Kai Lei

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kai Lei is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Lei has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Kai Lei's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (8 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (6 papers). Kai Lei is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (9 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (8 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (6 papers). Kai Lei collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Macao. Kai Lei's co-authors include Mingpu Kou, Liqun Ye, Yu Deng, Li Wang, Ying Zhou, Rui Zhang, Yongye Wang, Dong Liu, Bao Yu Xia and Jin Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of Applied Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kai Lei

29 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Molecularly Engineered Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Peroxide Photosynthesis
    2022 547 citations Mingpu Kou, Yongye Wang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Lei China 19 1.3k 1.3k 461 397 285 31 1.8k
Yajuan Wei China 17 353 0.3× 526 0.4× 202 0.4× 233 0.6× 135 0.5× 36 1.0k
Qiang Ling China 20 781 0.6× 823 0.6× 81 0.2× 481 1.2× 187 0.7× 48 1.3k
Xiangcheng Zhang China 21 1.2k 0.9× 978 0.8× 151 0.3× 357 0.9× 173 0.6× 44 1.7k
Xiaolin Zhu China 22 467 0.4× 804 0.6× 439 1.0× 433 1.1× 204 0.7× 64 1.5k
Bengen Gong China 16 602 0.5× 602 0.5× 56 0.1× 280 0.7× 131 0.5× 29 1.1k
Xiaoyu Li China 20 671 0.5× 912 0.7× 128 0.3× 161 0.4× 131 0.5× 60 1.5k
Haitao Li China 23 661 0.5× 659 0.5× 66 0.1× 201 0.5× 217 0.8× 54 1.4k
Sheng Mei China 14 437 0.3× 882 0.7× 84 0.2× 259 0.7× 217 0.8× 34 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Lei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Lei

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Aizhu, Kai Lei, Na Ren, et al.. (2025). Coupled Spin and Charge Transfer in Molecular Magnet Crystals for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Materials Letters. 7(7). 2429–2436.
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Zhao, Qi, Kai Lei, Bao Yu Xia, Rachel Crespo‐Otero, & Devis Di Tommaso. (2024). Molecular engineering binuclear copper catalysts for selective CO2 reduction to C2 products. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 93. 166–173. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yansong, Ziwei Wang, Wensheng Fang, et al.. (2023). Modulating O–H Activation of Methanol Oxidation on Nickel-Organic Frameworks for Overall CO2 Electrolysis. ACS Catalysis. 13(3). 2039–2046. 36 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, et al.. (2023). Thermal buckling behavior of metal/composite wall panels. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2472(1). 12001–12001. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai & Bao Yu Xia. (2022). Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: from Discrete Molecular Catalysts to Their Integrated Catalytic Materials. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(30). e202200141–e202200141. 31 indexed citations
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Kou, Mingpu, Yongye Wang, Yixue Xu, et al.. (2022). Molecularly Engineered Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Peroxide Photosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(19). e202200413–e202200413. 547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kou, Mingpu, Yongye Wang, Yixue Xu, et al.. (2022). Molecularly Engineered Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Peroxide Photosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 134(19). 27 indexed citations
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Kou, Mingpu, Wei Liu, Yongye Wang, et al.. (2021). Photocatalytic CO2 conversion over single-atom MoN2 sites of covalent organic framework. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 291. 120146–120146. 221 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhitong, Xiaotong Han, Wensheng Fang, et al.. (2021). Selectively Converting Carbon Dioxide to Syngas over Intermetallic AuCu Catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(6). 2609–2615. 30 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yansong, Zhitong Wang, Lei Huang, et al.. (2021). Engineering 2D Photocatalysts toward Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(8). 202 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Di Wang, Liqun Ye, et al.. (2020). A Metal‐Free Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Framework Photocatalyst for Visible‐Light‐Driven Reduction of CO2 with H2O. ChemSusChem. 13(7). 1725–1729. 254 indexed citations
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Wang, Hu, Juan Xie, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2020). Gas sensing of silica photonic crystals for binary gases. Optical Materials. 109. 110320–110320. 8 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Rui Zhang, Buqing Ye, Jin Cao, & Dong Liu. (2019). Combustion of single particles from sewage sludge/pine sawdust and sewage sludge/bituminous coal under oxy-fuel conditions with steam addition. Waste Management. 101. 1–8. 30 indexed citations
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Ye, Buqing, Rui Zhang, Jin Cao, Kai Lei, & Dong Liu. (2019). The study of co-combustion characteristics of coal and microalgae by single particle combustion and TGA methods. Journal of the Energy Institute. 93(2). 508–517. 40 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Mingpu Kou, Zhaoyu Ma, et al.. (2019). A comparative study on photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of synthesis methods of CDs/ZnIn2S4 photocatalysts. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 574. 105–114. 38 indexed citations
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Xie, Juan, Ming Duan, Kai Lei, et al.. (2018). Gas-Sensing Mechanism of Silica with Photonic Bandgap Shift. Analytical Chemistry. 91(1). 1133–1139. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Rui, Yifan Chen, Kai Lei, & Dong Liu. (2017). The effects of specific surface area and ash on char gasification mechanisms in the mixture of H2O, CO2, H2 and CO. Fuel. 209. 109–116. 29 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Yang Wang, Minghui Jiang, & Yiqun Wu. (2016). Refractive index modulation of Sb70Te30 phase-change thin films by multiple femtosecond laser pulses. Journal of Applied Physics. 119(17). 14 indexed citations
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Jiang, Minghui, Qing Wang, Kai Lei, et al.. (2016). Femtosecond laser pulse induced phase transition of Cr-doped Sb2Te1 films studied with a pump-probe system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9818. 981815–981815.

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