Cheng Yan

7.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
96 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Cheng Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Yan has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Cheng Yan's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (28 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (18 papers). Cheng Yan is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (28 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (18 papers). Cheng Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Cheng Yan's co-authors include Weiqing Yang, Xiang Chu, Weili Deng, Da Xiong, Tao Yang, Zheng Liu, Haitao Zhang, Guo Tian, Haichao Huang and Yuyu Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Yan

94 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Cowpea-structured PVDF/ZnO nanofibers based flexible self-powered piezoelectric bending motion sensor towards remote control of gestures

2018 414 citations Weili Deng, Tao Yang et al. profile →
Microchannel‐Confined MXene Based Flexible Piezoresistive Multifunctional Micro‐Force Sensor

2020 343 citations Yuyu Gao, Cheng Yan et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Hierarchically structured PVDF/ZnO core-shell nanofibers for self-powered physiological monitoring electronics

2020 306 citations Tao Yang, Guo Tian et al. profile →
Manipulating Relative Permittivity for High-Performance Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators

2020 287 citations Long Jin, Xiao Xiao et al. Nano Letters profile →
Rich lamellar crystal baklava-structured PZT/PVDF piezoelectric sensor toward individual table tennis training

2019 285 citations Guo Tian, Weili Deng et al. profile →
Constructing Built‐in Electric Field in Heterogeneous Nanowire Arrays for Efficient Overall Water Electrolysis

2023 280 citations Shucong Zhang, Chun Hui Tan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Yan China	40	3.2k	2.9k	2.5k	2.5k	1.5k	96	6.9k
Jyh Ming Wu Taiwan	44	3.0k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	961 0.6×	126	6.3k
Wei Guo China	59	4.7k 1.5×	3.2k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	4.3k 1.7×	2.6k 1.7×	183	9.9k
Hui Luo China	45	3.4k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	943 0.6×	144	6.4k
Jianjian Lin China	38	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	109	6.2k
Kuibo Yin China	45	4.8k 1.5×	3.8k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	2.7k 1.7×	181	9.0k
Kewei Zhang China	43	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	999 0.7×	162	5.4k
Yanhao Yu China	36	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	60	5.8k
Lunhui Guan China	49	5.0k 1.6×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	195	7.8k
Jun Su China	55	4.6k 1.5×	4.5k 1.5×	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	3.6k 2.4×	169	9.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Yan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Jianfeng, Cheng Yan, Haifeng Zhao, Chunyang Yin, & Sai Bai. (2025). Modulations of Quasi‐Two‐Dimensional Metal Halide Perovskites toward High‐Performance Blue Light‐Emitting Diodes. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(22). 3 indexed citations

Yan, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Promoted surface reconstruction of amorphous nickel boride electrocatalysts by boron dissolution for boosting the oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(11). 7962–7972. 8 indexed citations

Cheng, Xiaojing, Cheng Yan, Miaomiao He, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical catalyst layer structure for enhancing local oxygen transport in low Pt proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 603. 234453–234453. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Yongjian, Cheng Yan, Zhenyu Chen, et al.. (2024). Interfacial Coulomb-enhanced charge injection for efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes. Materials Today Physics. 43. 101413–101413. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Yongjian, Xiankan Zeng, Cheng Yan, et al.. (2024). Suppressing leakage current and charge accumulation via perovskite interface morphology regulation for efficient light-emitting diodes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 495. 153520–153520. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shucong, et al.. (2023). Constructing Built‐in Electric Field in Heterogeneous Nanowire Arrays for Efficient Overall Water Electrolysis. Angewandte Chemie. 135(26). 69 indexed citations

Chen, Lei, Cheng Yan, Fuxiang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Modulated oxygen mobility of perovskite oxides for efficient redox oxidative cracking of cycloalkane to light olefins. Chemical Engineering Journal. 477. 146894–146894. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yihan, Xiang Chu, Hongrui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Hyper-conjugated polyaniline delivering extraordinary electrical and electrochemical properties in supercapacitors. Applied Surface Science. 628. 157350–157350. 14 indexed citations

Yan, Cheng, et al.. (2021). Electrolysis-enhanced ecological floating bed and its factors influencing nitrogen and phosphorus removal in simulated hyper-eutrophic water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(18). 22832–22842. 5 indexed citations

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Luo, Chao, et al.. (2020). Understanding Excitonic Behavior in Light Absorption and Recombination Process. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(47). 26076–26082. 25 indexed citations

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Jin, Long, Xiao Xiao, Weili Deng, et al.. (2020). Manipulating Relative Permittivity for High-Performance Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerators. Nano Letters. 20(9). 6404–6411. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Wen, Da Xiong, Meilin Xie, et al.. (2020). Coaxially enhanced photocarrier transport of a highly oriented Cu₂ZnSnS₄/ZnO photodetector through the nanoconfinement effect. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(10). 3491–3497. 15 indexed citations

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Tian, Guo, Da Xiong, Tao Yang, et al.. (2020). Understanding the Potential Screening Effect through the Discretely Structured ZnO Nanorods Piezo Array. Nano Letters. 20(6). 4270–4277. 66 indexed citations

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Di, Jun, Chao Chen, Shize Yang, et al.. (2017). Defect engineering in atomically-thin bismuth oxychloride towards photocatalytic oxygen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(27). 14144–14151. 115 indexed citations

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Yan, Cheng, et al.. (2016). Runoff simulation by SWAT model based on parameters transfer method in ungauged catchments of middle reaches of Jialing River. Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao. 32(13). 86. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Cheng. (2015). Analysis of bus fire situation and research on the response measures. Fire Science and Technology. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xueming, et al.. (2012). Analysis of environmental evolution during last hundred years according to vertical sediment in the Yalu River estuary. Environmental Pollution & Control. 34(10). 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Cheng, et al.. (2010). Detrital mineral characteristics and material source identification in surface sediments of Yalu River estuary and adjacent waters. Geographical Research. 29(11). 1950–1960. 3 indexed citations

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Gao, Jianhua, et al.. (2008). Heavy metal distribution and their influence factors in sediments of Yalu River Estuary and its adjacent sea area. Geochimica. 37(5). 430–438. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Cheng. (2002). Primary Character and Motive Change of Shallow Beach in Yalu River Mouth. Journal of Sediment Research. 6 indexed citations

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