Lei Yan

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Lei Yan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yan has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Materials Chemistry, 80 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Yan's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (37 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (34 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (29 papers). Lei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (37 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (34 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (29 papers). Lei Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Lei Yan's co-authors include Zhi Zheng, Huimin Jia, Weiwei He, Xiaogang Yang, Zhi Zheng, Longyan Gu, Yange Zhang, Liwei Mi, Junwen Ren and Lihua Zhao 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 Yan

203 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Rigid molecules anchoring on NiOx enable >26% efficiency perovskite solar cells

2025 38 citations Deng Wang, Zhixin Liu et al. Joule profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Yan China	33	2.4k	1.7k	538	515	502	219	4.0k
Jiao Wang China	34	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	362 0.7×	327 0.6×	560 1.1×	227	3.9k
Arijit Bose United States	39	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	543 1.0×	382 0.7×	670 1.3×	137	5.3k
Jiao Chen China	32	1.7k 0.7×	877 0.5×	469 0.9×	284 0.6×	626 1.2×	164	3.5k
Qian Zhu China	22	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	692 1.3×	625 1.2×	605 1.2×	91	3.3k
Yang Yu China	27	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	577 1.1×	604 1.2×	756 1.5×	125	3.8k
Bin Wei China	41	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.6×	983 1.8×	1.3k 2.6×	745 1.5×	142	5.3k
Jean‐François Bardeau France	32	1.6k 0.7×	719 0.4×	471 0.9×	408 0.8×	574 1.1×	147	3.4k
Dongming Liu China	32	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	722 1.3×	682 1.3×	362 0.7×	245	4.4k
Laëtitia Philippe Switzerland	37	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	409 0.8×	926 1.8×	783 1.6×	119	3.6k
Yuchen Wu China	45	3.1k 1.3×	4.0k 2.4×	732 1.4×	684 1.3×	1.7k 3.4×	249	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Yan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Hongzhi, Yuhang Wu, Rui Gao, et al.. (2025). A benchtop route of doping Bi into Ag2S collodial quantum dots for eco-friendly solar cells. Journal of Power Sources. 631. 236196–236196. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Deng, Zhixin Liu, Ying Qiao, et al.. (2025). Rigid molecules anchoring on NiOx enable >26% efficiency perovskite solar cells. Joule. 9(3). 101815–101815. 38 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Min, et al.. (2025). Assessment of air pollutant O3 pulmonary exposure using a bronchus-on-chip model coupling with atmospheric simulation chamber. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 486. 137106–137106.

Liu, Manying, Yange Zhang, Dandan Zhao, et al.. (2025). Tailoring Bi to boost CuAgBi₂I₈ solar cells. InfoMat. 7(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiangyu, et al.. (2024). Structure and mechanical properties of multi-principal AlCrNbSiTiON oxynitride coatings. Vacuum. 227. 113366–113366. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Jianpeng, Chunguang Zhu, Zhixin Liu, et al.. (2024). Over 19 % efficienct ternary organic solar cells enabled by tuning charge behaviors through quinoxalineimide-based Y-type acceptors. Materials Today Energy. 45. 101694–101694. 3 indexed citations

Yan, Lei, Ruijuan Qi, Longyan Gu, et al.. (2024). Enable strong electrical coupling between the InZnP@PbS collodial quantum dots in films via the two-step ligand exchange method. Journal of Power Sources. 613. 234902–234902. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiangyu, Vasiliy Pelenovich, Yi Xu, et al.. (2024). Effects of duty cycle on microstructure and mechanical properties of (AlCrNbSiTi)N high-entropy nitride hard coatings deposited by pulsed arc ion plating. Vacuum. 225. 113219–113219. 11 indexed citations

Yan, Lei, Guixiang Tong, Pengcheng He, et al.. (2024). Genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and pathogenicity of Aeromonas veronii isolated from farmed largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in the main aquaculture regions of China. Aquaculture. 592. 741150–741150. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Guangyou, Zhiyao Zhang, Hua Jiang, et al.. (2023). Evolution of the Cryogenian cratonic basins in China, paleo-oceanic environment and hydrocarbon generation mechanism of ancient source rocks, and exploration potential in 10,000 m-deep strata. Earth-Science Reviews. 244. 104506–104506. 23 indexed citations

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Yan, Lei, et al.. (2023). Scrutinizing the facile growth of β-Ag2Se fine films. Chinese Chemical Letters. 34(11). 108191–108191. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangyu, Vasiliy Pelenovich, Xiaomei Zeng, et al.. (2023). Unravel hardening mechanism of AlCrNbSiTi high-entropy alloy coatings. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 965. 171222–171222. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Wei, Lei Yan, Mengting Zhang, et al.. (2023). 3D Hollow Mg-Ca-Al Hydrotalcite-Like Compounds Doped with KF for Catalytic Transesterification. International Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2023. 1–9. 4 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaojie, Jie Wang, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2023). A participatory approach to understand the attitudes and perceptions towards priority endemic cattle diseases among dairy farmers and animal health experts in Henan province, China. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 218. 105994–105994. 3 indexed citations

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Shi, Lei, et al.. (2023). Evaluation on the current status and comprehensive utilization prospect of associated cobalt resources in the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Valley metallogenic belt. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 39(4). 1144–1156. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ke, et al.. (2023). Macro- and micromechanical properties of flawed sandstone and their degradation mechanisms under hydrodynamic scouring. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 292. 109665–109665. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Caixin, et al.. (2023). Investigation and passivation of boron and hydrogen impurities in tetragonal ZrO2 dielectrics for dynamic random access memory capacitors. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(12).

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He, Hui, Yifei Pei, Jingjuan Wang, et al.. (2022). A Hamming Weight Calculation of Binary String in One nMOS Transistor–One Ag/HfO₂/Black Phosphorus/Pt Memristor. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 69(9). 4920–4923. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaogang, Lei Li, Zhongzheng Yang, et al.. (2020). Charge reactions on crystalline/amorphous lanthanum nickel oxide cocatalyst modified hematite photoanode. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 153(2). 24701–24701. 4 indexed citations

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Xia, Re, Juying Li, Qingsong Mei, et al.. (2018). Effects of Cold Rolling and Annealing Prior to Dealloying on the Microstructure of Nanoporous Gold. Nanomaterials. 8(7). 540–540. 7 indexed citations

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