Kai Yan

12.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
231 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Kai Yan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Yan has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 70 papers in Materials Chemistry and 62 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Yan's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (60 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (51 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (50 papers). Kai Yan is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (60 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (51 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (50 papers). Kai Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kai Yan's co-authors include Guosheng Wu, Cody Jarvis, Yiran Lu, Todd Lafleur, Aicheng Chen, Di Hu, Man Zhang, Jiajue Chai, Biying Liu and Yuchen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Kai Yan

227 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

Production, properties and catalytic hydrogenation of fur... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2020 2015 2020 2022 200 400 600
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.

  1. Production, properties and catalytic hydrogenation of furfural to fuel additives and value-added chemicals
    2014 610 citations Kai Yan et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →
  2. Trimetallic NiCoFe-Layered Double Hydroxides Nanosheets Efficient for Oxygen Evolution and Highly Selective Oxidation of Biomass-Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
    2020 402 citations Kai Yan et al. profile →
  3. Catalytic reactions of gamma-valerolactone: A platform to fuels and value-added chemicals
    2015 394 citations Kai Yan et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
  4. 3D hierarchical H2-reduced Mn-doped CeO2 microflowers assembled from nanotubes as a high-performance Fenton-like photocatalyst for tetracycline antibiotics degradation
    2020 380 citations Zhikeng Zheng, Rongliang Qiu et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
  5. Chemical transformations of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into highly added value products: present and future
    2022 157 citations Zhiwei Jiang, Yongjian Zeng et al. profile →
  6. Recent Advances on Transition‐Metal‐Based Layered Double Hydroxides Nanosheets for Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion
    2023 141 citations Yuchen Wang, Zhikeng Zheng et al. Advanced Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Yan China 53 4.1k 3.9k 3.5k 2.0k 2.0k 231 9.8k
Tao Wang China 56 2.6k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 5.4k 1.6× 2.6k 1.3× 3.6k 1.8× 451 12.2k
Sónia A. C. Carabineiro Portugal 58 4.3k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 7.3k 2.1× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.0× 255 11.1k
Peng Liu China 48 1.7k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 4.6k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 291 8.5k
Wei Xia Germany 53 6.6k 1.6× 1.5k 0.4× 4.6k 1.3× 956 0.5× 6.9k 3.5× 238 12.9k
F. Medina Spain 52 1.6k 0.4× 2.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.4× 1.5k 0.7× 679 0.3× 285 9.4k
Shaeel A. Al‐Thabaiti Saudi Arabia 50 1.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 4.5k 1.3× 873 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 237 7.9k
Hui Chen China 67 6.3k 1.5× 1.7k 0.4× 6.0k 1.7× 1.2k 0.6× 9.1k 4.6× 402 15.9k
Jianling Zhang China 57 4.9k 1.2× 2.0k 0.5× 6.1k 1.7× 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.0× 327 12.9k
F. Gracia Chile 41 2.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 4.3k 1.2× 752 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 109 7.4k
Elaheh K. Goharshadi Iran 46 2.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 3.1k 0.9× 918 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 192 6.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Yan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Kui, et al.. (2025). Recent progress in biochar-based photocatalysts for environmental remediation. Green Energy & Environment. 10(12). 2327–2350. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Kai, Xin Song, Chunliang Zhou, et al.. (2025). Synergistic effect of Cu and Ce bimetallic over MCM-41 zeolite for enhancing the catalytic hydrolysis performance of COS. Molecular Catalysis. 575. 114897–114897. 2 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yongjian, Yuchen Wang, Di Hu, et al.. (2025). Layered double hydroxides-based nanomaterials for biodiesel production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 218. 115807–115807. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuchen, Zhikeng Zheng, Xiaodie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Degradation of Plastic Waste Coupled with Hydrogen Evolution in Seawater Using Rosette‐Like High‐Entropy Oxides. Advanced Science. 12(35). e07023–e07023. 2 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zhiwei, et al.. (2024). Microwave-enhanced pyrolysis of bamboo for furfural-rich bio-oil production over WS2 catalyst. Industrial Crops and Products. 216. 118768–118768. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, Haoyi Wu, Ruyi Zhong, et al.. (2024). Quenching-induced oxygen vacancy engineering boosts photocatalytic activities of CaTiO3. Applied Surface Science. 670. 160619–160619. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Ke Zhu, Xiaoying Liang, et al.. (2024). Fe-nanocluster embedded biomass-derived carbon for efficient photo-Fenton-like activity in water purification. Separation and Purification Technology. 337. 126382–126382. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Lin, Yongjian Zeng, Suyu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Tuning ligand-vacancies in Pd-UiO-66 to boost biofuel production from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural hydrodeoxygenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124592–124592. 18 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zhiwei, et al.. (2024). Recent advances on CO2-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles for the upgrading of biomass-derived compounds. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 203. 114756–114756. 7 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ke, Wenlei Qin, Yu-Wen Chen, et al.. (2024). Construction of N-Fe-S bridge in atomic iron catalyst for boosting Fenton-like reactions. Nano Today. 58. 102462–102462. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuchen, et al.. (2024). Rational design of metal-metal hydroxide interface for efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of biomass-derived platform molecules. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 44(1). 100418–100418.
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Yu, Peifeng, Jie Zhan, Kangwang Wang, et al.. (2024). Mapping hydrogen evolution activity trends of V-based A15 superconducting alloys. Chemical Engineering Journal. 488. 150961–150961. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Kangwang, Longfu Li, Peifeng Yu, et al.. (2024). Revealing the nontrivial topological surface states of catalysts for effective photochemical carbon dioxide conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 358. 124428–124428. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Ke Zhu, Yizhe Huang, et al.. (2023). Electronic modulation of S and N co-implanted carbon as fenton-like photocatalysts for water remediation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 146016–146016. 16 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ke, Wenlei Qin, Yizhe Huang, et al.. (2023). Acceleration of Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle in garland-like MIL-101(Fe)/MoS2 nanosheets to promote peroxymonosulfate activation for sulfamethoxazole degradation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144190–144190. 87 indexed citations
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Yu, Peifeng, Lingyong Zeng, Kuan Li, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Co9S8nanoflakes by a one-step solvent-free solid-state method for multiple electrocatalytic reactions. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(9). 2586–2593. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhiyue, Zhiwei Jiang, Lu Lin, Rongliang Qiu, & Kai Yan. (2023). Synthesis of alkoxyphenols-rich bio-oil by microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of wood over MoS2 catalyst. Renewable Energy. 219. 119491–119491. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Kangwang, Zhuofeng Hu, Peifeng Yu, et al.. (2023). Understanding Bridging Sites and Accelerating Quantum Efficiency for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Nano-Micro Letters. 16(1). 5–5. 57 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuwen, Ke Zhu, Yizhe Huang, et al.. (2023). Facile synthesis of fine-grained CoFe2O4 anchored on porous carbon for simultaneous removal of tetracycline and arsenite via peroxymonosulfate activation. Separation and Purification Technology. 328. 125131–125131. 21 indexed citations

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