Wenhua Xue

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Wenhua Xue is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenhua Xue has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Wenhua Xue's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (40 papers), Thermal properties of materials (16 papers) and Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (13 papers). Wenhua Xue is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (40 papers), Thermal properties of materials (16 papers) and Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties (13 papers). Wenhua Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wenhua Xue's co-authors include Qian Zhang, Yumei Wang, Xingjun Liu, Chen Chen, Jiehe Sui, Shan Li, Xiaofang Li, Feng Cao, Xinyu Wang and Sanwu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wenhua Xue

58 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Plasticity in single-crystalline Mg3Bi2 thermoelectric material

2024 102 citations Peng Zhao, Wenhua Xue et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenhua Xue China	25	1.4k	608	381	256	240	60	1.9k
Ruilin Zheng China	19	800 0.6×	851 1.4×	281 0.7×	64 0.3×	251 1.0×	97	1.5k
Hiroaki Matsui Japan	24	789 0.5×	679 1.1×	501 1.3×	72 0.3×	421 1.8×	102	1.6k
Subhajit Saha India	24	1.3k 0.9×	808 1.3×	344 0.9×	55 0.2×	527 2.2×	80	2.2k
Jia‐Yue Yang China	20	1.3k 0.9×	598 1.0×	350 0.9×	121 0.5×	119 0.5×	121	1.6k
Junyu Wang China	16	865 0.6×	915 1.5×	89 0.2×	109 0.4×	84 0.3×	45	1.4k
Maxwell Dylla United States	14	1.7k 1.2×	590 1.0×	266 0.7×	143 0.6×	95 0.4×	17	1.9k
Ning Xu China	21	1.1k 0.8×	650 1.1×	223 0.6×	75 0.3×	183 0.8×	154	1.7k
Kimmo Mustonen Austria	21	928 0.6×	560 0.9×	119 0.3×	43 0.2×	380 1.6×	59	1.4k
Gongping Li China	13	626 0.4×	298 0.5×	341 0.9×	63 0.2×	285 1.2×	62	987
Alireza Faghaninia United States	17	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	384 1.0×	120 0.5×	117 0.5×	21	2.6k

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Duan, Sichen, Xin Bao, Rongpei Shi, et al.. (2025). Spinodal decomposition promoting high thermoelectric performance in half-Heusler. Joule. 9(4). 101854–101854. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Yu, Lars Giebeler, Wenhua Xue, et al.. (2025). High-performance ZrNiSn-based half-Heusler thermoelectrics with hierarchical architectures enabled by reactive sintering. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6497–6497. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Jinxuan, Wenhua Xue, Xiaofang Li, et al.. (2025). A universal approach to high-performance thermoelectric module design for power generation. Joule. 9(4). 101818–101818. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Chen, Jinxuan Cheng, Kejia Liu, et al.. (2025). Lead-free GeTe alloys with high thermoelectric performance for low-grade waste heat energy harvesting. Nano Energy. 136. 110690–110690. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Peng, Wenhua Xue, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2024). Plasticity in single-crystalline Mg3Bi2 thermoelectric material. Nature. 631(8022). 777–782. 102 indexed citations breakdown →

Asfandiyar, Wenhua Xue, Jun Mao, et al.. (2024). Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement in SnS Polycrystals Owing to Hole Doping Combined with Textured Microstructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(29). 38073–38082. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Chen, Xin Bao, Kaiyi Luo, et al.. (2024). Making High Thermoelectric and Superior Mechanical Performance Nb_0.88Hf_0.12FeSb Half‐Heusler via Additive Manufacturing. Advanced Science. 11(41). e2403705–e2403705. 8 indexed citations

Xue, Wenhua, Jie Chen, Honghao Yao, et al.. (2024). Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Zintl‐Phase CaAgSb Induced by Interface and Superlattice Scattering. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 2400147–2400147. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yunyun, Yunyun Wang, Dongyi Li, et al.. (2024). Accelerated arsenic decontamination using graphene oxide-supported metal-organic framework nanoconfined membrane for sustainable performance. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 683(Pt 1). 675–683. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Zixuan, Wenhua Xue, Shen Han, et al.. (2023). Ni atomic disorder in ZrNiSn revealed by scanning transmission electron microscopy. Materials Today Physics. 34. 101072–101072. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinyu, Honghao Yao, Li Yin, et al.. (2022). Band Modulation and Strain Fluctuation for Realizing High Average zT in GeTe. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(26). 38 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaofang, Honghao Yao, Sichen Duan, et al.. (2022). Identifying the effect of Ni solubility on the thermoelectric properties of HfNiSn-based half-Heuslers. Acta Materialia. 244. 118591–118591. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiang, Kongzhao Su, Aya Gomaa Abdelkader Mohamed, et al.. (2021). Photo-assisted charge/discharge Li-organic battery with a charge-separated and redox-active C₆₀@porous organic cage cathode. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(2). 780–785. 69 indexed citations

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Yao, Honghao, Chen Chen, Wenhua Xue, et al.. (2021). Vacancy ordering induced topological electronic transition in bulk Eu ₂ ZnSb ₂. Science Advances. 7(6). 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingmei, Xiaofang Li, Chen Chen, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in p‐Type Double Half‐Heusler Ti_2−yHf_yFeNiSb_2−xSn_x Compounds. physica status solidi (a). 217(11). 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruifang, Shan Li, Wenhua Xue, et al.. (2020). Enhanced thermoelectric performance of n‐type TiCoSb half‐Heusler by Ta doping and Hf alloying. Rare Metals. 40(1). 40–47. 57 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Wenhua Xue, Shan Li, et al.. (2019). Zintl-phase Eu ₂ ZnSb ₂ : A promising thermoelectric material with ultralow thermal conductivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(8). 2831–2836. 127 indexed citations

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Liu, Shiyu, Shiyu Liu, Shiyang Liu, et al.. (2014). Structure, Phase Transition, and Electronic Properties of K _{1 −x} Na _x NbO ₃ Solid Solutions from First‐Principles Theory. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 97(12). 4019–4023. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Shiyu, Jiaxiang Shang, Fu-He Wang, et al.. (2013). Oxidation of the two-phase Nb/Nb5Si3 composite: The role of energetics, thermodynamics, segregation, and interfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 138(1). 14708–14708. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Shiyu, Shiyu Liu, Shiyang Liu, et al.. (2012). Oxidation mechanism of the intermetallic compound Ti3Al from ab initio thermodynamics. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(31). 11160–11160. 27 indexed citations

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