Yong Xu

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Yong Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Xu has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yong Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Yong Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (25 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Yong Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Yong Xu's co-authors include Xiaoqing Huang, Qi Shao, Bolong Huang, Leigang Li, Yang Tang, Lu Wang, Chih‐Wen Pao, Shangheng Liu, Lingzheng Bu and Xinnan Mao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yong Xu

72 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

  1. Subnanometer high-entropy alloy nanowires enable remarkable hydrogen oxidation catalysis
    2021 377 citations Changhong Zhan, Yong Xu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Single-site Pt-doped RuO 2 hollow nanospheres with interstitial C for high-performance acidic overall water splitting
    2022 259 citations Juan Wang, Hao Yang et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yong Xu China 28 2.0k 1.3k 1.0k 267 243 78 2.9k
Hongfei Liu China 36 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.6× 279 1.0× 193 0.8× 128 3.8k
Yanwei Wang China 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 753 0.7× 213 0.8× 134 0.6× 118 2.5k
Tongzhou Wang China 33 2.2k 1.1× 1.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.3× 280 1.0× 204 0.8× 77 3.8k
Xiuwen Wang China 27 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 298 1.1× 268 1.1× 131 3.5k
Junying Wang China 31 971 0.5× 979 0.8× 852 0.8× 313 1.2× 215 0.9× 128 3.2k
Xiaoting Chen China 28 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 572 2.1× 366 1.5× 109 3.2k
Yangyang Feng China 40 1.5k 0.8× 2.6k 2.0× 886 0.9× 171 0.6× 203 0.8× 139 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Xu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lai, Jianjun, et al.. (2025). Blue LED-excitable ultra broadband near-infrared luminescence based on KCdF3:Cr3+/Ni2+ nanocrystals embedded in fluorosilicate glass. Chinese Optics Letters. 23(8). 81601–81601. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Licheng, Zhongliang Huang, Ruchun Li, et al.. (2024). Phase and interface engineering of a Ru–Sn nanocatalyst for enhanced alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(16). 5922–5930. 31 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhongliang, Mingzi Sun, Yong Xu, et al.. (2024). Implanting oxophilic metal in PtRu nanowires for hydrogen oxidation catalysis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1097–1097. 67 indexed citations
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Wei, Licheng, Nan Fang, Fei Xue, et al.. (2024). Amorphous–crystalline RuTi nanosheets enhancing OH species adsorption for efficient hydrogen oxidation catalysis. Chemical Science. 15(11). 3928–3935. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengjun, Jun Jia, Zhao‐Dong Meng, et al.. (2024). Plasmonic Pd-Sb nanosheets for photothermal CH 4 conversion to HCHO and therapy. Science Advances. 10(36). eado9664–eado9664. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Da, et al.. (2024). p–d Orbital hybrid Ni–Al NC catalyst withstanding potential variations in highly selective electro-reduction of CO2 to CO. New Journal of Chemistry. 48(8). 3423–3430. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhongliang, Jing Xia, Nanjun Chen, et al.. (2024). Atom-glue stabilized Pt-based intermetallic nanoparticles. Science Advances. 10(40). eadq6727–eadq6727. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, Hao Yang, Leigang Li, et al.. (2022). Single-site Pt-doped RuO 2 hollow nanospheres with interstitial C for high-performance acidic overall water splitting. Science Advances. 8(9). eabl9271–eabl9271. 259 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Juntao, Xinnan Mao, Suling Wang, et al.. (2022). Superlattice in a Ru Superstructure for Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution. Angewandte Chemie. 134(14). 6 indexed citations
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Feng, Yonggang, Yujin Ji, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of noble metal chalcogenides via cation exchange reactions. Nature Synthesis. 1(8). 626–634. 39 indexed citations
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Tang, Yang, Xinnan Mao, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2021). Coordination tailoring of Cu single sites on C3N4 realizes selective CO2 hydrogenation at low temperature. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6022–6022. 267 indexed citations
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Zhan, Changhong, Yong Xu, Lingzheng Bu, et al.. (2021). Subnanometer high-entropy alloy nanowires enable remarkable hydrogen oxidation catalysis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6261–6261. 377 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Ya, Yangyang Xu, Bin Zhao, et al.. (2020). Bifunctional nickel ferrite-decorated carbon nanotube arrays as free-standing air electrode for rechargeable Zn–air batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(10). 5070–5077. 49 indexed citations
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Xu, Yong, Yu Zhou, Ya Yan, et al.. (2018). Millimeter‐Long Vertically Aligned Carbon‐Nanotube‐ Supported Co3O4 Composite Electrode for High‐Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor. ChemElectroChem. 5(10). 1394–1400. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiang, Zheng‐Hong Huang, Yong Xu, & Feiyu Kang. (2013). Hydrothermal Synthesis of Graphene/ Bi 2 WO 6 Composite with High Adsorptivity and Photoactivity for Azo Dyes. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 96(5). 1562–1569. 51 indexed citations
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Sun, Qi, Ai‐Min Zhu, Xuefeng Yang, et al.. (2005). Plasma-catalytic Selective Reduction of NO with C2H4 in the Presence of Excess Oxygen. Chinese Chemical Letters. 16(6). 839–842. 11 indexed citations
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Druschel, Greg, Martin A. A. Schoonen, D. Kirk Nordstrom, et al.. (2003). Sulfur geochemistry of hydrothermal waters in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. III. An anion-exchange resin technique for sampling and preservation of sulfoxyanions in natural waters. Geochemical Transactions. 4(3). 12–12. 1 indexed citations

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