Wei Xu

17.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
345 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Wei Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Xu has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 161 papers in Materials Chemistry and 82 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Wei Xu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (89 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (72 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (50 papers). Wei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (89 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (72 papers) and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research (50 papers). Wei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Wei Xu's co-authors include Daoben Zhu, Yimeng Sun, Chong‐an Di, Ping Sheng, Qian Zhang, Hua Geng, Yimeng Sun, Xing Huang, Wenping Hu and Deqing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Xu

333 papers receiving 14.6k 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.

Organic Thermoelectric Materials: Emerging Green Energy Materials Converting Heat to Electricity Directly and Efficiently

2014 841 citations Wei Xu, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
A two-dimensional π–d conjugated coordination polymer with extremely high electrical conductivity and ambipolar transport behaviour

2015 734 citations Xing Huang, Zeyi Tu et al. profile →
Organic Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Based on p‐ and n‐Type Poly(metal 1,1,2,2‐ethenetetrathiolate)s

2012 455 citations Wei Xu, Daoben Zhu et al. profile →
Tailoring retained austenite and mechanical property improvement in Al–Si–V containing medium Mn steel via direct intercritical rolling

2022 200 citations Wei Xu 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 Xu China	59	8.1k	7.3k	4.1k	2.5k	2.0k	345	14.8k
Jianwei Xu Singapore	64	7.1k 0.9×	5.5k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	598 0.3×	373	13.8k
Jennifer M. Pringle Australia	53	4.0k 0.5×	6.2k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	571 0.3×	191	13.0k
Jiayu Wang China	55	4.0k 0.5×	14.1k 1.9×	11.0k 2.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	375	19.0k
Martin D. Hager Germany	54	3.2k 0.4×	5.5k 0.8×	5.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	636 0.3×	245	12.9k
Hao‐Li Zhang China	70	11.6k 1.4×	9.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	3.4k 1.4×	719 0.4×	512	19.2k
Yang Zhang China	71	9.0k 1.1×	6.4k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	505	17.2k
Panpan Zhang China	70	6.6k 0.8×	7.3k 1.0×	1.9k 0.5×	4.2k 1.7×	821 0.4×	341	17.2k
Sang Kyu Kwak South Korea	64	6.9k 0.9×	10.4k 1.4×	2.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	370	17.0k
Fosong Wang China	68	6.3k 0.8×	10.2k 1.4×	8.2k 2.0×	1.3k 0.5×	728 0.4×	463	18.2k
Sen Liu China	67	7.8k 1.0×	7.8k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	693 0.3×	302	15.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Xu

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Wang, Su, et al.. (2025). Covalent cross-linking of PEI-HDI to construct superhydrophilic surface of PET film. Surfaces and Interfaces. 72. 107384–107384.

Wu, Gongde, Xiaoli Wang, Linhong Deng, et al.. (2024). Active-site engineering of a frustrated-Lewis-pair Au-loaded Zn-Al catalyst for the highly stable synthesis of glycerol carbonate from co-utilisation of CO2 and glycerol. Applied Catalysis A General. 683. 119843–119843. 2 indexed citations

Wen, Hui‐Liang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced microwave absorption using multiple heterostructures derived from in-situ grown Sn-metal-organic framework on La-doped Fe3O4. Carbon. 230. 119613–119613. 35 indexed citations

Ni, Lianshan, Hongyi Chen, Jinqiang Gao, et al.. (2023). Calcium-induced pinning effect for high-performance Co-free Ni-rich NMA layered cathode. Nano Energy. 115. 108743–108743. 30 indexed citations

Gao, Zhiping, Wenwen Kang, Xinghua Chen, et al.. (2023). Peer-to-Peer Transactive Computation–Electricity Trading for Interconnected Virtual Power Plant Buildings. Buildings. 13(12). 3096–3096. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Yonghua, et al.. (2023). Nonporous, conducting bimetallic coordination polymers with an advantageous electronic structure for boosted faradaic capacitance. Materials Horizons. 10(9). 3821–3829. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinrong, et al.. (2023). Impact of non-bridging oxygens on the thermal, electrical and optical properties of germanate glasses and exploration of the germanate anomaly. Ceramics International. 50(9). 14020–14030. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Wei, et al.. (2023). Short-term wind power forecasting model based on temporal convolutional network and Informer. Energy. 283. 129171–129171. 79 indexed citations

Wu, Zilong, Jun Zhang, Wei Xu, et al.. (2023). Development of cementitious capillary crystalline waterproofing agents and durability study of concrete in the presence of chloride with sulfate in aqueous environment. Journal of Building Engineering. 79. 107798–107798. 12 indexed citations

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Guan, Ying‐Shi, Jing Qiao, Hari Krishna Bisoyi, et al.. (2022). A high mobility air-stable n-type organic small molecule semiconductor with high UV–visible-to-NIR photoresponse. Light Science & Applications. 11(1). 236–236. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoyu, Haowei Wu, Sicheng Wu, et al.. (2022). Chemical structure modulation in conductive MOFs by adjusting the oxidation state of the ligand and introducing alkali metal ions. Chemical Communications. 58(16). 2702–2705. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoyu, Yi Qiu, Zhijun Chen, et al.. (2020). Paramagnetic Conducting Metal–Organic Frameworks with Three‐Dimensional Structure. Angewandte Chemie. 132(47). 21059–21064. 4 indexed citations

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Peng, Zheng, Kaili Wang, Wei Xu, et al.. (2020). Strong Interface Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution over Molybdenum-Based Catalysts. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(6). 5219–5228. 18 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaoyu, Yi Qiu, Zhijun Chen, et al.. (2020). Paramagnetic Conducting Metal–Organic Frameworks with Three‐Dimensional Structure. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(47). 20873–20878. 36 indexed citations

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Wu, Sicheng, Xiaoyu Wu, Yimeng Sun, et al.. (2019). Backbone Structure Effect on the Thermoelectric Properties of IDT‐Based p‐Type Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 41(1). e1900322–e1900322. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, et al.. (2019). Optimization of the thermoelectric performance of layer-by-layer structured copper-phthalocyanine (CuPc) thin films doped with hexacyano-trimethylene-cyclopropane (CN6-CP). RSC Advances. 9(55). 31840–31845. 16 indexed citations

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Cui, Yutao, Jie Yan, Zhijun Chen, et al.. (2019). [Cu₃(C₆Se₆)]_n: The First Highly Conductive 2D π–d Conjugated Coordination Polymer Based on Benzenehexaselenolate. Advanced Science. 6(9). 1802235–1802235. 85 indexed citations

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Huang, Xing, Haisheng Li, Zeyi Tu, et al.. (2018). Highly Conducting Neutral Coordination Polymer with Infinite Two-Dimensional Silver–Sulfur Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(45). 15153–15156. 119 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, et al.. (2017). PPN (poly-peri-naphthalene) film as a narrow-bandgap organic thermoelectric material. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(20). 9891–9896. 14 indexed citations

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Huang, Xing, Huiying Yao, Yutao Cui, et al.. (2017). Conductive Copper Benzenehexathiol Coordination Polymer as a Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(46). 40752–40759. 150 indexed citations

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