Wenkai Chen

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
198 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Wenkai Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenkai Chen has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Materials Chemistry, 59 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 34 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Wenkai Chen's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (61 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (25 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (20 papers). Wenkai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (61 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (25 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (20 papers). Wenkai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Wenkai Chen's co-authors include Ganglong Cui, Yongfan Zhang, Wei‐Hai Fang, Yi Li, Junqian Li, Chunhai Lu, Shuping Huang, Kaining Ding, Kun‐Xu Teng and Li‐Ya Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Wenkai Chen

188 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

BODIPY‐Based Photodynamic Agents for Exclusively Generating Superoxide Radical over Singlet Oxygen

2021 354 citations Wenkai Chen, Wei‐Hai Fang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenkai Chen China	34	2.8k	1.5k	1.1k	574	528	198	4.2k
Yu Jia China	34	3.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	920 0.9×	424 0.7×	414 0.8×	221	5.0k
Gerardo Algara‐Siller Germany	25	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	410 0.7×	657 1.2×	37	4.2k
Sergio Tosoni Italy	39	3.0k 1.1×	897 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	779 1.4×	492 0.9×	123	4.4k
Douglas A. Blom United States	35	2.4k 0.8×	875 0.6×	634 0.6×	595 1.0×	555 1.1×	106	3.5k
Renald Schaub United Kingdom	22	3.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	515 0.9×	416 0.8×	43	4.5k
Bin Huang China	40	2.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	797 0.7×	322 0.6×	597 1.1×	231	5.1k
Daiju Matsumura Japan	27	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	419 0.7×	211 0.4×	149	3.4k
Min Zhang China	38	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	417 0.7×	467 0.9×	330	5.4k
Pengcheng Chen United States	27	1.4k 0.5×	817 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	516 0.9×	712 1.3×	59	3.4k
Sönke Seifert United States	38	2.6k 0.9×	809 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 2.4×	542 1.0×	123	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenkai Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenkai Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Xiaoxiang, et al.. (2025). Bioinformatics analysis combined with experimental validation reveals the biological role of the ILK gene in prostate cancer. Discover Oncology. 16(1). 106–106.

Chen, Huanhuan, et al.. (2025). Elevated intracellular copper induces CTR1 monomerization and prevents copper uptake. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11500–11500.

Peng, Jiahui, Kexing Liu, Shujun Guo, et al.. (2023). Synthesis strategy of atomically dispersed Au clusters induced by NH3 on TS-1: Significantly improve the epoxidation activity of propylene. Chemical Engineering Journal. 472. 144895–144895. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Qianqian, et al.. (2023). Axial halogen coordinated metal-nitrogen-carbon moiety enables efficient electrochemical oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 1413–1420. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Qianqian, et al.. (2023). Metal-free single atom catalysts towards efficient acetonitrile reduction to ethylamine. Applied Surface Science. 622. 156891–156891. 6 indexed citations

Peng, Ling‐Ya, et al.. (2023). Photocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to HCOOH and CO by a Phosphine‐Bipyridine‐Phosphine Ir(III) Catalyst: Photophysics, Nonadiabatic Effects, Mechanism, and Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(5). e202315300–e202315300. 23 indexed citations

Xie, Xiaoying, Wenkai Chen, Wenzuo Li, et al.. (2023). Near-Infrared Dual-Emission of a Thiolate-Protected Au₄₂ Nanocluster: Excited States, Nonradiative Rates, and Mechanism. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(44). 10025–10031. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Xiang‐Yang, Wenkai Chen, Wei‐Hai Fang, & Ganglong Cui. (2023). Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulations for Photoinduced Processes in Molecules and Semiconductors: Methodologies and Applications. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(23). 8491–8522. 19 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongshun, Jingjing Zhong, Yanli Qi, et al.. (2023). 90 C fast-charge Na-ion batteries for pseudocapacitive faceted TiO2 anodes based on robust interface chemistry. Chemical Engineering Journal. 465. 143032–143032. 25 indexed citations

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Liang, Kang, Hongshun Zhao, Jianbin Li, et al.. (2023). Engineering Crystal Growth and Surface Modification of Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ Cathode for High‐Energy‐Density Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Small. 19(19). e2207562–e2207562. 54 indexed citations

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Zheng, Mei, Xu Cai, Yi Li, et al.. (2022). Catalytic mechanism and activity of N ₂ reduction on boron-decorated crystalline carbon nitride. 2D Materials. 9(4). 45035–45035. 8 indexed citations

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Xie, Bin‐Bin, et al.. (2022). Generalized Ab Initio Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulation Methods from Molecular to Extended Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 126(11). 1789–1804. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Ziwen, Ling‐Ya Peng, Xiu‐Fang Song, et al.. (2021). Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in the Pd Complex: Mechanism and Dual Upconversion Channels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 12(25). 5944–5950. 58 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiajia, Wenkai Chen, Xiang‐Yang Liu, Wei‐Hai Fang, & Ganglong Cui. (2021). Spin–Orbit Coupling Is the Key to Promote Asynchronous Photoinduced Charge Transfer of Two-Dimensional Perovskites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(8). 1178–1186. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenkai, Yaolong Zhang, Bin Jiang, Wei‐Hai Fang, & Ganglong Cui. (2020). Efficient Construction of Excited-State Hessian Matrices with Machine Learning Accelerated Multilayer Energy-Based Fragment Method. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(27). 5684–5695. 25 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenkai, Wei‐Hai Fang, & Ganglong Cui. (2019). Integrating Machine Learning with the Multilayer Energy-Based Fragment Method for Excited States of Large Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(24). 7836–7841. 33 indexed citations

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Gao, Yuanjun, et al.. (2018). Theoretical Studies on Excited-State Properties of Au(III) Emitters with Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(48). 27608–27619. 34 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenkai, et al.. (2015). 基于Pd/COF-LZU1非标记型C-反应蛋白免疫传感器的研制. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 36(10). 1880–1887. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenkai, et al.. (2013). Binding of Hydroxyl and Epoxy Groups on Graphene: Insights from Density Functional Calculations. 结构化学. 32(10). 1475–1484. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenkai. (2009). Density Functional Theory Study of H_2O Adsorption and Decomposition on Cubic ZrO_2(110) Surface. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 1 indexed citations

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