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2026
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2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
136
Citations
85693
World Ranking
266
National Ranking
75

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Mingwei Chen is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and specializes in materials science and engineering. Their research contributions span multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental applications, as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their main scientific focus encompasses electrocatalysts for energy conversion, graphene research and applications, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, nanoporous metals and alloys, catalytic processes in materials science, advancements in battery materials, and metallic glasses and amorphous alloys.

Chen's recent publications reflect these research themes. Key papers include:

  • Tracking the sliding of grain boundaries at the atomic scale, 2022, published in Science
  • Promoted oxygen reduction kinetics on nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon by engineering proton-feeding centers, 2020, published in Energy & Environmental Science
  • 3D Continuously Porous Graphene for Energy Applications, 2021, published in Advanced Materials
  • Entropy-Stabilized Multicomponent Porous Spinel Nanowires of NiFeXO4 (X = Fe, Ni, Al, Mo, Co, Cr) for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium, 2023, published in ACS Nano
  • Ultrafine nanoporous intermetallic catalysts by high-temperature liquid metal dealloying for electrochemical hydrogen production, 2022, published in Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates frequently with multiple researchers, including Pan Liu, Chao Liu, Jiuhui Han, Xiaodong Wang, and Mingming Luo. These partnerships reflect a strong network supporting their interdisciplinary research efforts.

Chen has contributed extensively to several academic journals and publication venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nanoscale
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nano Letters
  • Nature Communications

With over a hundred publications in materials science and nearly ninety in engineering, Chen's work represents a significant body of research connecting fundamental materials chemistry with applied energy technologies. Their focus on developing advanced materials and catalytic processes aligns with ongoing efforts to address energy conversion and sustainability challenges.

Best Publications

  • Photoluminescence from Chemically Exfoliated MoS2

    Goki Eda;Goki Eda;Hisato Yamaguchi;Damien Voiry;Takeshi Fujita

  • High tensile ductility in a nanostructured metal.

    Yinmin Wang;Mingwei Chen;Fenghua Zhou;E n Ma

  • Enhanced catalytic activity in strained chemically exfoliated WS 2 nanosheets for hydrogen evolution

    Damien Voiry;Hisato Yamaguchi;Junwen Li;Rafael Silva

  • A precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties

    J.Y. He;H. Wang;H.L. Huang;X.D. Xu

  • Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Strained Chemically Exfoliated WS2 Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution

    Damien Voiry;Hisato Yamaguchi;Junwen Li;Rafael Silva

  • Nanoporous metal/oxide hybrid electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitors

    Xingyou Lang;Akihiko Hirata;Takeshi Fujita;Mingwei Chen

  • Conducting MoS2 Nanosheets as Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Damien Voiry;Maryam Salehi;Rafael Silva;Takeshi Fujita

  • Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Aluminum

    Mingwei Chen;En Ma;Kevin J. Hemker;Hongwei Sheng

  • Ultrastrong steel via minimal lattice misfit and high-density nanoprecipitation

    Suihe Jiang;Hui Wang;Yuan Wu;Xiongjun Liu

  • Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi 4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics

    Jian Zhang;Tao Wang;Pan Liu;Zhongquan Liao

  • Coherent Atomic and Electronic Heterostructures of Single-Layer MoS2

    Goki Eda;Takeshi Fujita;Takeshi Fujita;Hisato Yamaguchi;Damien Voiry

  • Ductile CoCrFeNiMox high entropy alloys strengthened by hard intermetallic phases

    W.H. Liu;Z.P. Lu;J.Y. He;J.H. Luan

  • Atomic origins of the high catalytic activity of nanoporous gold

    Takeshi Fujita;Takeshi Fujita;Pengfei Guan;Keith P McKenna;Keith P McKenna;Xingyou Lang

  • Large-Area Epitaxial Monolayer MoS2

    Dumitru Dumcenco;Dmitry Ovchinnikov;Kolyo Marinov;Predrag Lazić

  • High Catalytic Activity of Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-Doped Nanoporous Graphene in the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction†

    Yoshikazu Ito;Weitao Cong;Weitao Cong;Takeshi Fujita;Zheng Tang

  • Multifunctional Porous Graphene for High‐Efficiency Steam Generation by Heat Localization

    Yoshikazu Ito;Yoichi Tanabe;Jiuhui Han;Takeshi Fujita

  • Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics on NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts by Tailoring Water Dissociation Active Sites.

    Guangbo Chen;Tao Wang;Jian Zhang;Pan Liu;Pan Liu

  • Oxygen reduction in nanoporous metal–ionic liquid composite electrocatalysts

    J. Snyder;T. Fujita;M. W. Chen;J. Erlebacher

  • Nanoporous Graphene with Single-Atom Nickel Dopants: An Efficient and Stable Catalyst for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production.

    H.‐J. Qiu;Yoshikazu Ito;Weitao Cong;Yongwen Tan

  • Covalent functionalization of monolayered transition metal dichalcogenides by phase engineering

    Damien Voiry;Anandarup Goswami;Rajesh Kappera;Cecilia de Carvalho Castro e Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Fujita
Takeshi Fujita Kochi University of Technology
Pan Liu
Pan Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata Waseda University
Akihisa Inoue
Akihisa Inoue Josai International University
Luyang Chen
Luyang Chen Tohoku University
Yoshikazu Ito
Yoshikazu Ito University of Tsukuba
Haoshen Zhou
Haoshen Zhou Nanjing University
Toshio Sakurai
Toshio Sakurai Tohoku University
C.T. Liu
C.T. Liu City University of Hong Kong
Xing-You Lang
Xing-You Lang Jilin University

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