Lei Yin

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Lei Yin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yin has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Materials Chemistry, 60 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Lei Yin's work include 2D Materials and Applications (67 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (30 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (30 papers). Lei Yin is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (67 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (30 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (30 papers). Lei Yin collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Lei Yin's co-authors include Jun He, Feng Wang, Zhenxing Wang, Yao Wen, Ruiqing Cheng, Fengmei Wang, Tofik Ahmed Shifa, Kai Xu, Chao Jiang and Yun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yin

100 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Tunable GaTe-MoS₂ van der Waals p–n Junctions with Novel Optoelectronic Performance

2015 405 citations Feng Wang, Zhenxing Wang et al. Nano Letters profile →
Recent Progress in CVD Growth of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Related Heterostructures

2019 341 citations Yuyu Yao, Lei Yin et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Optoelectronic Synaptic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing

2020 278 citations Yue Wang, Lei Yin 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 Yin China	42	5.2k	4.3k	1.0k	749	603	105	6.9k
Shi‐Jin Ding China	42	3.7k 0.7×	5.7k 1.3×	906 0.9×	800 1.1×	820 1.4×	277	7.1k
Kan‐Hao Xue China	45	4.1k 0.8×	5.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	387 0.5×	582 1.0×	180	7.3k
Heejun Yang South Korea	34	4.8k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	395 0.4×	794 1.1×	359 0.6×	126	6.3k
Woo Jong Yu South Korea	36	5.0k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	456 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	326 0.5×	93	6.3k
Xiaodong Pi China	42	3.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.0×	495 0.5×	1.9k 2.5×	957 1.6×	248	6.6k
Linfeng Sun China	36	2.6k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	546 0.5×	890 1.2×	592 1.0×	84	5.1k
Wenjing Jie China	36	3.0k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	816 0.8×	866 1.2×	407 0.7×	81	4.4k
Fuwei Zhuge China	36	2.8k 0.5×	3.3k 0.8×	806 0.8×	929 1.2×	376 0.6×	90	4.8k
Xubing Lu China	39	2.7k 0.5×	4.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	243 0.4×	242	5.3k
Xiangjian Meng China	46	5.4k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.8×	2.0k 2.6×	255 0.4×	236	7.0k

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Yang, Jia, Feng Wang, Lei Yin, et al.. (2025). 8-bit states in 2D floating-gate memories using gate-injection mode for large-scale convolutional neural networks. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2649–2649. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Ruiqing, Yanrong Wang, Lei Yin, et al.. (2024). Reconfigurable van der Waals Ferroionic Barristor for Multifunctional Nanoelectronics. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, Lei Yin, Rulei Xiao, et al.. (2023). Silicon-Nanomembrane-Based Broadband Synaptic Phototransistors for Neuromorphic Vision. Nano Letters. 23(18). 8460–8467. 23 indexed citations

Wen, Yao, Hui Zeng, Ruiqing Cheng, et al.. (2023). 2D Ferroic Materials for Nonvolatile Memory Applications. Advanced Materials. 37(31). e2305044–e2305044. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Hao, Yao Wen, Xiaoxu Zhao, et al.. (2023). Heteroepitaxy of 2D CuCr₂Te₄ with Robust Room‐temperature Ferromagnetism. Advanced Materials. 35(18). e2211388–e2211388. 21 indexed citations

Feng, Xiaoqiang, Baoxing Zhai, Ruiqing Cheng, et al.. (2023). Phase Engineering of 2D Spinel‐Type Manganese Oxides. Advanced Materials. 35(42). e2304118–e2304118. 11 indexed citations

Zhai, Baoxing, Ruiqing Cheng, Tianxing Wang, et al.. (2023). First-Principles Prediction of Potential Candidate Materials MCu3X4 (M = V,Nb,Ta;X=S,Se,Te) for Neuromorphic Computing. Physical Review Applied. 19(5). 3 indexed citations

Pi, Xiaodong, Mark D. Butala, Wen Huang, et al.. (2022). Neuromorphic device based on silicon nanosheets. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5216–5216. 28 indexed citations

Wen, Yao, et al.. (2022). Two-dimensional ferromagnetic materials: From materials to devices. Applied Physics Letters. 121(22). 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, Xiufeng Han, Hui Deng, et al.. (2022). Electron irradiation total ionizing dose (TID) effect of tunneling magnetoresistance sensors. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 563. 169954–169954. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jian, Ruiqing Cheng, Lei Yin, et al.. (2022). Van der Waals epitaxial growth of two-dimensional PbSe and its high-performance heterostructure devices. Science Bulletin. 67(16). 1659–1668. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Junjun, Feng Wang, Zhenxing Wang, et al.. (2021). Logic and in-memory computing achieved in a single ferroelectric semiconductor transistor. Science Bulletin. 66(22). 2288–2296. 27 indexed citations

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Peng, Wenbing, Haolin Wang, Hui Lü, et al.. (2021). Recent Progress on the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy Study of Semiconductor Heterojunctions. Small. 17(50). e2100655–e2100655. 11 indexed citations

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Yin, Lei, Wen Huang, Rulei Xiao, et al.. (2020). Optically Stimulated Synaptic Devices Based on the Hybrid Structure of Silicon Nanomembrane and Perovskite. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3378–3387. 176 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yiyue, Wen Huang, Lei Yin, et al.. (2020). Perovskite-Enhanced Silicon-Nanocrystal Optoelectronic Synaptic Devices for the Simulation of Biased and Correlated Random-Walk Learning. Research. 2020. 7538450–7538450. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, Zhenxing Wang, Junwei Chu, et al.. (2019). Oriented layered Bi2O2Se nanowire arrays for ultrasensitive photodetectors. Applied Physics Letters. 114(15). 45 indexed citations

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Wen, Yao, Peng He, Yuyu Yao, et al.. (2019). Bridging the van der Waals Interface for Advanced Optoelectronic Devices. Advanced Materials. 32(7). e1906874–e1906874. 29 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ruiqing, Yao Wen, Lei Yin, et al.. (2017). Ultrathin Single‐Crystalline CdTe Nanosheets Realized via Van der Waals Epitaxy. Advanced Materials. 29(35). 133 indexed citations

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Xu, Kai, Lei Yin, Yun Huang, et al.. (2016). Synthesis, properties and applications of 2D layered M^IIIX^VI(M = Ga, In; X = S, Se, Te) materials. Nanoscale. 8(38). 16802–16818. 154 indexed citations

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Yin, Lei. (2006). Study on Fabrication of 3D Micro-Structure in Polymer Photovoltaic Cells Based on Nanoimprint Lithography Technology. Chuangan jishu xuebao.

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