Lei Chen

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
204 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Lei Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Chen has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 68 papers in Materials Chemistry and 52 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lei Chen's work include Conducting polymers and applications (41 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (39 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (39 papers). Lei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (41 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (39 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (39 papers). Lei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Lei Chen's co-authors include Feng Deng, Zhaoning Song, Yanfa Yan, Chongwen Li, Yueyun Li, Yunhui Dong, Lixiang Wang, Zhiyuan Xie, Guang-Bin Huang and Chee‐Kheong Siew and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lei Chen

199 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Photostable Ratiometric Pdot Probe for in Vitro and in Vivo Imaging of Hypochlorous Acid

2017 321 citations Lei Chen, Daniel T. Chiu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nanoconfinement-triggered oligomerization pathway for efficient removal of phenolic pollutants via a Fenton-like reaction

2024 118 citations Lei Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Chen China	46	3.0k	2.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	204	6.7k
Jin Lü China	37	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	98	6.9k
Yuqing Miao China	44	3.1k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	835 0.6×	292	7.6k
Feng Gao China	52	4.4k 1.4×	4.7k 1.7×	2.5k 1.7×	1.8k 1.2×	817 0.6×	221	10.3k
Qi Yu China	43	1.8k 0.6×	3.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	344 0.3×	174	6.1k
Yilin Li China	40	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	549 0.4×	210	5.8k
Jun Song China	50	3.7k 1.2×	4.5k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	2.9k 2.0×	1.1k 0.8×	301	8.8k
Xue Zhang China	40	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	688 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	537 0.4×	225	5.0k
Gui Chen China	37	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	774 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	457 0.3×	152	5.6k
Min Wang China	48	2.9k 1.0×	4.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	716 0.5×	356	9.2k
Junfeng Li China	45	3.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	537 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	781 0.6×	557	8.3k

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Liu, Hongwei, Lei Chen, Jian Wang, et al.. (2025). Accelerating iron redox cycling via acetate modification: a ligand engineering for sustainable fenton-like oxidation. Water Research. 287(Pt B). 124526–124526. 1 indexed citations

Su, Qiong, Yanbin Wang, Yanping Wu, et al.. (2024). Evolution of the structure and tribological behavior of the organic coatings under gamma-ray irradiation. Progress in Organic Coatings. 189. 108343–108343. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Lei, et al.. (2024). Organic phosphonic acid modified SBA-15 assisted enhanced high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance of polybenzimidazole membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 707. 122948–122948. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Wenting, Qiaoyun Chen, Ji Cao, et al.. (2024). Chirality-Induced Crystallization and Defect Passivation of Perovskites: Toward High-Performance Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(13). 16340–16350. 7 indexed citations

Fu, Jianfei, Qiaoyun Chen, Ji Cao, et al.. (2024). Surface engineering based on ionic liquids for efficient and stable CsPbI₃ perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(13). 7847–7855. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Chenhuan, Mengying Wang, Lei Chen, et al.. (2024). Construction of dendritic mesoporous SiO2 supported Cu catalyst for hydrodeoxidation of lignin derivatives. Bioresource Technology. 413. 131503–131503. 4 indexed citations

Ding, Feng, Tingting Zou, Tao Wei, et al.. (2023). The pinhole effect on proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) current density distribution and temperature distribution. Applied Energy. 342. 121136–121136. 27 indexed citations

Chen, Lei, Zhifang Zhang, Chaochao Qin, et al.. (2023). Modulated crystallization and enhanced stable of high efficient perovskite solar cells with Pb(Ac)2. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 942. 168924–168924. 9 indexed citations

Sang, Mangmang, Lu Wang, Lei Chen, et al.. (2023). An “AND” Molecular Logic Gate as a Super‐Enhancers for De Novo Designing Activatable Probe and Its Application in Atherosclerosis Imaging. Advanced Science. 10(12). e2207066–e2207066. 51 indexed citations

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Chen, Yu, Yaofei Chen, Shiqi Hu, et al.. (2021). MoS2-nanoflower enhanced programmable adsorption/desorption plasmonic detection for bipolar-molecules with high sensitivity. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 198. 113787–113787. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Miao Hao, Jingmin Yan, et al.. (2021). Citrus-derived DHCP inhibits mitochondrial complex II to enhance TRAIL sensitivity via ROS-induced DR5 upregulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100515–100515. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Chongwen, Zhaoning Song, Cong Chen, et al.. (2020). Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskites with reduced methylammonium for simultaneous enhancement of solar cell efficiency and stability. Nature Energy. 5(10). 768–776. 209 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Mara Mirasoli, Massimo Guardigli, et al.. (2018). Thermochemiluminescent semiconducting polymer dots as sensitive nanoprobes for reagentless immunoassay. Nanoscale. 10(29). 14012–14021. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Da, Yuyang Wang, Xiaoyu Li, et al.. (2018). Lignin Valorization: A Novel in Situ Catalytic Hydrogenolysis Method in Alkaline Aqueous Solution. Energy & Fuels. 32(7). 7643–7651. 32 indexed citations

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Fei, Zhuping, Lei Chen, Yang Han, et al.. (2017). Alternating 5,5-Dimethylcyclopentadiene and Diketopyrrolopyrrole Copolymer Prepared at Room Temperature for High Performance Organic Thin-Film Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(24). 8094–8097. 45 indexed citations

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Qiao, Chen-Meng, Jun Yang, Lei Chen, Jie Weng, & Xin Zhang. (2017). Intracellular accumulation and immunological responses of lipid modified magnetic iron nanoparticles in mouse antigen processing cells. Biomaterials Science. 5(8). 1603–1611. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2016). Hydrothermal synthesis of nanosized ZSM-22 and their use in the catalytic conversion of methanol. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 37(8). 1381–1388. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Lin Mao, Feng Tang, et al.. (2015). Ambient stable large-area flexible organic solar cells using silver grid hybrid with vapor phase polymerized poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) cathode. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 143. 354–359. 21 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Kaiyang Zeng, Yong‐Wei Zhang, Chongmin She, & Guirong Liu. (2012). A new approach to determine wedge-indented interfacial toughness in soft-film hard-substrate systems with application to low-k films on Si substrate. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 27(22). 2872–2883. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Xuemin, Kuikui Zhou, & Lei Chen. (2011). Different temporal dynamics of topological and projective geometrical perceptions in primary visual cortex: a TMS study. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 863–863. 6 indexed citations

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