Yao Gao

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
71 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yao Gao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Gao has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 42 papers in Materials Chemistry and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yao Gao's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (27 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (20 papers). Yao Gao is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (27 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (20 papers). Yao Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yao Gao's co-authors include Letian Dou, Enzheng Shi, Akriti Akriti, Blake P. Finkenauer, Yanhou Geng, Chenhui Zhu, Hongkun Tian, Fosong Wang, Libai Huang and Donghang Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yao Gao

66 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells

2019 415 citations Yao Gao, Enzheng Shi et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Two-dimensional halide perovskite nanomaterials and heterostructures

2018 380 citations Enzheng Shi, Yao Gao et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures

2020 372 citations Enzheng Shi, Biao Yuan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yao Gao China	29	3.1k	2.2k	1.3k	360	338	71	3.7k
Hsing-Lin Wang United States	10	3.4k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	237 0.7×	103 0.3×	14	4.1k
In‐Wook Hwang South Korea	25	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	119 0.3×	123 0.4×	76	2.4k
Satyaprasad P. Senanayak India	29	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	82 0.2×	128 0.4×	73	3.4k
Alexander W. Hains United States	12	2.3k 0.7×	871 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	68 0.2×	194 0.6×	17	2.8k
Mohamed Abdellah Sweden	34	3.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.7×	756 0.6×	88 0.2×	1.1k 3.2×	88	5.0k
Gencai Pan China	38	3.7k 1.2×	4.3k 1.9×	321 0.3×	274 0.8×	365 1.1×	98	4.9k
Mark Dante United States	10	3.1k 1.0×	856 0.4×	2.3k 1.8×	352 1.0×	139 0.4×	10	3.8k
Yann R. Leroux France	26	1.2k 0.4×	555 0.2×	476 0.4×	386 1.1×	195 0.6×	73	2.0k
Chung‐Chih Wu Taiwan	27	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	680 0.5×	55 0.2×	526 1.6×	56	3.4k
Yuan Niu China	15	2.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	155 0.1×	139 0.4×	160 0.5×	20	3.5k

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Tu, Wei, Ying Huang, Xuan Tian, et al.. (2025). d‐p Orbital Hybridization of Ternary Transition Metal Toward High‐Performance Proton Storage. Angewandte Chemie. 137(43). 1 indexed citations

Huang, Ying, Xuan Tian, Sheng Yang, et al.. (2025). d‐p Orbital Hybridization of Ternary Transition Metal Toward High‐Performance Proton Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(43). e202513523–e202513523. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Tianyu, Ming Xia, Shujun Zhang, et al.. (2025). van der Waals Integrated Single-Crystal Tin Perovskite Transistors Toward Ultrasensitive Photodetection. ACS Nano. 19(45). 39129–39138.

Zhang, Xuechen, et al.. (2024). A smartphone-controlled portable multiplexed photoelectrochemical sensor based on dual UV intelligent response system-assisted signal resolution strategy. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 404. 135281–135281. 8 indexed citations

Jin, Linrui, Yao Gao, Ke Ma, et al.. (2024). Superior Phonon-Limited Exciton Mobility in Lead-Free Two-Dimensional Perovskites. Nano Letters. 24(12). 3638–3646. 14 indexed citations

Li, Junke, Xuan Tian, Kai He, et al.. (2024). 0D–1D–2D Multidimensional Heterostructure Films for High-Performance Flexible Microsupercapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(49). 67706–67714. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Yao, et al.. (2023). HCR/DNAzyme-triggered cascaded feedback cycle amplification for self-powered dual-photoelectrode detection of femtomolar HPV16. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 237. 115483–115483. 23 indexed citations

Park, Jee Yung, Ruyi Song, Jie Liang, et al.. (2023). Thickness control of organic semiconductor-incorporated perovskites. Nature Chemistry. 15(12). 1745–1753. 66 indexed citations

Jin, Linrui, Yao Gao, Shibin Deng, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Two-Dimensional Exciton Propagation via Strong Light–Matter Coupling with Surface Lattice Plasmons. ACS Photonics. 10(6). 1983–1991. 17 indexed citations

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Gao, Yao, et al.. (2022). 8.0% Efficient Submicron CuIn(S,Se)₂ Solar Cells on Sn:In₂O₃ Back Contact via a Facile Solution Process. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(10). 12252–12260. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, et al.. (2022). Ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells with a Passivated Back Interface: A Comparative Study between Mo and In₂O₃:Sn Back Contacts. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 5(7). 7956–7964. 7 indexed citations

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Finkenauer, Blake P., Yao Gao, Xiaokang Wang, et al.. (2021). Mechanically robust and self-healable perovskite solar cells. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2(2). 100320–100320. 49 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wenchao, Yao Gao, Akriti Akriti, et al.. (2021). Thermoelectric Performance of Lead-Free Two-Dimensional Halide Perovskites Featuring Conjugated Ligands. Nano Letters. 21(18). 7839–7844. 43 indexed citations

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Liang, Aihui, Yao Gao, Reza Asadpour, et al.. (2021). Ligand-Driven Grain Engineering of High Mobility Two-Dimensional Perovskite Thin-Film Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(37). 15215–15223. 91 indexed citations

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Akriti, Akriti, Enzheng Shi, Stephen B. Shiring, et al.. (2021). Layer-by-layer anionic diffusion in two-dimensional halide perovskite vertical heterostructures. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(5). 584–591. 117 indexed citations

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Gao, Yao, Enzheng Shi, Shibin Deng, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells. Nature Chemistry. 13(3). 290–290. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Yao, et al.. (2020). Two-dimensional halide perovskites featuring semiconducting organic building blocks. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 4(12). 3400–3418. 57 indexed citations

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Gao, Yao, Enzheng Shi, Shibin Deng, et al.. (2019). Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells. Nature Chemistry. 11(12). 1151–1157. 415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Yao, Zitang Wei, Pilsun Yoo, et al.. (2019). Highly Stable Lead-Free Perovskite Field-Effect Transistors Incorporating Linear π-Conjugated Organic Ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(39). 15577–15585. 248 indexed citations

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Shi, Enzheng, Yao Gao, Blake P. Finkenauer, et al.. (2018). Two-dimensional halide perovskite nanomaterials and heterostructures. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(16). 6046–6072. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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