Yang Cao

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Yang Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Cao has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Yang Cao's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (30 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (24 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (13 papers). Yang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (30 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (24 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (13 papers). Yang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Yang Cao's co-authors include Xuefeng Guo, K. N. Houk, Zhongfan Liu, Song Liu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Yanfeng Sun, Peng Sun, Geyu Lu, Shengzhong Liu and Jean‐Luc Brédas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yang Cao

75 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Cao China	30	2.2k	1.4k	717	548	369	77	2.9k
Taehyoung Zyung South Korea	31	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	593 1.1×	388 1.1×	131	3.6k
Erin L. Ratcliff United States	32	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.1k 3.0×	383 0.7×	316 0.9×	80	3.8k
Oliver Fenwick United Kingdom	30	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	600 0.8×	589 1.1×	170 0.5×	84	2.9k
M. N. Kamalasanan India	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	835 1.2×	474 0.9×	84 0.2×	115	3.0k
Yin Xiao China	31	2.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 2.5×	280 0.5×	163 0.4×	128	3.7k
Daisuke Yokoyama Japan	37	4.2k 1.9×	3.0k 2.2×	979 1.4×	278 0.5×	443 1.2×	75	5.2k
Zongrui Wang China	25	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	370 0.7×	207 0.6×	48	3.3k
Dmitry Aldakov France	31	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	298 0.4×	174 0.3×	540 1.5×	66	2.7k
Jason D. Azoulay United States	33	1.9k 0.9×	953 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	549 1.0×	89 0.2×	89	3.1k
Kohshin Takahashi Japan	28	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	202 0.4×	759 2.1×	116	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Cao

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Zhou, Jierui, et al.. (2025). Impact of uniaxial strain programming on morphology and electrical properties of PET from amorphous precursors. Polymer. 320. 128078–128078. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, Li Yang, Nan Yan, et al.. (2025). Buried interface modification for high performance and stable perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(8). 3659–3667. 19 indexed citations

Yan, Nan, Yang Cao, Zhonghua Dai, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous seed-assisted FAPbI₃ crystallization for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(14). 5070–5079. 20 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, Nan Yan, Mingzi Wang, et al.. (2024). Designed Additive to Regulated Crystallization for High Performance Perovskite Solar Cell. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(30). e202404401–e202404401. 40 indexed citations

Yin, Yuan, Yang Cao, Zhou Yang, Shengzhong Liu, & Jiangshan Feng. (2024). High‐Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells via Buried Interface Modification with Multi‐Functional Phosphorylcholine Chloride. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(40). 20 indexed citations

Cao, Yang, Xiaolong Feng, Nan Yan, et al.. (2024). Implementation of a Multi‐Functional‐Group Strategy for Enhanced Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells through the Incorporation of 3‐Amino‐4‐Phenylbutyric Acid Hydrochloride. Small. 20(34). e2401487–e2401487. 12 indexed citations

Yan, Nan, Yang Cao, Zhiwen Jin, et al.. (2024). Surface Reconstruction for Efficient NiO_x‐Based Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Materials. 36(31). e2403682–e2403682. 39 indexed citations

Wang, Ke, et al.. (2024). Crystallization modulation and defect passivation in carbon-based perovskite solar cells using multifunctional group additive. Optical Materials. 150. 115245–115245. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Ming, Zhonghua Dai, Nan Yan, et al.. (2024). Achieving a high-quality active film through surface passivation to enhance the stability of inverted perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(28). 10540–10547. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Xin, Weilun Cai, Tianqi Niu, et al.. (2024). Crystallization control via ligand–perovskite coordination for high-performance flexible perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(17). 6256–6267. 52 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2023). Applications of Ba doped rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays in carbon-based all-inorganic perovskite solar cells. Ceramics International. 49(23). 37330–37339. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Lidan, Zhuo Xu, Yong Li, et al.. (2023). Manipulating Electron Density Distribution of Nicotinamide Derivatives Toward Defect Passivation In Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(30). 55 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2023). Improvement of the performance of carbon based all-inorganic perovskite solar cells by using ammonium acetate modified rutile TiO2 nanorods array as the electron transport layer. Surfaces and Interfaces. 43. 103563–103563. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, Jiangshan Feng, Mingzi Wang, et al.. (2023). Interface Modification by Ammonium Sulfamate for High‐Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(40). 51 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yawei, Adel Najar, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2022). Effect of Solvent Residue in the Thin-Film Fabrication on Perovskite Solar Cell Performance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(25). 28729–28737. 47 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhen, Wei Zi, Yang Cao, et al.. (2021). CZTS nanoparticles as an effective hole-transport layer for Sb2Se3 thin-film solar cells. Solar Energy. 226. 154–160. 14 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yanan, et al.. (2019). Revealing the mechanism of contrasting charge transport properties for phenyl and thienyl substituent organic semiconductors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(8). 4641–4649. 5 indexed citations

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Gupta, Vaibhav, et al.. (2016). Influence of Fatigue and Bending Strain on Critical Currents of Niobium Superconducting Flexible Cables Containing Ti and Cu Interfacial Layers. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 27(4). 1–5. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2016). Microwave Performance of Niobium/Kapton Superconducting Flexible Cables. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 27(4). 1–4. 9 indexed citations

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Jia, Chuancheng, Jinying Wang, Chang‐Jiang Yao, et al.. (2013). Conductance Switching and Mechanisms in Single‐Molecule Junctions. Angewandte Chemie. 125(33). 8828–8832. 118 indexed citations

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