Weipeng Xian

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Weipeng Xian is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weipeng Xian has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Weipeng Xian's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (23 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (10 papers). Weipeng Xian is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (23 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (10 papers). Weipeng Xian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Weipeng Xian's co-authors include Shengqian Ma, Qi Sun, Changjia Zhu, Xiuhui Zuo, Qi Sun, Sai Wang, Lin Zhang, Linxiao Hou, Sifan Chen and Qing Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Weipeng Xian

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Enhancing ion selectivity by tuning solvation abilities of covalent-organic-framework membranes

2024 78 citations Qing-Wei Meng, Weipeng Xian et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weipeng Xian China	18	622	483	399	339	304	27	1.1k
Milton Chai Australia	16	227 0.4×	214 0.4×	292 0.7×	253 0.7×	152 0.5×	26	716
Jingru Fu China	7	527 0.8×	129 0.3×	129 0.3×	456 1.3×	99 0.3×	12	762
Sebastian Friebe Germany	13	576 0.9×	131 0.3×	183 0.5×	591 1.7×	175 0.6×	20	992
Taotao Ji China	20	547 0.9×	88 0.2×	201 0.5×	762 2.2×	265 0.9×	51	1.1k
Shou Feng China	12	486 0.8×	137 0.3×	113 0.3×	355 1.0×	237 0.8×	16	711
Cyril Vallicari France	7	308 0.5×	256 0.5×	460 1.2×	247 0.7×	105 0.3×	8	724
Conger Li China	12	395 0.6×	88 0.2×	139 0.3×	375 1.1×	180 0.6×	15	714
Hongyu Zuo China	11	470 0.8×	88 0.2×	144 0.4×	283 0.8×	42 0.1×	18	677
Clément Le Guillouzer France	5	461 0.7×	66 0.1×	106 0.3×	532 1.6×	154 0.5×	5	807
Joshua B. James United States	10	383 0.6×	89 0.2×	110 0.3×	484 1.4×	157 0.5×	10	710

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All Works

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Qiao, Chunming, Weipeng Xian, Zongyi Huang, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Asymmetric Wettability for Efficient Photocatalytic H ₂ O ₂ Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(52). e202519513–e202519513.

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Qiao, Chunming, Weipeng Xian, Zongyi Huang, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Asymmetric Wettability for Efficient Photocatalytic H ₂ O ₂ Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 137(52).

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Meng, Qing-Wei, Jianguo Li, Zhiwei Xing, et al.. (2025). Regulation of Ion Binding Sites in Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Enhanced Selectivity under High Ionic Competition. ACS Nano. 19(12). 12080–12089. 12 indexed citations

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Su, Haitao, Weipeng Xian, Qing Guo, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Spatially Aligned Ionic Sites Achieve Record Thermo‐Osmotic Output Power Density. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(22). 1 indexed citations

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Xian, Weipeng, et al.. (2024). Advancing Ion Separation: Covalent-Organic-Framework Membranes for Sustainable Energy and Water Applications. Accounts of Chemical Research. 57(14). 1973–1984. 27 indexed citations

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Xian, Weipeng, Changjia Zhu, Qing Guo, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Solar-Salinity Synergy with Porphyrin-Based Ionic Covalent-Organic-Framework Membranes for Enhanced Ionic Power Generation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(5). 461–468. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Jianguo, Qing-Wei Meng, Weipeng Xian, et al.. (2024). Giant gateable thermoelectric conversion by tuning the ion linkage interactions in covalent organic framework membranes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8137–8137. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Liping, Zhengqing Zhang, Weipeng Xian, et al.. (2024). Covalent organic framework membrane reactor for boosting catalytic performance. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6837–6837. 20 indexed citations

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Ai, Yuqing, Weipeng Xian, Qing Guo, et al.. (2024). Covalent–Organic‐Framework Membrane with Aligned Dipole Moieties for Biomimetic Regulable Ion Transport. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 18 indexed citations

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Meng, Qing-Wei, Jianguo Li, Weipeng Xian, et al.. (2024). Optimizing selectivity via membrane molecular packing manipulation for simultaneous cation and anion screening. Science Advances. 10(39). eado8658–eado8658. 26 indexed citations

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Meng, Qing-Wei, Weipeng Xian, Sai Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing ion selectivity by tuning solvation abilities of covalent-organic-framework membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(8). e2316716121–e2316716121. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xian, Weipeng, Changjia Zhu, Xiuhui Zuo, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Sustainable Energy Conversion Efficiency by Incorporating Photoelectric Responsiveness into Multiporous Ionic Membrane. Small. 20(25). e2310791–e2310791. 8 indexed citations

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Xian, Weipeng, Xiaoyi Xu, Yongxin Ge, et al.. (2024). Efficient Light-Driven Ion Pumping for Deep Desalination via the Vertical Gradient Protonation of Covalent Organic Framework Membranes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(49). 33973–33982. 17 indexed citations

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Meng, Qing-Wei, Mingjie Liu, Qing Guo, et al.. (2023). Guanidinium-based covalent organic framework membrane for single-acid recovery. Science Advances. 9(25). eadh0207–eadh0207. 48 indexed citations

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Guo, Qing, Xiuhui Zuo, Weipeng Xian, et al.. (2023). Photoelectric responsive ionic channel for sustainable energy harvesting. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6702–6702. 33 indexed citations

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Xian, Weipeng, Xiuhui Zuo, Changjia Zhu, et al.. (2022). Anomalous thermo-osmotic conversion performance of ionic covalent-organic-framework membranes in response to charge variations. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3386–3386. 76 indexed citations

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Zhu, Changjia, Xiuhui Zuo, Weipeng Xian, et al.. (2022). Integration of Thermoelectric Conversion with Reverse Electrodialysis for Mitigating Ion Concentration Polarization and Achieving Enhanced Output Power Density. ACS Energy Letters. 7(9). 2937–2943. 59 indexed citations

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Zuo, Xiuhui, Changjia Zhu, Weipeng Xian, et al.. (2022). Thermo‐Osmotic Energy Conversion Enabled by Covalent‐Organic‐Framework Membranes with Record Output Power Density. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(18). e202116910–e202116910. 95 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengcheng, Sifan Chen, Changjia Zhu, et al.. (2021). Covalent organic framework nanofluidic membrane as a platform for highly sensitive bionic thermosensation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1844–1844. 105 indexed citations

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Bing, Shaosuo, Weipeng Xian, Sifan Chen, et al.. (2021). Bio-inspired construction of ion conductive pathway in covalent organic framework membranes for efficient lithium extraction. Matter. 4(6). 2027–2038. 118 indexed citations

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