Peng Yu

11.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
100 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Peng Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peng Yu has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Materials Chemistry, 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Peng Yu's work include 2D Materials and Applications (64 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (22 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (20 papers). Peng Yu is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (64 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (22 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (20 papers). Peng Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Peng Yu's co-authors include Zheng Liu, Wu Zhou, Qingsheng Zeng, Junhao Lin, Jiadong Zhou, Fucai Liu, Wei Ji, Jingsi Qiao, Yang Chai and Shu Ping Lau and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Peng Yu

94 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Room-temperature ferroelectricity in CuInP2S6 ultrathin flakes

2016 911 citations Fucai Liu, Lü You et al. Nature Communications profile →
PdSe₂: Pentagonal Two-Dimensional Layers with High Air Stability for Electronics

2017 617 citations Peng Yu, Zheng Liu et al. profile →
High‐Electron‐Mobility and Air‐Stable 2D Layered PtSe₂ FETs

2016 569 citations Peng Yu, Zheng Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Flexible Zn‐Ion Batteries: Recent Progresses and Challenges

2019 506 citations Peng Yu et al. Small profile →
Atomically thin noble metal dichalcogenide: a broadband mid-infrared semiconductor

2018 453 citations Peng Yu, Qingsheng Zeng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Extraordinarily Strong Interlayer Interaction in 2D Layered PtS₂

2016 451 citations Peng Yu, Zheng Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Elimination of unstable residual lead iodide near the buried interface for the stability improvement of perovskite solar cells

2023 146 citations Peng Yu et al. profile →

Peers

Peng Yu

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EOMM

AMPO

Zhaoqiang Zheng China

Xuedong Ou China

Dmitry Ovchinnikov Switzerland

Shenghuang Lin China

Adam T. Neal United States

Likai Li China

Guo Jun Ye China

Gang Shi China

Sidong Lei United States

Yongtao Tian China

Zhaoqiang Zheng China

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4.4k ×1.0

EEE

922 ×0.7

EOMM

770 ×0.6

AMPO

1.3k ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Peng Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peng Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peng Yu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Zehao, Meilin Li, Peng Yu, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional Native Defects Boosting the Thermoelectric Transport in Few‐Layer PdPS. Advanced Electronic Materials. 11(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiantian, et al.. (2024). Room-temperature ferroelectricity in van der Waals SnP2S6. Frontiers of Physics. 19(4). 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhong, et al.. (2024). 3D‐Porous Carbon Nitride Through Proton Regulation and Photocatalytic Synergy for Efficient Uranium Extraction From Seawater. Small. 21(5). e2408650–e2408650.

Shen, Wanfu, et al.. (2024). Intrinsically anisotropic 1D NbTe4 for self-powered polarization-sensitive photodetection. NPG Asia Materials. 16(1). 4 indexed citations

Xu, Yachao, et al.. (2023). Al-doped CuS/Znln2S4 forming Schottky junction induced electron trap centers for photocatalytic overall water splitting. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144275–144275. 35 indexed citations

He, Wei, et al.. (2023). Record‐High Work‐Function p‐Type CuBiP₂Se₆ Atomic Layers for High‐Photoresponse van der Waals Vertical Heterostructure Phototransistor. Advanced Materials. 35(14). e2209995–e2209995. 20 indexed citations

Wang, Yongkai, Peng Yu, Jialin Sun, et al.. (2023). Active Control and Sensing Application of Ultra-Narrowband Circular Dichroism in Multilayer Chiral Nanorod Arrays. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(38). 45378–45387. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Yakun, Dushyant Kumar, Shuyuan Shi, et al.. (2023). Field-free switching of perpendicular magnetization at room temperature using out-of-plane spins from TaIrTe4. Nature Electronics. 6(10). 732–738. 61 indexed citations

Yin, Yiheng, Sabir Hussain, Wen Wen, et al.. (2021). An all two-dimensional vertical heterostructure graphene/CuInP ₂ S ₆ /MoS ₂ for negative capacitance field effect transistor. Nanotechnology. 33(12). 125703–125703. 19 indexed citations

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He, Weiqi, Weina Zhang, Jiantian Zhang, et al.. (2021). Mie resonant scattering-based refractive index sensor using a quantum dots-doped polylactic acid nanowire. Applied Physics Letters. 119(11). 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Ximiao, Peng Yu, Zhuang Xie, et al.. (2021). Mid-Infrared Photodetection of Type-II Dirac Semimetal 1T-PtTe₂ Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(19). 22757–22764. 38 indexed citations

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Sendeku, Marshet Getaye, Fengmei Wang, Zhongzhou Cheng, et al.. (2021). Nonlayered Tin Thiohypodiphosphate Nanosheets: Controllable Growth and Solar-Light-Driven Water Splitting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(11). 13392–13399. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Fengmei, Aurora N. Janes, Hongyuan Sheng, et al.. (2021). Defect-mediated ferromagnetism in correlated two-dimensional transition metal phosphorus trisulfides. Science Advances. 7(43). eabj4086–eabj4086. 48 indexed citations

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Zhu, Chao, Xiaoxu Zhao, Xiaowei Wang, et al.. (2021). Direct Laser Patterning of a 2D WSe₂ Logic Circuit. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(21). 25 indexed citations

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Zhu, Chao, Ya Deng, Ruihuan Duan, et al.. (2021). Van der Waals engineering of ferroelectric heterostructures for long-retention memory. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1109–1109. 190 indexed citations

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Zhuo, Xiao, Jiawei Lai, Peng Yu, et al.. (2021). Dynamical evolution of anisotropic response of type-II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4 under ultrafast photoexcitation. Light Science & Applications. 10(1). 101–101. 30 indexed citations

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Zeng, Qingsheng, Bo Sun, Ke‐Zhao Du, et al.. (2019). Highly anisotropic thermoelectric properties of black phosphorus crystals. 2D Materials. 6(4). 45009–45009. 42 indexed citations

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Yu, Peng, Zhendong Lei, Chao Zhu, et al.. (2019). Van der Waals negative capacitance transistors. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3037–3037. 208 indexed citations

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Ma, Junchao, Qiangqiang Gu, Yinan Liu, et al.. (2019). Nonlinear photoresponse of type-II Weyl semimetals. Nature Materials. 18(5). 476–481. 243 indexed citations

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Belopolski, Ilya, Peng Yu, Daniel S. Sanchez, et al.. (2017). Signatures of a time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal with only four Weyl points. Nature Communications. 8(1). 942–942. 91 indexed citations

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