Lei Yang

10.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
201 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Lei Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yang has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Materials Chemistry, 94 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Yang's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (82 papers), Thermal properties of materials (38 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (36 papers). Lei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (82 papers), Thermal properties of materials (38 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (36 papers). Lei Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Lei Yang's co-authors include Zhi‐Gang Chen, Jin Zou, Min Hong, Matthew S. Dargusch, Guang Han, Wei‐Di Liu, Lina Cheng, Yichao Zou, Raza Moshwan and Xiao‐Lei Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yang

189 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

High Performance Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Their Applications

2017 785 citations Lei Yang, Zhi‐Gang Chen et al. profile →
Flexible Thermoelectric Materials and Generators: Challenges and Innovations

2019 646 citations Yuan Wang, Lei Yang et al. profile →
Nanostructured thermoelectric materials: Current research and future challenge

2012 630 citations Zhi‐Gang Chen, Guang Han et al. profile →
Realizing zT of 2.3 in Ge₁₋_x₋_ySb_xIn_yTe via Reducing the Phase‐Transition Temperature and Introducing Resonant Energy Doping

2018 377 citations Zhi‐Gang Chen, Lei Yang et al. profile →
Eco‐Friendly SnTe Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Future Challenges

2017 351 citations Raza Moshwan, Lei Yang et al. profile →
n-Type Bi₂Te_3–xSe_x Nanoplates with Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency Driven by Wide-Frequency Phonon Scatterings and Synergistic Carrier Scatterings

2016 326 citations Zhi‐Gang Chen, Lei Yang 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 Yang China	41	6.9k	3.7k	1.8k	776	747	201	8.3k
Min Hong Australia	55	7.7k 1.1×	5.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	922 1.2×	774 1.0×	164	9.5k
Junyou Yang China	48	6.2k 0.9×	3.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	354 0.5×	321	7.8k
Meng Li China	46	4.5k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.8×	893 1.2×	243	6.9k
Yuan Wang China	37	3.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	404 0.5×	777 1.0×	135	5.0k
Choongho Yu United States	46	6.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	925 1.2×	1.8k 2.4×	122	8.1k
Yuan Deng China	52	6.8k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 2.0×	3.0k 4.1×	356	9.8k
Wan Jiang China	49	5.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	834 0.5×	1.7k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	248	7.6k
Qiang Sun China	36	3.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	649 0.4×	488 0.6×	407 0.5×	123	4.7k
Daryoosh Vashaee United States	45	8.7k 1.2×	2.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	3.0k 4.0×	146	11.5k
Chaohua Zhang China	38	3.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	493 0.3×	697 0.9×	389 0.5×	124	4.9k

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Wang, Donghui, et al.. (2025). Design low elastic modulus Ti–Zr–Nb-Hf-Cu multi-principal element alloys for dental application. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 37. 2977–2988. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Lei, Lin Liu, Kaiyi Luo, et al.. (2025). Yttrium oxide decoration facilitated optimization of n-type skutterudites for enhanced thermoelectric performance. Chemical Physics Letters. 863. 141879–141879. 1 indexed citations

Tan, Chao, Minmin Zhao, Wenjing Jie, et al.. (2024). Symmetry-broken MoS2 for Polarization-Sensitive photodetector enabled by interfacial charge coupling with low-symmetric BiOCl. Materials Science and Engineering B. 308. 117579–117579. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaotong, Junxiang Zhu, Lei Yang, et al.. (2024). Carboxymethyl chitosan coating infused with linalool-loaded molten globular β-Lactoglobulin nanoparticles for extended preservation of fresh-cut apples. Food Chemistry. 460(Pt 2). 140578–140578. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Shengduo, et al.. (2024). Advancements of thermoelectric nanomaterials in ROS-mediated broad-spectrum antibacterial therapies for wound healing. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 225. 212–226. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Lei, et al.. (2024). Construction of chromium-free passivation film of pomelo peel extract on the surface of lithium-ion battery copper foil and study on anti-corrosion mechanism. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 412. 125846–125846. 3 indexed citations

Tan, Chao, et al.. (2024). Cutting Edge High‐Throughput Synthesis and Characterization Techniques in Combinatorial Materials Science. Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(10). 11 indexed citations

Luo, Kaiyi, Hao Chen, Wenyu Hu, et al.. (2024). Tailoring interfacial states for improved n-type bismuth telluride thermoelectrics. Nano Energy. 128. 109845–109845. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Pingping, et al.. (2023). Adjusting Ag deposition power to improve corrosion resistance of ITO/Ag/ITO film for gate driver on array. Vacuum. 221. 112918–112918. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Lei, et al.. (2023). Preparing ultra-thin copper foil as current collector for improving the LIBs performances with reduced carbon footprint. Materials Today Communications. 35. 105952–105952. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Lei, Jiajun Du, Jun Deng, et al.. (2023). Defective Nb₂C MXene Cocatalyst on TiO₂ Microsphere for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Conversion to Methane. Small. 20(19). e2307007–e2307007. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenxuan, Yichen Liu, Wen Lee, et al.. (2023). Separation of electric and thermal transport with in-situ precipitates matrix in Ca3Co4O9+δ. Acta Materialia. 260. 119347–119347. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Zegao, et al.. (2023). Polarization-sensitive self-powered tellurium microwire near-infrared photodetector. Applied Physics Letters. 122(10). 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Huayu, et al.. (2022). Application of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Oral Microbial Detection. Pathogens. 11(12). 1450–1450. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hong, Xiaofang Liu, Jiacheng Wang, et al.. (2021). Solution-Synthesized SnSe_1–xS_x: Dual-Functional Materials with Enhanced Electrochemical Storage and Thermoelectric Performance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(31). 37201–37211. 15 indexed citations

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Qiu, Wenbin, Zhengshang Wang, Qiujun Hu, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the figure of merit of n-type PbTe materials through multi-scale graphene induced interfacial engineering. Nano Today. 39. 101176–101176. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei‐Di, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Raza Moshwan, et al.. (2019). Effectively restricting MnSi precipitates for simultaneously enhancing the Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in higher manganese silicide. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(24). 7212–7218. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei‐Di, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Han Gao, et al.. (2019). Kinetic condition driven phase and vacancy enhancing thermoelectric performance of low-cost and eco-friendly Cu_2−xS. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(18). 5366–5373. 30 indexed citations

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Huang, Liqing, Ma Qian, Zuming Liu, et al.. (2017). In situ preparation of TiB nanowires for high-performance Ti metal matrix nanocomposites. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 735. 2640–2645. 60 indexed citations

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Fan, Zhen, Jinhua Chen, Feng Sun, et al.. (2007). Preparation of porous manganese hydroxide film and its application in supercapacitors. INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY- SECTION A. 46(5). 736–741. 1 indexed citations

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