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D-Index
75
Citations
19452
World Ranking
3473
National Ranking
1115

Dewei Zhao publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dewei Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 181 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Dewei Zhao D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dewei Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dewei Zhao is affiliated with Sichuan University in China with a significant research output primarily focused on engineering and materials science. Their extensive body of work encompasses critical areas including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple specialized themes, notably perovskite materials and applications, conducting polymers and their applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, organic electronics and photovoltaics, organic light-emitting diodes research, and solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography.

Dewei Zhao has contributed to several frequently published venues, including:

  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research include Shengqiang Ren, Cong Chen, Changlei Wang, Xia Hao, and Lili Wu.

Among recent papers, selected works illustrate a focus on perovskite solar cells and tandem cell technologies:

  • Improving interface quality for 1-cm2 all-perovskite tandem solar cells, 2023, Nature
  • Wide-bandgap organic-inorganic hybrid and all-inorganic perovskite solar cells and their application in all-perovskite tandem solar cells, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead iodide perovskites with reduced methylammonium for simultaneous enhancement of solar cell efficiency and stability, 2020, Nature Energy
  • A donor-acceptor-type hole-selective contact reducing non-radiative recombination losses in both subcells towards efficient all-perovskite tandems, 2023, Nature Energy
  • A universal close-space annealing strategy towards high-quality perovskite absorbers enabling efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells, 2022, Nature Energy

Best Publications

  • An organic-inorganic perovskite ferroelectric with large piezoelectric response

    Yu-Meng You;Wei-Qiang Liao;Dewei Zhao;Heng-Yun Ye

  • Carrier lifetimes of >1 μs in Sn-Pb perovskites enable efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells

    Jinhui Tong;Jinhui Tong;Zhaoning Song;Dong Hoe Kim;Xihan Chen

  • An inverted organic solar cell employing a sol-gel derived ZnO electron selective layer and thermal evaporated MoO3 hole selective layer

    A. K. K. Kyaw;X. W. Sun;C. Y. Jiang;G. Q. Lo

  • Lead-Free Inverted Planar Formamidinium Tin Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies up to 6.22.

    Weiqiang Liao;Weiqiang Liao;Dewei Zhao;Yue Yu;Corey R. Grice

  • Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells

    Dewei Zhao;Yue Yu;Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Weiqiang Liao;Weiqiang Liao

  • Employing Lead Thiocyanate Additive to Reduce the Hysteresis and Boost the Fill Factor of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Weijun Ke;Weijun Ke;Weijun Ke;Chuanxiao Xiao;Changlei Wang;Bayrammurad Saparov

  • A molecular perovskite solid solution with piezoelectricity stronger than lead zirconate titanate.

    Wei-Qiang Liao;Dewei Zhao;Yuan-Yuan Tang;Yi Zhang

  • Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers

    Dewei Zhao;Cong Chen;Cong Chen;Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Maxwell M. Junda

  • Fabrication of Efficient Low-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells by Combining Formamidinium Tin Iodide with Methylammonium Lead Iodide.

    Weiqiang Liao;Dewei Zhao;Yue Yu;Niraj Shrestha

  • High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with a Polymer Hole Transport Layer

    Dewei Zhao;Michael Sexton;Hye-Yun Park;George Baure

  • Reducing Saturation-Current Density to Realize High-Efficiency Low-Bandgap Mixed Tin–Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

    Chongwen Li;Zhaoning Song;Dewei Zhao;Chuanxiao Xiao

  • Full Visible Range Covering InP/ZnS Nanocrystals with High Photometric Performance and Their Application to White Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes

    Xuyong Yang;Dewei Zhao;Kheng Swee Leck;Swee Tiam Tan

  • An Ultrathin, Smooth, and Low-Loss Al-Doped Ag Film and Its Application as a Transparent Electrode in Organic Photovoltaics

    Cheng Zhang;Dewei Zhao;Deen Gu;Deen Gu;Hyunsoo Kim

  • A universal close-space annealing strategy towards high-quality perovskite absorbers enabling efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells

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  • Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%

    Dewei Zhao;Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Zhaoning Song;Yue Yu

  • Wide-bandgap organic–inorganic hybrid and all-inorganic perovskite solar cells and their application in all-perovskite tandem solar cells

    Rui He;Shengqiang Ren;Cong Chen;Zongjin Yi

  • Low-temperature plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of tin oxide electron selective layers for highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells

    Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Dewei Zhao;Corey R. Grice;Weiqiang Liao

  • Synergistic Effects of Lead Thiocyanate Additive and Solvent Annealing on the Performance of Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells

    Yue Yu;Changlei Wang;Corey R. Grice;Niraj Shrestha

  • Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells

    Yang Tong;Zuo Xiao;Xiaoyan Du;Chuantian Zuo

  • Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskites with reduced methylammonium for simultaneous enhancement of solar cell efficiency and stability

    Chongwen Li;Zhaoning Song;Cong Chen;Chuanxiao Xiao

  • Understanding and Eliminating Hysteresis for Highly Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

    Changlei Wang;Changlei Wang;Chuanxiao Xiao;Yue Yu;Dewei Zhao

  • Effects of annealing temperature of tin oxide electron selective layers on the performance of perovskite solar cells

    Weijun Ke;Weijun Ke;Dewei Zhao;Alexander J. Cimaroli;Corey R. Grice

  • Efficient tandem organic solar cells with an Al/MoO3 intermediate layer

    D. W. Zhao;X. W. Sun;C. Y. Jiang;A. K. K. Kyaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanfa Yan
Yanfa Yan University of Toledo
Changlei Wang
Changlei Wang Soochow University
Xiao Wei Sun
Xiao Wei Sun Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhaoning Song
Zhaoning Song University of Toledo
Weijun Ke
Weijun Ke Wuhan University
Aung Ko Ko Kyaw
Aung Ko Ko Kyaw Southern University of Science and Technology
Randy J. Ellingson
Randy J. Ellingson University of Toledo
Fujun Zhang
Fujun Zhang Beijing Jiaotong University
Jing Chen
Jing Chen Southeast University
Kai Zhu
Kai Zhu National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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