Jinyan Cai

5.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
42 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Jinyan Cai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jinyan Cai has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jinyan Cai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers). Jinyan Cai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (26 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (12 papers). Jinyan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Jinyan Cai's co-authors include Gongming Wang, Shuwen Niu, Xusheng Zheng, Xiaojing Liu, Yishang Wu, Yipeng Zang, Yitai Qian, Junfa Zhu, Yao Song and Yun Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jinyan Cai

41 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Tailoring the d‐Band Centers Enables Co₄N Nanosheets To Be Highly Active for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis

2018 971 citations Zhiyan Chen, Yao Song et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Deciphering the Modulation Essence of p Bands in Co-Based Compounds on Li-S Chemistry

2018 493 citations Jianbin Zhou, Xiaojing Liu et al. Joule profile →
Electron density modulation of NiCo2S4 nanowires by nitrogen incorporation for highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis

2018 443 citations Yishang Wu, Xiaojing Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Tuning orbital orientation endows molybdenum disulfide with exceptional alkaline hydrogen evolution capability

2019 373 citations Yipeng Zang, Shuwen Niu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Chlorine bridge bond-enabled binuclear copper complex for electrocatalyzing lithium–sulfur reactions

2024 93 citations Qin Yang, Jinyan Cai et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jinyan Cai China	27	3.5k	3.3k	1.5k	448	369	42	4.8k
Shuwen Niu China	25	3.2k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	462 1.0×	366 1.0×	47	5.0k
Jieqiong Shan Australia	26	2.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	510 1.1×	273 0.7×	44	4.7k
Yiyin Huang China	36	2.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	914 0.6×	391 0.9×	568 1.5×	93	3.6k
Xueping Qin Hong Kong	27	1.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	355 0.8×	355 1.0×	41	3.3k
Jinfa Chang China	38	3.0k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	621 1.4×	424 1.1×	65	4.5k
Khang Ngoc Dinh Singapore	32	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	290 0.6×	715 1.9×	45	3.8k
Yiran Ying Hong Kong	31	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	194 0.4×	596 1.6×	71	4.2k
Dengke Zhao China	26	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	828 0.6×	234 0.5×	412 1.1×	71	3.2k
Yuebin Lian China	32	2.4k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	407 0.9×	531 1.4×	78	4.0k
Pengfang Zhang China	28	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	876 0.6×	282 0.6×	512 1.4×	78	3.3k

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Han, Jiaqi, Jiahao Sha, Jinyan Cai, et al.. (2025). A highly selective electrochemical aptasensor for Pb2+ based on molecular imprinting technology and tetrahedral DNA nanostructure. Microchimica Acta. 192(5). 274–274.

Yang, Qin, Jinyan Cai, Guanwu Li, et al.. (2024). Chlorine bridge bond-enabled binuclear copper complex for electrocatalyzing lithium–sulfur reactions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3231–3231. 93 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Jinyan, Xiaobin Hao, Zenan Bian, et al.. (2024). Elucidating the Discrepancy between the Intrinsic Structural Instability and the Apparent Catalytic Steadiness of M‐N‐C Catalysts toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(35). e202409079–e202409079. 28 indexed citations

Li, Yu, Jinyan Cai, Jiawei Zhang, et al.. (2023). An Unexpected Electrochemical Performance Enabled by In Situ Formed Quasi‐Metal‐Semiconductor Heterojunction with Innumerous P‐Type Anti‐Barrier Layer. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(14). 54 indexed citations

Hao, Xiaobin, Amirabbas Mosallanezhad, Cong Wei, et al.. (2023). Electronic perturbation by interfacial coupling of iridium cluster and Cu₃P accelerates water splitting kinetics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(48). 26742–26751. 7 indexed citations

Liang, Xinqi, Jinyan Cai, Shuwen Niu, et al.. (2022). Bidirectional catalyst design for lithium–sulfur batteries: phase regulation cooperates with N-doping. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(44). 23780–23789. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Yaping, Xusheng Zheng, Jinyan Cai, et al.. (2022). Sulfur Doping Triggering Enhanced Pt–N Coordination in Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Supported Pt Electrocatalysts toward Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 12(12). 7406–7414. 94 indexed citations

Wu, Geng, Xiao Han, Jinyan Cai, et al.. (2022). In-plane strain engineering in ultrathin noble metal nanosheets boosts the intrinsic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4200–4200. 206 indexed citations

Wang, Weiwei, Jinyan Cai, Hao Wan, et al.. (2022). Electron-redistributed Ni–Co oxide nanoarrays as an ORR/OER bifunctional catalyst for low overpotential and long lifespan Li–O₂ batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(27). 14613–14621. 19 indexed citations

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Luo, Mi, Jinyan Cai, Jiasui Zou, et al.. (2021). Promoted alkaline hydrogen evolution by an N-doped Pt–Ru single atom alloy. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(26). 14941–14947. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Jinfei Xiao, Jinyan Cai, et al.. (2020). Mixed‐Valence Copper Selenide as an Anode for Ultralong Lifespan Rocking‐Chair Zn‐Ion Batteries: An Insight into its Intercalation/Extraction Kinetics and Charge Storage Mechanism. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(3). 123 indexed citations

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Cai, Jinyan, Yao Song, Yipeng Zang, et al.. (2020). N-induced lattice contraction generally boosts the hydrogen evolution catalysis of P-rich metal phosphides. Science Advances. 6(1). eaaw8113–eaaw8113. 272 indexed citations

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Naderi, Ali, Xue Yong, Mohammadreza Karamad, et al.. (2020). Ternary cobalt–iron sulfide as a robust electrocatalyst for water oxidation: A dual effect from surface evolution and metal doping. Applied Surface Science. 542. 148681–148681. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Lirong, Jinyan Cai, Yangcenzi Xie, et al.. (2019). In2O3 Nanocrystals for CO2 Fixation: Atomic-Level Insight into the Role of Grain Boundaries. iScience. 16. 390–398. 17 indexed citations

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Zang, Yipeng, Shuwen Niu, Yishang Wu, et al.. (2019). Tuning orbital orientation endows molybdenum disulfide with exceptional alkaline hydrogen evolution capability. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1217–1217. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Jianbin, Xiaojing Liu, Linqin Zhu, et al.. (2019). High-Spin Sulfur-Mediated Phosphorous Activation Enables Safe and Fast Phosphorus Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Chem. 6(1). 221–233. 63 indexed citations

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Xie, Yufang, Jinyan Cai, Yishang Wu, et al.. (2019). Boosting Water Dissociation Kinetics on Pt–Ni Nanowires by N‐Induced Orbital Tuning. Advanced Materials. 31(16). e1807780–e1807780. 217 indexed citations

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Wu, Yishang, Xiaojing Liu, Dongdong Han, et al.. (2018). Electron density modulation of NiCo2S4 nanowires by nitrogen incorporation for highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1425–1425. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Zhiyan, Yao Song, Jinyan Cai, et al.. (2018). Tailoring the d‐Band Centers Enables Co₄N Nanosheets To Be Highly Active for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 130(18). 5170–5174. 158 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jianbin, Xiaojing Liu, Linqin Zhu, et al.. (2018). Deciphering the Modulation Essence of p Bands in Co-Based Compounds on Li-S Chemistry. Joule. 2(12). 2681–2693. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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