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D-Index
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Citations
59001
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10052
National Ranking
2827

Weiwei Cai 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 Weiwei Cai sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 114 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Weiwei Cai 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 Weiwei Cai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Weiwei Cai is affiliated with Xiamen University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Chemistry with significant work also in Electrical and Electronic Engineering among other related subfields.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research

Weiwei Cai has published multiple papers in various scientific journals. Some of their recent notable publications include:

  • Top-Level Design Strategy to Construct an Advanced High-Entropy Co-Cu-Fe-Mo (Oxy)Hydroxide Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Implanting an Electron Donor to Enlarge the d-p Hybridization of High-Entropy (Oxy)hydroxide: A Novel Design to Boost Oxygen Evolution, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Surface-growing organophosphorus layer on layered double hydroxides enables boosted and durable electrochemical freshwater/seawater oxidation, 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Symmetry Engineering Induced In-Plane Polarization in MoS2 through Van der Waals Interlayer Coupling, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Polycrystalline Few-Layer Graphene as a Durable Anticorrosion Film for Copper, 2021, Nano Letters

The scientist often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors including:

  • Xueao Zhang
  • Chuyun Deng
  • Yufeng Zhang
  • Gang Peng
  • Jinxin Liu

Publications by Weiwei Cai appear regularly in journals such as:

  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nano Research
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Large-Area Synthesis of High-Quality and Uniform Graphene Films on Copper Foils

    Xuesong Li;Weiwei Cai;Jinho An;Seyoung Kim

  • Graphene and Graphene Oxide: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

    Yanwu Zhu;Shanthi Murali;Weiwei Cai;Xuesong Li

  • Carbon-based Supercapacitors Produced by Activation of Graphene

    Yanwu Zhu;Shanthi Murali;Meryl D. Stoller;K. J. Ganesh

  • Transfer of large-area graphene films for high-performance transparent conductive electrodes

    Xuesong Li;Yanwu Zhu;Weiwei Cai;Mark Borysiak

  • Evolution of Graphene Growth on Ni and Cu by Carbon Isotope Labeling

    Xuesong Li;Weiwei Cai;Luigi Colombo;Rodney S. Ruoff

  • Graphene oxide papers modified by divalent ions-enhancing mechanical properties via chemical cross-linking.

    Sungjin Park;Kyoung Seok Lee;Gulay Bozoklu;Weiwei Cai

  • Evolution of graphene growth on Cu and Ni studied by carbon isotope labeling

    Xuesong Li;Weiwei Cai;Luigi Colombo;Rodney S. Ruoff

  • Oxidation resistance of graphene-coated Cu and Cu/Ni alloy

    Shanshan Chen;Lola Brown;Mark Levendorf;Weiwei Cai;Weiwei Cai

  • Thermal Transport in Suspended and Supported Monolayer Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Weiwei Cai;Arden L. Moore;Yanwu Zhu;Xuesong Li

  • Synthesis and solid-state NMR structural characterization of 13C-labeled graphite oxide.

    Weiwei Cai;Weiwei Cai;Richard D. Piner;Frank J. Stadermann;Sungjin Park

  • Graphene films with large domain size by a two-step chemical vapor deposition process.

    Xuesong Li;Carl W. Magnuson;Archana Venugopal;Jinho An

  • Thermal conductivity of isotopically modified graphene

    Shanshan Chen;Qingzhi Wu;Columbia Mishra;Junyong Kang

  • Thermal Properties of Isotopically Engineered Graphene

    Shanshan Chen;Qingzhi Wu;Columbia Mishra;Hengji Zhang

  • Exfoliation of Graphite Oxide in Propylene Carbonate and Thermal Reduction of Resulting Graphene Oxide Platelets

    Rodney S. Ruoff;Meryl D. Stoller;Yanwu Zhu

  • Raman Measurements of Thermal Transport in Suspended Monolayer Graphene of Variable Sizes in Vacuum and Gaseous Environments

    Shanshan Chen;Arden L. Moore;Weiwei Cai;Weiwei Cai;Ji Won Suk

  • Large area few-layer graphene/graphite films as transparent thin conducting electrodes

    Weiwei Cai;Yanwu Zhu;Xuesong Li;Richard D. Piner

  • Biocompatible, robust free-standing paper composed of a TWEEN/graphene composite

    Sungjin Park;Nihar Mohanty;Ji Won Suk;Ashvin Nagaraja

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Large-Area Graphene and Graphite Films on Commercial Cu–Ni Alloy Foils

    Shanshan Chen;Shanshan Chen;Weiwei Cai;Richard D. Piner;Ji Won Suk

  • Chemical structures of hydrazine-treated graphene oxide and generation of aromatic nitrogen doping

    Sungjin Park;Yichen C. Hu;Jin Ok Hwang;Eui-Sup Lee

  • Effect of Water Vapor on Electrical Properties of Individual Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets

    Inhwa Jung;Dmitriy Dikin;Sungjin Park;Weiwei Cai

  • Oxidation resistance of graphene-coated Cu and Cu/Ni alloy

    Shanshan Chen;Lola Brown;Mark Levendorf;Weiwei Cai

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Yanwu Zhu
Yanwu Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Ji Won Suk
Ji Won Suk Sungkyunkwan University
Richard D. Piner
Richard D. Piner The University of Texas at Austin
Junyong Kang
Junyong Kang Xiamen University
Luigi Colombo
Luigi Colombo The University of Texas at Dallas
Sungjin Park
Sungjin Park Inha University
Hengxing Ji
Hengxing Ji University of Science and Technology of China
Sanjay K. Banerjee
Sanjay K. Banerjee The University of Texas at Austin
Li Shi
Li Shi The University of Texas at Austin

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