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Xinchen Wang

Xinchen Wang

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Chemistry
China
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
160
Citations
117315
World Ranking
93
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Catalysis
  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen

Xinchen Wang mostly deals with Photocatalysis, Carbon nitride, Graphitic carbon nitride, Nanotechnology and Catalysis. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Hydrogen production, Photochemistry, Redox and Hydrogen evolution. His Carbon nitride study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Hydrogen, Inorganic chemistry, Semiconductor and Chemical engineering, Graphene.

His Graphitic carbon nitride research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Doping and Green chemistry. Xinchen Wang has included themes like Oxide, Organic chemistry, Heterojunction and Photocatalytic water splitting in his Nanotechnology study. His Catalysis study deals with Reactivity intersecting with Zeolitic imidazolate framework, Cobalt, Imidazolate, Calcination and Analytical chemistry.

His most cited work include:

  • A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light (6443 citations)
  • Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Heterogeneous Organocatalyst: From Photochemistry to Multipurpose Catalysis to Sustainable Chemistry (2077 citations)
  • Semiconductor heterojunction photocatalysts: design, construction, and photocatalytic performances (1926 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Photocatalysis, Carbon nitride, Chemical engineering, Catalysis and Photochemistry. Xinchen Wang has researched Photocatalysis in several fields, including Inorganic chemistry, Nanotechnology and Visible spectrum. His research on Carbon nitride also deals with topics like

  • Polymer which connect with Heptazine,
  • Semiconductor which intersects with area such as Heterojunction.

Xinchen Wang interconnects Hydrogen production, Hydrogen and Photoredox catalysis in the investigation of issues within Chemical engineering. His Catalysis research incorporates elements of Cobalt, Redox and Polymerization. He combines subjects such as Covalent bond, Triazine, Molecule and Aqueous solution with his study of Photochemistry.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photocatalysis (69.67%)
  • Carbon nitride (45.35%)
  • Chemical engineering (37.54%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Photocatalysis (69.67%)
  • Carbon nitride (45.35%)
  • Chemical engineering (37.54%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Photocatalysis, Carbon nitride, Chemical engineering, Catalysis and Carbon. His Photocatalysis study incorporates themes from Nanotechnology, Semiconductor, Polymer, Photochemistry and Visible spectrum. His Graphitic carbon nitride research extends to the thematically linked field of Nanotechnology.

His studies in Carbon nitride integrate themes in fields like Copolymer, Nanosheet, Boron, Charge carrier and Nitride. His Chemical engineering research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Hydrogen production, Photoredox catalysis, Polymerization and Water splitting. The Catalysis study combines topics in areas such as Cobalt and Redox.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Crystalline Carbon Nitride Semiconductors for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. (182 citations)
  • Black Phosphorus and Polymeric Carbon Nitride Heterostructure for Photoinduced Molecular Oxygen Activation (181 citations)
  • Ionothermal Synthesis of Triazine-Heptazine-Based Copolymers with Apparent Quantum Yields of 60 % at 420 nm for Solar Hydrogen Production from "Sea Water". (168 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Oxygen

Xinchen Wang mainly investigates Photocatalysis, Carbon nitride, Chemical engineering, Visible spectrum and Photochemistry. His work carried out in the field of Photocatalysis brings together such families of science as Quantum yield, Nanotechnology, Semiconductor and Polymer. His research in Carbon nitride intersects with topics in Tin oxide, Water splitting, Calcination, Carbon and Quantum efficiency.

His studies deal with areas such as Hydrogen production, Polymerization, Boron and Charge carrier as well as Chemical engineering. His study in Visible spectrum is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Alcohol oxidation, Catalysis, Nanoparticle and Band gap. His Photochemistry study combines topics in areas such as Acetylacetone, Denticity, Chelation and Resonance.

Best Publications

  • A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

    Xinchen Wang;Kazuhiko Maeda;Arne Thomas;Kazuhiro Takanabe

  • Semiconductor heterojunction photocatalysts: design, construction, and photocatalytic performances

    Huanli Wang;Lisha Zhang;Zhigang Chen;Junqing Hu

  • Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Heterogeneous Organocatalyst: From Photochemistry to Multipurpose Catalysis to Sustainable Chemistry

    Yong Wang;Xinchen Wang;Markus Antonietti

  • Exfoliated Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Under Visible Light

    Shubin Yang;Yongji Gong;Jinshui Zhang;Liang Zhan

  • Polymer semiconductors for artificial photosynthesis: hydrogen evolution by mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride with visible light.

    Xinchen Wang;Kazuhiko Maeda;Xiufang Chen;Kazuhiro Takanabe

  • Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

    Xinchen Wang;Siegfried Blechert;Markus Antonietti

  • Synthesis of a carbon nitride structure for visible-light catalysis by copolymerization

    Jinshui Zhang;Xiufang Chen;Kazuhiro Takanabe;Kazuhiko Maeda

  • Fe-g-C3N4-Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol Using Hydrogen Peroxide and Visible Light

    Xiufang Chen;Jinshui Zhang;Xianzhi Fu;Markus Antonietti

  • Graphitic Carbon Nitride Polymers toward Sustainable Photoredox Catalysis.

    Yun Zheng;Lihua Lin;Bo Wang;Xinchen Wang

  • Metal‐Containing Carbon Nitride Compounds: A New Functional Organic–Metal Hybrid Material

    Xinchen Wang;Xiufang Chen;Arne Thomas;Xianzhi Fu

  • mpg-C3N4-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Alcohols Using O2 and Visible Light

    Fangzheng Su;Smitha C. Mathew;Grzegorz Lipner;Xianzhi Fu

  • Two-dimensional covalent carbon nitride nanosheets: synthesis, functionalization, and applications

    Jinshui Zhang;Yan Chen;Xinchen Wang

  • Bioinspired hollow semiconductor nanospheres as photosynthetic nanoparticles

    Jianhua Sun;Jinshui Zhang;Mingwen Zhang;Markus Antonietti

  • Graphene‐Based Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Metal‐Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions

    Shubin Yang;Xinliang Feng;Xinchen Wang;Klaus Müllen

  • Overall water splitting by Pt/g-C3N4 photocatalysts without using sacrificial agents

    Guigang Zhang;Zhi An Lan;Lihua Lin;Sen Lin

  • Iodine Modified Carbon Nitride Semiconductors as Visible Light Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

    Guigang Zhang;Mingwen Zhang;Xinxin Ye;Xiaoqing Qiu

  • Tri-s-triazine-Based Crystalline Graphitic Carbon Nitrides for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysis

    Lihua Lin;Honghui Ou;Yongfan Zhang;Xinchen Wang

  • Polycondensation of thiourea into carbon nitride semiconductors as visible light photocatalysts

    Guigang Zhang;Jinshui Zhang;Mingwen Zhang;Xinchen Wang

  • Crumpled Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Nanosheets with Ultrahigh Pore Volume for High‐Performance Supercapacitor

    Zhenhai Wen;Xinchen Wang;Shun Mao;Zheng Bo

  • Nanospherical Carbon Nitride Frameworks with Sharp Edges Accelerating Charge Collection and Separation at a Soft Photocatalytic Interface

    Jinshui Zhang;Mingwen Zhang;Can Yang;Xinchen Wang

  • Functional carbon nitride materials — design strategies for electrochemical devices

    Fabian K. Kessler;Yun Zheng;Dana Schwarz;Christoph Merschjann

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Guigang Zhang
Guigang Zhang Fuzhou University
Xianzhi Fu
Xianzhi Fu Fuzhou University
Jinshui Zhang
Jinshui Zhang Fuzhou University
Yidong Hou
Yidong Hou Fuzhou University
Jimmy C. Yu
Jimmy C. Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Zhengxin Ding
Zhengxin Ding Fuzhou University
Maria-Magdalena Titirici
Maria-Magdalena Titirici Imperial College London
Sen Lin
Sen Lin Fuzhou University
Kazunari Domen
Kazunari Domen University of Tokyo

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