Gang Chen

102.1k total citations · 47 hit papers
1.1k papers, 83.1k citations indexed

About

Gang Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Chen has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 83.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 598 papers in Materials Chemistry, 325 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 256 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gang Chen's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (317 papers), Thermal properties of materials (309 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (241 papers). Gang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (317 papers), Thermal properties of materials (309 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (241 papers). Gang Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and New Zealand. Gang Chen's co-authors include Zhifeng Ren, M. S. Dresselhaus, Austin J. Minnich, Yucheng Lan, Keivan Esfarjani, Weishu Liu, Arvind Narayanaswamy, Xiao Yan, Dezhi Wang and Jiawei Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Gang Chen

1.0k papers receiving 81.2k citations

Hit Papers

High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismut... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2008 2007 2014 2009 2014 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys
    2008 4.8k citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  2. New Directions for Low‐Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials
    2007 3.3k citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  3. Solar steam generation by heat localization
    2014 2.0k citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  4. Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects
    2009 1.6k citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  5. Nanoscale thermal transport. II. 2003–2012
    2014 1.3k citations Gang Chen, Arun Majumdar et al. profile →
  6. Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications
    2011 1.1k citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  7. Steam generation under one sun enabled by a floating structure with thermal concentration
    2016 1.0k citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  8. High-performance flat-panel solar thermoelectric generators with high thermal concentration
    2011 987 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  9. Analysis of Optical Absorption in Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications
    2007 934 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  10. Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in Nanostructured p-type Silicon Germanium Bulk Alloys
    2008 921 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  11. Thermal conductivity and ballistic-phonon transport in the cross-plane direction of superlattices
    1998 874 citations Gang Chen profile →
  12. Recent developments in thermoelectric materials
    2003 872 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  13. A salt-rejecting floating solar still for low-cost desalination
    2018 814 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  14. Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure‐of‐Merit by a Bulk Nanostructuring Approach
    2009 772 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  15. Polyethylene nanofibres with very high thermal conductivities
    2010 744 citations Asegun Henry, Gang Chen et al. profile →
  16. High thermoelectric performance by resonant dopant indium in nanostructured SnTe
    2013 672 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  17. Surface Phonon Polaritons Mediated Energy Transfer between Nanoscale Gaps
    2009 643 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  18. High thermoelectric cooling performance of n-type Mg 3 Bi 2 -based materials
    2019 631 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  19. Nanoscale Energy Transport And Conversion
    2005 622 citations Gang Chen profile →
  20. Recent advances in thermoelectric nanocomposites
    2011 616 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  21. Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured n-type silicon germanium bulk alloy
    2008 615 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  22. Experimental Studies on Anisotropic Thermoelectric Properties and Structures of n-Type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3
    2010 588 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  23. Thermoelectric Property Studies on Cu‐Doped n‐type CuxBi2Te2.7Se0.3 Nanocomposites
    2011 578 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  24. Thermoelectric cooling materials
    2020 577 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  25. Giant thermopower of ionic gelatin near room temperature
    2020 565 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  26. Resonant bonding leads to low lattice thermal conductivity
    2014 558 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  27. Size effects on the hydrogen storage properties of nanostructured metal hydrides: A review
    2007 544 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  28. Concentrating Solar Power
    2015 543 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  29. Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials
    2021 535 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  30. Pulse accumulation, radial heat conduction, and anisotropic thermal conductivity in pump-probe transient thermoreflectance
    2008 510 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  31. Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in p-Type Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Tellurium Alloys Made from Elemental Chunks
    2008 490 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  32. Phonon conduction in PbSe, PbTe, and PbTe1−xSexfrom first-principles calculations
    2012 482 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  33. Coherent Phonon Heat Conduction in Superlattices
    2012 478 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  34. Relationship between thermoelectric figure of merit and energy conversion efficiency
    2015 470 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  35. Advances in thermoelectrics
    2018 462 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  36. Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties by Modulation-Doping in Silicon Germanium Alloy Nanocomposites
    2012 462 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  37. Power Factor Enhancement by Modulation Doping in Bulk Nanocomposites
    2011 447 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  38. A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers
    2014 429 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  39. Thermal Conductivity Spectroscopy Technique to Measure Phonon Mean Free Paths
    2011 414 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  40. Enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit by resonant states of aluminium doping in lead selenide
    2011 400 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  41. Routes for high-performance thermoelectric materials
    2018 319 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  42. A General Atomic Surface Modification Strategy for Improving Anchoring and Electrocatalysis Behavior of Ti3C2T2 MXene in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
    2019 316 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  43. Influence of NbC particles on microstructure and mechanical properties of AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy coatings prepared by laser cladding
    2019 301 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  44. Infrared-Transparent Visible-Opaque Fabrics for Wearable Personal Thermal Management
    2015 300 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  45. Nanostructured polymer films with metal-like thermal conductivity
    2019 297 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →
  46. Non-Fourier phonon heat conduction at the microscale and nanoscale
    2021 179 citations Gang Chen profile →
  47. Integrated Electromagnetic Device with On‐Off Heterointerface for Intelligent Switching Between Wave‐Absorption and Wave‐Transmission
    2023 116 citations Gang Chen et al. profile →

Peers

Gang Chen
Comparison fields: 5 of 183
  • Materials Chemistry 59.0k
  • Civil and Structural Engineering 23.3k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23.2k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10.6k
  • Biomedical Engineering 9.7k
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Arun Majumdar United States
M. S. Dresselhaus United States
Vinayak P. Dravid United States
Jin Zou Australia
G. Jeffrey Snyder United States
Lidong Chen China
Zhi‐Gang Chen China
Philip Kim United States
Alex Zettl United States
James Hone United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Challenges and prospectives of sodium-containing solid-state electrolyte materials for rechargeable metal batteries
2025 ·Materials Science and Engineering R Reports ·(unknown), Zhixuan Wei, Shiyu Yao, Shuoqing Zhao, Zhenhai Gao, Serguei V. Savilov, Gang Chen, Zexiang Shen, Fei Du
6
2
Hybrid electrochemical process and electrodialysis treatment of a rare earth extraction wastewater: Organic removal and Na2SO4 recovery
2024 ·Journal of Water Process Engineering ·Ge Xiao, Ludovic F. Dumée, Yuan Hu, Gang Chen, Manhong Huang, (unknown)
4
3
Compact multilayer selective absorbers based on amorphous carbon for solar-thermal conversion
2024 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·(unknown), Dingquan Liu, Gang Chen, Chong Ma, (unknown), Xingyu Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
5
4
A high-performance wearable microneedle sensor based on a carboxylated carbon nanotube-carbon nanotube composite electrode for the simultaneous detection of uric acid and dopamine
2024 ·Microchemical Journal ·Jiachen Zhu, Weiliang Wang, Gang Chen, Tianpeng Gao, Zhiyong Gao, Peng Liang, (unknown), Wei Cai
9
5
Ammonia recovery via direct contact membrane distillation: Modeling and performance optimization
2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gang Chen, (unknown), Jinli Qiao
11
6
Oxide/metal interface enhancement for improved dispersion strengthening mechanism in oxide-strengthened tungsten
2024 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), (unknown), Jie Wang, Haifeng Xu, Sijia Liu, (unknown), Qiang Chen, (unknown), Haoyang Wu, Gang Chen, Baorui Jia, Xuanhui Qu, Mingli Qin
9
7
Single-atom catalysts supported on graphene/electride heterostructures for the enhanced sulfur reduction reaction in lithium-sulfur batteries
2024 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Siyun Qi, Chuanchuan Li, Gang Chen, Mingwen Zhao
18
8
Astragalus Mongholicus: A Review of its Pharmacological Mechanisms Against Gastric Cancer
2024 ·Journal of Herbal Medicine ·(unknown), Yong Du, (unknown), Sheng‐Chao Huang, Gang Chen, Ning Na, Xiaoyan Li, (unknown), Ling Yuan
2
9
Experimental study of the influences of different factors on the acid-rock reaction rate of carbonate rocks
2023 ·Journal of Energy Storage ·Yu Fan, Huan Peng, Gang Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Liang Wang, Dan Liŭ
20
10
Experimental study on evaluation of conglomerate reservoir support-type fracture conductivity in Xinjiang oilfield
2023 ·Energy ·(unknown), Botao Lin, Gang Chen, Yifan Dai, Ang Chen
14
11
Complementary imaging of nanoclusters interacting with mitochondria via stimulated emission depletion and scanning transmission electron microscopy
2023 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Dan Zhao, Lu Gao, Xiaoyu Huang, Gang Chen, (unknown), Jing Wang, Miṅ Gu, Fu Wang
2
12
Advanced in situ analytical techniques: Opening the door for the structural analysis of starch and its food applications
2023 ·Trends in Food Science & Technology ·Zhen Wu, Sheng Li, Gang Chen, (unknown), Hong Li
7
13
Study on corrosion behavior of 13Cr gate valve using weld deposited gate and seat in well operation environments
2023 ·Engineering Failure Analysis ·(unknown), Wenchun Jiang, Gang Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Qiang Jin, (unknown), Yaorong Feng, Jianfeng Xie
7
14
Construction and photovoltaic performances of transport layer/quantum dot/transport layer sandwich nanowire arrays
2023 ·Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing ·Yunfei He, (unknown), (unknown), Jiahua Li, (unknown), (unknown), Rongli Gao, Gang Chen, Zhenhua Wang, Chunlin Fu
7
15
Simulation of hydraulic fracture initiation and propagation for glutenite formations based on discrete element method
2023 ·Frontiers in Earth Science ·Peng Tan, Gang Chen, Qian Wang, Qing Zhao, Zhaowei Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Xiao Feng, (unknown), Zixuan Yang, (unknown)
7
16
Synergistic improvement of strength and ductility via doping cerium into PH13–8Mo stainless steel by laser powder bed fusion
2023 ·Journal of Material Science and Technology ·Chang Liu, Jianxiong Liang, Changjun Wang, Gang Chen, Xuanhui Qu, Yu Liu, Zhenbao Liu, Mengxing Zhang
3
17
Microstructure and tribological behavior of CoCrFeNiMo0.2/SiC high-entropy alloy gradient composite coating prepared by laser cladding
2023 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Shilin Zhang, Yaoning Sun, Wangjun Cheng, Yufeng Chen, Jin Gu, Gang Chen
33
18
The importance of localized modes spectral contribution to thermal conductivity in amorphous polymers
2022 ·Communications Physics ·Buxuan Li, Freddy DeAngelis, Gang Chen, Asegun Henry
14
19
Novel Terahertz Spectroscopy Technology for Crystallinity and Crystal Structure Analysis of Cellulose
2020 ·Polymers ·Rui Yang, (unknown), Gang Chen, Feng Lin, Zhenhua Huang, Maurizio Manzo, Haiyan Mao
16
20
A Review of Heat Transfer Physics
2008 ·Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering ·Van P. Carey, Gang Chen, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Massoud Kaviany, Arun Majumdar
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