Yi Cheng

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Yi Cheng is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Cheng has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 20 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yi Cheng's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (28 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (15 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (14 papers). Yi Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (28 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (15 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (14 papers). Yi Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Yi Cheng's co-authors include San Ping Jiang, Jean‐Pierre Veder, Martin Saunders, Shize Yang, Chang Liu, Roland De Marco, Bernt Johannessen, Pei Kang Shen, Shiyong Zhao and Shuai He and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Yi Cheng

44 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Atomically Dispersed Transition Metals on Carbon Nanotubes with Ultrahigh Loading for Selective Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

2018 582 citations Yi Cheng, Shiyong Zhao et al. profile →

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Yi Cheng

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Wanfeng Yang China

Vishal Jose Singapore

Cheng‐Zong Yuan China

Subramani Surendran South Korea

Philipp Weide Germany

Hexiang Zhong China

Yunxiang Lin China

Zhi Qiao United States

Shulin Zhao China

Wanfeng Yang China

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1.6k ×1.2

EEE

1.1k ×0.9

766 ×1.5

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828 ×1.7

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, Yi, et al.. (2025). Core Shell Regulations in Co-Precipitation to Regulate Structure and Performance of Single-Crystal NCM622. Science & Technology Indonesia. 10(3). 895–902.

Hu, Bin, Hongjing Li, Xiaowei Zhou, et al.. (2025). The sponge-like porous poly(oxindole biphenylene) membrane with high chemical stability toward alkaline zinc-iron redox flow batteries and alkaline water electrolysis. Journal of Membrane Science. 733. 124323–124323. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaodan, Zhibin Liu, Zhongjian Li, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient electrosynthesis of H2O2 in acidic electrolyte on metal-free heteroatoms co-doped carbon nanosheets and simultaneously promoting Fenton process. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(7). 108926–108926. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Yi, Ruizhe Yang, Xiaoli Zhao, et al.. (2023). Graphene quantum dot-mediated anchoring of highly dispersed bismuth nanoparticles on porous graphene for enhanced electrocatalytic CO₂reduction to formate. Nanoscale. 16(5). 2373–2381. 8 indexed citations

Cheng, Yi, Shuai He, Jean‐Pierre Veder, et al.. (2019). Atomically Dispersed Bimetallic FeNi Catalysts as Highly Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Reversible Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions. ChemElectroChem. 6(13). 3478–3487. 77 indexed citations

Cheng, Yi, Shuai He, Shanfu Lu, et al.. (2019). Iron Single Atoms on Graphene as Nonprecious Metal Catalysts for High‐Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. Advanced Science. 6(10). 1802066–1802066. 183 indexed citations

Cheng, Yi, Shiyong Zhao, Haobo Li, et al.. (2018). Unsaturated edge-anchored Ni single atoms on porous microwave exfoliated graphene oxide for electrochemical CO2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 243. 294–303. 288 indexed citations

Wang, Zhi‐Tao, Yi Cheng, Xin Shao, et al.. (2018). Nanocatalysts anchored on nanofiber support for high syngas production via methane partial oxidation. Applied Catalysis A General. 565. 119–126. 18 indexed citations

Zhao, Shiyong, Yi Cheng, Jean‐Pierre Veder, et al.. (2018). One-Pot Pyrolysis Method to Fabricate Carbon Nanotube Supported Ni Single-Atom Catalysts with Ultrahigh Loading. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 88 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yi, Jin Zhang, Shanfu Lu, et al.. (2018). High CO tolerance of new SiO2 doped phosphoric acid/polybenzimidazole polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells at high temperatures of 200–250 °C. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43(49). 22487–22499. 54 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yi, Shuai He, Na Ai, et al.. (2018). Active, durable bismuth oxide-manganite composite oxygen electrodes: Interface formation induced by cathodic polarization. Journal of Power Sources. 397. 16–24. 20 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yi, Jean-Pierre Veder, Lars Thomsen, et al.. (2017). Electrochemically substituted metal phthalocyanines, e-MPc (M = Co, Ni), as highly active and selective catalysts for CO₂reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(4). 1370–1375. 51 indexed citations

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Ai, Na, Jean‐Pierre Veder, Yi Cheng, et al.. (2017). Significant Promotion Effect of Bi₂O₃on the Activity and Stability of Directly Assembled Lanthanum Manganite Based Cathodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 164(13). F1471–F1477. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Na, Na Ai, Shuai He, et al.. (2017). Effect of Pd doping on the activity and stability of directly assembled La0.95Co0.19Fe0.76Pd0.05O3-δ cathodes of solid oxide fuel cells. Solid State Ionics. 316. 38–46. 20 indexed citations

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Ai, Na, Na Li, Shuai He, et al.. (2017). Highly active and stable Er_0.4Bi_1.6O₃ decorated La_0.76Sr_0.19MnO_3+δ nanostructured oxygen electrodes for reversible solid oxide cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(24). 12149–12157. 79 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yi, Pei Kang Shen, Martin Saunders, & San Ping Jiang. (2015). Core–Shell Structured PtRuCo x Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes as Highly Active and Durable Electrocatalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Electrochimica Acta. 177. 217–226. 26 indexed citations

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Yuan, Weiyong, Yi Cheng, Pei Kang Shen, Chang Ming Li, & San Ping Jiang. (2014). Significance of wall number on the carbon nanotube support-promoted electrocatalytic activity of Pt NPs towards methanol/formic acid oxidation reactions in direct alcohol fuel cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(5). 1961–1971. 48 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yi, Changwei Xu, Pei Kang Shen, & San Ping Jiang. (2014). Effect of nitrogen-containing functionalization on the electrocatalytic activity of PtRu nanoparticles supported on carbon nanotubes for direct methanol fuel cells. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 158-159. 140–149. 77 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jin, Yi Cheng, Shanfu Lu, et al.. (2014). Significant promotion effect of carbon nanotubes on the electrocatalytic activity of supported Pd NPs for ethanol oxidation reaction of fuel cells: the role of inner tubes. Chemical Communications. 50(89). 13732–13734. 30 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yi & San Ping Jiang. (2013). Highly effective and CO-tolerant PtRu electrocatalysts supported on poly(ethyleneimine) functionalized carbon nanotubes for direct methanol fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta. 99. 124–132. 60 indexed citations

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