Alina LaPotin

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alina LaPotin is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alina LaPotin has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alina LaPotin's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (6 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (4 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3 papers). Alina LaPotin is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (6 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (4 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3 papers). Alina LaPotin collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Alina LaPotin's co-authors include Evelyn N. Wang, Hyunho Kim, Sameer R. Rao, Lenan Zhang, Yang Zhong, Lin Zhao, Arny Leroy, Asegun Henry, Ryan M. France and Daniel J. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Alina LaPotin

11 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40% 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%
    2022 219 citations Alina LaPotin, Kevin L. Schulte et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alina LaPotin United States 9 622 402 243 239 182 11 1.1k
Yaodong Tu China 8 652 1.0× 441 1.1× 200 0.8× 158 0.7× 165 0.9× 10 1.1k
Arny Leroy United States 12 631 1.0× 283 0.7× 258 1.1× 740 3.1× 101 0.6× 22 1.5k
Zhenhui Lin China 10 813 1.3× 178 0.4× 362 1.5× 738 3.1× 110 0.6× 12 1.6k
Xinzhe Min China 9 1.4k 2.2× 187 0.5× 724 3.0× 249 1.0× 133 0.7× 9 1.6k
Feng Wei China 19 149 0.2× 409 1.0× 160 0.7× 72 0.3× 138 0.8× 75 1.1k
A. G. Agwu Nnanna United States 17 224 0.4× 530 1.3× 149 0.6× 85 0.4× 197 1.1× 51 1.5k
Xi Wu China 14 222 0.4× 70 0.2× 132 0.5× 113 0.5× 111 0.6× 47 533
Iwan Haechler Switzerland 6 416 0.7× 94 0.2× 205 0.8× 191 0.8× 55 0.3× 8 661
H. Jeremy Cho United States 11 128 0.2× 433 1.1× 77 0.3× 26 0.1× 206 1.1× 23 980
Kyle L. Wilke United States 15 757 1.2× 293 0.7× 323 1.3× 78 0.3× 386 2.1× 28 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alina LaPotin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alina LaPotin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alina LaPotin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alina LaPotin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alina LaPotin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alina LaPotin. Alina LaPotin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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LaPotin, Alina, Ravi Prasher, Asegun Henry, et al.. (2025). High-emissivity, thermally robust emitters for high power density thermophotovoltaics. Joule. 9(7). 102005–102005. 3 indexed citations
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Zhong, Yang, Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, et al.. (2024). Bridging materials innovations to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting devices. Nature Reviews Materials. 9(10). 681–698. 50 indexed citations
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LaPotin, Alina, Kevin L. Schulte, Myles A. Steiner, et al.. (2022). Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%. Nature. 604(7905). 287–291. 219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pishahang, Mehdi, Mario Caccia, Colin C. Kelsall, et al.. (2022). Validation of the Porous Medium Approximation for Hydrodynamics Analysis in Compact Heat Exchangers. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 144(8). 9 indexed citations
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Pishahang, Mehdi, et al.. (2021). Thermal energy grid storage: Liquid containment and pumping above 2000 °C. Applied Energy. 308. 118081–118081. 9 indexed citations
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Pishahang, Mehdi, et al.. (2021). High-temperature Pumping of Silicon for Thermal Energy Grid Storage. Energy. 233. 121105–121105. 5 indexed citations
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LaPotin, Alina, Yang Zhong, Lenan Zhang, et al.. (2020). Dual-Stage Atmospheric Water Harvesting Device for Scalable Solar-Driven Water Production. Joule. 5(1). 166–182. 272 indexed citations
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Schulte, Kevin L., Ryan M. France, Daniel J. Friedman, et al.. (2020). Inverted metamorphic AlGaInAs/GaInAs tandem thermophotovoltaic cell designed for thermal energy grid storage application. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(14). 17 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyunho, Sameer R. Rao, Alina LaPotin, Seockheon Lee, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2020). Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 161. 120253–120253. 74 indexed citations
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LaPotin, Alina, Hyunho Kim, Sameer R. Rao, & Evelyn N. Wang. (2019). Adsorption-Based Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Impact of Material and Component Properties on System-Level Performance. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(6). 1588–1597. 308 indexed citations
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Rieth, Adam J., Ashley M. Wright, Sameer R. Rao, et al.. (2018). Tunable Metal–Organic Frameworks Enable High-Efficiency Cascaded Adsorption Heat Pumps. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(50). 17591–17596. 89 indexed citations

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