Kai Cui

6.5k citations

110 papers · 5.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.5%
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Ga2O3 and related materials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Papers in

Materials Chemistry 45
- ZnO doping and properties 12
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications 9
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29

Co-authors: David Mitlin (5 shared papers)Zhi Li (5 shared papers)Huanlei Wang (4 shared papers)Jia Ding (4 shared papers)Xuehai Tan (3 shared papers)Alireza Kohandehghan (3 shared papers)Zetian Mi (14 shared papers)D.S. Karpuzov (2 shared papers)
Journals: Nanotechnology (5 papers)Applied Physics Letters (5 papers)Nano Letters (4 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (3 papers)ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (3 papers)
Partner nations: China Canada United States

In The Last Decade

Kai Cui

103 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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C₃N₅: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-Linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications 2019 · 676 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2014 Energy & Environmental Science
2013 ACS Nano

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1	Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High Energy ACS Nano ·Huanlei Wang, Zhanwei Xu, Alireza Kohandehghan, Zhi Li, Kai Cui, Xuehai Tan, Tyler Stephenson, Cecil K. King’ondu, Chris Holt, Brian C. Olsen, Jin Kwon Tak, Don Harfield, Anthony O. Anyia, David Mitlin Hit paper breakdown →	2013	870
2	Peanut shell hybrid sodium ion capacitor with extreme energy–power rivals lithium ion capacitors Energy & Environmental Science ·Jia Ding, Huanlei Wang, Zhi Li, Kai Cui, D.S. Karpuzov, Xuehai Tan, Alireza Kohandehghan, David Mitlin Hit paper breakdown →	2014	764
3	C₃N₅: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-Linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Pawan Kumar, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Ujwal Kumar Thakur, Piyush Kar, Kazi M. Alam, Ankur Goswami, Najia Mahdi, Kai Cui, Guy M. Bernard, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Karthik Shankar Hit paper breakdown →	2019	676
4	Wafer-Level Photocatalytic Water Splitting on GaN Nanowire Arrays Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Nano Letters ·Defa Wang, Adrien Pierre, Md Golam Kibria, Kai Cui, Xueguang Han, Kirk H. Bevan, Hong Guo, Suzanne Paradis, Abou-Rachid Hakima, Zetian Mi	2011	322
5	Hybrid Device Employing Three-Dimensional Arrays of MnO in Carbon Nanosheets Bridges Battery–Supercapacitor Divide Nano Letters ·Huanlei Wang, Zhanwei Xu, Zhi Li, Kai Cui, Jia Ding, Alireza Kohandehghan, Xuehai Tan, Beniamin Zahiri, Brian C. Olsen, Chris Holt, David Mitlin	2014	279
6	p-Type Modulation Doped InGaN/GaN Dot-in-a-Wire White-Light-Emitting Diodes Monolithically Grown on Si(111) Nano Letters ·Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen, S. Zhang, Kai Cui, Xing Han, Saeed Fathololoumi, Martin Couillard, Gianluigi A. Botton, Zetian Mi	2011	226
7	One-Step Overall Water Splitting under Visible Light Using Multiband InGaN/GaN Nanowire Heterostructures ACS Nano ·Md Golam Kibria, Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen, Kai Cui, Songrui Zhao, Dongping Liu, Guo Hong, Michel L. Trudeau, Suzanne Paradis, Hakima Abou‐Rachid, Zetian Mi	2013	179
8	Excellent energy–power characteristics from a hybrid sodium ion capacitor based on identical carbon nanosheets in both electrodes Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Huanlei Wang, David Mitlin, Jia Ding, Zhi Li, Kai Cui	2016	173
9	Heteroatom enhanced sodium ion capacity and rate capability in a hydrogel derived carbon give record performance in a hybrid ion capacitor Nano Energy ·Jia Ding, Zhi Li, Kai Cui, Steven M. Boyer, D.S. Karpuzov, David Mitlin	2016	172
10	Controlling Electron Overflow in Phosphor-Free InGaN/GaN Nanowire White Light-Emitting Diodes Nano Letters ·Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen, Kai Cui, Shaofei Zhang, Mehrdad Djavid, Andreas Korinek, Gianluigi A. Botton, Zetian Mi	2012	153
11	Enhanced charge separation in g-C₃N₄–BiOI heterostructures for visible light driven photoelectrochemical water splitting Nanoscale Advances ·Kazi M. Alam, Pawan Kumar, Piyush Kar, Ujwal Kumar Thakur, Sheng Zeng, Kai Cui, Karthik Shankar	2019	134
12	Full-color InGaN/GaN dot-in-a-wire light emitting diodes on silicon Nanotechnology ·Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen, Kai Cui, Shaofei Zhang, Saeed Fathololoumi, Zetian Mi	2011	86
13	Photocatalytic Mechanism Control and Study of Carrier Dynamics in CdS@C₃N₅ Core–Shell Nanowires ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Kazi M. Alam, Charles E. Jensen, Pawan Kumar, Riley W. Hooper, Guy M. Bernard, Aakash Patidar, Ajay P. Manuel, Naaman Amer, Anders Palmgren, David N. Purschke, Narendra Chaulagain, John Garcia, P. S. Kirwin, Lian C. T. Shoute, Kai Cui, Sergey Gusarov, Alexander E. Kobryn, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Frank A. Hegmann, Karthik Shankar	2021	76
14	Ultrasonic-Assisted Synthesis of N-Doped, Multicolor Carbon Dots toward Fluorescent Inks, Fluorescence Sensors, and Logic Gate Operations Nanomaterials ·Jiali Xu, Kai Cui, Tianyu Gong, Jinyang Zhang, Zhirou Zhai, Linrui Hou, Fakhr uz Zaman, Changzhou Yuan	2022	70
15	An electrolytic-hydrogen-fed moving bed biofilm reactor for efficient microbial electrosynthesis of methane from CO2 Chemical Engineering Journal ·Wenfang Cai, Kai Cui, Zhuangzhuang Liu, Xiaodan Jin, Qing‐Yun Chen, Kun Guo, Yunhai Wang	2021	69
16	Temperature-dependent nonradiative recombination processes in GaN-based nanowire white-light-emitting diodes on silicon Nanotechnology ·Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen, Mehrdad Djavid, Kai Cui, Zetian Mi	2012	65
17	Risk factors for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo recurrence: a systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Neurology ·Jinbao Chen, Senlin Zhang, Kai Cui, Chuxuan Liu	2020	65
18	Noble Metal Free, Visible Light Driven Photocatalysis Using TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays Sensitized by P‐Doped C₃N₄ Quantum Dots Advanced Optical Materials ·Pawan Kumar, Piyush Kar, Ajay P. Manuel, Sheng Zeng, Ujwal Kumar Thakur, Kazi M. Alam, Yun Zhang, Ryan Kisslinger, Kai Cui, Guy M. Bernard, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Karthik Shankar	2019	63
19	Health risks to dietary neonicotinoids are low for Chinese residents based on an analysis of 13 daily-consumed foods Environment International ·Kai Cui, Xiaohu Wu, Dongmei Wei, Ying Zhang, Junli Cao, Jun Xu, Fengshou Dong, Xingang Liu, Yongquan Zheng	2021	62
20	Strain relief and AlSb buffer layer morphology in GaSb heteroepitaxial films grown on Si as revealed by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy Applied Physics Letters ·S. Hosseini Vajargah, Martin Couillard, Kai Cui, Shahram Ghanad-Tavakoli, B. J. Robinson, R. N. Kleiman, J. S. Prestón, Gianluigi A. Botton	2011	49

About Kai Cui

Kai Cui is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 110 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (13 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), ZnO doping and properties (12 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (12 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (11 papers), Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (9 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (7 papers) and Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (2.7k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.6k citations), Condensed Matter Physics (709 citations), Materials Chemistry (2.4k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.8k citations). Kai Cui has collaborated with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Frequent co-authors include David Mitlin, Zhi Li, Huanlei Wang, Jia Ding, Xuehai Tan, Alireza Kohandehghan, Zetian Mi, D.S. Karpuzov, Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen and Karthik Shankar. Their work appears in journals such as Nanotechnology, Applied Physics Letters, Nano Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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