Han Yan

560 total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 351 citations indexed

About

Han Yan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Han Yan has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 351 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Catalysis and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Han Yan's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (15 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (12 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers). Han Yan is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (15 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (12 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers). Han Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Han Yan's co-authors include Shifa Wang, Jie Zeng, Huajing Gao, Leiming Fang, Yifan Xu, Fei Ye, Dengfeng Li, Bidhan Pandit, Yuanyuan Zhang and Hao Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Han Yan

29 papers receiving 340 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ultrafine metal nanoparticles isolated on oxide nano-islands as exceptional sintering-resistant catalysts

2025 41 citations Li Xu, Jiankang Zhao et al. Nature Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Han Yan China	12	192	125	60	56	51	33	351
Jairo A. Gómez-Cuaspud Colombia	10	196 1.0×	39 0.3×	74 1.2×	43 0.8×	52 1.0×	53	383
M.Z. Figueroa-Torres Mexico	12	189 1.0×	132 1.1×	123 2.0×	22 0.4×	23 0.5×	30	357
Fan Guo China	13	170 0.9×	116 0.9×	103 1.7×	29 0.5×	8 0.2×	20	364
C.M. Álvarez-Docio Spain	7	181 0.9×	118 0.9×	47 0.8×	30 0.5×	45 0.9×	9	365
Ahmed A. M. El‐Amir Egypt	11	205 1.1×	41 0.3×	85 1.4×	89 1.6×	11 0.2×	30	398
Mohammad Jaffar United Kingdom	11	228 1.2×	202 1.6×	60 1.0×	14 0.3×	87 1.7×	15	457
Shuangshuang Lv China	9	183 1.0×	64 0.5×	48 0.8×	13 0.2×	64 1.3×	21	373
Nazly Hassan Egypt	11	200 1.0×	51 0.4×	92 1.5×	73 1.3×	10 0.2×	21	395

Countries citing papers authored by Han Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Han Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Han Yan

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Xu, Li, Jiankang Zhao, Lei Luo, et al.. (2025). Ultrafine metal nanoparticles isolated on oxide nano-islands as exceptional sintering-resistant catalysts. Nature Materials. 24(6). 891–899. 41 indexed citations breakdown →

Yan, Han, Wenjie Li, Wenjian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Reaction-induced dynamic evolution of PtIn/SiO2 catalyst for propane dehydrogenation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5153–5153.

Hu, Sunpei, Jie Shi, Yongjie Ye, et al.. (2025). CeO2-supported bi-layer Pt clusters for anti-Markovnikov alkene hydrosilylation. Science China Chemistry. 69(2). 946–952.

Zhang, Ningqiang, Sunpei Hu, Jian He, et al.. (2025). Thermally Triggered Redox Flexibility of Pt/CeO ₂ Cluster Catalyst Against In‐Situ Atomic Redispersion. Angewandte Chemie. 137(31).

Luo, Jun, Li Xu, Yongjie Ye, et al.. (2024). Progressive Fabrication of a Pt‐Based High‐Entropy‐Alloy Catalyst toward Highly Efficient Propane Dehydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(7). e202419093–e202419093. 13 indexed citations

Yan, Han, Xuetao Qin, Jincheng Liu, et al.. (2024). Facet‐Dependent Diversity of Pt−O Coordination for Pt₁/CeO₂ Catalysts Achieved by Oriented Atomic Deposition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(50). e202411264–e202411264. 18 indexed citations

Luo, Lei, Tao Zhou, Wenjie Li, et al.. (2024). Close Intimacy between PtIn Clusters and Zeolite Channels for Ultrastability toward Propane Dehydrogenation. Nano Letters. 24(24). 7236–7243. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Chenxu, Qian Li, Jitang Chen, et al.. (2023). The research on photocatalytic oxygen evolution of Bi4Ti3O12 microsphere by different Ag-loading content. Materials Letters. 341. 134219–134219. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Han, et al.. (2023). Demulsification efficiency and mechanism of hydrophobic carbon chains modified hyperbranched polyethylenimide on oil-in-water emulsion. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 233. 212526–212526. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, Shifa Wang, Maoyuan Li, et al.. (2023). Strontium-induced phase, energy band and microstructure regulation in Ba_1−xSr_xTiO₃photocatalysts for boosting visible-light photocatalytic activity. Catalysis Science & Technology. 13(9). 2841–2854. 30 indexed citations

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Luo, Lei, Tao Zhou, Jun Luo, et al.. (2023). A promoted PtFe/SiO₂ catalyst with low Pt concentration for propane dehydrogenation. Catalysis Science & Technology. 13(11). 3395–3402. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, Shifa Wang, Xinmiao Yu, et al.. (2023). Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3/BaFe12O19 magnetic separation photocatalysts: Structural, optical, microstructure, photocatalytic activity, degradation pathway and mechanism. Ceramics International. 49(23). 37967–37982. 26 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, et al.. (2023). Constitutive model and damage of self-healing 3D braided composites with microcapsules. Composites Communications. 40. 101586–101586. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Yu, et al.. (2022). Polyurea as a reinforcing filler for the anti-corrosion and wear-resistant application of epoxy resin. Progress in Organic Coatings. 171. 107049–107049. 28 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, et al.. (2022). Functionalized β-cyclodextrin with polyethyleneimine-coated Fe3O4 as a recyclable demulsifier for the efficient treatment of oily wastewater. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 660. 130877–130877. 12 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, et al.. (2021). Effect of additives on properties and microstructure of lightweight aggregates produced from MSWI bottom ash sludge. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 71(8). 1013–1024. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, et al.. (2020). Lightweight aggregate obtained from municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash sludge (MSWI-BAS) and its characteristics affected by single factor of sintering mechanism. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 70(2). 180–192. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, et al.. (2020). Nonsintered lightweight aggregates produced from waste sludge and its characteristics affected by additives. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 39(5). 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Han, et al.. (2013). Pyrolysis Kinetics Equation of Larch Bark. Advanced materials research. 772. 313–318. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Han. (2002). The Research of Fabric Digital Dynamic Drape Style Instrument. 1 indexed citations

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