Yanpei Tian

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yanpei Tian is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanpei Tian has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 19 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yanpei Tian's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (40 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (19 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (18 papers). Yanpei Tian is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (40 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (19 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (18 papers). Yanpei Tian collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Yanpei Tian's co-authors include Yi Zheng, Xiaojie Liu, Fangqi Chen, Andrew Caratenuto, Alok Ghanekar, Marilyn L. Minus, Ying Mu, Yinsheng Wan, Joseph A. DeGiorgis and Gang Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Yanpei Tian

61 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Superhydrophobic and Recyclable Cellulose-Fiber-Based Composites for High-Efficiency Passive Radiative Cooling

2021 162 citations Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu et al. profile →
Passive cooling of greenhouses in extreme climates through spectral control film

2025 15 citations Yanpei Tian, Lei Yue et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanpei Tian United States	25	898	746	464	342	279	64	1.8k
Xiaojie Liu United States	23	786 0.9×	649 0.9×	368 0.8×	311 0.9×	202 0.7×	66	1.7k
Zhenhui Lin China	10	738 0.8×	813 1.1×	488 1.1×	362 1.1×	206 0.7×	12	1.6k
Fangqi Chen United States	24	604 0.7×	557 0.7×	322 0.7×	274 0.8×	196 0.7×	73	1.9k
Arny Leroy United States	12	740 0.8×	631 0.8×	520 1.1×	258 0.8×	198 0.7×	22	1.5k
Lyu Zhou United States	12	883 1.0×	362 0.5×	624 1.3×	140 0.4×	280 1.0×	24	1.3k
Zhiheng Zheng China	23	511 0.6×	883 1.2×	165 0.4×	250 0.7×	264 0.9×	56	1.8k
Yanfei Xu United States	13	448 0.5×	393 0.5×	179 0.4×	128 0.4×	71 0.3×	15	1.5k
Wenluan Zhang China	14	323 0.4×	297 0.4×	224 0.5×	98 0.3×	83 0.3×	22	1.3k
Huaxu Liang China	22	1.1k 1.2×	707 0.9×	649 1.4×	17 0.0×	258 0.9×	41	2.0k
Zhengnan Sun China	5	273 0.3×	262 0.4×	188 0.4×	78 0.2×	61 0.2×	8	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanpei Tian

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanpei Tian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanpei Tian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanpei Tian 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 Yanpei Tian. Yanpei Tian 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

Liu, Xiaojie, Won‐June Lee, Yanpei Tian, et al.. (2025). High‐Performance Low‐Emissivity Paints Enabled by N‐Doped Poly(benzodifurandione) (n‐PBDF) for Energy‐Efficient Buildings. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(6). 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Qilong, et al.. (2025). Robust Bio‐Textiles Via Mycelium‐Cellulose Interface Engineering. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(12).

Du, Fengyin, Wenqiang Zuo, Zhangyu Wu, et al.. (2025). Scalable metasurface-enhanced supercool cement. Science Advances. 11(34). eadv2820–eadv2820. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Wenhui, Xiaojie Liu, Wei Yan, et al.. (2025). Biomass-Based Nanoengineered Cooling Geotextile for Permafrost Thawing Prevention. ACS Nano. 19(48). 40774–40788.

Liu, Xiaojie, Yanpei Tian, Andrew Caratenuto, Fangqi Chen, & Yi Zheng. (2023). Biomass‐Based Materials for Sustainably Sourced Solar‐Driven Interfacial Steam Generation. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(19). 24 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojie, Yanpei Tian, Fangqi Chen, et al.. (2022). A waterbomb origami tower for convertible photothermal evaporation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(36). 18657–18670. 41 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Yanpei Tian, Xiaojie Liu, et al.. (2022). Intelligent regulation of VO2-PDMS-driven radiative cooling. Applied Physics Letters. 120(17). 64 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaojie, Yanpei Tian, Fangqi Chen, et al.. (2021). An efficient and scalable strategy for ultrablack-paint-enabled solar-driven steam generation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 234. 111436–111436. 20 indexed citations

Tian, Yanpei, Xiaojie Liu, Jiansheng Li, et al.. (2021). Scalable, fire-retardant, and spectrally robust melamine-formaldehyde photonic bulk for efficient daytime radiative cooling. Applied Materials Today. 24. 101103–101103. 22 indexed citations

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Caratenuto, Andrew, Fangqi Chen, Yanpei Tian, et al.. (2021). Magnetic field-induced emissivity tuning of InSb-based metamaterials in the terahertz frequency regime. Optical Materials Express. 11(9). 3141–3141. 11 indexed citations

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Tian, Yanpei, Xiaojie Liu, Fangqi Chen, & Yi Zheng. (2021). A facile approach to achieve subambient radiative cooling through aluminum foils and polyethylene bubble wrap. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 230. 111286–111286. 17 indexed citations

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Tian, Yanpei, Xiaojie Liu, Alok Ghanekar, et al.. (2020). Blackbody-cavity ideal absorbers for solar energy harvesting. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 20304–20304. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Fangqi, et al.. (2020). A Novel Probe-to-Probe Method for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Individual Electrospun Nanofibers. Materials. 13(22). 5220–5220. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaojie, Yanpei Tian, Fangqi Chen, et al.. (2020). Continuously variable emission for mechanical deformation induced radiative cooling. Communications Materials. 1(1). 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Fangqi, Xiaojie Liu, Yanpei Tian, & Yi Zheng. (2020). Dynamic Tuning of Near‐Field Radiative Thermal Rectification. Advanced Engineering Materials. 23(2). 17 indexed citations

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Tian, Yanpei, et al.. (2019). Highly effective photon-to-cooling thermal device. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19317–19317. 21 indexed citations

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Tian, Yanpei, et al.. (2018). A Review of Tunable Wavelength Selectivity of Metamaterials in Near-Field and Far-Field Radiative Thermal Transport. Materials. 11(5). 862–862. 34 indexed citations

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Ghanekar, Alok, et al.. (2018). Strain-induced modulation of near-field radiative transfer. Applied Physics Letters. 112(24). 241104–241104. 29 indexed citations

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Ghanekar, Alok, et al.. (2018). Dynamic optical response of SU-8 upon UV treatment. Optical Materials Express. 8(7). 2017–2017. 10 indexed citations

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Ghanekar, Alok, et al.. (2018). Near-field thermal rectification devices using phase change periodic nanostructure. Optics Express. 26(2). A209–A209. 38 indexed citations

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