Weimin Cai

13.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
243 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Weimin Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weimin Cai has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Materials Chemistry, 82 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weimin Cai's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (66 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (52 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (25 papers). Weimin Cai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (66 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (52 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (25 papers). Weimin Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Weimin Cai's co-authors include Mingce Long, Baoxue Zhou, Yahui Wu, Liqiang Jing, Xiaojun Sun, Yanbiao Liu, Honggang Fu, Jun Cai, Deyong Wu and Zili Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Weimin Cai

227 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Phenol over Co₃O₄/BiVO₄ Composite under Visible Light Irradiation

2006 811 citations Weimin Cai, Baoxue Zhou et al. profile →
Synthesis of Visible-Light Responsive Graphene Oxide/TiO₂ Composites with p/n Heterojunction

2010 799 citations Weimin Cai, Baoxue Zhou et al. profile →
The preparation and characterization of La doped TiO2 nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activity

2004 524 citations Weimin Cai et al. profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weimin Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weimin Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Weimin Cai. Weimin Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Aerobic granules extraction inhibits overgrowth of filamentous bacteria during start-up of aerobic granular sludge 2025 ·Bioresource Technology ·Weimin Cai, (unknown), Jin Zhang, Zhaohua Li, (unknown)	5
2	IRF7 in peripheral monocytes drives BBB disruption in anti-NMDAR encephalitis 2025 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·(unknown), Jianguo Li, Jianfang Li, Yu Huang, Shishi Shen, (unknown), (unknown), Hairong He, (unknown), Jian Sun, Wei Qiu, Weimin Cai, Yaqing Shu	0
3	Characterization of 3D printed micro-blades for cutting tissue-embedding material 2025 ·Extreme Mechanics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Weimin Cai, (unknown), Sindy K. Y. Tang	1
4	Semiconductor-mediated radiosensitizers: progress, challenges and perspectives 2025 ·Materials Horizons ·(unknown), Bo Yang, Shujuan Liu, (unknown), Jinghuai Zhang, Xiangqun Chen, Nannan Zheng, Liangcan He, Weimin Cai, Shaoqin Liu	4
5	Tuning the O p band center in Co3O4 catalysts by Fe doping for Switching lattice Oxygen-Mediated mechanism in Acidic oxygen evolution reaction 2025 ·Fuel ·Yangshuo Liu, Yaotian Yan, (unknown), Liang Qiao, Jiehe Sui, Weimin Cai, Xiaohang Zheng	0
6	Integrated strategy of mass spectrometry imaging and LC/MS-based GNPS for spatial characterization of alkaloids from Menispermi Rhizoma and study on potential anti-inflammatory mechanism by network pharmacology and molecular docking 2024 ·Industrial Crops and Products ·Kailin Li, (unknown), Li’an Zhu, (unknown), (unknown), Jia‐Yi Wang, Yifan Chen, Fang Yan, Weimin Cai	2
7	Machine learning-assisted the Ag/Ni(OH)2 heterostructure design for boosting electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution through charge redistribution 2024 ·Fuel ·Yangshuo Liu, Keke Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Liang Qiao, Weimin Cai, Yaotian Yan, Xiaohang Zheng	2
8	Spatial Characteristics and Obstacle Factors of Cultivated Land Quality in an Intensive Agricultural Region of the North China Plain 2023 ·Land ·(unknown), Quanfeng Li, Xiangbin Kong, Weimin Cai, (unknown), (unknown)	9
9	Improvement in the quality of living environment with mixed land use of rural settlements: A case study of 18 villages in Hebei, China 2023 ·Applied Geography ·(unknown), (unknown), Guanghui Jiang, Weimin Cai, Kangchuan Su	15
10	Integration of pharmacodynamics, network pharmacology and metabolomics to elucidate effect and mechanism of Artemisia capillaris Thunb. in the treatment of jaundice 2022 ·Journal of Ethnopharmacology ·Qing Yang, Xubo Wu, (unknown), Ruifang Guan, Ping Yang, Yujing Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Weimin Cai, Ma Guo	9
11	Nickel-doped MoSe2 nanosheets with Ni–Se bond for alkaline electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution 2020 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), Xu Zhao, Han Mao, Rui Ning, Xiaohang Zheng, Jiehe Sui, Weimin Cai	48
12	Productive functional evolution of rural settlements: analysis of livelihood strategy and land use transition in eastern China 2017 ·Journal of Mountain Science ·(unknown), Guanghui Jiang, Weimin Cai, Piling Sun, Fengrong Zhang	17
13	Preparation and characterization of nanoparticle Ru:TiO ₂ films and their photocatalytic activity 2011 ·Rare Metals ·Binquan Jiao, Zhaopeng Xu, Xiaojun Sun, Weimin Cai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
14	A potential explanation for the effect of carbon source on the characteristics of acetate-fed and glucose-fed aerobic granules 2010 ·AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ·(unknown), Xiaojuan Yu, Zhiping Wang, Cong Ding, Weimin Cai	5
15	Novel Synthesis and Property of TiO_2 Nano Film Photocatalyst with Mixed Phases 2010 ·Journal of Chemical Engineering of Chinese Universities ·Weimin Cai	1
16	Experimental study on degradation of dyeing wastewater by pulse electro-coagulation. 2009 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Yimin Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Baoxue Zhou, Weimin Cai, Yonghui Song	4
17	Light scattering of nanocrystalline TiO2 film used in dye-sensitized solar cells 2008 ·中国物理B：英文版 ·(unknown), Baoxue Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Weimin Cai, (unknown)	2
18	Comparative Study of Extraction Methods of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Activated Sludge 2006 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Weimin Cai	1
19	Structure Weight Evaluation of a High-Aspect-Ratio Wing Based on Structure Optimization 2006 ·Aircraft Design ·(unknown), Weimin Cai, (unknown), (unknown)	0
20	Anaerobic digestion of kitchen wastes in a single-phased anaerobic sequencing batch reactor（ASBR） with gas-phased absorb of CO2 2005 ·环境科学学报：英文版 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Weimin Cai	4

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