Cao Yu

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 732 citations indexed

About

Cao Yu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cao Yu has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 732 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Cao Yu's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (25 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (24 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (12 papers). Cao Yu is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (25 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (24 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (12 papers). Cao Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Cao Yu's co-authors include Jianxi Yao, Chen‐Wei Peng, Shuwei Han, Gangqiang Dong, Shaofei Yang, Xixiang Xu, Shengzhi Xu, Hui Yan, Yongcai He and Miao Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Cao Yu

47 papers receiving 714 citations

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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.

Triple-junction solar cells with cyanate in ultrawide-bandgap perovskites

2024 107 citations Shunchang Liu, Yue Lu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cao Yu China	17	651	254	137	106	102	49	732
Marwa S. Salem Egypt	16	605 0.9×	241 0.9×	127 0.9×	83 0.8×	43 0.4×	53	654
Shengzhi Xu China	15	568 0.9×	371 1.5×	140 1.0×	56 0.5×	53 0.5×	38	681
Dana B. Kern United States	17	665 1.0×	245 1.0×	100 0.7×	51 0.5×	228 2.2×	69	830
Muhammad Quddamah Khokhar South Korea	14	509 0.8×	214 0.8×	32 0.2×	150 1.4×	99 1.0×	83	604
L. Nkhaili Morocco	16	378 0.6×	418 1.6×	97 0.7×	30 0.3×	69 0.7×	53	534
P. Węgierek Poland	10	275 0.4×	148 0.6×	46 0.3×	102 1.0×	68 0.7×	50	416
Alexis Vossier France	17	449 0.7×	97 0.4×	51 0.4×	55 0.5×	281 2.8×	31	591
L. Sicot France	12	343 0.5×	79 0.3×	154 1.1×	38 0.4×	153 1.5×	29	460
Sihao Huang China	12	274 0.4×	188 0.7×	46 0.3×	90 0.8×	46 0.5×	46	439
M. V. Kirichenko Ukraine	14	315 0.5×	326 1.3×	60 0.4×	18 0.2×	101 1.0×	54	509

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cao Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cao Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cao Yu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cao Yu. Cao Yu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Xiaoling, et al.. (2025). Sm3+ single-doped LaGaO3 perovskite phosphor with color-tunable luminescence for multimodal applications. Optics & Laser Technology. 184. 112438–112438. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Cao, Guoyang Cao, Linling Qin, et al.. (2025). Unlocking the full potential of graded-bandgap engineering for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells: Mechanism insights and performance optimization. Nano Energy. 142. 111228–111228. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Cao, Kun Gao, Qi Wang, et al.. (2025). 26.6%-Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell with High-Quality Cerium and Hydrogen Codoped Indium Oxide Transparent Electrode. ACS Energy Letters. 10(5). 2503–2511. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Qi, Yu Zhao, Gangqiang Dong, et al.. (2025). Fill Factor Exceeding 85% Indium-free Solar Cells Based on Cadmium Oxides. ACS Energy Letters. 10(8). 3841–3844.

Li, Haicheng, Bo Gao, Yang Liu, et al.. (2025). Magnesium Oxide Buffer Layer for Over 32% Efficiency Four‐Terminal Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(48). 1 indexed citations

Yu, Cao, et al.. (2025). MOF-assisted synthesis of atomically dispersed Fe on N-doped porous carbon for enhanced electrochemical detection of chlorogenic acid. Microchemical Journal. 215. 114395–114395. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, T. J., Cao Yu, Haisheng San, et al.. (2025). Solar-driven energy storage: 3D vertical array TiO2/VO2 heterojunction photocathodes revolutionizing aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 520. 166090–166090. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaozhen, Cao Yu, Diwei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Tin-halide perovskites for light-emitting diodes. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(14). 6697–6725. 5 indexed citations

Peng, Chen‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Improving the performance of high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells through low-temperature deposition of an i-a-Si:H anti-epitaxial buffer layer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 273. 112952–112952. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Kun, Wenhao Li, Xiang Chen, et al.. (2024). Neodymium oxide electron-selective contact for crystalline silicon solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 282. 113363–113363. 2 indexed citations

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Peng, Di, et al.. (2024). Injection Locking-Enabled Supermode Noise Suppression for Harmonically Mode-Locked Optoelectronic Oscillator. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(7). 3051–3058.

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Liu, Shunchang, Yue Lu, Cao Yu, et al.. (2024). Triple-junction solar cells with cyanate in ultrawide-bandgap perovskites. Nature. 628(8007). 306–312. 107 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kan, Chenxia, Pengjie Hang, Xuegong Yu, et al.. (2024). Efficient and stable perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with copper thiocyanate-embedded perovskite on textured silicon. Nature Photonics. 19(1). 63–70. 38 indexed citations

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Dong, Gangqiang, Jia Li, Yu Zhao, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells with ZnO:Al transparent electrode and transition metal doped indium oxide interfacial layer. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 31(9). 931–938. 14 indexed citations

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Yu, Cao, Qi Wang, Yu Zhao, et al.. (2023). Silicon solar cell with undoped tin oxide transparent electrode. Nature Energy. 8(10). 1119–1125. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fu, Binbin Tu, Shaofei Yang, et al.. (2023). Buried‐Interface Engineering of Conformal 2D/3D Perovskite Heterojunction for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells on Industrially Textured Silicon. Advanced Materials. 35(42). e2303139–e2303139. 67 indexed citations

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Wu, Long, Shaofei Yang, Zhiliang Liu, et al.. (2023). Constructing tin oxides Interfacial Layer with Gradient Compositions for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 28%. Small. 20(15). e2308024–e2308024. 10 indexed citations

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Lei, Chao, Chen‐Wei Peng, Hongyu Li, et al.. (2020). Phosphorus treatment to promote crystallinity of the microcrystalline silicon front contact layers for highly efficient heterojunction solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 209. 110439–110439. 24 indexed citations

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Yu, Cao, Miao Yang, Gangqiang Dong, et al.. (2018). Development of silicon heterojunction solar cell technology for manufacturing. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 57(8S3). 08RB15–08RB15. 13 indexed citations

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Yu, Cao, Miao Yang, Yongcai He, et al.. (2017). Optimization of the window layer in large area silicon heterojunction solar cells. RSC Advances. 7(15). 9258–9263. 18 indexed citations

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