Yunwei Ma

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 817 citations indexed

About

Yunwei Ma is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunwei Ma has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 817 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 14 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yunwei Ma's work include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (19 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (14 papers) and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies (12 papers). Yunwei Ma is often cited by papers focused on GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (19 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (14 papers) and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies (12 papers). Yunwei Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yunwei Ma's co-authors include Yuhao Zhang, Ming Xiao, Kai Cheng, Zhiting Tian, Edward Beam, Hao Ma, Zhonghao Du, Chen Li, Joshua Perozek and Zhihong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yunwei Ma

27 papers receiving 793 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.

  1. An avalanche-and-surge robust ultrawide-bandgap heterojunction for power electronics
    2023 118 citations Feng Zhou, Hehe Gong et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yunwei Ma United States 16 502 421 398 335 84 27 817
T. W. Kang South Korea 16 404 0.8× 266 0.6× 323 0.8× 512 1.5× 117 1.4× 60 786
Bikramjit Chatterjee United States 16 274 0.5× 315 0.7× 356 0.9× 567 1.7× 35 0.4× 28 750
Sin‐Liang Ou Taiwan 13 258 0.5× 135 0.3× 345 0.9× 481 1.4× 74 0.9× 70 669
Abdullah Mamun United States 14 262 0.5× 320 0.8× 271 0.7× 280 0.8× 57 0.7× 38 600
D. V. Maheswar Repaka Singapore 14 305 0.6× 99 0.2× 324 0.8× 566 1.7× 42 0.5× 35 778
Fabian Schuster Germany 14 223 0.4× 258 0.6× 245 0.6× 381 1.1× 97 1.2× 29 573
Haoying Sun China 10 294 0.6× 126 0.3× 378 0.9× 661 2.0× 72 0.9× 26 833
Masihhur R. Laskar United States 10 478 1.0× 110 0.3× 156 0.4× 542 1.6× 52 0.6× 19 809
B. Bozzo Spain 11 122 0.2× 126 0.3× 268 0.7× 253 0.8× 64 0.8× 30 489
Alan G. Jacobs United States 14 380 0.8× 177 0.4× 410 1.0× 583 1.7× 46 0.5× 62 809

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunwei Ma

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Yunwei, Yuan Qin, Bernadeta Srijanto, et al.. (2024). Vertical GaN Superjunction Diode on Sapphire with Kilovolt Dynamic Breakdown Voltage. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 331–334. 1 indexed citations
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Wan, Hongri, Teng Chen, Ya Lü, et al.. (2024). A facile one−pot approach to fabricate durable superhydrophobic PU sponge modified with TA−APTES and octadecyltrimethoxysilane for oil−water separation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114985–114985. 4 indexed citations
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Qin, Yuan, Yunwei Ma, Ming Xiao, et al.. (2024). (Ultra-)Wide-Bandgap Heterogeneous Superjunction: Design, Performance Limit, and Experimental Demonstration. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 72(1). 119–127. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Feng, Hehe Gong, Ming Xiao, et al.. (2023). An avalanche-and-surge robust ultrawide-bandgap heterojunction for power electronics. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4459–4459. 118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yuhao, Ming Xiao, Yunwei Ma, & Kai Cheng. (2022). 10 kV GaN Power Diodes and Transistors with Performance beyond SiC Limit. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 113–115. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ming, Yunwei Ma, Zhonghao Du, et al.. (2022). First Demonstration of Vertical Superjunction Diode in GaN. 2022 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). 35.6.1–35.6.4. 26 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuhao, Ahmad Zubair, Zhihong Liu, et al.. (2021). GaN FinFETs and trigate devices for power and RF applications: review and perspective. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 36(5). 54001–54001. 89 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ming, Yunwei Ma, Zhonghao Du, et al.. (2021). Multi-Channel Monolithic-Cascode HEMT (MC2-HEMT): A New GaN Power Switch up to 10 kV. 2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). 5.5.1–5.5.4. 38 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ming, et al.. (2021). 10 kV, 39 mΩ·cm2 Multi-Channel AlGaN/GaN Schottky Barrier Diodes. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 42(6). 808–811. 86 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuhao, Ming Xiao, Yunwei Ma, et al.. (2021). (Invited) Multi-Channel AlGaN/GaN Power Rectifiers: Breakthrough Performance up to 10 kV. ECS Transactions. 104(4). 51–59. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Qihao, Joseph P. Kozak, Ming Xiao, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of 650V, 100A Direct-Drive GaN Power Switch for Electric Vehicle Powertrain Applications. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 28–33. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Yunwei, Ming Xiao, Yuhao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Kilovolt Tri-Gate GaN Junction HEMTs with High Thermal Stability. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 139–142. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Yunwei, Ming Xiao, Zhonghao Du, et al.. (2020). Tri-gate GaN junction HEMT. Applied Physics Letters. 117(14). 35 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ming, Yunwei Ma, Kai Cheng, et al.. (2020). 3.3 kV Multi-Channel AlGaN/GaN Schottky Barrier Diodes With P-GaN Termination. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 41(8). 1177–1180. 77 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ming, Yunwei Ma, Zhonghao Du, et al.. (2020). 5 kV Multi-Channel AlGaN/GaN Power Schottky Barrier Diodes with Junction-Fin-Anode. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 5.4.1–5.4.4. 30 indexed citations
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Ma, Hao, Chen Li, Yunwei Ma, et al.. (2019). Supercompliant and Soft (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 Crystal with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity. Physical Review Letters. 123(15). 155901–155901. 46 indexed citations
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Ma, Yunwei, Ming Xiao, Ruizhe Zhang, Han Wang, & Yuhao Zhang. (2019). Superjunction Power Transistors With Interface Charges: A Case Study for GaN. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society. 8. 42–48. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Hao, Yunwei Ma, & Zhiting Tian. (2019). Simple Theoretical Model for Thermal Conductivity of Crystalline Polymers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1(10). 2566–2570. 29 indexed citations
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Ma, Hao, Yunwei Ma, Heng Wang, et al.. (2018). Experimental Phonon Dispersion and Lifetimes of Tetragonal CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Crystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(1). 1–6. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Chen, Yunwei Ma, & Zhiting Tian. (2017). Thermal Switching of Thermoresponsive Polymer Aqueous Solutions. ACS Macro Letters. 7(1). 53–58. 40 indexed citations

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