Steven Xiao

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Steven Xiao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Xiao has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 1 paper in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Steven Xiao's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (17 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (9 papers). Steven Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (17 papers) and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (9 papers). Steven Xiao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Steven Xiao's co-authors include Yali Yang, Yong Cao, Zhicai He, Hongbin Wu, Cheng Wang, Biao Xiao, Feng Liu, Thomas P. Russell, Xiong Gong and Alan J. Heeger and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Steven Xiao

23 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

2015 1.6k citations Zhicai He, Biao Xiao et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Xiao United States	15	2.2k	1.9k	317	189	148	23	2.5k
Baofeng Zhao China	23	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	332 1.0×	187 1.0×	93 0.6×	105	1.8k
Nafees Ahmad China	23	1.2k 0.5×	643 0.3×	1.1k 3.5×	109 0.6×	89 0.6×	34	1.6k
Samiksha Sikarwar India	20	817 0.4×	202 0.1×	584 1.8×	389 2.1×	69 0.5×	40	1.2k
F. Kadırgan Türkiye	27	1.4k 0.6×	410 0.2×	647 2.0×	150 0.8×	118 0.8×	58	2.2k
Zhenbo Liu China	17	375 0.2×	116 0.1×	765 2.4×	271 1.4×	101 0.7×	63	1.4k
Vijay V. Kondalkar South Korea	20	640 0.3×	287 0.2×	595 1.9×	220 1.2×	55 0.4×	41	1.1k
Xiaohui Tang Belgium	21	1.2k 0.5×	137 0.1×	493 1.6×	426 2.3×	35 0.2×	66	1.6k
Desta Gedefaw Australia	20	924 0.4×	784 0.4×	187 0.6×	87 0.5×	91 0.6×	43	1.1k
Jasmeet Kaur India	15	665 0.3×	201 0.1×	436 1.4×	379 2.0×	48 0.3×	55	994
S. Bharathi India	18	757 0.3×	252 0.1×	442 1.4×	179 0.9×	81 0.5×	39	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Xiao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Che, Yuxuan, Muhammad Rizwan Niazi, Pegah Ghamari, et al.. (2023). Design of Furan‐Based Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(40). e202309003–e202309003. 23 indexed citations

Du, Zhifang, Hoang Mai Luong, Austin L. Jones, et al.. (2023). High‐Performance Wearable Organic Photodetectors by Molecular Design and Green Solvent Processing for Pulse Oximetry and Photoplethysmography. Advanced Materials. 36(9). e2310478–e2310478. 41 indexed citations

Karki, Akchheta, Joachim Vollbrecht, Alexander J. Gillett, et al.. (2020). The role of bulk and interfacial morphology in charge generation, recombination, and extraction in non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(10). 3679–3692. 140 indexed citations

Che, Yuxuan, Yuliang Zhang, Yali Yang, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Photovoltaic Behavior of A–D–A Molecular Semiconductors through a Permutation of End Groups. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(1). 52–61. 16 indexed citations

Gu, Kaichen, Jonathan W. Onorato, Steven Xiao, Christine K. Luscombe, & Yueh‐Lin Loo. (2018). Determination of the Molecular Weight of Conjugated Polymers with Diffusion-Ordered NMR Spectroscopy. Chemistry of Materials. 30(3). 570–576. 51 indexed citations

Higgins, Matthew J., Steven Xiao, Trung Le, et al.. (2017). Pretreatment of a primary and secondary sludge blend at different thermal hydrolysis temperatures: Impacts on anaerobic digestion, dewatering and filtrate characteristics. Water Research. 122. 557–569. 106 indexed citations

Zhao, Cindy X., Steven Xiao, & Gu Xu. (2015). Density of organic thin films in organic photovoltaics. Journal of Applied Physics. 118(4). 13 indexed citations

He, Zhicai, Biao Xiao, Feng Liu, et al.. (2015). Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage. Nature Photonics. 9(3). 174–179. 1568 indexed citations breakdown →

Higgins, Matthew J., Steven Xiao, Trung Le, et al.. (2014). Effect of Thermal Hydrolysis Temperature on Anaerobic Digestion, Dewatering and Filtrate Characteristics. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2014(15). 2027–2037. 11 indexed citations

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Xiao, Steven, Trung Le, Ahmed Al‐Omari, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Solubilization Characteristics of Thermal Hydrolysis Process. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2014(15). 6312–6336. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Kai Wang, Xiaowen Hu, et al.. (2013). Molecular Weight Effect on the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 5(22). 12163–12167. 112 indexed citations

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Wang, Hang‐Xing, Xinfei Yu, Chao Yi, et al.. (2013). Fine-Tuning of Fluorinated Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene Copolymer for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117(9). 4358–4363. 35 indexed citations

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Gong, Xiong, Yali Yang, & Steven Xiao. (2009). Ambipolar Charge Transport in Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(17). 7398–7404. 6 indexed citations

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Shin, Joon‐Ho, et al.. (2007). Variable-force tapping atomic force microscopy as a tool in the characterization of organic devices. Ultramicroscopy. 107(10-11). 1078–1085. 2 indexed citations

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Gong, Xiong, Cesare Soci, Cuiying Yang, Alan J. Heeger, & Steven Xiao. (2006). Enhanced electron injection in polymer light-emitting diodes: polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes as dilute additives. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 39(10). 2048–2052. 14 indexed citations

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Shin, Joon‐Ho, et al.. (2006). Light emission at 5V from a polymer device with a millimeter-sized interelectrode gap. Applied Physics Letters. 89(1). 49 indexed citations

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Shin, Joon‐Ho, et al.. (2005). Polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells: Frozen-junction operation of an “ionic liquid” device. Applied Physics Letters. 87(4). 44 indexed citations

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Gong, Xiong, D. Moses, Alan J. Heeger, & Steven Xiao. (2004). White Light Electrophosphorescence from Polyfluorene-Based Light-Emitting Diodes: Utilization of Fluorenone Defects. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(25). 8601–8605. 70 indexed citations

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Xiao, Steven, et al.. (2004). Effects of solvent on fabrication of polymeric light emitting devices. Materials Letters. 59(6). 694–696. 11 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wen, Steven Xiao, & I. Shih. (2003). Field-effect mobilities of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes anchored semiconducting polymers. Applied Surface Science. 221(1-4). 358–363. 12 indexed citations

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