Wei E. I. Sha

10.7k citations

298 papers · 8.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 49

Impact in

Polymers and Plastics top 0.5%
- Conducting polymers and applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies

Papers in ⓘ

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 165
- Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods 43
- Photonic and Optical Devices 26
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 132
- Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics 36
- Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis 31
- Photonic Crystals and Applications 30

Co-authors: Wallace C. H. Choy (38 shared papers)Fengxian Xie (12 shared papers)Weng Cho Chew (32 shared papers)Xuanhua Li (7 shared papers)Li Jun Jiang (35 shared papers)Menglin L. N. Chen (19 shared papers)Dixon D. S. Fung (5 shared papers)Zhixiang Huang (42 shared papers)
Journals: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (20 papers)Optics Express (17 papers)IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (11 papers)Applied Physics Letters (8 papers)Electromagnetic waves (8 papers)
Partner nations: China Hong Kong United States

In The Last Decade

Wei E. I. Sha

266 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Extremely Large-Scale MIMO: Fundamentals, Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions 2023 · 131 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 IEEE Wireless Communications
2021 Science Advances
2012 Advanced Materials

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1	Dual Plasmonic Nanostructures for High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cells Advanced Materials ·Xuanhua Li, Wallace C. H. Choy, Lijun Huo, Fengxian Xie, Wei E. I. Sha, Baofu Ding, Xia Guo, Yongfang Li, Jianhui Hou, Jingbi You, Yang Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2012	626
2	Efficiency Enhancement of Organic Solar Cells by Using Shape‐Dependent Broadband Plasmonic Absorption in Metallic Nanoparticles Advanced Functional Materials ·Xuanhua Li, Wallace C. H. Choy, Haifei Lu, Wei E. I. Sha, Aaron Ho Pui Ho	2013	273
3	Efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells with very high fill factors via incorporation of star-shaped polymer Science Advances ·Qi Cao, Yongjiang Li, Hong Zhang, Jiabao Yang, Jian Han, Ting Xu, Shuangjie Wang, Zishuai Wang, Bingyu Gao, Junsong Zhao, Xiaoqiang Li, Xiaoyan Ma, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Wei E. I. Sha, Xuanhua Li, Michaël Grätzel Hit paper breakdown →	2021	255
4	Optical and electrical properties of efficiency enhanced polymer solar cells with Au nanoparticles in a PEDOT–PSS layer Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Dixon D. S. Fung, Linfang Qiao, Wallace C. H. Choy, Chuandao Wang, Wei E. I. Sha, Fengxian Xie, Sailing He	2011	254
5	BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) photocatalysts prepared using NaBiO3 as the Bi source: Characterization and catalytic performance Catalysis Communications ·Xiaofeng Chang, Jun Huang, Cheng Cheng, Qian Sui, Wei E. I. Sha, Guangbin Ji, Shubo Deng, Gang Yu	2009	252
6	Optical and electrical effects of gold nanoparticles in the active layer of polymer solar cells Journal of Materials Chemistry ·Charlie C. D. Wang, Wallace C. H. Choy, Chunhui Duan, Dixon D. S. Fung, Wei E. I. Sha, Fengxian Xie, Fei Huang, Yong Cao	2011	212
7	Nonlinear optics in plasmonic nanostructures Journal of Optics ·Nicolae C. Panoiu, Wei E. I. Sha, Dangyuan Lei, Guang-Can Li	2018	175
8	Efficient and Reproducible Monolithic Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells with Low-Loss Interconnecting Layers Joule ·Chen Xu, Ziyan Jia, Zeng Chen, Tingming Jiang, Lizhong Bai, Feng Tao, Jianwu Chen, Xinya Chen, Tianyu Liu, Xuehui Xu, Chenying Yang, Weidong Shen, Wei E. I. Sha, Haiming Zhu, Yang Yang	2020	167
9	Inorganic perovskite solar cells: an emerging member of the photovoltaic community Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Jialong Duan, Hongzhe Xu, Wei E. I. Sha, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yudi Wang, Xiya Yang, Qunwei Tang	2019	163
10	Improving the efficiency of polymer solar cells by incorporating gold nanoparticles into all polymer layers Applied Physics Letters ·Fengxian Xie, Wallace C. H. Choy, Charlie C. D. Wang, Wei E. I. Sha, Dixon D. S. Fung	2011	155
11	Surface Plasmon and Scattering‐Enhanced Low‐Bandgap Polymer Solar Cell by a Metal Grating Back Electrode Advanced Energy Materials ·Jingbi You, Xuanhua Li, Fengxian Xie, Wei E. I. Sha, Johnson H. W. Kwong, Gang Li, Wallace C. H. Choy, Yang Yang	2012	153
12	Plasmonic Electrically Functionalized TiO₂ for High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells Advanced Functional Materials ·Di Zhang, Wallace C. H. Choy, Fengxian Xie, Wei E. I. Sha, Xinchen Li, Baofu Ding, Kai Zhang, Fei Huang, Yong Cao	2013	134
13	Extremely Large-Scale MIMO: Fundamentals, Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions IEEE Wireless Communications ·Zhe Wang, Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Wei E. I. Sha, Bo Ai, Dusit Niyato, Mérouane Debbah Hit paper breakdown →	2023	131
14	Bioinspired Quasi‐3D Multiplexed Anti‐Counterfeit Imaging via Self‐Assembled and Nanoimprinted Photonic Architectures Advanced Materials ·Xintao Lai, Qun Ren, Florian Vogelbacher, Wei E. I. Sha, Xiaoyu Hou, Xi Yao, Yanlin Song, Mingzhu Li	2021	131
15	Novel Direct Nanopatterning Approach to Fabricate Periodically Nanostructured Perovskite for Optoelectronic Applications Advanced Functional Materials ·Jian Mao, Wei E. I. Sha, Hong Zhang, Xingang Ren, Jiaqing Zhuang, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Kam Sing Wong, Wallace C. H. Choy	2017	111
16	Multi-User Holographic MIMO Surfaces: Channel Modeling and Spectral Efficiency Analysis IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing ·Li Wei, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, Wei E. I. Sha, Zhaoyang Zhang, Mérouane Debbah, Chau Yuen	2022	108
17	Two-Step Enhanced Deep Learning Approach for Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Problems IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters ·He Ming Yao, Wei E. I. Sha, Lijun Jiang	2019	106
18	Quantifying Efficiency Loss of Perovskite Solar Cells by a Modified Detailed Balance Model Advanced Energy Materials ·Wei E. I. Sha, Hong Zhang, Zi Shuai Wang, Hugh Zhu, Xingang Ren, Francis Lin, Alex K.‐Y. Jen, Wallace C. H. Choy	2017	102
19	Power Conversion Efficiency Enhancement of Low-Bandgap Mixed Pb–Sn Perovskite Solar Cells by Improved Interfacial Charge Transfer ACS Energy Letters ·Tingming Jiang, Zeng Chen, Xu Chen, Xinya Chen, Xuehui Xu, Tianyu Liu, Lizhong Bai, Dexin Yang, Dawei Di, Wei E. I. Sha, Haiming Zhu, Yang Yang	2019	93
20	Enhanced charge extraction in organic solar cells through electron accumulation effects induced by metal nanoparticles Energy & Environmental Science ·Fengxian Xie, Wallace C. H. Choy, Wei E. I. Sha, Di Zhang, Shaoqing Zhang, Xinchen Li, Chi Wah Leung, Jianhui Hou	2013	88

About Wei E. I. Sha

Wei E. I. Sha is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 298 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (64 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (48 papers), Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (43 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (41 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (36 papers), Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (31 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (30 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (26 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (1.7k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (5.4k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.4k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.0k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (2.0k citations). Wei E. I. Sha has collaborated with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Frequent co-authors include Wallace C. H. Choy, Fengxian Xie, Weng Cho Chew, Xuanhua Li, Li Jun Jiang, Menglin L. N. Chen, Dixon D. S. Fung, Zhixiang Huang, Zhihao Lan and Lijun Jiang. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Optics Express, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Electromagnetic waves.

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