Sicen Yu

4.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
43 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Sicen Yu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sicen Yu has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Automotive Engineering and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sicen Yu's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (33 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (30 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (18 papers). Sicen Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (33 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (30 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (18 papers). Sicen Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Sicen Yu's co-authors include Ping Liu, John Holoubek, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, Hongyao Zhou, Zheng Chen, Tod A. Pascal, Xing Xing, Guorui Cai and Yijie Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sicen Yu

40 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries cycled at ultra-low temperature

2021 693 citations John Holoubek, Haodong Liu et al. Nature Energy profile →
An All-Fluorinated Ester Electrolyte for Stable High-Voltage Li Metal Batteries Capable of Ultra-Low-Temperature Operation

2020 301 citations John Holoubek, Sicen Yu et al. ACS Energy Letters profile →
Achieving Fast and Durable Lithium Storage through Amorphous FeP Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Ultrathin 3D P-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets

2020 300 citations Zhiming Zheng, Hong‐Hui Wu et al. ACS Nano profile →
Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries

2023 121 citations Zhaohui Wu, Chunyang Wang et al. Nature Energy profile →
Surface molecular engineering to enable processing of sulfide solid electrolytes in humid ambient air

2025 29 citations Jessica J. Hong, Elias Sebti et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sicen Yu United States	24	2.7k	1.1k	507	419	259	43	2.9k
Minghao Zhang China	27	3.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	609 1.2×	405 1.0×	269 1.0×	78	3.4k
Aleksandr Kondrakov Germany	20	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	346 0.7×	436 1.0×	386 1.5×	60	2.8k
Qingbing Xia Australia	30	2.4k 0.9×	567 0.5×	753 1.5×	464 1.1×	342 1.3×	51	2.7k
Yingqiang Wu China	32	3.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	675 1.6×	448 1.7×	56	3.7k
Xue Bai China	26	1.9k 0.7×	493 0.4×	772 1.5×	439 1.0×	341 1.3×	86	2.2k
Christoph Vaalma Germany	14	4.1k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 2.8×	640 1.5×	593 2.3×	16	4.2k
Jae Hyeon Jo South Korea	32	3.3k 1.2×	828 0.7×	1.2k 2.4×	459 1.1×	364 1.4×	60	3.5k
Kaipeng Wu China	23	1.3k 0.5×	306 0.3×	503 1.0×	332 0.8×	382 1.5×	63	1.5k
Haoxiang Zhong China	24	1.3k 0.5×	460 0.4×	502 1.0×	415 1.0×	181 0.7×	44	1.6k
Zhenjiang He China	38	4.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 3.0×	739 1.8×	866 3.3×	87	4.4k

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Hui, Zeyu, Sicen Yu, Shen Wang, et al.. (2025). Nucleation processes at interfaces with both substrate and electrolyte control lithium growth. Nature Chemistry. 18(1). 33–42. 1 indexed citations

Miao, Qiushi, Shen Wang, Sicen Yu, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the Effect of Sulfur Content on the Kinetics of Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathode Materials. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 172(12). 120503–120503.

Yu, Sicen, et al.. (2025). On Rate-Limiting Mechanisms in NMC Cathodes: The Interplay of Low and High Current Constraints. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 172(4). 40531–40531.

Hong, Jessica J., Elias Sebti, Ke Zhou, et al.. (2025). Surface molecular engineering to enable processing of sulfide solid electrolytes in humid ambient air. Nature Communications. 16(1). 213–213. 29 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Shen, et al.. (2024). Interfacial Electrochemical Lithiation and Dissolution Mechanisms at a Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Cathode Surface. ACS Energy Letters. 9(3). 810–818. 13 indexed citations

Holoubek, John, Haodong Liu, Qizhang Yan, et al.. (2023). Locally Saturated Ether-Based Electrolytes With Oxidative Stability For Li Metal Batteries Based on Li-Rich Cathodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(39). 45764–45773. 8 indexed citations

Yu, Sicen, Yu Liu, Qiongyu Chen, et al.. (2023). Damage-Tolerant Wood Layers for Corrosion Protection of Metal Structures. Nano Letters. 24(1). 245–253. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Zhaohui, Chunyang Wang, Zeyu Hui, et al.. (2023). Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries. Nature Energy. 121 indexed citations breakdown →

Yu, Sicen, Shen Wang, Qiushi Miao, et al.. (2023). Composite Lithium Metal Structure to Mitigate Pulverization and Enable Long‐Life Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(40). 16 indexed citations

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Qin, Ning, Sicen Yu, Yanfang Wang, et al.. (2022). Oxidation State as a Descriptor in Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis. CCS Chemistry. 4(11). 3587–3598. 24 indexed citations

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Yu, Sicen, Zhaohui Wu, John Holoubek, et al.. (2022). A Fiber‐Based 3D Lithium Host for Lean Electrolyte Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Science. 9(10). e2104829–e2104829. 27 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaolu, Sicen Yu, Zhenzhen Yang, et al.. (2022). Achieving low-temperature hydrothermal relithiation by redox mediation for direct recycling of spent lithium-ion battery cathodes. Energy storage materials. 51. 54–62. 146 indexed citations

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Holoubek, John, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, et al.. (2021). Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries cycled at ultra-low temperature. Nature Energy. 6(3). 303–313. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Zhaohui, Haodong Liu, Sicen Yu, & Ping Liu. (2021). Communication—Binder Effects on Cycling Performance of High Areal Capacity SPAN Electrodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(11). 110504–110504. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhaohui, Seong‐Min Bak, Zulipiya Shadike, et al.. (2021). Understanding the Roles of the Electrode/Electrolyte Interface for Enabling Stable Li∥Sulfurized Polyacrylonitrile Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(27). 31733–31740. 53 indexed citations

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Yuan, Ye, et al.. (2020). Control of the polymyxin analog ratio by domain swapping in the nonribosomal peptide synthetase of Paenibacillus polymyxa. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 47(6-7). 551–562. 11 indexed citations

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Holoubek, John, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, et al.. (2020). Tailoring Electrolyte Solvation for Practical Li Metal Batteries Cycled at Ultra-Low Temperature. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2020-02(4). 734–734.

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Zheng, Zhiming, Hong‐Hui Wu, Haodong Liu, et al.. (2020). Achieving Fast and Durable Lithium Storage through Amorphous FeP Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Ultrathin 3D P-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets. ACS Nano. 14(8). 9545–9561. 300 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Sicen, Yi Wan, Chaoqun Shang, et al.. (2018). Ultrafine NaTi2(PO4)3 Nanoparticles Encapsulated in N-CNFs as Ultra-Stable Electrode for Sodium Storage. Frontiers in Chemistry. 6. 270–270. 12 indexed citations

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Cao, Yulin, Fucong Lv, Sicen Yu, et al.. (2016). Simple template fabrication of porous MnCo₂O₄hollow nanocages as high-performance cathode catalysts for rechargeable Li-O₂batteries. Nanotechnology. 27(13). 135703–135703. 20 indexed citations

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