Ling‐Wei Xue

9.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
150 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Ling‐Wei Xue is a scholar working on Oncology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling‐Wei Xue has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Oncology, 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 63 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ling‐Wei Xue's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (69 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (62 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (59 papers). Ling‐Wei Xue is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (69 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (62 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (59 papers). Ling‐Wei Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Ling‐Wei Xue's co-authors include Zhiguo Zhang, Yongfang Li, Haijun Bin, Changduk Yang, Shanshan Chen, Liang Gao, Yankang Yang, Chenkai Sun, Chunfeng Zhang and Beibei Qiu 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

Ling‐Wei Xue

142 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with t... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2016 2018 2016 2020 250 500 750
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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.

  1. 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor
    2016 942 citations Haijun Bin, Liang Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells
    2016 834 citations Yankang Yang, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  3. A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells
    2018 737 citations Chenkai Sun, Haijun Bin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency
    2016 736 citations Haijun Bin, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells
    2020 666 citations Jia Yao, Zhiguo Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  6. All‐Polymer Solar Cells Based on Absorption‐Complementary Polymer Donor and Acceptor with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.27%
    2015 665 citations Liang Gao, Zhiguo Zhang et al. profile →
  7. Constructing a Strongly Absorbing Low‐Bandgap Polymer Acceptor for High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells
    2017 540 citations Zhiguo Zhang, Yankang Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ling‐Wei Xue China 30 7.8k 6.9k 652 646 456 150 8.4k
Scott E. Watkins Australia 43 6.9k 0.9× 4.6k 0.7× 669 1.0× 2.7k 4.2× 289 0.6× 94 7.9k
Wei Yang China 44 7.0k 0.9× 5.0k 0.7× 801 1.2× 2.8k 4.4× 140 0.3× 201 8.1k
Lei Meng China 48 6.7k 0.9× 5.4k 0.8× 864 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 287 0.6× 166 7.9k
Raja Shahid Ashraf United Kingdom 46 9.4k 1.2× 8.0k 1.2× 884 1.4× 1.4k 2.2× 536 1.2× 97 10.3k
Hong‐Ku Shim South Korea 43 4.1k 0.5× 3.5k 0.5× 604 0.9× 1.6k 2.5× 232 0.5× 189 5.5k
Yong Qiu China 48 6.7k 0.9× 2.3k 0.3× 811 1.2× 4.2k 6.5× 160 0.4× 191 8.0k
Ching‐Fong Shu Taiwan 47 4.5k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 1.3k 2.0× 3.2k 5.0× 101 0.2× 89 6.4k
Vytautas Getautis Lithuania 33 4.3k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 402 0.6× 1.7k 2.6× 100 0.2× 173 5.0k
Pierre Frère France 38 3.4k 0.4× 2.7k 0.4× 1.2k 1.9× 1.8k 2.9× 154 0.3× 152 5.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Zongtao, Hongyuan Fu, Ming Zhang, et al.. (2025). Impact of Linking‐Site on Photovoltaic Performance of Giant Molecular Acceptors Containing N‐Type Linker. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(27). 3 indexed citations
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Li, Qingbin, Yang Bai, Shuai Jiang, et al.. (2025). Rhodanine Substitution of Asymmetric Nonfullerene Acceptors for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(6). 9315–9321. 3 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, Jie Zhang, Mengmeng Sun, et al.. (2025). An environment-friendly efficient visible-light photocatalyst of P, Mo co-doped TiO2 nanoflowers hybridized with 2D porous g-C3N4 nanosheets for the antibacterial application. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1044. 182941–182941.
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Jin, Yu, Xingguo Han, Jiafei Su, et al.. (2025). Selenium induced multicomponent platinum-based ultrathin nanowires with abundant grain boundaries and partial amorphous phase enable remarkable multifunctional electrocatalysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 696. 137900–137900. 1 indexed citations
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Bai, Yang, Saimeng Li, Qingyuan Wang, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous enhancement of efficiency, stability and stretchability in binary polymer solar cells with a three-dimensional aromatic-core tethered tetrameric acceptor. National Science Review. 12(3). nwaf019–nwaf019. 18 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Graphene-Coated Zn3V4(PO4)6/ZnMn2(PO4)2 Heterostructured Cathode Materials for Zinc-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(14). 16313–16319. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qingbin, Jiang Wu, Qing Guo, et al.. (2024). Effect of Number and Position of Chlorine Atoms on the Photovoltaic Performance of Asymmetric Nonfullerene Acceptors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(3). 3755–3763. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, Bowen, Yuegang Zhang, Cen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Tethered Trimeric Small‐molecular Acceptors through Aromatic‐core Engineering for Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Polymer Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 136(15). 1 indexed citations
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Zeng, Liang, Ming Zhang, Mengyuan Gao, et al.. (2023). Impact of side-chain deuteration on the molecular stacking and photovoltaic performance of non-fullerene acceptors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(44). 24184–24191. 4 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, Chaoyi Yan, Jia Yao, et al.. (2023). Heteroatom conjugated-shoulder side-chains-based non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells. Cell Reports Physical Science. 4(3). 101303–101303. 11 indexed citations
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Fu, Hongyuan, Jia Yao, Ming Zhang, et al.. (2022). Low-cost synthesis of small molecule acceptors makes polymer solar cells commercially viable. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3687–3687. 78 indexed citations
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Wang, Binbin, Ling‐Wei Xue, Yao Li, et al.. (2021). A low-cost polymerized hole-transporting material for high performance planar perovskite solar cells. Applied Physics Letters. 119(13). 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, Yankang Yang, Haijun Bin, et al.. (2017). Synthesis and characterization of arylenevinylenearylene–naphthalene diimide copolymers as acceptor in all–polymer solar cells. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 55(10). 1757–1764. 20 indexed citations
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Bin, Haijun, Zhong Lian, Yankang Yang, et al.. (2017). Medium Bandgap Polymer Donor Based on Bi(trialkylsilylthienyl‐benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]‐difuran) for High Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 7(20). 76 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, Yankang Yang, Zhiguo Zhang, et al.. (2016). Indacenodithienothiophene–naphthalene diimide copolymer as an acceptor for all-polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 4(16). 5810–5816. 67 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, Yankang Yang, Zhiguo Zhang, et al.. (2016). Naphthalenediimide‐alt‐Fused Thiophene D–A Copolymers for the Application as Acceptor in All‐Polymer Solar Cells. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 11(19). 2785–2791. 20 indexed citations
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Bin, Haijun, Liang Gao, Zhiguo Zhang, et al.. (2016). 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13651–13651. 942 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, et al.. (2009). catena-Poly[[pyridinecopper(II)]-μ-N-[(2-oxido-1-naphthyl)methylene]glycinato]. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(10). m1237–m1237. 4 indexed citations
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Xue, Ling‐Wei, et al.. (2008). N′-(3-Bromo-5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-4-hydroxybenzohydrazide. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 64(10). o1938–o1938. 4 indexed citations

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