Rui Yao

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 949 citations indexed

About

Rui Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Yao has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 949 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 15 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rui Yao's work include Advanced battery technologies research (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers). Rui Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced battery technologies research (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers). Rui Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Rui Yao's co-authors include Cheng Yang, Haojie Zhu, Qian Long, Chunyi Zhi, Kaiyang Zhang, Yun Wu, Jinping Li, Guang Liu, Yiming Sui and Fangcheng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Energy & Environmental Science and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Rui Yao

30 papers receiving 935 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Stable hydrogen evolution reaction at high current densities via designing the Ni single atoms and Ru nanoparticles linked by carbon bridges
    2024 139 citations Rui Yao, Kaian Sun et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Rui Yao
Abdulwahab Salah China
Zihao Wei China
Shuzhi Hu China
Cara N. Gannett United States
Inayat Ali Khan Pakistan
Jinglin Mu China
Doudou Feng China
Jian‐Nan Zhu China
Yuqi Xu China
Yanfeng Tang China
Abdulwahab Salah China
Rui Yao
Citations per year, relative to Rui Yao Rui Yao (= 1×) peers Abdulwahab Salah

Countries citing papers authored by Rui Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Yao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Yao

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

All Works

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Jia, Yunyi, Hongjie Liu, Ju Chen, et al.. (2025). An Alloy Nanowire‐Based Water Splitting Electrode Adapting Fluctuating Electric Power Input. Small. 21(48). e09828–e09828.
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Shu, Chang, Rui Yao, Yifu Gao, et al.. (2025). A sterically-hindered organic molecule to modulate hydrogen bonding and the electrical double layer for highly reversible zinc anodes. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 105. 280–291. 8 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Yun Wu, Kaiyang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Lattice strain induced by trace Pt single atoms in nickel for accelerating industrial hydrogen evolution. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 98. 503–511. 27 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Yunxiang Zhao, Feiyu Kang, et al.. (2024). A Crystalline‐Water Electrolyte Enabled High Depth‐of‐Discharge Anodes in Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries. Small. 20(44). e2404865–e2404865. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Kaian Sun, Kaiyang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Stable hydrogen evolution reaction at high current densities via designing the Ni single atoms and Ru nanoparticles linked by carbon bridges. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2218–2218. 139 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Yun, et al.. (2024). Supporting IrO on stable La, Nb-TiO2 with enhanced electron transport for efficient acidic water oxidation. Fuel. 381. 133451–133451. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaiyang, Yun Wu, Rui Yao, et al.. (2024). Amorphous iridium oxide coating on TiO2 for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 69. 1105–1112. 7 indexed citations
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Yao, Rui, Yun Wu, Kaiyang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Construction of a CoRu/CoRuP Heterogeneous Electrocatalyst for Efficient pH-Universal Hydrogen Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(1). 291–299. 1 indexed citations
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Long, Qian, Rui Yao, & Cheng Yang. (2023). Water‐Abundant Electrolytes: Towards Safer and Greener Aqueous Zinc‐Metal Batteries. ChemElectroChem. 10(21). 2 indexed citations
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Long, Qian, Haojie Zhu, Tingting Qin, et al.. (2023). Ultralow‐Salt‐Concentration Electrolyte for High‐Voltage Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(23). 68 indexed citations
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Du, Yujie, Kaiyang Zhang, Rui Yao, et al.. (2022). Ultra-small RuO2/NHC nanocrystal electrocatalysts with efficient water oxidation activities in acidic media. Dalton Transactions. 51(45). 17361–17367. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaiyang, Yujie Du, Yun Wu, et al.. (2022). Organic ligand-assisted synthesis of Ir0.3Cr0.7O2 solid solution oxides for efficient oxygen evolution in acidic media. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(14). 5402–5412. 12 indexed citations
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Shi, Jialu, Ya Gao, Daoru Liu, et al.. (2022). Preparing porous Cu/Pd electrode on nickel foam using hydrogen bubbles dynamic template for high-efficiency and high-stability removal of nitrate from water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(38). 57629–57643. 5 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ziqiang, Zhiwen Li, Rui Yao, et al.. (2020). Improved SERS Performance and Catalytic Activity of Dendritic Au/Ag Bimetallic Nanostructures Based on Ag Dendrites. Nanoscale Research Letters. 15(1). 117–117. 32 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ziqiang, Zhiwen Li, Rui Yao, et al.. (2019). Morphology-Controlled Fabrication of Large-Scale Dendritic Silver Nanostructures for Catalysis and SERS Applications. Nanoscale Research Letters. 14(1). 89–89. 41 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ting, Feng Lin, Tao Xu, et al.. (2019). Bio-Manufacturing Research Center at Tsinghua University. Bio-Design and Manufacturing. 2(2). 137–143. 1 indexed citations

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