Weiwei Lei

17.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
289 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Weiwei Lei is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiwei Lei has authored 289 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Materials Chemistry, 105 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 73 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weiwei Lei's work include Graphene research and applications (50 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (45 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (44 papers). Weiwei Lei is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (50 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (45 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (44 papers). Weiwei Lei collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Weiwei Lei's co-authors include Ying Chen, Si Qin, Dan Liŭ, David Portehault, Cheng Chen, Dan Liu, Yury Gogotsi, Guangtian Zou, Jiemin Wang and Qiliang Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Weiwei Lei

279 papers receiving 14.9k 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.

Porous boron nitride nanosheets for effective water cleaning

2013 880 citations Weiwei Lei, Dan Liŭ et al. profile →
Boron nitride colloidal solutions, ultralight aerogels and freestanding membranes through one-step exfoliation and functionalization

2015 755 citations Weiwei Lei, Si Qin et al. profile →
Preparation and characterization of graphitic carbon nitride through pyrolysis of melamine

2008 705 citations Longhai Shen, Weiwei Lei et al. profile →
Highly Thermoconductive, Thermostable, and Super‐Flexible Film by Engineering 1D Rigid Rod‐Like Aramid Nanofiber/2D Boron Nitride Nanosheets

2020 363 citations Jiemin Wang, Weiwei Lei et al. profile →
Additive-Free MXene Liquid Crystals and Fibers

2020 286 citations Si Qin, Weiwei Lei et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Weiwei Lei	8.2k	4.4k	4.3k	3.2k	2.2k	289	15.1k
Xianbao Wang	7.1k 0.9×	6.5k 1.5×	4.8k 1.1×	6.9k 2.2×	2.6k 1.2×	389	19.6k
Tifeng Jiao	8.3k 1.0×	5.3k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.4×	441	17.6k
Lianjun Wang	7.9k 1.0×	2.8k 0.6×	4.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	458	15.6k
Jacob M. Berlin	6.1k 0.7×	5.0k 1.1×	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	979 0.4×	61	13.1k
Daniel R. Dreyer	12.0k 1.5×	8.6k 1.9×	5.5k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	47	20.0k
Daniela C. Marcano	6.3k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	971 0.4×	29	11.8k
Wei Li	6.6k 0.8×	4.3k 1.0×	8.6k 2.0×	4.9k 1.6×	981 0.4×	399	18.4k
Zhengzong Sun	12.9k 1.6×	7.7k 1.7×	8.6k 2.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	105	20.7k
Liping Wen	5.7k 0.7×	9.6k 2.2×	8.1k 1.9×	3.3k 1.0×	3.3k 1.5×	336	17.7k
Jeffrey R. Potts	10.3k 1.3×	6.4k 1.5×	6.9k 1.6×	3.1k 1.0×	698 0.3×	22	17.6k

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Huang, Yanmei, et al.. (2025). Electrocatalytic Acetylene Semi‐Hydrogenation to Ethylene with High Energy Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie. 137(14).

Fan, Lin, et al.. (2025). Customized Design of Biobased Elastomeric Antioxidative Interphase for High‐Voltage Ni‐Rich Cathodes. Small. 21(23). e2500548–e2500548. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Guoliang, Lifeng Wang, Tairan Yang, et al.. (2025). Light-Induced Ion Transport and Energy Harvesting through Aramid Nanofiber-Functionalized Indium Selenide Nanochannels. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(38). 15839–15846. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jingliang, et al.. (2024). Carbon fiber/boron nitride fillers for enhancing through-plane thermal conductivity of poly(vinylidene fluoride): Synergistic effect and mechanism. Composites Communications. 51. 102090–102090. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Honghui, Qiyuan Li, Shi‐Nan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Functional ladder-like heterojunctions of Mo2C layers inside carbon sheaths for efficient CO2 fixation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 58. 138–145. 1 indexed citations

Lei, Weiwei, Lei Zhang, Shuangquan Yao, et al.. (2024). Co-production of xylooligosaccharides and glucose by multiple-joint enzymes treatment based on maleic acid pretreated sugarcane bagasse. Industrial Crops and Products. 224. 120292–120292. 3 indexed citations

Singh, Mandeep, Si Qin, Ken Aldren S. Usman, et al.. (2024). Transforming waste aramid fibers and carbon fibers into aerogels for efficient solar-driven water desalination. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 281. 113314–113314. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Qiwen, Zhaoyang Wei, Weiwei Lei, et al.. (2023). Relationship between the Co‐Continuous Morphology of Immiscible Polymer Blends and the Structure of an In Situ Formed Graft Copolymer. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 44(15). e2300141–e2300141. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjie, Ting Zhang, Jia Zhang, et al.. (2023). Low Nitrogen Stress Promotes Root Nitrogen Uptake and Assimilation in Strawberry: Contribution of Hormone Networks. Horticulturae. 9(2). 249–249. 7 indexed citations

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Shen, Longhai, et al.. (2023). The evolution of preferred orientation and morphology of AlN films under various sputtering parameters. Journal of Crystal Growth. 625. 127439–127439. 6 indexed citations

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Meng, Sugang, Sheng Ye, Weiwei Lei, et al.. (2023). Efficient pollutant removal using tetrahydrofuran functionalized carbon nitride nanosheets with enhanced photocatalytic performance. Applied Surface Science. 649. 159155–159155. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Dandan, Zhaoyang Wei, Weiwei Lei, et al.. (2023). In situ crosslinked hybrid aluminum polymer film for high-performance solid electrolyte interphase of lithium metal battery. Journal of Power Sources. 563. 232808–232808. 8 indexed citations

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Gao, Yang, Yuxuan Li, Li Shangguan, et al.. (2023). Optimizing the band structure of sponge-like S-doped poly(heptazine imide) with quantum confinement effect towards boosting visible-light photocatalytic H2 generation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 644. 116–123. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Lifeng, Shenlong Zhao, Yuchen Liu, et al.. (2021). Interfacial Engineering of 3D Hollow Mo-Based Carbide/Nitride Nanostructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(42). 50524–50530. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liangzhu, Guoliang Yang, Zhiqiang Chen, et al.. (2020). MXene coupled with molybdenum dioxide nanoparticles as 2D-0D pseudocapacitive electrode for high performance flexible asymmetric micro-supercapacitors. Journal of Materiomics. 6(1). 138–144. 34 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hui, Zhen Yang, Li Shangguan, et al.. (2020). Band structure engineering of PTI in C-PTI/ZnO heterostructures for enhanced visible-light-driven H ₂ evolution. Nanotechnology. 31(14). 145716–145716. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Min, Xinyi Yang, Juan Ding, et al.. (2019). Au icosahedrons as efficient electrocatalyst for glucose-based biofuel cells by strain engineering. Materials Letters. 263. 127220–127220. 2 indexed citations

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Lei, Weiwei, Wenwen Ren, Makoto Ohmoto, et al.. (2018). Activation of intestinal tuft cell-expressed Sucnr1 triggers type 2 immunity in the mouse small intestine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(21). 5552–5557. 201 indexed citations

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Chen, Yang, Jinfeng Wang, Ying Chen, et al.. (2018). One-step template-free synthesis of 3D functionalized flower-like boron nitride nanosheets for NH₃ and CO₂ adsorption. Nanoscale. 10(23). 10979–10985. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiemin, Yuanpeng Wu, Ye Xue, et al.. (2017). Super-compatible functional boron nitride nanosheets/polymer films with excellent mechanical properties and ultra-high thermal conductivity for thermal management. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(6). 1363–1369. 144 indexed citations

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