Zhikun Xu

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Zhikun Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhikun Xu has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 47 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhikun Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (19 papers). Zhikun Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (19 papers). Zhikun Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Zhikun Xu's co-authors include Shuang‐Yan Lin, Shaojun Guo, Lin Li, Yuguang Chao, Yong Yang, Yiju Li, Peng Zhou, Jinhui Zhou, Fan Lv and Yingjie Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhikun Xu

75 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.

Rational Design of MXene/1T‐2H MoS₂‐C Nanohybrids for High‐Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

2018 381 citations Zhikun Xu et al. profile →
Single Atom Array Mimic on Ultrathin MOF Nanosheets Boosts the Safety and Life of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

2020 295 citations Shuang‐Yan Lin, Zhikun 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
Zhikun Xu China	27	1.9k	1.4k	1.4k	660	169	79	2.9k
Chao Jin China	26	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	983 0.7×	639 1.0×	162 1.0×	65	2.5k
Jinwen Qin China	30	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	959 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	245 1.4×	57	3.0k
Ruiting Guo China	23	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	803 0.6×	677 1.0×	120 0.7×	38	3.1k
Liu Lin China	28	2.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	897 0.6×	437 0.7×	122 0.7×	72	2.9k
Adeela Nairan China	20	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	817 0.6×	421 0.6×	111 0.7×	41	2.5k
Shoushuang Huang China	35	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	755 1.1×	101 0.6×	96	3.5k
Pengfang Zhang China	28	2.4k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	876 0.6×	512 0.8×	107 0.6×	78	3.3k
Jingchun Jia China	29	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	801 0.6×	666 1.0×	194 1.1×	83	2.8k
Changsheng Song China	36	2.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.8×	2.0k 1.4×	519 0.8×	120 0.7×	115	3.7k
Dengke Zhao China	26	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	828 0.6×	412 0.6×	178 1.1×	71	3.2k

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Xu, Zhikun, et al.. (2025). Fluorine-engineered Ni3S2/Co9S8 nanorod arrays as high-efficiency OER catalyst for stable seawater electrolysis. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1038. 182649–182649. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Yang, Zhikun Xu, Tianle Li, Xinzhi Ma, & Shuang‐Yan Lin. (2025). V and Fe dual-doping modulated the electronic structures of Ni3S2/Ni(OH)2 for ampere-level seawater oxidation. Surfaces and Interfaces. 58. 105864–105864. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Zhikun, et al.. (2025). The price of mobility: How migration shapes health outcomes in China. Social Science & Medicine. 386. 118660–118660.

Pan, Jingwen, Dongbo Wang, Bingke Zhang, et al.. (2024). Atomic-level charge separation boosting the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150536–150536. 18 indexed citations

Sun, Tingting, Zhifeng Zhao, Zhikun Xu, & Shuang‐Yan Lin. (2023). Anchoring Fe(OH) ₃ nanoparticles on Ni‐MOF nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Rare Metals. 42(5). 1453–1459. 23 indexed citations

Rong, Ping, Shiyong Gao, Huiqing Lu, et al.. (2022). Three-dimensional hedgehog-like ZnO/SnO2 hierarchical heterostructure for high performance self-powered ultraviolet photodetector. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 145. 106634–106634. 12 indexed citations

Ma, Xinzhi, Mingyi Zhang, Qiong Gao, et al.. (2022). Photothermal-effect-promoted interfacial OH⁻ filling and the conversion of carrier type in (Co_1−xNi_x)₃C during water oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(15). 8258–8267. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Zhikun, et al.. (2022). Formation of NiFe-MOF nanosheets on Fe foam to achieve advanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution. Dalton Transactions. 51(13). 5053–5060. 31 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhifeng, et al.. (2022). Anchoring Ce-modified Ni(OH)₂nanoparticles on Ni-MOF nanosheets to enhances the oxygen evolution performance. Dalton Transactions. 51(34). 12839–12847. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongli, Zhifeng Zhao, Zhikun Xu, Lin Li, & Shuang‐Yan Lin. (2022). Efficient and durable S-doped Ni/FeOOH electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions. Dalton Transactions. 52(4). 1113–1121. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bingke, Dongbo Wang, Shujie Jiao, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and Enhanced Light Photocatalytic Activity of Modulating Band BiOBrXI1−X Nanosheets. Nanomaterials. 11(11). 2940–2940. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Tingting, Shuang‐Yan Lin, Zhikun Xu, & Lin Li. (2021). In situ growth of an Fe-doped NiCo-MOF electrocatalyst from layered double hydroxide effectively enhances electrocatalytic oxygen evolution performance. CrystEngComm. 23(43). 7650–7657. 13 indexed citations

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Wei, Xiaoqian, Xin Luo, Zhikun Xu, et al.. (2020). Three-Dimensional Amorphous NiCoFe Nanowire@Nanosheets Catalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(6). 64514–64514. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kaixin, Xinzhi Ma, Shuang‐Yan Lin, Zhikun Xu, & Lin Li. (2020). Ambient Growth of Hierarchical FeOOH/MXene as Enhanced Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemistrySelect. 5(6). 1890–1895. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Shiyong Gao, Guangning Wang, et al.. (2019). A self-powered ultraviolet photodetector based on TiO₂/Ag/ZnS nanotubes with high stability and fast response. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(4). 1353–1358. 32 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kaixin, et al.. (2019). Hierarchical nanosheets-anchored-on-microsheets FeCo2S4 arrays as binder-free electrode for high-performance hybrid supercapacitor. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 805. 33–40. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Ying, Jing Sun, Shuang‐Yan Lin, Zhikun Xu, & Lin Li. (2019). In-situ growth of interconnected NiS2/MoS2 nanowires supported on Ni foam as binder-free electrode for hybrid supercapacitor. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 820. 153113–153113. 62 indexed citations

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Liu, Ying, Shuang‐Yan Lin, Zhikun Xu, & Lin Li. (2019). Morphology evolution and electrochemical properties of hierarchical MoS2/Co3S4/Ni3S4 nanosheet-on-nanorod arrays. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 814. 152269–152269. 24 indexed citations

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Ye, Liqun, Zhaoyu Ma, Yu Deng, et al.. (2019). Robust and efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation of ReS2/CdS and mechanistic study by on-line mass spectrometry and in situ infrared spectroscopy. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 257. 117897–117897. 76 indexed citations

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Lin, Shuang‐Yan, Jian-Feng Wu, & Zhikun Xu. (2017). The effect of additional methyl on the magnetic relaxation and toroidal moment of Dy₆ complex. RSC Advances. 7(75). 47520–47526. 9 indexed citations

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