Alexander Z. Chen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 972 citations indexed

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Alexander Z. Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Z. Chen has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 972 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Z. Chen's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (13 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (4 papers). Alexander Z. Chen is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (13 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (4 papers). Alexander Z. Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Italy. Alexander Z. Chen's co-authors include Joshua J. Choi, Benjamin J. Foley, Seunghun Lee, Depei Zhang, Detlef‐M. Smilgies, J. Scott Niezgoda, Xiaoyu Deng, Gaurav Giri, Mustafa Z. Mahmoud and Paulette Clancy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Z. Chen

13 papers receiving 963 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Origin of vertical orientation in two-dimensional metal halide perovskites and its effect on photovoltaic performance

2018 371 citations Alexander Z. Chen, Depei Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Z. Chen United States	11	935	771	334	68	56	13	972
Eli J. Wolf United States	9	1.7k 1.8×	942 1.2×	678 2.0×	60 0.9×	53 0.9×	9	1.7k
Zhaojian Xu United States	19	1.3k 1.4×	796 1.0×	529 1.6×	46 0.7×	65 1.2×	25	1.3k
Sunil B. Shivarudraiah Hong Kong	13	853 0.9×	693 0.9×	141 0.4×	60 0.9×	52 0.9×	25	910
Scott Silver United States	8	772 0.8×	653 0.8×	163 0.5×	52 0.8×	57 1.0×	8	805
Robert D. J. Oliver United Kingdom	19	1.9k 2.1×	1.2k 1.5×	767 2.3×	49 0.7×	67 1.2×	27	1.9k
Juanita Hidalgo United States	14	1.0k 1.1×	726 0.9×	355 1.1×	52 0.8×	63 1.1×	26	1.1k
Carlo A. R. Perini United States	15	1.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	421 1.3×	61 0.9×	83 1.5×	39	1.6k
Shelby A. Cuthriell United States	11	406 0.4×	320 0.4×	111 0.3×	47 0.7×	53 0.9×	13	442
Md Aslam Uddin United States	14	782 0.8×	460 0.6×	315 0.9×	47 0.7×	35 0.6×	19	819
Ian L. Braly United States	10	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	328 1.0×	35 0.5×	53 0.9×	10	1.6k

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Hu, X., Wei‐Liang Chen, Depei Zhang, et al.. (2025). The Influence of Structural Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites on Their Photoluminescence Efficiency — Neutron Scattering Analysis. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 94(3). 1 indexed citations

Giri, Ashutosh, Alexander Z. Chen, Alessandro Mattoni, et al.. (2020). Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Perovskites. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3331–3337. 90 indexed citations

Foley, Benjamin J., Shelby A. Cuthriell, Xiaoyu Deng, et al.. (2020). Relationship between the Nature of Monovalent Cations and Charge Recombination in Metal Halide Perovskites. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(2). 1298–1304. 11 indexed citations

Hu, Xiao, Depei Zhang, Tianran Chen, et al.. (2020). Crystal structures and rotational dynamics of a two-dimensional metal halide perovskite (OA)2PbI4. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(1). 14703–14703. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Alexander Z. & Joshua J. Choi. (2019). Crystallographic orientation and layer impurities in two-dimensional metal halide perovskite thin films. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 38(1). 22 indexed citations

Chen, Alexander Z., Xiaoyu Deng, Mustafa Z. Mahmoud, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Formation of Vertical Orientation in Two-dimensional Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films. Chemistry of Materials. 31(4). 1336–1343. 104 indexed citations

Chen, Alexander Z., Depei Zhang, Benjamin J. Foley, et al.. (2018). Origin of vertical orientation in two-dimensional metal halide perovskites and its effect on photovoltaic performance. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1336–1336. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

Niezgoda, J. Scott, et al.. (2018). Colloidal Nanocrystals as a Platform for Rapid Screening of Charge Trap Passivating Molecules for Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films. Chemistry of Materials. 30(14). 4515–4526. 20 indexed citations

Foley, Benjamin J., Shelby A. Cuthriell, Alexander Z. Chen, et al.. (2018). Impact of Crystallographic Orientation Disorders on Electronic Heterogeneities in Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films. Nano Letters. 18(10). 6271–6278. 25 indexed citations

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Deng, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2017). Room-Temperature Processing of TiO_x Electron Transporting Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(14). 3206–3210. 39 indexed citations

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Chen, Alexander Z., et al.. (2017). Crystallographic orientation propagation in metal halide perovskite thin films. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(17). 7796–7800. 61 indexed citations

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Niezgoda, J. Scott, Benjamin J. Foley, Alexander Z. Chen, & Joshua J. Choi. (2017). Improved Charge Collection in Highly Efficient CsPbBrI₂ Solar Cells with Light-Induced Dealloying. ACS Energy Letters. 2(5). 1043–1049. 101 indexed citations

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Foley, Benjamin J., Alexander Z. Chen, J. Scott Niezgoda, et al.. (2016). Controlling nucleation, growth, and orientation of metal halide perovskite thin films with rationally selected additives. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(1). 113–123. 118 indexed citations

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