Lei Gao

9.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
228 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Lei Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Gao has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Materials Chemistry, 76 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Gao's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (35 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers) and Graphene research and applications (28 papers). Lei Gao is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (35 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers) and Graphene research and applications (28 papers). Lei Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Lei Gao's co-authors include Yuan Ma, Hongwen Huang, Lijie Qiao, Caiting Li, Xiong Pu, Xueyu Du, Yuliang Yuan, Guangming Zeng, Tianbao Ma and Weiwei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Lei Gao

214 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rational design of isostructural 2D porphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks for tunable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

2021 487 citations Rufan Chen, Yang Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Stabilizing Pt‐Based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Fundamental Understanding and Design Strategies

2021 336 citations Yuliang Yuan, Lei Gao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production via Interfacial Engineering on 2D Ultrathin Z‐Scheme ZnIn₂S₄/g‐C₃N₄ Heterojunction

2021 315 citations Yuan Ma, Yanjing Su et al. profile →
Sn Alloying to Inhibit Hydrogen Evolution of Zn Metal Anode in Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries

2021 262 citations Weiwei Huang, Caiyun Chang et al. profile →
Engineering the Local Microenvironment over Bi Nanosheets for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to HCOOH in Strong Acid

2022 253 citations Lei Gao, Tulai Sun et al. profile →
Nonepitaxial Electrodeposition of (002)‐Textured Zn Anode on Textureless Substrates for Dendrite‐Free and Hydrogen Evolution‐Suppressed Zn Batteries

2023 214 citations Jingmin Zhang, Weiwei Huang et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lei Gao	4.2k	3.1k	3.1k	1.4k	949	228	8.0k
Zhen Yin	4.6k 1.1×	4.2k 1.4×	3.5k 1.1×	967 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	265	8.7k
Richard T. Haasch	3.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.1×	4.5k 1.4×	735 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	164	9.7k
Zhaojie Wang	2.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	885 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	237	6.7k
Da Wang	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	5.7k 1.8×	634 0.5×	584 0.6×	188	9.0k
Young Dok Kim	4.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	547 0.4×	926 1.0×	255	6.4k
Eric R. Waclawik	4.4k 1.0×	3.5k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	405 0.3×	827 0.9×	155	6.9k
Amin Salehi‐Khojin	4.2k 1.0×	4.9k 1.6×	4.3k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	103	10.3k
Jing Feng	4.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	192	9.7k
Marc Heggen	5.8k 1.4×	6.6k 2.1×	5.3k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	241	12.0k

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Zhao, Ruyan, Yamei Liu, Petko St. Petkov, et al.. (2025). Ein Zweidimensionales Poly(arylen‐vinylene) vom Donor‐Akzeptor‐Typ für Effizienten Elektronentransport und Empfindliche Chemiresistoren. Angewandte Chemie. 137(24).

Zhao, Ruyan, Yamei Liu, Petko St. Petkov, et al.. (2025). A Donor–Acceptor‐Type Two‐Dimensional Poly(Arylene Vinylene) for Efficient Electron Transport and Sensitive Chemiresistors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202504302–e202504302. 2 indexed citations

Li, Wenyue, Jie Zhang, Shigenobu Ogata, et al.. (2025). Structural superlubricity and dislocation bending behaviors of NiCoCr medium-entropy alloys with incommensurate contact. Scripta Materialia. 259. 116570–116570. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yun, Lei Gao, Dong Xie, et al.. (2025). Enhanced thermal stability and moisture toleration for toluene catalytic decomposition over MnCoOx supported hierarchical porous biochars with CeO2 encapsulation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 115493–115493.

Guo, Zichun, et al.. (2025). Long-term fertilization increases heavy metals accumulation in topsoil but not in deeper layers of red soil sloping farmland. Journal of Environmental Management. 396. 128171–128171.

Liu, Jinxin, Shuai Fu, Yubin Fu, et al.. (2025). Ammonia-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Two-Dimensional Conjugated Coordination Polymer Thin Films. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(21). 18190–18196. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Gang, Shigenobu Ogata, & Lei Gao. (2024). Atomistic simulations of the frictional properties of 2D materials: a review. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 57(29). 293001–293001. 3 indexed citations

Gao, Lei, et al.. (2024). Novel Cast Ni‐Based Superalloys with Superb Weldability and Mechanical Properties Screened by a Multiperformance‐Oriented Criterion. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(16). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Cuiping, Dongyang Yan, Baoyin Sun, et al.. (2024). Low-gain generalized PT symmetry for electromagnetic impurity-immunity via non-Hermitian doped zero-index materials. Photonics Research. 12(11). 2424–2424. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingmin, Weiwei Huang, Longwei Li, et al.. (2023). Nonepitaxial Electrodeposition of (002)‐Textured Zn Anode on Textureless Substrates for Dendrite‐Free and Hydrogen Evolution‐Suppressed Zn Batteries. Advanced Materials. 35(21). e2300073–e2300073. 214 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Jie, Guanyu Deng, Wenyue Li, et al.. (2023). Grain size and scratching depth dependent tribological characteristics of CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy coatings: A molecular dynamics simulation study. Surface and Coatings Technology. 468. 129772–129772. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiajie, Jie Liu, Lei Gao, et al.. (2023). Investigation into enhanced performance of toluene and Hg0 stimulative abatement over Cr-Mn oxides co-modified columnar activated coke. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 148. 88–106. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jie, Dong Wang, Haiyou Huang, et al.. (2023). Machine learning method to predict the interlayer sliding energy barrier of polarized MoS2 layers. Computational Materials Science. 220. 112062–112062. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianhao, Shengwei Li, Lei Gao, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast 3D Hybrid‐Ion Transport in Porous V₂O₅ Cathodes for Superior‐Rate Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(18). 91 indexed citations

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Li, Shengwei, Chao Huang, Lei Gao, et al.. (2022). Unveiling the “Proton Lubricant” Chemistry in Aqueous Zinc‐MoS₂ Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(50). e202211478–e202211478. 106 indexed citations

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Hou, Zhipeng, et al.. (2022). The Cation Distributions of Zn-doped Normal Spinel MgFe2O4 Ferrite and Its Magnetic Properties. Materials. 15(7). 2422–2422. 26 indexed citations

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Yao, Zhao-Yu, Yuliang Yuan, Tao Cheng, et al.. (2021). Anomalous Size Effect of Pt Ultrathin Nanowires on Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Nano Letters. 21(21). 9354–9360. 75 indexed citations

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Chen, Rufan, Yang Wang, Yuan Ma, et al.. (2021). Rational design of isostructural 2D porphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks for tunable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1354–1354. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Lei, Yang Yang, Shuai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Autonomous Self-Healing of Electrical Degradation in Dielectric Polymers Using In Situ Electroluminescence. Matter. 2(2). 451–463. 74 indexed citations

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Gao, Lei, et al.. (2017). Deformation mechanism and control technology of large section gateway with top coal in coal mine. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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