Yun‐Fei Xu

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Yun‐Fei Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun‐Fei Xu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yun‐Fei Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (4 papers). Yun‐Fei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (4 papers). Yun‐Fei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yun‐Fei Xu's co-authors include Shu‐Hong Yu, Min‐Rui Gao, Jun Jiang, Ya‐Rong Zheng, Qiang Gao, Jun Li, Jinxia Liang, Xuan Cao, Tao‐Tao Zhuang and Zhaoyang Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yun‐Fei Xu

18 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

Nanostructured metal chalcogenides: synthesis, modification, and applications in energy conversion and storage devices

2013 1.4k citations Min‐Rui Gao, Yun‐Fei Xu et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
An efficient molybdenum disulfide/cobalt diselenide hybrid catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen generation

2015 943 citations Min‐Rui Gao, Jinxia Liang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Water Oxidation Electrocatalyzed by an Efficient Mn₃O₄/CoSe₂Nanocomposite

2012 643 citations Min‐Rui Gao, Yun‐Fei Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Supported CoSe₂Nanobelt Composite Catalyst for Efficient Water Oxidation

2014 509 citations Min‐Rui Gao, Xuan Cao et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yun‐Fei Xu China	12	3.2k	3.1k	1.5k	672	524	19	4.3k
Yelena Gorlin United States	21	3.1k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	527 0.8×	803 1.5×	29	4.4k
Frédéric Hasché Germany	22	4.1k 1.3×	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	392 0.6×	747 1.4×	38	4.6k
Lianna Dang United States	14	2.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	559 0.8×	523 1.0×	16	3.9k
Fábio H. B. Lima Brazil	32	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	408 0.6×	800 1.5×	72	3.8k
Miguel Cabán‐Acevedo United States	19	3.4k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	516 0.8×	446 0.9×	27	4.4k
Tim S. Olson United States	22	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	829 0.5×	410 0.6×	386 0.7×	44	3.1k
Peilei He China	22	2.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	452 0.7×	346 0.7×	50	3.9k
Jianhuang Zeng China	30	2.2k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	863 1.3×	353 0.7×	100	3.5k
Jae Yeong Cheon South Korea	23	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	643 1.0×	254 0.5×	32	3.6k
William G. Hardin United States	10	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	865 1.3×	335 0.6×	11	3.1k

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Zhu, Tonghe, Yun‐Fei Xu, Xinglin Lu, & Yi Yang. (2025). Unveiling the Key Role of Surface Oxidation through Quantifying Reaction Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis for Water Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(24). 12328–12339. 1 indexed citations

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Ou, Yixiang, Feiqiang Li, Chang‐Yu Ou, et al.. (2024). Friction and Wear of Hard Yet Tough TiN Coatings Deposited Using High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering. Coatings. 14(5). 598–598. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhi‐Tao, Yun‐Fei Xu, Felicia R. Lucci, et al.. (2017). Surface Structure Dependence of the Dry Dehydrogenation of Alcohols on Cu(111) and Cu(110). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(23). 12800–12806. 44 indexed citations

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Hiebel, Fanny, S. Karakalos, Yun‐Fei Xu, C. M. Friend, & R. J. Madix. (2017). Structural Differentiation of the Reactivity of Alcohols with Active Oxygen on Au(110). Topics in Catalysis. 61(5-6). 299–307. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Yun‐Fei, Wei Chen, Efthimios Kaxiras, C. M. Friend, & R. J. Madix. (2017). General Effect of van der Waals Interactions on the Stability of Alkoxy Intermediates on Metal Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(2). 555–560. 15 indexed citations

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Karakalos, S., Yun‐Fei Xu, Wei Chen, et al.. (2016). Noncovalent Bonding Controls Selectivity in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Coupling Reactions on Gold. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(46). 15243–15250. 41 indexed citations

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Gao, Min‐Rui, Jinxia Liang, Ya‐Rong Zheng, et al.. (2015). An efficient molybdenum disulfide/cobalt diselenide hybrid catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen generation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 5982–5982. 943 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Min‐Rui, et al.. (2014). Ferromagnetism: Self‐Assembled Platinum Nanochain Networks Driven by Induced Magnetic Dipoles (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2014). Advanced Functional Materials. 24(7). 878–878. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Min‐Rui, Xuan Cao, Qiang Gao, et al.. (2014). Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Supported CoSe₂Nanobelt Composite Catalyst for Efficient Water Oxidation. ACS Nano. 8(4). 3970–3978. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Min‐Rui, et al.. (2013). Self‐Assembled Platinum Nanochain Networks Driven by Induced Magnetic Dipoles. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(7). 916–924. 36 indexed citations

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Xu, Yun‐Fei, Min‐Rui Gao, Ya‐Rong Zheng, Jun Jiang, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2013). Nickel/Nickel(II) Oxide Nanoparticles Anchored onto Cobalt(IV) Diselenide Nanobelts for the Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(33). 8546–8550. 387 indexed citations

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Gao, Min‐Rui, Yun‐Fei Xu, Jun Jiang, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2013). Nanostructured metal chalcogenides: synthesis, modification, and applications in energy conversion and storage devices. Chemical Society Reviews. 42(7). 2986–2986. 1402 indexed citations breakdown →

13.

Gao, Min‐Rui, Yun‐Fei Xu, Jun Jiang, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2013). ChemInform Abstract: Nanostructured Metal Chalcogenides: Synthesis, Modification, and Applications in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices. ChemInform. 44(24). 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Min‐Rui, Yun‐Fei Xu, Jun Jiang, Ya‐Rong Zheng, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2013). Correction to “Water Oxidation Electrocatalyzed by an Efficient Mn₃O₄/CoSe₂ Nanocomposite”. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(16). 6378–6378. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Yun‐Fei, Min‐Rui Gao, Ya‐Rong Zheng, Jun Jiang, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2013). Nickel/Nickel(II) Oxide Nanoparticles Anchored onto Cobalt(IV) Diselenide Nanobelts for the Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen. Angewandte Chemie. 125(33). 8708–8712. 62 indexed citations

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Gao, Min‐Rui, Zhaoyang Lin, Tao‐Tao Zhuang, et al.. (2012). Mixed-solution synthesis of sea urchin-like NiSe nanofiber assemblies as economical Pt-free catalysts for electrochemical H2 production. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(27). 13662–13662. 186 indexed citations

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Gao, Min‐Rui, Yun‐Fei Xu, Jun Jiang, Ya‐Rong Zheng, & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2012). Water Oxidation Electrocatalyzed by an Efficient Mn₃O₄/CoSe₂Nanocomposite. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(6). 2930–2933. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Yun‐Fei, et al.. (2002). A developing platform for intelligent system based on multi-agent. 1. 915–919.

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Li, Haiying, et al.. (1998). An Intelligent Framework for Agriculture System Based on the Heuristic Leading Mechanism. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 31(5). 37–42. 1 indexed citations

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