Cheng Yang

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Cheng Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Yang has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 30 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cheng Yang's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (29 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (28 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (22 papers). Cheng Yang is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (29 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (28 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (22 papers). Cheng Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Cheng Yang's co-authors include Minjie Shi, Liping Zhao, Chao Yan, Krzysztof Kuczera, Michael P. Hendrich, C.E. MacBeth, Adina Golombek, A. S. Borovik, Victor G. Young and Yu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Yang

66 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Electron delocalization triggers nonradical Fenton-like catalysis over spinel oxides

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Yang China	26	1.2k	868	547	467	335	72	2.2k
Huijie Zhou China	25	1.1k 0.9×	606 0.7×	925 1.7×	516 1.1×	369 1.1×	52	2.1k
Azhar Alowasheeir Japan	18	862 0.7×	454 0.5×	422 0.8×	270 0.6×	185 0.6×	30	1.4k
Xuejun Zhou China	29	2.3k 1.9×	536 0.6×	928 1.7×	992 2.1×	285 0.9×	47	3.1k
Liang Chang China	26	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	796 1.5×	712 1.5×	156 0.5×	63	3.2k
Yao Fu China	27	1.3k 1.1×	454 0.5×	739 1.4×	345 0.7×	415 1.2×	63	2.4k
Mohamed B. Zakaria Egypt	26	1.1k 0.9×	627 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	847 1.8×	389 1.2×	71	2.4k
Xuejin Li China	31	2.2k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 2.2×	1.1k 2.3×	174 0.5×	83	3.3k
Shuang Fan China	24	1.2k 1.0×	468 0.5×	448 0.8×	364 0.8×	156 0.5×	42	1.8k
Fanxing Bu China	31	2.1k 1.8×	1.2k 1.4×	1.5k 2.7×	793 1.7×	444 1.3×	69	3.5k
Liangjie Yuan China	26	1.2k 1.0×	565 0.7×	748 1.4×	154 0.3×	329 1.0×	84	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Yang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Wei, Cheng Yang, Cheng Yang, et al.. (2025). From Promise to Practice: The Choice of Lithium Reservoir in Lithium Metal Batteries that Balances Cycling and Energy. Small. 21(21). e2500335–e2500335.

Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Source characteristics and gas-particle partitioning of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coal combustion emissions. Atmospheric Environment. 352. 121231–121231.

Guo, Xiaowei, Wenqi Li, Ma Wei, et al.. (2025). Daidzein alleviates skin fibrosis by suppressing TGF-β1 signaling pathway via targeting PKM2. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 8649–8649. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jing, Cheng Yang, & Jianzhong Jiang. (2025). Pickering emulsions with controllable rheological properties stabilized by oat globulin at different pH levels. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 716. 136694–136694. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Unraveling promoter effect in enhancing Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of formaldehyde. Molecular Catalysis. 564. 114299–114299. 1 indexed citations

Jin, Zhiliang, Cheng Yang, Landong Li, & Jizhou Jiang. (2024). Rational constructing 2D/3D p-n heterojunctions to modulate hydrogen evolution efficient pathways for enhances photocatalytic hydrogen production. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 142. 449–462. 19 indexed citations

Wen, Bo, Cheng Yang, Jing Wu, et al.. (2023). Concentrated Chlorine-Based Electrolyte Enabling Reversible Cl₃^–/Cl^– Redox for Energy-Dense and Durable Aqueous Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 8(10). 4204–4209. 15 indexed citations

Niu, Fang, De Ning, Man Wang, et al.. (2023). Tidal Mixed Ionic/Electronic Conductive Interlayer Enables Supersmooth Lithium Deposition for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(13). 10 indexed citations

Wei, Chao, et al.. (2023). First principles study of 2-(acetoxy group)benzoic acid under different extremely high-pressure environments. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1296. 136923–136923.

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Liu, Chang, Cheng Yang, & Yu Liu. (2022). Aqueous metal-sulfide battery with enhanced stability achieved by a four-electron Ag2S electrode with a Cu2+/Cu+ redox charge carrier. Energy storage materials. 54. 323–329. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2022). Ultralow-water-activity electrolyte endows vanadium-based zinc-ion batteries with durable lifespan exceeding 30 000 cycles. Energy storage materials. 53. 774–782. 61 indexed citations

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Wang, Meiyan, Maoshuai Li, Cheng Yang, et al.. (2022). Rhodium/Manganese bimetallic synergistic catalysis in hydroformylation of formaldehyde: A combined experimental and theoretical study. Molecular Catalysis. 525. 112360–112360. 5 indexed citations

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Cheng, Long, Huiping Li, Gaoting Lin, et al.. (2021). Phonon‐Related Monochromatic THz Radiation and its Magneto‐Modulation in 2D Ferromagnetic Cr₂Ge₂Te₆. Advanced Science. 9(1). e2103229–e2103229. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2021). Water/Sulfolane Hybrid Electrolyte Achieves Ultralow‐Temperature Operation for High‐Voltage Aqueous Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(1). 80 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Xiaowei Chi, Cheng Yang, & Yu Liu. (2021). High‐Voltage Aqueous Zinc Batteries Achieved by Tri‐functional Metallic Bipolar Electrodes. Energy & environment materials. 6(1). 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2021). Small‐Molecular Crowding Electrolyte Enables High‐Voltage and High‐Rate Supercapacitors. Energy Technology. 9(12). 8 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hangtian, et al.. (2021). Porous N-doped carbon/MnO2 nanoneedles for high performance ionic liquid-based supercapacitors. Materials Letters. 296. 129837–129837. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Maoshuai, Jie Wei, Qi Yang, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic insight into formaldehyde hydroformylation catalyzed by rhodium complexes: A theoretical and experimental study. Journal of Catalysis. 399. 41–51. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhuang, et al.. (2020). Metal nano-drills directionally regulate pore structure in carbon. Carbon. 175. 60–68. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Cheng, Minjie Shi, Xuefeng Song, et al.. (2018). A robust hierarchical microcapsule for efficient supercapacitors exhibiting an ultrahigh current density of 300 A g⁻¹. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(14). 5724–5732. 15 indexed citations

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