Lei Yang

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
190 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Lei Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yang has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Materials Chemistry, 56 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 53 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Lei Yang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (32 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (31 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (17 papers). Lei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (32 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (31 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (17 papers). Lei Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Lei Yang's co-authors include Lifang Jiao, Ruiming Liu, Wenshuai Zhu, Jun Xiong, Huaming Li, Yihang Yao, Yanhong Chao, Liying Huang, Yong Jian Zhang and Jing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yang

179 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electronic Redistribution: Construction and Modulation of Interface Engineering on CoP for Enhancing Overall Water Splitting

2020 365 citations Lei Yang, Ruiming Liu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Interfacial Engineering of Ni₃N/Mo₂N Heterojunctions for Urea-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2023 227 citations Tongzhou Wang, Licheng Miao et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lei Yang	2.5k	2.1k	2.1k	1.3k	924	190	6.0k
Jiayi Chen	4.0k 1.6×	2.9k 1.4×	3.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	570 0.6×	238	7.6k
Jin Wang	3.1k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	3.3k 1.5×	519 0.4×	684 0.7×	159	5.9k
Qi Dong	2.7k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	719 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	149	7.1k
Qin Yue	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	868 0.7×	445 0.5×	142	6.7k
Zhen He	2.1k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	464 0.4×	389 0.4×	151	5.3k
Zeinhom M. El‐Bahy	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	762 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	388	8.6k
Da Wang	2.6k 1.0×	5.7k 2.7×	4.0k 1.9×	385 0.3×	634 0.7×	188	9.0k
Chong Chen	1.8k 0.7×	3.5k 1.6×	4.0k 1.9×	445 0.4×	579 0.6×	305	7.2k
Hongyi Gao	3.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	671 0.5×	4.2k 4.5×	193	8.4k
Chao Peng	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	325 0.3×	523 0.6×	149	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lei, Qianqian, Kexin Zhu, Su Liu, et al.. (2025). Ultra-trace Ru-doping FeNiCo-NC bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting. Materials Science and Engineering B. 314. 118036–118036.

Liu, Bowei, Zizheng Fang, Menglu Li, et al.. (2025). Multi‐site Relay Catalysts with Regulating Intrinsic Activity of each Functional Site for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(52). e202517861–e202517861. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Enhua, et al.. (2024). Polyphosphoric Acid-Promoted Efficient Synthesis of Cinnamides via Aldol Condensation of Amide. Molecules. 29(19). 4632–4632.

Yang, Fan, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence for computation and development of nanodrug solubility in supercritical solvent: Analysis of temperature and pressure influence. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 414. 126095–126095. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Lei, Wei Jiang, Zhen Ma, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the influence of oxygen vacancies in MoOx catalysts on CO2 hydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 495. 153333–153333. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Ling, Lei Yang, Shiyi Chen, et al.. (2024). Effects of fermentation conditions on molecular weight, production, and physicochemical properties of gellan gum. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 279(Pt 3). 135304–135304. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjie, Lei Yang, Zhi Li, et al.. (2024). Regulating Hydrogen/Oxygen Species Adsorption via Built‐in Electric Field ‐Driven Electron Transfer Behavior at the Heterointerface for Efficient Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie. 136(16). 2 indexed citations

Li, Qianlong, et al.. (2024). Preparation and characteristics of cold-bonded lightweight aggregates by recycling mine tailings and industrial waste residues based-binder. Journal of Building Engineering. 95. 110190–110190. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Lei, Xuefeng Tan, Menglong Zhao, Jialin Wen, & Xumu Zhang. (2023). A Tetradentate Ligand Enables Iron‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones in a CO‐ or Isocyanide‐Free Fashion. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(56). e202301609–e202301609.

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Chen, Yelin, Ru Li, Lei Yang, et al.. (2023). Synergistic Effects of Magnetic Z-Scheme g-C3N4/CoFe2O4 Nanofibres with Controllable Morphology on Photocatalytic Activity. Nanomaterials. 13(7). 1142–1142. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Ling, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesis and physicochemical properties of low molecular weight gellan produced by a high-yield mutant of Sphingomonas paucimobilis ATCC 31461. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 242(Pt 2). 124899–124899. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoying, Dandan Cao, Yanhua Xu, et al.. (2023). Harnessing matrix stiffness to engineer a bone marrow niche for hematopoietic stem cell rejuvenation. Cell stem cell. 30(4). 378–395.e8. 60 indexed citations

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Wang, Tongzhou, Licheng Miao, Si Yu Zheng, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Engineering of Ni₃N/Mo₂N Heterojunctions for Urea-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 13(7). 4091–4100. 227 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Huifang, et al.. (2023). 2D–3D dual carbon layer confined ultrasmall VN nanoparticles for improving lithium‐ion storage in hybrid capacitors. Rare Metals. 43(1). 65–75. 14 indexed citations

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He, Tian, et al.. (2022). Cross-scale infrared pedestrian detection based on dynamic feature optimization mechanism. Optics and Precision Engineering. 30(19). 2390–2403. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Lei, Hongye Qin, Zihao Dong, et al.. (2021). Metallic S‐CoTe with Surface Reconstruction Activated by Electrochemical Oxidation for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis. Small. 17(31). e2102027–e2102027. 75 indexed citations

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Lin, Fei, Zihao Dong, Yihang Yao, et al.. (2020). Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of Ultrathin Co‐Mo₅N₆ Heterojunction with Interfacial Electron Redistribution. Advanced Energy Materials. 10(42). 184 indexed citations

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Yang, Lei, Ruiming Liu, & Lifang Jiao. (2020). Electronic Redistribution: Construction and Modulation of Interface Engineering on CoP for Enhancing Overall Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(14). 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Lei, et al.. (2019). Research status of satellite altimeter calibration. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 23(3). 392–407. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Wenxin, et al.. (2017). Carbon Nanotube Wires Sheathed by Aramid Nanofibers. Advanced Functional Materials. 27(34). 55 indexed citations

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