Yang Kang

5.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
69 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Yang Kang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Kang has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 27 papers in Materials Chemistry and 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yang Kang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (16 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (16 papers) and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (16 papers). Yang Kang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (16 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (16 papers) and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (16 papers). Yang Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yang Kang's co-authors include Qianwang Chen, Peng Jiang, Shuai Liu, Changlai Wang, Shipeng Gong, Shi Chen, Minxue Huang, Pengping Xu, Yang Yang and Haiding Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yang Kang

63 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Monodispersed nickel phosphide nanocrystals with different phases: synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic properties for hydrogen evolution

2014 601 citations Yang Kang et al. profile →
Mn-Doped RuO₂ Nanocrystals as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media

2019 480 citations Yang Kang et al. profile →
Turning main-group element magnesium into a highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

2020 353 citations Yang Kang et al. profile →
Bidirectional photocurrent in p–n heterojunction nanowires

2021 247 citations Danhao Wang, Xin Liu et al. Nature Electronics profile →
A three-terminal light emitting and detecting diode

2024 70 citations Muhammad Hunain Memon, Huabin Yu et al. Nature Electronics profile →

Peers

Yang Kang

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RESE

EOMM

Xiao Ren China

George E. Sterbinsky United States

Bo Shen China

Chi‐Liang Chen Taiwan

Ming Feng China

Dai Dang China

Jiqiang Ning China

Jun Hu China

Brahmananda Chakraborty India

Ranjit Thapa India

Xiao Ren China

Yang Kang

2.1k ×0.9

EEE

2.5k ×1.0

RESE

1.6k ×1.0

988 ×1.0

EOMM

269 ×0.5

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Kang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Kang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang Kang 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 Yang Kang. Yang Kang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kang, Yang, Wei‐Bin Zhang, Juan Zhou, et al.. (2025). Construction of 2D-2D heterojunctions of VN nanosheets within Ti3C2 nanosheets for improved flow-electrode capacitive deionization performance. Desalination. 606. 118791–118791. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Huabin, Muhammad Hunain Memon, Zhixiang Gao, et al.. (2025). A miniaturized cascaded-diode-array spectral imager. Nature Photonics. 19(12). 1322–1329.

Chen, Wei, Weiyi Wang, Xin Liu, et al.. (2025). Highly Coupled Dynamically Modulated Electrocatalysts on Wafer‐Scale InGaN/GaN Nanowires on Silicon for Successive Acidic Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Advanced Materials. 37(28). e2501218–e2501218. 2 indexed citations

Kang, Yang, Juan Zhou, Fan Yang, et al.. (2024). Synthesis by design and application to desalination of VO2/CTAB-Ti3C2 capacitive deionization electrode. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 966. 118380–118380. 4 indexed citations

Li, Fang, Xin Liu, Danhao Wang, et al.. (2024). Beating the Responsivity‐Speed Trade‐Off in Asymmetric GaN‐Based UV Photodetectors: A Novel van der Waals Metal Contact Approach. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(17). 6 indexed citations

Memon, Muhammad Hunain, Huabin Yu, Hongfeng Jia, et al.. (2024). Micro-Trench Deep-Ultraviolet LEDs With Boosted Efficiency for High-Speed Solar-Blind Optical Communication. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(5). 2248–2254. 3 indexed citations

Kang, Yang, Danhao Wang, Anyang Wang, et al.. (2023). Light‐Induced Adaptive Structural Evolution in Gallium Nitride Nanowire/Nickel Hydroxide Symbiotic System in Photoelectrochemical Environment. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(7). 9 indexed citations

Fang, Shi, Liuan Li, Danhao Wang, et al.. (2023). Breaking the Responsivity‐Bandwidth Trade‐Off Limit in GaN Photoelectrodes for High‐Response and Fast‐Speed Optical Communication Application. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(37). 45 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, Danhao Wang, Weiyi Wang, et al.. (2023). Manipulating Surface Band Bending of III‐Nitride Nanowires with Ambipolar Charge‐Transfer Characteristics: A Pathway Toward Advanced Photoswitching Logic Gates and Encrypted Optical Communication. Advanced Materials. 36(1). e2307779–e2307779. 48 indexed citations

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Kang, Yang, Danhao Wang, Yunzhi Gao, et al.. (2023). Achieving Record-High Photoelectrochemical Photoresponse Characteristics by Employing Co₃O₄ Nanoclusters as Hole Charging Layer for Underwater Optical Communication. ACS Nano. 17(4). 3901–3912. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Danhao, Shi Fang, Yang Kang, et al.. (2022). Observation of polarity-switchable photoconductivity in III-nitride/MoSx core-shell nanowires. Light Science & Applications. 11(1). 227–227. 91 indexed citations

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Yu, Huabin, Muhammad Hunain Memon, Hongfeng Jia, et al.. (2022). Deep‐Ultraviolet LEDs Incorporated with SiO₂‐Based Microcavities Toward High‐Speed Ultraviolet Light Communication. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(23). 40 indexed citations

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Luo, Yuanmin, Danhao Wang, Yang Kang, et al.. (2022). Demonstration of Photoelectrochemical‐Type Photodetectors Using Seawater as Electrolyte for Portable and Wireless Optical Communication. Advanced Optical Materials. 10(10). 60 indexed citations

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Sun, Yue, Haochen Zhang, Lei Yang, et al.. (2022). Correlation Between Electrical Performance and Gate Width of GaN-Based HEMTs. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 43(8). 1199–1202. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Lei, Haochen Zhang, Yue Sun, et al.. (2022). Temperature-dependent photodetection behavior of AlGaN/GaN-based ultraviolet phototransistors. Applied Physics Letters. 120(9). 58 indexed citations

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Wang, Danhao, Xin Liu, Yang Kang, et al.. (2021). Bidirectional photocurrent in p–n heterojunction nanowires. Nature Electronics. 4(9). 645–652. 247 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fang, Shi, Danhao Wang, Xiaoning Wang, et al.. (2021). Tuning the Charge Transfer Dynamics of the Nanostructured GaN Photoelectrodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Detection in the Ultraviolet Band. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(29). 64 indexed citations

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Kang, Yang, Danhao Wang, Shi Fang, et al.. (2021). Coupling Plasmonic Pt Nanoparticles with AlGaN Nanostructures for Enhanced Broadband Photoelectrochemical-Detection Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(12). 13938–13946. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Danhao, Xin Liu, Shi Fang, et al.. (2020). Pt/AlGaN Nanoarchitecture: Toward High Responsivity, Self-Powered Ultraviolet-Sensitive Photodetection. Nano Letters. 21(1). 120–129. 177 indexed citations

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Kang, Yang, Huabin Yu, Zhongjie Ren, et al.. (2020). Efficiency Droop Suppression and Light Output Power Enhancement of Deep Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diode by Incorporating Inverted-V-Shaped Quantum Barriers. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 67(11). 4958–4962. 13 indexed citations

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