Keyou Yan

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
168 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Keyou Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Keyou Yan has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 106 papers in Materials Chemistry and 54 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Keyou Yan's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (103 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (51 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (48 papers). Keyou Yan is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (103 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (51 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (48 papers). Keyou Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Keyou Yan's co-authors include Shihe Yang, Haining Chen, Yongcai Qiu, Zhanhua Wei, Jianbin Xu, Zilong Wang, Jinkai Li, Xia Long, Shuang Xiao and Mingzhu Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Keyou Yan

162 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

A Strongly Coupled Graphene and FeNi Double Hydroxide Hybrid as an Excellent Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

2014 787 citations Keyou Yan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Space-Confined Growth of MoS₂ Nanosheets within Graphite: The Layered Hybrid of MoS₂ and Graphene as an Active Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2014 638 citations Keyou Yan et al. profile →
Hybrid Halide Perovskite Solar Cell Precursors: Colloidal Chemistry and Coordination Engineering behind Device Processing for High Efficiency

2015 633 citations Keyou Yan, Mingzhu Long et al. profile →
Li2ZrF6-based electrolytes for durable lithium metal batteries

2025 64 citations Qingshuai Xu, Tan Li et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Keyou Yan	7.3k	5.9k	3.3k	2.7k	1.1k	168	10.2k
Junqing Yan	8.3k 1.1×	7.8k 1.3×	5.2k 1.6×	2.5k 0.9×	849 0.8×	135	12.0k
Shuang Yang	9.1k 1.2×	6.3k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	3.4k 1.3×	682 0.6×	209	11.0k
Fangyan Xie	5.7k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	885 0.8×	166	7.2k
Kijung Yong	5.9k 0.8×	7.0k 1.2×	4.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	234	10.7k
Thierry Pauporté	7.0k 1.0×	7.8k 1.3×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	241	10.9k
Yuan‐Ron Ma	3.9k 0.5×	3.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 1.9×	204	7.0k
Yang Bai	12.6k 1.7×	10.6k 1.8×	4.9k 1.5×	4.9k 1.8×	953 0.9×	211	16.4k
Zhang Lan	5.3k 0.7×	4.8k 0.8×	3.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	905 0.9×	286	8.9k
Min Jae Ko	6.3k 0.9×	5.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	633 0.6×	244	9.6k
Yanhong Luo	6.5k 0.9×	6.9k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	2.8k 1.0×	595 0.6×	152	10.5k

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Wang, Yi‐Cheng, Jixiang Jing, Xiaomin Wang, et al.. (2025). Self-Powered, Ultrathin, Flexible, and Scalable Ultraviolet Detector Utilizing a Diamond–MoS ₂ Heterojunction. Nano Letters. 25(45). 16115–16122.

Cai, Huimin, Qiliang Zhu, Tung-Ming Pan, et al.. (2025). Symmetry‐Breaking Strategy Yields Dopant‐Free Small Molecule Hole Transport Materials for Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with 20.58% Efficiency and Outstanding Stability. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(23). e202502478–e202502478. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Huan, et al.. (2025). Blade‐Coating with Engineered Evaporation Kinetics Enables Scalable Perovskite Photovoltaics with Minimal Efficiency Loss. Small Methods. 9(8). e2500141–e2500141.

Zhang, Lixiu, Chuantian Zuo, Mei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Antisolvent‐Bathing Strategy with Ultra‐Wide Processing Window for Making High‐efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells in Ambient Air. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(36). e202506418–e202506418. 3 indexed citations

Zuo, Chuantian, Feng Hao, Hua Dong, et al.. (2025). Regulating solution spreading and intermediate phase evolution for large-area perovskite films and solar modules. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(23). 10125–10134. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Qingshuai, Tan Li, Zhijin Ju, et al.. (2025). Li2ZrF6-based electrolytes for durable lithium metal batteries. Nature. 637(8045). 339–346. 64 indexed citations breakdown →

Sun, Jiaonan, Kezhou Fan, Zhuojia Lin, et al.. (2025). Difunctional Polymerizable Additive Enables Efficient and Stable Wide‐Bandgap Perovskites for Perovskite/Organic Tandems Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(36). 6 indexed citations

Ye, Changchun, Yifei Li, Yanan Chong, et al.. (2024). Light-induced in-situ transformation from MOF to construct heterostructured Co3O4/Co catalyst for efficient photothermal catalytic oxidation. Surfaces and Interfaces. 46. 104092–104092. 6 indexed citations

Lin, Zhuojia, Jianwei Chen, Chenghao Duan, et al.. (2024). Self-assembly construction of a homojunction of Sn–Pb perovskite using an antioxidant for all-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved efficiency and stability. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(17). 6314–6322. 23 indexed citations

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Long, Feng, Yuhan Guo, Ligang Yuan, et al.. (2024). Diammonium cation pre-intercalation into inorganic framework for efficient Dion-Jacobson perovskite solar cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149963–149963. 3 indexed citations

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Pei, An, Peng Wang, Shiyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced electrocatalytic biomass oxidation at low voltage by Ni2+-O-Pd interfaces. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5899–5899. 60 indexed citations

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Chong, Yanan, Tingyu Chen, Biao Zhou, et al.. (2024). Multistep Quenching of a Rust-Derived Catalyst for Enhanced Volatile Organic Compound Catalytic Oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 14(9). 7201–7212. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Biao, Kezhou Fan, Yanan Chong, et al.. (2024). Modulating Adsorption–Redox Sites and Charge Separation of Cs₃Bi₂Br_9–x@AgBr Core–Shell Heterostructure for Selective Toluene Photooxidation. ACS Energy Letters. 9(4). 1743–1752. 33 indexed citations

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Duan, Chenghao, Kaicheng Zhang, Zijian Peng, et al.. (2024). Durable all-inorganic perovskite tandem photovoltaics. Nature. 637(8048). 1111–1117. 55 indexed citations

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Zuo, Chuantian, Lixiu Zhang, Xiyan Pan, et al.. (2023). Perovskite films with gradient bandgap for self-powered multiband photodetectors and spectrometers. Nano Research. 16(7). 10256–10262. 21 indexed citations

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Du, Ruian, Qiqi Wu, Shiyi Zhang, et al.. (2023). CuC(O) Interfaces Deliver Remarkable Selectivity and Stability for CO₂ Reduction to C₂₊ Products at Industrial Current Density of 500 mA cm⁻². Small. 19(28). e2301289–e2301289. 43 indexed citations

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Li, Mingjie, Ke Jin, Zhiwen Jin, et al.. (2023). A tetracyclic-bislactone-based copolymer donor for efficient semitransparent organic photovoltaics. Materials Advances. 4(14). 2991–2998. 3 indexed citations

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Fu, Jianfei, Jiajia Zhang, Taoyi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Synergistic Effects of Interfacial Energy Level Regulation and Stress Relaxation via a Buried Interface for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Nano. 17(3). 2802–2812. 63 indexed citations

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Luo, Huiming, Zheng Zhang, Ligang Yuan, et al.. (2023). Improving the light stability of perovskite solar cell with new hole transport material based on spiro[fluorene-9,9′-xanthene]. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Tan Li, Qiqi Wu, et al.. (2022). Molecular Assembled Electrocatalyst for Highly Selective CO₂ Fixation to C₂₊ Products. ACS Nano. 16(10). 17021–17032. 27 indexed citations

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