Bowei Xu

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Bowei Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bowei Xu has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 72 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bowei Xu's work include Conducting polymers and applications (69 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (66 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (48 papers). Bowei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (69 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (66 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (48 papers). Bowei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Bowei Xu's co-authors include Jianhui Hou, Shaoqing Zhang, Huifeng Yao, Yong Cui, Jianqi Zhang, Lixiang Wang, Feng Gao, Qian Kang, Hui Tong 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 Xu

99 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Over 16% efficiency organic photovoltaic cells enabled by a chlorinated acceptor with increased open-circuit voltages

2019 1.5k citations Yong Cui, Huifeng Yao et al. Nature Communications 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. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bowei Xu China	36	4.9k	4.2k	1.1k	414	340	103	5.8k
Warwick J. Belcher Australia	38	2.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	431 1.0×	521 1.5×	144	4.0k
Wei Yang China	44	7.0k 1.4×	5.0k 1.2×	2.8k 2.5×	195 0.5×	264 0.8×	201	8.1k
Natalie Banerji Switzerland	37	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	1.6k 1.4×	223 0.5×	359 1.1×	104	4.3k
Dongge Ma China	49	6.8k 1.4×	3.0k 0.7×	3.8k 3.4×	195 0.5×	433 1.3×	167	7.8k
Brett M. Savoie United States	32	3.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	105 0.3×	318 0.9×	106	4.6k
Daniele Fazzi Italy	40	3.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	122 0.3×	403 1.2×	98	4.6k
Weigang Zhu China	32	2.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	203 0.5×	513 1.5×	72	4.3k
Larry Lüer Germany	35	3.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	2.2k 1.9×	266 0.6×	414 1.2×	135	4.8k
V. Hernández Spain	38	2.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	218 0.5×	303 0.9×	165	4.4k
Hua Geng China	41	3.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	2.8k 2.5×	211 0.5×	485 1.4×	108	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bowei Xu

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Yuxin, Bowei Xu, Huihui Li, et al.. (2025). Intrinsic ferroelectric elastomers with ultrahigh Curie temperature and fast polarization switching. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9219–9219.

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Tong, Yao, Jiayu Li, Heng Liu, et al.. (2025). Anode Engineering with pH‐Neutral Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Enabling Over 19% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(22). e202504085–e202504085. 4 indexed citations

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Shi, Yanqi, Hao Zhu, Kun Li, et al.. (2025). p-π conjugated polyelectrolyte with simultaneously enhanced work function and conductivity for efficient organic optoelectronics. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 114. 407–416.

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Li, Zhe, et al.. (2024). Solution‐processing induced H‐aggregate of Perylene‐Diimide Zwitterion Exhibiting Compact Molecular Stacking toward Efficient Cathode Modification in Organic Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(2). e202413986–e202413986. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Qingyang, Yuping Qian, Ludan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Photothermal Therapy under Low‐Power Near‐Infrared Irradiation Enabled by a Si‐Cyclopentadithiophene‐Based Organic Molecule. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(2). e2403248–e2403248. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Zhe, et al.. (2024). Solution‐processing induced H‐aggregate of Perylene‐Diimide Zwitterion Exhibiting Compact Molecular Stacking toward Efficient Cathode Modification in Organic Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 137(2). 4 indexed citations

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Wang, He, Yi Yang, Yuzhuo Zhang, et al.. (2023). p—π Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Toward Universal Electrode Interlayer Materials for Diverse Optoelectronic Devices. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(15). 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Bowei, et al.. (2023). Solution‐Processed Semiconductor Materials as Cathode Interlayers for Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Science. 10(34). e2304673–e2304673. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Bowei Xu, & Jianhui Hou. (2023). Reducing Depletion Region Width at Electrode Interface via a Hole‐transport Layer for Over 18% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells. Small. 20(13). e2306668–e2306668. 11 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhennan, Lei Hua, Yuzhuo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Modulating Backbone Conjugation of Polymeric Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters for High‐Efficiency Blue OLEDs. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(43). 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Cheng, Yi Yang, Bowei Xu, et al.. (2023). Self‐Doped n‐Type Quinoidal Compounds with Good Air Stability and High Electrical Conductivity for Organic Electronics. Angewandte Chemie. 135(35). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Bowei Xu, & Jianhui Hou. (2023). Mixed‐Addenda Dawson‐Type Polyoxometalates as High‐Performance Anode Interlayer Materials for Efficient Organic Optoelectronic Devices. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(14). 30 indexed citations

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Li, Qing, et al.. (2023). Nanoscale Two-Dimensional FeII- and CoII-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks of Porphyrin Ligand for the Photodynamic Therapy of Breast Cancer. Molecules. 28(5). 2125–2125. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Xiao Yang, Bowei Xu, & Jianhui Hou. (2023). Cross‐Linkable Cathode Interlayer for Inverted Organic Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiency and Stability. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(30). 38 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Bowei Xu, & Jianhui Hou. (2021). Solution‐Processed Silver Nanowire as Flexible Transparent Electrodes in Organic Solar Cells. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 39(8). 2315–2329. 49 indexed citations

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Liao, Qing, Qian Kang, Yi Yang, et al.. (2021). Highly Stable Organic Solar Cells Based on an Ultraviolet-Resistant Cathode Interfacial Layer. CCS Chemistry. 4(3). 938–948. 74 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiao, Yong Cui, Yunfei Zu, et al.. (2020). Organic photovoltaic cells for low light applications offering new scope and orientation. Organic Electronics. 85. 105798–105798. 28 indexed citations

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Kang, Qian, Qing Liao, Ye Xu, et al.. (2019). p-Doped Conducting Polyelectrolyte as an Anode Interlayer Enables High Efficiency for 1 cm² Printed Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(22). 20205–20213. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kai, Xiaoyu Liu, Bowei Xu, et al.. (2016). High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with solution-processed conjugated polymers as anode interfacial layer. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science. 35(2). 219–229. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaofu, Haibo Li, Yu X. Xu, et al.. (2013). Thin film fabricated from solution-dispersible porous hyperbranched conjugated polymer nanoparticles without surfactants. Nanoscale. 6(4). 2375–2375. 41 indexed citations

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