Yi Yu

21.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
258 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Yi Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Yu has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Materials Chemistry, 129 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yi Yu's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (48 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (43 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (43 papers). Yi Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (48 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (43 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (43 papers). Yi Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Yi Yu's co-authors include Peidong Yang, Letian Dou, Dohyung Kim, Samuel W. Eaton, Dandan Zhang, Andrew Barnabas Wong, Joaquin Resasco, Minliang Lai, Abdullah M. Asiri and A. Paul Alivisatos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yi Yu

250 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy

2017 1.2k citations Yuzhang Li, Yanbin Li et al. Science profile →
Synergistic geometric and electronic effects for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide using gold–copper bimetallic nanoparticles

2014 1.2k citations Yi Yu, Peidong Yang et al. profile →
Atomically thin two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites

2015 1.2k citations Letian Dou, Andrew Barnabas Wong et al. Science profile →
Solution-Phase Synthesis of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires

2015 887 citations Dandan Zhang, Yi Yu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
MXene (Ti₃C₂) Vacancy-Confined Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient Functionalization of CO₂

2019 641 citations Xun Zhang, Yi Yu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Electrochemical Activation of CO₂ through Atomic Ordering Transformations of AuCu Nanoparticles

2017 612 citations Yi Yu, Peidong Yang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Bacteria photosensitized by intracellular gold nanoclusters for solar fuel production

2018 458 citations Yi Yu, Peidong Yang et al. profile →
Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells

2019 415 citations Yao Gao, Enzheng Shi et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Synthesis of Composition Tunable and Highly Luminescent Cesium Lead Halide Nanowires through Anion-Exchange Reactions

2016 411 citations Dandan Zhang, Yi Yu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures

2020 372 citations Enzheng Shi, Biao Yuan et al. profile →
Engineering Lattice Disorder on a Photocatalyst: Photochromic BiOBr Nanosheets Enhance Activation of Aromatic C–H Bonds via Water Oxidation

2022 212 citations Aijian Huang, Chao Liang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Fiber‐Reinforced Ultrathin Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Solid‐State Lithium‐Metal Batteries

2025 24 citations Jiameng Yu, Qiong Yuan et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Yu

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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interference Pattern Caused by Bilateral Bone Conduction Stimulation Impairs Sound Localization 2025 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown), Yi Yu, (unknown), (unknown), Wenjuan Yao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	Preparation of bainite phase microstructure by laser-electromagnetic induction hybrid solid-state phase transformation 2024 ·Journal of Materials Research and Technology ·Qunli Zhang, (unknown), Yi Yu, Zhijun Chen, Wenjian Wang, (unknown), (unknown)	2
3	Electrochemical sintering of lithium metal constrained by buffer layer in anode-free all-solid-state batteries 2024 ·Energy storage materials ·Yue Zhang, Xiangchen Hu, Xingyue Peng, (unknown), (unknown), Wenbo Zhai, Xinshui Zhang, Ran Wei, (unknown), Jiameng Yu, Shaojie Chen, Qiong Yuan, Zeyu Wang, (unknown), Yi Yu, Wei Liu	4
4	Robust asymmetric non-negative matrix factorization for clustering nodes in directed networks 2024 ·Annals of Operations Research ·Yi Yu, Jae-Seung Baek, (unknown), Myong K. Jeong	3
5	Effects of Excess Barium on the Microstructure and Proton Conductivity of Ba_1+xZr_0.8Y_0.2O_3-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3) Thin Films 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), (unknown), Luyao Wang, (unknown), Yi Yu, Enrico Traversa, Nan Yang	2
6	In situ metallization of 2D COFs with acid/base site synergistic effects for boosting one-pot CO₂ conversion 2024 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Yi Yu, Meng Wang, Ying Wu, Hongxia Xi	13
7	Programmable Ferroelectricity in Hf_0.5Zr_0.5O₂ Enabled by Oxygen Defect Engineering 2024 ·Nano Letters ·Minghao Shao, Houfang Liu, Ri He, (unknown), Liang Wu, Ji Ma, Chen Ye, Xiangchen Hu, Ruiting Zhao, Zhicheng Zhong, Yi Yu, Caihua Wan, Yi Yang, Ce‐Wen Nan, Xuedong Bai, Tian‐Ling Ren, Xiao Renshaw Wang	9
8	Machine Learning on Microstructure–Property Relationship of Lithium-Ion Conducting Oxide Solid Electrolytes 2024 ·Nano Letters ·Yue Zhang, Xia Li, Wenbo Zhai, (unknown), Shaojie Chen, Yining Zhang, Yi Yu, Xuming He, Wei Liu	11
9	Facile prepared 2D Ni-based metal-organic framework nanosheets for boosting one-pot catalytic synthesis of cyclic carbonates 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Science ·Yi Yu, Xiaofei Chen, Xinyu Wang, Xuan Feng, Shujun Liu, Chongxiong Duan, Ying Wu, Hongxia Xi	13
10	Thermally driven phase transition of halide perovskites revealed by big data-powered in situ electron microscopy 2023 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·(unknown), W. Liu, Zeyu Wang, Lei Teng, Peidong Yang, Yi Yu	3
11	Microstructure of the Li–Al–O Second Phases in Garnet Solid Electrolytes 2023 ·Nano Letters ·Xiangchen Hu, Shaojie Chen, Zeyu Wang, (unknown), Biao Yuan, Yue Zhang, Wei Liu, Yi Yu	8
12	Heterogeneous Iridium Single-Atom Molecular-like Catalysis for Epoxidation of Ethylene 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Hongling Yang, Xiao‐Xu Wang, Qinggang Liu, Aijian Huang, Xun Zhang, Yi Yu, Zewen Zhuang, Ganggang Li, Yang Li, Qing Peng, Xin Chen, Hai Xiao, Chen Chen	51
13	Recent advancements in metal–organic frameworks for green applications 2020 ·Green Energy & Environment ·Chongxiong Duan, Yi Yu, Jing Xiao, Yuanyuan Li, Pengfei Yang, (unknown), Hongxia Xi	113
14	How Stable and Powerful Can Metal cyclo-Pentazolate Salts Be? An Answer through Theoretical Crystal Design 2020 ·Crystal Growth & Design ·Chuang Yao, (unknown), Yi Yu, Changqing Sun, Xinxin Wang, Hui Li, Haijian Li, Lei Zhang	7
15	Author Correction: Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells 2020 ·Nature Chemistry ·Yao Gao, Enzheng Shi, Shibin Deng, Stephen B. Shiring, Jordan Snaider, Chao Liang, Biao Yuan, Ruyi Song, Svenja M. Janke, (unknown), Pilsun Yoo, Matthias Zeller, Bryan W. Boudouris, Peilin Liao, Chenhui Zhu, Volker Blüm, Yi Yu, Brett M. Savoie, Libai Huang, Letian Dou	2
16	Revealing Solid Properties of High-energy-density Molecular Cocrystals from the Cooperation of Hydrogen Bonding and Molecular Polarizability 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Lei Zhang, (unknown), Yi Yu, Jun Chen	19
17	Mechanism and Functionality of Pnictogen Dual Aromaticity in Pentazolate Crystals 2019 ·ChemPhysChem ·Lei Zhang, Chuang Yao, Yi Yu, Xing Wang, Changqing Sun, Jun Chen	16
18	Stabilization of the Dual-Aromatic cyclo-N₅^– Anion by Acidic Entrapment 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Lei Zhang, Chuang Yao, Yi Yu, (unknown), Changqing Sun, Jun Chen	58
19	Ultralow thermal conductivity in all-inorganic halide perovskites 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Woochul Lee, Huashan Li, Andrew Barnabas Wong, Dandan Zhang, Minliang Lai, Yi Yu, Qiao Kong, (unknown), Jeffrey J. Urban, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Peidong Yang	313
20	Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy breakdown → 2017 ·Science ·Yuzhang Li, Yanbin Li, Allen Pei, Kai Yan, Yongming Sun, Chun-Lan Wu, Lydia‐Marie Joubert, (unknown), Ai Leen Koh, Yi Yu, John Perrino, Benjamin Butz, Steven Chu, Yi Cui	1249

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