Yan Li

16.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
334 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Li has authored 334 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Materials Chemistry, 115 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 93 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Li's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (84 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (57 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (54 papers). Yan Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (84 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (57 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (54 papers). Yan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yan Li's co-authors include Xinhua Zhong, Junxiang Chen, Zhenhai Wen, Pingwei Cai, Lisong Chen, Xinfa Wei, Jianlin Shi, Fa‐Kun Zheng, Hua Zhang and Jin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yan Li

321 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Electrocatalysis for CO₂conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

2021 995 citations Genxiang Wang, Junxiang Chen et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Nickel-molybdenum nitride nanoplate electrocatalysts for concurrent electrolytic hydrogen and formate productions

2019 558 citations Yan Li, Xinfa Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →
High-Efficiency “Green” Quantum Dot Solar Cells

2014 551 citations Yan Li et al. profile →
Applications of Metal–Organic‐Framework‐Derived Carbon Materials

2018 483 citations Yan Li et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bio-waste derived Ag/chitin nanocatalyst induces green and efficient N-alkylation of alcohols with amines via borrowing hydrogen strategy 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yu Huang, Yan Li, (unknown), Xianguo Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Xianglin Pei	1
2	A stepwise solvent-annealing strategy for high-efficiency four-terminal Perovskite/Cu(InGa)Se2 tandem solar cells 2025 ·Materials Today Energy ·Dandan Chen, Fengxia Yang, Mei Yang, Wenming Chai, Weidong Zhu, Chunfu Zhang, Yun Zhao, Yan Li	2
3	Effects of structure similar additive on the crystallization of L-phenylalanine from aqueous solution 2024 ·Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ·Yan Li, Ling Shan, (unknown), Lin Cheng, Kai Li, Zhihong Li	0
4	Phase transition and Nd3+/Pr3+ co-doping induced enhancement of NIR emission in ScP3O9: Cr3+ phosphor 2024 ·Materials Research Bulletin ·Xiaozhong Wu, Qiuming Lin, Yan Li, Jiaqing Peng, Weixiong You, Decai Huang, Xinyu Ye	10
5	High AIPH-Loaded Infinite coordination Polymers nanoparticles for long-term thermodynamic-chemo cascade tumor synergistic therapy 2024 ·International Journal of Pharmaceutics ·Shuai Zhang, Rong Wang, Yuanyuan Ji, Zhidong Wang, Hong Wu, Yan Li, Shuo Zhang, Siyuan Luo, (unknown), (unknown), Daocheng Wu	1
6	Photocatalytic ozonation-based degradation of phenol by ZnO–TiO2 nanocomposites in spinning disk reactor 2024 ·Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Yan Li, Lei Li, Chao Zhang, Qiang Guo, Qiaoling Zhang, Weizhou Jiao	3
7	Strain-modulated Mn-rich layered oxide enables highly stable potassium-ion batteries 2024 ·Energy storage materials ·Hong Wang, Jiashen Meng, Zhitong Xiao, Wen Liu, Fang Liu, Yan Li, Liang Zhou, Jinsong Wu	21
8	Ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets decorated on NiSe nanowire arrays as advanced trifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting and urea electrolysis 2023 ·Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry ·Yan Li, Weiwei Bao, Junjun Zhang, Taotao Ai, Dan Wu, Han Wang, Chunming Yang, Liangliang Feng	20
9	Interface engineering of the NiCo2O4@MoS2/TM heterostructure to realize the efficient alkaline oxygen evolution reaction 2023 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·Weiwei Bao, Yan Li, Junjun Zhang, Taotao Ai, Chunming Yang, Liangliang Feng	29
10	In situ generated layered NiFe-LDH/MOF heterostructure nanosheet arrays with abundant defects for efficient alkaline and seawater oxidation 2023 ·Nano Research ·(unknown), Can Wu, Jiawei Zhu, Chengtian Zhang, Yan Li, Jiahui Lyu, Weihao Zeng, Haiwen Li, Lei Chen, Shichun Mu	105
11	Research progress on removal of mercury from flue gas by photocatalytic oxidation of bismuth oxyhalide: A review 2023 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Zihao Chen, Hao Zhou, Hao Wei, Ziyu Guan, Qizhen Liu, Jiang Wu, (unknown), Yuan Gao, Yan Li, Yongfeng Qi	7
12	AgO@InGaZnO ₄ composites for environmental photocatalysis 2023 ·ChemistrySelect ·Jia Yang, Miao Liu, (unknown), Yan Li, Huijun Wang, Huisheng Huang, Pengfei Jiang, Xiaorui Sun	4
13	Scale effect of circularly polarized luminescent signal of matter 2023 ·National Science Review ·Siyu Sun, Xiaolin Li, (unknown), Yan Li, Yongzhen Wu, Ben L. Feringa, He Tian, Xiang Ma	37
14	A Novel Strategy of Multi‐element Nanocomposite Synthesis for High Performance ZnO‐CoSe₂ Supercapacitor Material Development 2021 ·Chinese Journal of Chemistry ·Xin Chen, Yan Li, Chang Li, Hongliang Cao, (unknown), Siyu Cheng, Qi Zhang	20
15	Boosting Electroreduction Kinetics of Nitrogen to Ammonia via Tuning Electron Distribution of Single‐Atomic Iron Sites 2021 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yan Li, Junwei Li, Junheng Huang, Junxiang Chen, Yan Kong, Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li, Lecheng Lei, Guoliang Chai, Zhenhai Wen, Liming Dai, Yang Hou	38
16	MnO₂ Electrocatalysts Coordinating Alcohol Oxidation for Ultra‐Durable Hydrogen and Chemical Productions in Acidic Solutions 2021 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yan Li, Xinfa Wei, Shuhe Han, Lisong Chen, Jianlin Shi	192
17	Electrocatalysis for CO₂conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products breakdown → 2021 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Genxiang Wang, Junxiang Chen, Yichun Ding, Pingwei Cai, Luocai Yi, Yan Li, Chaoyang Tu, Yang Hou, Zhenhai Wen, Liming Dai	995
18	Heat-resistant Pb(ii)-based X-ray scintillating metal–organic frameworks for sensitive dosage detection via an aggregation-induced luminescent chromophore 2020 ·Dalton Transactions ·Jian Lü, Shuai‐Hua Wang, Yan Li, Wen-Fei Wang, Cai Sun, Pei-Xin Li, Fa‐Kun Zheng, Guo‐Cong Guo	40
19	Nickel-molybdenum nitride nanoplate electrocatalysts for concurrent electrolytic hydrogen and formate productions breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Yan Li, Xinfa Wei, Lisong Chen, Jianlin Shi, Mingyuan He	558
20	Preparation and optoelectronic properties of TiO ₂ thin films codoped with iron and molybdenum 2011 ·Rare Metals ·Yan Li, (unknown), Jun Zhang, Xuemin He	3

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