Waseem Aftab

4.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
45 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Waseem Aftab is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Waseem Aftab has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Waseem Aftab's work include Phase Change Materials Research (18 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (11 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers). Waseem Aftab is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (18 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (11 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers). Waseem Aftab collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Waseem Aftab's co-authors include Ruqiang Zou, Mulin Qin, Zibin Liang, Jinming Shi, Asif Mahmood, Ali Usman, Xinyu Huang, Kunjie Yuan, Hassina Tabassum and Wenhao Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Waseem Aftab

44 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoconfined phase change materials for thermal energy ap... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2021 2019 2021 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Nanoconfined phase change materials for thermal energy applications
    2018 567 citations Waseem Aftab, Xinyu Huang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  2. Phase change material-integrated latent heat storage systems for sustainable energy solutions
    2021 383 citations Waseem Aftab, Ali Usman et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  3. Engineering the Thermal Conductivity of Functional Phase‐Change Materials for Heat Energy Conversion, Storage, and Utilization
    2019 360 citations Kunjie Yuan, Jinming Shi et al. profile →
  4. Flexible phase change materials for thermal energy storage
    2021 239 citations Jinming Shi, Mulin Qin et al. profile →
  5. Emerging Solid‐to‐Solid Phase‐Change Materials for Thermal‐Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Utilization
    2022 200 citations Ali Usman, Feng Xiong et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  6. Aerogels Meet Phase Change Materials: Fundamentals, Advances, and Beyond
    2022 175 citations Waseem Aftab et al. profile →
  7. High‐Efficiency Thermal‐Shock Resistance Enabled by Radiative Cooling and Latent Heat Storage
    2024 53 citations Mulin Qin, Feng Xiong et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Waseem Aftab China 29 2.3k 1.3k 1.3k 1.1k 648 45 4.2k
Chunyu Zhu Japan 39 2.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 887 1.4× 179 5.1k
Zhaodi Tang China 18 1.7k 0.8× 457 0.3× 938 0.7× 657 0.6× 210 0.3× 22 2.4k
Miaolun Jiao China 32 801 0.4× 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 824 1.3× 47 4.1k
Rui Bao China 32 1.7k 0.7× 960 0.7× 1000 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 553 0.9× 192 3.8k
Tao Mei China 42 709 0.3× 2.4k 1.8× 2.2k 1.7× 1.3k 1.2× 689 1.1× 185 5.2k
Xiao Han China 31 561 0.2× 1.6k 1.2× 626 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 837 1.3× 108 3.7k
Zhixiong Huang China 31 1.2k 0.5× 921 0.7× 245 0.2× 1.6k 1.4× 406 0.6× 221 3.9k
Qi Kang China 38 438 0.2× 2.6k 2.0× 929 0.7× 1.9k 1.7× 824 1.3× 78 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Waseem Aftab

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huang, Qiqiu, Waseem Aftab, Canbing Li, et al.. (2025). High cyclic sorption stability of chromium-organic aerogel for all-seasons heating and cooling thermal management. Chemical Engineering Journal. 506. 160217–160217. 1 indexed citations
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Khurram, Muhammad, Waseem Aftab, Qiqiu Huang, Muhammad Maqbool, & Yongliang Li. (2025). Accelerating electro-thermochemical energy storage via additive manufacturing. Nano Energy. 145. 111446–111446.
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Aftab, Waseem, et al.. (2025). Enhanced heat transfer behaviour of a water-based graphene oxide PCM composite for cold energy storage systems. Journal of Energy Storage. 124. 116880–116880. 2 indexed citations
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Hussain, Muhammad Tahir, Nadia Akram, Mohammad Zuber, et al.. (2024). Modulating alginate-polyurethane elastomer properties: Influence of NCO/OH ratio with aliphatic diisocyanate. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 278(Pt 2). 134657–134657. 17 indexed citations
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Aftab, Waseem, Jinming Shi, Yongkang Jin, et al.. (2024). Phase Engineered Composite Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Manipulation. Small. 20(34). 24 indexed citations
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Bashir, Akbar, Muhammad Maqbool, Ruicong Lv, et al.. (2023). Engineering of Interfacial Interactions Among BN And CNT Hybrid Towards Higher Heat Conduction Within TPU Composites. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 167. 107428–107428. 35 indexed citations
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Qin, Mulin, Feng Xiong, Waseem Aftab, et al.. (2022). Phase-change materials reinforced intelligent paint for efficient daytime radiative cooling. iScience. 25(7). 104584–104584. 54 indexed citations
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Aftab, Waseem, Ali Usman, Jinming Shi, et al.. (2021). Phase change material-integrated latent heat storage systems for sustainable energy solutions. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(8). 4268–4291. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zuber, Mohammad, et al.. (2021). Preparation and characterization of guar gum based polyurethanes. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 183. 2174–2183. 32 indexed citations
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Zia, Fatima, Zill-i-Huma Nazli, Khalid Mahmood Zia, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and characterization of hydroxyethyl cellulose copolymer modified polyurethane bionanocomposites. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 179. 345–352. 12 indexed citations
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Rizwan, Muhammad, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Muhammad Asif Javaid, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and molecular characterization of chitosan/alginate blends based polyurethanes biocomposites. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 180. 324–331. 28 indexed citations
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Shi, Jinming, Waseem Aftab, Zibin Liang, et al.. (2020). Tuning the flexibility and thermal storage capacity of solid–solid phase change materials towards wearable applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(38). 20133–20140. 170 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Asif, Zeeshan Ali, Hassina Tabassum, et al.. (2020). Carbon Fibers Embedded With Iron Selenide (Fe3Se4) as Anode for High-Performance Sodium and Potassium Ion Batteries. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 408–408. 36 indexed citations
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Zia, Fatima, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Waseem Aftab, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and characterization of graphene nanoplatelets-hydroxyethyl cellulose copolymer-based polyurethane bionanocomposite system. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 165(Pt B). 1889–1899. 17 indexed citations
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Xiong, Feng, Kunjie Yuan, Waseem Aftab, et al.. (2020). Copper Sulfide Nanodisk-Doped Solid–Solid Phase Change Materials for Full Spectrum Solar-Thermal Energy Harvesting and Storage. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(1). 1377–1385. 60 indexed citations
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Chen, Renjie, Xinyu Huang, Waseem Aftab, et al.. (2019). Facile preparation of flexible eicosane/SWCNTs phase change films via colloid aggregation for thermal energy storage. Applied Energy. 260. 114320–114320. 50 indexed citations
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Noreen, Aqdas, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Shazia Tabasum, et al.. (2019). Hydroxyethylcellulose-g-poly(lactic acid) blended polyurethanes: Preparation, characterization and biological studies. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 151. 993–1003. 22 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Kashif, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Waseem Aftab, et al.. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of chitin/curcumin blended polyurethane elastomers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 113. 150–158. 27 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Asif, Shuai Li, Zeeshan Ali, et al.. (2018). Ultrafast Sodium/Potassium‐Ion Intercalation into Hierarchically Porous Thin Carbon Shells. Advanced Materials. 31(2). e1805430–e1805430. 223 indexed citations
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Aftab, Waseem, Xinyu Huang, Wenhao Wu, et al.. (2018). Nanoconfined phase change materials for thermal energy applications. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(6). 1392–1424. 567 indexed citations breakdown →

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