Binhang Yan

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Binhang Yan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Binhang Yan has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Materials Chemistry, 106 papers in Catalysis and 38 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Binhang Yan's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (106 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (74 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (53 papers). Binhang Yan is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (106 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (74 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (53 papers). Binhang Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Binhang Yan's co-authors include Jingguang G. Chen, Shyam Kattel, Marc D. Porosoff, Ping Liu, Siyu Yao, Yi Cheng, Qiyuan Wu, Yixiong Yang, Elaine Gomez and Yong Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Binhang Yan

151 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Catalytic reduction of CO₂ by H₂ for synthesis of CO, methanol and hydrocarbons: challenges and opportunities

2015 1.1k citations Binhang Yan et al. profile →
Optimizing Binding Energies of Key Intermediates for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol over Oxide-Supported Copper

2016 736 citations Binhang Yan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nitrogen‐Bridged S−N−Cu Sites for CO₂ Photoreduction to Ethanol with 99.5 % Selectivity in Pure Water

2025 41 citations Zheyang Liu, Kaiqi Nie et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Binhang Yan China	42	5.7k	5.2k	2.7k	1.9k	1.1k	165	8.1k
Mehran Rezaei Iran	58	9.3k 1.6×	8.0k 1.6×	1.2k 0.4×	935 0.5×	2.1k 1.9×	301	11.1k
Morris D. Argyle United States	31	2.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	851 0.3×	495 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	72	5.0k
James J. Spivey United States	49	7.8k 1.4×	6.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	409 0.2×	2.2k 2.0×	151	9.7k
Evgenii V. Kondratenko Germany	50	7.8k 1.4×	7.2k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	900 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	253	9.6k
Oliver Kröcher Switzerland	49	7.4k 1.3×	5.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	532 0.3×	2.9k 2.7×	185	8.8k
Hengyong Xu China	39	4.8k 0.8×	4.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	919 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	142	6.6k
Zhenhua Xie United States	37	3.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	802 0.4×	539 0.5×	82	5.2k
Zhenping Qu China	52	6.6k 1.2×	4.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	345 0.2×	1.5k 1.4×	156	7.8k
Kaoru Fujimoto Japan	51	6.1k 1.1×	6.7k 1.3×	822 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 2.1×	317	9.1k
Riguang Zhang China	43	4.6k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	590 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	313	6.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ouyang, Denghao, et al.. (2025). Efficient harvesting of electricity, aromatic aldehydes and H₂ from lignin over nanoflower-like cobalt-based bifunctional electrocatalysts. Green Chemistry. 27(28). 8517–8531. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Hongmei, Huiqiu Wang, Sen Wang, et al.. (2025). Highly efficient production of light olefins and para-xylene from n-pentane with a SiO2-coated Ga/ZSM-5 catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal. 510. 161816–161816.

Yan, Binhang, et al.. (2025). Emerging Strategies in Engineering Cu-ZnO Interfacial Sites for CO ₂ -to-Methanol: Mechanistic Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 18282–18304.

Yu, Tao, Zhenyuan Zhao, Jie Zhu, et al.. (2025). Ultrafast Encapsulation of Bimetallic Nanoclusters into Zeolites: Linking Structural Features to Catalytic Performance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(44). 41056–41066. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xi, et al.. (2025). Facile preparation of 2D nanomaterials by chelating agent-assisted electrodeposition for efficient electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived aldehydes coupled with CO2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 368. 125146–125146. 6 indexed citations

Li, Hongwei, Bo Peng, Shuaishuai Lv, et al.. (2024). Immobilized heterogeneous catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid: A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100322–100322. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Jianxiong, Xiaozhi Liu, Zhengwen Li, et al.. (2024). Tuning the CO₂ Hydrogenation Activity via Regulating the Strong Metal–Support Interactions of the Ni/Sm₂O₃ Catalyst. ACS Catalysis. 14(5). 3158–3168. 28 indexed citations

Guo, Tian, Zhengwen Li, Chenxi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Upgrading CO2 to sustainable aromatics via perovskite-mediated tandem catalysis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3037–3037. 72 indexed citations

Feng, Kai, Jiajun Zhang, Zhengwen Li, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous regeneration of active sites against catalyst deactivation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 344. 123647–123647. 20 indexed citations

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Feng, Kai, Shuairen Qian, Zhihe Zhang, et al.. (2023). Functionalization of inert silica to construct Si-O-Ni interfacial sites for stable dry reforming of methane. Chemical Engineering Journal. 465. 142808–142808. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiajun, Kai Feng, Zhengwen Li, et al.. (2023). Defect-Driven Efficient Selective CO₂ Hydrogenation with Mo-Based Clusters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(10). 2736–2748. 13 indexed citations

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Liang, Jianli, Huabin Zhang, Qianqian Song, et al.. (2023). Modulating Charge Separation of Oxygen‐Doped Boron Nitride with Isolated Co Atoms for Enhancing CO₂‐to‐CO Photoreduction. Advanced Materials. 36(1). e2303287–e2303287. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaning, et al.. (2023). Coke-Resistant Ndfe0.7ni0.3o3 Perovskite Catalyst with Superior Stability for Dry Reforming of Ethane. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuxin, Binhang Yan, & Yi Cheng. (2023). State-of-the-Art Review of Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene over MoVNbTeOx Catalysts. Catalysts. 13(1). 204–204. 20 indexed citations

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Qian, Shuairen, Yuxin Chen, Binhang Yan, & Yi Cheng. (2022). Plasma treated M1 MoVNbTeO –CeO2 composite catalyst for improved performance of oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane. Green Energy & Environment. 8(3). 904–914. 10 indexed citations

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Guo, Tian, Xinyan Liu, Chenxi Zhang, et al.. (2022). Accelerating syngas-to-aromatic conversion via spontaneously monodispersed Fe in ZnCr2O4 spinel. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5567–5567. 55 indexed citations

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Wu, Congyi, Lili Lin, Jinjia Liu, et al.. (2020). Inverse ZrO2/Cu as a highly efficient methanol synthesis catalyst from CO2 hydrogenation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5767–5767. 346 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Tianyang Li, Binhang Yan, & Yi Cheng. (2015). Thermodynamic Analysis of Asphaltene Pyrolysis in Thermal Plasma Reactor. 44(10). 1168–1176. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Binhang, et al.. (2014). Generalized model of heat transfer and volatiles evolution inside particles for coal devolatilization. AIChE Journal. 60(8). 2893–2906. 30 indexed citations

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Yan, Binhang, Wei Lu, & Yi Cheng. (2011). China goes green: cleaner production of chemicals. Green Processing and Synthesis. 1(1). 33–47. 21 indexed citations

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