Mengjin Yang

16.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
109 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Mengjin Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengjin Yang has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 73 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Mengjin Yang's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (91 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (45 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (44 papers). Mengjin Yang is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (91 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (45 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (44 papers). Mengjin Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Mengjin Yang's co-authors include Kai Zhu, Joseph J. Berry, Zhen Li, Dong Hoe Kim, Ji‐Sang Park, Su‐Huai Wei, Nitin P. Padture, Yuanyuan Zhou, Philip Schulz and Maikel F. A. M. van Hest and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Mengjin Yang

106 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Stabilizing Perovskite Structures by Tuning Tolerance Factor: Formation of Formamidinium and Cesium Lead Iodide Solid-State Alloys

2015 1.8k citations Zhen Li, Mengjin Yang et al. profile →
Scalable fabrication of perovskite solar cells

2018 915 citations Zhen Li, Dong Hoe Kim et al. profile →
Origin of J–V Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells

2016 657 citations Mengjin Yang, Kai Zhu et al. profile →
Defect Tolerance in Methylammonium Lead Triiodide Perovskite

2016 550 citations Mengjin Yang, Kai Zhu et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
Extrinsic ion migration in perovskite solar cells

2017 546 citations Zhen Li, Chuanxiao Xiao et al. profile →
Perovskite ink with wide processing window for scalable high-efficiency solar cells

2017 535 citations Mengjin Yang, Zhen Li et al. profile →
Long-range hot-carrier transport in hybrid perovskites visualized by ultrafast microscopy

2017 503 citations Zhi Guo, Mengjin Yang et al. profile →
Facile fabrication of large-grain CH3NH3PbI3−xBrx films for high-efficiency solar cells via CH3NH3Br-selective Ostwald ripening

2016 484 citations Mengjin Yang, Zhen Li et al. profile →
Low surface recombination velocity in solution-grown CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite single crystal

2015 448 citations Mengjin Yang, Kai Zhu et al. profile →
Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films

2017 423 citations Mengjin Yang, David T. Moore et al. profile →
Molecular dipole engineering-assisted strain release for mechanically robust flexible perovskite solar cells

2023 132 citations Lisha Xie, Jun Li et al. profile →
Large Orientation Angle Buried Substrate Enables Efficient Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

2024 80 citations Xinyu Tong, Lisha Xie et al. profile →
Chemical passivation and grain-boundary manipulation via in situ cross-linking strategy for scalable flexible perovskite solar cells

2025 26 citations Juanjuan Li, Wei Song et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengjin Yang United States	55	12.8k	9.3k	4.9k	748	713	109	13.7k
James M. Ball United Kingdom	37	14.3k 1.1×	9.9k 1.1×	5.4k 1.1×	612 0.8×	650 0.9×	55	14.9k
Jin Hyuck Heo South Korea	44	16.9k 1.3×	11.4k 1.2×	7.0k 1.4×	767 1.0×	688 1.0×	127	17.6k
Michael M. Lee United Kingdom	12	14.6k 1.1×	10.4k 1.1×	5.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	879 1.2×	25	15.6k
Sai Bai China	48	11.9k 0.9×	8.7k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	516 0.7×	637 0.9×	106	12.4k
Zhiwen Jin China	56	10.2k 0.8×	7.2k 0.8×	3.9k 0.8×	662 0.9×	800 1.1×	181	11.3k
Jacob Tse‐Wei Wang United Kingdom	19	9.6k 0.8×	8.4k 0.9×	3.6k 0.7×	791 1.1×	582 0.8×	26	11.7k
Hairen Tan China	51	14.6k 1.1×	9.6k 1.0×	5.8k 1.2×	935 1.3×	822 1.2×	125	15.7k
Pablo P. Boix Spain	61	14.0k 1.1×	9.5k 1.0×	5.9k 1.2×	2.2k 2.9×	703 1.0×	135	15.7k
Lioz Etgar Israel	47	8.4k 0.7×	6.3k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	868 1.2×	395 0.6×	139	9.1k

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Li, Juanjuan, Wei Song, Xinyu Tong, et al.. (2025). Chemical passivation and grain-boundary manipulation via in situ cross-linking strategy for scalable flexible perovskite solar cells. Science Advances. 11(5). eadr2290–eadr2290. 26 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tong, Xinyu, Lisha Xie, Jun Li, et al.. (2025). Regulating Spatial Charge Distribution of Multisite Passivating Additives Enables Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(49). 4 indexed citations

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Tirawat, Robert, Amy E. Louks, Mengjin Yang, et al.. (2024). Measuring metal halide perovskite single cell degradation consistent with module-based conditions. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 8(3). 546–553. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Jian, Lisha Xie, Shuncheng Yang, et al.. (2024). Alkyl Chains Tune Molecular Orientations to Enable Dual Passivation in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie. 136(30). 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yifei, Peng Xu, Lisha Xie, et al.. (2024). Ultrasonic‐Assisted Processing Combined with Gas Quenching for Fabricating High‐Performance and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(26). 8 indexed citations

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Pu, Zhenwei, Jun Li, Lisha Xie, et al.. (2024). Non‐Fullerene Acceptors Assisted Target Therapy for Interface Treatment Enable High Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Small. 20(28). e2310742–e2310742. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Jian, Lisha Xie, Shuncheng Yang, et al.. (2024). Alkyl Chains Tune Molecular Orientations to Enable Dual Passivation in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(30). e202403610–e202403610. 33 indexed citations

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Peng, Ruixiang, Wei Song, Jiachen Gao, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Mechanical Durability and Long‐Term Stability in Organic Solar Cells via Flexible Linker‐Sequential Block Copolymerized Donors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(7). e202420121–e202420121. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, Lisha Xie, Guanhao Liu, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional Trifluoroborate Additive for Simultaneous Carrier Dynamics Governance and Defects Passivation to Boost Efficiency and Stability of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(14). e202316898–e202316898. 62 indexed citations

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Louks, Amy E., Robert Tirawat, Mengjin Yang, et al.. (2023). Improving Stability of Triple‐Cation Perovskite Solar Cells under High‐Temperature Operation. Solar RRL. 7(16). 4 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Jacob B., So Yeon Park, Fei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Polymer Hole Transport Material Functional Group Tuning for Improved Perovskite Solar Cell Performance. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(7). 8601–8610. 8 indexed citations

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Gaulding, E. Ashley, Amy E. Louks, Mengjin Yang, et al.. (2022). Package Development for Reliability Testing of Perovskites. ACS Energy Letters. 7(8). 2641–2645. 18 indexed citations

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Song, Wei, Kuibao Yu, Jinfeng Ge, et al.. (2022). Entangled structure morphology by polymer guest enabling mechanically robust organic solar cells with efficiencies of over 16.5%. Matter. 5(6). 1877–1889. 73 indexed citations

14.

Yang, Mengjin, et al.. (2020). Fabrication of flexible perovskite solar cells via rapid thermal annealing. Materials Letters. 276. 128215–128215. 15 indexed citations

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Snaider, Jordan, Zhi Guo, Ti Wang, et al.. (2018). Ultrafast Imaging of Carrier Transport across Grain Boundaries in Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films. ACS Energy Letters. 3(6). 1402–1408. 65 indexed citations

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Yang, Mengjin, Dong Hoe Kim, Yue Yu, et al.. (2017). Effect of non-stoichiometric solution chemistry on improving the performance of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells. Materials Today Energy. 7. 232–238. 34 indexed citations

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Berweger, Samuel, Gordon A. MacDonald, Mengjin Yang, et al.. (2017). Electronic and Morphological Inhomogeneities in Pristine and Deteriorated Perovskite Photovoltaic Films. Nano Letters. 17(3). 1796–1801. 27 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yuanyuan, Mengjin Yang, A. L. Vasiliev, et al.. (2015). Growth control of compact CH₃NH₃PbI₃ thin films via enhanced solid-state precursor reaction for efficient planar perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(17). 9249–9256. 121 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yuanyuan, Mengjin Yang, Wenwen Wu, et al.. (2015). Room-temperature crystallization of hybrid-perovskite thin films via solvent–solvent extraction for high-performance solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(15). 8178–8184. 386 indexed citations

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Epur, Rigved, et al.. (2011). Nickel Catalyst-Assisted Vertical Growth of Dense Carbon Nanotube Forests on Bulk Copper. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(9). 3534–3538. 41 indexed citations

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