Lei Chen

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
160 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Lei Chen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Chen has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 65 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 55 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lei Chen's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (55 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (43 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Lei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (55 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (43 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Lei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Japan. Lei Chen's co-authors include Zhong‐Yong Yuan, Jin‐Tao Ren, Haoyu Wang, Xin‐Lian Song, Anmin Zheng, Feng Deng, Chen‐Chen Weng, Wenwen Tian, Yansu Wang and Shenhui Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Lei Chen

153 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamental... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 50 100 150 200 250
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. High-entropy alloys in electrocatalysis: from fundamentals to applications
    2023 287 citations Jin‐Tao Ren, Lei Chen et al. profile →
  2. Enabling Internal Electric Fields to Enhance Energy and Environmental Catalysis
    2023 157 citations Lei Chen, Jin‐Tao Ren et al. Advanced Energy Materials 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 Chen China 43 3.2k 2.5k 2.4k 1.0k 921 160 5.9k
Pengfei Xie China 32 3.5k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 418 0.5× 116 6.5k
Jiřı́ Rathouský Czechia 45 2.2k 0.7× 3.8k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 454 0.4× 983 1.1× 157 6.1k
Jianhui Fang China 55 2.5k 0.8× 3.4k 1.3× 3.9k 1.7× 651 0.6× 508 0.6× 183 8.8k
Zhi Xu China 43 976 0.3× 3.0k 1.2× 2.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 484 0.5× 210 6.0k
Lanlan Li China 40 2.4k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 354 0.4× 244 0.3× 211 5.7k
Haowei Huang China 44 3.5k 1.1× 4.0k 1.6× 2.4k 1.0× 571 0.6× 336 0.4× 119 6.0k
Zhi Cao China 39 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 659 0.7× 629 0.7× 143 5.1k
Yuanmin Zhu China 37 2.5k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 3.0k 1.3× 517 0.5× 249 0.3× 132 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Chen 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 Chen. Lei Chen 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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Chen, Liying, Liyan Wang, Jia Liu, et al.. (2025). Facile construction of MnCo2O4/CeO2 electrode with oxygen vacancies for asymmetric supercapacitor. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 176. 114229–114229. 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Jin‐Tao, Lei Chen, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2025). Electrocatalytic seawater splitting from direct electrolysis to hybrid electrolysis: Challenges and opportunities. Materials Today. 86. 282–316. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Jin‐Tao Ren, Min Li, Marco Giorgetti, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2025). Enhancing aerobic oxidative desulfurization: Curvature-tailored local environments for efficient two-phase reactant delivery. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 379. 125726–125726. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Cuncai Lv, & Zhanyu Li. (2025). pH-regulated MoO3 composite carbon sphere cathode realizes stable cycling for aqueous aluminum-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1036. 181722–181722.
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Wang, Chen, et al.. (2025). Kinetic and experimental study of multimodal PM generation in coal char combustion. Combustion and Flame. 278. 114272–114272. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Xin‐Lian, Lei Chen, Jin‐Tao Ren, Li‐Jiao Gao, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2024). Engineering of g-C3N4-based composites for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic water splitting: Recent progress, challenges and perspective. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 507. 215752–215752. 31 indexed citations
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Ren, Jin‐Tao, Lei Chen, Haoyu Wang, et al.. (2024). Modulating interfacial charge distribution of Ni2P-NiSe2 by multiple interface engineering for accelerating water splitting with industry-level activity and stability. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 347. 123817–123817. 53 indexed citations
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Chen, Changdong, Yan Shang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). Interlayer-release synthesis of Cu single atoms anchored on a heterogeneous photocatalyst for constructing Cu–Ov–Fe bimetallic active sites with ultrafast kinetics of activation of H2O2. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(38). 25896–25908. 1 indexed citations
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Hui, Qing, Lei Chen, Bin Hu, et al.. (2024). Natural UV protectants and humectants to improve the efficiency of Steinernema carpocapsae in controlling foliar pests. Pest Management Science. 81(3). 1422–1431. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Lei Wang, Jin‐Tao Ren, et al.. (2024). Artificial Heterointerfaces with Regulated Charge Distribution of Ni Active Sites for Urea Oxidation Reaction. Small Methods. 8(12). e2400108–e2400108. 29 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in electrocatalytic reduction of nitric oxide to ammonia. Molecular Catalysis. 549. 113531–113531. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Wenda Zhang, Jingguo Yang, et al.. (2023). Quenching-assisted surface functionalization of metal oxide for highly enhanced electrocatalytic urea oxidation. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 946. 117706–117706. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, Jin‐Tao Ren, & Zhong‐Yong Yuan. (2023). Enabling Internal Electric Fields to Enhance Energy and Environmental Catalysis (Adv. Energy Mater. 11/2023). Advanced Energy Materials. 13(11). 38 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yingwen, Chunbao Zhou, Yang Liu, et al.. (2023). The fate of bromine during microwave-assisted pyrolysis of waste printed circuit boards. Waste Management. 173. 160–171. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2020). Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Catalyzed by Chirally Modified Ruthenium Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nanotubes. ChemistrySelect. 5(38). 11803–11810. 7 indexed citations
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Xie, Xinjian, Changhong Wang, Lei Chen, et al.. (2015). Efficient photo-degradation of dyes using CuWO4 nanoparticles with electron sacrificial agents: a combination of experimental and theoretical exploration. RSC Advances. 6(2). 953–959. 32 indexed citations
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Zheng, Anmin, Lei Chen, Jun Yang, et al.. (2005). Prediction of the 13C NMR chemical shifts of organic species adsorbed on H-ZSM-5 zeolite by the ONIOM-GIAO method. Chemical Communications. 2474–2474. 28 indexed citations

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