Zhen Wei

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Zhen Wei is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Wei has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhen Wei's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (40 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (31 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers). Zhen Wei is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (40 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (31 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers). Zhen Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Zhen Wei's co-authors include Ruigang Wang, Aishui Yu, Haigen Nie, Xin‐Long Ni, Yu Liu, Yonggao Xia, Shaojie Han, Bao Qiu, Xinyu Zhang and Miaomiao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Wei

98 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Assembly and Applications of Macrocyclic-Confinement-Derived Supramolecular Organic Luminescent Emissions from Cucurbiturils

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Wei China	31	1.6k	716	608	353	350	103	2.7k
Zhifeng Huang China	34	2.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.7×	873 1.4×	783 2.2×	327 0.9×	108	4.2k
Shan Yan United States	25	955 0.6×	286 0.4×	549 0.9×	470 1.3×	170 0.5×	94	1.9k
Jing Xu China	39	2.1k 1.3×	956 1.3×	1.7k 2.8×	684 1.9×	136 0.4×	144	4.1k
Yajuan Li China	32	2.5k 1.5×	557 0.8×	1.7k 2.8×	370 1.0×	255 0.7×	105	3.3k
Ke Gong China	19	1.5k 0.9×	885 1.2×	356 0.6×	446 1.3×	372 1.1×	40	2.4k
Na Wang China	26	1.4k 0.9×	563 0.8×	997 1.6×	655 1.9×	100 0.3×	126	2.5k
Abdullah N. Alodhayb Saudi Arabia	25	992 0.6×	364 0.5×	994 1.6×	615 1.7×	80 0.2×	320	2.6k
Keon Kim South Korea	26	1.9k 1.2×	480 0.7×	595 1.0×	254 0.7×	723 2.1×	100	2.5k
Youwei Yao China	31	1.6k 1.0×	263 0.4×	1.3k 2.2×	427 1.2×	415 1.2×	126	3.6k
Jiangang Li China	35	2.9k 1.8×	802 1.1×	1.3k 2.2×	321 0.9×	449 1.3×	155	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Wei

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

All Works

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Wei, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Microstructure Control of Polymer Films via Air-Assisted Electrospray for Binderless Electrodes. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(16). 10879–10888.

Wei, Zhen, Michael J. Smith, Yiwen Wang, & Ruigang Wang. (2025). Effect of an organic additive in AlCl3/EMIC ionic liquid electrolyte for long-cyclable Al-ion battery. Journal of Energy Storage. 126. 116826–116826. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Zhen, Xing Li, Kanakaraj Aruchamy, et al.. (2025). Regulated Li₂S deposition and accelerated polysulfide conversion in Li-S batteries enabled by electrospun CoTe₂/carbon nanofiber-modified separators. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 164930–164930. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Zhen, Yufan Wang, Juliang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen-oxygen co-doped porous carbon prepared from sunflower stalks and its application in Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors. Materials Today Chemistry. 49. 103089–103089.

Wei, Zhen, Mengke Zhang, Yan‐Hao Yu, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the Oxidation Mechanism of Formic Acid on Pd(111) Electrode: Implication from pH Effect and H/D Kinetic Isotope Effect. ACS Catalysis. 14(11). 8983–8995. 10 indexed citations

Mao, Tingting, Zhen Wei, Jun Cai, et al.. (2024). Enhanced electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction on Se-Modified platinum single crystal electrodes. Journal of Catalysis. 438. 115728–115728. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Zhen, Shatila Sarwar, Xinyu Zhang, & Ruigang Wang. (2024). Ultrafast microwave synthesis of MoSSe@ graphene composites via dual anion design for long-cyclable Li-S batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 678(Pt C). 210–226. 8 indexed citations

Wu, Jie, et al.. (2024). A Detection Method for Slight Inter-Turn Short-Circuit Fault in Dry-Type Air-Core Shunt Reactors. Energies. 17(7). 1709–1709. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhi, et al.. (2024). FeS₂ deposited on 3D-printed carbon microlattices as free-standing electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 60(68). 9085–9088. 2 indexed citations

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Sarwar, Shatila, et al.. (2023). Ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensors based on zinc sulfide/graphene hybrid for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 6(1). 49–49. 29 indexed citations

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Feng, Jing, Tseren‐Ochir Soyol‐Erdene, Zhen Wei, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in wood-derived monolithic carbon materials: Synthesis approaches, modification methods and environmental applications. Chemical Engineering Journal. 463. 142332–142332. 79 indexed citations

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Jia, Wu, et al.. (2023). Modification of Ti/Sb-SnO2/PbO2 Electrode by Active Granules and Its Application in Wastewater Containing Copper Ions. Catalysts. 13(3). 515–515. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Hanxi, Cui Lai, Zhen Wei, et al.. (2023). Strategies for improving the stability of perovskite for photocatalysis: A review of recent progress. Chemosphere. 344. 140395–140395. 31 indexed citations

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Wei, Zhen, et al.. (2023). Boosting lithium polysulfide conversion via TiO2-supported niobium catalyst for lithium sulfur battery. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 314. 128830–128830. 4 indexed citations

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Wei, Jie, et al.. (2022). Effect of Hydrogen Pressure on the Intrinsic Kinetics of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at Pt(111) Electrode. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(3). 36505–36505. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Chun, Yiwei Qiu, Zhen Wei, et al.. (2022). Dip-In Photoresist for Photoinhibited Two-Photon Lithography to Realize High-Precision Direct Laser Writing on Wafer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(27). 31332–31342. 36 indexed citations

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Wei, Zhen, et al.. (2022). Cerium oxide nanorods anchored on carbon nanofibers derived from cellulose paper as effective interlayer for lithium sulfur battery. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 615. 417–431. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mengke, Wei Chen, Zhen Wei, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic Implication of the pH Effect and H/D Kinetic Isotope Effect on HCOOH/HCOO^– Oxidation at Pt Electrodes: A Study by Computer Simulation. ACS Catalysis. 11(12). 6920–6930. 28 indexed citations

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Rao, Huaxiang, Xi Zhang, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2016). Spatial transmission and meteorological determinants of tuberculosis incidence in Qinghai Province, China: a spatial clustering panel analysis. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 5(1). 45–45. 66 indexed citations

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Wei, Zhen, Wei Zhang, Feng Wang, et al.. (2015). Eliminating Voltage Decay of Lithium‐Rich Li_1.14Mn_0.54Ni_0.14Co_0.14O₂ Cathodes by Controlling the Electrochemical Process. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(20). 7503–7510. 40 indexed citations

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