Xiaopeng Xu

9.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
160 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Xiaopeng Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaopeng Xu has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 144 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaopeng Xu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (141 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (138 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (99 papers). Xiaopeng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (141 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (138 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (99 papers). Xiaopeng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Xiaopeng Xu's co-authors include Qiang Peng, Liyang Yu, Qiang Peng, Guangjun Zhang, Wei Ma, Ruipeng Li, Kui Feng, Zhaozhao Bi, Zuojia Li and Ying Li 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

Xiaopeng Xu

154 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Single‐Junction Polymer Solar Cells with 16.35% Efficienc... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2022 2017 2022 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Single‐Junction Polymer Solar Cells with 16.35% Efficiency Enabled by a Platinum(II) Complexation Strategy
    2019 523 citations Xiaopeng Xu, Qiang Peng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Realizing 19.05% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells by Progressively Improving Charge Extraction and Suppressing Charge Recombination
    2022 504 citations Xiaopeng Xu, Huifeng Meng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Realizing Over 13% Efficiency in Green‐Solvent‐Processed Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells Enabled by 1,3,4‐Thiadiazole‐Based Wide‐Bandgap Copolymers
    2017 435 citations Xiaopeng Xu, Qiang Peng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  4. 19.10% Efficiency and 80.5% Fill Factor Layer‐by‐Layer Organic Solar Cells Realized by 4‐Bis(2‐Thienyl)Pyrrole‐2,5‐Dione Based Polymer Additives for Inducing Vertical Segregation Morphology
    2022 176 citations Mingwei Zhou, Chentong Liao et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. Benzo[d]thiazole Based Wide Bandgap Donor Polymers Enable 19.54% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Along with Desirable Batch‐to‐Batch Reproducibility and General Applicability
    2023 166 citations Chentong Liao, Xiaopeng Xu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  6. Sequential Deposition of Multicomponent Bulk Heterojunctions Increases Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells
    2023 162 citations Xiaopeng Xu, Huifeng Meng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  7. Y‐Type Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with Outer Branched Side Chains and Inner Cyclohexane Side Chains for 19.36% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells
    2023 154 citations Min Deng, Xiaopeng Xu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  8. Dielectric constant engineering of nonfullerene acceptors enables a record fill factor of 83.58% and a high efficiency of 20.80% in organic solar cells
    2025 26 citations Yinfeng Li, Chentong Liao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaopeng Xu China 47 7.8k 7.1k 704 486 388 160 8.3k
Huaxing Zhou United States 23 6.3k 0.8× 5.7k 0.8× 885 1.3× 897 1.8× 471 1.2× 34 7.3k
Chenkai Sun China 34 5.5k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 651 0.9× 303 0.6× 291 0.8× 86 6.0k
Kai Zhang China 53 9.0k 1.2× 7.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 396 0.8× 382 1.0× 169 9.6k
Cenqi Yan China 36 7.2k 0.9× 6.1k 0.9× 613 0.9× 485 1.0× 337 0.9× 84 7.5k
Chengmei Zhong China 33 8.9k 1.1× 7.4k 1.0× 1.7k 2.5× 527 1.1× 528 1.4× 56 9.6k
Zhengxing Peng United States 36 5.0k 0.6× 4.3k 0.6× 384 0.5× 213 0.4× 243 0.6× 56 5.3k
Chaohua Cui China 43 7.1k 0.9× 6.0k 0.8× 922 1.3× 383 0.8× 364 0.9× 104 7.4k
Bin Kan China 48 10.1k 1.3× 8.4k 1.2× 1.6k 2.2× 670 1.4× 482 1.2× 156 10.6k
Sarah Holliday United Kingdom 18 5.1k 0.7× 4.3k 0.6× 679 1.0× 526 1.1× 317 0.8× 25 5.5k
Chunhui Duan China 49 8.0k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 1.5k 2.1× 488 1.0× 368 0.9× 163 8.7k

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All Works

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Li, Yinfeng, Hongjia Li, Xiaopeng Xu, et al.. (2025). Pressure‐Controlled Nanoimprint Lithography Achieves over 20% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(26). 15 indexed citations
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Hui, Wei, Qi Wang, Zhilu Xu, et al.. (2025). Entropy-driven strategy stabilizes photoactive halide perovskites for inverted solar cells. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9717–9717.
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Luo, Jianyi, Weilin Zhou, Yinfeng Li, et al.. (2025). Fluorobenzene Side Chain‐Engineered Y6 Derivatives for Enhanced Molecular Stacking and High‐Performance Additive‐Free Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(31). 6 indexed citations
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Dai, Xingjian, Ben Fan, Weilin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Post-Treatment Free Yttrium Phosphotungstate Anode Interfacial Material for Organic Solar Cells with 20.55% Efficiency. ACS Energy Letters. 10(4). 2045–2051. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Siyang, Xiaowei Chen, Yinfeng Li, et al.. (2024). Chalcogen effect on the photovoltaic performance of nonfused-ring small molecular electron acceptors for efficient organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150579–150579. 5 indexed citations
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Yin, Litao, Jiewei Yang, Xiaohong Chen, et al.. (2024). Polymerized non-fullerene small molecular acceptor as a versatile electron-transport material for 24.50 % efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells with extended spectral response. Chemical Engineering Journal. 501. 157542–157542. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hengyuan, Xiaoyang Du, Caijun Zheng, et al.. (2024). Highly electronegative additives suppress energetic disorder to realize 19.19 % efficiency binary organic solar cells. Nano Energy. 129. 110016–110016. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Tao, Wenwen Jin, Yinfeng Li, et al.. (2024). Crossbreeding Effect of Chalcogenation and Iodination on Benzene Additives Enables Optimized Morphology and 19.68% Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2401405–e2401405. 16 indexed citations
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Deng, Min, Xiaopeng Xu, Wuke Qiu, et al.. (2024). Improving Miscibility of Polymer Donor and Polymer Acceptor by Reducing Chain Entanglement for Realizing 18.64 % Efficiency All Polymer Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 136(35). 4 indexed citations
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Liao, Chentong, Xiaopeng Xu, Yuwei Duan, et al.. (2024). Developing Benzodithiophene-Free donor polymer for 19.36% efficiency Green-Solvent-Processable organic solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151920–151920. 8 indexed citations
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Deng, Min, Xiaopeng Xu, Yuwei Duan, et al.. (2023). Y‐Type Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with Outer Branched Side Chains and Inner Cyclohexane Side Chains for 19.36% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 35(10). e2210760–e2210760. 154 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Huifeng, et al.. (2023). Nickel(II) Nitrate Hole‐Transporting Layers for Single‐Junction Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with a Record 19.02 % Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(21). e202301958–e202301958. 39 indexed citations
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Deng, Min, Xiaopeng Xu, Yuwei Duan, et al.. (2023). Smartly Optimizing Crystallinity, Compatibility, and Morphology for Polymer Solar Cells by Small Molecule Acceptor with Unique 2D‐EDOT Side Chain. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(12). 18 indexed citations
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Deng, Min, Xiaopeng Xu, Yuwei Duan, et al.. (2023). 19.32% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Fine‐Tuning Stacking Modes of Y‐Type Molecule Acceptors: Synergistic Bromine and Fluorine Substitution of the End Groups. Advanced Materials. 36(11). e2308216–e2308216. 41 indexed citations
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Zhou, Mingwei, Chentong Liao, Yuwei Duan, et al.. (2022). 19.10% Efficiency and 80.5% Fill Factor Layer‐by‐Layer Organic Solar Cells Realized by 4‐Bis(2‐Thienyl)Pyrrole‐2,5‐Dione Based Polymer Additives for Inducing Vertical Segregation Morphology. Advanced Materials. 35(6). e2208279–e2208279. 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chang, Yuan, Jianquan Zhang, Yuzhong Chen, et al.. (2021). Achieving Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells Using Structurally Similar Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with Varying Flanking Side Chains. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(14). 99 indexed citations
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Chen, Kai, Ruijie Ma, Tao Liu, et al.. (2020). Fluorinated pyrazine-based D–A conjugated polymers for efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(15). 7083–7089. 18 indexed citations
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Hu, Yuhui, Wenlin Wu, Liyang Yu, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of Perylene Diimide Based Small Molecular Acceptors with a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Core. Acta Chimica Sinica. 78(11). 1246–1246. 8 indexed citations

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