Wei Yan

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.1k 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 93 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Yan's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (40 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (37 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (27 papers). Wei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (40 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (37 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (27 papers). Wei Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Wei Yan's co-authors include Gerardine G. Botte, Dan Wang, Jiujun Zhang, Bin Fang, Guangfeng Wang, Xiaojun Zhang, Dan Wang, Santosh H. Vijapur, Jiujun Zhang and Jianyi Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yan

91 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of the Accelerated Li+ Conduction in MOF‐Based... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75 100
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. Mechanisms of the Accelerated Li+ Conduction in MOF‐Based Solid‐State Polymer Electrolytes for All‐Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries
    2024 106 citations Song Duan, Lanting Qian et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Yan China 35 3.0k 1.6k 1.0k 982 614 93 4.1k
Chaopeng Fu China 46 4.0k 1.3× 1.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 1.7k 1.8× 662 1.1× 131 5.4k
Xiao Xiao China 34 4.6k 1.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 2.5k 2.5× 856 1.4× 73 6.2k
Xili Tong China 42 2.9k 1.0× 2.8k 1.8× 2.2k 2.2× 1.2k 1.3× 396 0.6× 123 5.1k
Zhaohui Hou China 33 2.6k 0.9× 902 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 264 0.4× 170 3.6k
Lirong Kong China 35 1.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 585 1.0× 85 3.5k
Dekang Huang China 34 2.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 679 0.7× 382 0.6× 73 3.8k
Duy Thanh Tran South Korea 51 4.6k 1.6× 3.6k 2.2× 1.9k 1.9× 1.7k 1.7× 850 1.4× 145 6.7k
Shujin Hou China 33 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.3× 373 0.6× 75 3.8k
Kaiming Liao China 36 3.7k 1.3× 929 0.6× 877 0.9× 749 0.8× 289 0.5× 74 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yan

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

All Works

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Gao, Xiang, Maojun Pei, Wei Yan, et al.. (2025). Generative Artificial Intelligence Navigated Development of Solvents for Next Generation High‐Performance Magnesium Batteries. Advanced Materials. 38(1). e10083–e10083. 1 indexed citations
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Lei, Jie, Zheng Huang, Yinze Zuo, et al.. (2025). Axial Coordination Regulating Electronic Delocalization of p‐Block In−N4 Sites to Accelerate Sulfur Reduction Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(39). 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Xin, Changzheng Lin, Jingzhao Wang, et al.. (2025). An integrated optimization strategy by Joule heating technique enabling rapid fabrication of robust Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 solid-state electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 686. 660–671. 6 indexed citations
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Deng, Shu‐Qi, Maojun Pei, Zihan Zhao, et al.. (2024). Metal-organic framework derived heterostructured phosphide bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 676. 884–895. 15 indexed citations
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Pei, Maojun, et al.. (2024). Ni and Co Active Site Transition and Competition in Fluorine‐Doped NiCo(OH)2 LDH Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Small. 20(31). e2400139–e2400139. 21 indexed citations
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Liao, Can, Wanqing Li, Longfei Han, et al.. (2024). Microcapsule Modification Strategy Empowering Separator Multifunctionality to Enhance Safety of Lithium‐Metal Batteries. Small. 20(43). e2404470–e2404470. 11 indexed citations
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Wei, Shuang, Ya Wang, Yujun Wu, et al.. (2024). An Advanced Anode Composed of Layered Single‐Crystal Metal–Organic Framework Material for Ultra‐Long Cycle‐Life Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 25 indexed citations
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Duan, Song, Yun Zheng, Lanting Qian, et al.. (2024). Solid-state electrolytes based on metal-organic frameworks for enabling high-performance lithium-metal batteries: Fundamentals, progress, and perspectives. eTransportation. 20. 100311–100311. 25 indexed citations
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Qian, Huaming, Xiangyang Li, Wen Liu, et al.. (2023). LiZn/Li2O Induced Chemical Confinement Enabling Dendrite‐Free Li‐Metal Anode. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(19). 51 indexed citations
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Liu, Yao, Maojun Pei, Zibo Zhai, et al.. (2023). Amorphization-induced abundant coordinatively unsaturated Ni active sites in NiCo(OH)2 for boosting catalytic OER and HER activities at high current densities for water-electrolysis. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 653(Pt B). 1704–1714. 42 indexed citations
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Chen, Hehao, Jizhe Wang, Siying Peng, et al.. (2023). A Generalized Polymer Precursor Ink Design for 3D Printing of Functional Metal Oxides. Nano-Micro Letters. 15(1). 180–180. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Kun, Jianhao Huang, Haixin Chen, et al.. (2022). Recent Progress in High Entropy Alloys for Electrocatalysts. Electrochemical Energy Reviews. 5(S1). 123 indexed citations
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Dong, Li, Chunhua Chen, Jiejie Wang, et al.. (2021). Acid-treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes as additives for negative active materials to improve high-rate-partial-state-of-charge cycle-life of lead-acid batteries. RSC Advances. 11(25). 15273–15283. 16 indexed citations
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Manjunatha, Revanasiddappa, Dong Li, Zibo Zhai, et al.. (2020). Pd nanocluster-decorated CoFe composite supported on nitrogen carbon nanotubes as a high-performance trifunctional electrocatalyst. Green Energy & Environment. 7(5). 933–947. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Silan, Guorui Yang, Muhammad Salman Nasir, et al.. (2020). Research Progress on Phosphorus-based Anode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 0(0). 2001003–0. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, De’an, Wenjing Sun, Wei Yan, & Jie Li. (2010). Hydro-mechanical behaviours of highly compacted sand-bentonite mixture. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 11 indexed citations
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Yan, Wei, Maoguo Li, & Bin Fang. (2007). Fabrication of CeO2 Nanoparticle Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode for Ultrasensitive Determination of Trace Amounts of Uric Acid in Urine. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 25(11). 1622–1626. 11 indexed citations

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