Wei Du

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
104 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Wei Du is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Du has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wei Du's work include Crystallization and Solubility Studies (21 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (12 papers). Wei Du is often cited by papers focused on Crystallization and Solubility Studies (21 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (12 papers). Wei Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Canada. Wei Du's co-authors include Bin Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Wei Zhou, Yifu Yu, Shanshan Lu, Siyu Lu, Changhong Wang, Qiuxiang Yin, Boxue Du and Lifeng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei Du

102 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Unveiling the Promotion of Surface‐Adsorbed Chalcogenate on the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction

2020 413 citations Wei Du et al. profile →
Unveiling the In Situ Dissolution and Polymerization of Mo in Ni₄Mo Alloy for Promoting the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2020 398 citations Wei Du 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 Du China	27	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	327	290	104	2.9k
Li‐Juan Yu China	30	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	500 1.5×	203 0.7×	166	3.3k
Chunbo Liu China	32	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	410 1.3×	203 0.7×	246	3.8k
Long Luo United States	32	1.1k 0.9×	994 0.9×	939 0.9×	982 3.0×	372 1.3×	84	3.3k
Giuseppe Calogero Italy	31	1.8k 1.4×	923 0.9×	2.2k 2.1×	453 1.4×	250 0.9×	78	4.2k
Nannan Wang China	28	508 0.4×	683 0.6×	625 0.6×	308 0.9×	253 0.9×	110	2.1k
Anand Kumar Qatar	30	850 0.7×	607 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	503 1.5×	96 0.3×	81	2.4k
Lijun Liu China	38	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	2.5k 2.4×	756 2.3×	351 1.2×	183	4.7k
Na Pan China	32	456 0.4×	729 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	736 2.3×	385 1.3×	86	3.2k
Dheeraj K. Singh India	29	293 0.2×	821 0.8×	630 0.6×	257 0.8×	200 0.7×	128	2.4k
Pietro Calandra Italy	34	396 0.3×	451 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	451 1.4×	478 1.6×	125	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Du

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Du

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Du, Wei, Wenjin Guo, Chengxin Zhu, et al.. (2025). Atomically Ordered PtBi₂ Intermetallic as Catalyst for Ultrahigh Efficiency and Durability in Methanol Electro‐Oxidation. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(31). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Lanhe, et al.. (2025). Enhancement of corrosion resistance of waterborne epoxy resin using Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets modified with l-glutamic acid: preparation, performance and mechanism. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1338. 142337–142337. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Zhuo, Haoqi Yang, J. W. Zhao, Bo‐Tao Zhang, & Wei Du. (2025). Peroxymonocarbonate activation via carbon nanofibers supported manganese for efficient norfloxacin degradation. Separation and Purification Technology. 377. 134291–134291.

Wang, Zhiqiang, Wei Du, Fei Qian, et al.. (2025). Homocapsaicin II induce ferroptosis in colorectal cancer cells via cholesterol-centrosome amplification-multipolarity axis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 348. 119894–119894. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Bo‐Tao, Zhuo Chen, J. W. Zhao, et al.. (2025). Fast and complete removal of quinolones from actual water matrices by activated peroxymonocarbonate via magnetic Co–Cu in carbon nanofibers. Rare Metals. 44(9). 6319–6330. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zihao, Wei Du, Na Tang, et al.. (2024). The loss mechanism and recovery strategy of lithium during the decreasing of Mg2+/Li+ ratio in large solar salt field. Minerals Engineering. 216. 108837–108837. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Bo‐Tao, Zihan Yan, J. W. Zhao, et al.. (2023). Systematical comparison of antibiotic degradation in the activated peroxymonocarbonate and Fenton systems: Kinetics, matrix influence, mechanisms and intermediate toxicities. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 145438–145438. 26 indexed citations

Liu, Yuchun, Bo‐Tao Zhang, Zihan Yan, et al.. (2023). Activation of peroxymonocarbonate by magnetic bimetal in porous carbon spheres for effective norfloxacin degradation. Separation and Purification Technology. 322. 124337–124337. 18 indexed citations

Wu, Jianxiang, Xiang Liu, Yaming Hao, et al.. (2023). Ligand Hybridization for Electro‐reforming Waste Glycerol into Isolable Oxalate and Hydrogen. Angewandte Chemie. 135(9). 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiao, Wei Du, Siying Guo, et al.. (2023). Iron‐Locked Hydr(oxy)oxide Catalysts via Ion‐Compensatory Reconstruction Boost Large‐Current‐Density Water Oxidation. Advanced Science. 10(16). e2300717–e2300717. 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bo‐Tao, Zihan Yan, J. W. Zhao, et al.. (2023). Peroxymonocarbonate activation via Co nanoparticles confined in metal–organic frameworks for efficient antibiotic degradation in different actual water matrices. Water Research. 243. 120340–120340. 59 indexed citations

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Yin, Qiuxiang, et al.. (2018). Insights into the mechanism of concomitant nucleation of form II and ethanol solvate of spironolactone in cooling crystallization. RSC Advances. 8(18). 9697–9706. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, et al.. (2018). Reduction to the pole at low latitudes by using the Taylor series iterative method. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 159. 127–134. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ling, Wei Du, Lina Zhou, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous Effects of Multiple Factors on Solution-Mediated Phase Transformation: A Case of Spironolactone Forms. Organic Process Research & Development. 22(7). 836–845. 8 indexed citations

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Franz‐Wachtel, Mirita, et al.. (2017). Ste12/Fab1 phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate 5-kinase is required for nitrogen-regulated mitotic commitment and cell size control. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0172740–e0172740. 8 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, et al.. (2013). Progress in Adjustment of Ionic Liquids Acidity Based on the Alkylation. Advanced materials research. 634-638. 581–586. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xichuan, Wei Du, Jingwen Zhao, et al.. (2010). The MAP kinase-activated protein kinase Rck2p regulates cellular responses to cell wall stresses, filamentation and virulence in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. FEMS Yeast Research. 10(4). 441–451. 19 indexed citations

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Du, Wei & Kathryn R. Ayscough. (2009). Methyl β-cyclodextrin reduces accumulation of reactive oxygen species and cell death in yeast. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 46(11). 1478–1487. 10 indexed citations

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Thevissen, Karin, Kathryn R. Ayscough, An Aerts, et al.. (2007). Miconazole Induces Changes in Actin Cytoskeleton prior to Reactive Oxygen Species Induction in Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(30). 21592–21597. 56 indexed citations

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Du, Wei, et al.. (2003). CCDC 2300429: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination. Open MIND. 2 indexed citations

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