Yan Wang

14.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
373 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Yan Wang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Wang has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 250 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 115 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 74 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Wang's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (179 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (123 papers) and Extraction and Separation Processes (70 papers). Yan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (179 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (123 papers) and Extraction and Separation Processes (70 papers). Yan Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yan Wang's co-authors include Xiaotu Ma, Diran Apelian, Eric Gratz, Mengyuan Chen, Yangtao Liu, Qina Sa, Ruihan Zhang, Derek O. Northwood, Jun Wang and Renata Arsenault and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yan Wang

349 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Recycling End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Batteries

2019 936 citations Xiaotu Ma, Renata Arsenault et al. profile →
Current and future lithium-ion battery manufacturing

2021 542 citations Yangtao Liu, Yan Wang et al. profile →
A closed loop process for recycling spent lithium ion batteries

2014 404 citations Eric Gratz, Yan Wang et al. profile →
A novel method to recycle mixed cathode materials for lithium ion batteries

2013 361 citations Eric Gratz, Yan Wang et al. profile →
The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling

2025 61 citations Xiaotu Ma, Zifei Meng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Wang China	55	9.0k	4.4k	3.3k	2.3k	1.7k	373	12.0k
Yingjie Zhang China	50	6.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	396	9.6k
Shengming Xu China	46	5.3k 0.6×	3.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	204	7.9k
Paul A. Christensen United Kingdom	44	5.0k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	167	9.1k
Gen Chen China	56	8.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	722 0.3×	2.8k 1.6×	247	11.7k
Allan Walton United Kingdom	31	3.2k 0.4×	4.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	74	8.6k
Xueyi Guo China	47	2.9k 0.3×	4.3k 1.0×	521 0.2×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	364	9.7k
Liang An Hong Kong	59	8.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.3×	2.2k 0.7×	504 0.2×	2.3k 1.3×	289	11.6k
Yi He China	44	3.5k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	958 0.3×	498 0.2×	2.0k 1.1×	204	8.3k
Shilin Zhang China	56	12.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	302 0.1×	2.3k 1.3×	268	13.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Wang

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Li, Jinhui, et al.. (2025). Electrolytic separation and reuse of cathode materials from discarded lithium-ion batteries. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 197. 106972–106972. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Zi-Fei, Jiahui Hou, Zexin Wang, et al.. (2025). Selectively extracting lithium from single and mixed cathode materials. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 167099–167099.

Ma, Xiaotu, Zifei Meng, Jeffrey S. Spangenberger, et al.. (2025). The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling. 1(1). 75–94. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Ruiping, Yan Wang, Feifei Xing, et al.. (2025). Enhanced stability of Ge-doped CsPb(I _{1− x} Br _x ) ₃ perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(14). 9822–9829.

Meng, Zifei, Jiahui Hou, Jinzhao Fu, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Effects of Bi Modification on the Properties of Ni‐Rich Cathodes. Batteries & Supercaps. 7(7). 2 indexed citations

Zang, Yunhao, Ziyi Zhang, Yan Wang, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of sulfur-guided CO2 selective hydrogenation through modulation of surface intermediate over Ni/ZrO2 catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal. 481. 148553–148553. 7 indexed citations

Ouyang, Zhaofeng, Yan Wang, Shuo Wang, et al.. (2024). Programmable DNA Interphase Layers for High‐Performance Anode‐Free Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(26). e2401114–e2401114. 36 indexed citations

Wei, Xingyu, et al.. (2024). Mechanics of inner core debonding of composite sandwich beam with CFRP hexagonal honeycomb. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 293. 112760–112760. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, Ning Ding, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Rational design of practical layered transition metal oxide cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering. 18(7). 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Tingzhou, Lining Pan, Jiabing Liu, et al.. (2024). Niobium single-atom catalyst implanted three-dimensional ordered porous carbon nanofibers as an active sulfur host for efficient lithium-sulfur batteries. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 351. 124012–124012. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanchao, Song Wang, Di Liu, et al.. (2023). Synergistic effect and ionic conductivity of crosslinked imidazole ionic liquids and piperidine cations on poly(biphenyl-piperidine) anion exchange membranes. Materials Today Chemistry. 35. 101870–101870. 15 indexed citations

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Sun, Guiru, et al.. (2023). The effect of AlF3 as an electrolyte additive on Li anode in Li-O2 batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 952. 169971–169971. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Yangtao, Zeyi Yao, Panawan Vanaphuti, et al.. (2023). Stable fast-charging sodium-ion batteries achieved by a carbomethoxy-modified disodium organic material. Cell Reports Physical Science. 4(2). 101240–101240. 17 indexed citations

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Meng, Zifei, Xiaotu Ma, Luqman Azhari, Jiahui Hou, & Yan Wang. (2023). Morphology controlled performance of ternary layered oxide cathodes. Communications Materials. 4(1). 23 indexed citations

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Vanaphuti, Panawan, Jianming Bai, Lu Ma, et al.. (2020). Unraveling Na and F coupling effects in stabilizing Li, Mn-rich layered oxide cathodes via local ordering modification. Energy storage materials. 31. 459–469. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, et al.. (2015). The Effect of the Distribution of Predictions of User Models.. Educational Data Mining. 620–621. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Huiyuan Zheng, Qunting Qu, et al.. (2015). Enhancing electrochemical properties of graphite anode by using poly(methylmethacrylate)–poly(vinylidene fluoride) composite binder. Carbon. 92. 318–326. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan. (2012). Synthesis of Graphene with Microwave Irradiation in Liquid Phase. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan. (2012). Evaluation of uncertainty in the determination of sulfur in straight carbon steel by high frequency infrared absorption. Metallurgical Analysis.

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Wang, Yan. (2002). THE EFFECT OF MA ON THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF PAN PRECURSOR AND PREOXIDIZING FIBER. 1 indexed citations

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