Liyan Yu

633 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 502 citations indexed

About

Liyan Yu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyan Yu has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 502 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 2 papers in Catalysis and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Liyan Yu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (2 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (1 paper). Liyan Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (2 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (1 paper). Liyan Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Liyan Yu's co-authors include Shanqing Zhang, Zihan Shen, Jianghua Wu, Zhonghua Li, Dong Lifeng, Mengting Zheng, Qingshan Zhu, Quan Wang, Hui Wei and Shuo Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Chemical Communications and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Liyan Yu

5 papers receiving 489 citations

Hit Papers

Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate redu... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 100 200 300 400
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. Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia
    2023 481 citations Shuo Zhang, Jianghua Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Liyan Yu
Dong Lifeng China
Sishuang Tang United States
Ziyu Ma China
Yingying Wei China
Ke Chu China
Nishithan C. Kani United States
Yongzhi Zhong China
Sheng-Nan Hu China
Dong Lifeng China
Liyan Yu
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Countries citing papers authored by Liyan Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liyan Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Liyan Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Liyan Yu. The network helps show where Liyan Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyan Yu

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Zhang, Fan, Shuo Zhang, Tianyu Wang, et al.. (2025). Coordination-regulated copper single-atom active sites for electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia. Chemical Communications. 61(15). 3199–3202. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yue, Jianguang Feng, Zhongxia Shang, et al.. (2024). Synergistic effects of metal single atoms and clusters on graphene-supported electrocatalysts: Insights into the mechanism of oxygen reduction reaction. Carbon. 233. 119830–119830. 7 indexed citations
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Du, Chenggong, Jianguang Feng, Beili Pang, et al.. (2023). Enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of g-C3N4 via oxygen-containing groups. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 53. 280–289. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuo, Jianghua Wu, Mengting Zheng, et al.. (2023). Fe/Cu diatomic catalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3634–3634. 481 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Liyan. (2020). Exploration of Establishing Multimedia and Computer Network-aided Classroom Teaching Model for College English and American Literature Course. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1648(2). 22170–22170. 3 indexed citations

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