Wei Xi

5.0k citations

84 papers · 3.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Catalysis top 2%
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 51
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 16
- Nanoporous metals and alloys 7
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 18
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques 7

Co-authors: Jun Luo (19 shared papers)Wei Pan (9 shared papers)Bin Li (7 shared papers)Botao Qiao (3 shared papers)Tao Zhang (3 shared papers)Xiaoyan Liu (3 shared papers)Yi Ding (9 shared papers)Yike Huang (2 shared papers)
Journals: Nanoscale (6 papers)Journal of Power Sources (4 papers)Computational Materials Science (3 papers)ACS Catalysis (3 papers)Journal of the American Ceramic Society (3 papers)
Partner nations: China Singapore United States

In The Last Decade

Wei Xi

80 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Wei Xi's Hit Papers

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Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Pt Single Atoms and TiO₂ 2020 · 463 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019 Nature Communications

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1	Non defect-stabilized thermally stable single-atom catalyst Nature Communications ·Rui Lang, Wei Xi, Jincheng Liu, Yi‐Tao Cui, Tianbo Li, Adam F. Lee, Chen Fang, Yang Chen, Lei Li, Lin Li, Jian Lin, Shu Miao, Xiaoyan Liu, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Jun Luo, Botao Qiao, Jun Li, Tao Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2019	566
2	Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Pt Single Atoms and TiO₂ Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Bing Han, Yalin Guo, Yike Huang, Wei Xi, Jie Xu, Jun Luo, Haifeng Qi, Yujing Ren, Xiaoyan Liu, Botao Qiao, Tao Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2020	463
3	Atomic Insights for Optimum and Excess Doping in Photocatalysis: A Case Study of Few‐Layer Cu‐ZnIn₂S₄ Advanced Functional Materials ·Pengfei Wang, Zhurui Shen, Yuguo Xia, Haitao Wang, Lirong Zheng, Wei Xi, Sihui Zhan	2018	240
4	Upraising the O 2p Orbital by Integrating Ni with MoO₂ for Accelerating Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics ACS Catalysis ·Xiong Liu, Kun Ni, Chaojiang Niu, Ruiting Guo, Wei Xi, Zhaoyang Wang, Jiashen Meng, Jiantao Li, Yanwu Zhu, Peijie Wu, Qi Li, Jun Luo, Xiaojun Wu, Liqiang Mai	2019	197
5	Nanoporous Zn-doped Co3O4 sheets with single-unit-cell-wide lateral surfaces for efficient oxygen evolution and water splitting Nano Energy ·Xijun Liu, Wei Xi, Chao Li, Xi‐Bo Li, Jing Shi, Yongli Shen, Jia He, Lihan Zhang, Lin Xie, Xiaoming Sun, Peng Wang, Jun Luo, Yuandong Niu, Yi Ding	2017	156
6	Rechargeable Al–CO₂ Batteries for Reversible Utilization of CO₂ Advanced Materials ·Wenqing Ma, Xizheng Liu, Chao Li, Huiming Yin, Wei Xi, Ruirui Liu, Guang He, Xian Zhao, Jun Luo, Yi Ding	2018	120
7	Nanoporous Cu@Cu₂O hybrid arrays enable photo-assisted supercapacitor with enhanced capacities Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Cuihua An, Zhifeng Wang, Wei Xi, Kai Wang, Xizheng Liu, Yi Ding	2019	103
8	Carbon dots decorated ultrathin CdS nanosheets enabling in-situ anchored Pt single atoms: A highly efficient solar-driven photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Shujun Qiu, Yongli Shen, Guijuan Wei, Shuang Yao, Wei Xi, Shu Miao, Rui Si, Min Zhang, Junfa Zhu, Changhua An	2019	94
9	Self-Supported Hierarchical Nanostructured NiFe-LDH and Cu₃P Weaving Mesh Electrodes for Efficient Water Splitting ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Heng Wang, Tingting Zhou, Pengli Li, Zhen Cao, Wei Xi, Yunfeng Zhao, Yi Ding	2017	91
10	Dynamic co-catalysis of Au single atoms and nanoporous Au for methane pyrolysis Nature Communications ·Wei Xi, Kai Wang, Yongli Shen, Mengke Ge, Ziliang Deng, Yunfeng Zhao, Qiue Cao, Yi Ding, Guangzhi Hu, Jun Luo	2020	83
11	Studies of the deformation styles of the rubber-pad forming process used for manufacturing metallic bipolar plates Journal of Power Sources ·Yanxiong Liu, Lin Hua, Jian Lan, Wei Xi	2010	78
12	Tailoring nanoporous structures of Ge anodes for stable potassium-ion batteries Electrochemistry Communications ·Qing Yang, Zhifeng Wang, Wei Xi, Guang He	2019	72
13	Atomistic calculation of association energy in doped ceria Solid State Ionics ·Wei Xi, Wei Pan, Laifei Cheng, Bin Li	2008	64
14	Citric–Nitrate Combustion Synthesis and Electrical Conductivity of the Sm ³⁺ and Nd ³⁺ Co‐Doped Ceria Electrolyte Journal of the American Ceramic Society ·Wenbo Liu, Bin Li, Wei Xi, Wei Pan	2008	58
15	Electrical properties of ceria Co-doped with Sm3+ and Nd3+ Journal of Power Sources ·Bin Li, Wenbo Liu, Wei Xi, Wei Pan	2009	54
16	Stepped surface-rich copper fiber felt as an efficient electrocatalyst for the CO₂RR to formate Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Sibo Shen, Jia He, Xianyun Peng, Wei Xi, Lihan Zhang, Desheng Xi, Lei Wang, Xijun Liu, Jun Luo	2018	54
17	Ceria (Sm3+, Nd3+)/carbonates composite electrolytes with high electrical conductivity at low temperature Composites Science and Technology ·Wei Liu, Wenbo Liu, Bin Li, Taylor D. Sparks, Wei Xi, Wei Pan	2009	52
18	Deposition of BN interphase coatings from B-trichloroborazine and its effects on the mechanical properties of SiC/SiC composites Applied Surface Science ·Haitang Wu, Mingwei Chen, Wei Xi, Min Ge, Weigang Zhang	2010	51
19	Atomic origins of high electrochemical CO₂reduction efficiency on nanoporous gold Nanoscale ·Weiqing Zhang, Jia He, Siyu Liu, Wenxin Niu, Pan Liu, Yang Zhao, Fangjie Pang, Wei Xi, Mingwei Chen, Wei Zhang, Su‐Seng Pang, Yi Ding	2018	48
20	Ultrathin Ag Nanowires Electrode for Electrochemical Syngas Production from Carbon Dioxide ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Wei Xi, Ruizhen Ma, Heng Wang, Zhen Gao, Weiqing Zhang, Yunfeng Zhao	2018	47

About Wei Xi

Wei Xi is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Ceramics and Composites, having authored 84 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (18 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (16 papers), Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (15 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (11 papers), Advanced materials and composites (9 papers), Nanoporous metals and alloys (7 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.9k citations), Catalysis (567 citations), Materials Chemistry (2.2k citations), Ceramics and Composites (212 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.1k citations). Wei Xi has collaborated with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Frequent co-authors include Jun Luo, Wei Pan, Bin Li, Botao Qiao, Tao Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Yi Ding, Yike Huang, Yujing Ren and Yalin Guo. Their work appears in journals such as Nanoscale, Journal of Power Sources, Computational Materials Science, ACS Catalysis and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

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