Bowei Gao

7.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
22 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Bowei Gao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bowei Gao has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 14 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Bowei Gao's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (17 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (14 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (12 papers). Bowei Gao is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (17 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (14 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (12 papers). Bowei Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Bowei Gao's co-authors include Jianhui Hou, Huifeng Yao, Yong Cui, Runnan Yu, Hao Zhang, Ling Hong, Ye Xu, Shaoqing Zhang, Kaihu Xian and Tao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Bowei Gao

21 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Design, Synthesis, and Photovoltaic Characterization of a Small Molecular Acceptor with an Ultra‐Narrow Band Gap

2017 753 citations Huifeng Yao, Yong Cui et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Over 14% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Chlorinated Nonfullerene Small‐Molecule Acceptors

2018 700 citations Hao Zhang, Huifeng Yao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Organic photovoltaic cell with 17% efficiency and superior processability

2019 507 citations Yong Cui, Huifeng Yao et al. National Science Review profile →
Eco‐Compatible Solvent‐Processed Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Over 16% Efficiency

2019 492 citations Ling Hong, Huifeng Yao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applications

2019 481 citations Yong Cui, Yuming Wang et al. Nature Energy profile →
14.7% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Cells Enabled by Active Materials with a Large Electrostatic Potential Difference

2019 459 citations Huifeng Yao, Yong Cui et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Achieving Over 15% Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Copolymer Design

2019 430 citations Yong Cui, Huifeng Yao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Fine-Tuned Photoactive and Interconnection Layers for Achieving over 13% Efficiency in a Fullerene-Free Tandem Organic Solar Cell

2017 424 citations Yong Cui, Huifeng Yao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Achieving Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Intermolecular Interaction and Open‐Circuit Voltage

2017 380 citations Huifeng Yao, Long Ye et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bowei Gao China	18	5.0k	4.1k	457	343	285	22	5.2k
Xiaoling Ma China	51	7.7k 1.5×	6.1k 1.5×	846 1.9×	308 0.9×	262 0.9×	136	7.9k
Abay Gadisa United States	31	5.4k 1.1×	4.3k 1.1×	690 1.5×	433 1.3×	356 1.2×	48	5.7k
Roderick C. I. MacKenzie United Kingdom	26	4.0k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	581 1.3×	385 1.1×	131 0.5×	70	4.3k
Aharon Yakimov United States	11	2.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	764 1.7×	275 0.8×	189 0.7×	19	2.9k
Tom Aernouts Belgium	36	3.9k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	1.5k 3.3×	225 0.7×	224 0.8×	104	4.3k
Christoph Lungenschmied Austria	17	2.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	380 0.8×	212 0.6×	93 0.3×	29	2.4k
Yunpeng Qin China	29	5.9k 1.2×	5.2k 1.3×	420 0.9×	279 0.8×	274 1.0×	39	6.1k
Zichun Zhou China	19	5.4k 1.1×	4.4k 1.1×	535 1.2×	281 0.8×	240 0.8×	35	5.6k
Huotian Zhang Sweden	23	4.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	589 1.3×	272 0.8×	171 0.6×	55	5.1k
Kenichiro Ohya Japan	8	4.0k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	532 1.2×	257 0.7×	242 0.8×	8	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bowei Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bowei Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bowei Gao 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 Bowei Gao. Bowei Gao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Chen, Xuyu, et al.. (2025). Covalent triazine framework enables uniform dispersion of Cu2O catalysts for effectively boosting thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate. Solid State Sciences. 170. 108110–108110.

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Gao, Bowei, et al.. (2024). Optimization design of proton exchange membrane fuel cells with bio-inspired leaf vein flow channels. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 190. 645–664. 9 indexed citations

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He, Zhiyong, et al.. (2024). Effect of tapered porous ribs on the performance of Proton exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 236. 126204–126204. 3 indexed citations

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Cui, Yong, Huifeng Yao, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2019). 1 cm² Organic Photovoltaic Cells for Indoor Application with over 20% Efficiency. Advanced Materials. 31(42). e1904512–e1904512. 164 indexed citations

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Cui, Yong, Yuming Wang, Jonas Bergqvist, et al.. (2019). Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applications. Nature Energy. 4(9). 768–775. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hong, Ling, Huifeng Yao, Runnan Yu, et al.. (2019). Investigating the Trade-Off between Device Performance and Energy Loss in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(32). 29124–29131. 30 indexed citations

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Gao, Bowei, Huifeng Yao, Ling Hong, & Jianhui Hou. (2019). Efficient Organic Solar Cells with a High Open‐Circuit Voltage of 1.34 V. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 37(11). 1153–1157. 20 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, Yabing Tang, Xinyu Sui, et al.. (2019). Increasing Quantum Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Exciton Splitting and Long Carrier Lifetime by Molecular Doping at Heterojunctions. ACS Energy Letters. 4(6). 1356–1363. 60 indexed citations

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Cui, Yong, Huifeng Yao, Ling Hong, et al.. (2019). Organic photovoltaic cell with 17% efficiency and superior processability. National Science Review. 7(7). 1239–1246. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Huifeng, Yong Cui, Deping Qian, et al.. (2019). 14.7% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Cells Enabled by Active Materials with a Large Electrostatic Potential Difference. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(19). 7743–7750. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Hao, Huifeng Yao, Junxian Hou, et al.. (2018). Over 14% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Chlorinated Nonfullerene Small‐Molecule Acceptors. Advanced Materials. 30(28). e1800613–e1800613. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Bowei, Huifeng Yao, Junxian Hou, et al.. (2018). Multi-component non-fullerene acceptors with tunable bandgap structures for efficient organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(46). 23644–23649. 47 indexed citations

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Yu, Runnan, Huifeng Yao, Ling Hong, et al.. (2018). Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance of Nonfullerene Acceptors via Conjugated Rotatable End Groups. Advanced Energy Materials. 8(31). 28 indexed citations

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Gao, Bowei, Huifeng Yao, Bomee Jang, et al.. (2018). The crucial role of intermolecular π–π interactions in A–D–A-type electron acceptors and their effective modulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(6). 2664–2670. 27 indexed citations

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Yao, Huifeng, Long Ye, Junxian Hou, et al.. (2017). Achieving Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Intermolecular Interaction and Open‐Circuit Voltage. Advanced Materials. 29(21). 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Huifeng, Yong Cui, Runnan Yu, et al.. (2017). Design, Synthesis, and Photovoltaic Characterization of a Small Molecular Acceptor with an Ultra‐Narrow Band Gap. Angewandte Chemie. 129(11). 3091–3095. 60 indexed citations

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Li, Ruoming, Wangzhe Li, Liangjiang Zhou, et al.. (2017). Synthetic aperture radar based on photonic-assisted signal generation and processing. 1–3. 3 indexed citations

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Cui, Yong, Huifeng Yao, Bowei Gao, et al.. (2017). Fine-Tuned Photoactive and Interconnection Layers for Achieving over 13% Efficiency in a Fullerene-Free Tandem Organic Solar Cell. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(21). 7302–7309. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Ruoming, Wangzhe Li, Yanlei Li, et al.. (2017). Demonstration of a microwave photonic synthetic aperture radar based on photonic-assisted signal generation and stretch processing. Optics Express. 25(13). 14334–14334. 129 indexed citations

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Yao, Huifeng, Yong Cui, Runnan Yu, et al.. (2017). Design, Synthesis, and Photovoltaic Characterization of a Small Molecular Acceptor with an Ultra‐Narrow Band Gap. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(11). 3045–3049. 753 indexed citations breakdown →

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