In the area of nanoengineering for energy and sensors, WEI has published 120+ papers in Nature Energy, Nature Commun., Science Adv., PNAS, Joule, Matter, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Energ. Environ. Sci., Chem. Soc. Rev., Sci. Bulletin, etc. as first/corresponding author; 200+ patent applications (including PCT), among which 100+ patents have been granted; and 6 books (Wiley, Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press etc.). Research work has been featured by Cell Press, MIT Technology Review, DeepTech, and phys.org (APS), etc.