Tianran Yan

3.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Tianran Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianran Yan has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Tianran Yan's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (48 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (46 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Tianran Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (48 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (46 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (29 papers). Tianran Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Macao. Tianran Yan's co-authors include Liang Zhang, Chen Cheng, Hongtai Li, Jing Mao, Genlin Liu, Dan Sun, Yingying Yan, Cheng Yuan, Chi Chen and Dongzi Yang 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

Tianran Yan

59 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Utilizing the Built‐in Electric Field of p–n Junctions to Spatially Propel the Stepwise Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

2021 218 citations Hongtai Li, Tianran Yan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Regulating the Inner Helmholtz Plane with a High Donor Additive for Efficient Anode Reversibility in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries

2023 192 citations Jinrong Luo, Liang Xu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Fast Na⁺ Kinetics and Suppressed Voltage Hysteresis Enabled by a High‐Entropy Strategy for Sodium Oxide Cathodes

2024 102 citations Tianran Yan, Liang Zhang et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tianran Yan China	29	2.2k	513	456	353	335	63	2.6k
Yuejiao Li China	22	1.6k 0.7×	378 0.7×	538 1.2×	229 0.6×	438 1.3×	41	2.0k
Xuan‐Wen Gao China	27	2.2k 1.0×	580 1.1×	481 1.1×	293 0.8×	687 2.1×	103	2.5k
Gongxun Lu China	28	3.0k 1.4×	531 1.0×	1.3k 2.9×	248 0.7×	335 1.0×	47	3.2k
Jiyang Deng Singapore	12	1.2k 0.5×	717 1.4×	204 0.4×	554 1.6×	592 1.8×	14	1.9k
Katja Kretschmer Australia	24	1.8k 0.8×	538 1.0×	368 0.8×	269 0.8×	872 2.6×	35	2.3k
X.H. Huang China	28	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	272 0.6×	389 1.1×	1.3k 3.9×	64	2.8k
Koichi Kobayakawa Japan	22	1.0k 0.5×	488 1.0×	305 0.7×	395 1.1×	373 1.1×	69	1.6k
R. Vasant Kumar United Kingdom	20	1.8k 0.8×	671 1.3×	386 0.8×	307 0.9×	653 1.9×	33	2.2k
Almаgul Mentbayeva Kazakhstan	24	1.2k 0.6×	379 0.7×	374 0.8×	93 0.3×	336 1.0×	86	1.6k
Limin Guo China	23	1.6k 0.7×	452 0.9×	423 0.9×	364 1.0×	385 1.1×	64	2.1k

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Wang, Lei, Hongtai Li, Zhiwei Lu, et al.. (2025). Disorder‐Induced Targeted Formation of Amorphous Lithium Sulfide for Ah‐Level Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(7).

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Wang, Lei, Jiechang Gao, Stone D.‐H. Shi, et al.. (2025). In Situ Molecular Self‐Assembly for Dendrite‐Free Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(40). 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zheng, Chen Cheng, Shuyuan Chen, et al.. (2025). Strengthened π-type interaction in layered oxide cathodes with reversible anionic redox for sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Science. 16(34). 15404–15416.

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Xu, Weidong, Cheng Chen, Lei Wang, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Rigidity–Flexibility Engineering of O3‐Type Sodium Layered Oxide Cathodes Through Site‐Specific High‐Entropy Regulation. Advanced Energy Materials. 16(1).

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Yan, Tianran, Yifan Ding, Shaoqing Chen, et al.. (2024). Theory-guided optimization of coordination sites via d-band modulation for efficient single-atomic Li–S catalysis. Energy storage materials. 70. 103458–103458. 18 indexed citations

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Shen, Shao‐Dong, Cheng Yuan, Yan Xu, et al.. (2024). Improving ZnS Oxidation Kinetics Through Nucleophilic Regulation for High‐Performance Zinc–Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(19). 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Tong, Cheng‐Wei Kao, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). Modulated t orbitals of spinel oxides for enhanced catalytic conversion of polysulfides in Li–S batteries. Materials Today Chemistry. 43. 102490–102490. 2 indexed citations

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Yuan, Huadong, Jianhui Zheng, Gongxun Lu, et al.. (2024). Formation of 2D Amorphous Lithium Sulfide Enabled by Mo₂C Clusters Loaded Carbon Scaffold for High‐Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(28). e2400639–e2400639. 37 indexed citations

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Mao, Zhenghao, Jia Lin, Xinnan Mao, et al.. (2024). Bismuth single-atom alloying of palladium nanosheets promotes selective electrochemical valorization of glycerol to C₃ products. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(36). 24136–24143. 7 indexed citations

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Yu, Xiaohan, Mingzi Sun, Tianran Yan, et al.. (2024). Molecular modulation of nickel–salophen organic frameworks enables the selective photoreduction of CO₂at varying concentrations. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(6). 2260–2268. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Hongtai Li, Tianran Yan, et al.. (2024). Chemomechanics Engineering Promotes the Catalytic Activity of Spinel Oxides for Sulfur Redox Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(41). 29 indexed citations

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Ding, Yifan, Tianran Yan, Jianghua Wu, et al.. (2023). Imparting selective polysulfide conversion via geminal-atom moieties in lithium-sulfur batteries. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 343. 123553–123553. 29 indexed citations

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Ma, Yanxia, Xue Ding, Tianran Yan, et al.. (2023). 3D π–d Conjugated Coordination Polymer Enabling Ultralong Life Magnesium‐Ion Storage. Advanced Materials. 35(52). e2307736–e2307736. 19 indexed citations

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Luo, Jinrong, Liang Xu, Yijing Zhou, et al.. (2023). Regulating the Inner Helmholtz Plane with a High Donor Additive for Efficient Anode Reversibility in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(21). e202302302–e202302302. 192 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ding, Yifan, Zhongti Sun, Jianghua Wu, et al.. (2023). Tuning dual-atom mediator toward high-rate bidirectional polysulfide conversion in Li-S batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 87. 462–472. 27 indexed citations

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Yan, Tianran, Hongtai Li, Gang Zhao, et al.. (2023). Constructing a built-in electron reservoir to dynamically coordinate bidirectional polysulfides conversion for lithium–sulfur batteries with a wide working temperature range. Energy storage materials. 63. 103061–103061. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kefan, Jie Xu, Tianran Yan, et al.. (2023). Molecular Modulation of Sequestered Copper Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methane. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(17). 37 indexed citations

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Luo, Jinrong, Liang Xu, Yijing Zhou, et al.. (2023). Regulating the Inner Helmholtz Plane with a High Donor Additive for Efficient Anode Reversibility in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 135(21). 82 indexed citations

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Yan, Tianran, Yu Wu, Fei Gong, et al.. (2022). TiH₂ Nanodots Exfoliated via Facile Sonication as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Li–S Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(5). 6937–6944. 15 indexed citations

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Yan, Tianran, Chen Cheng, & Liang Zhang. (2021). Exploration of materials electrochemistry in rechargeable batteries using advanced in situ / operando x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Electronic Structure. 3(1). 13001–13001. 4 indexed citations

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