Weiwen Xin

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Weiwen Xin is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiwen Xin has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Weiwen Xin's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (36 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (18 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (17 papers). Weiwen Xin is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (36 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (18 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (17 papers). Weiwen Xin collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Australia. Weiwen Xin's co-authors include Liping Wen, Lei Jiang, Xiang‐Yu Kong, Yongchao Qian, Weipeng Chen, Linsen Yang, Xiaolu Zhao, Congcong Zhu, Pei Liu and Jianjun Chen 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

Weiwen Xin

51 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane for efficient uranium extraction from seawater

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiwen Xin China	25	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	680	517	54	2.8k
Yongchao Qian China	27	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	978 0.9×	716 1.1×	534 1.0×	63	3.1k
Yuan Kang Australia	16	684 0.4×	676 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	1.2k 2.3×	23	2.5k
Xiaoyi Hu China	20	649 0.3×	997 0.8×	405 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	1.2k 2.4×	39	2.4k
Benbing Shi China	36	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	2.5k 3.7×	695 1.3×	65	4.2k
Sikai Zhao China	30	1.4k 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	294 0.3×	1.3k 1.9×	530 1.0×	132	3.2k
Luis Francisco Villalobos Switzerland	27	834 0.4×	521 0.4×	875 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	182 0.4×	54	2.2k
Ji Hoon Kim South Korea	24	1.1k 0.6×	571 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	400 0.6×	172 0.3×	53	1.9k
Xiaolu Zhao China	16	698 0.4×	443 0.4×	427 0.4×	350 0.5×	196 0.4×	25	1.2k
Yuqing Lin Japan	34	1.3k 0.7×	531 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	488 0.7×	134 0.3×	74	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiwen Xin

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Wang, Qingchen, Zidi Yan, Xuanze Li, et al.. (2025). High‐Efficiency Ion Transport in Ultrathin 3D Covalent Organic Framework Nanofluidics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202423073–e202423073. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Tianhao, Weiwen Xin, Di Shen, et al.. (2025). Biomimetic Dual Asymmetric MXene-Based Nanofluidics for Advancing Osmotic Power Generation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(40). 36329–36338.

Li, Ke, Zidi Yan, Shuo Yang, et al.. (2025). Engineering Low-Resistance Heterogeneous Nanofluidics for Ultrahigh Osmotic Energy Conversion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(28). 24708–24718. 1 indexed citations

Xin, Weiwen, Chaowen Yang, Yongbo Deng, et al.. (2025). Flow-induced surface charge enhancement in alumina nanochannels boosts osmotic energy conversion. Journal of Membrane Science. 738. 124753–124753. 2 indexed citations

Xin, Weiwen, Chaowen Yang, Tao Liu, et al.. (2025). Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide/graphene oxide composite membrane for stable osmotic energy conversion. Journal of Membrane Science. 732. 124251–124251. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhehua, Linsen Yang, Tingyang Li, et al.. (2025). Liquidambar formosana fruit-inspired hierarchical nano-trap framework for efficient uranium extraction from seawater. Matter. 8(6). 102055–102055. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Chaowen, Weiwen Xin, Yongbo Deng, et al.. (2025). Temperature gradient and pH coupling regulate osmotic energy conversion within polyelectrolyte-modified nanochannels. Chemical Engineering Science. 322. 123051–123051. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, Weiwen Xin, Chaowen Yang, et al.. (2025). “Brick-and-mortar” structured nanofluidics with high cation flux employed for efficient osmotic energy harvesting. Journal of Membrane Science. 718. 123678–123678. 7 indexed citations

Ling, Haoyang, Qingchen Wang, Congcong Zhu, et al.. (2024). Turing-type nanochannel membranes with extrinsic ion transport pathways for high-efficiency osmotic energy harvesting. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10231–10231. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Tianchi, Zidi Yan, Weiwen Xin, et al.. (2024). Short‐Time and High‐Performance Recovery of Critical Metal Elements From Spent Ternary Lithium‐Ion Batteries by Selective Synergic Coordination Effect. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(13). 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Teng, et al.. (2023). Functional hydrogel-plastic hybrids inspired by the structural characteristics of mussels. NPG Asia Materials. 15(1). 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Xiangbin, Weiwen Xin, Shusen Chen, et al.. (2023). Skeleton engineering of rigid covalent organic frameworks to alter the number of binding sites for improved radionuclide extraction. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131978–131978. 27 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Haoyang Ling, Yanglansen Cui, et al.. (2023). Tunable Ion Transport in Two-Dimensional Nanofluidic Channels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(3). 627–636. 20 indexed citations

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Fu, Lin, Yuhao Hu, Xiangbin Lin, et al.. (2023). Engineering Multi-field-coupled Synergistic Ion Transport System Based on the Heterogeneous Nanofluidic Membrane for High-Efficient Lithium Extraction. Nano-Micro Letters. 15(1). 130–130. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhehua, Teng Zhou, Xiang‐Yu Kong, et al.. (2023). Temperature difference-enhanced salinity gradient energy conversion enabled by thermostable hydrogel membrane with anti-swelling property. Nano Research. 16(8). 11288–11295. 14 indexed citations

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Fu, Lin, Qingchen Wang, Yuhao Hu, et al.. (2023). Construction of a hierarchical membrane with angstrom-scale ion channels for enhanced Li⁺/Mg²⁺ separation. Chemical Communications. 59(61). 9384–9387. 9 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Jingru Fu, Yongchao Qian, et al.. (2022). Biomimetic KcsA channels with ultra-selective K+ transport for monovalent ion sieving. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1701–1701. 104 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Lei Jiang, & Liping Wen. (2022). Engineering Bio‐inspired Self‐assembled Nanochannels for Smart Ion Transport. Angewandte Chemie. 134(40). 11 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Lei Jiang, & Liping Wen. (2022). Engineering Bio‐inspired Self‐assembled Nanochannels for Smart Ion Transport. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(40). e202207369–e202207369. 43 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen & Liping Wen. (2021). Two-dimensional Materials for Osmotic Energy Conversion. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 42(2). 445. 3 indexed citations

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