Ya Yan

16.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
116 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Ya Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya Yan has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 79 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ya Yan's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (73 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (59 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers). Ya Yan is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (73 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (59 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers). Ya Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Romania. Ya Yan's co-authors include Bao Yu Xia, Xin Wang, Xiong Wen Lou, Hao Bin Wu, Bin Zhao, Nan Li, Xiaoming Ge, Zhaolin Liu, Zhichuan J. Xu and Ting He and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ya Yan

115 papers receiving 14.4k 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.

A metal–organic framework-derived bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst

2016 2.1k citations Bao Yu Xia, Ya Yan et al. profile →
A review on noble-metal-free bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for overall electrochemical water splitting

2016 1.2k citations Ya Yan, Bao Yu Xia et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →
Recent Development of Molybdenum Sulfides as Advanced Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2014 791 citations Ya Yan, Bao Yu Xia et al. profile →
Hierarchical MoS₂microboxes constructed by nanosheets with enhanced electrochemical properties for lithium storage and water splitting

2014 470 citations Ya Yan, Xin Wang et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Recent advances in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis

2023 390 citations Ya Yan, Yu Chen et al. profile →
Polyoxometalated metal-organic framework superstructure for stable water oxidation

2025 69 citations Kaihang Yue, Ruihu Lu et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ya Yan	11.1k	9.8k	4.3k	2.0k	1.4k	116	14.6k
Gengtao Fu	12.1k 1.1×	10.3k 1.1×	4.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	163	15.2k
Xue Feng Lu	12.0k 1.1×	11.0k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	3.4k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	153	16.7k
Justus Masa	9.6k 0.9×	7.7k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	148	11.7k
Huajie Yin	9.1k 0.8×	7.8k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	112	13.0k
Bo You	13.2k 1.2×	9.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	152	16.4k
Zongkui Kou	8.1k 0.7×	8.9k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	897 0.6×	166	12.9k
Shuo Dou	8.6k 0.8×	8.0k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	79	11.3k
Yongpeng Lei	7.9k 0.7×	7.0k 0.7×	4.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	646 0.5×	151	11.5k
Daobin Liu	8.6k 0.8×	6.7k 0.7×	5.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	664 0.5×	108	12.8k

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Yue, Kaihang, Ruihu Lu, Mingbin Gao, et al.. (2025). Polyoxometalated metal-organic framework superstructure for stable water oxidation. Science. 388(6745). 430–436. 69 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Shujiao, Pengfei Jiang, Kaihang Yue, et al.. (2024). Manganese pyrophosphate with multiple coordinated water molecules for electrocatalytic water oxidation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 62. 166–177. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Ya, et al.. (2023). Design, synthesis, crystal structure, and antimicrobial activities of new quinazoline derivatives containing both the sulfonate ester and piperidinylamide moieties. Pest Management Science. 79(8). 2811–2822. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Yuhao, Kaihang Yue, Jiawei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Effective modulating of the Mo dissolution and polymerization in Ni4Mo/NiMoO4 heterostructure via metal-metal oxide-support interaction for boosting H2 production. Chemical Engineering Journal. 466. 143097–143097. 34 indexed citations

Yue, Kaihang, Jianglin Liu, Yuting Zhu, et al.. (2021). In situ ion-exchange preparation and topological transformation of trimetal–organic frameworks for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(12). 6546–6553. 118 indexed citations

Yue, Kaihang, Jianglin Liu, Chenfeng Xia, et al.. (2021). Controllable synthesis of multidimensional carboxylic acid-based NiFe MOFs as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(19). 7191–7198. 47 indexed citations

Douka, Abdoulkader Ibro, Yangyang Xu, Huan Yang, et al.. (2020). A Zeolitic‐Imidazole Frameworks‐Derived Interconnected Macroporous Carbon Matrix for Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries. Advanced Materials. 32(28). e2002170–e2002170. 275 indexed citations

Liu, Jianglin, Yan Gao, Xinxin Tang, et al.. (2020). Metal–organic framework-derived hierarchical ultrathin CoP nanosheets for overall water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(37). 19254–19261. 124 indexed citations

Gong, Lanqian, Huan Yang, Abdoulkader Ibro Douka, Ya Yan, & Bao Yu Xia. (2020). Recent Progress on NiFe‐Based Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 5(1). 80 indexed citations

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Xie, Sheng, Bowen Sun, Hao Sun, et al.. (2019). Engineering of molybdenum sulfide nanostructures towards efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 44(29). 15009–15016. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Yong, Ya Yan, Ting He, et al.. (2019). Supercritical CO2-Assisted synthesis of NiFe2O4/vertically-aligned carbon nanotube arrays hybrid as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting. Carbon. 145. 201–208. 74 indexed citations

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Yan, Ya, Ting He, Bin Zhao, et al.. (2018). Metal/covalent–organic frameworks-based electrocatalysts for water splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(33). 15905–15926. 266 indexed citations

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Miao, Mao, Ruizuo Hou, Ruijuan Qi, et al.. (2018). Chainmail catalyst of ultrathin P-doped carbon shell-encapsulated nickel phosphides on graphene towards robust and efficient hydrogen generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(47). 24107–24113. 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Junye, Hongming Wang, Yifan Tian, et al.. (2018). Anodic Hydrazine Oxidation Assists Energy‐Efficient Hydrogen Evolution over a Bifunctional Cobalt Perselenide Nanosheet Electrode. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(26). 7649–7653. 417 indexed citations

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He, Ting, Jean Marie Vianney Nsanzimana, Ruijuan Qi, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of amorphous boride nanosheets by the chemical reduction of Prussian blue analogs for efficient water electrolysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(46). 23289–23294. 70 indexed citations

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Miao, Mao, Jing Pan, Ting He, et al.. (2017). Molybdenum Carbide‐Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(46). 10947–10961. 302 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiong, Xiaoming Ge, Zhaolin Liu, et al.. (2017). Heterogeneous Electrocatalyst with Molecular Cobalt Ions Serving as the Center of Active Sites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(5). 1878–1884. 152 indexed citations

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Yan, Ya, Mao Miao, Ke Zhan, et al.. (2017). Cover Feature: Quasi‐Emulsion Confined Synthesis of Edge‐Rich Ultrathin MoS₂ Nanosheets/Graphene Hybrid for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution (Chem. Eur. J. 3/2018). Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(3). 507–507. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Ya, Mao Miao, Ke Zhan, et al.. (2017). Quasi‐Emulsion Confined Synthesis of Edge‐Rich Ultrathin MoS₂ Nanosheets/Graphene Hybrid for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(3). 556–560. 57 indexed citations

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Yan, Ya, Bao Yu Xia, Nan Li, et al.. (2014). Vertically oriented MoS₂ and WS₂ nanosheets directly grown on carbon cloth as efficient and stable 3-dimensional hydrogen-evolving cathodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(1). 131–135. 257 indexed citations

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