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Xiaofei Tan

Xiaofei Tan

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
67
Citations
18708
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
32

Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
21750
World Ranking
5194
National Ranking
961

Xiaofei Tan publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaofei Tan sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 127 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Xiaofei Tan D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Xiaofei Tan is affiliated with Hunan University in China and specializes in environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on water science and technology, renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry, with additional work in biomedical engineering and pollution studies.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications

Xiaofei Tan has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Nitrogen-doped biochar fiber with graphitization from Boehmeria nivea for promoted peroxymonosulfate activation and non-radical degradation pathways with enhancing electron transfer" (2020) in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Biomass-derived porous graphitic carbon materials for energy and environmental applications" (2020) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications" (2021) in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Mechanism analysis of heavy metal lead captured by natural-aged microplastics" (2020) in Chemosphere
  • "Design and engineering of layered double hydroxide based catalysts for water depollution by advanced oxidation processes: a review" (2020) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Their frequent co-authors, with multiple collaborations, include Hailan Yang, Shujing Ye, Shaobo Liu, Guangming Zeng, and Xinjiang Hu.

Xiaofei Tan contributes regularly to several scientific journals, with many publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Application of biochar for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions.

    Xiaofei Tan;Yunguo Liu;Guangming Zeng;Xin Wang

  • Biochar to improve soil fertility. A review

    Yang Ding;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Zhongwu Li

  • Biochar-based nano-composites for the decontamination of wastewater: A review.

    Xiao-fei Tan;Yun-guo Liu;Yan-ling Gu;Yan Xu

  • Nitrogen-doped biochar fiber with graphitization from Boehmeria nivea for promoted peroxymonosulfate activation and non-radical degradation pathways with enhancing electron transfer

    Shujing Ye;Guangming Zeng;Xiaofei Tan;Haipeng Wu;Haipeng Wu

  • Biochar as potential sustainable precursors for activated carbon production: Multiple applications in environmental protection and energy storage

    Xiao-fei Tan;Shao-bo Liu;Yun-guo Liu;Yan-ling Gu

  • Facile assembled biochar-based nanocomposite with improved graphitization for efficient photocatalytic activity driven by visible light

    Shujing Ye;Min Yan;Xiaofei Tan;Jie Liang

  • Bioremediation mechanisms of combined pollution of PAHs and heavy metals by bacteria and fungi: A mini review.

    Shao-Heng Liu;Guang-Ming Zeng;Qiu-Ya Niu;Yang Liu

  • Competitive adsorption of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cu(II) onto chitosan-pyromellitic dianhydride modified biochar.

    Jiaqin Deng;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Guangming Zeng

  • Mechanisms underlying the photocatalytic degradation pathway of ciprofloxacin with heterogeneous TiO2

    Xi Hu;Xinjiang Hu;Qingqing Peng;Lu Zhou

  • Biochar for environmental management: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, contaminant treatment, and potential negative impacts

    Chen Zhang;Guangming Zeng;Danlian Huang;Cui Lai

  • Efficiency and mechanisms of Cd removal from aqueous solution by biochar derived from water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes).

    Feng Zhang;Xin Wang;Daixia Yin;Bo Peng

  • Sorption performance and mechanisms of arsenic(V) removal by magnetic gelatin-modified biochar

    Zan Zhou;Yun-guo Liu;Shao-bo Liu;Hong-yu Liu;Hong-yu Liu

  • Biomass-derived porous graphitic carbon materials for energy and environmental applications

    Qiang Chen;Xiaofei Tan;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu

  • Investigation of the adsorption-reduction mechanisms of hexavalent chromium by ramie biochars of different pyrolytic temperatures.

    Lu Zhou;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Yicheng Yin

  • Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications.

    Ling Xiang;Shaoheng Liu;Shujing Ye;Hailan Yang

  • Effective removal of Cr(VI) using β-cyclodextrin–chitosan modified biochars with adsorption/reduction bifuctional roles

    Xixian Huang;Yunguo Liu;Shaobo Liu;Xiaofei Tan

  • Removal of 17β-estradiol by few-layered graphene oxide nanosheets from aqueous solutions: External influence and adsorption mechanism

    Lu-hua Jiang;Yun-guo Liu;Guang-ming Zeng;Fang-yu Xiao

  • A review on strategies to LDH-based materials to improve adsorption capacity and photoreduction efficiency for CO2

    Zhong-zhu Yang;Jing-jing Wei;Guang-ming Zeng;Hua-qing Zhang

  • Effect of porous zinc–biochar nanocomposites on Cr(VI) adsorption from aqueous solution

    Chao Gan;Yunguo Liu;Xiaofei Tan;Shufan Wang

  • Facile synthesis of Cu(II) impregnated biochar with enhanced adsorption activity for the removal of doxycycline hydrochloride from water.

    Su Liu;Wei-hua Xu;Yun-guo Liu;Xiao-fei Tan

  • Chitosan modification of magnetic biochar produced from Eichhornia crassipes for enhanced sorption of Cr( VI ) from aqueous solution

    Ming-ming Zhang;Yun-guo Liu;Ting-ting Li;Wei-hua Xu

  • Adsorption behavior of engineered carbons and carbon nanomaterials for metal endocrine disruptors: Experiments and theoretical calculation.

    Chen Zhang;Wenjun Wang;Abing Duan;Guangming Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunguo Liu
Yunguo Liu Hunan University
Xinjiang Hu
Xinjiang Hu Central South University of Forestry and Technology
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang Hunan University
Danlian Huang
Danlian Huang Hunan University
Haipeng Wu
Haipeng Wu Changsha University of Science and Technology
Jie Liang
Jie Liang Hunan University
Min Cheng
Min Cheng Hunan University
Chang Zhang
Chang Zhang Hunan University
Yaoyu Zhou
Yaoyu Zhou Hunan Agricultural University
Hou Wang
Hou Wang Hunan University

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