Kesong Yang

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
99 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Kesong Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kesong Yang has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Materials Chemistry, 42 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kesong Yang's work include Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (42 papers), Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (28 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (20 papers). Kesong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (42 papers), Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (28 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (20 papers). Kesong Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Kesong Yang's co-authors include Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang, Stefano Curtarolo, Baibiao Huang, Jianli Cheng, Wahyu Setyawan, Shidong Wang, Ohad Levy, Richard H. Taylor and Safdar Nazir and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kesong Yang

98 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

AFLOW: An automatic framework for high-throughput materials discovery

2012 1.1k citations Stefano Curtarolo, Wahyu Setyawan et al. profile →
AFLOWLIB.ORG: A distributed materials properties repository from high-throughput ab initio calculations

2012 847 citations Stefano Curtarolo, Wahyu Setyawan et al. profile →
Engineering Coexposed {001} and {101} Facets in Oxygen-Deficient TiO₂ Nanocrystals for Enhanced CO₂ Photoreduction under Visible Light

2015 574 citations Jianli Cheng, Kesong Yang et al. profile →

Peers

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Jin Yu China

Ivano E. Castelli Denmark

Ran He China

Vei Wang China

Zhufeng Hou China

W. T. Geng China

Nan Xu China

Xianghua Kong China

Jijun Zhao China

Alexie M. Kolpak United States

Jin Yu China

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kesong Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kesong Yang

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

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Luan, Jingyi, Liang Yin, Ruren Xu, et al.. (2025). Ultrasensitive room-temperature NO2 gas sensor based on graphene-modified Cu2O nanocomposites: A combined experimental and first-principles study. Measurement. 245. 116647–116647. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yun & Kesong Yang. (2025). First‐Principles Approach for Predicting Chiral Helimagnetism. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(21). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yali, Anqi Liu, Yufei He, et al.. (2025). Enhanced pseudocapacitance of amino-functionalized graphene films for supercapacitors across a wide pH range. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1035. 181363–181363. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yun & Kesong Yang. (2025). Are Mn-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides helimagnetic?. Applied Physics Reviews. 12(4).

Yang, Kesong, et al.. (2024). Engineering Mn₃Ga/GaAs interfaces: a first-principles study on energetic stability and magnetic anisotropy. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 57(25). 255006–255006. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yuling, et al.. (2024). First-Principles Study of Dominant Surface Terminations on BaSnO₃ (001) Surface: Implications for Precise Control of Semiconductor Thin Films. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(10). 11995–12002. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yaqin, Zhengtao Zhang, Yitong Wang, et al.. (2023). First-principles investigation of structural, electronic, and energetic properties of BaSnO3 (001) surfaces. Vacuum. 212. 111977–111977. 12 indexed citations

Jiang, Sicong & Kesong Yang. (2023). High-throughput design of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at quaternary Heusler and MgO interfaces. npj Computational Materials. 9(1). 11 indexed citations

Yang, Kesong, et al.. (2023). First-Principles Investigation of Size Effects on Cohesive Energies of Transition-Metal Nanoclusters. Nanomaterials. 13(16). 2356–2356. 10 indexed citations

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Gan, Yulin, Yu Zhang, Sicong Jiang, et al.. (2022). Fractional-unit-cell-doped spinel/perovskite oxide interfaces with switchable carrier conduction. Applied Physics Letters. 121(11). 2 indexed citations

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Jiang, Sicong, S. Nazir, & Kesong Yang. (2022). High-Throughput Design of Interfacial Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy at Heusler/MgO Heterostructures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(7). 9734–9743. 14 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaofei, Edward Matios, Chuanlong Wang, et al.. (2020). Designing an All-Solid-State Sodium-Carbon Dioxide Battery Enabled by Nitrogen-Doped Nanocarbon. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3620–3626. 36 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaofei, Huan Wang, Edward Matios, et al.. (2019). Nip the Sodium Dendrites in the Bud on Planar Doped Graphene in Liquid/Gel Electrolytes. Advanced Functional Materials. 29(9). 53 indexed citations

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Li, Leigang, Jianli Cheng, Hua Wang, et al.. (2019). Interfacial Engineering Enabled Novel Bi-Based Layered Oxide Supercells with Modulated Microstructures and Tunable Physical Properties. Crystal Growth & Design. 19(12). 7088–7095. 9 indexed citations

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Lu, Yunhao, Fang Wang, Miaogen Chen, et al.. (2018). Tuning Interfacial Magnetic Ordering via Polarization Control in Ferroelectric SrTiO₃/PbTiO₃ Heterostructure. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(12). 10536–10542. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Kesong, Safdar Nazir, Maziar Behtash, & Jianli Cheng. (2016). High-Throughput Design of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Systems Based on Polar/Nonpolar Perovskite Oxide Heterostructures. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34667–34667. 51 indexed citations

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Yang, Kesong, Wahyu Setyawan, Shidong Wang, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, & Stefano Curtarolo. (2012). A search model for topological insulators with high-throughput robustness descriptors. Nature Materials. 11(7). 614–619. 224 indexed citations

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Herng, Tun Seng, Dongchen Qi, Tom Berlijn, et al.. (2010). Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism of Cu-Doped ZnO Films Probed by Soft X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism. Physical Review Letters. 105(20). 207201–207201. 202 indexed citations

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Yi, Jiabao, Chaesung Lim, Guozhong Xing, et al.. (2010). Ferromagnetism in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors through Defect Engineering: Li-Doped ZnO. Physical Review Letters. 104(13). 137201–137201. 411 indexed citations

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Cheng, Hefeng, Baibiao Huang, Kesong Yang, et al.. (2010). Facile Template‐Free Synthesis of Bi₂O₂CO₃ Hierarchical Microflowers and Their Associated Photocatalytic Activity. ChemPhysChem. 11(10). 2167–2173. 190 indexed citations

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