Lei Yan

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
166 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yan has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 49 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 34 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lei Yan's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (84 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (81 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers). Lei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (84 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (81 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers). Lei Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Portugal. Lei Yan's co-authors include Yong Hu, Haoxiang Yu, Jiqiang Ning, Yijun Zhong, Miao Shui, Qingjuan Ren, Jie Shu, Zhiqiang Shi, Jie Shu and Shangshu Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yan

155 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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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.

Interface Engineering for All‐Inorganic CsPbI₂Br Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency over 14%

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Yan China	38	4.1k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	625	166	5.1k
Yong Chen China	34	3.1k 0.8×	841 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	573 0.9×	214	4.7k
Bo Liu China	38	3.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	234 0.4×	121	5.1k
Jianbin Zhou China	35	3.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	184 0.3×	67	4.7k
Debin Kong China	41	4.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	2.6k 2.0×	1.9k 1.5×	522 0.8×	175	6.5k
Ghulam Ali Pakistan	38	3.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	402 0.6×	170	5.1k
Manickam Minakshi Australia	48	4.1k 1.0×	969 0.7×	2.6k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	861 1.4×	160	5.5k
Mingkai Liu China	37	2.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	583 0.9×	107	4.2k
Kwang‐Sun Ryu South Korea	34	3.2k 0.8×	768 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	616 1.0×	158	4.2k
Xiaodong Hao China	34	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	1.9k 1.5×	468 0.7×	157	4.9k
Mingquan Liu China	31	3.1k 0.8×	680 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	687 0.5×	208 0.3×	59	3.8k

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Yan, Lei, Yan‐Qun Xiang, Haoxiang Yu, et al.. (2025). Towards High‐Performance Aqueous Zn‐Organic Batteries via Using I ⁻ ‐Based Active Electrolyte. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202506466–e202506466. 8 indexed citations

Xiang, Yan‐Qun, Xinran Li, Haoxiang Yu, et al.. (2025). Proton insertion chemistry in a phenazine-based cathode for aqueous Zn-organic batteries. Materials Advances. 6(4). 1300–1306. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jie, Wanfang Li, Ruoxuan Sun, et al.. (2025). Closed‐Loop Iodine‐Oxygen Electrochemistry for High‐Reversibility Neutral Zinc–Air Hybrid Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(41).

Lü, H. J., Lei Yan, Yitian Ma, et al.. (2024). 4-fluorophenylboronic anhydride as an impurity-scavenging agent and two-sided interface modifier for high-performance lithium ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 491. 152180–152180. 8 indexed citations

Qu, Jianying, Lei Yan, Yucheng Zhu, et al.. (2024). Mixed crystal FeFx submicron spheres loaded on fluorinated graphene as cathode materials for Lithium-Ion batteries. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 960. 118195–118195.

Ren, Qingjuan, Lei Yan, Xuewen Yu, et al.. (2024). Construction of foam-like carbon microspheres with controllable pseudo-graphitic domains: Synergistic enhancement of K-ion adsorption/intercalation storage. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156271–156271. 3 indexed citations

Xiao, Chao, et al.. (2024). Surface passivation film optimization and electronic sensitivity characteristic test of back-illuminated CMOS. 34–34. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Tianyuan, Wenbo Guo, Yiwen Liu, et al.. (2024). Stabilizing Low-Spin Position by Iron–Manganese Coexistence in Hexacyanoferrate for Efficient Aqueous Nickel-Ion Storage. Energy & Fuels. 38(9). 8337–8344. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yang, et al.. (2024). Customizing oxygen electrocatalytic microenvironment with S, N codoped carbon nanofibers confining carbon nanocapsules and Co9S8 nanoparticles for rechargeable Zn-air batteries. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 352. 124060–124060. 30 indexed citations

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Zheng, Runtian, Yuhang Li, Haoxiang Yu, et al.. (2023). Ammonium Ion Batteries: Material, Electrochemistry and Strategy. Angewandte Chemie. 135(23). 19 indexed citations

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Yan, Lei, Jie Chen, Chen Yang, Jiqiang Ning, & Yong Hu. (2023). Achieving High Energy Efficiency: Recent Advances in Zn‐Air‐Based Hybrid Battery Systems. Small Science. 4(1). 2300094–2300094. 26 indexed citations

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Han, Xue, Jiaxi Xu, Haoxiang Yu, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient sulfur cathode built from biomass of hierarchical porous carbon for aqueous Cu–S batteries. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(13). 3844–3851. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Jiaxi, Chiwei Xu, Junwei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Tailoring short-chain sulfur molecules to drive redox dynamics for sulfur-based aqueous battery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(34). e2307646120–e2307646120. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, Laiping Li, Haoxiang Yu, et al.. (2023). Suitability of NaK alloy for the sodium or potassium metal batteries: Competition between cathode size effect and ion reaction priority effect. Chemical Engineering Journal. 475. 146185–146185. 18 indexed citations

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Lin, Xia, Junwei Zhang, Huihui Yan, et al.. (2023). A triple-synergistic small-molecule sulfur cathode promises energetic Cu-S electrochemistry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(42). e2312091120–e2312091120. 19 indexed citations

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Cai, Xinhao, Jing Li, Chenchen Deng, et al.. (2022). Ti2Nb10O29@C hollow submicron ribbons for superior lithium storage. Ceramics International. 48(16). 23334–23340. 12 indexed citations

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Cai, Xinhao, Huihui Yan, Zhengwei Yang, et al.. (2021). Copper niobate nanowires boosted by a N, S co-doped carbon coating for superior lithium storage. Dalton Transactions. 50(32). 11030–11038. 14 indexed citations

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Yan, Lei, Yulin Sun, Enlai Hu, et al.. (2019). Facile in-situ growth of Ni2P/Fe2P nanohybrids on Ni foam for highly efficient urea electrolysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 541. 279–286. 139 indexed citations

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Yan, Lei, Xiaolong Zhang, Yulin Sun, et al.. (2019). Electronic modulation of composite electrocatalysts derived from layered NiFeMn triple hydroxide nanosheets for boosted overall water splitting. Nanoscale. 11(43). 20797–20808. 45 indexed citations

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He, Bin, Huanhuan Liu, Zheng Lin, et al.. (2018). A new photocatalyst based on Co(CO3)0.5(OH)·0.11H2O/Bi2WO6 nanocomposites for high-efficiency cocatalyst-free O2 evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal. 359. 924–932. 65 indexed citations

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