Xun Cao

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
176 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Xun Cao is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xun Cao has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 65 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xun Cao's work include Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (82 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (29 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (28 papers). Xun Cao is often cited by papers focused on Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (82 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (29 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (28 papers). Xun Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Xun Cao's co-authors include Ping Jin, Hongjie Luo, Tianci Chang, Shiwei Long, Shanhu Bao, Zewei Shao, Guangyao Sun, Ning Li, Aibin Huang and Fang Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xun Cao

170 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

All-solid-state proton-based tandem structures for fast-switching electrochromic devices

2022 229 citations Zewei Shao, Aibin Huang et al. Nature Electronics profile →
Tri-band electrochromic smart window for energy savings in buildings

2024 170 citations Zewei Shao, Aibin Huang et al. profile →
Fully inkjet-printed Ag2Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation

2024 75 citations Yan Liu, Qihao Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Xun Cao

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Jun Lü China

Shan Cong China

Hang Zhou China

Jiajia Yang China

Yanan Wei China

Haining Ji China

Xiaowei Wang China

Mingzhe Zhang China

Chunmei Zhang China

Ali Mirzaei Iran

Jun Lü China

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Countries citing papers authored by Xun Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xun Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xun Cao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jiang, Lan, et al.. (2025). Adaptive infrared thermal camouflage of multi-layer PCMs devices via laser-electric co-modulation driven by neural network. PhotoniX. 6(1).

Cao, Xun, et al.. (2025). Interaction of elasticity and wettability on enhanced oil recovery in viscoelastic polymer flooding: A case study on oil droplet. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 250. 213827–213827. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Aibin, et al.. (2025). Electrochromic Building Energy‐Saving Device Coupling Photothermal Conversion and Radiative Cooling. Energy & environment materials. 9(1). 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Hua‐Jie, Laurence A. Nafié, Zhiwei Li, Xun Cao, & Bin Wu. (2024). Study of H-bonds of two pseudo-resonance aggregation state structures using variable-temperature NMR. Tetrahedron. 152. 133819–133819. 1 indexed citations

Li, Ming, et al.. (2024). Broadband-modulated Photochromic Smart Windows Based on Oxygen-containing Gadolinium Hydride Films. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 39(4). 441–441.

Cao, Cuicui, et al.. (2024). Flexible tri-state-regulated thermochromic smart window based on WxV1-xO2/paraffin/PVA composite film. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154578–154578. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Yan, Qihao Zhang, Aibin Huang, et al.. (2024). Fully inkjet-printed Ag2Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2141–2141. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Shanshan, Xiaoda Li, Sheng Fang, et al.. (2023). Magnetic Prussian blue nanoshells are controllable anchored on the surface of molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for efficient separation of radioactive cesium from water. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169365–169365. 8 indexed citations

Zhou, Ning, Guoguang Wei, Xueman Chen, et al.. (2023). Self-sufficient biocatalysts constructed using chitin-based microspheres. Chemical Engineering Journal. 459. 141660–141660. 9 indexed citations

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Lü, Zhiwei, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Band-edge Luminescence of CuI Thin Film by Cl-doping. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 38(6). 687–687. 2 indexed citations

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Shao, Zewei, Aibin Huang, Ming Chen, et al.. (2022). All-solid-state proton-based tandem structures for fast-switching electrochromic devices. Nature Electronics. 5(1). 45–52. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Geng, Xun, Tianci Chang, Yu Wang, et al.. (2022). Tuning Phase Transition and Thermochromic Properties of Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films via Cobalt Doping. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(17). 19736–19746. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Xun Cao, Tianci Chang, Shiwei Long, & Ping Jin. (2019). Selective photochromism in a self-coated WO ₃ /WO _3−x homojunction: enhanced solar modulation efficiency, high luminous transmittance and fast self-bleaching rate. Nanotechnology. 30(25). 255703–255703. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Ziquan, Qiang Li, Kaikai Du, et al.. (2019). Spatially Resolved Dynamically Reconfigurable Multilevel Control of Thermal Emission. Laser & Photonics Review. 14(1). 158 indexed citations

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Long, Shiwei, Xun Cao, Rong Huang, et al.. (2019). Self-Template Synthesis of Nanoporous VO₂-Based Films: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Enhanced Optical Performance for Solar Glazing Application. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(25). 22692–22702. 66 indexed citations

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Cao, Xun, et al.. (2019). Transmittance change with thickness for polycrystalline VO2 films deposited at room temperature. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 791. 648–654. 23 indexed citations

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Long, Shiwei, Xun Cao, Guangyao Sun, et al.. (2018). Effects of V2O3 buffer layers on sputtered VO2 smart windows: Improved thermochromic properties, tunable width of hysteresis loops and enhanced durability. Applied Surface Science. 441. 764–772. 57 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Xun Cao, Yamei Li, et al.. (2018). A plasmonic non-stoichiometric WO_3−xhomojunction with stabilizing surface plasmonic resonance for selective photochromic modulation. Chemical Communications. 54(41). 5241–5244. 31 indexed citations

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Xin, Yunchuan, Xun Cao, Shanhu Bao, et al.. (2017). Two-step fabrication of Na_xWO₃thin film via oxygen-vacancy-induced effect for energy efficient applications. CrystEngComm. 19(28). 3931–3938. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Yamei Li, Guangyao Sun, et al.. (2017). Enhanced photochromic modulation efficiency: a novel plasmonic molybdenum oxide hybrid. Nanoscale. 9(24). 8298–8304. 34 indexed citations

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