Jinlei Li

7.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
48 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Jinlei Li is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Civil and Structural Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jinlei Li has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 15 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jinlei Li's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (20 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (15 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (14 papers). Jinlei Li is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (20 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (15 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (14 papers). Jinlei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Jinlei Li's co-authors include Jia Zhu, Bin Zhu, Ning Xu, Xiuqiang Li, Shining Zhu, Lin Zhou, Wei Li, Xinzhe Min, Shanhui Fan and Xiaozhen Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jinlei Li

45 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Scalable and hierarchically designed polymer film as a se... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2020 2018 2019 2020 2021 200 400 600
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.

  1. Scalable and hierarchically designed polymer film as a selective thermal emitter for high-performance all-day radiative cooling
    2020 703 citations Duo Li, Xin Liu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  2. Enhancement of Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation by Environmental Energy
    2018 672 citations Xiuqiang Li, Jinlei Li et al. Joule profile →
  3. A water lily–inspired hierarchical design for stable and efficient solar evaporation of high-salinity brine
    2019 447 citations Ning Xu, Jinlei Li et al. Science Advances profile →
  4. Over 10 kg m−2 h−1 Evaporation Rate Enabled by a 3D Interconnected Porous Carbon Foam
    2020 383 citations Jinlei Li, Xueyang Wang et al. Joule profile →
  5. Subambient daytime radiative cooling textile based on nanoprocessed silk
    2021 373 citations Bin Zhu, Wei Li et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  6. Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation
    2023 231 citations Ning Xu, Jinlei Li et al. Nature Water profile →
  7. Protecting ice from melting under sunlight via radiative cooling
    2022 191 citations Jinlei Li, Yuan Liang et al. Science Advances profile →
  8. An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile
    2023 179 citations Xueke Wu, Jinlei Li et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
  9. Spider‐Silk‐Inspired Nanocomposite Polymers for Durable Daytime Radiative Cooling
    2022 167 citations Pengcheng Yao, Zipeng Chen et al. profile →
  10. A tandem radiative/evaporative cooler for weather-insensitive and high-performance daytime passive cooling
    2022 159 citations Jinlei Li, Xueyang Wang et al. Science Advances profile →
  11. A dual-selective thermal emitter with enhanced subambient radiative cooling performance
    2024 127 citations Xueke Wu, Jinlei Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  12. A photosynthetically active radiative cooling film
    2024 55 citations Jinlei Li, Yi Jiang et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers

Jinlei Li
Xiuqiang Li China
James Loomis United States
Liangliang Zhu China
Xuejiao Hu China
Chi Yan Tso Hong Kong
Xiangyu Li China
Lili Cai United States
Shouwei Gao China
Yusuf Shi Saudi Arabia
Hadi Ghasemi United States
Xiuqiang Li China
Jinlei Li
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jinlei Li

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

All Works

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Li, Jinlei, Yi Jiang, Bo Li, et al.. (2025). Accelerated photonic design of coolhouse film for photosynthesis via machine learning. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1396–1396. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jinlei, et al.. (2025). Pipeline Flex Embolization Device (PED Flex) for the Treatment of a Posttraumatic Anterior Cerebral Artery Pseudoaneurysm. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 36(6). e814–e816.
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Li, Jinlei, Yi Jiang, Jia Liu, et al.. (2024). A photosynthetically active radiative cooling film. Nature Sustainability. 7(6). 786–795. 55 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Zhengwei, Zhenyu Wu, Zhexing Lin, et al.. (2024). Optically selective catalyst design with minimized thermal emission for facilitating photothermal catalysis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7599–7599. 34 indexed citations
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Shi, Peiru, Jinlei Li, Yan Song, Ning Xu, & Jia Zhu. (2024). Cogeneration of Clean Water and Valuable Energy/Resources via Interfacial Solar Evaporation. Nano Letters. 24(19). 5673–5682. 48 indexed citations
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Wu, Xueke, Jinlei Li, Fei Xie, et al.. (2024). A dual-selective thermal emitter with enhanced subambient radiative cooling performance. Nature Communications. 15(1). 815–815. 127 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wei, Tianqi, Xiaozhen Hu, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2024). High-Current Water-Enabled Electricity Generation in Mushrooms via Synergistic Ion Sieving and Adsorption. Nano Letters. 24(39). 12036–12044. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jinlei, et al.. (2024). A passive temperature regulator. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). 20240019–20240019. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Mingxia, Qiming Bing, Yunchuan Tu, et al.. (2024). Full‐Spectrum Light‐Harvesting Solar Thermal Electrocatalyst Boosts Oxygen Evolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(52). e202412049–e202412049. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jinlei, et al.. (2024). Designing hierarchical structures for innovative cooling textile. Nano Research. 17(10). 9202–9224. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Xueyang, Zhenhui Lin, Jintong Gao, et al.. (2023). Solar steam-driven membrane filtration for high flux water purification. Nature Water. 1(4). 391–398. 74 indexed citations
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Li, Jinlei, Yuan Liang, Wei Li, et al.. (2022). Protecting ice from melting under sunlight via radiative cooling. Science Advances. 8(6). eabj9756–eabj9756. 191 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Jinlei, et al.. (2021). Preparation and electrochemical performance of nano-silver-graphene composite by electroless plating. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Bin, Wei Li, Qian Zhang, et al.. (2021). Subambient daytime radiative cooling textile based on nanoprocessed silk. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(12). 1342–1348. 373 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Jinlei, Xueyang Wang, Zhenhui Lin, et al.. (2020). Over 10 kg m−2 h−1 Evaporation Rate Enabled by a 3D Interconnected Porous Carbon Foam. Joule. 4(4). 928–937. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Duo, Xin Liu, Wei Li, et al.. (2020). Scalable and hierarchically designed polymer film as a selective thermal emitter for high-performance all-day radiative cooling. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(2). 153–158. 703 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xiuqiang, George Ni, Thomas Cooper, et al.. (2019). Measuring Conversion Efficiency of Solar Vapor Generation. Joule. 3(8). 1798–1803. 325 indexed citations
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Li, Xiuqiang, Jinlei Li, Jin-You Lu, et al.. (2018). Enhancement of Interfacial Solar Vapor Generation by Environmental Energy. Joule. 2(7). 1331–1338. 672 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zelong, Guanglan Li, Luhua Jiang, et al.. (2014). Ionic Liquids as Precursors for Efficient Mesoporous Iron‐Nitrogen‐Doped Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(5). 1494–1498. 165 indexed citations

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