Zhaolai Chen

6.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
77 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Zhaolai Chen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhaolai Chen has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 62 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhaolai Chen's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (63 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (35 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (29 papers). Zhaolai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (63 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (35 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (29 papers). Zhaolai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Zhaolai Chen's co-authors include Jinsong Huang, Xiaopeng Zheng, Yehao Deng, Yanjun Fang, Jingjing Zhao, Qi Wang, Shuang Yang, Bai Yang, Xutang Tao and Qingsen Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhaolai Chen

70 papers receiving 5.2k 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. Thin single crystal perovskite solar cells to harvest below-bandgap light absorption
    2017 550 citations Zhaolai Chen, Ye Liu et al. profile →
  2. Enhanced Thermal Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells by Assembling 2D/3D Stacking Structures
    2018 495 citations Yun Lin, Yang Bai et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters profile →
  3. Stabilizing the α-Phase of CsPbI3 Perovskite by Sulfobetaine Zwitterions in One-Step Spin-Coating Films
    2017 493 citations Xiaopeng Zheng, Jingjing Zhao et al. profile →
  4. Single-Crystal MAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells Exceeding 21% Power Conversion Efficiency
    2019 474 citations Zhaolai Chen, Xiaopeng Zheng et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
  5. Polymer‐Passivated Inorganic Cesium Lead Mixed‐Halide Perovskites for Stable and Efficient Solar Cells with High Open‐Circuit Voltage over 1.3 V
    2018 429 citations Qingsen Zeng, Zhaolai Chen et al. profile →

Peers

Zhaolai Chen
Yuanzhi Jiang China
Liqiang Xie China
Yuequn Shang China
Mojtaba Abdi‐Jalebi United Kingdom
Ido Hadar United States
Md Azimul Haque Saudi Arabia
Minliang Lai United States
Dane W. deQuilettes United States
Dongwen Yang China
Christopher Eames United Kingdom
Yuanzhi Jiang China
Zhaolai Chen
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhaolai Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhaolai Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhaolai Chen 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 Zhaolai Chen. Zhaolai Chen 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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Xia, Xinxin, Jianwei Zhao, Liqiang Zheng, et al.. (2025). Two‐Step Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with > 25% Efficiency Fabricated in Ambient Air. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(27). 12 indexed citations
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He, Ruiqin, Tanghao Liu, Yanhao Li, et al.. (2025). Mitigating the Efficiency Deficit in Single-Crystal Perovskite Solar Cells by Precise Control of the Growth Processes. ACS Nano. 19(3). 3282–3292. 6 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiao, et al.. (2025). Recent Progress of Large-Area Perovskite Thick Films for Direct X-ray Detection and Imaging. ACS Applied Optical Materials. 3(11). 2525–2543.
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Chang, Tong, Liang Wang, Qilin Wei, et al.. (2025). Engineering Tunable Dual‐Dependent Emission in Co‐Doped Cs7Cd3Br13 Perovskites. Carbon Energy. 7(9). 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Nianqiao, et al.. (2025). Surface reconstruction and defect healing of MAPbI3 perovskite microcrystalline thick films for sensitive and self-powered X-ray detectors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(14). 9933–9941. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, Qiang Zhao, Xin Li, et al.. (2025). Highly Stable Mn 2+ ‐Doped CsCdCl 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals for X‐Ray Imaging. Laser & Photonics Review. 20(6).
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Cheng, Xiao, et al.. (2025). Nucleation Engineering to Strengthen Interface Contacts in Single‐Crystal Perovskite Photovoltaics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(20). e202500947–e202500947. 7 indexed citations
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Chang, Tong, Qilin Wei, Shiguo Han, et al.. (2024). Heterovalent ion doped 0D Cs3CdBr5 with near-unity photoluminescence yield and multifunctional applications. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 225. 87–94. 10 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xiaomei, Shengdan Xie, Xiao Xing, Yue Zhao, & Zhaolai Chen. (2024). Interface Engineering of Substrate‐Integrated Single‐Crystal Perovskite Wafers for Sensitive X‐Ray Detection. Small Methods. 8(12). e2400099–e2400099. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Ning, et al.. (2024). In‐Situ Growth of One‐Dimensional Blocking Layer to Mitigate Deficient Surface of Single‐Crystal Perovskites. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(52). e202412485–e202412485. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiao, et al.. (2024). Recent Progress of Thin Crystal Engineering for Perovskite Solar Cells. ChemSusChem. 18(4). e202401366–e202401366.
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Li, Ning, Yuyang Li, Shengdan Xie, et al.. (2023). High‐Performance and Self‐Powered X‐Ray Detectors Made of Smooth Perovskite Microcrystalline Films with 100 μm Grains. Angewandte Chemie. 135(19). 10 indexed citations
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Xie, Shengdan, Lixiang Wang, Ning Li, et al.. (2022). Bulk Defect Suppression of Micrometer-Thick Perovskite Single Crystals Enables Stable Photovoltaics. ACS Materials Letters. 4(7). 1332–1340. 31 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xiaomei, Xiuwei Fu, Dianxing Ju, et al.. (2020). Designing Large-Area Single-Crystal Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 5(6). 1797–1803. 73 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xiaomei, Zhaolai Chen, & Xutang Tao. (2020). (1-C5H14N2Br)2MnBr4: A Lead-Free Zero-Dimensional Organic-Metal Halide With Intense Green Photoluminescence. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 352–352. 27 indexed citations
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Lin, Yun, Yang Bai, Yanjun Fang, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Thermal Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells by Assembling 2D/3D Stacking Structures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(3). 654–658. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shao, Yuchuan, Ye Liu, Xiaolong Chen, et al.. (2017). Stable Graphene-Two-Dimensional Multiphase Perovskite Heterostructure Phototransistors with High Gain. Nano Letters. 17(12). 7330–7338. 94 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhaolai, Hao Zhang, Qingsen Zeng, et al.. (2014). In Situ Construction of Nanoscale CdTe‐CdS Bulk Heterojunctions for Inorganic Nanocrystal Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 4(10). 45 indexed citations

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