Feng Gao

61.2k total citations · 40 hit papers
672 papers, 44.6k citations indexed

About

Feng Gao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Feng Gao has authored 672 papers receiving a total of 44.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 414 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 229 papers in Materials Chemistry and 165 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Feng Gao's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (267 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (164 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (153 papers). Feng Gao is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (267 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (164 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (153 papers). Feng Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Feng Gao's co-authors include Jianhui Hou, Olle Inganäs, Richard H. Friend, Sai Bai, Yuming Wang, Deping Qian, Jianpu Wang, Yong Cui, Shaoqing Zhang and Huifeng Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Feng Gao

646 papers receiving 44.1k citations

Hit Papers

Organic solar cells based on non-fu... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2018 2021 2016 2020 2019 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors
    2018 2.5k citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  2. Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells
    2021 1.9k citations Huotian Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  3. Fullerene‐Free Polymer Solar Cells with over 11% Efficiency and Excellent Thermal Stability
    2016 1.7k citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  4. Single‐Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Approaching 18% Efficiency
    2020 1.7k citations Jianqi Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  5. Over 16% efficiency organic photovoltaic cells enabled by a chlorinated acceptor with increased open-circuit voltages
    2019 1.5k citations Jianqi Zhang, Feng Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  6. Planar perovskite solar cells with long-term stability using ionic liquid additives
    2019 1.3k citations Sai Bai, Zhongcheng Yuan et al. profile →
  7. Fast charge separation in a non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force
    2016 1.2k citations Jonas Bergqvist, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  8. Metal halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes
    2020 1.2k citations Weidong Xu, Sai Bai et al. profile →
  9. Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Properties of Weak Magnetic BiFeO3 Nanoparticles
    2007 830 citations Feng Gao, Tao Yu et al. profile →
  10. Highly Efficient Perovskite Nanocrystal Light‐Emitting Diodes Enabled by a Universal Crosslinking Method
    2016 812 citations Sai Bai, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  11. Wide-gap non-fullerene acceptor enabling high-performance organic photovoltaic cells for indoor applications
    2019 481 citations Jonas Bergqvist, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  12. High Performance and Stable All‐Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskite‐Based Photodetectors for Optical Communication Applications
    2018 472 citations Chunxiong Bao, Jie Yang et al. profile →
  13. 14.7% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Cells Enabled by Active Materials with a Large Electrostatic Potential Difference
    2019 459 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  14. Defects engineering for high-performance perovskite solar cells
    2018 446 citations Sai Bai, Wolfgang Tress et al. profile →
  15. Enabling low voltage losses and high photocurrent in fullerene-free organic photovoltaics
    2019 441 citations Huotian Zhang, Feng Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  16. Mixed halide perovskites for spectrally stable and high-efficiency blue light-emitting diodes
    2021 411 citations Chunxiong Bao, Rui Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  17. Subtle Molecular Tailoring Induces Significant Morphology Optimization Enabling over 16% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells with Efficient Charge Generation
    2019 409 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  18. Optical Gaps of Organic Solar Cells as a Reference for Comparing Voltage Losses
    2018 395 citations Huotian Zhang, Feng Gao et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  19. Fine-Tuning Energy Levels via Asymmetric End Groups Enables Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 17%
    2020 385 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  20. Tuning the electron-deficient core of a non-fullerene acceptor to achieve over 17% efficiency in a single-junction organic solar cell
    2020 373 citations Huotian Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  21. A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for >17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents
    2021 363 citations Rui Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  22. A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells
    2021 360 citations Wolfgang Tress, Yanming Sun et al. profile →
  23. A monothiophene unit incorporating both fluoro and ester substitution enabling high-performance donor polymers for non-fullerene solar cells with 16.4% efficiency
    2019 358 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  24. Minimising efficiency roll-off in high-brightness perovskite light-emitting diodes
    2018 357 citations Yanfeng Miao, Feng Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  25. The role of charge recombination to triplet excitons in organic solar cells
    2021 350 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  26. Lead‐Free Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6: Fundamentals, Applications, and Perspectives
    2021 329 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  27. Barrierless Free Charge Generation in the High‐Performance PM6:Y6 Bulk Heterojunction Non‐Fullerene Solar Cell
    2020 311 citations Huotian Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  28. Synergistic strain engineering of perovskite single crystals for highly stable and sensitive X-ray detectors with low-bias imaging and monitoring
    2022 304 citations Chunxiong Bao, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  29. Suppressed recombination loss in organic photovoltaics adopting a planar–mixed heterojunction architecture
    2022 277 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  30. High Efficiency (15.8%) All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Regioregular Narrow Bandgap Polymer Acceptor
    2021 276 citations Han Young Woo, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  31. Advances in solution-processed near-infrared light-emitting diodes
    2021 266 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  32. Accelerated aging of all-inorganic, interface-stabilized perovskite solar cells
    2022 244 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  33. Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18%
    2022 224 citations Feng Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  34. Organic solar cells with 20.82% efficiency and high tolerance of active layer thickness through crystallization sequence manipulation
    2025 177 citations Rui Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  35. Multifunctional Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Microcrystalline Engineering and Electromagnetic Response Switching Multi‐Band Devices
    2023 177 citations Jun Yan, Yongzhi Tian et al. profile →
  36. Multifunctional sulfonium-based treatment for perovskite solar cells with less than 1% efficiency loss over 4,500-h operational stability tests
    2024 131 citations Tiankai Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  37. Challenges and Progress in Lead‐Free Halide Double Perovskite Solar Cells
    2023 122 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  38. Bright and stable near-infrared lead-free perovskite light-emitting diodes
    2024 122 citations Feng Gao et al. profile →
  39. Aqueous-based recycling of perovskite photovoltaics
    2025 38 citations Tiankai Zhang, Feng Gao et al. profile →
  40. Octahedral units in halide perovskites
    2025 24 citations Yong Wang, Feng Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Feng Gao China 102 38.7k 23.3k 14.6k 3.7k 3.1k 672 44.6k
Yan Yao China 81 30.3k 0.8× 11.1k 0.5× 8.5k 0.6× 6.9k 1.9× 2.8k 0.9× 426 35.9k
Osman M. Bakr Saudi Arabia 106 34.5k 0.9× 6.7k 0.3× 35.0k 2.4× 6.7k 1.8× 2.2k 0.7× 410 44.9k
Shengzhong Liu China 115 42.6k 1.1× 16.8k 0.7× 30.6k 2.1× 3.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 943 48.9k
Toshio Kamiya Japan 85 26.7k 0.7× 6.9k 0.3× 23.5k 1.6× 7.0k 1.9× 2.6k 0.8× 639 37.4k
Qi Chen China 75 32.9k 0.9× 14.7k 0.6× 21.4k 1.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 495 35.9k
Christoph J. Brabec Germany 134 72.1k 1.9× 50.2k 2.2× 20.4k 1.4× 2.3k 0.6× 6.7k 2.1× 890 79.7k
Chihaya Adachi Japan 130 68.6k 1.8× 14.4k 0.6× 51.1k 3.5× 2.9k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 847 78.8k
Zheng‐Hong Lu Canada 72 20.6k 0.5× 6.0k 0.3× 16.5k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 408 25.3k
Wenping Hu China 122 37.8k 1.0× 15.9k 0.7× 28.4k 1.9× 6.8k 1.9× 9.9k 3.2× 1.2k 60.9k
Yunqi Liu China 109 34.1k 0.9× 16.9k 0.7× 30.3k 2.1× 7.8k 2.1× 11.1k 3.5× 910 59.3k

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All Works

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Liu, Jinfeng, Xiaopeng Duan, Junjie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Acridine‐Substituted‐Centronucleus Nonfullerene Acceptors Enables Organic Solar Cells with Over 20% Efficiency with Low Nonradiative Recombination Loss. Angewandte Chemie. 137(24). 2 indexed citations
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He, Dan, Yi Bai, Huotian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Achieving High Fill Factor via Increasing Interfacial Disorder to Inhibit Bimolecular Recombination for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(25). e202505722–e202505722. 7 indexed citations
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Bao, Chunxiong, Zhongcheng Yuan, Jie Yang, et al.. (2024). A multifunctional display based on photo-responsive perovskite light-emitting diodes. Nature Electronics. 7(5). 375–382. 31 indexed citations
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Kumawat, Naresh Kumar, et al.. (2024). Pulsed operation of perovskite LEDs: a study on the role of mobile ions. National Science Review. 12(5). nwae128–nwae128. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Shuyao, Yufan Zhang, Qinfu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Boosting the photochromic property of KSr2Nb5O15-based ceramics through an indirect vacancy-regulation strategy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 150080–150080. 13 indexed citations
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Zhu, Mengqi, et al.. (2024). Two-dimensional MXene/MOFs heterojunction nanosheets as confinement hosts for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes. Carbon. 227. 119248–119248. 23 indexed citations
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Yuan, Hang, Guiwen Wang, Pengfei Zhang, & Feng Gao. (2024). High-throughput single cell analysis using multi-focus Raman spectroscopy under randomly interleaved scattering projection. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 326. 125208–125208. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Mengyun, et al.. (2024). Mapping Uncharted Lead-Free Halide Perovskites and Related Low-Dimensional Structures. Materials. 17(2). 491–491. 1 indexed citations
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Jain, Nakul, Xian’e Li, Huotian Zhang, et al.. (2024). The Role of Thermally Activated Charge Separation in Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 16(3). 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limin, et al.. (2024). IR780‐based diffuse fluorescence tomography for cancer detection. Journal of Biophotonics. 17(5). e202300493–e202300493. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Tiefeng, Qifan Li, Qilun Zhang, et al.. (2024). A Polymeric Two‐in‐One Electron Transport Layer and Transparent Electrode for Efficient Indoor All‐Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Science. 11(40). e2405676–e2405676. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jindan, et al.. (2024). Recent Progress of Regulation Factors on the Deposition of Sodium Anodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(7). 70534–70534. 2 indexed citations
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Kong, Linghe, Chi Xu, Chenren Xu, et al.. (2024). Fusion of heterogeneous industrial wireless networks: A survey. Computer Networks. 257. 110929–110929.
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Pan, Jiaxin, Ziming Chen, Tiankai Zhang, et al.. (2023). Operando dynamics of trapped carriers in perovskite solar cells observed via infrared optical activation spectroscopy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8000–8000. 33 indexed citations
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Karimipour, Masoud, et al.. (2023). Functionalized MXene/Halide Perovskite Heterojunctions for Perovskite Solar Cells Stable Under Real Outdoor Conditions. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(44). 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qilun, Jochen Stahn, Fredrik Eriksson, et al.. (2023). Overcoming the voltage losses caused by the acceptor‐based interlayer in laminated indoor OPVs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Hao, Yong Wang, Yingping Fan, et al.. (2022). Decoupling engineering of formamidinium–cesium perovskites for efficient photovoltaics. National Science Review. 9(10). nwac127–nwac127. 37 indexed citations
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Tian, Yongzhi, et al.. (2022). Performance enhancement of a self-powered imaging CsPbBr3 photodetector by tuning the trap effects of carriers. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(19). 7460–7468. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Weidong Xu, Zhangjun Hu, et al.. (2021). Impact of Amine Additives on Perovskite Precursor Aging: A Case Study of Light-Emitting Diodes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(25). 5836–5843. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Tian, Junnan Li, Yatao Zou, et al.. (2019). High‐Performance Perovskite Light‐Emitting Diode with Enhanced Operational Stability Using Lithium Halide Passivation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(10). 4099–4105. 152 indexed citations

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