Xiahui Yao

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Xiahui Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiahui Yao has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Xiahui Yao's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (14 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (6 papers). Xiahui Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (14 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (6 papers). Xiahui Yao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Xiahui Yao's co-authors include Dunwei Wang, Qi Dong, Qingmei Cheng, Ju Li, Yumin He, Jin Xie, James E. Thorne, Daiwei Yu, Ian Madden and Weijiang Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiahui Yao

28 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state batter... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep
    2020 433 citations Yuming Chen, Ziqiang Wang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiahui Yao United States 23 1.9k 887 764 522 413 28 2.8k
Mei Ding China 35 2.2k 1.2× 760 0.9× 520 0.7× 719 1.4× 1.3k 3.1× 83 3.2k
Andebet Gedamu Tamirat China 22 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.9× 1.3k 1.7× 204 0.4× 515 1.2× 27 3.1k
Hyungkyu Han South Korea 24 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 187 0.4× 827 2.0× 35 2.5k
Akila C. Thenuwara United States 25 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 889 1.2× 362 0.7× 255 0.6× 34 2.3k
Xuejun Zhou China 29 2.3k 1.2× 992 1.1× 928 1.2× 332 0.6× 536 1.3× 47 3.1k
Ran Zhao China 24 1.8k 0.9× 305 0.3× 676 0.9× 345 0.7× 547 1.3× 67 2.3k
Dongniu Wang Canada 28 2.9k 1.5× 829 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 576 1.1× 1.3k 3.2× 46 3.7k
Wei‐Hsuan Hung Taiwan 25 1.8k 1.0× 2.0k 2.3× 1.4k 1.9× 240 0.5× 552 1.3× 58 3.7k
Lei Liao United States 11 3.3k 1.8× 1.6k 1.8× 985 1.3× 918 1.8× 823 2.0× 13 4.2k
Jesse S. Ko United States 21 3.5k 1.9× 629 0.7× 1.0k 1.4× 406 0.8× 2.4k 5.8× 56 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiahui Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiahui Yao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Jinwoo, Xiahui Yao, So Yeon Kim, et al.. (2025). Multilayer alumina/aluminum coatings for damage-resistant hydrogen permeation barrier. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 106. 226–230. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Jinwoo, Xiahui Yao, Decheng Kong, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical pumping: An alternative solution for hydrogen embrittlement. Applied Materials Today. 29. 101627–101627. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Chao, Ahmed Helal, Ziqiang Wang, et al.. (2021). Uranium In Situ Electrolytic Deposition with a Reusable Functional Graphene‐Foam Electrode. Advanced Materials. 33(38). e2102633–e2102633. 112 indexed citations
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Lee, Jinhyuk, Daiwei Yu, Zhi Zhu, et al.. (2020). Kinetic Rejuvenation of Li-Rich Li-Ion Battery Cathodes upon Oxygen Redox. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(8). 7931–7943. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuming, Ziqiang Wang, Xiaoyan Li, et al.. (2020). Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep. Nature. 578(7794). 251–255. 433 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yao, Xiahui, Konstantin Klyukin, Wenjie Lu, et al.. (2020). Protonic solid-state electrochemical synapse for physical neural networks. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3134–3134. 125 indexed citations
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Dong, Yanhao, Yimeng Huang, Dong Ding, et al.. (2020). Chemical and structural origin of hole states in yttria-stabilized zirconia. Acta Materialia. 203. 116487–116487. 22 indexed citations
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Zhu, Zhi, Daiwei Yu, Yang Yang, et al.. (2019). Gradient Li-rich oxide cathode particles immunized against oxygen release by a molten salt treatment. Nature Energy. 4(12). 1049–1058. 310 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Ke Yang, Xiahui Yao, et al.. (2018). Facet-Dependent Kinetics and Energetics of Hematite for Solar Water Oxidation Reactions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(6). 5616–5622. 52 indexed citations
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Yao, Xiahui, Qi Dong, Qingmei Cheng, & Dunwei Wang. (2016). Warum Lithium‐Sauerstoff‐Batterien versagen: Parasitäre chemische Reaktionen und ihr synergistischer Effekt. Angewandte Chemie. 128(38). 11514–11524. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Da Wei He, Stafford W. Sheehan, et al.. (2016). Comparison of heterogenized molecular and heterogeneous oxide catalysts for photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Energy & Environmental Science. 9(5). 1794–1802. 133 indexed citations
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Yao, Xiahui, Jingru Luo, Qi Dong, & Dunwei Wang. (2016). A rechargeable non-aqueous Mg-Br2 battery. Nano Energy. 28. 440–446. 39 indexed citations
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Dong, Qi, et al.. (2016). Enabling rechargeable non-aqueous Mg–O2 battery operations with dual redox mediators. Chemical Communications. 52(95). 13753–13756. 25 indexed citations
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Yao, Xiahui, Qi Dong, Qingmei Cheng, & Dunwei Wang. (2016). Why Do Lithium–Oxygen Batteries Fail: Parasitic Chemical Reactions and Their Synergistic Effect. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(38). 11344–11353. 207 indexed citations
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Xie, Jin, Xiahui Yao, Qingmei Cheng, et al.. (2015). Three Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon as a Stable, High‐Performance Li–O2 Battery Cathode. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(14). 4299–4303. 157 indexed citations
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Jang, Ji-Wook, Chun Du, Yifan Ye, et al.. (2015). Enabling unassisted solar water splitting by iron oxide and silicon. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7447–7447. 446 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Stafford W. Sheehan, Da Wei He, et al.. (2015). Hematite‐Based Solar Water Splitting in Acidic Solutions: Functionalization by Mono‐ and Multilayers of Iridium Oxygen‐Evolution Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(39). 11428–11432. 120 indexed citations
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Xie, Jin, Xiahui Yao, Qingmei Cheng, et al.. (2015). Three Dimensionally Ordered Mesoporous Carbon as a Stable, High‐Performance Li–O2 Battery Cathode. Angewandte Chemie. 127(14). 4373–4377. 63 indexed citations
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Xie, Jin, Xiahui Yao, Ian Madden, et al.. (2014). Selective Deposition of Ru Nanoparticles on TiSi2 Nanonet and Its Utilization for Li2O2 Formation and Decomposition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(25). 8903–8906. 103 indexed citations
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Xu, Hui, Shikun Xie, Qingsong Wang, et al.. (2006). Electrolyte additive trimethyl phosphite for improving electrochemical performance and thermal stability of LiCoO2 cathode. Electrochimica Acta. 52(2). 636–642. 35 indexed citations

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