Rafael A. Vilá

3.7k citations

27 papers · 2.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 24

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 2%
Materials Chemistry top 5%
Automotive Engineering top 1%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 5%
Condensed Matter Physics top 5%

Co-authors: Yi Cui Joshua A. Robinson William Huang Hansen Wang David Boyle Yuzhang Li Sang Cheol Kim Zewen Zhang
Topics: Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (17 papers)Advancements in Battery Materials (17 papers)Advanced Battery Technologies Research (10 papers)
Cited by: Automotive Engineering Structural Biology Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: United States South Korea China

In The Last Decade

Rafael A. Vilá

27 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Two-dimensional gallium nitride realized via graphene encapsulation

2016 641 citations Zakaria Y. Al Balushi, Ke Wang et al. Nature Materials profile →
Recovery of isolated lithium through discharged state calendar ageing

2024 100 citations Wenbo Zhang, Philaphon Sayavong et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Recovery of isolated lithium through discharged state calendar ageingbreakdown → 2024 ·Nature ·Wenbo Zhang,Philaphon Sayavong,Xin Xiao,Solomon T. Oyakhire,Sanzeeda Baig Shuchi,Rafael A. Vilá,David Boyle,Sang Cheol Kim,Mun Sek Kim,(unknown),Yusheng Ye,Lin Li,Stacey F. Bent,Yi Cui	100
2	LiH formation and its impact on Li batteries revealed by cryogenic electron microscopy 2023 ·Science Advances ·Rafael A. Vilá,David Boyle,Alan Dai,Wenbo Zhang,Philaphon Sayavong,Yusheng Ye,Yufei Yang,Jennifer A. Dionne,Yi Cui	54
3	In Situ Prelithiation by Direct Integration of Lithium Mesh into Battery Cells 2023 ·Nano Letters ·Yufei Yang,Jiangyan Wang,Sang Cheol Kim,Wenbo Zhang,Yucan Peng,Pu Zhang,Rafael A. Vilá,Yinxing Ma,You Kyeong Jeong,Yi Cui	53
4	Dissolution of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase and Its Effects on Lithium Metal Anode Cyclability 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Philaphon Sayavong,Wenbo Zhang,Solomon T. Oyakhire,David Boyle,Yuelang Chen,Sang Cheol Kim,Rafael A. Vilá,(unknown),Mun Sek Kim,Stacey F. Bent,Zhenan Bao,Yi Cui	105
5	Correlating Kinetics to Cyclability Reveals Thermodynamic Origin of Lithium Anode Morphology in Liquid Electrolytes 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·David Boyle,Sang Cheol Kim,Solomon T. Oyakhire,Rafael A. Vilá,Zhuojun Huang,Philaphon Sayavong,Jian Qin,Zhenan Bao,Yi Cui	84
6	Onboard early detection and mitigation of lithium plating in fast-charging batteries 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Wenxiao Huang,Yusheng Ye,Hao Chen,Rafael A. Vilá,(unknown),Hongxia Wang,Fang Liu,Zhiao Yu,Jinwei Xu,Zewen Zhang,Rong Xu,Yecun Wu,Lien‐Yang Chou,Hansen Wang,Junwei Xu,David Boyle,Yuzhang Li,Yi Cui	131
7	Resolving Current-Dependent Regimes of Electroplating Mechanisms for Fast Charging Lithium Metal Anodes 2022 ·Nano Letters ·David Boyle,Yuzhang Li,Allen Pei,Rafael A. Vilá,Zewen Zhang,Philaphon Sayavong,Mun Sek Kim,William Huang,Hongxia Wang,Yunzhi Liu,Rong Xu,(unknown),Jian Qin,Zhenan Bao,Yi Cui	95
8	Hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne-assisted ultrafast sparking synthesis of metastable nanomaterials 2022 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·X. R. Zheng,Xin Gao,Rafael A. Vilá,Yue Jiang,Jingyang Wang,Rong Xu,Rui Zhang,Xin Xiao,Pu Zhang,Louisa C. Greenburg,Yufei Yang,Huolin L. Xin,Xiaolin Zheng,Yi Cui	74
9	Bright and stable light-emitting diodes made with perovskite nanocrystals stabilized in metal–organic frameworks 2021 ·Nature Photonics ·Hsinhan Tsai,Shreetu Shrestha,Rafael A. Vilá,Wenxiao Huang,Cunming Liu,Cheng‐Hung Hou,Hsin‐Hsiang Huang,Xiewen Wen,Ming‐Xing Li,Gary P. Wiederrecht,Yi Cui,Mircea Cotlet,Xiaoyi Zhang,Xuedan Ma,Wanyi Nie	173
10	Potentiometric Measurement to Probe Solvation Energy and Its Correlation to Lithium Battery Cyclability 2021 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Sang Cheol Kim,Xian Kong,Rafael A. Vilá,William Huang,Yuelang Chen,David Boyle,Zhiao Yu,Hansen Wang,Zhenan Bao,Jian Qin,Yi Cui	162
11	Cryogenic Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials 2021 ·Accounts of Chemical Research ·Zewen Zhang,Yi Cui,(unknown),Rafael A. Vilá,Yanbin Li,Wenbo Zhang,Weijiang Zhou,Wah Chiu,(unknown),(unknown)	41
12	Electrochemical generation of liquid and solid sulfur on two-dimensional layered materials with distinct areal capacities 2020 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Ankun Yang,Guangmin Zhou,Xian Kong,Rafael A. Vilá,Allen Pei,Yecun Wu,Xiaoyun Yu,X. R. Zheng,Chun-Lan Wu,Bofei Liu,Hao Chen,Yan Xu,Di Chen,Yanxi Li,Sirine C. Fakra,Harold Y. Hwang,Jian Qin,Steven Chu,Yi Cui	87
13	Cryo-EM Structures of Atomic Surfaces and Host-Guest Chemistry in Metal-Organic Frameworks 2020 ·Matter ·Yuzhang Li,Kecheng Wang,Weijiang Zhou,Yanbin Li,Rafael A. Vilá,William Huang,Hongxia Wang,Guangxu Chen,Gong‐Her Wu,Yuchi Tsao,Hansen Wang,Robert Sinclair,Wah Chiu,Yi Cui	8
14	Tortuosity Effects in Lithium-Metal Host Anodes 2020 ·Joule ·Hao Chen,Allen Pei,Jiayu Wan,Dingchang Lin,Rafael A. Vilá,Hongxia Wang,David G. Mackanic,Hans‐Georg Steinrück,William Huang,Yuzhang Li,Ankun Yang,Jin Xie,Yecun Wu,Hansen Wang,Yi Cui	207
15	Nickel Impurities in the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase of Lithium-Metal Anodes Revealed by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy 2020 ·Cell Reports Physical Science ·Rafael A. Vilá,William Huang,Yi Cui	40
16	Cryo-EM Structures of Atomic Surfaces and Host-Guest Chemistry in Metal-Organic Frameworks 2019 ·Matter ·Yuzhang Li,Kecheng Wang,Weijiang Zhou,Yanbin Li,Rafael A. Vilá,William Huang,Hongxia Wang,Guangxu Chen,Gong‐Her Wu,Yuchi Tsao,Hansen Wang,Robert Sinclair,Wah Chiu,Yi Cui	128
17	Unravelling Degradation Mechanisms and Atomic Structure of Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites by Cryo-EM 2019 ·Joule ·Yanbin Li,Weijiang Zhou,Yuzhang Li,Wenxiao Huang,Zewen Zhang,Guangxu Chen,Hansen Wang,Gong‐Her Wu,Nicholas Rolston,Rafael A. Vilá,Wah Chiu,Yi Cui	117
18	Two-dimensional gallium nitride realized via graphene encapsulationbreakdown → 2016 ·Nature Materials ·Zakaria Y. Al Balushi,Ke Wang,R. Ghosh,Rafael A. Vilá,Sarah M. Eichfeld,Joshua D. Caldwell,Xiaoye Qin,Yu‐Chuan Lin,Paul A. DeSario,Greg Stone,S. Subramanian,Dennis F. Paul,Robert M. Wallace,Suman Datta,Joan M. Redwing,Joshua A. Robinson	641
19	Bottom-up synthesis of vertically oriented two-dimensional materials 2016 ·2D Materials ·Rafael A. Vilá,Kasra Momeni,(unknown),Brian Bersch,Ning Lü,M. J. Kim,Long‐Qing Chen,Joshua A. Robinson	52
20	Growth and Tunable Surface Wettability of Vertical MoS₂ Layers for Improved Hydrogen Evolution Reactions 2016 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Ganesh R. Bhimanapati,(unknown),Yu Lei,Rafael A. Vilá,(unknown),Mauricio Terrones,Joshua A. Robinson	100

About Rafael A. Vilá

Rafael A. Vilá is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, having authored 27 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (17 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (17 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Automotive Engineering (802 citations), Structural Biology (53 citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.0k citations). Rafael A. Vilá has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Frequent co-authors include Yi Cui, Joshua A. Robinson, William Huang, Hansen Wang, David Boyle, Yuzhang Li, Sang Cheol Kim, Zewen Zhang, Joshua D. Caldwell and Ke Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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