Yan Dai

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Yan Dai is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Dai has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 77 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 59 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Dai's work include Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (62 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (33 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (31 papers). Yan Dai is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (62 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (33 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (31 papers). Yan Dai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yan Dai's co-authors include Gaohong He, Wenji Zheng, Xuehua Ruan, Xiaoming Yan, Xiangcun Li, Xiaobin Jiang, Kai Yang, Xuemei Wu, Fei Luo and Hui Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Yan Dai

170 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

In situ construction of a hydrophobic channel interconnecting zincophilic planes on the Zn surface for enhanced stability of Zn metal anodes

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yan Dai	2.4k	2.1k	2.0k	822	734	179	5.4k
Wenji Zheng	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	532 0.6×	742 1.0×	110	3.7k
Haozhen Dou	3.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	565 0.7×	721 1.0×	103	5.9k
Ze‐Xian Low	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	257 0.4×	98	4.4k
Seul‐Yi Lee	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	545 0.7×	1.5k 2.1×	167	7.1k
Azeman Mustafa	884 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	948 0.5×	379 0.5×	492 0.7×	60	3.2k
Niaz Ali Khan	3.1k 1.3×	949 0.5×	3.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.9×	612 0.8×	71	6.3k
Rui Ding	1.3k 0.5×	958 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	455 0.6×	232 0.3×	133	3.5k
Shouhai Zhang	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	898 0.4×	158 0.2×	500 0.7×	187	4.4k
Yuxin Wang	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	2.7k 1.3×	689 0.8×	246 0.3×	177	4.6k
Kaixi Li	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	279 0.3×	2.7k 3.6×	149	6.0k

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Yu, Miao, Bo Zhao, Yan Dai, et al.. (2025). Scalable, flexible and hierarchically porous Janus membrane inducing Zn-Ion flux redistribution and desolvation for dendrite-free zinc anodes. Chemical Engineering Journal. 506. 160365–160365. 2 indexed citations

Dai, Yan, Chengpeng Zhang, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2025). Molecular Perspective Reveal Enhanced CO ₂ Transport in Modified Polymer and Mixed Matrix Membranes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 142(47).

Cai, Delong, Bo Wang, Haoyi Wang, et al.. (2024). Effect of Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Addition on the Ablation Resistance of BN Matrix Ceramics. 1(2). 10010–10010. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Wenji, Xuehua Ruan, Yan Dai, et al.. (2024). Flexible and highly-loaded mixed-matrix membrane with bi-continuous metal–organic frameworks transfer pathway for gas separation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 495. 153578–153578. 6 indexed citations

Dai, Yan, Guoqiang Zhu, Yufeng Ma, et al.. (2024). A green and sustainable strategy for recyclable ultraviolet (UV)-curable resin from tartaric acid via three dimensional (3D) printing to reduce plastic pollution. Journal of Cleaner Production. 436. 140772–140772. 12 indexed citations

Dai, Yan, Xiaochen Yang, Miao Yu, et al.. (2024). Synergistic improvement in gas separation performance of MMMs by porogenic action and strong molecular forces of ZIF-93. Separation and Purification Technology. 345. 127214–127214. 8 indexed citations

Zheng, Wenji, Xuehua Ruan, Tiantian Li, et al.. (2024). Gravity induced deposition of MOFs to construct mixed-matrix substrate for defect-free and flexible MOFs membrane. Journal of Membrane Science. 710. 123170–123170. 5 indexed citations

Yu, Miao, Zhiwei Dong, Yan Dai, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of permselective interlayer with uniform pore structure and in-situ sulfurized Co4S3 for high performance lithium sulfur battery. Separation and Purification Technology. 341. 126664–126664. 4 indexed citations

Jiang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Facile and scalable synthesis of long-life porous MgO-nanofiber functionalized biochar adsorbent from magnesite for phosphate recycling. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129234–129234. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Ziheng, Yan Dai, Xuehua Ruan, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical and defect-free metal-organic framework membranes deep-rooted within flexible nanofiber substrate. Journal of Membrane Science. 712. 123258–123258. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Richard, et al.. (2024). Structurally stabilized defective ZIF-8 with open “windows” constructed by coordination node occupancy for enhanced CO2 separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 131032–131032. 3 indexed citations

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Ruan, Xuehua, Xiaobin Jiang, Yan Dai, et al.. (2024). Gravitational modulation of filler distribution in asymmetric mixed matrix membrane: Achieving high loading in skin layer. Journal of Membrane Science. 707. 123000–123000. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Wenji, Rui Ding, Yan Dai, et al.. (2023). Regulating the pore engineering of MOFs by the confined dissolving of PSA template to improve CO2 capture. Journal of Membrane Science. 670. 121373–121373. 22 indexed citations

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Yu, Miao, Zhiwei Dong, Xuri Wang, et al.. (2023). Rational design of a functional interlayer to simultaneously suppress lithium polysulfides shuttling and facilitate Li-ion migration for high-performance Li-S battery. Separation and Purification Technology. 328. 125044–125044. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiujuan, Yan Dai, Xuehua Ruan, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of PTFPMS membrane towards application in artificial oxygenation. Separation and Purification Technology. 327. 124762–124762. 5 indexed citations

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Dai, Yan, et al.. (2023). Microstructure and tribology behaviors of WC coating fabricated by surface mechanical composite strengthening. Applied Surface Science. 619. 156759–156759. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Dongyue, Qiuchen Wang, Wenji Zheng, et al.. (2022). Regulating Cutoff Size of Metal–Organic Frameworks by In Situ Anchoring of Poly(ethylene glycol) to Boost CO₂ Capture. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 61(19). 6650–6661. 8 indexed citations

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Xi, Yuan, et al.. (2020). Prediction of Particle-Collection Efficiency for Vacuum-Blowing Cleaning System Based on Operational Conditions. Processes. 8(7). 809–809. 9 indexed citations

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Shen, Weiming, Wei Kou, Yang Liu, et al.. (2019). Fe3C-doped asymmetric porous carbon membrane binder-free integrated materials as high performance anodes of lithium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 368. 310–320. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Xiangcun, et al.. (2018). Dissolution-regrowth synthesis of SiO 2 nanoplates and embedment into two carbon shells for enhanced lithium-ion storage. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 26(7). 1522–1527. 2 indexed citations

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