Yan Cao

1.2k total citations
50 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yan Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Cao has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Cao's work include Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (24 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (11 papers) and Graphene research and applications (9 papers). Yan Cao is often cited by papers focused on Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (24 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (11 papers) and Graphene research and applications (9 papers). Yan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Yan Cao's co-authors include A.S. El-Shafay, Ali E. Anqi, Ali A. Rajhi, Hayder A. Dhahad, Sagr Alamri, Alireza Soltani, Afrasyab Khan, Sameer Alsharif, M.A. El‐Shorbagy and Hamid Assilzadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and RSC Advances.

In The Last Decade

Yan Cao

49 papers receiving 998 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yan Cao 574 225 166 135 135 50 1.0k
Farman Ali 410 0.7× 254 1.1× 184 1.1× 290 2.1× 169 1.3× 67 1.2k
Usama S. Altimari 435 0.8× 226 1.0× 231 1.4× 202 1.5× 159 1.2× 95 1.0k
Waliullah Khan 431 0.8× 191 0.8× 208 1.3× 213 1.6× 246 1.8× 51 1.1k
C.B. Pradeep Kumar 568 1.0× 451 2.0× 103 0.6× 169 1.3× 123 0.9× 45 1.3k
Weimiao Wang 450 0.8× 77 0.3× 196 1.2× 142 1.1× 54 0.4× 50 931
Yao Tong 461 0.8× 130 0.6× 203 1.2× 212 1.6× 112 0.8× 51 1.2k
S. El Issami 1.7k 3.0× 309 1.4× 149 0.9× 197 1.5× 70 0.5× 54 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Cao

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

All Works

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Chen, Hong, Yue Lian, Yan Cao, et al.. (2025). Degradable starch-based superhydrophobic cyrogel for efficient oil/water separation. Composites Communications. 58. 102525–102525.
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Zhang, Xin, Tariq J. Al‐Musawi, Fahad Alsaikhan, et al.. (2023). Effect of loading of Pt-decorated TiO2 on the enhancement of aerobic photo-oxidation of benzyl alcohol. Molecular Catalysis. 547. 113247–113247. 9 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2022). Density functional theory studies on C20 with substitutional TinNn impurities. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 28(3). 62–62. 4 indexed citations
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Almohana, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, Abdulrhman Fahmi Alali, El-Awady Attia, et al.. (2022). Oxygen vacancy and p–n heterojunction in a g-C3N4 nanosheet/CuFeO2 nanocomposite for enhanced photocatalytic N2 fixation to NH3 under ambient conditions. New Journal of Chemistry. 46(45). 21625–21639. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2021). K-doped ZnO nanostructures: biosynthesis and parasiticidal application. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 15. 5445–5451. 11 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, A.S. El-Shafay, Kamal Sharma, et al.. (2021). Investigating the spread of a disease on the prey and predator interactions through a nonsingular fractional model. Results in Physics. 32. 105084–105084. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Nasser S. Awwad, Hala A. Ibrahium, et al.. (2021). Investigation of the interaction mechanism of 3-allyl-2-hydantoin anti-cancer on the pristine and functionalized BC2N nanotubes as an effective drug delivery nanocarriers. Journal of Biotechnology. 345. 40–46. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Sagr Alamri, Ali A. Rajhi, Ali E. Anqi, & Aliakbar Dehno Khalaji. (2021). New chitosan Schiff base and its nanocomposite: Removal of methyl green from aqueous solution and its antibacterial activities. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 192. 1–6. 43 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Hayder A. Dhahad, M.A. El‐Shorbagy, et al.. (2021). Green synthesis of bimetallic ZnO–CuO nanoparticles and their cytotoxicity properties. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23479–23479. 147 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi, Zahra Rahmani, Mohammad Reza Poor Heravi, & Esmail Vessally. (2021). Substitution effects via aromaticity, polarizability, APT, AIM, IR analysis, and hydrogen adsorption in C20-nTin nanostructures: a DFT survey. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 27(12). 348–348. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Hayder A. Dhahad, Ali A. Rajhi, et al.. (2021). Combined heat and power system based on a proton conducting SOFC and a supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle triggered by biomass gasification. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47(8). 5439–5452. 29 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Hayder A. Dhahad, Ahmed G. Abo‐Khalil, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen production using solar energy and injection into a solid oxide fuel cell for CO2 emission reduction; Thermoeconomic assessment and tri-objective optimization. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 50. 101767–101767. 37 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Afrasyab Khan, Hassan Mirzaei, et al.. (2021). Investigations of adsorption behavior and anti-cancer activity of curcumin on pure and platinum-functionalized B12N12 nanocages. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 334. 116516–116516. 60 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2021). Pt-decorated BN nanosheets as chemical sensor for recognition of dopamine drug. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 134. 108990–108990. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Rahime Eshaghi Malekshah, Zahra Heidari, et al.. (2021). Molecular dynamic simulations and quantum chemical calculations of adsorption process using amino-functionalized silica. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 330. 115544–115544. 77 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2021). Probing and comparison of graphene, boron nitride and boron carbide nanosheets for Flutamide adsorption: A DFT computational study. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 343. 117487–117487. 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, Hamdi Ayed, Mahidzal Dahari, Ndolane Sene, & Belgacem Bouallègue. (2021). Using artificial neural network to optimize hydrogen solubility and evaluation of environmental condition effects. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies. 17. 80–89. 13 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2021). A DFT study on the Ag-decorated AlP nanosheets as chemical sensor for recognition of adrucil drug. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1206. 113484–113484. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, M.A. El‐Shorbagy, Pradeep Kumar Singh, et al.. (2021). Silicon carbide (SiC) monolayers as an effective material for removal of elemental mercury. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 347. 118285–118285. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2021). Evaluation the potential of carboxyl functionalized BC2N nanotubes as a drug delivery vehicle for chlormethine anti-cancer drug. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 342. 117521–117521. 1 indexed citations

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