Yanming Liu

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yanming Liu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanming Liu has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yanming Liu's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (16 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (6 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (4 papers). Yanming Liu is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (16 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (6 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (4 papers). Yanming Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yanming Liu's co-authors include Tao Deng, Chengyi Song, Wen Shang, Peng Tao, Yao Zhang, Sheng‐Tao Yu, Rui Feng, Jizong Zhang, Ke‐Jing Huang and Yang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Yanming Liu

27 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper‐Based System for High‐Perf... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2014 200 400 600
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. A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper‐Based System for High‐Performance Large‐Scale Evaporation
    2015 748 citations Yanming Liu, Sheng‐Tao Yu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  2. Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface
    2014 469 citations Zhenhui Wang, Yanming Liu et al. Small profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanming Liu China 18 1.8k 745 463 410 342 30 2.5k
Yingling Tan China 11 3.5k 1.9× 1.5k 2.0× 911 2.0× 638 1.6× 783 2.3× 16 4.7k
Yawei Yang China 33 2.3k 1.2× 866 1.2× 1.4k 3.1× 1.6k 3.9× 335 1.0× 90 3.6k
Kai Zhao China 24 598 0.3× 432 0.6× 954 2.1× 569 1.4× 282 0.8× 63 2.4k
Amal Al Ghaferi United Arab Emirates 19 239 0.1× 523 0.7× 688 1.5× 348 0.8× 245 0.7× 73 1.6k
Yunsong Xie United States 15 222 0.1× 261 0.4× 524 1.1× 238 0.6× 936 2.7× 34 1.9k
Akanksha K. Menon United States 22 492 0.3× 324 0.4× 526 1.1× 616 1.5× 57 0.2× 51 1.5k
Ting Xiao China 28 487 0.3× 75 0.1× 1.1k 2.3× 809 2.0× 709 2.1× 112 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanming Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanming Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanming Liu

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

All Works

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Fan, Xinfei, et al.. (2025). Functionalized inorganic hydrogel-based membrane for synergistic oil/water separation and catalytic degradation. Water Research. 281. 123617–123617. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanming, et al.. (2025). An innovative method for preparing nano steel slag powder and analysis of carbonation reaction mechanism toward enhanced CO2 sequestration. Materials Letters. 403. 139411–139411. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuefeng, Yuanlu Xu, Hongli Ge, et al.. (2025). A novel bifunctional evaporator for simultaneous steam generation and organics degradation by integrating electro-Fenton. Separation and Purification Technology. 364. 132502–132502.
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Xu, Yuanlu, Siwen Wang, Yanbin Xin, et al.. (2025). An anti-salt bridge-arch evaporator with vertical channel inspired by water spinach for high-flux steam generation through water flow regulation. Desalination. 609. 118886–118886. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanming, et al.. (2024). Parasitism in Metal Nanoclusters: A Case Study of (AuAg)25·(AuAg)27. ACS Nano. 18(2). 1555–1562. 3 indexed citations
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Jiang, Modi, Yanming Liu, Yang Li, et al.. (2024). Large pyroelectric current generation induced by droplet cooling. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 34(5). 888–894.
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Dong, Ting, Yanhui Liu, Na Tian, et al.. (2022). Photothermal and Concus Finn capillary assisted superhydrophobic fibrous network enabling instant viscous oil transport for crude oil cleanup. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 443(Pt A). 130193–130193. 30 indexed citations
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Wang, Liren, Han Wang, Yanming Liu, et al.. (2020). Pyroelectric synthesis of Au/Pt bimetallic nanoparticles–BaTiO3 hybrid nanomaterials. RSC Advances. 10(38). 22616–22621. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Aimin, et al.. (2019). Poststroke depression and risk of recurrent stroke. Medicine. 98(42). e17235–e17235. 52 indexed citations
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Fu, Benwei, Qingchen Shen, Wei Hao, et al.. (2019). Patterned Surfaces for Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(7). 7584–7590. 61 indexed citations
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Hao, Wei, Kevin Chiou, Yanming Liu, et al.. (2018). Crumpled graphene ball-based broadband solar absorbers. Nanoscale. 10(14). 6306–6312. 52 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanming, Xinyu Wang, Liren Wang, et al.. (2018). Pyroelectric Synthesis of Metal–BaTiO3 Hybrid Nanoparticles with Enhanced Pyrocatalytic Performance. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(2). 2602–2609. 50 indexed citations
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Meng, Fanchen, Wei Hao, Sheng‐Tao Yu, et al.. (2017). Vapor-Enabled Propulsion for Plasmonic Photothermal Motor at the Liquid/Air Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(36). 12362–12365. 49 indexed citations
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Liu, Aifeng, Yongmei Bai, Yanming Liu, et al.. (2016). Hierarchical dandelion-like copper oxide wrapped by reduced graphene oxide: Hydrothermal synthesis and their application in supercapacitors. Materials Research Bulletin. 84. 85–92. 25 indexed citations
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Yu, Sheng‐Tao, Yao Zhang, Yanming Liu, et al.. (2015). The impact of surface chemistry on the performance of localized solar-driven evaporation system. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13600–13600. 160 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanming, Sheng‐Tao Yu, Rui Feng, et al.. (2015). A Bioinspired, Reusable, Paper‐Based System for High‐Performance Large‐Scale Evaporation. Advanced Materials. 27(17). 2768–2774. 748 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Zhenhui, Yanming Liu, Peng Tao, et al.. (2014). Bio‐Inspired Evaporation Through Plasmonic Film of Nanoparticles at the Air–Water Interface. Small. 10(16). 3234–3239. 469 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Ke‐Jing, et al.. (2014). Hydrothermal synthesis of molybdenum disulfide nanosheets as supercapacitors electrode material. Electrochimica Acta. 132. 397–403. 274 indexed citations

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