Wei‐Di Liu

10.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
195 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Wei‐Di Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Di Liu has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Materials Chemistry, 99 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 47 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Di Liu's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (140 papers), Thermal properties of materials (60 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (58 papers). Wei‐Di Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (140 papers), Thermal properties of materials (60 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (58 papers). Wei‐Di Liu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Wei‐Di Liu's co-authors include Zhi‐Gang Chen, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Jin Zou, Qingfeng Liu, Meng Li, Lei Yang, Min Hong, Yuan Wang, Raza Moshwan and Qiang Sun 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‐Di Liu

185 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film

2022 351 citations Zhuanghao Zheng, Xiao‐Lei Shi et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Multifunctional Wearable Thermoelectrics for Personal Thermal Management

2022 162 citations Wei‐Di Liu, Qingfeng Liu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Flexible power generators by Ag2Se thin films with record-high thermoelectric performance

2024 147 citations Xiao‐Lei Shi, Meng Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
Advances in bismuth-telluride-based thermoelectric devices: Progress and challenges

2023 139 citations Tianyi Cao, Xiao‐Lei Shi 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‐Di Liu Australia	55	7.3k	4.4k	2.2k	1.2k	884	195	8.8k
Meng Li China	46	4.5k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	893 1.0×	243	6.9k
Junyou Yang China	48	6.2k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	354 0.4×	321	7.8k
Yuan Deng China	52	6.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	3.0k 3.4×	356	9.8k
Andrew Muto United States	5	5.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	742 0.6×	364 0.4×	6	6.0k
Choongho Yu United States	46	6.1k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	925 0.8×	1.8k 2.0×	122	8.1k
Guang Han China	41	4.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	895 0.4×	617 0.5×	325 0.4×	165	5.9k
Yuan Wang China	37	3.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	404 0.3×	777 0.9×	135	5.0k
Weishu Liu China	62	14.2k 2.0×	6.1k 1.4×	3.7k 1.7×	3.4k 2.9×	1.4k 1.6×	178	16.0k
Yubo Luo China	44	4.7k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	856 0.4×	943 0.8×	269 0.3×	181	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei‐Di Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Di Liu

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All Works

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Li, Yongqiang, et al.. (2025). Quantitative thermographic estimation of fatigue crack propagation behavior for TC4 titanium alloy based on deep learning algorithm. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 140. 105166–105166.

Cheng, Yang, Jiawei Luo, Jingchao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Deep Surface Engineering Toward Stable Cycling of Single‐Crystal Li‐rich Mn‐Based Cathode. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(1). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Hui, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Lin Pan, et al.. (2024). Rational triple optimizations boost near-room-temperature thermoelectric performance of BiSe. Acta Materialia. 280. 120343–120343. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Zhe, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Yibo Zhang, et al.. (2024). Na/Bi-co-doping and heterogeneous interfaces leading to enhanced thermoelectric performance of p-type Mg3Sb2-based Zintls. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155147–155147. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yuexing, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Junze Zhang, et al.. (2024). Deviceization of high-performance and flexible Ag2Se films for electronic skin and servo rotation angle control. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8356–8356. 36 indexed citations

Liu, Yuhang, Zhaoxin Guo, Zhedong Liu, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast Synthesis of Large‐Sized and Conductive Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ Simultaneously Approaches High Tap Density, Rate and Cycling Capability. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(18). 29 indexed citations

Moshwan, Raza, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Wei‐Di Liu, Jian Liu, & Zhi‐Gang Chen. (2024). Entropy engineering: An innovative strategy for designing high-performance thermoelectric materials and devices. Nano Today. 58. 102475–102475. 32 indexed citations

Li, Shuqing, Wei‐Di Liu, Liang‐Cao Yin, et al.. (2024). Glassy ZIF-62 compositing induces ultralow lattice thermal conductivity in GeTe. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 999. 174964–174964. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Lu, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Yuanqing Mao, et al.. (2024). Simultaneously Boosting Thermoelectric and Mechanical Properties of n-Type Mg₃Sb_1.5Bi_0.5-Based Zintls through Energy-Band and Defect Engineering. ACS Nano. 18(2). 1678–1689. 30 indexed citations

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Hu, Qinxue, Wei‐Di Liu, Li Zhang, et al.. (2024). Carrier Separation Boosts Thermoelectric Performance of Flexible n‐Type Ag₂Se‐Based Films. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(36). 23 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shiyu, Yun Liu, Yue Gong, et al.. (2023). Boosting Bifunctional Catalysis by Integrating Active Faceted Intermetallic Nanocrystals and Strained Pt–Ir Functional Shells. Small. 20(6). e2305062–e2305062. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, De‐Zhuang, Wei‐Di Liu, Meng Li, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical Architectural Structures Induce High Performance in n‐Type GeTe‐Based Thermoelectrics. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(14). 56 indexed citations

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Shi, Xiao‐Lei, Lin Pan, Wei‐Di Liu, et al.. (2023). Employing multi-functional SnSe inclusions to boost the thermoelectric performance of the shear-exfoliated Bi2Te2.7Se0.3. Acta Materialia. 254. 119023–119023. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Yanling, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Fan Xue, et al.. (2022). Polycrystalline NiSe-Alloyed SnSe with Improved Medium-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance. Energy & Fuels. 36(10). 5352–5359. 7 indexed citations

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Ao, Dongwei, et al.. (2022). Post-Electric Current Treatment Approaching High-Performance Flexible n-Type Bi2Te3 Thin Films. Micromachines. 13(9). 1544–1544. 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhuanghao, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Dongwei Ao, et al.. (2022). Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film. Nature Sustainability. 6(2). 180–191. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yanling, Huajun Chen, Xinxin Zou, et al.. (2020). Flexible Carbon-Fiber/Semimetal Bi Nanosheet Arrays as Separable and Recyclable Plasmonic Photocatalysts and Photoelectrocatalysts. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(22). 24845–24854. 154 indexed citations

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Moshwan, Raza, Wei‐Di Liu, Xiao‐Lei Shi, et al.. (2020). Outstanding thermoelectric properties of solvothermal-synthesized Sn_1−3xIn_xAg_2xTe micro-crystals through defect engineering and band tuning. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(7). 3978–3987. 36 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yi, Xiao‐Lei Shi, Hualei Yuan, et al.. (2020). A synergy of strain loading and laser radiation in determining the high-performing electrical transports in the single Cu-doped SnSe microbelt. Materials Today Physics. 13. 100198–100198. 35 indexed citations

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Tan, Ming, Wei‐Di Liu, Xiao‐Lei Shi, et al.. (2020). In situ crystal-amorphous compositing inducing ultrahigh thermoelectric performance of p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 hybrid thin films. Nano Energy. 78. 105379–105379. 34 indexed citations

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