Caoyu Yang

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Caoyu Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Caoyu Yang has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Materials Chemistry, 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 14 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Caoyu Yang's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (12 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (11 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (8 papers). Caoyu Yang is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (12 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (11 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (8 papers). Caoyu Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Caoyu Yang's co-authors include Zhiyong Tang, Chang Long, Lingen Zhang, Xiaofei Zhang, Pengfei An, Lulu Zuo, Zhongjie Yang, Jun Guo, Zhenming Xu and Zhenyang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Caoyu Yang

40 papers receiving 774 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.

  1. Ultralow Coordination Copper Sites Compartmentalized within Ordered Pores for Highly Efficient Electrosynthesis of n-Propanol from CO2
    2025 30 citations Qun Li, Jiabin Wu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Caoyu Yang China 17 423 287 223 175 140 44 793
Fengtao Zhang China 18 339 0.8× 293 1.0× 321 1.4× 230 1.3× 127 0.9× 42 915
Wenzhao Fu China 18 460 1.1× 702 2.4× 375 1.7× 149 0.9× 137 1.0× 27 1.2k
Mark A. Bajada United Kingdom 14 616 1.5× 467 1.6× 91 0.4× 236 1.3× 93 0.7× 19 1.0k
Chuanhao Wang China 9 509 1.2× 224 0.8× 292 1.3× 121 0.7× 50 0.4× 25 775
Chenghong Hu China 14 216 0.5× 200 0.7× 89 0.4× 99 0.6× 159 1.1× 27 586
Jiajie Wang China 16 278 0.7× 325 1.1× 142 0.6× 140 0.8× 46 0.3× 25 586
Yingji Zhao Japan 16 639 1.5× 451 1.6× 127 0.6× 400 2.3× 265 1.9× 40 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Caoyu Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caoyu Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Caoyu Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Caoyu Yang 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 Caoyu Yang. Caoyu Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Dawei, Chang Long, Ying Yue, et al.. (2025). Strain-optimized copper dual-atom sites for selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene. Science Advances. 11(37). eads0609–eads0609. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Caoyu, Yutong Ye, Yin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Disassembly of chiral hydrogen-bonded frameworks into single-unit organometallic helices for enantioselective amyloid inhibition. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8019–8019.
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Zuo, Lulu, Caoyu Yang, & Zhiyong Tang. (2025). Electrifying CO2 Coupling With Small Molecules. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(35). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaofei, Yu Tang, Caoyu Yang, et al.. (2025). Nickel‐Mediated Synthesis of Fused Heterocycle‐Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Self‐Sensitized Photocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(52). e18983–e18983.
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Yang, Caoyu, et al.. (2024). Porousizing catalysts for boosting CO2 electroreducation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 67. 4–20. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Caoyu & Zhiyong Tang. (2024). A new nexus in metal-organic frameworks. Chem. 10(2). 427–429. 3 indexed citations
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Xue, Guangxin, Xiang Li, Caoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). CO‐Tolerant Heterogeneous Ruthenium Catalysts for Efficient Formic Acid Dehydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie. 137(4). 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Guangxin, Hanlin Liu, Caoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Major-auxiliary cooperative metal pairs in MOFs enable cascade oxidation of KA oil to ε-caprolactone. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9659–9659. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Caoyu, et al.. (2024). Recent progress on the synthesis of defective UiO-66 for thermal catalysis. Nano Research. 17(10). 8653–8670. 13 indexed citations
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Long, Chang, Kaiwei Wan, Yu Chen, et al.. (2024). Steering the Reconstruction of Oxide-Derived Cu by Secondary Metal for Electrosynthesis of n-Propanol from CO. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(7). 4632–4641. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Yunpeng, Lei Gong, Jianglong Liu, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of interface with capping-bonding synergy to boost CO2 electroreduction to formate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 362. 124760–124760. 5 indexed citations
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Bai, Xiao‐Jue, Caoyu Yang, & Zhiyong Tang. (2024). Enabling long-distance hydrogen spillover in nonreducible metal-organic frameworks for catalytic reaction. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6263–6263. 29 indexed citations
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Yang, Caoyu, et al.. (2024). Metal-organic framework accumulator amplifies CO2 electroreduction. Matter. 7(8). 2724–2726. 3 indexed citations
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Xue, Guangxin, Xiang Li, Caoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). CO‐Tolerant Heterogeneous Ruthenium Catalysts for Efficient Formic Acid Dehydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(4). e202416530–e202416530. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing‐Hao, Siyang Li, Caoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Photoelectrochemical Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl bromides with amine at ultra-low potential. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6907–6907. 16 indexed citations
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Long, Chang, Kaiwei Wan, Yuheng Jiang, et al.. (2023). Regulating reconstruction of oxide-derived Cu for electrochemical CO 2 reduction toward n-propanol. Science Advances. 9(43). eadi6119–eadi6119. 112 indexed citations
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Yang, Caoyu, et al.. (2023). Insight into quantities, flows, and recycling technology of E-waste in China for resource sustainable society. Journal of Cleaner Production. 393. 136222–136222. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing‐Hao, Lulu Zuo, Zhiyu Guo, et al.. (2023). Al2O3‐coated BiVO4 Photoanodes for Photoelectrocatalytic Regioselective C−H Activation of Aromatic Amines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(52). e202315478–e202315478. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Qun, Jiabin Wu, Lei Lv, et al.. (2023). Efficient CO2 Electroreduction to Multicarbon Products at CuSiO3/CuO Derived Interfaces in Ordered Pores. Advanced Materials. 36(22). e2305508–e2305508. 41 indexed citations

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