatomic Orbital Hybridization Effects Boost the Electrocatalytic Performance of Intermetallic Pd₃Pb Nanowires for Ethanol Electrooxidation^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(21). 2633–2640. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingcheng, Xuan Ai, Xiao Liang, Hui Chen, & Xiaoxin Zou. (2023). Key Role of Local Chemistry in Lattice Nitrogen‐Participated N₂‐to‐NH₃ Electrocatalytic Cycle over Nitrides. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(42). 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui, Qiannan Wu, Yanfei Wang, et al.. (2022). d–sp orbital hybridization: a strategy for activity improvement of transition metal catalysts. Chemical Communications. 58(56). 7730–7740. 95 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenyu, Hui Chen, Xiao Liang, et al.. (2021). Crystal phase-selective synthesis of intermetallic palladium borides and their phase-regulated (electro)catalytic properties. Catalysis Science & Technology. 12(4). 1038–1042. 8 indexed citations

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Ai, Xuan, Xu Zou, Hui Chen, et al.. (2020). Transition‐Metal–Boron Intermetallics with Strong Interatomic d–sp Orbital Hybridization for High‐Performance Electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 132(10). 3989–3993. 54 indexed citations

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Ai, Xuan, et al.. (2020). Transition‐Metal–Boron Intermetallics with Strong Interatomic d–sp Orbital Hybridization for High‐Performance Electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(10). 3961–3965. 194 indexed citations

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Li, Qiuju, et al.. (2018). Revealing Activity Trends of Metal Diborides Toward pH‐Universal Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts with Pt‐Like Activity. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(5). 153 indexed citations

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