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Overview

Weiwei Lei is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has made significant contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research spans a wide range of subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics of Weiwei Lei's research include:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies

Weiwei Lei has published extensively in various scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal (8 publications)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (8 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • Small (7 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (6 publications)

Weiwei Lei's recent notable papers include:

  • Highly Thermoconductive, Thermostable, and Super-Flexible Film by Engineering 1D Rigid Rod-Like Aramid Nanofiber/2D Boron Nitride Nanosheets, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Additive-Free MXene Liquid Crystals and Fibers, 2020, ACS Central Science
  • Efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution, CO2 reduction and N2 fixation coupled with organic synthesis by cocatalyst and vacancies engineering, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Superelastic Ti3C2Tx MXene-Based Hybrid Aerogels for Compression-Resilient Devices, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Stable Ti3C2Tx MXene-Boron Nitride Membranes with Low Internal Resistance for Enhanced Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting, 2021, ACS Nano

Frequent collaborators in Weiwei Lei's research projects include:

  • Dan Liŭ (46 coauthored works)
  • Guoliang Yang (43 coauthored works)
  • Lifeng Wang (32 coauthored works)
  • Cheng Chen (25 coauthored works)
  • Yuxi Ma (22 coauthored works)

The scope of Weiwei Lei's work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach within materials science and engineering, focusing on emerging nano- and micro-scale materials and their applications in energy harvesting, environmental sustainability, and advanced functional devices.

Best Publications

  • Porous boron nitride nanosheets for effective water cleaning

    Weiwei Lei;David Portehault;David Portehault;Dan Liu;Si Qin

  • Boron nitride colloidal solutions, ultralight aerogels and freestanding membranes through one-step exfoliation and functionalization.

    Weiwei Lei;Vadym N. Mochalin;Dan Liu;Si Qin

  • Preparation and characterization of graphitic carbon nitride through pyrolysis of melamine

    Xuefei Li;Xuefei Li;Jian Zhang;Longhai Shen;Yanmei Ma

  • Boron carbon nitride nanostructures from salt melts: tunable water-soluble phosphors.

    Weiwei Lei;David Portehault;Rumiana Dimova;Markus Antonietti

  • Highly Thermoconductive, Thermostable, and Super-Flexible Film by Engineering 1D Rigid Rod-Like Aramid Nanofiber/2D Boron Nitride Nanosheets.

    Kai Wu;Kai Wu;Jiemin Wang;Dingyao Liu;Dingyao Liu;Chuxin Lei

  • Functionalized boron nitride membranes with ultrafast solvent transport performance for molecular separation

    Cheng Chen;Jiemin Wang;Dan Liu;Chen Yang

  • Additive-Free MXene Liquid Crystals and Fibers

    Jizhen Zhang;Simge Uzun;Shayan Seyedin;Shayan Seyedin;Shayan Seyedin;Peter A Lynch

  • Anode Improvement in Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Tao Tao;Tao Tao;Shengguo Lu;Ye Fan;Weiwei Lei

  • Bio-inspired Nanocomposite Membranes for Osmotic Energy Harvesting

    Cheng Chen;Dan Liu;Li He;Li He;Si Qin

  • High-Performance Biscrolled MXene/Carbon Nanotube Yarn Supercapacitors

    Zhiyu Wang;Si Qin;Shayan Seyedin;Jizhen Zhang

  • Oxygen-doped boron nitride nanosheets with excellent performance in hydrogen storage

    Weiwei Lei;Hui Zhang;Ying Wu;Bao Zhang

  • Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanosheets/Graphene Interlayer for Fast and Long‐Life Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Ye Fan;Zhi Yang;Wuxing Hua;Dan Liu

  • BN Nanosheet/Polymer Films with Highly Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity for Thermal Management Applications

    Yuanpeng Wu;Yuanpeng Wu;Ye Xue;Si Qin;Dan Liu

  • High and Stable Ionic Conductivity in 2D Nanofluidic Ion Channels between Boron Nitride Layers.

    Si Qin;Dan Liu;Guang Wang;David Portehault

  • Superelastic Ti3C2Tx MXene-Based Hybrid Aerogels for Compression-Resilient Devices.

    Degang Jiang;Jizhen Zhang;Si Qin;Zhiyu Wang

  • Efficient photocatalytic H2 evolution, CO2 reduction and N2 fixation coupled with organic synthesis by cocatalyst and vacancies engineering

    Sugang Meng;Sugang Meng;Cheng Chen;Cheng Chen;Xiaomeng Gu;Huihui Wu

  • Porous Boron Carbon Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Metal-Free Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Solutions

    Jiemin Wang;Jian Hao;Jian Hao;Dan Liu;Si Qin

  • A lignin-based nano-adsorbent for superfast and highly selective removal of phosphate

    Enmin Zong;Guobo Huang;Xiaohuan Liu;Weiwei Lei

  • Bioinspired Design of Strong, Tough, and Thermally Stable Polymeric Materials via Nanoconfinement

    Pingan Song;Jinfeng Dai;Guorong Chen;Youming Yu

  • Stable Ti3C2Tx MXene-Boron Nitride Membranes with Low Internal Resistance for Enhanced Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting.

    Guoliang Yang;Dan Liu;Cheng Chen;Cheng Chen;Yijun Qian

  • Lightweight, Superelastic Yet Thermoconductive Boron Nitride Nanocomposite Aerogel for Thermal Energy Regulation.

    Jiemin Wang;Dan Liu;Quanxiang Li;Cheng Chen

  • Fire-Resistant, Strong, and Green Polymer Nanocomposites Based on Poly(lactic acid) and Core–Shell Nanofibrous Flame Retardants

    Jiabing Feng;Yiqi Sun;Pingan Song;Weiwei Lei

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan Liu
Dan Liu Deakin University
Ying Chen
Ying Chen Deakin University
Guangtian Zou
Guangtian Zou Jilin University
Xungai Wang
Xungai Wang Arizona State University
Joselito M. Razal
Joselito M. Razal Deakin University
Minoo Naebe
Minoo Naebe Deakin University
Zhong-Shuai Wu
Zhong-Shuai Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pingan Song
Pingan Song University of Southern Queensland
Yury Gogotsi
Yury Gogotsi Drexel University
Yanming Ma
Yanming Ma Jilin University

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