Wei Fan

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
162 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Wei Fan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Fan has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 48 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Wei Fan's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (41 papers), Aerogels and thermal insulation (28 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers). Wei Fan is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (41 papers), Aerogels and thermal insulation (28 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers). Wei Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Wei Fan's co-authors include Tianxi Liu, Yunpeng Huang, Longsheng Zhang, Youfang Zhang, Tiantian Xue, Weng Weei Tjiu, Yue‐E Miao, Lizeng Zuo, Chao Zhang and Xiang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei Fan

156 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Bidirectional anisotropic polyimide/bacterial cellulose aerogels by freeze-drying for super-thermal insulation

2019 304 citations Tiantian Xue, Wei Fan et al. profile →
3D Printed Integrated Gradient-Conductive MXene/CNT/Polyimide Aerogel Frames for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding with Ultra-Low Reflection

2023 228 citations Tiantian Xue, Dingyi Yu 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 Fan China	54	3.0k	2.8k	2.6k	2.4k	1.7k	162	8.7k
Yue‐E Miao China	52	2.8k 0.9×	4.2k 1.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	137	7.6k
Shuijian He China	61	5.5k 1.8×	5.6k 2.0×	3.1k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	211	10.8k
Haipeng Yu China	60	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	5.4k 2.3×	2.3k 1.3×	153	12.7k
Wenshuai Chen China	50	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	4.4k 1.9×	1.7k 1.0×	157	10.6k
Atsunori Matsuda Japan	52	3.6k 1.2×	6.5k 2.4×	5.6k 2.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	484	12.2k
Gustav Nyström Switzerland	45	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	139	8.6k
Arun K. Nandi India	53	1.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	3.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	3.8k 2.2×	266	9.4k
Chao Yan China	64	2.9k 1.0×	5.8k 2.1×	5.9k 2.2×	3.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.4×	352	13.5k
Raju Kumar Gupta India	44	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	4.2k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	151	9.3k
Shenmin Zhu China	53	2.6k 0.9×	3.8k 1.4×	4.1k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	232	9.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Fan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Fan

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All Works

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Fu, Zhipeng, et al.. (2025). 3D printed polyimide-based composite aerogels with shape memory and thermal insulation properties. Composites Communications. 56. 102335–102335. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Shiyang, Zhaoyang Tang, Yan Xia, et al.. (2025). Highly Loaded Actuation Achieved by Shape Memory Block Copolyimide Aerogels with Tunable Distribution of Stationary and Reversible Phases. Macromolecules. 58(11). 5852–5861. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yufeng, Song Liu, Xiaobo Zhang, et al.. (2025). Thermal-Rectified Gradient Porous Nanocomposite Film Enabling Multiscenario Adaptive Radiative Cooling. ACS Nano. 19(20). 19328–19339. 11 indexed citations

Zou, Ya, Wei Fan, Yi Han, et al.. (2025). Aggregation-Free, Highly Soluble CN-Terminated Dicyclopentadiene-Fused Rylenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(11). 9415–9423. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Tuo, et al.. (2025). 4D Printed Shape Memory Polyimide Composite Aerogels with High Recovery Stress for Load Driving. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(9). 14615–14622. 7 indexed citations

Wan, Xiong, Chang Liu, Yujie Yang, et al.. (2025). Lightweight mullite fiber / polyimide aerogel composites with superior ablation resistance via energy-efficient ambient processing. Composites Part B Engineering. 307. 112884–112884. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2024). The efficiency of natural resources in research and development: Developed economies’ mineral resources perspective. Resources Policy. 95. 105150–105150.

Zhou, Kangjie, Wei Fan, Jianguo Ren, et al.. (2024). Self-extinguishing polyimide sandwiched separators for high-safety and fast-charging lithium metal batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 610. 234734–234734. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Ya‐Wen, Jie Yang, Yi Chen, et al.. (2024). The Role of Locally Excited State and Charge Transfer State in Organic Room Temperature Phosphorescence and Corresponding Applications. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(26). 11 indexed citations

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Huo, Gui‐Fei, Weitao Xu, Jinlian Hu, et al.. (2024). Perylene‐Embedded Helical Nanographenes with Emission up to 1010 nm: Synthesis, Structures, and Chiroptical Properties. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(4). e202416707–e202416707. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Han-Han, et al.. (2024). Effect of cellulose-lignin ratio on the adsorption of U(Ⅵ) by hydrothermal charcoals prepared from Dendrocalamus farinosus. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Tiantian, et al.. (2023). Fluorine-containing polyimide nanofiber membranes for durable and anti-aging daytime radiative cooling. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 179. 166–173. 38 indexed citations

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Xue, Tiantian, Zhipeng Fu, Dingyi Yu, et al.. (2023). Lightweight and flexible Ag-wrapped polyimide aerogel fabrics for electromagnetic interference shielding. Composites Communications. 43. 101732–101732. 33 indexed citations

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Xue, Tiantian, et al.. (2023). Direct ink writing of polyimide/bacterial cellulose composite aerogel for thermal insulation. Composites Communications. 39. 101528–101528. 50 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qifeng, Xudong Hou, Jinyi Wang, et al.. (2023). A Fused [5]Helicene Dimer with a Figure‐Eight Topology: Synthesis, Chiral Resolution, and Electronic Properties. Angewandte Chemie. 135(23). 5 indexed citations

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Yuan, Shijia, Wei Fan, Dong Wang, et al.. (2020). 3D printed carbon aerogel microlattices for customizable supercapacitors with high areal capacitance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(1). 423–432. 108 indexed citations

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Phan‐Quang, Gia Chuong, Hiang Kwee Lee, Howard Yi Fan Sim, et al.. (2019). Tracking Airborne Molecules from Afar: Three-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework-Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Platform for Stand-Off and Real-Time Atmospheric Monitoring. ACS Nano. 13(10). 12090–12099. 127 indexed citations

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Li, Guannan, Chen Zou, Wei Fan, et al.. (2019). Nonfreeze-Drying Approach for Anisotropic Compression-Resilient Inorganic Aerogels by Guided Self-Assembly and Controlled Mineralization of Bacterial Cellulose. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(17). 14591–14600. 11 indexed citations

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Fan, Wei, et al.. (2018). Optimization of optical current sensor based on rare‐earth magneto‐optical glass. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 61(2). 490–497. 5 indexed citations

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Fan, Wei, et al.. (2018). Investigation of a DC OCT signal processing method based on an improved Kalman algorithm. Optik. 171. 809–820.

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