Weiwei Yu

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Weiwei Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiwei Yu has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 26 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weiwei Yu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (16 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (9 papers). Weiwei Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (24 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (16 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (9 papers). Weiwei Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Weiwei Yu's co-authors include Zhongkui Zhao, Chuansheng Chen, Ning Dai, Yan Sun, Shiyi Cao, Yuen Hong Tsang, Banghao Du, Ting Zhang, Gongduan Fan and Tiangui Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, ACS Nano and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Weiwei Yu

94 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interlayer Transition and Infrared Photodetection in Atomically Thin Type-II MoTe₂/MoS₂ van der Waals Heterostructures

2016 498 citations Weiwei Yu, Yan Sun et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Weiwei Yu	1.6k	1.1k	981	420	416	103	3.2k
Ke Dai	2.1k 1.3×	2.5k 2.4×	1.3k 1.3×	463 1.1×	402 1.0×	98	4.3k
Min Lü	1.2k 0.7×	752 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	517 1.2×	403 1.0×	98	3.4k
Qian Jiang	966 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	813 0.8×	652 1.6×	175 0.4×	109	3.6k
Feilong Li	819 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	189 0.5×	187 0.4×	75	2.8k
Junfeng Chen	718 0.4×	893 0.8×	923 0.9×	299 0.7×	411 1.0×	137	3.0k
Lijie Xu	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.7×	493 0.5×	957 2.3×	536 1.3×	127	4.1k
Liang Peng	1.3k 0.8×	581 0.6×	798 0.8×	1.1k 2.5×	807 1.9×	181	4.5k
Gaetano Di Marco	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	590 0.6×	408 1.0×	168 0.4×	107	3.5k
Zhongbo Wei	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	616 0.6×	416 1.0×	610 1.5×	77	3.2k
Peng Qi	1.4k 0.8×	405 0.4×	637 0.6×	1.1k 2.7×	179 0.4×	134	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiwei Yu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Weiwei, et al.. (2026). Understanding public perceptions of cultural ecosystem services in urban coastal wetland ecological restoration areas: A social media-based large language model approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 401. 128816–128816.

Xie, Yu, et al.. (2026). Breaking the outer membrane barrier: structure, targets, and antimicrobial strategies for Gram-negative bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 17. 1734749–1734749.

Yu, Weiwei, Yuanxin Liu, Jiang Hu, et al.. (2025). Enhanced degradation of carbamazepine in water by a chitosan-supported tea polyphenols/nano-zero-valent iron system: Mechanistic insights and toxicological risk assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 537. 147200–147200.

Yu, Weiwei, Yan Zha, Y. Liang, et al.. (2025). Correcting microplastic pollution and risk assessment in Chinese watersheds. Environmental Pollution. 374. 126241–126241. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Weiwei, Xijie Guo, Jianwei Li, et al.. (2025). CPK12 decodes effector-triggered calcium signaling and phosphorylates PIP2;1 to facilitate apoplastic ROS transport into the cytoplasm in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 18(10). 1724–1741. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Weiwei, Xinbao Zhang, Hongyu Chen, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of carbon-supported Al2O3 nanoparticles via spontaneous cross-linking to enhance selective hydrogenation of furfural. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 100. 612–620. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xi, Yueqi Li, Jiang Hu, et al.. (2024). Ethylcellulose encapsulated material for potassium ferrate slow-release to degrade levofloxacin: Degradation performance, mechanisms, and toxicity assessment. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(1). 115119–115119. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Weiwei, et al.. (2024). The Effect of Bacillus velezensis LJ02 Compounded with Different Fungi on the Growth of Watermelon Seedlings and Microbial Community Structure. Horticulturae. 10(3). 236–236.

Yu, Weiwei, Yueqi Li, Cong Liu, et al.. (2024). CS/CoFe2O4 nanocomposite as a high-effective and steady chainmail catalyst for tetracycline degradation with peroxymonosulfate activation: performance and mechanism. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 46(2). 40–40.

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Zhang, Kaiyue, et al.. (2023). Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Eucommia ulmoides leaf extract for inhibiting stem end bacteria in cut tree peony flowers. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1176359–1176359. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ting, Xiaowa Nie, Weiwei Yu, et al.. (2019). Single Atomic Cu-N2 Catalytic Sites for Highly Active and Selective Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol. iScience. 22. 97–108. 69 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhengyi, et al.. (2019). Determination, residue and risk assessment of trifloxystrobin, trifloxystrobin acid and tebuconazole in Chinese rice consumption. Biomedical Chromatography. 34(1). e4694–e4694. 20 indexed citations

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Yin, Guilin, Jianwu Sun, Fang Zhang, et al.. (2019). Enhanced gas selectivity induced by surface active oxygen in SnO/SnO₂ heterojunction structures at different temperatures. RSC Advances. 9(4). 1903–1908. 9 indexed citations

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Yu, Weiwei, Hong Shen, Jiaming Hao, et al.. (2019). Flexible matesurface-based Terahertz super-absorber. JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES. 38(1). 150.

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Zhang, Haizhen, Min Huang, Weiwei Yu, et al.. (2018). Enantioseparation and determination of dufulin enantiomers in cucumber and soil by chiral liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Biomedical Chromatography. 32(7). e4230–e4230. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianwu, Guilin Yin, Ting Cai, et al.. (2018). The role of oxygen vacancies in the sensing properties of Ni substituted SnO₂ microspheres. RSC Advances. 8(58). 33080–33086. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Fei, Guoqiang Yang, Jin Xu, et al.. (2017). Simultaneous determination and method validation of clethodim and its metabolites clethodim sulfoxide and clethodim sulfone in tobacco by LC‐MS/MS. Biomedical Chromatography. 32(4). 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Meiling, Fang Li, Hong Long, et al.. (2016). Ecological Distribution, Reproductive Characteristics, and In Situ Conservation of Malus sieversii in Xinjiang, China. HortScience. 51(9). 1197–1201. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Shiling, Weiwei Yu, Zhi Zhang, & Surong Luo. (2015). Soil properties and enzyme activities as affected by biogas slurry irrigation in the Three Gorges Reservoir areas of China.. PubMed. 36(2). 513–20. 9 indexed citations

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Qiu, Xiaoyan, Bin Chen, Xingguang Yu, et al.. (2011). Antibiotics pollution in Jiulong River estuary: Source, distribution and bacterial resistance. Chemosphere. 84(11). 1677–1685. 140 indexed citations

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