Kai Yang

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kai Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Yang has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Yang's work include MXene and MAX Phase Materials (20 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (20 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (18 papers). Kai Yang is often cited by papers focused on MXene and MAX Phase Materials (20 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (20 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (18 papers). Kai Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Kai Yang's co-authors include Fuxing Yin, Wenjing Yuan, Gaohong He, Yan Dai, Huifen Peng, Mingyuan Gu, Weimin Chen, Daotong Zhang, Hao Li and Fang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kai Yang

109 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

A flexible VOCs sensor based on a 3D Mxene framework with... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2021 100 200 300
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. A flexible VOCs sensor based on a 3D Mxene framework with a high sensing performance
    2018 344 citations Kai Yang et al. profile →
  2. Facile Synthesis of Two‐Dimensional Iron/Cobalt Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis
    2021 331 citations Kai Yang 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
Kai Yang China 35 1.9k 1.5k 1.1k 984 789 117 4.2k
Yan Dai China 44 2.0k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 672 0.6× 2.1k 2.1× 734 0.9× 179 5.4k
Salah M. El‐Bahy Saudi Arabia 39 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 550 0.6× 1.6k 2.0× 184 5.1k
Jingjing Li China 34 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 959 0.8× 352 0.4× 453 0.6× 123 3.3k
Wenbo Zhang China 40 2.0k 1.1× 722 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 574 0.6× 492 0.6× 173 4.7k
Jianguo Tang China 36 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 721 0.7× 525 0.7× 168 4.6k
Jingjing Jia China 28 2.0k 1.0× 743 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 613 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 83 4.5k
Dongchu Chen China 43 2.4k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 814 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 757 1.0× 161 5.6k
Tao Ding China 45 2.7k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.9k 1.6× 806 0.8× 1.9k 2.4× 111 7.1k
Xingpeng Guo China 44 3.5k 1.8× 2.0k 1.3× 494 0.4× 699 0.7× 516 0.7× 204 5.7k
Jing Lin China 49 2.4k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.6× 484 0.5× 1.7k 2.1× 98 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Yang 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 Yang. Kai Yang 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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Yang, Kai, Shih-Chieh Chang, Fang Li, et al.. (2025). Stretching ink-induced three-dimensional printing of biomimetic hierarchical nanocomposites with high toughness. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 252. 180–189.
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Li, Fang, et al.. (2025). Thin-Film Encapsulation Solution for High-Temperature SiC Power Devices. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. 40(7). 9638–9648.
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Yang, Pei, Zhao Li, Daotong Zhang, et al.. (2024). MXene film electrodes with high mechanical strength, graded ion channels and high pseudocapacitive activity enabled by lignin-containing cellulose fibers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 279(Pt 4). 135476–135476. 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Jianyu, Fang Li, Xiaofeng Wang, et al.. (2024). Lateral Heterostructure Formed by Highly Thermally Conductive Fluorinated Graphene for Efficient Device Thermal Management. Advanced Science. 11(25). e2401586–e2401586. 10 indexed citations
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Tian, Kuan, et al.. (2024). Improving Triethylamine-Sensing Performance of WO3 Nanoplates through In Situ Heterojunction Construction. Sensors. 24(17). 5606–5606. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenrui, Junlin Ma, Jianxin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Wearable Self‐Powered Smart Sensors Enabled by 2D Flower‐Like Ni–Co Layered Double Hydroxides for Copper Monitoring in Sweat. Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(21). 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhipeng, et al.. (2023). Seismic resilient design and negative stiffness-assisted nonlinear isolation system for adjacent non-coaxial buildings linked by corridors. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 175. 108227–108227. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Daotong, Kai Yang, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2023). A facile “thick to thin” strategy for integrating high volumetric energy density and excellent flexibility into MXene/wood free-standing electrode for supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 460. 141733–141733. 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hanwen, Liuxue Shen, Jianxin Zhang, et al.. (2023). MXene-rGO aerogel assisted Na3.5MnTi(PO4)3 cathode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 466. 143132–143132. 22 indexed citations
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Tang, Kun, Shunming Zhu, Dongyang Liu, et al.. (2023). An innovative gas inlet design in a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition chamber for high-quality, high-speed, and high-efficiency diamond growth. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 56(37). 375104–375104. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhipeng, et al.. (2023). Negative stiffness-enhanced seismic damping technology for an over-track complex with concrete-encased steel columns. Journal of Building Engineering. 73. 106722–106722. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Kai & Takayuki Aoki. (2022). A Momentum-Conserving Weakly Compressible Navier–Stokes Solver for Simulation of Violent Two-Phase Flows with High Density Ratio. International journal of computational fluid dynamics. 36(9). 776–796. 3 indexed citations
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Luo, Min, Daotong Zhang, Kai Yang, et al.. (2022). A Flexible Vertical-Section Wood/MXene Electrode with Excellent Performance Fabricated by Building a Highly Accessible Bonding Interface. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(35). 40460–40468. 15 indexed citations
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Chen, Weimin, Kai Yang, Min Luo, et al.. (2022). Carbonization‐free wood electrode with MXene‐reconstructed porous structure for all‐wood eco‐supercapacitors. EcoMat. 5(1). 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Weimin, Zhao Li, Kai Yang, et al.. (2022). Low-temperature carbonized MXene/protein-based eggshell membrane composite as free-standing electrode for flexible supercapacitors. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 226. 588–596. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Weimin, Min Luo, Kai Yang, et al.. (2021). MXene loaded onto clean wiper by a dot-matrix drop-casting method as a free-standing electrode for stretchable and flexible supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal. 423. 130242–130242. 40 indexed citations
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Zhang, Daotong, Min Luo, Kai Yang, et al.. (2021). Porosity-adjustable MXene film with transverse and longitudinal ion channels for flexible supercapacitors. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 326. 111389–111389. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Kai, Xiaoshan Wang, Hai Li, et al.. (2017). Composition- and phase-controlled synthesis and applications of alloyed phase heterostructures of transition metal disulphides. Nanoscale. 9(16). 5102–5109. 69 indexed citations

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