Xian Wei

510 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 388 citations indexed

About

Xian Wei is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xian Wei has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 388 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 5 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Xian Wei's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (8 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (5 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers). Xian Wei is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (8 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (5 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers). Xian Wei collaborates with scholars based in China. Xian Wei's co-authors include Jian Jin, Shenxiang Zhang, Wen‐Wei Li, Min Wang, Yubing Peng, Lin Jiang, Meiwen Peng, Yunjie Wang, Wei Wang and Ruizhi Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Xian Wei

12 papers receiving 381 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.

Solar-driven membrane separation for direct lithium extraction from artificial salt-lake brine

2024 166 citations Shenxiang Zhang, Xian Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Xueying Wen China

Dingfeng Kong China

Zipeng Jiang China

Jiangying Qu China

Shakeelur Raheman AR India

Huiyue Wang China

Kuankuan Liu China

Fangzheng Yan China

Yuanyuan Jiang China

Monong Wang United States

Xueying Wen China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xian Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xian Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xian Wei based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xian Wei. Xian Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Zhao, Jiaqing, Wei Wang, Xian Wei, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Oxygen Reduction on Hemin-Derived Fe–N Codoped Hierarchically Porous Carbon for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Energy & Fuels. 39(20). 9576–9584. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shenxiang, Xian Wei, Meiwen Peng, et al.. (2024). Solar-driven membrane separation for direct lithium extraction from artificial salt-lake brine. Nature Communications. 15(1). 166 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Qian, et al.. (2024). Titanate-grafted carbon black-facilitated MPLs for advanced proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 994. 174712–174712. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Xian, Qian Zhang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). Surface-Functionalized Gas Diffusion Layer with Chemical-Grafted Superhydrophobic Silanes for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Energy & Fuels. 38(7). 6397–6402. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Xian Wei, Jiaqing Zhao, et al.. (2024). Gradient microporous layer with controllable aperture for high-performance proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Materials Science. 59(8). 3561–3572. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Tianyi Gu, Xian Wei, et al.. (2024). Gradient Hydrophobic Microporous Layer for High-Performance Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Energy & Fuels. 38(3). 2368–2376. 12 indexed citations

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Gu, Tianyi, et al.. (2024). Effect of Hierarchical Pores on the Water Transport in Microporous Layer of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Energy & Fuels. 38(16). 15714–15720. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shouyong, et al.. (2023). Facile Preparation of Hydrogel-Coated Surfaces with Antifouling and Salt Resistance for Efficient Solar-Driven Water Evaporation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(43). 50196–50205. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qian, et al.. (2023). Chemically Engineered Microporous Layer with Superhydrophobicity for High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Energy & Fuels. 38(2). 1477–1486. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qian, Tianyi Gu, Xian Wang, et al.. (2023). High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Enabled by Highly Hydrophobic Hierarchical Microporous Carbon Layers Grafted with Silane. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(9). 3944–3951. 14 indexed citations

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Wei, Xian, Yubing Peng, Wangxi Fang, et al.. (2022). A polyaniline nanofiber array supported ultrathin polyamide membrane for solar-driven volatile organic compound removal. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(38). 20424–20430. 43 indexed citations

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Peng, Yubing, Xian Wei, Yunjie Wang, et al.. (2022). Metal–Organic Framework Composite Photothermal Membrane for Removal of High-Concentration Volatile Organic Compounds from Water via Molecular Sieving. ACS Nano. 16(5). 8329–8337. 106 indexed citations

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