Lei Cao

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Lei Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Cao has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Lei Cao's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (22 papers), Advanced Battery Technologies Research (22 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (20 papers). Lei Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (22 papers), Advanced Battery Technologies Research (22 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (20 papers). Lei Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Lei Cao's co-authors include Guiyin Fang, Fang Tang, Feng Shan, Guodong Xia, Christopher D. Rahn, Chao‐Yang Wang, Zhi Chen, Qin Xin, Huanqiao Li and Z. John Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Lei Cao

110 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

A review on battery thermal management in electric vehicl... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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. A review on battery thermal management in electric vehicle application
    2017 503 citations Lei Cao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Cao China 38 2.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 115 5.0k
Weiwei Yang China 41 3.2k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 2.4k 1.6× 836 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 186 5.2k
Qiong Cai United Kingdom 46 4.2k 1.7× 541 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 152 6.1k
Zhefei Pan Hong Kong 25 2.7k 1.1× 665 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 678 0.5× 711 0.6× 68 3.6k
Huizhi Wang United Kingdom 32 4.3k 1.8× 398 0.3× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.1× 101 5.5k
Yuqing Chen China 31 2.5k 1.0× 362 0.2× 943 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 968 0.8× 115 4.3k
Ahmad Azmin Mohamad Malaysia 37 3.8k 1.5× 659 0.4× 860 0.6× 607 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 189 5.4k
Zhiyuan Wang China 45 4.9k 2.0× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 881 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 230 7.0k
Heng Wang China 33 2.3k 1.0× 802 0.5× 845 0.6× 329 0.2× 1.4k 1.2× 206 4.4k
Ting Jin China 37 5.5k 2.3× 636 0.4× 897 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 959 0.8× 122 6.5k
Ying Guo China 46 4.3k 1.8× 835 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 705 0.5× 1.7k 1.4× 229 7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lei Cao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lei Cao. The network helps show where Lei Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Cao 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 Lei Cao. Lei Cao 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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Liu, Bing, Jia Yuan, Kaixin Song, et al.. (2025). Reactive cold sintering engineering of mechanically robust barium sulfate ceramics for high-reliability integrated circuit packaging. Chemical Engineering Journal. 517. 164548–164548.
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Cao, Lei, et al.. (2024). Advanced design strategy in the anode-electrolyte interface for highly reversible aqueous Zn ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 97. 112898–112898. 3 indexed citations
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Pan, Li‐Hua, Jiahui Lin, Lei Cao, et al.. (2024). Preparation and Characteristics of Ball-Milled Blueberry Peel Particles and Their Application in Ice Cream. Foods. 13(22). 3660–3660.
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Kang, Jiaxin, et al.. (2024). Triborane (B3H7)-mediated regioselective substitution reactions of pyridine derivatives. Chemical Science. 15(34). 13923–13929. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Chuan, Xu Li, Peng Xie, et al.. (2020). The characterization and evaluation of the synthesis of large-ring cyclodextrins (CD9–CD22) and α-tocopherol with enhanced thermal stability. RSC Advances. 10(11). 6584–6591. 15 indexed citations
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Cao, Lei, Qingqing Zhao, Qizhou Liu, et al.. (2020). Electrostatic Manipulation of Triblock Terpolymer Nanofilm Compartmentalization during Aqueous Photoinitiated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Macromolecules. 53(6). 2220–2227. 19 indexed citations
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Finegan, Donal P., Antonis Vamvakeros, Lei Cao, et al.. (2019). Spatially Resolving Lithiation in Silicon–Graphite Composite Electrodes via in Situ High-Energy X-ray Diffraction Computed Tomography. Nano Letters. 19(6). 3811–3820. 92 indexed citations
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Li, Da, Wei Zhao, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Li4Ti5O12 with theoretical capacity in Li2CO3-ammonia-ballmilling system. Materials Research Bulletin. 114. 177–183. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Chuanbo & Lei Cao. (2019). The Role of Interfacial Thermal Resistance in Li-Ion Battery Thermal Management. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Lei, et al.. (2017). A new silver metaniobate semiconductor of Ag0.5La0.5Nb2O6 with defect-perovskite structure. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 192. 59–66. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guangsheng, Lei Cao, Shanhai Ge, et al.. (2015). Reaction temperature sensing (RTS)-based control for Li-ion battery safety. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18237–18237. 32 indexed citations
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Fang, Qing, Jingfei Wang, Xue‐Qiang Zha, et al.. (2015). Immunomodulatory activity on macrophage of a purified polysaccharide extracted from Laminaria japonica. Carbohydrate Polymers. 134. 66–73. 137 indexed citations
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Sui, Jing, et al.. (2013). Effects of proton-conducting electrolyte microstructure on the performance of electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cells. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 5(2). 2 indexed citations
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Shen, Z. John, Lei Cao, Christopher D. Rahn, & Chao‐Yang Wang. (2013). Least Squares Galvanostatic Intermittent Titration Technique (LS-GITT) for Accurate Solid Phase Diffusivity Measurement. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 160(10). A1842–A1846. 272 indexed citations
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Xu, Chen, Lei Cao, & Wei Shao. (2010). Multiple Sink Dynamic Destination Geographic Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. 121–124. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Chen, et al.. (2010). Up-Down Links Dualpath Greedy Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Personal Communications. 64(2). 323–345. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Lei, et al.. (2008). Uplink Power Control for an SC-FDMA Mobile Cellular System. 2. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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