Han Yu

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Han Yu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Han Yu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Han Yu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (11 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (9 papers). Han Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (11 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (9 papers). Han Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Australia. Han Yu's co-authors include Hongbing Yu, Yuanling Li, Heng Dong, Lina Liu, Zexu Chi, Zhenzong Zhang, Xin Wang, Luxin Zhang, Wenjie Li and Ze Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Nanotechnology and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Han Yu

49 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Application of co-pyrolysis biochar for the adsorption an... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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. Application of co-pyrolysis biochar for the adsorption and immobilization of heavy metals in contaminated environmental substrates
    2021 223 citations Han Yu, Hongbing Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Han Yu China 26 847 645 596 358 354 53 1.8k
Liang Hao China 20 667 0.8× 501 0.8× 567 1.0× 311 0.9× 253 0.7× 39 1.4k
Hend Omar Mohamed Saudi Arabia 25 682 0.8× 877 1.4× 501 0.8× 284 0.8× 343 1.0× 61 2.0k
Manickam Matheswaran India 25 622 0.7× 567 0.9× 525 0.9× 379 1.1× 309 0.9× 45 1.6k
Diwen Ying China 23 743 0.9× 472 0.7× 412 0.7× 648 1.8× 359 1.0× 47 1.9k
Wenhong Pu China 29 911 1.1× 642 1.0× 591 1.0× 655 1.8× 233 0.7× 54 2.1k
Yunlan Xu China 28 1.1k 1.3× 670 1.0× 668 1.1× 756 2.1× 363 1.0× 107 2.2k
Heng Dong China 21 876 1.0× 886 1.4× 291 0.5× 336 0.9× 341 1.0× 33 1.9k
Dongmei Ma China 23 1.0k 1.2× 577 0.9× 729 1.2× 298 0.8× 300 0.8× 91 1.8k
Xinshan Rong China 23 858 1.0× 380 0.6× 762 1.3× 264 0.7× 202 0.6× 48 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Han Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Han Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Han Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Han Yu. The network helps show where Han Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Han Yu

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

All Works

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Zhang, Xu, Xin Yu, Hao Wang, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots Alleviate Pesticide Toxicity in Tomato by Regulating Antioxidant Systems. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(20). 9916–9916.
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Wang, Fei, Min Yang, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Electrolyte engineering strategies for aqueous Zn-S batteries. Communications Materials. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Tongtong, Weixiong Huang, Zhaoyang Li, et al.. (2025). Differences in ion adsorption selectivity and mechanism of capacitive deionization technology based on activated carbon/activated carbon fiber electrode materials. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(6). 120452–120452.
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Yu, Han, Yong Chen, Tonghui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ether‐Anchored MOFs Enable Stable Pseudosuspension Electrolytes for High‐Energy Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(51). e202518384–e202518384.
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Huang, Tongtong, Weixiong Huang, Jianfeng Song, et al.. (2024). Construction of activated carbon/activated carbon fibre capacitive deionization composite electrode and its potential application in desalination of brackish water. Desalination. 593. 118191–118191. 9 indexed citations
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Lee, Wonjong, Han Yu, Younghoon Kim, et al.. (2024). Suppression of Thermally Induced Surface Traps in Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids via Ultrafast Pulsed Light. Small. 20(36). e2400380–e2400380. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Han, et al.. (2024). Ferroelectric polarization-electric field promoted S-scheme CdSe/BaxSr1-xTiO3 for highly efficient solar hydrogen evolution. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 128919–128919. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Han, Hongliang Xu, Bo Song, et al.. (2023). In-situ construction of g-C3N4/WO3 heterojunction composite with significantly enhanced photocatalytic degradation performance. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 187. 111852–111852. 8 indexed citations
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Xiang, Huiming, Lianghu Su, Han Yu, et al.. (2023). Nitrate reduction to ammonia in Fe/Fe2+ system: A case study on the mechanism of green rust generation. Separation and Purification Technology. 330. 125357–125357. 7 indexed citations
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Yu, Han, et al.. (2023). The Smart Predicting of Algal Concentration for Safer Drinking Water Production with Sensor Data. Sensors. 23(11). 5151–5151. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Han, Zhenzong Zhang, Sihui Zhan, et al.. (2022). Study of the kinetics, mechanisms and catalysis activity of photo-electro degradation of organic pollutants via new neural network based methodology. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 323. 122184–122184.
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Yu, Han, et al.. (2019). Degradation of Norfloxacin in saline water by synergistic effect of anode and cathode in a novel photo-electrochemical system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 242. 118548–118548. 54 indexed citations
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Yu, Han, Min Zhao, Linus Zhang, et al.. (2017). Investigation and improvement of a novel double-working-electrode electrochemical system for organic matter treatment from high-salinity wastewater. Environmental Technology. 38(22). 2907–2915. 3 indexed citations
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Dong, Heng, et al.. (2017). In-situ electrochemical NO x removal process for the lean-burn engine exhaust based on carbon black gas diffusion electrode. Journal of Cleaner Production. 151. 465–474. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Ze, et al.. (2016). In-situ electrochemical flue gas desulfurization via carbon black-based gas diffusion electrodes: Performance, kinetics and mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 307. 553–561. 55 indexed citations
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Peng, Xinhong, Han Yu, Hongbing Yu, & Xin Wang. (2013). Lack of anodic capacitance causes power overshoot in microbial fuel cells. Bioresource Technology. 138. 353–358. 80 indexed citations

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