Yi Lu

4.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Yi Lu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Lu has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 43 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yi Lu's work include Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (37 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers). Yi Lu is often cited by papers focused on Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (37 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers). Yi Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Yi Lu's co-authors include Xiaofei Yang, Haolan Xu, Deqi Fan, Yida Wang, Xuan Wu, Chunhua Lu, Pan Wu, Hao Zhang, Zupeng Chen and Gary Owens and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yi Lu

113 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Surface Patterning of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure-Embedded Photothermal Hydrogels for High-Yield Solar Steam Generation

2021 360 citations Yi Lu, Deqi Fan et al. profile →
Dual‐Zone Photothermal Evaporator for Antisalt Accumulation and Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

2021 337 citations Xuan Wu, Pan Wu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
Interfacial Solar Evaporation: From Fundamental Research to Applications

2024 333 citations Xuan Wu, Yi Lu et al. profile →
Design and performance boost of a MOF-functionalized-wood solar evaporator through tuning the hydrogen-bonding interactions

2022 260 citations Yi Lu, Deqi Fan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Lu China	27	3.2k	1.5k	780	725	519	116	4.0k
Chengbing Wang China	38	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	545 0.8×	483 0.9×	126	4.4k
Xiaozhen Hu China	22	3.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	629 0.8×	640 0.9×	895 1.7×	30	5.0k
Yawei Yang China	33	2.3k 0.7×	866 0.6×	1.6k 2.1×	1.4k 2.0×	249 0.5×	90	3.6k
Kai Zhao China	24	598 0.2×	432 0.3×	569 0.7×	954 1.3×	132 0.3×	63	2.4k
Yingling Tan China	11	3.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	638 0.8×	911 1.3×	644 1.2×	16	4.7k
Şehmus Özden United States	29	508 0.2×	134 0.1×	1.3k 1.7×	826 1.1×	126 0.2×	61	2.4k
Dongyun Wan China	34	2.0k 0.6×	113 0.1×	3.2k 4.0×	1.8k 2.5×	66 0.1×	72	4.7k
Xiang‐Hu Gao China	29	974 0.3×	71 0.0×	523 0.7×	540 0.7×	105 0.2×	91	1.9k
G. Berthomé France	26	1.4k 0.4×	46 0.0×	941 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	263 0.5×	59	2.4k

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Tong, Hao, Rongrong Chen, Yi Lu, et al.. (2025). Improving dehydrated yellow peach slices quality using modified kraft paper coated with starch–stearic acid composites via hydrogen bonding. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 321(Pt 2). 146315–146315. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jingjing, et al.. (2025). Simulation-Guided Design of Solar Steam Generator Arrays for Efficient All-Cold Evaporation under Natural Sunlight. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(17). 26065–26079. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Xuan, Shifei Ding, Yi Lu, et al.. (2025). Neighboring clusters as additional adsorption sites to regulate the selectivity of single-atom catalysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 512. 162508–162508. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Peng, Yi Lu, Chunsheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Investigation on the Gamma-Rays Induced Radiation Damage Effect of LaBr₃:Ce and CeBr₃ Crystals. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 72(5). 1763–1767. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Huimin, Huanyu Jin, Yunzheng Liang, et al.. (2025). A New Era of Passive Continuous Freshwater Production: When Interfacial Solar Evaporation Marries Moisture Harvest. ACS Energy Letters. 10(3). 1192–1215. 16 indexed citations

Lu, Yi, et al.. (2025). Dynamic vapor-catalysis coupling in COF/MXene aerogels for synergistic solar evaporation and photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 382. 125904–125904. 7 indexed citations

Lu, Yi, et al.. (2025). Hierarchically structured CoAl-LDH derived hybrid membrane for synergistic solar-driven water purification and photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Desalination. 613. 118992–118992. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Jiangbo, Jie Ying, Yuxuan Xiao, et al.. (2024). Directional electron transport and strong chloridion repulsion enabled by Hierarchical NiCo2O4/NiCoP heterojunction for efficient seawater oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 495. 153452–153452. 11 indexed citations

Zhou, Fan, et al.. (2024). Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of an imine-linked covalent triazine framework through the assistance of Ti3C2Tx. Surfaces and Interfaces. 52. 104967–104967. 4 indexed citations

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Yu, Junwei, Feifei Chen, Yi Lu, et al.. (2024). Micro-scale “top-down” construction of N/O Co-doped carbon aerogel particles for efficient hydrogen storage at ambient pressure. Surfaces and Interfaces. 45. 103909–103909. 5 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi, Ahmed Mahmoud Idris, Jin Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing photocatalytic CO₂ reduction via a single-domain ferroelectric Z-scheme heterojunction of BiFeO₃/CsPbBr₃ inducing dual built-in electric fields. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(17). 10461–10471. 16 indexed citations

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Yu, Huimin, Deyu Wang, Huanyu Jin, et al.. (2023). 2D MoN_1.2‐rGO Stacked Heterostructures Enabled Water State Modification for Highly Efficient Interfacial Solar Evaporation. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(24). 121 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi, et al.. (2023). Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence of Benzils Achieved by Chiral Supramolecular Polymerization. Angewandte Chemie. 136(8). 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Mengjin, Xiaosong Du, Xiaoqin Yang, et al.. (2023). An N,P,O-doped porous carbon electrode material derived from a lignin-modified chitosan xerogel for a supercapacitor. Materials Today Sustainability. 22. 100372–100372. 20 indexed citations

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Fan, Deqi, et al.. (2023). Two birds with one stone: Functionalized wood composites for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production and solar water evaporation. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(9). 109441–109441. 17 indexed citations

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Fan, Deqi, Yi Lu, Xueling Xu, et al.. (2023). Multifunctional wood-based hydrogels for wastewater treatment and interfacial solar steam generation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144421–144421. 48 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi, Wei Zhang, & Lü Peng. (2018). Simulation and Analysis of Influence of Interface on Thermal Residual Stress of C/SiC Composites. Mechanical Science and Technology. 949–956. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi, et al.. (2014). Performance of LaBr 3 : Ce/LaCl 3 : Ce scintillation detector in current mode. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 48(1). 158–161. 1 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yuan, et al.. (2011). Effects of BaO sintering additive on dielectric properties of Y ₂ Ti ₂ O ₇ microwave dielectric ceramics. Rare Metals. 30(S1). 624–627. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Yi, et al.. (2009). EFFECTS OF SOLUTION TEMPERATURE ON TENSILE PROPERTIES OF SICW/2024AL COMPOSITE. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 11(4). 291–294. 2 indexed citations

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