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D-Index
71
Citations
16564
World Ranking
4278
National Ranking
1344

Li Xu publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Li Xu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 194 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Li Xu D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Li Xu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Li Xu is affiliated with Jiangsu University in China, contributing extensively to engineering and energy research fields. Their work intersects several subfields, notably electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, molecular biology, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their research primarily focuses on topics related to electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, fuel cells and related materials, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, electrochemical analysis and applications, and advancements in battery materials.

Li Xu has published numerous papers in multiple venues, with frequent publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Among recent scholarly contributions, the following papers have been noted:

  • "Copper-catalysed exclusive CO2 to pure formic acid conversion via single-atom alloying" (2021) in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Cr-doped CoFe layered double hydroxides: Highly efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxidation of water and urea" (2020) in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Engineering Crystallinity and Oxygen Vacancies of Co(II) Oxide Nanosheets for High Performance and Robust Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries" (2021) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Complete Reconstruction of Hydrate Pre-Catalysts for Ultrastable Water Electrolysis in Industrial-Concentration Alkali Media" (2020) in Cell Reports Physical Science
  • "Non-Covalent Interaction of Atomically Dispersed Cu and Zn Pair Sites for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction" (2022) in Advanced Functional Materials

Li Xu frequently collaborates with a number of other researchers. These coauthors include Henan Li, Junchao Qian, Daijie Deng, Pengcheng Yan, and Feng Chen, with collaboration counts ranging from 16 to 46 shared works.

Best Publications

  • Doped Graphene Sheets As Anode Materials with Superhigh Rate and Large Capacity for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Zhong-Shuai Wu;Wencai Ren;Li Xu;Feng Li

  • Preparation of sphere-like g-C3N4/BiOI photocatalysts via a reactable ionic liquid for visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of pollutants

    Jun Di;Jiexiang Xia;Sheng Yin;Hui Xu

  • Exfoliated graphene-like carbon nitride in organic solvents: enhanced photocatalytic activity and highly selective and sensitive sensor for the detection of trace amounts of Cu2+

    Xiaojie She;Hui Xu;Yuanguo Xu;Jia Yan

  • Graphene-analogue carbon nitride: novel exfoliation synthesis and its application in photocatalysis and photoelectrochemical selective detection of trace amount of Cu²⁺.

    Hui Xu;Jia Yan;Xiaojie She;Li Xu

  • Self-assembled synthesis of defect-engineered graphitic carbon nitride nanotubes for efficient conversion of solar energy

    Zhao Mo;Hui Xu;Zhigang Chen;Xiaojie She

  • Cr-doped CoFe layered double hydroxides: Highly efficient and robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxidation of water and urea

    Zhaolong Wang;Wenjun Liu;Yiming Hu;Meili Guan

  • Engineering Crystallinity and Oxygen Vacancies of Co(II) Oxide Nanosheets for High Performance and Robust Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries

    Yuhui Tian;Yuhui Tian;Xiaozhi Liu;Li Xu;Li Xu;Ding Yuan

  • Improved visible light photocatalytic activity of sphere-like BiOBr hollow and porous structures synthesized via a reactable ionic liquid

    Jiexiang Xia;Sheng Yin;Huaming Li;Hui Xu

  • Non‐Covalent Interaction of Atomically Dispersed Cu and Zn Pair Sites for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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  • Two‐Step Activated Carbon Cloth with Oxygen‐Rich Functional Groups as a High‐Performance Additive‐Free Air Electrode for Flexible Zinc–Air Batteries

    Karolina Kordek;Karolina Kordek;Lixue Jiang;Kaicai Fan;Zhengju Zhu

  • Reactable ionic liquid assisted solvothermal synthesis of graphite-like C3N4 hybridized α-Fe2O3 hollow microspheres with enhanced supercapacitive performance

    Li Xu;Jiexiang Xia;Hui Xu;Sheng Yin

  • A g-C3N4/BiOBr visible-light-driven composite: synthesis via a reactable ionic liquid and improved photocatalytic activity

    Jun Di;Jiexiang Xia;Sheng Yin;Hui Xu

  • One-Pot Synthesis of Visible-Light-Driven Plasmonic Photocatalyst Ag/AgCl in Ionic Liquid

    Hui Xu;Huaming Li;Jiexiang Xia;Sheng Yin

  • Na4Fe3(PO4)2P2O7/C nanospheres as low-cost, high-performance cathode material for sodium-ion batteries

    Xiangjun Pu;Huiming Wang;Tianci Yuan;Shunan Cao

  • Reactable ionic liquid-assisted rapid synthesis of BiOI hollow microspheres at room temperature with enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Jun Di;Jiexiang Xia;Yuping Ge;Li Xu

  • Morphology controlled preparation of ZnCo2O4 nanostructures for asymmetric supercapacitor with ultrahigh energy density

    Le Xu;Yan Zhao;Jiabiao Lian;Yuanguo Xu

  • Facile fabrication and enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity of few-layer MoS2 coupled BiOBr microspheres

    Jun Di;Jiexiang Xia;Yuping Ge;Li Xu

  • Facile fabrication of the visible-light-driven Bi2WO6/BiOBr composite with enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Jiexiang Xia;Jun Di;Sheng Yin;Hui Xu

  • Space-Confined Yolk-Shell Construction of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Inside N-Doped Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Spheres as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Long-Term Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

    Bin Wang;Yuzhen Ye;Li Xu;Yu Quan

  • NiCo2O4 ultrathin nanosheets with oxygen vacancies as bifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn-air battery

    Wenjun Liu;Jian Bao;Li Xu;Meili Guan

  • Interface Engineering of CoS/CoO@N-Doped Graphene Nanocomposite for High-Performance Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries

    Yuhui Tian;Li Xu;Meng Li;Ding Yuan

  • Construction of a 2D Graphene-Like MoS2/C3N4 Heterojunction with Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity and Photoelectrochemical Activity

    Jia Yan;Zhigang Chen;Haiyan Ji;Zheng Liu

  • A sensitive signal-on photoelectrochemical sensor for tetracycline determination using visible-light-driven flower-like CN/BiOBr composites.

    Pengcheng Yan;Desheng Jiang;Yuhui Tian;Li Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Huaming Li
Huaming Li Jiangsu University
Jiexiang Xia
Jiexiang Xia Jiangsu University
Hui Xu
Hui Xu Jiangsu University
Sheng Yin
Sheng Yin Jiangsu University
Jun Di
Jun Di Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Shanqing Zhang
Shanqing Zhang Griffith University
Yuanguo Xu
Yuanguo Xu Jiangsu University
Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao Wuhan University of Technology
Kun Wang
Kun Wang Jiangsu University
Wenjun Liu
Wenjun Liu Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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