Wei Yuan

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
304 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Wei Yuan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yuan has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 82 papers in Materials Chemistry and 74 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wei Yuan's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (61 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (58 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (44 papers). Wei Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (61 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (58 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (44 papers). Wei Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei Yuan's co-authors include Yong Tang, Andrew L. Zydney, Zhenping Wan, Shiwei Zhang, Yalong Sun, Yu Chen, Longsheng Lu, Minqiang Pan, Kairui Tang and Jian Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yuan

285 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Review of applications and developments of ultra-thin micro heat pipes for electronic cooling

2018 414 citations Heng Tang, Yong Tang et al. profile →
Advanced carbon nanomaterials for state-of-the-art flexible supercapacitors

2020 305 citations Wei Yuan 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 Yuan China	54	4.3k	2.6k	2.5k	2.2k	2.0k	304	9.7k
Ying Liu China	52	4.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	3.8k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	559	12.0k
Qinghua Zhang China	61	3.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	937 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	312	10.9k
Jiaqi Zhu China	42	2.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	481	8.2k
Guoliang Liu China	49	2.5k 0.6×	3.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	212	9.3k
Di Zhang China	56	3.5k 0.8×	4.4k 1.7×	2.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	257	10.5k
Chong Liu United States	37	6.3k 1.5×	3.0k 1.1×	903 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	92	12.0k
Jingxian Zhang China	52	2.7k 0.6×	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	295	9.6k
Elias Stefanakos United States	43	2.4k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	4.2k 1.7×	4.1k 1.9×	1.5k 0.7×	183	10.4k
Bao Yang United States	46	1.6k 0.4×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	4.6k 2.1×	2.4k 1.2×	99	10.8k
Fei Ma China	48	4.7k 1.1×	4.9k 1.8×	948 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	476	10.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yuan

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Zhao, Wei, et al.. (2025). Functional support structure-based high thermal performance L-shaped ultra-thin vapor chamber design and evaluation. Applied Thermal Engineering. 269. 126013–126013. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Jie, et al.. (2025). Slightly Crosslinked Structure Highly Improves Insulation Properties of Polypropylene with Good Recyclable Capabilities. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(22). e00573–e00573. 1 indexed citations

Bai, Yafeng, Wei Yuan, Xiaoqing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Tailoring Defect‐Rich Porous Carbon Nanosheets Via Phase‐Transition Salt Templating for Ultrahigh Lithium‐Ion Storage and Robust Oxygen Electrocatalysis. Small. 21(31). e2503758–e2503758. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Jicheng, Dandan Wu, Wei Yuan, et al.. (2025). Dual role of Ce in FeS2/Ni3S2 nanoarray for oxygen evolution reaction: Promoting OH– absorption and *O desorption. Chemical Engineering Journal. 510. 161821–161821. 6 indexed citations

Jin, Xin, et al.. (2025). Dipole moment regulation of a small-molecule quinone mediator boosts long-term cycling stability for decoupled water electrolysis. Green Chemistry. 27(21). 6196–6205.

Sun, Yalong, Jiangyi Chen, Heng Tang, et al.. (2024). Ultrathin flexible heat pipes with heat transfer performance and flexibility optimization for flexible electronic devices. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 208. 115064–115064. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Zi, Yingying He, Chunyu Wang, et al.. (2024). A moisture-absorbing cellulose nanofibril-based foam via ambient drying for high-performance dehumidification. Chemical Engineering Journal. 486. 150063–150063. 10 indexed citations

Abdollahi, Masoud, Quan Zhou, & Wei Yuan. (2024). Smart wearable insoles in industrial environments: A systematic review. Applied Ergonomics. 118. 104250–104250. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Shiwei, Derong Liu, Cong Nie, et al.. (2024). High performance and reliable ultra-thin vapor chamber via an optimised second vacuuming and sealing process. Applied Thermal Engineering. 241. 122318–122318. 6 indexed citations

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Yuan, Wei, et al.. (2024). The Review of Gamification Learning Methods on PE Teaching in Primary School through Adaptive Perspective. Journal of Ecohumanism. 3(6).

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Li, Shuo, Wei Yuan, Yafeng Bai, et al.. (2024). Spider silk inspired ultrafine carbon nanotubes-crosslinked porous carbon fibers for Zn-air batteries. Applied Surface Science. 677. 161089–161089. 2 indexed citations

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House, Robert A., Wenliang Zhang, Teguh Citra Asmara, et al.. (2024). Vibrationally-resolved RIXS reveals OH-group formation in oxygen redox active Li-ion battery cathodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(28). 19460–19468. 3 indexed citations

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Tong, Yuhao, et al.. (2024). Polyaniline/Tungsten Trioxide Organic‐Inorganic Hybrid Anode for Aqueous Proton Batteries. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(39). e202401257–e202401257. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weibo, Wei Yuan, Xiaoqing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Functional high-entropy alloys: promising catalysts for high-performance water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(30). 18705–18732. 19 indexed citations

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Wu, Yaopeng, Wei Yuan, Pei Wang, et al.. (2024). Conformal Engineering of Both Electrodes Toward High‐Performance Flexible Quasi‐Solid‐State Zn‐Ion Micro‐Supercapacitors. Advanced Science. 11(24). e2308021–e2308021. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Xuyang, Wei Yuan, Xiaoqing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Interfacial local activation strategy tailoring selective zinc deposition pattern for stable zinc anodes. Composites Part B Engineering. 287. 111860–111860. 5 indexed citations

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Yuan, Yuhang, Wei Yuan, Yaopeng Wu, et al.. (2023). High‐Performance All‐Printed Flexible Micro‐Supercapacitors with Hierarchical Encapsulation. Energy & environment materials. 7(4). 17 indexed citations

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Ma, Yuanyuan, Wei Yuan, Wenjuan Han, et al.. (2023). Proton Intercalation/De‐intercalation Chemistry in Phenazine‐based Anode for Hydronium‐ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 135(47). 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Qiang, et al.. (2019). Directional self-assembly of gold nanorods into 1D and 2D arrays by quadruple hydrogen bonding. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 3(9). 1888–1891. 7 indexed citations

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Yuan, Wei, et al.. (2013). Influences of Applied Tensile Stress on the Pitting Electrochemical Behavior of X80 Pipeline Steel. Zhongguo fushi yu fanghu xuebao. 33(4). 277–282. 2 indexed citations

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