Yancai Yao

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yancai Yao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yancai Yao has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Yancai Yao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (21 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (12 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers). Yancai Yao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (21 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (12 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers). Yancai Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yancai Yao's co-authors include Lizhi Zhang, Guangming Zhan, Jie Dai, Qian Zheng, Yuen Wu, Jiaxian Wang, Wei Hou, Yue Lin, Xun Hong and Yadong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yancai Yao

35 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

A general synthesis approach for amorphous noble metal nanosheets

2019 470 citations Geng Wu, Xusheng Zheng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Spin polarized Fe1−Ti pairs for highly efficient electroreduction nitrate to ammonia

2024 159 citations Jie Dai, Yawen Tong et al. Nature Communications profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Electron Delocalization in Ni–Co Active Pairs for Efficient and Robust Urea Electrooxidation 2026 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yancai Yao, (unknown), Jie Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Regulation of Rh Single-Atom Coordination for Enhanced Reverse Hydrogen Spillover and Efficient Electrochemical Dechlorination 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Qian Zheng, Hengyue Xu, Yancai Yao, Jie Dai, Guangming Zhan, Jiaxian Wang, Bing Zhou, Ruizhao Wang, Kaiyuan Wang, (unknown), Bo Yang, Lizhi Zhang	0
3	Coupled Pd^δ--Cu^δ+ Dipole for Enhanced Aqueous Nitrate Valorization at Ultralow Potentials 2025 ·ACS Nano ·Huihuang Chen, Jiayin Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yancai Yao, Zhigang Geng, Lianzhou Wang, Lizhi Zhang, Maohong Fan, Bo Yang	0
4	Direct iron-electron driven autotrophic denitrification for low-carbon nitrate wastewater treatment 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Sciences ·Sicong Ma, Cancan Ling, Hao Zhang, (unknown), Shiyu Cao, Minzi Liao, Wendong Wei, Hao Li, Yancai Yao, Hongwei Sun, Lizhi Zhang	1
5	Compressive-strained rutile TiO2 enables O2 mono-hydrogenation for singlet oxygen electrosynthesis 2025 ·Nature Synthesis ·(unknown), Jie Dai, Long Zhao, Zhiwei Hu, Chien‐Te Chen, Chang‐Yang Kuo, Guangming Zhan, Yanbiao Shi, Jiaxian Wang, Yunjie Zou, (unknown), Xingyue Zou, Qian Zheng, B. Zhou, Kaiyuan Wang, Rui Zhao, Yan Zhang, (unknown), Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	9
6	Surface Lattice Oxygen Confined Hydrogen Transfer for Electrochemical Acetonitrile Hydrogenation 2025 ·ACS Catalysis ·Hao Zhang, Linghao Yu, Yancai Yao, Biao Zhou, Jundi Cheng, Xupeng Liu, Ziyue Chen, Long Zhao, Lizhi Zhang	9
7	Pd single atoms guided proton transfer along an interfacial hydrogen bond network for efficient electrochemical hydrogenation 2025 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Yancai Yao, Ruizhao Wang, Long Zhao, Zhiwei Hu, Cheng‐Wei Kao, Ting‐Shan Chan, Wenhuai Li, Qian Zheng, Jiaxian Wang, Xingyue Zou, Kaiyuan Wang, Jie Dai, Xiang‐Kui Gu, Lizhi Zhang	9
8	Planar asymmetric surface FeIV = O synthesis with pyrite and chlorite for efficient oxygen atom transfer reactions 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Hengyue Xu, Xingyue Zou, Jie Dai, Meiqi Li, Cancan Ling, (unknown), Hao Li, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	0
9	Electrochemical Shortcut Denitrification Coupled with Chemical Diazotization for Low‐Carbon Nitrate Wastewater Treatment 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Weixing Zhang, Furong Guo, (unknown), (unknown), Xia Yin, Falong Jia, Wendong Wei, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	0
10	Interfacial phosphate ions dehydration for advanced phosphate removal and recovery 2025 ·Science Bulletin ·(unknown), Guangming Zhan, Yancai Yao, Long Zhao, Jie Dai, Yan Zhang, B. Zhou, Liming Peng, Hao Li, Lizhi Zhang	0
11	Selective electrosynthesis of chlorine disinfectants from seawater 2024 ·Nature Sustainability ·Shengxi Zhao, Hao Li, Jie Dai, (unknown), Guangming Zhan, Minzi Liao, Hongwei Sun, Yanbiao Shi, Cancan Ling, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	57
12	Unveiling the Mechanistic Role of Surface Nitrogen and Sulfur in Boosting the Dechlorination Performance of Zero-Valent Iron 2024 ·ACS ES&T Engineering ·Li Gong, Jingting Chen, Lei Shen, (unknown), (unknown), Fei Wu, Yancai Yao, Chengshuai Liu, Liyuan Liang, Feng He	6
13	Highly selective urea electrooxidation coupled with efficient hydrogen evolution 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Guangming Zhan, (unknown), Hao Li, Jie Dai, Long Zhao, Qian Zheng, Xingyue Zou, Yanbiao Shi, Jiaxian Wang, Wei Hou, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	70
14	Asymmetric Ru-In atomic pairs promote highly active and stable acetylene hydrochlorination 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Yurui Fan, Haomiao Xu, Guanqun Gao, Mingming Wang, Wenjun Huang, Lei Ma, Yancai Yao, Zan Qu, Pengfei Xie, Bin Dai, Naiqiang Yan	20
15	Pd1-O-Ti dual sites for efficient electrochemical active hydrogen generation and bromate reduction 2024 ·Journal of Environmental Sciences ·Wei Hou, Qian Zheng, Hengyue Xu, Guangming Zhan, Long Zhao, Jie Dai, Jiaxian Wang, Xingyue Zou, Bing Zhou, (unknown), Ruizhao Wang, Kaiyuan Wang, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	0
16	Reversed I ₁ Cu ₄ single-atom sites for superior neutral ammonia electrosynthesis with nitrate 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Yawen Tong, Yancai Yao, Weixing Zhang, Guangming Zhan, Qian Zheng, Wei Hou, Xiang‐Kui Gu, Lizhi Zhang	48
17	Renewable energy driven electroreduction nitrate to ammonia and in-situ ammonia recovery via a flow-through coupled device 2023 ·Water Research ·Bing Zhou, Guangming Zhan, Yancai Yao, Weixing Zhang, Shengxi Zhao, Fengjiao Quan, (unknown), Yanbiao Shi, Yi Huang, Falong Jia, Lizhi Zhang	81
18	Advances in Electrochemical Reductive Removal of Oxyanions in Water^★ 2023 ·Acta Chimica Sinica ·Wei Hou, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang	2
19	A general synthesis approach for amorphous noble metal nanosheets breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Geng Wu, Xusheng Zheng, Peixin Cui, Hongyu Jiang, Xiaoqian Wang, Yunteng Qu, Wenxing Chen, Yue Lin, Hai Li, Xiao Han, Yanmin Hu, Peigen Liu, Qinghua Zhang, Jingjie Ge, Yancai Yao, Rongbo Sun, Yuen Wu, Lin Gu, Xun Hong, Yadong Li	470
20	Engineering the Electronic Structure of Submonolayer Pt on Intermetallic Pd₃Pb via Charge Transfer Boosts the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yancai Yao, Xiang‐Kui Gu, Dongsheng He, Zhijun Li, Wei Liu, Qian Xu, Tao Yao, Yue Lin, Huijuan Wang, Changming Zhao, Xiaoqian Wang, Peiqun Yin, Hai Li, Xun Hong, Shiqiang Wei, Wei‐Xue Li, Yadong Li, Yuen Wu	125

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