Pengfei Yan

22.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
294 papers, 18.8k citations indexed

About

Pengfei Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengfei Yan has authored 294 papers receiving a total of 18.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 195 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 88 papers in Materials Chemistry and 75 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Pengfei Yan's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (138 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (110 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (74 papers). Pengfei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (138 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (110 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (74 papers). Pengfei Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Pengfei Yan's co-authors include Chongmin Wang, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Jianming Zheng, Jie Xiao, Xiaolin Li, Manling Sui, Meng Gu, Jun Liu, Priyanka Bhattacharya and Yuyan Shao 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

Pengfei Yan

279 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Reversible aqueous zinc/manganese oxide energy storage from conversion reactions

2016 2.7k citations Pengfei Yan, Chongmin Wang et al. profile →
Intragranular cracking as a critical barrier for high-voltage usage of layer-structured cathode for lithium-ion batteries

2017 831 citations Pengfei Yan, Jianming Zheng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Mesoporous silicon sponge as an anti-pulverization structure for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

2014 725 citations Meng Gu, Pengfei Yan et al. Nature Communications profile →
Tailoring grain boundary structures and chemistry of Ni-rich layered cathodes for enhanced cycle stability of lithium-ion batteries

2018 721 citations Pengfei Yan, Jianming Zheng et al. profile →
Tensile ductility and necking of metallic glass

2007 499 citations Pengfei Yan, Manling Sui et al. profile →
Li‐ and Mn‐Rich Cathode Materials: Challenges to Commercialization

2016 452 citations Jianming Zheng, Pengfei Yan et al. profile →
Injection of oxygen vacancies in the bulk lattice of layered cathodes

2019 429 citations Pengfei Yan, Jianming Zheng et al. profile →
Pushing the limit of layered transition metal oxide cathodes for high-energy density rechargeable Li ion batteries

2018 383 citations Pengfei Yan et al. profile →
Structural and Chemical Evolution of Li- and Mn-Rich Layered Cathode Material

2015 354 citations Jianming Zheng, Meng Gu et al. profile →
Molecular‐Crowding Effect Mimicking Cold‐Resistant Plants to Stabilize the Zinc Anode with Wider Service Temperature Range

2022 231 citations Bo Wang, Lei Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Pushing Lithium Cobalt Oxides to 4.7 V by Lattice‐Matched Interfacial Engineering

2022 178 citations Xuerui Yang, Pengfei Yan et al. profile →
Microwave Synthesis of Pt Clusters on Black TiO₂ with Abundant Oxygen Vacancies for Efficient Acidic Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2023 172 citations Zexing Wu, Pengfei Yan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Bridging multiscale interfaces for developing ionically conductive high-voltage iron sulfate-containing sodium-based battery positive electrodes

2023 144 citations Jiyu Zhang, Zhengfeng Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Pengfei Yan	15.6k	5.1k	5.0k	3.6k	2.6k	294	18.8k
Matthew T. McDowell	23.6k 1.5×	8.3k 1.6×	7.7k 1.5×	5.6k 1.6×	2.3k 0.9×	127	26.6k
Yifei Yuan	14.2k 0.9×	4.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.7×	4.1k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	214	18.6k
L. Dupont	15.4k 1.0×	7.5k 1.5×	2.6k 0.5×	5.5k 1.5×	2.4k 0.9×	131	17.9k
Jiazhao Wang	20.0k 1.3×	8.8k 1.7×	3.8k 0.8×	6.5k 1.8×	1.8k 0.7×	302	23.4k
Allen Pei	12.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.3×	7.2k 1.4×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	59	16.2k
Eiji Hosono	10.4k 0.7×	5.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.3×	6.0k 1.7×	1.0k 0.4×	138	14.1k
Hao Wang	9.6k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	3.8k 1.1×	885 0.3×	338	12.7k
Gordon L. Graff	11.1k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	766 0.3×	76	12.8k
Guangyuan Zheng	25.2k 1.6×	4.5k 0.9×	9.1k 1.8×	6.4k 1.8×	733 0.3×	68	28.4k
Jihui Yang	15.7k 1.0×	5.7k 1.1×	4.6k 0.9×	10.5k 2.9×	1.1k 0.4×	170	22.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Yue, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic Glucose Reforming for Formic Acid on 2D Amorphous MoO_3−x/TNTs Heterojunction in Pure Water. ChemSusChem. 18(13). e202500465–e202500465.

Chen, Yawei, Menghao Li, Yulin Jie, et al.. (2025). Dynamic evolution of cathode-electrolyte interphase in lithium metal batteries with ether electrolytes. Joule. 9(5). 101885–101885. 6 indexed citations

Mu, Xulin, Kai Huang, Chao Li, et al.. (2025). Surface engineering to upgrade spent LiCoO2 by removing Al impurity. Journal of Power Sources. 638. 236655–236655. 1 indexed citations

Jin, Chun, Chen Zhang, Pengfei Yan, et al.. (2024). A Superhuman Sensing Triboelectric Nanogenerator with Boosted Power Density and Durability via a Bio‐Inspired Janus Structure. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(37). 30 indexed citations

Ding, Yang, Yan Li, Ruoyu Xu, et al.. (2024). Cross-scale deciphering thermal failure process of Ni-rich layered cathode. Nano Energy. 126. 109685–109685. 10 indexed citations

Yan, Pengfei, Weiping Xiao, Hongdong Li, et al.. (2024). Sponge-like tungsten phosphide-ruthenium constructed by ultrafast quasi-solid state microwave for wide pH hydrogen generation. Fuel. 378. 132814–132814.

Li, Jinhui, Nadaraj Sathishkumar, Xuan Liu, et al.. (2024). Topologically Close‐Packed Frank‐Kasper C15 Phase Intermetallic Ir Alloy Electrocatalysts Enables High‐Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer. Advanced Materials. 36(47). 24 indexed citations

Yan, Pengfei, Bowen Zhou, Yonglong Wang, et al.. (2023). Molten salt assisted to synthesize molybdenum–ruthenium boride for hydrogen generation in wide pH range. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(57). 21568–21577. 6 indexed citations

Jiang, Yongchao, et al.. (2023). Hydrophobically modified hydrogel with enhanced tissue adhesion and antibacterial capacity for wound healing. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 228. 113424–113424. 11 indexed citations

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Yan, Pengfei, et al.. (2023). Efficient degradation of methylene blue by FeS2/MoS2 in heterogeneous Fenton-like process. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 56. 104479–104479. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Yongkang, et al.. (2023). Hole‐Mediated RKKY Interaction in 2D Ferromagnetic CrTe₂ Ultra‐Thin Films. Advanced Electronic Materials. 10(1). 4 indexed citations

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Song, Keming, Xiang Wang, Zhengkun Xie, et al.. (2023). Ultrathin CuF₂‐Rich Solid‐Electrolyte Interphase Induced by Cation‐Tailored Double Electrical Layer toward Durable Sodium Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(10). e202216450–e202216450. 44 indexed citations

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Fu, Ang, Zhengfeng Zhang, Jiande Lin, et al.. (2022). Highly stable operation of LiCoO2 at cut-off ≥ 4.6 V enabled by synergistic structural and interfacial manipulation. Energy storage materials. 46. 406–416. 93 indexed citations

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Zhao, Weiyue, Bin Chi, Lecheng Liang, et al.. (2022). Optimizing the Electronic Structure of Ordered Pt–Co–Ti Ternary Intermetallic Catalyst to Boost Acidic Oxygen Reduction. ACS Catalysis. 12(13). 7571–7578. 82 indexed citations

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Gao, Qinwu, Yafei Zhao, Pengfei Yan, et al.. (2022). Structural and magnetic properties in the Heusler compounds Co_3−xFe _x Al thin films. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 55(39). 395002–395002. 5 indexed citations

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Wan, Hui, Zhixiao Liu, Guangdong Liu, et al.. (2021). Unraveling TM Migration Mechanisms in LiNi_1/3Mn_1/3Co_1/3O₂ by Modeling and Experimental Studies. Nano Letters. 21(16). 6875–6881. 42 indexed citations

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Wan, Yanhua, Keming Song, Weihua Chen, et al.. (2021). Ultra‐High Initial Coulombic Efficiency Induced by Interface Engineering Enables Rapid, Stable Sodium Storage. Angewandte Chemie. 133(20). 11582–11587. 31 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhengrui, Zhisen Jiang, Chunguang Kuai, et al.. (2020). Charge distribution guided by grain crystallographic orientations in polycrystalline battery materials. Nature Communications. 11(1). 83–83. 173 indexed citations

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Wang, Kuan, Pengfei Yan, Zelin Wang, et al.. (2020). Advancing layered cathode material's cycling stability from uniform doping to non-uniform doping. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(32). 16690–16697. 23 indexed citations

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Kaspar, Tiffany C., Seungbum Hong, Mark Bowden, et al.. (2018). Tuning piezoelectric properties through epitaxy of La2Ti2O7 and related thin films. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3037–3037. 14 indexed citations

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