Zhenming Xu

11.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
203 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Zhenming Xu is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenming Xu has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 147 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 52 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenming Xu's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (159 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (138 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (39 papers). Zhenming Xu is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (159 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (138 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (39 papers). Zhenming Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhenming Xu's co-authors include Jia Li, Lingen Zhang, Jie Guo, Jiefeng Xiao, Jujun Ruan, Guangxu Wang, Kui Huang, Bo Niu, Lu Zhan and Yan Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zhenming Xu

198 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Environmentally-friendly oxygen-free roasting/wet ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2015 2008 2016 2007 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Environmentally-friendly oxygen-free roasting/wet magnetic separation technology for in situ recycling cobalt, lithium carbonate and graphite from spent LiCoO 2 /graphite lithium batteries
    2015 488 citations Jia Li, Guangxu Wang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
  2. Recycling of waste printed circuit boards: A review of current technologies and treatment status in China
    2008 454 citations Jie Guo, Zhenming Xu et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
  3. A review of current progress of recycling technologies for metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment
    2016 410 citations Lingen Zhang, Zhenming Xu Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  4. Recycle Technology for Recovering Resources and Products from Waste Printed Circuit Boards
    2007 400 citations Jia Li, Jie Guo et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  5. Novel Approach for in Situ Recovery of Lithium Carbonate from Spent Lithium Ion Batteries Using Vacuum Metallurgy
    2017 365 citations Jia Li, Zhenming Xu et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  6. Direct Visualization of the Reversible O2−/O− Redox Process in Li‐Rich Cathode Materials
    2018 337 citations Zhenming Xu et al. profile →
  7. Challenges to Future Development of Spent Lithium Ion Batteries Recovery from Environmental and Technological Perspectives
    2019 322 citations Jia Li, Zhenming Xu et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  8. Pyrometallurgical Technology in the Recycling of a Spent Lithium Ion Battery: Evolution and the Challenge
    2021 253 citations Bang Li, Jia Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenming Xu China 47 6.9k 6.7k 3.6k 1.3k 1.0k 203 9.3k
Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório Brazil 39 4.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 1.9k 1.5× 381 0.4× 268 6.4k
Zhenming Xu China 44 3.0k 0.4× 3.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 769 0.6× 865 0.8× 151 5.1k
Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa Brazil 39 3.8k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 290 0.3× 261 6.2k
Zhi Sun China 51 8.2k 1.2× 5.9k 0.9× 5.9k 1.7× 1.7k 1.3× 126 0.1× 204 10.3k
Quanyin Tan China 34 2.6k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 466 0.4× 805 0.8× 75 4.6k
Yongxiang Yang Netherlands 38 4.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 208 0.2× 145 6.7k
Andréa Moura Bernardes Brazil 45 2.7k 0.4× 2.7k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 2.2k 1.7× 620 0.6× 166 6.9k
Veena Sahajwalla Australia 56 6.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.4× 2.1k 0.6× 3.8k 3.0× 726 0.7× 448 12.4k
Fu-Shen Zhang China 41 2.2k 0.3× 2.1k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 637 0.6× 99 5.2k
Paola Lettieri United Kingdom 42 1.4k 0.2× 2.2k 0.3× 750 0.2× 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 160 7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenming Xu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2025). Complicated pollution characteristics (particulate matter, heavy metals, microplastics, VOCs) of spent lithium-ion battery recycling at an industrial level. The Science of The Total Environment. 962. 178406–178406. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhongyi, Qiangwei Li, Qingming Song, Jia Li, & Zhenming Xu. (2025). Mechanochemical Upcycling of Spent Battery Graphite into a Self-Cleaning Adsorbent for Wastewater Treatments. Research. 8. 1015–1015.
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Jin, Zhan, et al.. (2025). Remove chlorinated waste from refuse derived fuel with rapid recognition technology. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 219. 108333–108333. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bang, et al.. (2024). Hazardous electrolyte releasement and transformation mechanism during water protected spent lithium-ion batteries crushing. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 486. 137036–137036. 1 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lu, et al.. (2024). An environmentally-friendly permeable liquid salt pyrolysis method based on capillary heat transfer for recycling waste insulator materials. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133815–133815. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lingen, Yu Zhang, Zhenming Xu, & Ping Zhu. (2023). The Foreseeable Future of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries: Advanced Upcycling for Toxic Electrolyte, Cathode, and Anode from Environmental and Technological Perspectives. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(36). 13270–13291. 45 indexed citations
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Xu, Jinkai, et al.. (2023). Simulation and Experiment of Localized Electrochemical Deposition with Re‐Entrant Structures by Applying the Tip Effect. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(2). 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jie, et al.. (2022). Capturing approach for the toxic bromides generated in low-temperature pyrolysis of brominated resin. Journal of Cleaner Production. 346. 131174–131174. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, et al.. (2022). Multiphase modelling of the continuous metallurgical purification process for impurity removing of recycled aluminum. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 18. 830–840. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jie, Zhe Huang, Baojia Qin, et al.. (2021). An energy-saving and environment-friendly technology for debromination of plastic waste: Novel models of heat transfer and movement behavior of bromine. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 421. 126814–126814. 18 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lu, Yongliang Zhang, Zahoor Ahmad, & Zhenming Xu. (2020). Novel Recycle Technology for Recovering Gallium Arsenide from Scraped Integrated Circuits. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(7). 2874–2882. 17 indexed citations
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Jia, Jianping, et al.. (2016). Association between vitamin D and development of otitis media. Medicine. 95(40). e4739–e4739. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Jia, Guangxu Wang, & Zhenming Xu. (2015). Environmentally-friendly oxygen-free roasting/wet magnetic separation technology for in situ recycling cobalt, lithium carbonate and graphite from spent LiCoO 2 /graphite lithium batteries. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 302. 97–104. 488 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Zhenming. (2011). New Process of Reusing Nonmetallic Materials from Waste Printed Circuit Boards. Cailiao daobao.
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Ruan, Jujun & Zhenming Xu. (2011). Environmental friendly automated line for recovering the cabinet of waste refrigerator. Waste Management. 31(11). 2319–2326. 43 indexed citations
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Guo, Jie, et al.. (2009). Recycling of non-metallic fractions from waste printed circuit boards: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 168(2-3). 567–590. 304 indexed citations
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Wu, Jiang, Jia Li, & Zhenming Xu. (2008). A new two-roll electrostatic separator for recycling of metals and nonmetals from waste printed circuit board. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 161(1). 257–262. 66 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhenming. (2006). Reuse of Wasted Printed Circuit Board Based on Circular Economy Concept. Cailiao daobao.
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Xu, Zhenming. (1997). THE CONTROL METHOD OF SIZE AND SPHERICITY FOR CERAMIC UO 2 MICROSPHERES. 1 indexed citations

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