Qian Cao

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 889 citations indexed

About

Qian Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Cao has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 889 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qian Cao's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (20 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (8 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (7 papers). Qian Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (20 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (8 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (7 papers). Qian Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Qian Cao's co-authors include Jing‐Feng Li, Li‐Dong Zhao, Xiang Gao, Yu Pan, Tian‐Ran Wei, Yi Wen, Shulin Bai, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Min Wu and G. M. Monirul Alam and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Qian Cao

37 papers receiving 860 citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

Realizing thermoelectric cooling and power generation in N-type PbS0.6Se0.4 via lattice plainification and interstitial doping

2024 65 citations Lei Wang, Yi Wen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Cao China	19	641	332	182	75	59	40	889
Nguyen Huu Trung Japan	9	302 0.5×	134 0.4×	125 0.7×	20 0.3×	18 0.3×	18	420
Young Park South Korea	15	172 0.3×	332 1.0×	33 0.2×	17 0.2×	68 1.2×	113	945
Andrew J. Dick United States	15	60 0.1×	88 0.3×	291 1.6×	70 0.9×	20 0.3×	50	715
Guogang Zhang China	16	178 0.3×	525 1.6×	14 0.1×	18 0.2×	98 1.7×	100	923
Raghav Khanna United States	14	177 0.3×	557 1.7×	33 0.2×	22 0.3×	78 1.3×	86	851
Michael Sung United States	11	363 0.6×	80 0.2×	74 0.4×	4 0.1×	31 0.5×	29	709
Hengzhi Wang China	18	786 1.2×	305 0.9×	180 1.0×	29 0.4×	175 3.0×	45	1.2k
Bin Su China	19	1.0k 1.6×	471 1.4×	214 1.2×	72 1.0×	133 2.3×	68	1.3k
Jan König Germany	18	983 1.5×	321 1.0×	218 1.2×	109 1.5×	238 4.0×	41	1.1k
Mengxia Zhang China	12	96 0.1×	129 0.4×	51 0.3×	42 0.6×	61 1.0×	40	410

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qian Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qian Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qian Cao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Qian Cao. Qian Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Peng, Jiayi, Dongrui Liu, Shulin Bai, et al.. (2025). Lattice Plainification and Intercalation Advances Power Generation and Thermoelectric Cooling in n‐type Bi₂(Te, Se)₃. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(18). 9 indexed citations

Cao, Qian, Na Zhan, Nian X. Sun, et al.. (2025). Directional Particle Delivery Using Freestanding BTO/LSMO Magnetoelectric Scrolls. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(38). 53285–53294.

Chen, Hao, Kaiyi Luo, Pingping Qian, et al.. (2025). Promoting Room-Temperature n-type Bismuth Telluride Thermoelectrics via High-Potential Barrier Heterointerfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(12). 18800–18812. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Hailan, Guangxu Zhang, Qian Cao, et al.. (2025). Engineering Ag₂Se thermoelectrics via amorphous nano-Si₃N₄: a dual-functional strategy for enhanced zT and mechanical strength. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(34). 17961–17969. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Qijie, Hailan Zhang, Zheng Su, et al.. (2024). Exploiting synergies for high thermoelectric performance in higher manganese silicide-based semiconductors through element Co-doping, energy filtering, and phonon scattering. Ceramics International. 50(10). 17604–17612. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yichen, Shulin Bai, Yi Wen, et al.. (2024). Realizing high-efficiency thermoelectric module by suppressing donor-like effect and improving preferred orientation in n-type Bi2(Te, Se)3. Science Bulletin. 69(11). 1728–1737. 39 indexed citations

Liu, Shibo, Yongxin Qin, Yi Wen, et al.. (2024). Efforts Toward the Fabrication of Thermoelectric Cooling Module Based on N‐Type and P‐Type PbTe Ingots. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(26). 32 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, Yi Wen, Shulin Bai, et al.. (2024). Realizing thermoelectric cooling and power generation in N-type PbS0.6Se0.4 via lattice plainification and interstitial doping. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3782–3782. 65 indexed citations breakdown →

Hong, Tao, Bingchao Qin, Yongxin Qin, et al.. (2024). All-SnTe-Based Thermoelectric Power Generation Enabled by Stepwise Optimization of n-Type SnTe. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(12). 8727–8736. 24 indexed citations

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Qin, Yongxin, Bingchao Qin, Lingxiao Yu, et al.. (2024). Realizing Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Performance in n‐Type PbSe Through Lattice Planification and Introducing Liquid‐Like Cu Ions. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(33). 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Siqi, Yi Wen, Shulin Bai, et al.. (2024). Realizing high-performance thermoelectric modules through enhancing the power factor via optimizing the carrier mobility in n-type PbSe crystals. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(7). 2588–2597. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Shibo, Yi Wen, Shulin Bai, et al.. (2024). Lattice Plainification Leads to High Thermoelectric Performance of P‐Type PbSe Crystals. Advanced Materials. 36(25). e2401828–e2401828. 47 indexed citations

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Shi, Haonan, Shulin Bai, Yuping Wang, et al.. (2024). Contrasting strategies of optimizing carrier concentration in bulk InSe for enhanced thermoelectric performance. Rare Metals. 43(9). 4425–4432. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiliang, Zheng Su, Hongxia Zhang, et al.. (2023). Isoelectronic Re-Ge-codoped higher manganese silicides with enhanced thermoelectric properties via band optimization, charge transfer, and phonon scattering. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 43(11). 4799–4807. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiliang, et al.. (2023). Remarkable average thermoelectric performance of the highly oriented Bi(Te, Se)-based thin films and devices. Journal of Materiomics. 10(2). 366–376. 14 indexed citations

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Luo, Chuan, et al.. (2022). MapReduce accelerated attribute reduction based on neighborhood entropy with Apache Spark. Expert Systems with Applications. 211. 118554–118554. 21 indexed citations

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Cai, Bowen, Jun Pei, Jinfeng Dong, et al.. (2021). (Bi,Sb)2Te3/SiC nanocomposites with enhanced thermoelectric performance: Effect of SiC nanoparticle size and compositional modulation. Science China Materials. 64(10). 2551–2562. 21 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian. (2020). Empirical Study on Financial Fraud of Luckin Coffee. 36. 906–910. 3 indexed citations

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Sarker, Md Nazirul Islam, Min Wu, Qian Cao, G. M. Monirul Alam, & Dan Li. (2019). Leveraging Digital Technology for Better Learning and Education: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Information and Education Technology. 9(7). 453–461. 97 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, et al.. (2014). Study on Low TCR TaN Thin Film Resistors by D.C. Magnetron Sputtering. Advanced materials research. 1082. 34–37. 2 indexed citations

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