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D-Index
102
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46020
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1139
National Ranking
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Xile Hu 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 Xile Hu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 241 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xile Hu 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 Xile Hu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2019 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Xile Hu is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on areas within chemistry and energy, with particular expertise in organic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and related electrical and electronic engineering fields.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate an emphasis on electrocatalysis and energy conversion processes. Notable papers include:

  • Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • Deciphering Iron-Dependent Activity in Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Spectroscopic and Electrokinetic Evidence for a Bifunctional Mechanism of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Double-atom catalysts as a molecular platform for heterogeneous oxygen evolution electrocatalysis (2021, Nature Energy)

Xile Hu frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Seunghwa Lee
  • Hao Ming Chen
  • Wenhao Ren
  • Weiyan Ni
  • Lichen Bai

Their work is regularly published in respected scientific journals, most commonly appearing in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Xile Hu's research spans multiple specialized topics such as:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

The scientist holds memberships in prominent scientific bodies, including the Academia Europaea since 2020 and the European Academy of Sciences since 2019.

Best Publications

  • Nanostructured hydrotreating catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution

    Carlos Gilberto Morales-Guio;Lucas-Alexandre Stern;Xile Hu

  • Exfoliation of layered double hydroxides for enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis

    Fang Song;Xile Hu

  • Ni2P as a Janus catalyst for water splitting: the oxygen evolution activity of Ni2P nanoparticles

    Lucas-Alexandre Stern;Ligang Feng;Fang Song;Xile Hu

  • Transition Metal Oxides as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solutions: An Application-Inspired Renaissance

    Fang Song;Lichen Bai;Aliki Moysiadou;Seunghwa Lee

  • Molybdenum Boride and Carbide Catalyze Hydrogen Evolution in both Acidic and Basic Solutions

    Heron Vrubel;Xile Hu

  • Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO.

    Jun Gu;Chia-Shuo Hsu;Lichen Bai;Hao Ming Chen

  • Amorphous molybdenum sulfide films as catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production in water

    Daniel Merki;Stéphane Fierro;Heron Vrubel;Xile Hu

  • Recent developments of molybdenum and tungsten sulfides as hydrogen evolution catalysts

    Daniel Merki;Xile Hu

  • Ultrathin Cobalt–Manganese Layered Double Hydroxide Is an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalyst

    Fang Song;Xile Hu

  • A nanoporous molybdenum carbide nanowire as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Lei Liao;Sinong Wang;Jingjing Xiao;Xiaojun Bian

  • Fe, Co, and Ni ions promote the catalytic activity of amorphous molybdenum sulfide films for hydrogen evolution

    Daniel Merki;Heron Vrubel;Lorenzo Rovelli;Stéphane Fierro

  • Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by MoS3 and MoS2 particles

    Heron Vrubel;Daniel Merki;Xile Hu

  • A nickel iron diselenide-derived efficient oxygen-evolution catalyst

    Xiang Xu;Fang Song;Xile Hu

  • Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step

    Aliki Moysiadou;Seunghwa Lee;Chia-Shuo Hsu;Hao Ming Chen

  • Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution at low overpotentials by cobalt macrocyclic glyoxime and tetraimine complexes.

    Xile Hu;Bruce S. Brunschwig;Jonas C. Peters

  • Nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of non-activated alkyl halides: a mechanistic perspective

    Xile Hu

  • Amorphous molybdenum sulfides as hydrogen evolution catalysts

    Carlos G. Morales-Guio;Xile Hu

  • Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution.

    Ligang Feng;Heron Vrubel;Michaël Bensimon;Xile Hu

  • Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the Metal-Carbene Bond

    Xile Hu;Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez;Kristian Olsen;Karsten Meyer

  • A Cobalt-Iron Double-Atom Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Lichen Bai;Chia-Shuo Hsu;Duncan T. L. Alexander;Hao Ming Chen

  • Hydrogen evolution from a copper(I) oxide photocathode coated with an amorphous molybdenum sulphide catalyst

    Carlos G. Morales-Guio;S. David Tilley;Heron Vrubel;Michael Grätzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosario Scopelliti
Rosario Scopelliti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Karsten Meyer
Karsten Meyer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Seigo Shima
Seigo Shima Max Planck Society
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jonas C. Peters
Jonas C. Peters California Institute of Technology
Hubert H. Girault
Hubert H. Girault École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Clémence Corminboeuf
Clémence Corminboeuf École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jingshan Luo
Jingshan Luo Nankai University
Hao Ming Chen
Hao Ming Chen National Taiwan University
Ligang Feng
Ligang Feng Yangzhou University

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