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Kun Xu

Energy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1981Rising activity
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsFuel Cells and Related Materials

Publications

167

Citations

13,056

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
AI-generated

This name is associated with a very wide range of publications spanning electrocatalysis for fuel cells and batteries, nanomaterials for energy conversion, and many unrelated fields such as agriculture, cybersecurity, and medicine. The bibliographic record likely reflects multiple different researchers sharing this name rather than one coherent research program. Within the energy-related subset, the work centers on designing metal and metal-alloy nanostructures (e.g., Pt, Ru, Ir, Pd, Co, Ni-based catalysts) to improve efficiency of reactions like hydrogen oxidation, ammonia oxidation, and methanol electro-oxidation for fuel cells and batteries.

Electrocatalysis for fuel cellsCore-shell and alloy nanomaterialsBattery materialsHydrogen and ammonia oxidation reactionsEnergy conversion materials

Publication counts have grown substantially over the last decade, rising sharply from single digits per year before 2022 to over 20 per year in 2023 and 2025, though this may reflect aggregation of multiple same-named authors rather than one individual's output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 14.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 22 publications232024: 13 publications242025: 26 publications26252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Angewandte Chemie×8
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition×7
  • Advanced Materials×7
  • Inorganic Chemistry×5
  • Advanced Functional Materials×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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