Wei Ai

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
125 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Wei Ai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ai has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 41 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 29 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Ai's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (71 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (70 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (38 papers). Wei Ai is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (71 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (70 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (38 papers). Wei Ai collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Wei Ai's co-authors include Wei Huang, Ting Yu, Zhuzhu Du, Hua Zhang, Hongfang Du, Jian Jiang, Jianhui Zhu, Yuhang Liu, Jinmeng Sun and Linghai Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ai

123 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Nitrogen and Sulfur Codoped Graphene: Multifunctional Electrode Materials for High‐Performance Li‐Ion Batteries and Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2014 621 citations Wei Ai, Zhuzhu Du et al. Advanced Materials profile →
The Origin of Fluorescence from Graphene Oxide

2012 512 citations Wei Ai et al. profile →
Ultra‐Robust and Extensible Fibrous Mechanical Sensors for Wearable Smart Healthcare

2022 189 citations Wei Ai, Wei Huang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
On the Road to the Frontiers of Lithium‐Ion Batteries: A Review and Outlook of Graphene Anodes

2023 185 citations Jingxuan Bi, Zhuzhu Du et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Ai China	44	4.9k	2.0k	2.0k	1.1k	835	125	6.5k
Yuwei Zhao China	45	5.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	957 1.1×	115	8.1k
Lin Mei China	36	4.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	760 0.7×	522 0.6×	74	5.1k
Yuejiao Chen China	50	6.2k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	968 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	167	7.1k
Hyuk Chang South Korea	38	4.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	668 0.8×	75	5.5k
Zuoxiu Tie China	48	5.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	523 0.6×	122	7.2k
Peixun Xiong China	49	6.8k 1.4×	3.2k 1.6×	2.0k 1.0×	928 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	113	8.3k
Fangwang Ming Saudi Arabia	34	5.2k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.9×	581 0.7×	50	6.5k
Yanfeng Dong China	44	7.0k 1.4×	3.4k 1.7×	3.7k 1.8×	1.0k 0.9×	960 1.1×	94	8.7k
Xiaocong Tian China	36	4.0k 0.8×	3.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	662 0.8×	82	5.4k
Pei Dong United States	48	5.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	2.8k 1.4×	2.4k 2.2×	817 1.0×	116	7.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huo, Xiaomei, Guowei Gao, Boxin Li, et al.. (2025). Manipulating Zn ²⁺ Depletion Zones and Deposition Kinetics via Self‐Concentrating Micro‐Reservoirs for Ah‐Scale Zn Metal Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(34). 4 indexed citations

Du, Zhuzhu, et al.. (2024). Advances in graphene-based hosts for lithium metal anodes. Energy storage materials. 65. 103191–103191. 23 indexed citations

Wang, Ke, Mengjun Li, Zhu Zhu, et al.. (2024). Hard carbon with embedded graphitic nanofibers for fast-charge sodium-ion batteries. Nano Energy. 124. 109459–109459. 45 indexed citations

He, Pan, Bing‐Wu Wang, Wei Ai, et al.. (2024). In situ prepared amorphous VOH-Polyaniline@Carbon cloth as cathodes for high performance zinc ion batteries. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 954. 118008–118008. 6 indexed citations

Du, Zhuzhu, et al.. (2024). KSCN molten salt synthesis of hierarchical MoS2/NPC for rapid and durable sodium storage. Carbon. 230. 119638–119638. 2 indexed citations

Ai, Wei, et al.. (2024). What We Know and Do Not Know About Camouflaging, Impression Management, and Mental Health and Wellbeing in Autistic People. Autism Research. 18(2). 273–280. 5 indexed citations

Du, Hongfang, Song He, Boxin Li, et al.. (2024). Cascade Reaction Enables Heterointerfaces‐Enriched Nanoarrays for Ampere‐Level Hydrogen Production. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(12). e202422393–e202422393. 26 indexed citations

Gao, Guowei, Xiaomei Huo, Boxin Li, et al.. (2024). Customizing the water-scarce, zinc ion-rich Helmholtz plane of a zinc anode for Ah-scale Zn metal batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(20). 7850–7859. 70 indexed citations

Bi, Jingxuan, Boxin Li, Xiaojie Sun, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Reversibility and Stability of Mg Metal Anodes: High‐Exposure (002) Facets and Nanosheet Arrays for Superior Mg Plating/Stripping. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(37). e202407770–e202407770. 21 indexed citations

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Du, Zhuzhu, et al.. (2024). An integrated dual-gradient host facilitates oriented bottom-up lithium growth in lithium metal anodes. Nanoscale. 16(39). 18375–18382. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Ke, Boxin Li, Hongfang Du, et al.. (2023). Relaying alkaline hydrogen evolution over locally amorphous Ni/Co-based phosphides constructed by diffusion-limited phase-transition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 339. 123136–123136. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Ke, Mengjun Li, Yutao Wang, et al.. (2023). Double‐Walled NiTeSe–NiSe₂ Nanotubes Anode for Stable and High‐Rate Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Small. 19(22). e2300162–e2300162. 13 indexed citations

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Bi, Jingxuan, Yuhang Liu, Zhuzhu Du, et al.. (2023). Bottom‐Up Magnesium Deposition Induced by Paper‐Based Triple‐Gradient Scaffolds toward Flexible Magnesium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(9). e2309339–e2309339. 41 indexed citations

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He, Yuyu, Qi Xu, Xinyue Dong, et al.. (2023). The Discovery of a High-Mobility Two-Dimensional Bismuth Oxyselenide Semiconductor and Its Application in Nonvolatile Neuromorphic Devices. ACS Nano. 17(11). 10783–10791. 20 indexed citations

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He, Song, Ke Wang, Boxin Li, et al.. (2023). The Secret of Nanoarrays toward Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting: A Vision of Self‐Dynamic Electrolyte. Advanced Materials. 35(48). e2307017–e2307017. 36 indexed citations

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Guan, Wanqing, Tian Wang, Yuhang Liu, et al.. (2023). Impact of Morphological Dimensions in Carbon‐Based Interlayers on Lithium Metal Anode Stabilization. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(45). 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Ben, Boxin Li, Jingxuan Bi, et al.. (2023). Li⁺ mobility powered by a crystal compound for fast Li–S chemistry. Chemical Communications. 59(81). 12140–12143. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuhang, Jingxuan Bi, Siyu Li, et al.. (2023). High‐Areal Capacity, High‐Rate Lithium Metal Anodes Enabled by Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Mesh. Small. 20(5). e2305964–e2305964. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Tian, Jinmeng Sun, Yongbin Hua, et al.. (2022). Planar and dendrite-free zinc deposition enabled by exposed crystal plane optimization of zinc anode. Energy storage materials. 53. 273–304. 176 indexed citations

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Wang, Ke, Yaobin Xu, Zong Meng, et al.. (2020). A hybrid lithium storage mechanism of hard carbon enhances its performance as anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Carbon. 178. 443–450. 77 indexed citations

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