Xuan Yang

12.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
243 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Xuan Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuan Yang has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 71 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 68 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xuan Yang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (44 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (31 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (21 papers). Xuan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (44 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (31 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (21 papers). Xuan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xuan Yang's co-authors include Younan Xia, Erkang Wang, Madeline Vara, Bo Pang, Bingjun Xu, Miaoxin Yang, Yushan Yan, Jared Nash, Jing Li and Jacob Anibal and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xuan Yang

230 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Gold Nanomaterials at Work in Biomedicine

2015 1.0k citations Xuan Yang et al. profile →
Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Vanadium Nitride Nanoparticles

2018 479 citations Xuan Yang, Jared Nash et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xuan Yang China	52	4.0k	3.5k	2.5k	2.2k	1.9k	243	9.4k
Jun Yang China	61	6.2k 1.6×	5.4k 1.6×	4.3k 1.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	387	13.1k
Ye Chen China	52	4.5k 1.1×	4.6k 1.3×	4.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	229	11.0k
Feng Yu China	57	4.6k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	5.6k 2.3×	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	454	11.2k
Pengxiang Zhao China	33	4.0k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	96	8.3k
Chong Liu United States	46	6.3k 1.6×	6.7k 1.9×	3.9k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	153	12.5k
Tao Wang China	56	5.4k 1.4×	2.6k 0.7×	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	451	12.2k
Zheng Chen China	45	6.0k 1.5×	6.5k 1.9×	4.4k 1.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	228	12.1k
Yong Peng China	58	5.2k 1.3×	3.0k 0.9×	4.0k 1.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	434	13.3k
Yanfei Shen China	51	4.6k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	918 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	193	8.3k
Wei Xie China	49	4.2k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.8×	3.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	247	10.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuan Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zheng, Xiaoqi, Xuan Yang, Hao Xie, et al.. (2025). A molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor based on rGO@rGNR modification for zearalenone determination. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 141. 107361–107361. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, et al.. (2025). A one-step hydrothermal method for novel Cu–Co bimetallic sulfides to improve the power performance of microbial fuel cells. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(16). 6800–6809. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Chu Zhang, Shunda Qiao, et al.. (2025). Non-resonant quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy. Chinese Optics Letters. 23(9). 93002–93002. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Xueqin Wang, Xuewen Yu, et al.. (2024). NiCo2S4 nanosphere anchored on N, S co-doped activated carbon for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 119813–119813. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, et al.. (2024). Synthesis, properties and emerging applications of multi-boron coordinated chromophores. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 513. 215892–215892. 12 indexed citations

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Tian, Tong, Xuan Yang, & Ji Li. (2024). To boost waste heat harvesting and power generation through a portable heat pipe battery during high efficient electronics cooling. Applied Energy. 377. 124397–124397. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Xueqin Wang, Xuewen Yu, et al.. (2024). In-situ N, P co-doped porous carbon derived from biomass waste for supercapacitors. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 972. 118646–118646. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Cong, Cheng Li, Jinrong Lu, et al.. (2024). Application of a Cu substituted ZnAl hydroxide composite carbon nanotube efficient oxygen reduction catalyst in microbial fuel cell. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 173. 113825–113825. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Yuhui, Gaini Zhang, Xiaoxue Wang, et al.. (2024). Protons intercalation induced hydrogen bond network in δ-MnO2 cathode for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 675. 1–13. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Huafang & Xuan Yang. (2024). Effect of Surface Morphologies on the In Vitro and In Vivo Properties of Biomedical Metallic Materials. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 10(10). 6017–6028. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Shenqing Xiao, Pengfei Liu, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on the high-speed frictional behavior between the tire and asphalt pavement. Construction and Building Materials. 371. 130782–130782. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Xueqin Wang, Beili Lu, et al.. (2023). Biomass-derived N, S co-doped activated carbon-polyaniline nanorod composite electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158191–158191. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Qi Meng, Yingjie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Samarium oxide coating with enhanced lithium storage of regenerated LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2. Surfaces and Interfaces. 42. 103405–103405. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiao, Fuhua Li, Zhiming Wei, et al.. (2023). Boosting the Proton‐coupled Electron Transfer via Fe−P Atomic Pair for Enhanced Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction. Angewandte Chemie. 135(44). 10 indexed citations

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Mei, Guoliang, Xiaoju Yang, Xuan Yang, et al.. (2023). Tandem Electro‐Thermo‐Catalysis for the Oxidative Aminocarbonylation of Arylboronic Acids to Amides from CO₂ and Water. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(2). e202314708–e202314708. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Min, Houyu Zhu, Qing Yuan, et al.. (2022). Proximity Electronic Effect of Ni/Co Diatomic Sites for Synergistic Promotion of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(4). 193 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Jared Nash, Nicholas Oliveira, Yushan Yan, & Bingjun Xu. (2019). Understanding the pH Dependence of Underpotential Deposited Hydrogen on Platinum. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(49). 17718–17723. 108 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Jared Nash, Nicholas Oliveira, Yushan Yan, & Bingjun Xu. (2019). Understanding the pH Dependence of Underpotential Deposited Hydrogen on Platinum. Angewandte Chemie. 131(49). 17882–17887. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Xuan, Jared Nash, Jacob Anibal, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Vanadium Nitride Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(41). 13387–13391. 479 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Jingchen & Xuan Yang. (2012). The Convergence Rate and Asymptotic Distribution of the Bootstrap Quantile Variance Estimator for Importance Sampling. Advances in Applied Probability. 44(3). 815–841. 1 indexed citations

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