Nan Yi

3.2k citations

30 papers · 2.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 17

Impact in

Catalysis top 0.5%
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
- Catalysts for Methane Reforming
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 2%
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Papers in ⓘ

Catalysis 14
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions 12
- Catalysts for Methane Reforming 7
Process Chemistry and Technology 3
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis 3

Co-authors: Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos (9 shared papers)Howard Saltsburg (4 shared papers)Rui Si (3 shared papers)Hiroko Ariga (2 shared papers)Kiyotaka Asakura (2 shared papers)Yanping Zhai (2 shared papers)Changbin Zhang (2 shared papers)Yongchun Liu (2 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2 papers)New Journal of Chemistry (2 papers)Journal of Catalysis (2 papers)Chemistry Letters (2 papers)Small (2 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Japan

In The Last Decade

Nan Yi

28 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface 2014 · 469 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Small
2012 Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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1	Alkali‐Metal‐Promoted Pt/TiO₂ Opens a More Efficient Pathway to Formaldehyde Oxidation at Ambient Temperatures Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Changbin Zhang, Fudong Liu, Yanping Zhai, Hiroko Ariga, Nan Yi, Yongchun Liu, Kiyotaka Asakura, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos, Hong He Hit paper breakdown →	2012	673
2	Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface Small ·Zhenhui Wang, Yanming Liu, Peng Tao, Qingchen Shen, Nan Yi, Fangyu Zhang, Quanlong Liu, Chengyi Song, Di Zhang, Wen Shang, Tao Deng Hit paper breakdown →	2014	469
3	Vanadium oxide supported on mesoporous SBA-15 as highly selective catalysts in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane Journal of Catalysis ·Yongmei Liu, Yong Cao, Nan Yi, Weiliang Feng, Wei‐Lin Dai, Shirun Yan, Heyong He, Kangnian Fan	2004	305
4	Bioinspired Engineering of Thermal Materials Advanced Materials ·Peng Tao, Wen Shang, Chengyi Song, Qingchen Shen, Fangyu Zhang, Zhen Luo, Nan Yi, Di Zhang, Tao Deng	2014	261
5	Structure sensitivity of the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction on Cu–CeO2 catalysts Catalysis Today ·Rui Si, Joan M. Raitano, Nan Yi, Lihua Zhang, Siu‐Wai Chan, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2011	203
6	Comparison of the activity of Au/CeO2 and Au/Fe2O3 catalysts for the CO oxidation and the water-gas shift reactions Topics in Catalysis ·Weiling Deng, Colin M. Carpenter, Nan Yi, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2007	158
7	Active gold species on cerium oxide nanoshapes for methanol steam reforming and the water gas shift reactions Energy & Environmental Science ·Nan Yi, Rui Si, Howard Saltsburg, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2010	136
8	Steam reforming of methanol over ceria and gold-ceria nanoshapes Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Nan Yi, Rui Si, Howard Saltsburg, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2009	115
9	‘Shape effects’ in metal oxide supported nanoscale gold catalysts Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Matthew B. Boucher, Stacy Goergen, Nan Yi, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2011	104
10	Nanocrystalline LaCoO3 perovskite particles confined in SBA-15 silica as a new efficient catalyst for hydrocarbon oxidation Journal of Catalysis ·Nan Yi, Y. Charles Cao, Y SU, Wei Dai, Hong S. He, K FAN	2004	102
11	Hydrogen Production by Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid on Atomically Dispersed Gold on Ceria ChemSusChem ·Nan Yi, Howard Saltsburg, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2013	81
12	Hydrogen Production from Methanol over Gold Supported on ZnO and CeO₂ Nanoshapes The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Matthew B. Boucher, Nan Yi, Forrest S. Gittleson, Branko Zugic, Howard Saltsburg, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos	2010	45
13	Alkali‐Metal‐Promoted Pt/TiO₂ Opens a More Efficient Pathway to Formaldehyde Oxidation at Ambient Temperatures Angewandte Chemie ·Changbin Zhang, Fudong Liu, Yanping Zhai, Hiroko Ariga, Nan Yi, Yongchun Liu, Kiyotaka Asakura, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos, Hong He	2012	45
14	Carbon monoxide oxidation over copper and nitrogen modified titanium dioxide⋆ Applied Catalysis B: Environmental ·Guoqiang Cao, N. Aaron Deskins, Nan Yi	2020	40
15	Temperature-Induced Coalescence of Colliding Binary Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surface Scientific Reports ·Nan Yi, Bin Huang, Lining Dong, Xiaojun Quan, Fangjun Hong, Peng Tao, Chengyi Song, Wen Shang, Tao Deng	2014	37
16	Novel triazolium-based ionic liquids as effective catalysts for transesterification of palm oil to biodiesel Journal of Molecular Liquids ·Ling Li, Nan Yi, Xiaoda Wang, Xiaocheng Lin, Ting Zeng, Ting Qiu	2017	36
17	Evaporation: Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface (Small 16/2014) Small ·Zhenhui Wang, Yanming Liu, Peng Tao, Qingchen Shen, Nan Yi, Fangyu Zhang, Quanlong Liu, Chengyi Song, Di Zhang, Wen Shang, Tao Deng	2014	17
18	Quantitative Analysis of Anatase‐Rutile Mixtures by Raman Spectroscopy ChemistrySelect ·Guoqiang Cao, Nan Yi	2020	12
19	Coalescence, Spreading, and Rebound of Two Water Droplets with Different Temperatures on a Superhydrophobic Surface ACS Omega ·Hao Xu, Chao Chang, Nan Yi, Peng Tao, Chengyi Song, Jianbo Wu, Tao Deng, Wen Shang	2019	11
20	Impact of preparation strategy on the properties of carbon-supported Wacker-type catalysts in vapor-phase dimethyl carbonate synthesis Applied Catalysis A General ·Yong Cao, Ping Yang, Chengzhang Yao, Nan Yi, Weiliang Feng, Wei‐Lin Dai, Kangnian Fan	2004	11

About Nan Yi

Nan Yi is a scholar working on Catalysis, Process Chemistry and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 30 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (19 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (12 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (7 papers), Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (5 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (4 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (3 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Catalysis (1.2k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.2k citations), Materials Chemistry (2.0k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (100 citations) and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (155 citations). Nan Yi has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos, Howard Saltsburg, Rui Si, Hiroko Ariga, Kiyotaka Asakura, Yanping Zhai, Changbin Zhang, Yongchun Liu, Hong He and Fudong Liu. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, New Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Catalysis, Chemistry Letters and Small.

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