Kaiping Tai

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kaiping Tai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaiping Tai has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kaiping Tai's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (18 papers), Thermal properties of materials (12 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (10 papers). Kaiping Tai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (18 papers), Thermal properties of materials (12 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (10 papers). Kaiping Tai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Kaiping Tai's co-authors include Shen J. Dillon, Jianhang Qiu, Yang Zhao, Qun Jin, Jun Tan, Chang Liu, Hui–Ming Cheng, Xin Jiang, Song Jiang and Yin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kaiping Tai

49 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Flexible layer-structured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric on a carb... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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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. Flexible layer-structured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric on a carbon nanotube scaffold
    2018 404 citations Qun Jin, Song Jiang et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers

Kaiping Tai
Fazhu Ding China
Biplab Paul Sweden
Bangzhi Ge China
Rutvik J. Mehta United States
Heiko Reith Germany
Hezhang Li China
Baohai Jia China
Rongguo Xie Singapore
Fazhu Ding China
Kaiping Tai
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaiping Tai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaiping Tai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaiping Tai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaiping Tai 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 Kaiping Tai. Kaiping Tai 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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Zeng, Hao, Wenhua Li, Jintao Wang, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous strain, strain rate and temperature sensing based on a single active layer of Te nanowires. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10771–10771.
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He, Juan, Wenhua Li, Chao Chen, et al.. (2025). Highly active and stable surface defects on Pt-based nanoshell/carbon nanotubes composite for alcohol oxidation catalysis. Carbon. 238. 120215–120215. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lili, et al.. (2025). Medium-entropy alloy (Ge -(Bi, Sb, In) Te ) with low lattice thermal conductivity for high-performance thermoelectric film. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 251. 275–281.
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Chen, Chao, Hailong Yu, Yiming Zhao, et al.. (2024). Ultrahigh-response flexible photothermoelectric photodetectors based on a graded Bi2Te3-carbon nanotube hybrid. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154263–154263. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Hailong, et al.. (2024). High-performance flexible wavy-structure thermoelectric generator based on (Bi, Sb)2Te3 films for energy harvesting. Journal of Power Sources. 600. 234260–234260. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, et al.. (2024). Influence of atomic ratio of Mg to Sn on thermoelectric properties of Mg2Sn films. Thin Solid Films. 809. 140585–140585. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Guihong Song, Kaiping Tai, et al.. (2023). The improved thermoelectric properties of Mg2Sn/Mg multilayer films with nano-sized period by layer interface. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 323. 124005–124005. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhi Gen, Xiaoqi Li, Jianhang Qiu, et al.. (2023). Extraordinary radiation tolerance of a Ni nanocrystal-decorated carbon nanotube network encapsulated in amorphous carbon. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 155. 253–261. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Hailong, et al.. (2023). High-Performance Sb-Doped GeTe Thermoelectric Thin Film and Device. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters). 36(10). 1699–1708. 15 indexed citations
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Jin, Qun, Yang Zhao, Song Jiang, et al.. (2023). Flexible Carbon Nanotube‐Epitaxially Grown Nanocrystals for Micro‐Thermoelectric Modules. Advanced Materials. 35(46). e2304751–e2304751. 15 indexed citations
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Tang, Pei, Tong Yu, Huicong Yang, et al.. (2023). Directing Highly Ordered and Dense Li Deposition to Achieve Stable Li Metal Batteries (Small 24/2023). Small. 19(24). 1 indexed citations
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Tai, Kaiping, Yang Li, C. Lantz, et al.. (2022). Diverse space weathering effects on asteroid surfaces as inferred via laser irradiation of meteorites. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659. A78–A78. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Lipeng, Jianhang Qiu, Yan Zheng, et al.. (2020). In Situ Passivation on Rear Perovskite Interface for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(6). 7690–7700. 12 indexed citations
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Jin, Qun, Song Jiang, Yang Zhao, et al.. (2018). Flexible layer-structured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric on a carbon nanotube scaffold. Nature Materials. 18(1). 62–68. 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Guoqiang, et al.. (2017). Influence of Nitrogen Vacancy Concentration on Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Rocksalt Zirconium Nitride Films. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters). 30(11). 1100–1108. 13 indexed citations
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Hou, Peng‐Xiang, Chang Liu, Jincheng Li, et al.. (2017). Surface-restrained growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays with excellent thermal transport performance. Nanoscale. 9(24). 8213–8219. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Ke, Jinbo Xue, Kaiping Tai, & Shen J. Dillon. (2017). The Oxygen Reduction Reaction Rate of Metallic Nanoparticles during Catalyzed Oxidation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7017–7017. 14 indexed citations
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Tai, Kaiping, Ke Sun, Bo Huang, & Shen J. Dillon. (2014). Catalyzed oxidation for nanowire growth. Nanotechnology. 25(14). 145603–145603. 16 indexed citations
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Tai, Kaiping, Yin Liu, & Shen J. Dillon. (2014). In Situ Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy for Characterizing the Evolution of Solidifying Water Ice in Colloidal Systems. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 20(2). 330–337. 30 indexed citations
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Tai, Kaiping, et al.. (2013). Integration of microplasma with transmission electron microscopy: Real-time observation of gold sputtering and island formation. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1325–1325. 20 indexed citations

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