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D-Index
116
Citations
54871
World Ranking
561
National Ranking
166

Wei Ma 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 Wei Ma sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 533 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wei Ma 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 Wei Ma sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wei Ma is affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University in China and focuses research efforts primarily on engineering, energy, and materials science. Their work intersects multiple subfields, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and polymers and plastics.

The core topics of Wei Ma's research include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, fuel cells and related materials, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Wei Ma has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nanoscale
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Green Energy & Environment
  • CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Some of Wei Ma's recent papers illustrate the focus and range of their research work:

  • "In Situ Anchoring Massive Isolated Pt Atoms at Cationic Vacancies of α-NixFe1-x(OH)2 to Regulate the Electronic Structure for Overall Water Splitting" (2022), published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Controllable atomic defect engineering in layered NixFe1−x(OH)2 nanosheets for electrochemical overall water splitting" (2021), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Oxygen reduction reaction on Pt-based electrocatalysts: Four-electron vs. two-electron pathway" (2022), published in CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
  • "Single-atom catalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion" (2021), published in Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • "Chemical and structural properties of Na decorated Fe5C2-ZnO catalysts during hydrogenation of CO2 to linear α-olefins" (2021), published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

The collaborative nature of Wei Ma's research is demonstrated by frequent co-authors such as:

  • Zhen Zhou
  • Lili Zhang
  • Hao Wan
  • Renzhi Ma
  • Suyu Jiang

The interdisciplinary scope of Wei Ma's projects spans from fundamental defect engineering at the atomic scale to applied catalytic processes for energy conversion and storage. This includes the manipulation of atomic vacancies to regulate electronic structures and the design of single-atom catalysts.

Best Publications

  • Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells.

    Yuhang Liu;Jingbo Zhao;Zhengke Li;Cheng Mu

  • Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

    Jingbo Zhao;Yunke Li;Guofang Yang;Guofang Yang;Kui Jiang

  • Fast charge separation in a non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force

    Jing Liu;Shangshang Chen;Deping Qian;Bhoj Gautam

  • A Large‐Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for Versatile Photovoltaic Applications with High Performance

    Maojie Zhang;Maojie Zhang;Xia Guo;Xia Guo;Wei Ma;Wei Ma;Harald Ade

  • High-Performance Electron Acceptor with Thienyl Side Chains for Organic Photovoltaics.

    Yuze Lin;Yuze Lin;Yuze Lin;Fuwen Zhao;Qiao He;Lijun Huo

  • Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

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  • Realizing 19.05% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells by Progressively Improving Charge Extraction and Suppressing Charge Recombination

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  • Single-Junction Binary-Blend Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with 12.1% Efficiency.

    Fuwen Zhao;Fuwen Zhao;Shuixing Dai;Shuixing Dai;Yang Wu;Qianqian Zhang

  • A superlattice of alternately stacked Ni-Fe hydroxide nanosheets and graphene for efficient splitting of water.

    Wei Ma;Renzhi Ma;Chengxiang Wang;Jianbo Liang

  • π-Conjugated Lewis Base: Efficient Trap-Passivation and Charge-Extraction for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Yuze Lin;Liang Shen;Jun Dai;Yehao Deng

  • Fluorination-enabled optimal morphology leads to over 11% efficiency for inverted small-molecule organic solar cells

    Dan Deng;Yajie Zhang;Jianqi Zhang;Zaiyu Wang

  • Conjugated Polymer–Small Molecule Alloy Leads to High Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells

    Jianqi Zhang;Yajie Zhang;Jin Fang;Kun Lu

  • Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells with 16.35% Efficiency Enabled by a Platinum(II) Complexation Strategy

    Xiaopeng Xu;Kui Feng;Zhaozhao Bi;Wei Ma

  • The influence of molecular orientation on organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

    John R. Tumbleston;Brian A. Collins;Brian A. Collins;Liqiang Yang;Andrew C. Stuart

  • Organic photovoltaic cell with 17% efficiency and superior processability

    Yong Cui;Huifeng Yao;Ling Hong;Tao Zhang

  • 14.7% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Cells Enabled by Active Materials with a Large Electrostatic Potential Difference

    Huifeng Yao;Yong Cui;Deping Qian;Carlito S. Ponseca

  • Three-Bladed Rylene Propellers with Three-Dimensional Network Assembly for Organic Electronics.

    Dong Meng;Huiting Fu;Huiting Fu;Chengyi Xiao;Xiangyi Meng

  • Realizing Over 13% Efficiency in Green-Solvent-Processed Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells Enabled by 1,3,4-Thiadiazole-Based Wide-Bandgap Copolymers

    Xiaopeng Xu;Ting Yu;Zhaozhao Bi;Wei Ma

  • Desired open-circuit voltage increase enables efficiencies approaching 19% in symmetric-asymmetric molecule ternary organic photovoltaics

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  • High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cell Enabled by a Thick Active Layer Containing a Liquid Crystalline Small Molecule Donor.

    Guichuan Zhang;Kai Zhang;Qingwu Yin;Xiaofang Jiang

  • Mapping Polymer Donors toward High‐Efficiency Fullerene Free Organic Solar Cells

    Yuze Lin;Yuze Lin;Fuwen Zhao;Yang Wu;Kai Chen

  • High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells by Synergistic Effects of Fine-Tuned Crystallinity and Solvent Annealing

    Zhaojun Li;Xiaofeng Xu;Wei Zhang;Xiangyi Meng

  • Terthiophene-Based D–A Polymer with an Asymmetric Arrangement of Alkyl Chains That Enables Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

    Huawei Hu;Kui Jiang;Guofang Yang;Jing Liu

  • LncTar: a tool for predicting the RNA targets of long noncoding RNAs

    Jianwei Li;Wei Ma;Pan Zeng;Junyi Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
He Yan
He Yan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Maojie Zhang
Maojie Zhang Soochow University
Jianhui Hou
Jianhui Hou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Harald Ade
Harald Ade North Carolina State University
Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University
Zhishan Bo
Zhishan Bo Beijing Normal University
Zhixiang Wei
Zhixiang Wei National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Yanming Sun
Yanming Sun Beihang University
Tao Liu
Tao Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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