Kai Cui

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
110 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Cui is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Cui has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Kai Cui's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (13 papers) and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (12 papers). Kai Cui is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (13 papers) and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (12 papers). Kai Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Kai Cui's co-authors include Zhi Li, David Mitlin, Huanlei Wang, Jia Ding, Xuehai Tan, Alireza Kohandehghan, Zetian Mi, D.S. Karpuzov, Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen and Karthik Shankar and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kai Cui

103 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High Energy

2013 870 citations Kai Cui et al. profile →
Peanut shell hybrid sodium ion capacitor with extreme energy–power rivals lithium ion capacitors

2014 764 citations Kai Cui et al. profile →
C₃N₅: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-Linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications

2019 676 citations Pawan Kumar, Ehsan Vahidzadeh et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Cui China	30	2.8k	2.7k	2.4k	1.6k	709	110	5.5k
Zegao Wang China	53	5.4k 1.9×	1.4k 0.5×	4.3k 1.8×	2.2k 1.4×	431 0.6×	212	8.9k
Yi Yang China	40	1.2k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.1×	906 0.6×	293 0.4×	167	5.8k
Pedro M. F. J. Costa Saudi Arabia	37	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	315 0.2×	294 0.4×	135	4.8k
Woong Kim South Korea	39	2.6k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	893 0.6×	124 0.2×	155	5.3k
Haipeng Yang China	35	1.7k 0.6×	558 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	208 0.3×	123	3.8k
Ashish Garg India	42	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	3.0k 1.3×	255 0.2×	400 0.6×	209	5.4k
Tao Yang China	40	2.3k 0.8×	940 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	139 0.2×	214	5.0k
Ziqing Li China	31	2.3k 0.8×	972 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	523 0.3×	139 0.2×	123	3.8k
Wei Feng China	43	3.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	5.0k 2.1×	967 0.6×	75 0.1×	145	7.1k
Yongming Hu China	35	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	789 0.5×	102 0.1×	198	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Peiyu, Changjian He, Kai Cui, et al.. (2025). Excellent low-frequency microwave absorption and corrosion resistance in FeCoNiMn0.9Cu0.1La0.02 high-entropy alloys via microstructural engineering. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1041. 183701–183701.

Cui, Kai, Changjian He, Jian Wu, et al.. (2025). Multispectrum Electromagnetic Response in FeNiHo/C Heterodimensional Structure for Microwave Absorption and Multimode Photodetection. Advanced Materials. 37(44). e10507–e10507. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Yun, et al.. (2025). Highly selective hydrogenolysis of furfuryl alcohol to 1,5-pentanediol over an efficient Ni/PrOx catalyst. Fuel. 398. 135516–135516. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Limin, Zi-Jun Cao, Kai Cui, et al.. (2025). Thermomechanical analysis of dissimilar energy pile groups using a load transfer method. Renewable Energy. 254. 123708–123708. 1 indexed citations

Cui, Kai, et al.. (2024). A nanosheet CH3COO(BiO) topotactically converted into nanocomposite of bismuth clusters and Bi2O2CO3 for highly efficient electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate. Fuel. 373. 132280–132280. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Guangyu, Jie Ren, Wenfang Cai, et al.. (2024). A cathodic electro-fermentation system for enhanced methane production from high-concentration potato starch industrial wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 59. 105006–105006. 7 indexed citations

Cui, Kai, Jian Wang, Shuai Guan, et al.. (2024). Residue changes, degradation, processing factors and their relation between physicochemical properties of pesticides in peanuts during multiproduct processing. Food Chemistry. 452. 139535–139535. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Hong, et al.. (2024). Domestication of halotolerant methanogens for energy-efficient microbial electrosynthesis of methane from CO2. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 86. 94–103. 2 indexed citations

Li, Peiyu, et al.. (2024). Corrosion-resistant La-doped high-entropy alloy with excellent low-frequency electromagnetic wave absorption performance. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 178349–178349. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Lina, et al.. (2024). A stimulus-triggered luminescent hydrogel with Al ³⁺ for visible color tunability in advanced information encryption applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(4). 1936–1944. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hong, Chen Chen, Chengyong Shu, et al.. (2023). Spray coating of carbon nanoparticles as an effective and scalable method to enhance the performance of stainless steel anode in microbial electrochemical systems. Electrochimica Acta. 473. 143460–143460. 3 indexed citations

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Kadian, Sachin, Narendra Chaulagain, Kazi M. Alam, et al.. (2023). Probe sonication-assisted rapid synthesis of highly fluorescent sulfur quantum dots. Nanotechnology. 34(30). 30LT01–30LT01. 21 indexed citations

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Cui, Kai, et al.. (2022). Boron Doping of Silicon Quantum Dots via Hydrogen Silsesquioxane-Capped Diffusion for Photovoltaics and Medical Imaging. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(10). 15785–15796. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bo, Jinbo Yue, Xuetao Shi, et al.. (2022). Protocol of notable-HCC: a phase Ib study of neoadjuvant tislelizumab with stereotactic body radiotherapy in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma. BMJ Open. 12(9). e060955–e060955. 5 indexed citations

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Kisslinger, Ryan, Saralyn Riddell, Ajay P. Manuel, et al.. (2021). Nonlithographic Formation of Ta₂O₅ Nanodimple Arrays Using Electrochemical Anodization and Their Use in Plasmonic Photocatalysis for Enhancement of Local Field and Catalytic Activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(3). 4340–4351. 16 indexed citations

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Cui, Kai, et al.. (2021). Tailoring B-doped silicon nanocrystal surface chemistry via phosphorus pentachloride – mediated surface alkoxylation. Nanoscale. 13(43). 18281–18292. 4 indexed citations

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Alam, Kazi M., Pawan Kumar, Guy M. Bernard, et al.. (2021). Photocatalytic Mechanism Control and Study of Carrier Dynamics in CdS@C₃N₅ Core–Shell Nanowires. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(40). 47418–47439. 76 indexed citations

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Kumar, Pawan, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Ujwal Kumar Thakur, et al.. (2019). C₃N₅: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-Linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(13). 5415–5436. 676 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Haoyang, Lavinia M. Scherf, Jian Chen, et al.. (2018). Radical-Initiated and Thermally Induced Hydrogermylation of Alkenes on the Surfaces of Germanium Nanosheets. Chemistry of Materials. 30(7). 2274–2280. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang‐Chen, et al.. (2017). The performance of a polymaleic-based polymeric scale inhibitor on CaCO3 inhibition under different water quality variables. Desalination and Water Treatment. 85. 36–45. 5 indexed citations

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