Wei Yan

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
345 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yan has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 109 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 107 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Yan's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (81 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (60 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (52 papers). Wei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (81 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (60 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (52 papers). Wei Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Wei Yan's co-authors include Jiangtao Feng, Hao Xu, K. Komvopoulos, Jianan Wang, Guorui Yang, Jie Chen, Dan Shao, Honghui Yang, Ning Wang and Muhammad Salman Nasir and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yan

337 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Contact analysis of elastic-plastic fractal surfaces

1998 542 citations Wei Yan, K. Komvopoulos Journal of Applied Physics profile →
Suppressing the Shuttle Effect and Dendrite Growth in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

2020 286 citations Jianan Wang, Shiyi Sun et al. profile →
Heterojunction Vacancies‐Promoted High Sodium Storage Capacity and Fast Reaction Kinetics of the Anodes for Ultra‐High Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2024 73 citations Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Yan China	57	4.5k	3.7k	3.4k	2.9k	1.7k	345	11.6k
Ewa Mijowska Poland	55	2.7k 0.6×	4.1k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	287	10.0k
Xing‐Jiu Huang China	73	8.3k 1.8×	5.4k 1.4×	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	3.9k 2.3×	328	16.8k
Haitao Wang China	52	3.7k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	997 0.3×	2.1k 1.2×	292	9.7k
Jing Feng China	48	3.0k 0.7×	4.6k 1.2×	3.5k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	192	9.7k
Jing Yu China	55	3.7k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	907 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	377	10.8k
Wenchao Peng China	58	5.8k 1.3×	6.0k 1.6×	5.6k 1.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	296	12.1k
Jiang Gong China	55	1.7k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	178	8.9k
Qian Shao China	71	4.1k 0.9×	6.5k 1.8×	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	3.3k 2.0×	136	14.8k
Mykola Seredych United States	52	3.6k 0.8×	4.4k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	132	9.3k
Qinglin Liu China	64	7.3k 1.6×	2.4k 0.6×	4.5k 1.3×	2.0k 0.7×	4.9k 2.9×	275	12.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Yan, Zongxue Yu, Wei Yan, et al.. (2025). Study on the performance and mechanism of NH2-MIL-101(Fe)/CQDs@UCN composite photocatalyst with self-Fenton effect. Materials Research Bulletin. 194. 113716–113716.

Sun, Shiyi, Xin Chen, Yunqing Wang, et al.. (2025). Safety Hazards of Lithium Metal Batteries: From the Perspective of Lithium Dendrites and Thermal Runaway. Energy & Fuels. 39(16). 7665–7690. 11 indexed citations

Sun, Kaian, Ping Guan, Zewen Zhuang, et al.. (2025). A bioinspired electrocatalyst for CO ₂ electroreduction to ethanol via secondary-sphere synergy in Fe porphyrinic-based metal–organic frameworks. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(13). 6823–6831. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Yuexin, Jie Zhou, Duowen Yang, et al.. (2024). Overcoming limitations in electrochemical water softening: A comprehensive analysis of key factors and recent technological advancements. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 128971–128971. 10 indexed citations

Yan, Wei, et al.. (2024). First-principles study of direct Z-scheme GaS/WTe2 van der Waals heterostructure as photocatalyst for water splitting. Physica B Condensed Matter. 682. 415882–415882. 4 indexed citations

Li, Xinyuan, Zhen Li, Duowen Yang, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical disinfection for human health protection: Disinfection mechanisms, system innovations, applications. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 114073–114073. 5 indexed citations

Yu, Xiaoxiao, Linfeng Chen, Junyan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Structural design of light-emitting fibers and fabrics for wearable and smart devices. Science Bulletin. 69(15). 2439–2455. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Zhenyu, Mengyuan Zhu, Changzheng Lin, et al.. (2024). Efficient removal of Cr(VI) through adsorption with reduced Cr(III) sequestration by highly hydrophilic poly(pyrrole methane). Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129122–129122. 12 indexed citations

Li, Shiji, Zekun Zhang, Duowen Yang, et al.. (2024). Tandem modulation strategy for copper-based catalysts: Towards efficient C-C coupling in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 156. 267–287. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Dan, et al.. (2024). An Overview and Future Perspectives of Rechargeable Flexible Zn‐Air Batteries. ChemSusChem. 17(17). e202400080–e202400080. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zekun, et al.. (2023). Three-dimension porous Zn-Cu alloy: An inexpensive electrocatalyst for highly selective CO2 reduction to CO in non-aqueous electrolyte. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147376–147376. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Ling, et al.. (2023). General synthesis of metal selenides embedded in N-doped carbon nanofibers covered with in-situ grown carbon nanotubes as binder-free anodes for sodium-ion storage. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 972. 172795–172795. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Xin, et al.. (2023). Preparation of biomass composite activated carbon based supercapacitor materials and their application in energy storage devices. Chemical Engineering Science. 282. 119193–119193. 31 indexed citations

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Wen, Bo, Ziyi Zhou, Silan Wang, et al.. (2023). Flexible Cobalt-Embedded Carbon Nanosheet/Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Enhanced Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Performance. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(7). 5404–5413. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Ze, et al.. (2022). Gas Sensing Technology for the Detection and Early Warning of Battery Thermal Runaway: A Review. Energy & Fuels. 36(12). 6038–6057. 113 indexed citations

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Nasir, Muhammad Salman, Guorui Yang, Iqra Ayub, Silan Wang, & Wei Yan. (2020). Tin diselinide a stable co-catalyst coupled with branched TiO2 fiber and g-C3N4 quantum dots for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 270. 118900–118900. 114 indexed citations

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Nasir, Muhammad Salman, Guorui Yang, Iqra Ayub, et al.. (2019). Recent development in graphitic carbon nitride based photocatalysis for hydrogen generation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 257. 117855–117855. 298 indexed citations

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Xu, Xin, Guorui Yang, Jin Liang, et al.. (2013). Fabrication of one-dimensional heterostructured TiO₂@SnO₂with enhanced photocatalytic activity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2(1). 116–122. 92 indexed citations

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Wang, Ce, Zhi Liu, & Wei Yan. (1999). Preparation of Monolithic Silica Glass by an Ultra fast Sol gel Process. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Wei & K. Komvopoulos. (1998). Contact analysis of elastic-plastic fractal surfaces. Journal of Applied Physics. 84(7). 3617–3624. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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