Yang Ren

70.1k total citations · 34 hit papers
1.2k papers, 56.2k citations indexed

About

Yang Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Ren has authored 1.2k papers receiving a total of 56.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 637 papers in Materials Chemistry, 418 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 352 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Ren's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (266 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (235 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (155 papers). Yang Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (266 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (235 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (155 papers). Yang Ren collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Yang Ren's co-authors include Khalil Amine, Yandong Wang, Jun Lü, Zonghai Chen, Qi Liu, Cheng‐Jun Sun, Zhihua Nie, Gui‐Liang Xu, Yuzi Liu and Peter K. Liaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yang Ren

1.2k papers receiving 55.2k citations

Hit Papers

Nanostructured high-energ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2012 2008 2015 2019 2018 250 500 750
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. Nanostructured high-energy cathode materials for advanced lithium batteries
    2012 983 citations Yang Ren, Khalil Amine et al. profile →
  2. Origin of morphotropic phase boundaries in ferroelectrics
    2008 774 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  3. Strong Lithium Polysulfide Chemisorption on Electroactive Sites of Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Composites For High‐Performance Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathodes
    2015 730 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  4. Aqueous Li-ion battery enabled by halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite
    2019 706 citations Qi Liu, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  5. Approaching the capacity limit of lithium cobalt oxide in lithium ion batteries via lanthanum and aluminium doping
    2018 696 citations Qi Liu, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  6. A high-energy and long-cycling lithium–sulfur pouch cell via a macroporous catalytic cathode with double-end binding sites
    2020 569 citations Yang Ren, Khalil Amine et al. profile →
  7. Efficient blue light-emitting diodes based on quantum-confined bromide perovskite nanostructures
    2019 547 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  8. High-content ductile coherent nanoprecipitates achieve ultrastrong high-entropy alloys
    2018 531 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  9. Tuning the Kinetics of Zinc‐Ion Insertion/Extraction in V2O5 by In Situ Polyaniline Intercalation Enables Improved Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Storage Performance
    2020 517 citations Yang Ren, Qi Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  10. Semiconducting and Piezoelectric Oxide Nanostructures Induced by Polar Surfaces
    2004 515 citations Yang Ren et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  11. Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys
    2021 501 citations Runguang Li, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  12. Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol
    2019 471 citations Qi Liu, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  13. Building ultraconformal protective layers on both secondary and primary particles of layered lithium transition metal oxide cathodes
    2019 455 citations Yang Ren, Khalil Amine et al. profile →
  14. Ascorbic-acid-assisted recovery of cobalt and lithium from spent Li-ion batteries
    2012 431 citations Yang Ren, Khalil Amine et al. profile →
  15. Burning lithium in CS2 for high-performing compact Li2S–graphene nanocapsules for Li–S batteries
    2017 402 citations Qi Liu, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  16. Understanding Co roles towards developing Co-free Ni-rich cathodes for rechargeable batteries
    2021 402 citations Tongchao Liu, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  17. Optimizing the coupled effects of Hall-Petch and precipitation strengthening in a Al 0.3 CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy
    2017 360 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  18. Polymorphism in a high-entropy alloy
    2017 288 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  19. Architecting a Stable High-Energy Aqueous Al-Ion Battery
    2020 282 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  20. LiMnO2 cathode stabilized by interfacial orbital ordering for sustainable lithium-ion batteries
    2020 266 citations Qi Liu, Yang Ren et al. profile →
  21. Effect of laser power on defect, texture, and microstructure of a laser powder bed fusion processed 316L stainless steel
    2018 247 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  22. Lattice‐Distortion‐Enhanced Yield Strength in a Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy
    2020 234 citations Yang Ren et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  23. Entropy and crystal-facet modulation of P2-type layered cathodes for long-lasting sodium-based batteries
    2022 223 citations Yang Ren, Khalil Amine et al. profile →
  24. High-throughput design of high-performance lightweight high-entropy alloys
    2021 216 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  25. A Li-rich layered oxide cathode with negligible voltage decay
    2023 215 citations Yang Ren, Qi Liu et al. profile →
  26. Tailoring planar slip to achieve pure metal-like ductility in body-centred-cubic multi-principal element alloys
    2023 215 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  27. Superior High‐Temperature Strength in a Supersaturated Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy
    2021 183 citations Yang Ren et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  28. Uniting tensile ductility with ultrahigh strength via composition undulation
    2022 168 citations Yang Ren, Kaiyuan Yu et al. profile →
  29. Direct Synthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate on Amorphous Graphene with Near 100% Efficiency
    2023 139 citations Haikun Wu, Qi Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  30. A highly distorted ultraelastic chemically complex Elinvar alloy
    2022 128 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  31. Dynamic deformation behaviors and mechanisms of CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys
    2023 107 citations Yang Ren et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  32. Nanotechnology in healthcare, and its safety and environmental risks
    2024 97 citations Xiaohan Ma, Yaxin Tian et al. Journal of Nanobiotechnology profile →
  33. Flash healing of laser-induced graphene
    2024 88 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →
  34. Harnessing instability for work hardening in multi-principal element alloys
    2024 66 citations Yang Ren et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yang Ren 27.8k 22.7k 14.9k 14.2k 7.5k 1.2k 56.2k
Mingwei Chen 18.8k 0.7× 33.9k 1.5× 18.9k 1.3× 10.1k 0.7× 967 0.1× 502 59.6k
J. Eckert 5.6k 0.2× 27.6k 1.2× 43.9k 2.9× 6.6k 0.5× 7.6k 1.0× 1.5k 56.5k
Qing Jiang 16.3k 0.6× 24.2k 1.1× 5.6k 0.4× 6.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.2× 1.1k 45.3k
Eric A. Stach 19.6k 0.7× 29.3k 1.3× 4.8k 0.3× 10.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.3× 490 47.0k
Ying Chen 16.0k 0.6× 23.0k 1.0× 4.7k 0.3× 6.8k 0.5× 2.1k 0.3× 1.1k 43.5k
Lin Gu 69.7k 2.5× 53.8k 2.4× 11.6k 0.8× 25.0k 1.8× 8.2k 1.1× 1.4k 122.8k
Shi Xue Dou 77.8k 2.8× 39.5k 1.7× 7.5k 0.5× 38.7k 2.7× 12.6k 1.7× 2.1k 117.7k
Haiyan Wang 11.1k 0.4× 23.8k 1.0× 7.1k 0.5× 9.6k 0.7× 515 0.1× 1.4k 39.2k
Clare P. Grey 41.0k 1.5× 16.6k 0.7× 6.1k 0.4× 14.6k 1.0× 11.7k 1.6× 723 57.1k
Yongsheng Chen 40.0k 1.4× 29.1k 1.3× 3.4k 0.2× 19.8k 1.4× 1.7k 0.2× 781 74.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Ren

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All Works

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Xiang, Yuefei, Shiwen Liu, Qingyu Kong, et al.. (2025). Valence and Site Engineering Enable Efficient Broadband Near‐Infrared Emission at 960 nm in Cr 3+ ‐Activated Forsterite. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2508768–e2508768. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuxuan, Lihua Xu, Zhifeng Yao, et al.. (2025). Morphology evolution of R phase in a NiTiFeNb alloy: insights from in situ experiments and phase field modeling. Scripta Materialia. 268. 116869–116869.
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Liu, Fangyan, Kaining Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Achieving Enhanced Reversible Anionic Redox Activity in Li‐Rich Layered Oxides via LiCoMn 5 Superstructure Design. Advanced Materials. 38(2). e09807–e09807.
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Li, Bo, Jing Zhong, Hongkun Li, et al.. (2024). Mineral Fusion via Dehydration‐Induced Residual Stress: From Gels to Ceramic Monoliths. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(45). 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Tianhao, Xu Zhang, Yuqiang Li, et al.. (2024). Quantitative Identification of Dopant Occupation in Li‐Rich Cathodes. Advanced Materials. 37(3). e2408543–e2408543. 12 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaohan, Yaxin Tian, Yang Ren, et al.. (2024). Nanotechnology in healthcare, and its safety and environmental risks. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 715–715. 97 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ren, Yang, et al.. (2024). Photonic spin Hall effect on the surface of two-dimensional black arsenic. Physics Letters A. 521. 129754–129754. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Yang, et al.. (2024). An adaptive network fusing light detection and ranging height-sliced bird’s-eye view and vision for place recognition. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 137. 109230–109230.
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Huang, Junyuan, Jia Wen, Yuan Xie, et al.. (2024). Preparation, enhanced Na+ storage performance and mechanism of Sb/C nanobilayer film as anode for SIBs by magnetron sputtering. Surfaces and Interfaces. 56. 105631–105631. 1 indexed citations
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Ari‐Gur, Pnina, Yang Ren, Ronald D. Noebe, et al.. (2024). The use of diffraction techniques for understanding structure–property relationships in Heusler alloys. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 596. 171809–171809.
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Ren, Yang, et al.. (2024). Zn-O-Sn covalency interface governs the intrinsic activity of the Zn2SnO4/SnO2 heterostructure for boosting hydrogen peroxide production. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 361. 124625–124625. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Weihan, Minsi Li, Wei Xia, et al.. (2023). Precise Tailoring of Lithium‐Ion Transport for Ultralong‐Cycling Dendrite‐Free All‐Solid‐State Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 36(13). e2302647–e2302647. 41 indexed citations
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Ren, Yang, et al.. (2023). Research on Fuel atomization technology in aero engine. Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology. 73. 1–13.
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Luo, Huajie, Zheng Sun, Yueyun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Perovskite/metal (Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-BaTiO3/Ag) lead-free composite ceramics featuring enhanced depolarization temperature. Acta Materialia. 254. 119024–119024. 16 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ningbo, et al.. (2023). Numerical simulations on effect of cooling hole diameter on the outlet temperature distribution for a gas turbine combustor. Applied Thermal Engineering. 234. 121308–121308. 14 indexed citations
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Ren, Yang, Xucai Yin, Lizhi Xiang, et al.. (2023). Layer stacked SiO microparticle with disconnected interstices enables stable interphase and particle integrity for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 86. 300–307. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuxuan, Yinong Liu, Daqiang Jiang, et al.. (2023). Non-linear temperature dependences of pseudoelastic stress and stress hysteresis of a nanocrystalline Ni47Ti50Fe3 alloy. Acta Materialia. 265. 119625–119625. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Yixuan, Wei Cui, Yang Ren, et al.. (2023). Tunable perfect absorption and versatile applications based on a simple black phosphorus metasurface in terahertz. Infrared Physics & Technology. 136. 105091–105091. 15 indexed citations

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