Weichao Xu

7.1k citations

20 papers · 6.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 14

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.2%
Water Science and Technology top 0.2%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 0.5%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
Biomedical Engineering top 5%

Co-authors: Jia Zhu Lin Zhou Shining Zhu Xiuqiang Li Xiaozhen Hu Yingling TanYe YuanWenshan Cai
Topics: Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (7 papers)Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (5 papers)Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (3 papers)
Cited by: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Water Science and Technology Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Advanced Materials Nano Letters
Partner nations: China United States South Korea

In The Last Decade

Weichao Xu

19 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalination

2016 1.9k citations Lin Zhou, Yingling Tan et al. Nature Photonics profile →
Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water path

2016 1.1k citations Xiuqiang Li, Weichao Xu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mushrooms as Efficient Solar Steam‐Generation Devices

2017 1.1k citations Ning Xu, Xiaozhen Hu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Tailoring Graphene Oxide‐Based Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation under One Sun

2016 890 citations Xiaozhen Hu, Weichao Xu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Flexible and Salt Resistant Janus Absorbers by Electrospinning for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalination

2018 810 citations Weichao Xu, Xiaozhen Hu et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interfacial solar vapor electrolyzer for efficient and durable hydrogen production directly from seawater 2025 ·National Science Review ·(unknown),(unknown),Weichao Xu,Tianqi Wei,(unknown),Zhaosheng Li,Ning Xu,Xing Zhang,Zhigang Zou,Jia Zhu	0
2	Experiments and DFT investigation of microwave-assisted sol–gel method prepared S-doped g-C₃N₄ for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of gaseous toluene 2023 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·Anming Li,(unknown),Haotong Qin,Weichao Xu,(unknown),(unknown),Feng Guo	9
3	Simple synthesis of BiOI/ZnO/rGO for efficient photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic chloramphenicol under visible light 2022 ·Journal of Environmental Sciences ·Zihan Zhu,Feng Guo,Anming Li,Weichao Xu,(unknown)	26
4	Facile Synthesis of Hydrophobic Loofah‐Chitin Aerogel for Efficient Removal of Benzene and Toluene 2022 ·ChemistrySelect ·Hong Liu,Feng Guo,Qiang Lv,(unknown),Weichao Xu,(unknown)	1
5	Selective Conversion of Glucose to Levulinic Acid Catalyzed by HPAs/MOF-5 in a Hydrophilic Eutectic Solvent System 2022 ·Energy & Fuels ·Qiang Lv,Hong Liu,Weichao Xu,Anming Li,Xuehan Zhang,(unknown),(unknown),Feng Guo	7
6	Flexible and Salt Resistant Janus Absorbers by Electrospinning for Stable and Efficient Solar Desalinationbreakdown → 2018 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Weichao Xu,Xiaozhen Hu,Shendong Zhuang,(unknown),Xiuqiang Li,Lin Zhou,Shining Zhu,Jia Zhu	810
7	Mushrooms as Efficient Solar Steam‐Generation Devicesbreakdown → 2017 ·Advanced Materials ·Ning Xu,Xiaozhen Hu,Weichao Xu,Xiuqiang Li,Lin Zhou,Shining Zhu,Jia Zhu	1085
8	Tuning Transpiration by Interfacial Solar Absorber‐Leaf Engineering 2017 ·Advanced Science ·Shendong Zhuang,Lin Zhou,Weichao Xu,Ning Xu,Xiaozhen Hu,Xiuqiang Li,Guangxin Lv,Qinghui Zheng,Shining Zhu,Zhenlin Wang,Jia Zhu	83
9	Reply to 'The merits of plasmonic desalination' 2017 ·Nature Photonics ·Lin Zhou,Yingling Tan,Jingyang Wang,Weichao Xu,Ye Yuan,Wenshan Cai,Shining Zhu,Jia Zhu	4
10	Tin‐Based Perovskite with Improved Coverage and Crystallinity through Tin‐Fluoride‐Assisted Heterogeneous Nucleation 2017 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·Min Xiao,Shuai Gu,Pengchen Zhu,(unknown),Weidong Zhu,Renxing Lin,Chuanlu Chen,Weichao Xu,Tao Yu,Jia Zhu	85
11	3D self-assembly of aluminium nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar desalinationbreakdown → 2016 ·Nature Photonics ·Lin Zhou,Yingling Tan,Jingyang Wang,Weichao Xu,Ye Yuan,Wenshan Cai,Shining Zhu,Jia Zhu	1885
12	Selective assembly of silver nanoparticles on honeycomb films and their surface-enhanced Raman scattering 2016 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·Haiyan Chen,Junliang Liu,Weichao Xu,Zhifeng Wang,(unknown),Ming Zhang	17
13	Graphene oxide-based efficient and scalable solar desalination under one sun with a confined 2D water pathbreakdown → 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xiuqiang Li,Weichao Xu,(unknown),Lin Zhou,Bin Zhu,Shining Zhu,Jia Zhu	1096
14	Tailoring Graphene Oxide‐Based Aerogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation under One Sunbreakdown → 2016 ·Advanced Materials ·Xiaozhen Hu,Weichao Xu,Lin Zhou,Yingling Tan,Yang Wang,Shining Zhu,Jia Zhu	890
15	Dynamic Memory Cells Using MoS₂ Field-Effect Transistors Demonstrating Femtoampere Leakage Currents 2016 ·ACS Nano ·(unknown),Weichao Xu,Yang Su,(unknown),Chris H. Kim,Steven J. Koester	47
16	Solution-processed carbon nanotube thin-film complementary static random access memory 2015 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Michael L. Geier,Julian J. McMorrow,Weichao Xu,Jian Zhu,Chris H. Kim,Tobin J. Marks,Mark C. Hersam	184
17	Simplified preparation of SnO2 inverse opal for Methanol gas sensing performance 2015 ·Microporous and Mesoporous Materials ·Jinquan Wang,(unknown),Weichao Xu,Ming Zhang,(unknown)	41
18	Transistors: Aerosol Jet Printed, Sub‐2 V Complementary Circuits Constructed from P‐ and N‐Type Electrolyte Gated Transistors (Adv. Mater. 41/2014) 2014 ·Advanced Materials ·Kihyon Hong,Yong Hyun Kim,Se Hyun Kim,Wei Xie,Weichao Xu,Chris H. Kim,C. Daniel Frisbie	2
19	Aerosol Jet Printed, Sub‐2 V Complementary Circuits Constructed from P‐ and N‐Type Electrolyte Gated Transistors 2014 ·Advanced Materials ·Kihyon Hong,Yong Hyun Kim,Se Hyun Kim,Wei Xie,Weichao Xu,Chris H. Kim,C. Daniel Frisbie	86
20	Subnanowatt Carbon Nanotube Complementary Logic Enabled by Threshold Voltage Control 2013 ·Nano Letters ·Michael L. Geier,Pradyumna L. Prabhumirashi,Julian J. McMorrow,Weichao Xu,Jung-Woo T. Seo,Ken Everaerts,Chris H. Kim,Tobin J. Marks,Mark C. Hersam	88

About Weichao Xu

Weichao Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 20 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (7 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (5 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (5.3k citations), Water Science and Technology (2.5k citations) and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (1.1k citations). Weichao Xu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include Jia Zhu, Lin Zhou, Shining Zhu, Xiuqiang Li, Xiaozhen Hu, Yingling Tan, Ye Yuan, Wenshan Cai, Jingyang Wang and Ning Xu. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

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