2026 Xun Xu: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	64	6002	5809	193	192	184	12099

Overview

Xun Xu is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Subfields also include Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials as well as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research covers several main topics including:

Advancements in Battery Materials
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Advanced battery technologies research
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Graphene research and applications
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Xun Xu has contributed to numerous papers, among which some recent and notable publications are:

Advances in High Sulfur Loading Cathodes for Practical Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (2022), published in Advanced Energy Materials
Multifunctional Active-Center-Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Recent advanced skeletons in sodium metal anodes (2021), published in Energy & Environmental Science
Promoted Photocharge Separation in 2D Lateral Epitaxial Heterostructure for Visible-Light-Driven CO₂ Photoreduction (2020), published in Advanced Materials
Nickel single atom-decorated carbon nanosheets as multifunctional electrocatalyst supports toward efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution (2021), published in Nano Energy

The researcher frequently publishes in venues with multiple contributions including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Chemical Engineering Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Energy Materials
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Xun Xu collaborates regularly with several co-authors, frequently working with:

Shi Xue Dou
Yi Du
Weichang Hao
Nana Wang
Zhongchao Bai

Best Publications

Sulfur-graphene composite for rechargeable lithium batteries

Jia-Zhao Wang;Lin Lu;Mohammad Choucair;John A. Stride;John A. Stride

452
Citations
Recent progress on silicon-based anode materials for practical lithium-ion battery applications

Peng Li;Guoqiang Zhao;Xiaobo Zheng;Xun Xu

445
Citations
Active-Site-Enriched Iron-Doped Nickel/Cobalt Hydroxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Qian Zhou;Yaping Chen;Guoqiang Zhao;Yue Lin

376
Citations
Recent Development of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Porous Carbon Based Materials as Electrocatalysts

Ningyan Cheng;Long Ren;Xun Xu;Xun Xu;Yi Du;Yi Du

333
Citations
MOF-derived Co-doped nickel selenide/C electrocatalysts supported on Ni foam for overall water splitting

Fangwang Ming;Hanfeng Liang;Hanfeng Liang;Huanhuan Shi;Xun Xu

326
Citations
Prussian Blue Analogues Derived Penroseite (Ni,Co)Se2 Nanocages Anchored on 3D Graphene Aerogel for Efficient Water Splitting

Xun Xu;Hanfeng Liang;Fangwang Ming;Zhengbing Qi

283
Citations
Silicene: A Promising Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Jincheng Zhuang;Xun Xu;Xun Xu;Germanas Peleckis;Weichang Hao

246
Citations
High-performance room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion

Nana Wang;Nana Wang;Yunxiao Wang;Zhongchao Bai;Zhiwei Fang

225
Citations
Realization of flat band with possible nontrivial topology in electronic Kagome lattice

Zhi Li;Jincheng Zhuang;Jincheng Zhuang;Li Wang;Haifeng Feng;Haifeng Feng

210
Citations
Nanodroplets for Stretchable Superconducting Circuits

Long Ren;Jincheng Zhuang;Gilberto Casillas;Haifeng Feng

209
Citations
Multifunctional Active‐Center‐Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting

Xiaobo Zheng;Xiaobo Zheng;Peixin Cui;Yumin Qian;Guoqiang Zhao;Guoqiang Zhao

206
Citations
Atomically thin non-layered nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion.

Yuhai Dou;Yuhai Dou;Lei Zhang;Lei Zhang;Xun Xu;Ziqi Sun

199
Citations
Activating Titania for Efficient Electrocatalysis by Vacancy Engineering

Haifeng Feng;Haifeng Feng;Zhongfei Xu;Long Ren;Chen Liu

184
Citations
Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Bismuth Nanorod@Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as A Long Cycling and High Rate Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Pan Xue;Nana Wang;Nana Wang;Zhiwei Fang;Zhenxiao Lu

173
Citations
Tuning the Band Gap in Silicene by Oxidation

Yi Du;Jincheng Zhuang;Hongsheng Liu;Xun Xu

171
Citations
Recent progress on liquid metals and their applications

Guyue Bo;Long Ren;Xun Xu;Yi Du

166
Citations
Comprehensive New Insights and Perspectives into Ti-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Alkaline Metal (Na + , K + ) Ion Batteries

Nana Wang;Nana Wang;Chenxiao Chu;Xun Xu;Yi Du

164
Citations
Modulation of Photocatalytic Properties by Strain in 2D BiOBr Nanosheets

Haifeng Feng;Zhongfei Xu;Liang Wang;Youxing Yu

162
Citations
Recent Progress on Germanene and Functionalized Germanene: Preparation, Characterizations, Applications, and Challenges

Nana Liu;Guyue Bo;Yani Liu;Yani Liu;Xun Xu;Xun Xu

160
Citations
Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation.

Yi Du;Jincheng Zhuang;Jiaou Wang;Zhi Li

155
Citations
Control of nano carbon substitution for enhancing the critical current density in MgB2

Wai Kong Yeoh;Jung Ho Kim;Josip Horvat;Xun Xu

151
Citations