Linfei Lai

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Linfei Lai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Linfei Lai has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 42 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Linfei Lai's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (42 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (29 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers). Linfei Lai is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (42 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (29 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers). Linfei Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Linfei Lai's co-authors include Zexiang Shen, Jianyi Lin, Da Zhan, Chee Kok Poh, Rodney S. Ruoff, Xiaoyi Cai, Chunhua Tang, Liang Wang, Jeffrey R. Potts and Hao Gong and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Linfei Lai

74 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Exploration of the active center structure of nitrogen-doped graphene-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

2012 2.1k citations Linfei Lai, Da Zhan et al. profile →
Pyridinic N doped graphene: synthesis, electronic structure, and electrocatalytic property

2011 858 citations Zhiqiang Luo, Linfei Lai et al. profile →
Interdiffusion Reaction-Assisted Hybridization of Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks and Ti₃C₂T_x Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution

2017 642 citations Zhao Li, Shaozhou Li et al. ACS Nano profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linfei Lai China	42	6.5k	3.9k	3.8k	3.4k	1.0k	75	9.1k
Shasha Zheng China	44	7.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	4.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	67	9.9k
Zhenyuan Ji China	52	5.4k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	3.2k 1.0×	851 0.8×	189	8.4k
Afriyanti Sumboja Indonesia	39	6.3k 1.0×	3.4k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	115	8.0k
Xinglong Gou China	33	5.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	4.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	52	8.7k
Huilong Fei China	49	7.1k 1.1×	6.1k 1.6×	3.2k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	822 0.8×	81	11.1k
Huanyu Jin China	45	6.7k 1.0×	7.1k 1.8×	3.2k 0.8×	4.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	85	12.5k
Jing Xu China	45	6.2k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	150	8.3k
Ruguang Ma China	53	5.9k 0.9×	5.2k 1.3×	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	565 0.6×	159	8.7k
Huanwen Wang China	57	8.8k 1.4×	2.9k 0.7×	6.4k 1.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	193	11.3k
Xiaodong Zhuang China	30	4.4k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	637 0.6×	54	6.8k

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Tang, Weijie, Zhongzi Xu, Tian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Highly stretchable dual network hydrogel electrolytes for supercapacitors at −80 °C. Journal of Power Sources. 641. 236856–236856. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Haitao, Dong Han, Zhongzi Xu, et al.. (2025). Self-wrinkled chitosan and polyacrylic acid-based hydrogel electrodes for energy storage and sensing applications. Polymer. 341. 129237–129237.

Chen, Jiankang, Dong Han, Binbin Li, et al.. (2024). Unlocking Maximum Synergy: Screen‐Printing Fabrication of Heterostructured Microsupercapacitor Stacks. Small Methods. 8(9). e2301506–e2301506. 6 indexed citations

Han, Dong, Guoqing Wang, Xinye Xu, et al.. (2024). Ultra-stretchable, self-healing, bonding, and skin-inspired conductive triple network hydrogel for wearable strain sensors and friction nanogenerators. Polymer. 305. 127169–127169. 15 indexed citations

Li, Binbin, Tingyi Wang, Guoqing Wang, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical carbon nanospheres-based electrodes for low-temperature pseudocapacitors. Electrochimica Acta. 513. 145594–145594. 2 indexed citations

Han, Dong, Peng Wang, Haitao Huang, et al.. (2024). Super‐Elastic and Temperature‐Tolerant Hydrogel Electrodes for Supercapacitors via MXene Enhanced Ice‐Templating Synthesis. Small. 20(47). e2400690–e2400690. 9 indexed citations

Lai, Linfei, et al.. (2021). Energy storage mechanisms of anode materials for potassium ion batteries. Materials Today Energy. 21. 100747–100747. 67 indexed citations

Liu, Haimin, Mengmeng Jin, Da Zhan, et al.. (2020). Stacking faults triggered strain engineering of ZIF-67 derived Ni-Co bimetal phosphide for enhanced overall water splitting. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 272. 118951–118951. 111 indexed citations

Jin, Mengmeng, Jiewei Li, Jingchang Gao, et al.. (2020). Atomic-level tungsten doping triggered low overpotential for electrocatalytic water splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 587. 581–589. 19 indexed citations

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Gao, Jingchang, Jinming Wang, Lijun Zhou, et al.. (2019). Co₂P@N,P-Codoped Carbon Nanofiber as a Free-Standing Air Electrode for Zn–Air Batteries: Synergy Effects of CoN_x Satellite Shells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(10). 10364–10372. 90 indexed citations

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Cao, Qing, Lili Zhao, Aili Wang, et al.. (2018). Tailored synthesis of Zn–N co-doped porous MoC nanosheets towards efficient hydrogen evolution. Nanoscale. 11(4). 1700–1709. 50 indexed citations

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Li, Zhao, Shaozhou Li, Lijun Zhou, et al.. (2017). Interdiffusion Reaction-Assisted Hybridization of Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks and Ti₃C₂T_x Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. ACS Nano. 11(6). 5800–5807. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Xiaoyi, Bao Yu Xia, Joseph B. Franklin, et al.. (2017). Free-standing vertically-aligned nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays/graphene as air-breathing electrodes for rechargeable zinc–air batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(6). 2488–2495. 81 indexed citations

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Guo, Di, Shuo Dou, Xiu Li, et al.. (2016). Hierarchical MnO2/rGO hybrid nanosheets as an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41(10). 5260–5268. 47 indexed citations

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Wang, Jin, Jilei Liu, Jingshan Luo, et al.. (2015). MoS₂ architectures supported on graphene foam/carbon nanotube hybrid films: highly integrated frameworks with ideal contact for superior lithium storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(34). 17534–17543. 56 indexed citations

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Liu, Jilei, Linfei Lai, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, et al.. (2012). Carbon Nanotube-Based Materials for Fuel Cell Applications. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 65(9). 1213–1222. 22 indexed citations

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Zhan, Da, Jiaxu Yan, Linfei Lai, et al.. (2012). Engineering the Electronic Structure of Graphene. Advanced Materials. 24(30). 4055–4069. 148 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Chaoho, Jian Jiang, Weiwei Zhou, et al.. (2011). Influences of graphene oxide support on the electrochemical performances of graphene oxide-MnO2 nanocomposites. Nanoscale Research Letters. 6(1). 531–531. 99 indexed citations

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Lai, Linfei, Guoming Huang, Xiaofeng Wang, & Jian Weng. (2010). Solvothermal syntheses of hollow carbon microspheres modified with –NH2 and –OH groups in one-step process. Carbon. 48(11). 3145–3156. 80 indexed citations

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Zhan, Da, Zhenhua Ni, Wei Chen, et al.. (2010). Electronic structure of graphite oxide and thermally reduced graphite oxide. Carbon. 49(4). 1362–1366. 234 indexed citations

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