Yifan Xu

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yifan Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Xu has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yifan Xu's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (35 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (31 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (14 papers). Yifan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (35 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (31 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (14 papers). Yifan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Yifan Xu's co-authors include Xiaosi Zhou, Zhuangzhuang Zhang, Yichen Du, Jianchun Bao, Jiaying Liao, Dongmei Sun, Yanan He, Jianlu Sun, Jingyi Xu and Jianzhi Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Xu

57 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Recent advances in rational design for high-performance potassium-ion batteries

2024 216 citations Yifan Xu, Yichen Du et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Metal Sulfide-Based Potassium-Ion Battery Anodes: Storage Mechanisms and Synthesis Strategies

2022 210 citations Yichen Du, Zhuangzhuang Zhang et al. profile →
Recent Advances in Covalent Organic Framework Electrode Materials for Alkali Metal-Ion Batteries

2023 170 citations Jianlu Sun, Yifan Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yifan Xu China	26	2.1k	791	547	358	213	60	2.4k
Xiuping Yin China	16	1.5k 0.7×	616 0.8×	283 0.5×	239 0.7×	208 1.0×	30	1.7k
Ruiyu Jiang China	17	1.1k 0.5×	519 0.7×	455 0.8×	299 0.8×	211 1.0×	51	1.6k
Huilan Sun China	23	1.3k 0.6×	651 0.8×	298 0.5×	298 0.8×	266 1.2×	105	1.6k
Giuseppina Meligrana Italy	26	1.3k 0.6×	435 0.5×	572 1.0×	505 1.4×	208 1.0×	47	2.0k
Xuan Wu China	20	1.6k 0.8×	887 1.1×	309 0.6×	338 0.9×	199 0.9×	36	1.9k
Juan Yang China	26	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	563 1.0×	416 1.2×	251 1.2×	81	2.7k
Changwei Shi China	17	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	538 1.0×	195 0.5×	121 0.6×	31	2.4k
Duo Chen China	24	2.4k 1.1×	814 1.0×	499 0.9×	402 1.1×	76 0.4×	61	2.8k
Xudong Zhang China	24	1.4k 0.6×	651 0.8×	332 0.6×	331 0.9×	191 0.9×	70	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Xu

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Chen, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Poly(ethylene-co-methacrylic acid) ionomer dynamic phase composition and polymer chain mobility characterization by time domain NMR. International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization. 30(7). 867–876.

Xu, Jianzhi, Yifan Xu, Zeyu Yuan, et al.. (2025). Suppressing fluorine loss of KVPO4F by surface chromium substitution for high-efficiency potassium-ion batteries. Energy storage materials. 75. 104017–104017. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Fei, et al.. (2025). Insights into the Storage of Adsorption–Hydration Natural Gas in Preadsorbed Water Nanoporous Materials. Langmuir. 41(8). 5581–5590. 3 indexed citations

Lv, Jie, Jiayang Cai, Kang Yuan, et al.. (2025). Immunogenic cell death inducers:Current advances and future perspectives. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 542. 216846–216846. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Limin, Chen Deng, Yifan Xu, et al.. (2025). Advancing CO ₂ Upgrading to Multicarbon Products: Synergies Between Photo/Electrochemical and Biological Conversion. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(9). 1 indexed citations

Wu, Xinyu, Yifan Xu, Yifan Xu, et al.. (2025). Upcycling of spent battery acid-leaching residue and waste plastic into magnetic-recyclable industrial flue gas DeHg sorbent. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160735–160735. 3 indexed citations

Song, Lili, Ren‐Ke Li, Wenjing Liao, et al.. (2024). A flexible and potassiphilic porous interconnected mediator for dendrite-free and stable potassium metal anodes. Energy storage materials. 71. 103643–103643. 14 indexed citations

Xu, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Preparation and performance influencing factors of sludge-based non-sintering ceramsite foam concrete block. Construction and Building Materials. 426. 136240–136240. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Jie, Zeyu Yuan, Jiaying Liao, et al.. (2024). Cesium-doped manganese-based Prussian blue analogue as a high-efficiency cathode material for potassium-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 99. 120–127. 24 indexed citations

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Liao, Jiaying, Zeyu Yuan, Qiao Hu, et al.. (2024). Heat‐Resistant Carbon‐Coated Potassium Magnesium Hexacyanoferrate Nanoplates for High‐Performance Potassium‐Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 136(35). 5 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jingyun, et al.. (2024). High-entropy nitrides from dual entropic and enthalpic forces for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction. Energy Materials. 5(2). 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Autophagy regulates age‐related delayed jawbone regeneration and decreased osteoblast osteogenesis by degrading FABP3. The FASEB Journal. 38(14). e23824–e23824. 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Xinyu, Yifan Xu, Yifan Xu, et al.. (2024). Hydrophobic hyper-cross-linked polymer shells encapsulating dispersed nanoscale CuS boosting mercury immobilization. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 156656–156656. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Yifan, Xinyu Wu, Yuandong Niu, et al.. (2024). In-situ construction of different Lewis acids in hyper-cross-linked polymer as water-resistant adsorbent for efficient Hg0 removal. Chemical Engineering Journal. 488. 150572–150572. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Yifan, Yichen Du, Han Chen, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in rational design for high-performance potassium-ion batteries. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(13). 7202–7298. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Uniform implantation of ultrafine Cu2S nanoparticles into carbon nanowires for efficient potassium-ion battery anodes. Science China Materials. 66(7). 2613–2620. 11 indexed citations

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Xu, Yifan, Limin Liu, Yueqing Xu, et al.. (2023). Ultralow loaded waste polystyrene derived hyper-cross-linked polymer for incineration flue gas demercuration: Synergistic effect of transition metal and halogen species. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144732–144732. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoshuo, Rui Wang, Xinze Geng, et al.. (2023). Intrinsic reaction selectivity between gaseous HCl and SO2 over ethanol-hydrated CaO adsorbent in coal-fired flue gas dechlorination. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145019–145019. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhuangzhuang, Qiao Hu, Jiaying Liao, et al.. (2023). Uniform P2-K_0.6CoO₂ Microcubes as a High-Energy Cathode Material for Potassium-Ion Batteries. Nano Letters. 23(2). 694–700. 63 indexed citations

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Li, Jianbo, et al.. (2022). Core–Shell-Structured Carbon Nanotube@VS₄ Nanonecklaces as a High-Performance Cathode Material for Magnesium-Ion Batteries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(25). 5726–5733. 34 indexed citations

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