Yang‐Gang Wang

14.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
146 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Yang‐Gang Wang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang‐Gang Wang has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Materials Chemistry, 83 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 46 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Yang‐Gang Wang's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (63 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (60 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (23 papers). Yang‐Gang Wang is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (63 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (60 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (23 papers). Yang‐Gang Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yang‐Gang Wang's co-authors include Jun Li, Yadong Li, Dingsheng Wang, Jincheng Liu, Wenxing Chen, Lirong Zheng, Roger Rousseau, Rongan Shen, Vassiliki‐Alexandra Glezakou and Juncai Dong 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

Yang‐Gang Wang

146 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Isolated Single Iron Atoms Anchored on N‐Doped Porous Car... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2017 2018 2020 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Isolated Single Iron Atoms Anchored on N‐Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2017 1.8k citations Yang‐Gang Wang et al. profile →
  2. Hollow N-Doped Carbon Spheres with Isolated Cobalt Single Atomic Sites: Superior Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction
    2017 624 citations Yang‐Gang Wang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Heterogeneous Fe3 single-cluster catalyst for ammonia synthesis via an associative mechanism
    2018 579 citations Yang‐Gang Wang, Jun Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Molecular engineering of dispersed nickel phthalocyanines on carbon nanotubes for selective CO2 reduction
    2020 533 citations Yang‐Gang Wang, Jun Li et al. profile →
  5. Supported Metal Clusters: Fabrication and Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis
    2020 396 citations Yang‐Gang Wang et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  6. Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles
    2022 282 citations Yang‐Gang Wang et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  7. Conjugated linker-boosted self-assembled monolayer molecule for inverted perovskite solar cells
    2024 128 citations Geping Qu, Ying Qiao et al. Joule profile →
  8. Breaking linear scaling relationships in oxygen evolution via dynamic structural regulation of active sites
    2025 39 citations Hong Bin Yang, Yang‐Gang Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. Rigid molecules anchoring on NiOx enable >26% efficiency perovskite solar cells
    2025 38 citations Deng Wang, Zhixin Liu et al. Joule 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‐Gang Wang China 49 8.1k 7.2k 4.2k 3.1k 1.6k 146 12.4k
Shufang Ji China 34 9.7k 1.2× 6.8k 0.9× 4.9k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 52 13.0k
Chih‐Wen Pao Taiwan 54 7.1k 0.9× 4.9k 0.7× 4.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 238 10.8k
Yi‐Tao Cui Japan 32 6.0k 0.7× 7.4k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 79 11.3k
Hai Xiao China 53 10.6k 1.3× 7.6k 1.0× 5.6k 1.3× 4.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 154 15.3k
Sungsik Lee United States 48 4.4k 0.5× 7.2k 1.0× 2.9k 0.7× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 155 10.6k
Dangsheng Su China 57 5.1k 0.6× 6.7k 0.9× 3.8k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 176 11.2k
Xun Hong China 48 8.7k 1.1× 5.7k 0.8× 5.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 118 12.1k
Wei Zhou China 65 12.1k 1.5× 9.0k 1.2× 7.0k 1.7× 3.2k 1.0× 944 0.6× 298 16.7k
Mingrun Li China 50 6.0k 0.7× 7.6k 1.0× 3.7k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 173 12.0k
Chun‐Jiang Jia China 51 4.9k 0.6× 8.0k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 3.9k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 141 11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang‐Gang Wang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zeng, Lei, Chuang‐Dao Jiang, Wei Yang, et al.. (2025). Constructing dual active sites modified crystalline carbon nitride with diminished excitation binding energy for overall photosynthesis of H2O2. Chemical Engineering Journal. 506. 160091–160091. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenbin, et al.. (2025). Dual-stage corrosion mechanisms and antibacterial enhancement of Cu-Sn-P alloys with Si and Al microalloying in simulated body fluid. Materials & Design. 251. 113635–113635. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Deng, Zhixin Liu, Ying Qiao, et al.. (2025). Rigid molecules anchoring on NiOx enable >26% efficiency perovskite solar cells. Joule. 9(3). 101815–101815. 38 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Chen, Bingxian Chu, Hao Nian, et al.. (2025). Sulfur‐Mediated Microenvironment Modulation of High‐Density Fe‐N 4 Sites for High‐Efficiency Oxygen Reduction and Cryotolerant Quasi‐Solid‐State Zinc‐Air Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(47). e10621–e10621. 3 indexed citations
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Ding, Jie, Fuhua Li, Xinyi Ren, et al.. (2024). Molecular tuning boosts asymmetric C-C coupling for CO conversion to acetate. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3641–3641. 43 indexed citations
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Wang, Haochen, Guang‐Jie Xia, Xiangyun Zhao, et al.. (2024). Formation of Supernarrow Borophene Nanoribbons. Angewandte Chemie. 136(28). 1 indexed citations
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Xie, Yun, Guang‐Jie Xia, Weiping Gong, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic Insight into the Superior Catalytic Activity of Au/Co3O4 Interface in Glucose Sensors. ACS Catalysis. 14(17). 12956–12969. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang‐Gang, Hui Wu, Meng Wang, et al.. (2024). The electrochemical corrosion behavior and antibacterial properties of Cu-xFe alloy. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 698–713. 4 indexed citations
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Boakye, Felix Ofori, Karim Harrath, Mohammad Tabish, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus coordinated Co/Se2 heterointerface nanowires: in-situ catalyst reconstruction toward efficient overall water splitting in alkaline and seawater media. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 969. 172240–172240. 14 indexed citations
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Qu, Geping, Deng Wang, Ying Qiao, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous decoration of ionic compounds at perovskite interfaces to achieve 23.38% efficiency with 85% fill factor in NiO -based perovskite solar cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 85. 39–48. 17 indexed citations
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Qu, Geping, Ying Qiao, Jie Zeng, et al.. (2023). Enhancing perovskite solar cell performance through dynamic hydrogen-mediated polarization of nitrogen and sulfur in phthalocyanine. Nano Energy. 118. 108974–108974. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Qilun, Huawei Wang, Ching‐Wei Tung, et al.. (2023). Atomic metal–non-metal catalytic pair drives efficient hydrogen oxidation catalysis in fuel cells. Nature Catalysis. 6(10). 916–926. 124 indexed citations
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Wang, Kun, Guang‐Jie Xia, Tianhui Liu, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic Growth of One-Dimensional Carbides in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Strong Interaction for Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(23). 12760–12770. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang‐Gang, et al.. (2023). Realistic Modeling of the Electrocatalytic Process at Complex Solid‐Liquid Interface. Advanced Science. 10(32). e2303677–e2303677. 25 indexed citations
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Xia, Guang‐Jie, Mal‐Soon Lee, Vassiliki‐Alexandra Glezakou, Roger Rousseau, & Yang‐Gang Wang. (2022). Diffusion and Surface Segregation of Interstitial Ti Defects Induced by Electronic Metal–Support Interactions on a Au/TiO2 Nanocatalyst. ACS Catalysis. 12(8). 4455–4464. 31 indexed citations
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Yan, Huimin, et al.. (2022). Fast Transformation of CO2 into CO Via a Hydrogen Bond Network on the Cu Electrocatalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(18). 7841–7848. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Kun, Lei Wang, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Kinetic diffusion–controlled synthesis of twinned intermetallic nanocrystals for CO-resistant catalysis. Science Advances. 8(25). eabo4599–eabo4599. 42 indexed citations
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Fu, Wenjie, Guang‐Jie Xia, Yixiang Zhang, et al.. (2021). Using general computational chemistry strategy to unravel the reactivity of emerging pollutants: An example of sulfonamide chlorination. Water Research. 202. 117391–117391. 23 indexed citations
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Cantu, David C., Asanga B. Padmaperuma, Manh‐Thuong Nguyen, et al.. (2018). A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Activity and Selectivity of the Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Aldehydes. ACS Catalysis. 8(8). 7645–7658. 94 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong‐Qiao, Mal‐Soon Lee, Yang‐Gang Wang, et al.. (2017). Structural Rearrangement of Au–Pd Nanoparticles under Reaction Conditions: An ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study. ACS Nano. 11(2). 1649–1658. 48 indexed citations

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