Chuxin Lei

4.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
44 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Chuxin Lei is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuxin Lei has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chuxin Lei's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (19 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (9 papers). Chuxin Lei is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (19 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (11 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (9 papers). Chuxin Lei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Chuxin Lei's co-authors include Kai Wu, Qiang Fu, Guihua Yu, Weixin Guan, Wen Shi, Dingyao Liu, Youhong Guo, Hengyi Lu, Yongzheng Zhang and Jiemin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Chuxin Lei

44 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Highly Thermoconductive, Thermostable, and Super‐Flexible Film by Engineering 1D Rigid Rod‐Like Aramid Nanofiber/2D Boron Nitride Nanosheets

2020 363 citations Kai Wu, Dingyao Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Materials Engineering for Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Progress and Perspectives

2022 235 citations Hengyi Lu, Wen Shi et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments

2022 230 citations Youhong Guo, Weixin Guan et al. Nature Communications profile →
Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting

2022 203 citations Chuxin Lei, Youhong Guo et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Tailoring the Desorption Behavior of Hygroscopic Gels for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Climates

2022 185 citations Hengyi Lu, Wen Shi et al. Advanced Materials profile →
A bio-based nanofibre hydrogel filter for sustainable water purification

2024 66 citations Meihui Jiang, Chuxin Lei et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers

Chuxin Lei

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Jinping Qu China

Liming Wang China

Xin Ming China

Lisheng Tang China

Lu Bai China

Md Julker Nine Australia

Shouwei Gao China

Chang‐Mou Wu Taiwan

Lei Wu China

Jinping Qu China

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542 ×0.4

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954 ×0.9

295 ×0.6

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Citations per year, relative to Chuxin Lei Chuxin Lei (= 1×) peers Jinping Qu

Countries citing papers authored by Chuxin Lei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuxin Lei

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guo, Cong, Chuanlong Li, Chuxin Lei, et al.. (2025). Crack‐Resistant and Self‐Healable Passive Radiative Cooling Silicone Compounds. Advanced Materials. 37(14). e2500738–e2500738. 7 indexed citations

Guan, Weixin, et al.. (2025). Molecularly Functionalized Biomass Hydrogels for Sustainable Atmospheric Water Harvesting. Advanced Materials. 37(22). e2420319–e2420319. 20 indexed citations

Lei, Chuxin, Qing Li, Wenshuai Chen, & Guihua Yu. (2025). Biopolymeric Gels: Advancements in Sustainable Multifunctional Materials. Advanced Materials. 37(22). e2419906–e2419906. 12 indexed citations

Jiang, Meihui, Chuxin Lei, Xue Han, et al.. (2024). A bio-based nanofibre hydrogel filter for sustainable water purification. Nature Sustainability. 7(2). 168–178. 66 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Yuyang, Chuxin Lei, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2024). Sustainable, low-cost, high-contrast electrochromic displays via host–guest interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(18). e2401060121–e2401060121. 9 indexed citations

Park, Jung‐Joon, Weixin Guan, Chuxin Lei, & Guihua Yu. (2024). Self-Irrigation and Slow-Release Fertilizer Hydrogels for Sustainable Agriculture. ACS Materials Letters. 6(8). 3471–3477. 18 indexed citations

Wu, Kai, Zhengli Dou, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Mechanochemistry-mediated colloidal liquid metals for electronic device cooling at kilowatt levels. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(1). 104–111. 37 indexed citations

Lei, Chuxin, et al.. (2024). Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(14). 7328–7362. 57 indexed citations

Lei, Chuxin, et al.. (2023). Biomimetically Assembled Sponge‐Like Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Purification. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(38). 57 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxin & Guihua Yu. (2023). Harnessing the flatband λ-Ti3O5: A breakthrough in solar steam generation. Science China Materials. 66(11). 4515–4516. 1 indexed citations

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Guan, Weixin, et al.. (2023). Molecularly confined hydration in thermoresponsive hydrogels for efficient atmospheric water harvesting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(38). e2308969120–e2308969120. 53 indexed citations

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Guo, Youhong, Weixin Guan, Chuxin Lei, et al.. (2022). Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2761–2761. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lei, Chuxin, Youhong Guo, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2022). Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting. Angewandte Chemie. 134(13). 34 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxin, Weixin Guan, Youhong Guo, et al.. (2022). Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Highly Efficient High Salinity Solar Desalination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(36). e202208487–e202208487. 187 indexed citations

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Lu, Hengyi, Wen Shi, Youhong Guo, et al.. (2022). Materials Engineering for Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Progress and Perspectives. Advanced Materials. 34(12). e2110079–e2110079. 235 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lu, Hengyi, Wen Shi, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2022). Tailoring the Desorption Behavior of Hygroscopic Gels for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Climates. Advanced Materials. 34(37). e2205344–e2205344. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Jian‐Hua, Tong Liu, Yongzheng Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dragonfly wing-inspired architecture makes a stiff yet tough healable material. Matter. 4(7). 2474–2489. 125 indexed citations

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Xue, Sen, Chuxin Lei, Dingyao Liu, et al.. (2021). Thermo-conductive phase change materials with binary fillers of core-shell-like distribution. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 144. 106326–106326. 31 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxin, Youhong Guo, Weixin Guan, & Guihua Yu. (2021). Polymeric materials for solar water purification. Journal of Polymer Science. 59(24). 3084–3099. 42 indexed citations

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Wu, Kai, Yongzheng Zhang, Feng Gong, et al.. (2020). Highly thermo-conductive but electrically insulating filament via a volume-confinement self-assembled strategy for thermoelectric wearables. Chemical Engineering Journal. 421. 127764–127764. 25 indexed citations

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