Weibo Yan

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Weibo Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Weibo Yan has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Weibo Yan's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (37 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (37 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (27 papers). Weibo Yan is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (37 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (37 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (27 papers). Weibo Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Weibo Yan's co-authors include Zuqiang Bian, Zhiwei Liu, Yunlong Li, Senyun Ye, Chunhui Huang, Haitao Peng, Weihai Sun, Haixia Rao, Hao Xin and Yu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Weibo Yan

75 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

CuSCN-Based Inverted Planar Perovskite Solar Cell with an Average PCE of 15.6%

2015 493 citations Senyun Ye, Weihai Sun et al. profile →
Elemental de-mixing-induced epitaxial kesterite/CdS interface enabling 13%-efficiency kesterite solar cells

2022 236 citations Yuancai Gong, Qiang Zhu et al. Nature Energy profile →
Identifying the origin of the V_oc deficit of kesterite solar cells from the two grain growth mechanisms induced by Sn²⁺ and Sn⁴⁺ precursors in DMSO solution

2021 227 citations Yuancai Gong, Qiang Zhu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weibo Yan China	31	3.9k	2.8k	1.6k	326	181	77	4.3k
Cristina Momblona Spain	27	4.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	191 0.6×	199 1.1×	60	5.1k
Tianshi Qin China	33	3.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	141 0.4×	192 1.1×	92	4.4k
Teck Ming Koh Singapore	32	4.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	137 0.4×	446 2.5×	67	4.5k
Selina Olthof Germany	38	4.1k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	182 0.6×	223 1.2×	104	4.7k
Alexander W. Hains United States	12	2.3k 0.6×	871 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	237 0.7×	164 0.9×	17	2.8k
Leonidas C. Palilis Greece	32	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	119 0.4×	186 1.0×	81	3.3k
Yong Qiu China	25	3.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	71 0.2×	244 1.3×	46	3.7k
Bhoj Gautam United States	26	3.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 1.4×	218 0.7×	431 2.4×	85	3.8k
In‐Wook Hwang South Korea	25	1.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	135 0.4×	227 1.3×	76	2.4k
Boris Harutyunyan United States	13	3.1k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	119 0.4×	240 1.3×	13	3.6k

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Zhou, Jian, Youyou Yuan, Chao Ding, et al.. (2025). Multi-functional interface modification and/or passivation materials in inverted perovskite solar cells. Surfaces and Interfaces. 60. 106084–106084. 2 indexed citations

Xiang, Chunxu, Chang Ding, Yuanyuan Zheng, et al.. (2025). Solution-processed kesterite solar module with 10.1% certified efficiency. Nature Energy. 10(11). 1315–1322.

Zheng, Yuanyuan, Chunxu Xiang, Yuancai Gong, et al.. (2025). Effects of cadmium alloying on solution-processed CZTSSe solar cells: morphology, band alignment and efficiency improvement. Science China Materials. 68(2). 523–530. 4 indexed citations

Li, Xinyu, Hongkun Liu, Chunxu Xiang, et al.. (2024). Over 10% Efficiency Pure Sulfide Kesterite Solar Cells on Transparent Electrode with Cd–Ag Co‐Alloying. Small. 21(1). e2407075–e2407075. 4 indexed citations

Xiang, Sitong, Chunxu Xiang, Hongkun Liu, et al.. (2024). Improving the performance of kesterite solar cells by solution germanium alloying. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(30). 20645–20652. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Yage, Chunxu Xiang, Sitong Xiang, et al.. (2023). 11.4% Efficiency Kesterite Solar Cells on Transparent Electrode (Adv. Energy Mater. 19/2023). Advanced Energy Materials. 13(19). 2 indexed citations

Li, Xinyu, N. Liu, Chunxu Xiang, et al.. (2023). Back Contact Plasma Treatment Enables 14.5% Efficient Solution‐Processed CuIn(S,Se)₂ Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(8). 5 indexed citations

Xiang, Chunxu, Hongfei Zhou, N. Liu, et al.. (2023). 4.3% efficient kesterite solar cell modules. Science Bulletin. 68(14). 1497–1499. 3 indexed citations

Gong, Yuancai, Qiang Zhu, Bingyan Li, et al.. (2022). Elemental de-mixing-induced epitaxial kesterite/CdS interface enabling 13%-efficiency kesterite solar cells. Nature Energy. 7(10). 966–977. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sui, Dong, et al.. (2021). A Comprehensive Review of Graphene-Based Anode Materials for Lithium-ion Capacitors. Chemistry. 3(4). 1215–1246. 30 indexed citations

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Wen, Hao, Weibo Yan, Ping Chen, Yu Li, & Yu Tang. (2020). Catalyst-Free [4+2] Cycloaddition of Ynamides with 2-Halomethyl Phenols To Construct 2-Amino-4H-Chromenes and α-Halo Enamides Simultaneously. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(20). 12870–12881. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Weibo, Jingjing Jiang, Di Lu, et al.. (2020). Highly thermal-stable perylene-bisimide small molecules as efficient electron-transport materials for perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(42). 14773–14781. 28 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jingjing, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Erin Jedlicka, et al.. (2019). Highly efficient copper-rich chalcopyrite solar cells from DMF molecular solution. Nano Energy. 69. 104438–104438. 70 indexed citations

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Chen, Jianhua, Chengcheng Tang, Zilong Wang, et al.. (2019). High crystalline small molecule manipulates polymer-fullerene morphology and enables 20% improvement in fill factor and device performance. Organic Electronics. 77. 105419–105419. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Weihai, Yunlong Li, Senyun Ye, et al.. (2016). High-performance inverted planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells based on a solution-processed CuO_xhole transport layer. Nanoscale. 8(20). 10806–10813. 201 indexed citations

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Yan, Weibo, et al.. (2016). A Hexakis Terpyridine‐Fullerene Ligand in Six‐Fold Ruthenium, Iridium, and Iron Complexes: Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(33). 11522–11526. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yu, Weibo Yan, Yunlong Li, et al.. (2015). Direct Observation of Long Electron-Hole Diffusion Distance in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Thin Film. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14485–14485. 191 indexed citations

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Li, Yunlong, Senyun Ye, Weihai Sun, et al.. (2015). Hole-conductor-free planar perovskite solar cells with 16.0% efficiency. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(36). 18389–18394. 84 indexed citations

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Xu, Yanfei, Yi Huang, Weibo Yan, Long Zhang, & Yongsheng Chen. (2013). Environmentally Friendly Approaches Toward the Production of Processable Graphene by Exfoliation of Graphite Using Ionic Liquid. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 13(2). 1116–1119. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Weibo, Yi Huang, Yanfei Xu, Lu Huang, & Yongsheng Chen. (2012). Rapid and Effective Functionalization of Graphene Oxide by Ionic Liquid. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 12(3). 2270–2277. 17 indexed citations

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