Wei Chen

67.8k total citations · 23 hit papers
1.1k papers, 56.3k citations indexed

About

Wei Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Chen has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 56.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 537 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 513 papers in Materials Chemistry and 186 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wei Chen's work include Graphene research and applications (148 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (112 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (111 papers). Wei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (148 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (112 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (111 papers). Wei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Wei Chen's co-authors include Andrew T. S. Wee, Husam N. Alshareef, Cheng Han, Han Huang, R.B. Rakhi, Dongchen Qi, Kian Ping Loh, Jeffrey S. Dyck, Ctirad Uher and Zhenhua Ni and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wei Chen

1.0k papers receiving 55.4k citations

Hit Papers

Cubic AgPb m SbTe 2+ m : Bulk Thermoelectric Material... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 2018 2015 2018 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Cubic AgPb m SbTe 2+ m : Bulk Thermoelectric Materials with High Figure of Merit
    2004 2.6k citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  2. Atomically dispersed Ni(i) as the active site for electrochemical CO2 reduction
    2018 2.0k citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  3. A Review of Phosphide‐Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
    2015 771 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  4. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: interface and defect engineering
    2018 713 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  5. One-Step Electrodeposited Nickel Cobalt Sulfide Nanosheet Arrays for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors
    2014 705 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  6. Effect of Confinement in Carbon Nanotubes on the Activity of Fischer−Tropsch Iron Catalyst
    2008 697 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  7. Electronic metal–support interaction modulates single-atom platinum catalysis for hydrogen evolution reaction
    2021 688 citations Yi‐Yang Sun, Wei Chen et al. profile →
  8. High-Performance Nanostructured Supercapacitors on a Sponge
    2011 662 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  9. Raman Studies of Monolayer Graphene: The Substrate Effect
    2008 639 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  10. Black Phosphorus Quantum Dots
    2015 633 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  11. Epitaxial Growth of Single Layer Blue Phosphorus: A New Phase of Two-Dimensional Phosphorus
    2016 622 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  12. CMOS scaling into the nanometer regime
    1997 616 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  13. Solution-Gated Epitaxial Graphene as pH Sensor
    2008 616 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  14. Graphene: Promises, Facts, Opportunities, and Challenges in Nanomedicine
    2013 616 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  15. Surface Transfer p-Type Doping of Epitaxial Graphene
    2007 526 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  16. Occurrence and removal of microplastics in an advanced drinking water treatment plant (ADWTP)
    2019 441 citations Tao Lin, Wei Chen et al. profile →
  17. MoS2Field-Effect Transistor with Sub-10 nm Channel Length
    2016 427 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  18. Characterization and treatment of landfill leachate: A review
    2021 380 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  19. Capturing functional two-dimensional nanosheets from sandwich-structure vermiculite for cancer theranostics
    2021 279 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  20. Recent developments in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: phase transition and applications of the (quasi-)metallic phases
    2021 237 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  21. Selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid by single atom Pt decorated defective TiO2
    2023 154 citations Yumin Da, Yukun Xiao et al. profile →
  22. Flexible and Stretchable Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Physiological Sensing Devices
    2023 118 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  23. Identifying the Bifunctional Mechanism in Alkaline Water Electrolysis by Lewis Pairs at the Single-Atom Scale
    2025 29 citations Yumin Da, Yukun Xiao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Chen China 113 31.5k 26.6k 13.2k 9.8k 8.8k 1.1k 56.3k
Eric A. Stach United States 85 29.3k 0.9× 19.6k 0.7× 8.3k 0.6× 10.6k 1.1× 10.5k 1.2× 490 47.0k
Yu Huang United States 125 39.0k 1.2× 38.1k 1.4× 16.5k 1.2× 15.8k 1.6× 10.5k 1.2× 392 66.9k
Zheng Liu China 119 42.5k 1.3× 28.1k 1.1× 14.3k 1.1× 11.6k 1.2× 10.0k 1.1× 763 62.4k
Zhiyong Tang China 131 31.9k 1.0× 21.8k 0.8× 18.7k 1.4× 9.7k 1.0× 10.8k 1.2× 604 58.9k
Thomas E. Mallouk United States 127 26.3k 0.8× 19.3k 0.7× 14.5k 1.1× 16.5k 1.7× 6.6k 0.7× 501 55.6k
Yang Liu China 117 46.9k 1.5× 23.1k 0.9× 29.0k 2.2× 8.7k 0.9× 7.0k 0.8× 1.7k 71.9k
Kian Ping Loh Singapore 127 47.3k 1.5× 34.3k 1.3× 11.7k 0.9× 16.5k 1.7× 10.7k 1.2× 704 73.8k
Li Song China 132 34.8k 1.1× 32.0k 1.2× 31.0k 2.3× 9.6k 1.0× 9.2k 1.0× 1.1k 72.0k
Li‐Jun Wan China 128 24.1k 0.8× 50.6k 1.9× 14.7k 1.1× 7.4k 0.8× 15.4k 1.7× 716 68.9k
Manish Chhowalla United States 101 52.2k 1.7× 32.0k 1.2× 15.8k 1.2× 14.1k 1.4× 8.1k 0.9× 277 69.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Chen 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 Wei Chen. Wei Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Zhao, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional porous Pt/N-MXene catalyst for dehydrogenation of a liquid organic hydrogen carrier. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159769–159769. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Dan Zhou, Lin Hu, et al.. (2025). Self-healing and thickness-insensitive perylene diimide-based cathode interfacial layers for organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166518–166518. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Yukun Xiao, Yumin Da, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic Insights and Advances in Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces for Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2 Products. SmartMat. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Qiong, Xin Li, Junjie Mao, et al.. (2024). Efficiently enhancing stability for a low concentration HCHO degradation using hexagonal prism MnCe-MOFs catalysts. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 328. 130027–130027.
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2024). Highly thermal conductivity polymer composites reinforced by BNNS/UHMWPE fabric for reliable electronic thermal protection and management. Composites Communications. 49. 101991–101991. 8 indexed citations
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Jin, Haozhe, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on the deposition characteristics of ammonium chloride particles in a hydrogenation air cooler. Powder Technology. 452. 120533–120533. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Ying Wei, Shuangqing Li, et al.. (2024). Insight of alkyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic gels as supercapacitors and motion sensors: Effects of alkyl chain length and intermolecular interactions. Journal of Power Sources. 599. 234224–234224. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Jin Liu, Yao Wang, et al.. (2024). Full fluorescence paper of Eu3+– induced diblock copolymer nanoaggregates for negative multiple mode photon information storage and encryption. Applied Materials Today. 40. 102416–102416. 5 indexed citations
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Jia, Hanxiao, Yuping Duan, Wei Chen, Jingru Di, & Meng Wang. (2024). Multi-dimensional nano-microstructures design of MOF-derived CoSe2@N–C composites toward excellent microwave absorption. Materials Today Physics. 43. 101415–101415. 18 indexed citations
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Ma, Yi, Wenhao Liu, Yu Wang, et al.. (2024). Coconut-Solid-Waste-Derived Hard-Carbon Anode Materials for Fast Potassium Ion Storage. Coatings. 14(2). 208–208. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Yong Ge, Daoping Wang, et al.. (2023). After the pandemic: the global seafood trade market forecasts in 2030. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 10(1). 11 indexed citations
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Zuo, Qingsong, et al.. (2023). Improvement of flow field uniformity and temperature field in gasoline engine catalytic converter. Applied Thermal Engineering. 230. 120792–120792. 11 indexed citations
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Hou, Xiangyu, Tengyu Jin, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2023). Ultrathin Pt and Mo films on Al1–Sc N: an interface investigation. Applied Surface Science. 637. 157921–157921. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yankun, Lianyong Xu, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Deformation mechanism of Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys fabricated via laser powder bed fusion: Tension-compression asymmetry. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 167. 14–26. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingyang, Yucheng Lin, Wei Chen, et al.. (2023). An enhanced in situ fed-batch hydrolysis and kinetic study for producing biomass-based levulinic acid at high solid loadings. Fuel. 355. 129447–129447. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Shanshan, Shengyang Li, Song Chen, et al.. (2023). In situ synthesis of Fe7Se8 with a yolk-shell structure achieves fast and stabilized potassium storage. Cell Reports Physical Science. 4(12). 101736–101736. 8 indexed citations
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Lai, Francisco Tsz Tsun, Yu‐Feng Hu, Wei Chen, et al.. (2023). Elevated risk of multimorbidity post-COVID-19 infection: protective effect of vaccination. QJM. 117(2). 125–132. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dichuan, et al.. (2020). MEASURING RETURNS TO SCALE AMONG VEGETABLE PRODUCERS UNDER TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: AN EVIDENCE FROM CHINA. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 30(2). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Qian, et al.. (2009). Application of combinatorial materials approach for fast screening of Zn-Al alloy films. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 29(1). 10–10.
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Wang, R.Z., Wei Chen, & Tao Lin. (2008). Particle size distribution and property of bacteria attached to carbon fines in drinking water treatment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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