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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
12647
World Ranking
9282
National Ranking
1571

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
61
Citations
13261
World Ranking
2053
National Ranking
418

Minghou Xu publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Minghou Xu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 302 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Minghou Xu D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Minghou Xu is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with notable contributions across Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Catalysis, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes, Coal and Its By-products, Adsorption and Cooling Systems, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

Minghou Xu has published extensively in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Fuel
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Biochar as the effective adsorbent to combustion gaseous pollutants: Preparation, activation, functionalization and the adsorption mechanisms, 2023, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Mitigating CO2 emission in pulverized coal-fired power plant via co-firing ammonia: A simulation study of flue gas streams and exergy efficiency, 2022, Energy Conversion and Management
  • Transformation of nitrogen during hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge: Effects of temperature and Na/Ca acetates addition, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Surface defects introduced by metal doping into layered double hydroxide for CO2 photoreduction: The effect of metal species in light absorption, charge transfer and CO2 reduction, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Multi-functionalities enabled fivefold applications of LaCo0.6Ni0.4O3−δ in intermediate temperature symmetrical solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells, 2020, Nano Energy

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Xiaowei Liu
  • Zijian Zhou
  • Jie Xu
  • Yishu Xu
  • Yu Qiao

Best Publications

  • Status of trace element emission in a coal combustion process: a review

    Minghou Xu;Rong Yan;Chuguang Zheng;Yu Qiao

  • Effect of cellulose, lignin, alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on biomass pyrolysis and gasification

    Dangzhen Lv;Minghou Xu;Xiaowei Liu;Zhonghua Zhan

  • Performance Enhancement of Calcium Oxide Sorbents for Cyclic CO2 Capture—A Review

    Wenqiang Liu;Hui An;Changlei Qin;Junjun Yin

  • Coal combustion-generated aerosols: Formation and properties

    Minghou Xu;Dunxi Yu;Hong Yao;Xiaowei Liu

  • Increasing oxygen functional groups of activated carbon with non-thermal plasma to enhance mercury removal efficiency for flue gases

    Bi Zhang;Ping Xu;Yong Qiu;Qiao Yu

  • Enhanced performance of extruded–spheronized carbide slag pellets for high temperature CO2 capture

    Jian Sun;Wenqiang Liu;Yingchao Hu;Jianqun Wu

  • Biochar as the effective adsorbent to combustion gaseous pollutants: Preparation, activation, functionalization and the adsorption mechanisms

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  • Mitigating CO2 emission in pulverized coal-fired power plant via co-firing ammonia: A simulation study of flue gas streams and exergy efficiency

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  • Screening of inert solid supports for CaO-based sorbents for high temperature CO2 capture

    Yingchao Hu;Wenqiang Liu;Hongqiang Chen;Zijian Zhou

  • Modeling of homogeneous mercury speciation using detailed chemical kinetics

    Minghou Xu;Yu Qiao;Chuguang Zheng;Laicai Li

  • Modelling of the combustion process and NOx emission in a utility boiler

    M Xu;J.L.T Azevedo;M.G Carvalho

  • An improved Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm for sparse network

    M.H. Xu;Y.Q. Liu;Q.L. Huang;Y.X. Zhang

  • Use of elemental size distributions in identifying particle formation modes

    Dunxi Yu;Minghou Xu;Hong Yao;Jiancai Sui

  • Structurally improved CaO-based sorbent by organic acids for high temperature CO2 capture

    Yingchao Hu;Wenqiang Liu;Jian Sun;Mingkui Li

  • Ash particle formation during O2/CO2 combustion of pulverized coals

    Changdong Sheng;Yi Li;Xiaowei Liu;Hong Yao

  • Effect of kaolin additive on PM2.5 reduction during pulverized coal combustion: Importance of sodium and its occurrence in coal

    Junping Si;Xiaowei Liu;Minghou Xu;Lei Sheng

  • Elemental mercury oxidation over manganese-based perovskite-type catalyst at low temperature

    Zijian Zhou;Xiaowei Liu;Bo Zhao;Haizhong Shao

  • Investigation on Pyrolysis of Low Lipid Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Dunaliella salina

    Xun Gong;Biao Zhang;Yang Zhang;Yongfu Huang

  • Incorporation of CaO into novel Nd2O3 inert solid support for high temperature CO2 capture

    Yingchao Hu;Wenqiang Liu;Jian Sun;Mingkui Li

  • Understanding the pyrolysis mechanism of polyvinylchloride (PVC) by characterizing the chars produced in a wire-mesh reactor

    Junbo Zhou;Ben Gui;Yu Qiao;Jian Zhang

  • Identifying modes of occurrence of mercury in coal by temperature programmed pyrolysis

    Guangqian Luo;Hong Yao;Minghou Xu;Rajenda Gupta

  • An investigation of the causes of the difference in coal particle ignition temperature between combustion in air and in O2/CO2

    Yu Qiao;Lian Zhang;Eleanor Ruth Binner;Minghou Xu

  • Effects of existing energy saving and air pollution control devices on mercury removal in coal-fired power plants

    Zi-Jian Zhou;Xiao-Wei Liu;Bo Zhao;Zhen-Guo Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Yao
Hong Yao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zijian Zhou
Zijian Zhou Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yu Qiao
Yu Qiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuguang Zheng
Chuguang Zheng Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Guangqian Luo
Guangqian Luo Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yang Zhang
Yang Zhang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hongwei Wu
Hongwei Wu Curtin University
Zhenghe Xu
Zhenghe Xu University of Alberta
Lian Zhang
Lian Zhang Monash University
Jost O.L. Wendt
Jost O.L. Wendt University of Utah

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