Yang Yang

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
236 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Yang Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yang has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Materials Chemistry, 86 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 84 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Yang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (66 papers), ZnO doping and properties (48 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (44 papers). Yang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (66 papers), ZnO doping and properties (48 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (44 papers). Yang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Yang Yang's co-authors include Xiaodong Zhang, Guangming Zeng, Danlian Huang, Chen Zhang, Chengyun Zhou, Weiping Xiong, Margit Zacharias, Jinfeng Chen, Wenjun Wang and Fukun Bi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yang

219 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ti3C2 Mxene/porous g-C3N4 interfacial Schottky junction f... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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. Ti3C2 Mxene/porous g-C3N4 interfacial Schottky junction for boosting spatial charge separation in photocatalytic H2O2 production
    2019 583 citations Yang Yang et al. profile →
  2. Synthesis of acidic MIL-125 from plastic waste: Significant contribution of N orbital for efficient photocatalytic degradation of chlorobenzene and toluene
    2022 199 citations Yang Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Yang China 55 7.3k 4.9k 3.4k 1.8k 1.5k 236 10.8k
Tao Zhang China 54 5.7k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 5.3k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 226 11.8k
Victor Malgras Japan 54 5.3k 0.7× 4.2k 0.9× 5.3k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 2.8k 1.9× 135 10.8k
Zhangxiong Wu China 48 5.5k 0.8× 3.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 2.7k 1.8× 136 10.2k
Venkata Krishnan India 59 6.5k 0.9× 5.8k 1.2× 2.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 202 10.4k
Dairong Chen China 54 6.0k 0.8× 4.0k 0.8× 4.2k 1.3× 971 0.5× 2.1k 1.4× 247 10.5k
Xiuling Jiao China 55 6.1k 0.8× 4.1k 0.8× 4.2k 1.3× 979 0.6× 2.2k 1.4× 243 10.6k
Jimin Xie China 57 5.4k 0.7× 6.2k 1.3× 4.1k 1.2× 764 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 304 10.7k
Qidong Zhao China 60 7.1k 1.0× 5.8k 1.2× 3.2k 1.0× 873 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 181 10.1k
Dongyun Chen China 74 10.3k 1.4× 8.5k 1.7× 7.5k 2.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 339 17.5k
Fatemeh Davar Iran 62 7.2k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 3.5k 1.0× 938 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 174 10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Yang, Jianshe Chen, Yongfeng Chang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced nonradical oxidation of thiocyanate by nano γ-Fe2O3 and Fe3C-modified 2D hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 115810–115810.
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Zhang, Zhengchuan, Yang Yang, Yun Liu, et al.. (2025). A confining mesh enables concurrent calcium phosphate deposition and preservation of TiO2 nanotube topography for synergistic osteogenic regulation. Materials & Design. 260. 115117–115117.
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Wang, Yangyang, Jun Pang, Jin Liu, et al.. (2025). Metal single-atom catalysts for photocatalytic H 2 O 2 synthesis. Green Chemistry. 27(44). 13993–14025.
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Yang, Yang, Manabu Fujii, Yao Hu, et al.. (2025). Regulating second-shell coordination in molybdenum single-atom catalysts for efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163762–163762. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Yucheng, Yang Yang, Lingling Wang, et al.. (2024). Tile roof inspired structure optimization on radial wood to fabricate oil-water separation function. Industrial Crops and Products. 221. 119396–119396. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, et al.. (2024). Progress on noble metal-transition metal carbide support catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 978. 118903–118903. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Liwen Cao, Jiahui Wang, et al.. (2024). Insights into the roles of EDTA in enhancing the bioavailability of Fe(Ⅲ) and stabilizing the anammox granular sludge system. Process Biochemistry. 141. 10–18. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Xin, et al.. (2024). Direct N‐Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols Catalyzed by N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Cobalt‐Pincer Catalyst under Mild Conditions. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 13(3). 2 indexed citations
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Fang, Wenjian, et al.. (2023). Self-assembly core-shell BixY1-xVO4@g-C3N4 as an S-scheme heterojunction photocatalyst for pure water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(65). 25379–25389. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Zhong, Yang Yang, Tao Tang, et al.. (2023). 3D substoichiometric MoO3−x/EGaln framework for room temperature NH3 gas sensing. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 939. 168690–168690. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Zhifu Yin, & Wang Zhang. (2023). Graphene-based physical sensors for humidity, temperature and strain detections. Microelectronic Engineering. 279. 112055–112055. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Yikai, Rui Long, Yang Yang, Daoli Zhang, & Jianbing Zhang. (2023). Highly luminescent and uniform patterned quantum dot color converters via ligand engineering. Giant. 16. 100202–100202. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Tingyu, et al.. (2023). Microwave-assisted synthesis of edge-grafted carbon nitride by triazole rings for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(79). 30759–30769. 9 indexed citations
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Sugahara, Tohru, Jun‐ichi Nakamura, Takao Ono, et al.. (2023). Carrier-Type Switching with Gas Detection Using a Low-Impedance Hybrid Sensor of 2D Graphene Layer and MoOx Nanorod 3D Network. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 1(4). 1086–1092. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Yang Wang, Jianping Guo, et al.. (2021). Optimization of plasmonic metal structures for improving the hydrogen production efficiency of metal–organic frameworks. Nanoscale. 13(24). 10807–10815. 12 indexed citations
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Xiong, Sen, Yang Yang, Zhaoxiang Zhong, & Yong Wang. (2018). One-Step Synthesis of Carbon-Hybridized ZnO on Polymeric Foams by Atomic Layer Deposition for Efficient Absorption of Oils from Water. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 57(4). 1269–1276. 17 indexed citations
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Huang, Mao Mao, Samuel Samuel, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nanowires. 10–10.

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