Weixin Guan

3.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
48 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Weixin Guan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weixin Guan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weixin Guan's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (21 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (11 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (7 papers). Weixin Guan is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (21 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (11 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (7 papers). Weixin Guan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Weixin Guan's co-authors include Guihua Yu, Chuxin Lei, Youhong Guo, Wen Shi, Hengyi Lu, Anmin Liu, Xuefeng Ren, Xingyou Liang, Liguo Gao and Tingli Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Weixin Guan

46 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Recent Progress in MXene‐Based Materials: Potential High‐Performance Electrocatalysts

2020 333 citations Anmin Liu, Xuefeng Ren et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Carbon Materials for Solar Water Evaporation and Desalination

2021 318 citations Weixin Guan, Youhong Guo et al. Small profile →
Materials Engineering for Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Progress and Perspectives

2022 235 citations Hengyi Lu, Wen Shi et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments

2022 230 citations Youhong Guo, Weixin Guan et al. Nature Communications profile →
Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting

2022 203 citations Chuxin Lei, Youhong Guo et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Tailoring the Desorption Behavior of Hygroscopic Gels for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Climates

2022 185 citations Hengyi Lu, Wen Shi et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weixin Guan United States	27	2.1k	845	716	688	654	48	3.2k
Sifei Zhuo China	29	3.3k 1.6×	988 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	366 0.5×	1.5k 2.3×	41	4.3k
Yahui Cai China	31	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	722 1.0×	301 0.4×	762 1.2×	95	2.9k
Le Shi China	28	4.2k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	2.1k 2.9×	804 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	72	5.9k
Xinzhi Wang China	26	2.1k 1.0×	350 0.4×	730 1.0×	398 0.6×	330 0.5×	61	2.6k
Xuejiao Hu China	34	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	825 1.2×	607 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	101	3.7k
Yijun Shen China	36	3.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.8×	296 0.4×	394 0.6×	1.9k 2.8×	113	3.9k
Daxiong Wu China	41	1.1k 0.5×	869 1.0×	341 0.5×	537 0.8×	2.3k 3.5×	90	4.5k
Tao Mei China	42	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	709 1.0×	2.4k 3.6×	185	5.2k
Guobin Xue China	28	3.0k 1.4×	661 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	550 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	49	4.5k
Dong Han Seo Australia	26	817 0.4×	868 1.0×	865 1.2×	232 0.3×	827 1.3×	37	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weixin Guan

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All Works

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Guan, Weixin, et al.. (2025). Challenges and Strategies Toward Sustainable Atmospheric Water Harvesting. Accounts of Materials Research. 6(11). 1332–1343.

Guan, Weixin, et al.. (2025). Molecularly Functionalized Biomass Hydrogels for Sustainable Atmospheric Water Harvesting. Advanced Materials. 37(22). e2420319–e2420319. 20 indexed citations

Chen, Min, Jun Jiang, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2024). Sustainable and Rapid Water Purification at the Confined Hydrogel Interface. Advanced Materials. 36(18). e2311416–e2311416. 25 indexed citations

Wang, Yuyang, Chuxin Lei, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2024). Sustainable, low-cost, high-contrast electrochromic displays via host–guest interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(18). e2401060121–e2401060121. 9 indexed citations

Park, Jung‐Joon, Weixin Guan, Chuxin Lei, & Guihua Yu. (2024). Self-Irrigation and Slow-Release Fertilizer Hydrogels for Sustainable Agriculture. ACS Materials Letters. 6(8). 3471–3477. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Xiru, Zhen Wang, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2024). MXene-based materials: potential high-performance electrodes for aqueous ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(45). 30944–30970. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, Bing Xue, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2024). Coordinating the interaction of ZnO and ZrO₂ for an efficient ethanol-to-butadiene process. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(7). 1822–1836. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Sishuang, Minghao Xie, Xun Zhan, et al.. (2024). General synthesis of high-entropy single-atom nanocages for electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrate. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6932–6932. 72 indexed citations

Lei, Chuxin, et al.. (2024). Chemistries and materials for atmospheric water harvesting. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(14). 7328–7362. 57 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxin, et al.. (2023). Biomimetically Assembled Sponge‐Like Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Purification. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(38). 57 indexed citations

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Guo, Youhong, Weixin Guan, Chuxin Lei, et al.. (2022). Scalable super hygroscopic polymer films for sustainable moisture harvesting in arid environments. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2761–2761. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guan, Weixin, Haiding Zhu, Yuanhang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Molecular structure design and interface behavior of ionic liquids on metal surfaces: A theoretical study. Surfaces and Interfaces. 34. 102314–102314. 6 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxin, Youhong Guo, Weixin Guan, et al.. (2022). Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Efficient Atmospheric Water Harvesting. Angewandte Chemie. 134(13). 34 indexed citations

14.

Lei, Chuxin, Weixin Guan, Youhong Guo, et al.. (2022). Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Highly Efficient High Salinity Solar Desalination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(36). e202208487–e202208487. 187 indexed citations

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Guan, Weixin, Yongmin Xie, Jie Xiao, et al.. (2022). Highly efficient direct carbon solid oxide fuel cells operated with camellia oleifera biomass. Electrochimica Acta. 423. 140594–140594. 11 indexed citations

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Guan, Weixin, Youhong Guo, & Guihua Yu. (2021). Carbon Materials for Solar Water Evaporation and Desalination. Small. 17(48). e2007176–e2007176. 318 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Anmin, Weixin Guan, Qian Cao, et al.. (2020). The reaction pathway of the CO₂RR to low-carbon alcohols: a theoretical study. New Journal of Chemistry. 44(21). 8971–8976. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Anmin, et al.. (2020). Density functional theory study of nitrogen-doped graphene as a high-performance electrocatalyst for CO2RR. Applied Surface Science. 540. 148319–148319. 44 indexed citations

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Kou, Wei, Guohui Chen, Yang Liu, et al.. (2019). Patterned macroporous Fe₃C/C membrane-induced high ionic conductivity for integrated Li–sulfur battery cathodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(36). 20614–20623. 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Jincheng, et al.. (2015). Customized Shuttle Bus or Car? Analysis on Travel Mode Choice Behavior of Commuters. 41. 1427–1433. 2 indexed citations

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