Wei David Wei

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Wei David Wei is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei David Wei has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Wei David Wei's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (14 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers). Wei David Wei is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (14 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (14 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (13 papers). Wei David Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Wei David Wei's co-authors include Wenxiao Guo, Jiawei Huang, Yuchao Zhang, Shuai He, Yue Hu, Jingjing Qiu, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, Joseph S. DuChene, Eric A. Stach and Dong Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei David Wei

34 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Surface-Plasmon-Driven Hot Electron Photochemistry

2017 1.1k citations Yuchao Zhang, Shuai He et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei David Wei United States	19	2.2k	1.5k	1.3k	663	500	34	3.1k
Umar Aslam United States	8	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	757 1.1×	423 0.8×	8	3.3k
Hangqi Zhao United States	12	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	739 1.1×	358 0.7×	20	2.5k
Dayne F. Swearer United States	18	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	804 1.2×	450 0.9×	33	3.5k
Tess R. Senty United States	9	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	845 0.7×	449 0.7×	624 1.2×	10	2.8k
Aleksey Ruditskiy United States	21	2.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	749 1.1×	1.3k 2.6×	26	4.2k
Hsin‐Chieh Peng United States	22	3.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	674 1.0×	1.2k 2.3×	27	4.5k
Wencai Yi China	28	1.6k 0.7×	488 0.3×	643 0.5×	379 0.6×	716 1.4×	88	2.3k
Prathamesh Pavaskar United States	12	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	822 0.6×	466 0.7×	334 0.7×	14	2.2k
Nathan H. Mack United States	30	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	992 1.5×	1.8k 3.6×	50	3.4k
Aaron E. Saunders United States	25	3.0k 1.4×	860 0.6×	942 0.7×	492 0.7×	1.6k 3.2×	33	3.6k

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All Works

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Hu, Yue, et al.. (2025). Manipulating Plasmon-Generated Hot Carriers for Photocatalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 58(16). 2562–2572. 1 indexed citations

Jain, Prashant K., Zee Hwan Kim, & Wei David Wei. (2023). The physics of plasmon-driven energy conversion. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(7). 2 indexed citations

Huang, Jiawei, Wenxiao Guo, Yue Hu, & Wei David Wei. (2020). Plasmonic metal–semiconductor heterostructures for hot-electron-driven photochemistry. MRS Bulletin. 45(1). 37–42. 12 indexed citations

Shen, Yu, Ting Pan, Peng Wu, et al.. (2020). Regulating Electronic Status of Platinum Nanoparticles by Metal–Organic Frameworks for Selective Catalysis. CCS Chemistry. 3(5). 1607–1614. 31 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuchao, Wenxiao Guo, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, et al.. (2020). Modulating multi-hole reaction pathways for photoelectrochemical water oxidation on gold nanocatalysts. Energy & Environmental Science. 13(5). 1501–1508. 59 indexed citations

He, Shuai, et al.. (2019). Plasmonic Nickel–TiO₂ Heterostructures for Visible‐Light‐Driven Photochemical Reactions. Angewandte Chemie. 131(18). 6099–6102. 3 indexed citations

He, Shuai, Joseph S. DuChene, Jingjing Qiu, et al.. (2018). Persistent Photomagnetism in Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Advanced Electronic Materials. 4(7). 4 indexed citations

He, Shuai, et al.. (2018). Experimental Insights into the Growth of Single Truncated Anatase Bipyramids. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(4). 993–996. 3 indexed citations

Qian, Kun, Evan Wenbo Zhao, Shuai He, & Wei David Wei. (2018). The effect of surface electronic structures of Au/TiO2 on sonophotochemical reactions. Chinese Chemical Letters. 29(6). 783–786. 3 indexed citations

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Huang, Weixin, Zili Wu, Junwang Tang, Wei David Wei, & Xuefeng Guo. (2018). Surface chemistry connecting heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and plasmonic catalysis. Chinese Chemical Letters. 29(6). 725–726. 10 indexed citations

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Johnston‐Peck, Aaron C., Joseph S. DuChene, Alan D. Roberts, Wei David Wei, & Andrew A. Herzing. (2016). Dose-rate-dependent damage of cerium dioxide in the scanning transmission electron microscope. Ultramicroscopy. 170. 1–9. 37 indexed citations

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Zhai, Yueming, Joseph S. DuChene, Yi‐Chung Wang, et al.. (2016). Polyvinylpyrrolidone-induced anisotropic growth of gold nanoprisms in plasmon-driven synthesis. Nature Materials. 15(8). 889–895. 258 indexed citations

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Qiu, Jingjing, Nathaniel E. Richey, Joseph S. DuChene, et al.. (2016). Surface Plasmon-Mediated Chemical Solution Deposition of Cu Nanoparticle Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120(37). 20775–20780. 10 indexed citations

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Johnston‐Peck, Aaron C., Almut G. Winterstein, Alan D. Roberts, et al.. (2015). Oxidation-state sensitive imaging of cerium dioxide by atomic-resolution low-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 162. 52–60. 13 indexed citations

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DuChene, Joseph S., Benjamin P. Williams, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, et al.. (2015). Elucidating the Sole Contribution from Electromagnetic Near‐Fields in Plasmon‐Enhanced Cu₂O Photocathodes. Advanced Energy Materials. 6(1). 30 indexed citations

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DuChene, Joseph S., Brendan C. Sweeny, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, et al.. (2014). Prolonged Hot Electron Dynamics in Plasmonic‐Metal/Semiconductor Heterostructures with Implications for Solar Photocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(30). 7887–7891. 362 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi‐Chung, Daniel K. Schreiber, James J. Neeway, et al.. (2014). NanoSIMS imaging alteration layers of a leached SON68 glass via a FIB‐made wedged crater. Surface and Interface Analysis. 46(S1). 233–237. 7 indexed citations

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Qiu, Jingjing & Wei David Wei. (2014). Surface Plasmon-Mediated Photothermal Chemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(36). 20735–20749. 197 indexed citations

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Qiu, Jingjing, et al.. (2012). Surface Plasmon Mediated Chemical Solution Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles on a Nanostructured Silver Surface at Room Temperature. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(1). 38–41. 57 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Adam B., Abrin L. Schmucker, Wei David Wei, & Chad A. Mirkin. (2010). Nanostructures enabled by On-Wire Lithography (OWL). Chemical Physics Letters. 486(4-6). 89–98. 25 indexed citations

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