Lei Hu

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Lei Hu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Hu has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Materials Chemistry, 56 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Lei Hu's work include Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity (40 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (21 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (19 papers). Lei Hu is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity (40 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (21 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (19 papers). Lei Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Lei Hu's co-authors include Jun Chen, Xianran Xing, Jinxia Deng, Yang Ren, Xueqin Cao, Hongwei Gu, Qingyu Yan, Jianmei Lu, Jianwei Xu and Zhao Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lei Hu

109 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Negative thermal expansion in functional materials: controllable thermal expansion by chemical modifications

2015 575 citations Jun Chen, Lei Hu et al. profile →
Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?

2021 346 citations Yun Zheng, Lei Hu et al. profile →
MOF-derived ultrathin carbon nanosheets integrated with telluride nanoparticles: synergistic polysulfide adsorption and catalytic sites for enhanced sulfur redox reactions

2025 46 citations Wei Bi, Canhuang Li et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers

Lei Hu

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EOMM

Yinong Lü China

Deliang Cui China

Lefu Mei China

Michitaka Ohtaki Japan

M. Ebrahimizadeh Abrishami Iran

Naoufal Bahlawane Germany

Ye Sheng China

Marlies K. Van Bael Belgium

Bing Han China

Dongsheng He China

Yinong Lü China

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1.6k ×0.9

EEE

795 ×0.9

EOMM

203 ×0.5

191 ×0.4

Citations per year, relative to Lei Hu Lei Hu (= 1×) peers Yinong Lü

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Hu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Hu 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 Hu. Lei Hu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Qin, Feiyu, Ruixin Li, Xinyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Decent ablative resistance, enhanced thermal conductivity and high mechanical properties of high-entropy (Hf, Zr, Ti, Ta)C-W composites. Ceramics International. 51(11). 14608–14618. 3 indexed citations

Li, Ruixin, Xian-Ming Bai, Feiyu Qin, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, crystal structure, and thermoelectric properties of vacancy‐doped praseodymium sulfide. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108(12).

Guo, Hai, Wei‐Xu Dong, Zhiyong Fang, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Cellulose Fibers Double‐Coated Asymmetric Separator for High‐Performance Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 9(4). 2 indexed citations

Bi, Wei, Canhuang Li, Dawei Yang, et al.. (2025). MOF-derived ultrathin carbon nanosheets integrated with telluride nanoparticles: synergistic polysulfide adsorption and catalytic sites for enhanced sulfur redox reactions. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(4). 1929–1940. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Qin, Feiyu, Xian-Ming Bai, Yue‐Wen Fang, et al.. (2025). Giant negative thermal expansion exceeding 1000 K in PrMnO3 via synergy of local structure distortion and orbital disordering. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9977–9977.

Hu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Double-layered beam shaping assembly design based on intelligent optimization method coupling neural network and genetic algorithm for BNCT. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1063. 169260–169260. 4 indexed citations

Qin, Feiyu, Lei Hu, Yingcai Zhu, et al.. (2023). Integrating abnormal thermal expansion and ultralow thermal conductivity into (Cd,Ni)2Re2O7 via synergy of local structure distortion and soft acoustic phonons. Acta Materialia. 264. 119544–119544. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoke, Yanhua Peng, Chenghui Zeng, et al.. (2023). Nanostructured conversion-type anode materials of metal-organic framework-derived spinel XMn2O4 (X = Zn, Co, Cu, Ni) to boost lithium storage. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 643. 502–515. 8 indexed citations

Gao, Zhibin, Lei Hu, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Kirigami-Inspired Thermal Regulator. Physical Review Applied. 19(1). 5 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhibin, Guimei Zhu, Jie Ren, et al.. (2023). Role of high-order anharmonicity and off-diagonal terms in thermal conductivity: A case study of multiphase CsPbBr3. Physical review. B.. 107(21). 31 indexed citations

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Dong, Jinfeng, Yilin Jiang, Yandong Sun, et al.. (2023). Discordant Distortion in Cubic GeMnTe₂ and High Thermoelectric Properties of GeMnTe₂-x%SbTe. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(3). 1988–1996. 41 indexed citations

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Sakai, Yuki, Takumi Nishikubo, Masayuki Fukuda, et al.. (2023). Two Types of Negative Thermal Expansion Observed in PbCr_1–xTi_xO₃. Chemistry of Materials. 35(3). 1008–1015. 5 indexed citations

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Peng, Guyang, Lei Hu, Wanbo Qu, et al.. (2023). Structural‐functional unit ordering for high‐performance electron‐correlated materials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 30–52. 11 indexed citations

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Qin, Feiyu, Xiaoying Wang, Lei Hu, et al.. (2022). Switch of Thermal Expansions Triggered by Itinerant Electrons in Isostructural Metal Trifluorides. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(51). 21004–21010. 5 indexed citations

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Pan, Zhao, Yue‐Wen Fang, Takumi Nishikubo, et al.. (2022). Tolerance Factor Control of Tetragonality and Negative Thermal Expansion in PbTiO₃-Based Ferroelectrics. Chemistry of Materials. 34(6). 2798–2803. 19 indexed citations

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Pan, Zhao, Takumi Nishikubo, Lei Hu, et al.. (2022). Realization of Negative Thermal Expansion in Lead-Free Bi_0.5K_0.5VO₃ by the Suppression of Tetragonality. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(8). 3730–3735. 4 indexed citations

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Pan, Zhao, Mao‐Hua Zhang, Takumi Nishikubo, et al.. (2021). Polarization Rotation at Morphotropic Phase Boundary in New Lead-Free Na_1/2Bi_1/2V_1–xTi_xO₃ Piezoceramics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(4). 5208–5215. 11 indexed citations

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Hu, Lei, Yingcai Zhu, Yue‐Wen Fang, et al.. (2021). Origin and Absence of Giant Negative Thermal Expansion in Reduced and Oxidized Ca₂RuO₄. Chemistry of Materials. 33(19). 7665–7674. 18 indexed citations

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Nishikubo, Takumi, Takahiro Ogata, K. V. Lalitha, et al.. (2021). Polarization- and Strain-Mediated Control of Negative Thermal Expansion and Ferroelasticity in BiInO₃–BiZn_1/2Ti_1/2O₃. Chemistry of Materials. 33(4). 1498–1505. 6 indexed citations

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Suwardi, Ady, Jing Cao, Yunshan Zhao, et al.. (2020). Achieving high thermoelectric quality factor toward high figure of merit in GeTe. Materials Today Physics. 14. 100239–100239. 84 indexed citations

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