Yan Xiang

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
275 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Yan Xiang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xiang has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 103 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 71 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Xiang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (102 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (96 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (73 papers). Yan Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (102 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (96 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (73 papers). Yan Xiang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Yan Xiang's co-authors include Shanfu Lu, Haining Wang, Jin Zhang, San Ping Jiang, Dawei Liang, Xin Xu, Walid A. Daoud, Zhibin Guo, Sikan Peng and Wei 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 Xiang

257 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Carbon Anode Materials: A... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2025 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Carbon Anode Materials: A Detailed Comparison between Na‐ion and K‐ion Batteries
    2021 293 citations Shanfu Lu, Yan Xiang et al. profile →
  2. Antisite defect unleashes catalytic potential in high-entropy intermetallics for oxygen reduction reaction
    2025 25 citations Tao Chen, Hangchao Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yan Xiang 4.8k 2.5k 2.1k 2.0k 1.4k 275 7.8k
Binbin Dong 5.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 2.3k 1.2× 2.4k 1.7× 155 8.6k
Steven D. Lacey 4.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 43 8.4k
Zhaojun Han 5.1k 1.1× 3.0k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 3.4k 1.7× 2.7k 1.9× 202 9.4k
Shuang Zhou 4.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 196 6.7k
Mingzheng Ge 3.8k 0.8× 2.7k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 3.3k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 97 9.6k
Xin Gao 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 3.9k 2.0× 1.2k 0.8× 200 8.8k
Jing Li 4.3k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 3.4k 1.7× 2.9k 2.0× 269 8.7k
Chen Xu 4.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.5× 139 7.1k
Rui Xu 6.1k 1.3× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 3.0k 1.5× 2.8k 2.0× 177 8.9k
Zhiyang Lyu 3.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 743 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 81 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xiang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xiang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xiang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Xiang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Xiang 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 Xiang. Yan Xiang 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, Tao, Hangchao Wang, Yuxuan Zuo, et al.. (2025). Antisite defect unleashes catalytic potential in high-entropy intermetallics for oxygen reduction reaction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3308–3308. 25 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Weibo, et al.. (2024). A hybrid SAR ADC with input range extension. Microelectronics Journal. 150. 106259–106259.
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Cui, Liting, Wen Liu, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2024). A first-principles study of the oxygen reduction reaction activity of Pt with TM-N-C support. Chemical Physics Letters. 848. 141414–141414. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Laiming, Baohua Liu, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2024). A pore scale model study of mass transfer and electrochemical reaction in cathode catalytic layer of high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 609. 234691–234691. 6 indexed citations
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Luo, Laiming, Xinrui Liu, Jujia Zhang, et al.. (2024). Insights into the pore structure effect on the mass transfer of fuel cell catalyst layer via combining machine learning and multiphysics simulation. Chemical Engineering Science. 302. 120830–120830. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Wen, Huijuan Bai, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Microscopic insight into phase separation of poly (arylene piperidine)s-based high-temperature proton exchange membrane: A molecular simulation study. Journal of Membrane Science. 698. 122616–122616. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Wen, Sian Chen, Li Wen, et al.. (2023). A molecular dynamics study on polybenzimidazole based proton exchange membrane with dual proton conductors. Journal of Membrane Science. 677. 121618–121618. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Tao, Chunyu Qiu, Hangchao Wang, et al.. (2023). An Ultrasmall Ordered High-Entropy Intermetallic with Multiple Active Sites for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(1). 1174–1184. 108 indexed citations
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Sun, Qintao, Yan Xiang, Yue Liu, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning Predicts the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Solid Electrolyte Interface of Lithium Metal Battery. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(34). 8047–8054. 37 indexed citations
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Xiang, Yan, et al.. (2021). Boundary element method for the elastic contact problem with hydrostatic load at the contact interface. Applied Surface Science Advances. 6. 100176–100176. 6 indexed citations
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Xiang, Yan, Jie Yang, Han Su, et al.. (2021). A novel iron oxychloride nanosheets-based multifunctional nanocomposites for synergistic cancer treatment. Materials Today Communications. 30. 103051–103051. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Qinghao, Dawei Liang, Xiumei Ma, Shanfu Lu, & Yan Xiang. (2019). Chitosan-based activated carbon as economic and efficient sustainable material for capacitive deionization of low salinity water. RSC Advances. 9(46). 26676–26684. 36 indexed citations
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Qu, Chao, Na Ren, Dawei Liang, et al.. (2019). Enhanced electro-oxidation/peroxone (in situ) process with a Ti-based nickel-antimony doped tin oxide anode for phenol degradation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 384. 121398–121398. 53 indexed citations
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Gong, Jian, Qiushi Li, Pang‐Chieh Sui, et al.. (2018). Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Bipolar Membrane Fuel Cells: 3D Model Development and Effect of Gas Channel Width. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 165(11). F994–F1001. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongjia, Yan Xiang, Beizhen Xie, et al.. (2017). Kinetics and gene diversity of denitrifying biocathode in biological electrochemical systems. RSC Advances. 7(40). 24981–24987. 7 indexed citations
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Liang, Dawei, Yongjia Zhang, S. Jagan Mohan Rao, et al.. (2016). Efficient H2 production in a microbial photoelectrochemical cell with a composite Cu2O/NiO photocathode under visible light. Applied Energy. 168. 544–549. 63 indexed citations
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