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Wei Cai is affiliated with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, as well as biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics including shape memory alloy transformations, titanium alloys microstructure and properties, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, high entropy alloys studies, intermetallics and advanced alloy properties, advanced battery technologies research, and advanced memory and neural computing.

Wei Cai has contributed extensively to academic literature, publishing frequently in several scholarly venues. The most common outlets for their research include:

  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials Characterization
  • Progress in Natural Science Materials International
  • Intermetallics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei Cai include:

  • A fast micro-nano liquid layer induced construction of scaled-up oxyhydroxide based electrocatalysts for alkaline water splitting, 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Tuning microstructure, transformation behavior, mechanical/functional properties of Ti-V-Al shape memory alloy by doping quaternary rare earth Y, 2021, Progress in Natural Science Materials International
  • The higher compressive strength (TiB+La2O3)/Ti-Ni shape memory alloy composite with the larger recoverable strain, 2020, Composites Communications
  • Non-Contact Ultralow Rotational Speed Measurement of Real Objects Based on Rotational Doppler Velocimetry, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Dislocation reactions dominated pop-in events in nanoindentation of Ni-based single crystal superalloys, 2023, Materials Characterization

Wei Cai's frequent collaborators reflect the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of their research. Regular coauthors include:

  • Zhiyong Gao
  • Xianglong Meng
  • Xiaoyang Yi
  • Kuishan Sun
  • Haizhen Wang

Best Publications

  • MoSe2 nanosheets perpendicularly grown on graphene with Mo–C bonding for sodium-ion capacitors

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Wei Cai;Ying Yang;Ying Yang;Xuedan Song

  • Texturation boosts the thermoelectric performance of BiCuSeO oxyselenides

    Jiehe Sui;Jing Li;Jiaqing He;Yan-Ling Pei

  • A high thermoelectric figure of merit ZT > 1 in Ba heavily doped BiCuSeO oxyselenides

    Jing Li;Jiehe Sui;Yanling Pei;Celine Barreteau

  • Enhanced upconversion emission in Yb3+ and Er3+ codoped NaGdF4 nanocrystals by introducing Li+ ions

    Qian Cheng;Qian Cheng;Jiehe Sui;Wei Cai

  • Monodisperse water-soluble magnetite nanoparticles prepared by polyol process for high-performance magnetic resonance imaging.

    Jiaqi Wan;Wei Cai;Xiangxi Meng;Enzhong Liu

  • Microwave-assisted gas/liquid interfacial synthesis of flowerlike NiO hollow nanosphere precursors and their application as supercapacitor electrodes

    Chang-Yan Cao;Chang-Yan Cao;Wei Guo;Zhi-Min Cui;Wei-Guo Song

  • Ceria Hollow Nanospheres Produced by a Template-Free Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Method for Heavy Metal Ion Removal and Catalysis

    Chang-Yan Cao;Zhi-Min Cui;Chao-Qiu Chen;Wei-Guo Song

  • Efficient removal of heavy metal ions by thiol-functionalized superparamagnetic carbon nanotubes

    Cheng Zhang;Jiehe Sui;Jing Li;Yilun Tang

  • In situ decoration of carbon nanotubes with nearly monodisperse magnetite nanoparticles in liquid polyols

    Jiaqi Wan;Wei Cai;Jiangtao Feng;Xiangxi Meng

  • Extraordinary thermoelectric performance in n-type manganese doped Mg3Sb2 Zintl: High band degeneracy, tuned carrier scattering mechanism and hierarchical microstructure

    Xiaoxi Chen;Haijun Wu;Juan Cui;Juan Cui;Yu Xiao

  • Red/orange dual-emissive carbon dots for pH sensing and cell imaging

    Miaoran Zhang;Rigu Su;Jian Zhong;Jian Zhong;Ling Fei

  • Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Skutterudites

    Xianfu Meng;Zihang Liu;Bo Cui;Dandan Qin

  • Magnetite Nanocrystals on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as a Synergistic Microwave Absorber

    Zhijiang Wang;Lina Wu;Jigang Zhou;Wei Cai

  • Lamellar MoSe2 nanosheets embedded with MoO2 nanoparticles: novel hybrid nanostructures promoted excellent performances for lithium ion batteries.

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Jiehe Sui;Fei Li;Haitao Fang

  • Thermoelectric properties of Mg doped p-type BiCuSeO oxyselenides

    Jing Li;Jiehe Sui;Celine Barreteau;David Berardan

  • Facile synthesis of MWCNT–ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites as anode materials for lithium ion batteries

    Jiehe Sui;Cheng Zhang;Da Hong;Jing Li

  • The roles of Na doping in BiCuSeO oxyselenides as a thermoelectric material

    Jing Li;Jing Li;Jiehe Sui;Yanling Pei;Xianfu Meng

  • Lithium Doping to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of MgAgSb with Weak Electron–Phonon Coupling

    Zihang Liu;Zihang Liu;Yumei Wang;Yumei Wang;Jun Mao;Huiyuan Geng

  • Design of coherent anode materials with 0D Ni3S2 nanoparticles self-assembled on 3D interconnected carbon networks for fast and reversible sodium storage

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Hong-En Wang;Robert C. Massé;Jian Cao

  • Thermoelectric SnTe with Band Convergence, Dense Dislocations, and Interstitials through Sn Self-Compensation and Mn Alloying.

    Fengkai Guo;Bo Cui;Yuan Liu;Xianfu Meng

  • Self-lubricating Al2O3/PTFE composite coating formation on surface of aluminium alloy

    Zhijiang Wang;Lina Wu;Yulin Qi;Wei Cai

  • Effects of grain size on domain structure and ferroelectric properties of barium zirconate titanate ceramics

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  • A comparative study on the structural, dielectric and multiferroic properties of Co0.6Cu0.3Zn0.1Fe2O4/Ba0.9Sr0.1Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 composite ceramics

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  • Enhanced thermoelectric performance of Bi2S3 by synergistical action of bromine substitution and copper nanoparticles

    Zihang Liu;Yanling Pei;Huiyuan Geng;Jingchao Zhou

  • Oxygen-vacancy-related high-temperature dielectric relaxation in SrTiO3 ceramics

    Xiaofei Wang;Xiaomei Lu;Chao Zhang;Xiaobo Wu

  • Enhancement of magnetoelectric properties of (1-x)Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4-xBa0.85Sr0.15Ti0.9Hf0.1O3 composite ceramics

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  • Study on dielectric and magnetodielectric properties of Lu3Fe5O12 ceramics

    Xiaobo Wu;Xiaobo Wu;Xiaofei Wang;Yunfei Liu;Wei Cai

  • Two-dimensional quantum dots: Fundamentals, photoluminescence mechanism and their energy and environmental applications

    Quan Xu;Wei Cai;Wenke Li;Theruvakkattil Sreenivasan Sreeprasad

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiehe Sui
Jiehe Sui Harbin Institute of Technology
Liancheng Zhao
Liancheng Zhao Harbin Institute of Technology
Qian Zhang
Qian Zhang Northeast Normal University
Yufeng Zheng
Yufeng Zheng Peking University
Jian Cao
Jian Cao Harbin Institute of Technology
Hong-En Wang
Hong-En Wang Yunnan Normal University
Haijun Wu
Haijun Wu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhifeng Ren
Zhifeng Ren University of Houston
Guozhong Cao
Guozhong Cao University of Washington
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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