Yan Yan

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
422 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Yan Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Yan has authored 422 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 163 papers in Materials Chemistry and 103 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Yan's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (32 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (27 papers). Yan Yan is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (34 papers), Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (32 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (27 papers). Yan Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yan Yan's co-authors include Huan Pang, Huaiguo Xue, Jihong Yu, Jiyang Li, Sarah H. Tolbert, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han, Bing Li, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy and Mingbo Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yan Yan

395 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Mesoporous MoS₂ as a Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Exhibiting Pseudocapacitive Li and Na‐Ion Charge Storage

2016 432 citations Yan Yan et al. profile →
Electronic Structure Modulation in N, P, S Tri‐Doped Nanofibers with Interpenetrated Pores for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2025 35 citations Yan Yan et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yan Yan	4.4k	3.6k	2.2k	1.7k	1.3k	422	8.8k
Junfeng Li	3.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	781 0.6×	557	8.3k
Zhao Wang	6.2k 1.4×	4.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.4×	3.2k 1.9×	1.7k 1.3×	417	11.3k
Xiaofeng Liu	5.3k 1.2×	7.6k 2.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	945 0.7×	470	13.4k
Xudong Chen	3.6k 0.8×	5.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	3.1k 2.3×	354	11.8k
Feng Zhang	2.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	291	8.3k
Jianwei Liu	4.9k 1.1×	5.3k 1.5×	2.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.4×	278	11.2k
Lin Li	3.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	262	7.6k
Zhi Chen	2.2k 0.5×	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	597 0.5×	245	7.0k
Ke Chen	3.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	672 0.5×	251	8.0k
Liqiang Zhang	7.1k 1.6×	5.6k 1.5×	3.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	905 0.7×	450	13.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Yan

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Yu, Bo, Shuya Liu, Xinyu Lin, et al.. (2025). Breathing air into water: dual-pathway H ₂ O ₂ synthesis via aerating amphiphilic supramolecular films. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(17). 8382–8390.

Yang, Yu, Yan Yan, & Na Hou. (2025). Evaluation of the second-order nonlinear optical properties of oxasmaragdyrin-BODIPY derivatives. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1244. 115067–115067. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xuexiang, Shuang Chen, Jun Wan, et al.. (2025). Iloprost Concentration‐Dependently Attenuates Platelet Function and Apoptosis by Elevating PKA Activity. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 29(3). e70403–e70403.

Ni, Jie, Jie Wei, Minghui Fan, et al.. (2025). Revealing the Role of Interfacial Water in pH-Dependent Hydroxylamine Electrosynthesis over Bi-Based Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 15(17). 15153–15161. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Hongyu, Yan Yan, Ya‐Nan Zhong, et al.. (2025). Spontaneously Formed PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot Microstructures Make for High‐Performance Top‐Illuminated Short‐Wave Infrared Imager. Small Structures. 6(9).

Xiong, Yuecheng, Mingzi Sun, Shiyu Wang, et al.. (2024). Atomic Scale Cooperativity of Alloy Nanostructures for Efficient Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia in Neutral Media. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(14). 21 indexed citations

Liu, Tingting, Yan Yan, Yu Yang, & Na Hou. (2024). A DFT study of the second-order nonlinear optical properties of [22]smaragdyrin-BF2-NiII porphyrin fused hybrids. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1241. 114907–114907. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Qi, Cong Chen, Yan Yan, et al.. (2024). Interfacial charge transfer in coal gangue/NiO-x composites photocatalyst for efficient-degradation of ciprofloxacin. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 319. 129238–129238. 7 indexed citations

Yan, Yan, Liehui Zhang, Yingying Wang, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical oxidation processes based on renewable energy towards carbon neutrality: Oxidation fundamentals, catalysts, challenges and prospects. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150447–150447. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhengyu, Meng Zhang, Yan Yan, et al.. (2024). Study on Electrostatic Discharge Stress Reliability of Thin-Film Transistors With Various Interface and Structure Types. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 71(10). 6287–6292.

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Yan, Yan, Hongyu Liu, Lifeng Bian, et al.. (2024). Origin and suppression of dark current for high-performance colloidal quantum dot short-wave infrared photodetectors. Materials Horizons. 11(24). 6192–6221. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Yan, Meng Zhang, Ye Zhou, et al.. (2024). Study on Enhancing Electrostatic Discharge Stress Robustness of Flexible Thin-Film Transistors via Interface Modification. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 71(5). 2901–2906. 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Pengshan, Jingwen Wang, Dengji Li, et al.. (2024). Birdlike broadband neuromorphic visual sensor arrays for fusion imaging. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8298–8298. 28 indexed citations

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Yan, Yan, et al.. (2023). Fatigue analysis of large anvil in the pile driving of offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering. 283. 115017–115017. 2 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhenyu, Wei Zhang, Chao Qin, et al.. (2023). Fe confined in Prophyrin-based porous organic polymer as an efficient periodate activator for nonradical pathway removal of contaminants. Separation and Purification Technology. 317. 123868–123868. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Xueli, et al.. (2022). Variations in volatile organic compounds in Zhenyuan Daocai samples at different storage durations evaluated using E-nose, E-tongue, gas chromatography, and spectrometry. LWT. 173. 114186–114186. 25 indexed citations

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Chiang, Te‐Kuang, et al.. (2022). Analytical subthreshold current model of the dual-material tri-gate (DMTG) MOSFET and its application for subthreshold logic gate. Engineering Research Express. 4(4). 45016–45016. 1 indexed citations

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Hilleke, Katerina P., Xiaoyu Wang, Ming‐Chun Lu, et al.. (2020). RbB₃Si₃: An Alkali Metal Borosilicide that is Metastable and Superconducting at 1 atm. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(27). 14826–14831. 16 indexed citations

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Luo, Yuqing, et al.. (2019). γ-MnOOH Nanowires Hydrothermally Reduced by Leaves for High-Efficiency Electrocatalysis of the Glucose Oxidation Reaction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(9). 8972–8978. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiancong, Ning Wang, Yue Yu, et al.. (2017). Carbon dots in zeolites: A new class of thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials with ultralong lifetimes. Science Advances. 3(5). e1603171–e1603171. 334 indexed citations

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