Kai Wang

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
155 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Kai Wang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Wang has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 59 papers in Materials Chemistry and 53 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Kai Wang's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (80 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (48 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (34 papers). Kai Wang is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (80 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (48 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (34 papers). Kai Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kai Wang's co-authors include Xiong Gong, Shashank Priya, Dong Yang, Congcong Wu, Chang Liu, Chao Yi, Shengzhong Liu, Yu Hou, Pengcheng Du and Tianyu Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kai Wang

147 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

High efficiency planar-type perovskite solar cells with negligible hysteresis using EDTA-complexed SnO2

2018 1.2k citations Dong Yang, Ruixia Yang et al. Nature Communications profile →
An Overview on the Advances of LiCoO₂ Cathodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

2020 672 citations Kai Wang et al. profile →
Low bandgap semiconducting polymers for polymeric photovoltaics

2015 495 citations Kai Wang et al. profile →
Overcoming Shockley-Queisser limit using halide perovskite platform?

2022 161 citations Kai Wang, Luyao Zheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Wang China	50	7.8k	4.0k	3.6k	911	578	155	8.7k
Gang Wu China	42	4.7k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	571 0.6×	468 0.8×	130	6.0k
Xin He China	46	5.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	765 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	250	7.7k
Yinhua Zhou China	62	10.2k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	7.1k 2.0×	926 1.0×	2.0k 3.5×	225	11.6k
Zhigang Yin China	38	11.7k 1.5×	6.8k 1.7×	6.1k 1.7×	990 1.1×	841 1.5×	104	12.8k
Thomas M. Brown Italy	46	7.8k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	337 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	204	9.8k
Hyunjung Shin South Korea	58	10.0k 1.3×	7.6k 1.9×	3.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.8k 3.0×	240	13.1k
Hao Wang China	52	6.1k 0.8×	5.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	1.9k 2.1×	914 1.6×	306	9.0k
Ningyi Yuan China	40	4.8k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	367 0.4×	1.1k 1.9×	246	6.2k
Choongho Yu United States	46	2.8k 0.4×	6.1k 1.5×	2.2k 0.6×	925 1.0×	1.8k 3.1×	122	8.1k
Deyan He China	44	5.3k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	971 0.3×	3.3k 3.6×	635 1.1×	259	7.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Lu, et al.. (2025). Advancing solvent engineering for perovskite solar cells: Diversification, sustainability, and industrialization. Nano Energy. 138. 110905–110905. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Junjie, Kai Wang, Yuanfeng Chen, et al.. (2025). Development of polydopamine/Cobalt single atom co-doped Al2O3 ceramic membrane: An effective strategy for oil-wastewater treatment. Environmental Research. 291. 123598–123598. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Zihui, Jinguo Cao, Zezhu Zhou, et al.. (2025). Molecular sublimation enables 2D–3D transformation of orientational FAPbI3 perovskites. Nature Synthesis. 4(3). 347–358. 13 indexed citations

Keremane, Kavya S., et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Fluorescent Sensors for Biomolecule Detection. Chemosensors. 13(5). 174–174. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Yong, Dexu Zheng, Kai Wang, et al.. (2024). Lattice Mismatch at the Heterojunction of Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(29). e202405878–e202405878. 46 indexed citations

Ge, Yao, Kai Wang, Zhi Zheng, et al.. (2024). CoFe2O4-catalytic ceramic membrane for efficient carbamazepine removal via peroxymonosulfate activation. Separation and Purification Technology. 357. 129876–129876. 14 indexed citations

Song, Fei, Dexu Zheng, Jiangshan Feng, et al.. (2024). Mechanical Durability and Flexibility in Perovskite Photovoltaics: Advancements and Applications. Advanced Materials. 36(18). e2312041–e2312041. 66 indexed citations

Wang, Yong, Dexu Zheng, Kai Wang, et al.. (2024). Lattice Mismatch at the Heterojunction of Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 136(29). 11 indexed citations

Yang, Chao, Miao Yu, Sen Li, et al.. (2023). Toward Chiral Lasing from All‐Solution‐Processed Flexible Perovskite‐Nanocrystal–Liquid‐Crystal Membranes. Advanced Materials. 35(44). e2301573–e2301573. 32 indexed citations

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Hou, Yu, Junde Li, Jungjin Yoon, et al.. (2023). Retina-inspired narrowband perovskite sensor array for panchromatic imaging. Science Advances. 9(15). eade2338–eade2338. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, Dong, Ruixia Yang, Cong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Highest‐Efficiency Flexible Perovskite Solar Module by Interface Engineering for Efficient Charge‐Transfer. Advanced Materials. 35(32). e2302484–e2302484. 49 indexed citations

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Liang, Zihui, Yu Hou, Jing Li, et al.. (2022). Unraveling the irreversible transformation by nucleophilic substitution: A hint for fully transparent perovskite. EcoMat. 4(5). 11 indexed citations

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Zheng, Luyao, Amin Nozariasbmarz, Yu Hou, et al.. (2022). A universal all-solid synthesis for high throughput production of halide perovskite. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7399–7399. 30 indexed citations

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Hou, Yu, Jun Zhang, Xianlin Zheng, et al.. (2022). Homogenization of Optical Field in Nanocrystal-Embedded Perovskite Composites. ACS Energy Letters. 7(5). 1657–1671. 8 indexed citations

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Ye, Tao, Xizu Wang, Kai Wang, et al.. (2021). Localized Electron Density Engineering for Stabilized B-γ CsSnI₃-Based Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiencies >10%. ACS Energy Letters. 1480–1489. 190 indexed citations

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Hou, Yu, Congcong Wu, Xu Huang, et al.. (2020). Self‐Powered Red/UV Narrowband Photodetector by Unbalanced Charge Carrier Transport Strategy. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(7). 63 indexed citations

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Hou, Yu, Congcong Wu, Dong Yang, et al.. (2020). Two-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites as emergent ferroelectric materials. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(6). 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, Congcong Wu, Yuanyuan Jiang, et al.. (2019). Distinct conducting layer edge states in two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskite. Science Advances. 5(7). eaau3241–eaau3241. 67 indexed citations

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Hou, Yu, Kai Wang, Dong Yang, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Performance and Stability in DNA-Perovskite Heterostructure-Based Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 4(11). 2646–2655. 56 indexed citations

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Yang, Dong, Ruixia Yang, Kai Wang, et al.. (2018). High efficiency planar-type perovskite solar cells with negligible hysteresis using EDTA-complexed SnO2. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3239–3239. 1238 indexed citations breakdown →

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