Yun Xia

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Yun Xia is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Xia has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Water Science and Technology and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yun Xia's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers), Graphene research and applications (10 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (7 papers). Yun Xia is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers), Graphene research and applications (10 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (7 papers). Yun Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Switzerland. Yun Xia's co-authors include Xiwang Zhang, Yuan Kang, Huanting Wang, Yuan Shi, Li Gao, Huiyuan Liu, Qinfu Hou, Meipeng Jian, Wang Zhao and Hongyou Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yun Xia

54 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.

Spatially isolating salt crystallisation from water evaporation for continuous solar steam generation and salt harvesting

2019 549 citations Yun Xia, Qinfu Hou et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Simultaneously Tuning Charge Separation and Oxygen Reduction Pathway on Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Polyethylenimine for Boosted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production

2020 406 citations Xiangkang Zeng, Yue Liu et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yun Xia China	24	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	881	601	59	3.2k
Enrica Fontananova Italy	38	776 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	2.4k 2.7×	1.3k 2.2×	92	4.1k
Fang Xu China	34	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	771 0.6×	792 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	98	3.0k
Yimin Huang China	24	805 0.5×	902 0.6×	723 0.5×	511 0.6×	733 1.2×	41	2.6k
Yubin Zeng China	24	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	551 0.4×	286 0.3×	988 1.6×	51	2.7k
Wenjiang Li China	29	991 0.7×	621 0.4×	422 0.3×	559 0.6×	706 1.2×	101	2.4k
Aimei Zhu China	29	579 0.4×	697 0.5×	532 0.4×	776 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	80	2.3k
Mingyuan Wang China	26	1.1k 0.7×	695 0.5×	440 0.3×	491 0.6×	986 1.6×	122	2.5k
Jian Zeng China	22	1.1k 0.7×	821 0.6×	457 0.3×	384 0.4×	639 1.1×	95	2.5k
Rui Yu China	28	1.4k 1.0×	895 0.6×	259 0.2×	432 0.5×	764 1.3×	106	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yun Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yun Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yun Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yun Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yun Xia 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 Yun Xia. Yun Xia 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

Xia, Yun, et al.. (2025). Few-shot classification for soil images: Prototype correction and feature distance enhancement. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 233. 110162–110162. 1 indexed citations

Song, Dongping, Tao Huang, Chenglong Wang, et al.. (2025). Transformation of landfill leachate into in-situ iron-carbon galvanic stabilizer for effective remediation of mercury-contaminated soils: a sustainable solution. Environmental Research. 284. 122182–122182.

Wang, Zhuyuan, Yan Xue, Qinfu Hou, et al.. (2023). Scalable high yield exfoliation for monolayer nanosheets. Nature Communications. 14(1). 236–236. 57 indexed citations

Xia, Yun, Yuan Shi, Yang Li, Li Gao, & Xiwang Zhang. (2021). Solar‐driven brine desalination and concentration by controlled salt excretion. EcoMat. 3(6). 22 indexed citations

Xia, Yun, Yuan Kang, Zhuyuan Wang, et al.. (2021). Rational designs of interfacial-heating solar-thermal desalination devices: recent progress and remaining challenges. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(11). 6612–6633. 86 indexed citations

Shen, Ying, et al.. (2021). Electrodeposition and Catalytic Performance of Hydrophobic PbO ₂ Electrode Modified by Surfactant OP-10. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 10(12). 123005–123005. 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Xiangkang, Yue Liu, Yun Xia, et al.. (2020). Cooperatively modulating reactive oxygen species generation and bacteria-photocatalyst contact over graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for rapid water disinfection. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 274. 119095–119095. 117 indexed citations

Shi, Yuan, Yang Li, Yun Xia, et al.. (2020). Minimizing Non-selective Nanowrinkles of Reduced Graphene Oxide Laminar Membranes for Enhanced NaCl Rejection. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 7(4). 273–279. 45 indexed citations

Xia, Yun, Yang Li, Yuan Shi, et al.. (2020). A self-rotating solar evaporator for continuous and efficient desalination of hypersaline brine. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(32). 16212–16217. 121 indexed citations

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Liu, Yue, Xiangkang Zeng, Xiaoyi Hu, Yun Xia, & Xiwang Zhang. (2020). Solar‐Driven Photocatalytic Disinfection Over 2D Semiconductors: The Generation and Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species. Solar RRL. 5(6). 32 indexed citations

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Kang, Yuan, Ruosang Qiu, Meipeng Jian, et al.. (2020). The Role of Nanowrinkles in Mass Transport across Graphene‐Based Membranes. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(32). 49 indexed citations

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Jian, Meipeng, Ruosang Qiu, Yun Xia, et al.. (2020). Ultrathin water-stable metal-organic framework membranes for ion separation. Science Advances. 6(23). eaay3998–eaay3998. 247 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xiangkang, Yue Liu, Yuan Kang, et al.. (2020). Simultaneously Tuning Charge Separation and Oxygen Reduction Pathway on Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Polyethylenimine for Boosted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. ACS Catalysis. 10(6). 3697–3706. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yue, Xiangkang Zeng, Christopher D. Easton, et al.. (2020). An in situ assembled WO₃–TiO₂ vertical heterojunction for enhanced Z-scheme photocatalytic activity. Nanoscale. 12(16). 8775–8784. 58 indexed citations

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Xia, Yun, Qinfu Hou, Hasan Jubaer, et al.. (2019). Spatially isolating salt crystallisation from water evaporation for continuous solar steam generation and salt harvesting. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(6). 1840–1847. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kang, Yuan, Yun Xia, Huanting Wang, & Xiwang Zhang. (2019). 2D Laminar Membranes for Selective Water and Ion Transport. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(29). 273 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Wang Zhao, Matthew Weyland, et al.. (2019). Thermally Reduced Nanoporous Graphene Oxide Membrane for Desalination. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(14). 8314–8323. 168 indexed citations

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Kang, Wenbin, Yun Xia, Jun Wang, & Wei Wang. (2016). Sulfur Dioxide Promotes the Formation of Amyloid Fibrils through Enhanced Secondary Nucleation: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Acta Chimica Sinica. 74(8). 694–694. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoming, et al.. (2007). Numerical simulation of control of fold structures on mining subsidence. Meitan xuebao. 32. 3 indexed citations

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Xia, Yun. (2004). Simulation and Analysis on Stripping Process of Sour Water. 1 indexed citations

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