Yu Lei

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
175 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Yu Lei is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Lei has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 75 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yu Lei's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (33 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (26 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (21 papers). Yu Lei is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (33 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (26 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (21 papers). Yu Lei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yu Lei's co-authors include Mauricio Terrones, Feiyu Kang, Lei Qin, Peggy Cebe, Xiaoxing Zhang, Weihua Hu, Yiying Wu, Kazunori Fujisawa, Jiafu Chang and Feng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yu Lei

157 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Two-Dimensional Cobalt-Doped Ti3C2 MXene Nanozyme-Mediate... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Two-Dimensional Cobalt-Doped Ti3C2 MXene Nanozyme-Mediated Homogeneous Electrochemical Strategy for Pesticides Assay Based on In Situ Generation of Electroactive Substances
    2022 200 citations Yu Lei, Jiafu Chang et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →
  2. Direct and Specific Detection of Glyphosate Using a Phosphatase-like Nanozyme-Mediated Chemiluminescence Strategy
    2023 167 citations Jiafu Chang, Yu Lei et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yu Lei China 45 3.5k 2.7k 1.2k 1.1k 801 175 6.8k
Xiaomin Wang China 44 3.8k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.7× 822 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 293 6.8k
Song Li China 38 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 814 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 904 1.1× 198 6.1k
Xinqi Chen China 41 4.0k 1.1× 4.8k 1.8× 1.8k 1.5× 2.0k 1.8× 1.2k 1.6× 131 8.5k
Yuwen Liu China 40 2.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 839 0.7× 716 0.6× 1.6k 2.0× 156 6.1k
Sung Jin Kim South Korea 39 2.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 804 0.7× 858 0.8× 495 0.6× 235 5.3k
Bo Liang China 46 4.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 887 0.8× 704 0.9× 168 7.1k
Yao Zhang China 52 3.4k 1.0× 5.0k 1.9× 1.9k 1.6× 960 0.9× 919 1.1× 337 8.9k
Christopher D. Easton Australia 45 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 565 0.5× 1.9k 1.7× 795 1.0× 148 7.2k
Feng Cao China 40 2.4k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 581 0.5× 697 0.9× 299 5.6k
Yuan Li China 40 2.3k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 782 0.7× 940 1.2× 207 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Lei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Lei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Lei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Lei 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 Yu Lei. Yu Lei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Yiyang, Guanghui Yuan, Xiangkun Meng, Xu Zhang, & Yu Lei. (2025). Promoting the catalytic activities of polyanilines for l-lactic acid condensation by calcium-doping: A biocompatible strategy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(12). 111069–111069. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Bidong, et al.. (2025). Alloying reaction of Ti/B high-energy self-assembled microspheres to improve combustion performance. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 717. 136762–136762. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Can, Peng Wang, Haikuo Gao, et al.. (2025). Organic light-emitting transistors with high efficiency and narrow emission originating from intrinsic multiple-order microcavities. Nature Materials. 24(6). 917–924. 11 indexed citations
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Bepete, George, Yu Lei, Kazunori Fujisawa, et al.. (2025). Solution-processed multifunctional graphene and Graphene/MoS2 heterostructure films. Carbon. 238. 120220–120220. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Wenbo, Yichao Bai, Haoqi He, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Antibacterial Efficacy of Copper Single-Atom Catalysts on a Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Platform. ACS Nano. 19(50). 42198–42212.
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Chen, Yang, et al.. (2024). Direct pyrolysis fabrication of N/O/S self-doping hierarchical porous carbon from Platycladus Orientali leaves for supercapacitor. Diamond and Related Materials. 148. 111412–111412. 16 indexed citations
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Bogireddy, Naveen Kumar Reddy, Abdel Ghafour El Hachimi, Christian A. Celaya, et al.. (2024). Exploring PtAg onto silanized biogenic silica as an electrocatalyst for H2 evolution: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 677(Pt B). 271–283. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Yu, He Liu, Kazunori Fujisawa, et al.. (2024). Defect-driven ion storage on hexagonal boron nitride for fire-safe and high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155347–155347. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Yu, Yibo Tang, Guijun Li, & Changguo Chen. (2023). N-doped carbon nanotube/particle composite as highly efficient electrocatalyst towards oxygen reduction reaction. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 157. 111432–111432. 4 indexed citations
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Lei, Yu, et al.. (2023). Direct Laser Writing of Multimetal Bifunctional Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(7). 3756–3768. 6 indexed citations
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Lei, Yu, et al.. (2022). Two-Dimensional Cobalt-Doped Ti3C2 MXene Nanozyme-Mediated Homogeneous Electrochemical Strategy for Pesticides Assay Based on In Situ Generation of Electroactive Substances. Analytical Chemistry. 94(8). 3669–3676. 200 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bogireddy, Naveen Kumar Reddy, Abdel Ghafour El Hachimi, Jesús Muñiz, et al.. (2021). Integration of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide Dots with Au Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(11). 11513–11525. 15 indexed citations
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Lei, Yu, Srimanta Pakhira, Kazunori Fujisawa, et al.. (2021). Low temperature activation of inert hexagonal boron nitride for metal deposition and single atom catalysis. Materials Today. 51. 108–116. 42 indexed citations
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Grasseschi, Daniel, Akhil Dodda, Kazunori Fujisawa, et al.. (2020). Spontaneous chemical functionalization via coordination of Au single atoms on monolayer MoS 2. Science Advances. 6(49). 70 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fu, Daniel S. Schulman, Tianyi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Carbon doping of WS 2 monolayers: Bandgap reduction and p-type doping transport. Science Advances. 5(5). eaav5003–eaav5003. 141 indexed citations
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Fujisawa, Kazunori, Yu Lei, Carla de Tomás, et al.. (2018). Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route. Carbon. 142. 78–88. 12 indexed citations

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