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 Australia. 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

Atomic structure of sensi... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2017 2014 2015 2015 2019 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. 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 →
  2. Synergistic geometric and electronic effects for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide using gold–copper bimetallic nanoparticles
    2014 1.2k citations Dohyung Kim, Yi Yu et al. profile →
  3. Atomically thin two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites
    2015 1.2k citations Letian Dou, Yi Yu et al. Science profile →
  4. Solution-Phase Synthesis of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires
    2015 887 citations Yi Yu, Letian Dou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. MXene (Ti3C2) Vacancy-Confined Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient Functionalization of CO2
    2019 641 citations Yi Yu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Electrochemical Activation of CO2 through Atomic Ordering Transformations of AuCu Nanoparticles
    2017 612 citations Dohyung Kim, Chenlu Xie et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Bacteria photosensitized by intracellular gold nanoclusters for solar fuel production
    2018 458 citations Yi Yu, Peidong Yang et al. profile →
  8. Molecular engineering of organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites quantum wells
    2019 415 citations Yao Gao, Enzheng Shi et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
  9. Synthesis of Composition Tunable and Highly Luminescent Cesium Lead Halide Nanowires through Anion-Exchange Reactions
    2016 411 citations Yi Yu, Peidong Yang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Two-dimensional halide perovskite lateral epitaxial heterostructures
    2020 372 citations Enzheng Shi, Biao Yuan et al. profile →
  11. Engineering Lattice Disorder on a Photocatalyst: Photochromic BiOBr Nanosheets Enhance Activation of Aromatic C–H Bonds via Water Oxidation
    2022 212 citations Chao Liang, Yi Yu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Fiber‐Reinforced Ultrathin Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Solid‐State Lithium‐Metal Batteries
    2025 24 citations Jiameng Yu, Qiong Yuan et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yi Yu 10.6k 9.9k 5.6k 1.7k 1.7k 258 18.0k
Tsun‐Kong Sham 10.6k 1.0× 12.7k 1.3× 6.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.6× 3.0k 1.8× 458 23.6k
Guangshe Li 8.9k 0.8× 7.4k 0.7× 5.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.7× 357 14.6k
Liping Li 8.3k 0.8× 6.7k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 2.6k 1.6× 426 14.3k
Mohamed Nejib Hedhili 11.9k 1.1× 11.5k 1.2× 5.4k 1.0× 959 0.6× 3.8k 2.2× 251 19.6k
Yi Du 8.3k 0.8× 7.4k 0.7× 5.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 2.9k 1.7× 291 15.7k
Jinsong Wu 7.5k 0.7× 10.6k 1.1× 6.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 4.4k 2.6× 356 17.9k
Livia Giordano 9.2k 0.9× 10.4k 1.0× 7.1k 1.3× 2.2k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 196 18.4k
Jie Xiong 9.5k 0.9× 13.0k 1.3× 5.8k 1.0× 986 0.6× 3.2k 1.9× 344 20.6k
Ulrich Stimming 9.9k 0.9× 11.7k 1.2× 11.6k 2.1× 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 286 20.8k
Jinghua Guo 12.7k 1.2× 16.2k 1.6× 9.4k 1.7× 1.7k 1.0× 4.4k 2.6× 469 28.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Yu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yu, Yi, et al.. (2024). Robust asymmetric non-negative matrix factorization for clustering nodes in directed networks. Annals of Operations Research. 341(1). 245–265. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qunli, et al.. (2024). Preparation of bainite phase microstructure by laser-electromagnetic induction hybrid solid-state phase transformation. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 526–534. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yue, Xiangchen Hu, Xingyue Peng, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical sintering of lithium metal constrained by buffer layer in anode-free all-solid-state batteries. Energy storage materials. 72. 103762–103762. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Yi, Meng Wang, Ying Wu, & Hongxia Xi. (2024). In situ metallization of 2D COFs with acid/base site synergistic effects for boosting one-pot CO2 conversion. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(32). 21398–21405. 13 indexed citations
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Shao, Minghao, Houfang Liu, Ri He, et al.. (2024). Programmable Ferroelectricity in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Enabled by Oxygen Defect Engineering. Nano Letters. 24(4). 1231–1237. 9 indexed citations
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Yu, Yi, Xiaofei Chen, Xinyu Wang, et al.. (2023). Facile prepared 2D Ni-based metal-organic framework nanosheets for boosting one-pot catalytic synthesis of cyclic carbonates. Chemical Engineering Science. 278. 118898–118898. 13 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiangchen, Shaojie Chen, Zeyu Wang, et al.. (2023). Microstructure of the Li–Al–O Second Phases in Garnet Solid Electrolytes. Nano Letters. 23(3). 887–894. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Jiameng, Wenbo Zhai, Chang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Solvent-Free and Long-Cycling Garnet-Based Lithium-Metal Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. 8(3). 1468–1476. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, W., et al.. (2023). Thermally driven phase transition of halide perovskites revealed by big data-powered in situ electron microscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(13). 134705–134705. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Shaojie, Jingxuan Zhang, Zeyu Wang, et al.. (2021). Electrocatalytic NiCo2O4 Nanofiber Arrays on Carbon Cloth for Flexible and High-Loading Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Nano Letters. 21(12). 5285–5292. 86 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiuli, Weiyan Liu, Shuixin Xia, et al.. (2021). In Situ Probing the Kinetics of Gold Nanoparticle Thermal Sintering in Liquids: Implications for Ink-Jet Printing. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(3). 2538–2546. 5 indexed citations
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Duan, Chongxiong, Yi Yu, Jing Xiao, et al.. (2020). Recent advancements in metal–organic frameworks for green applications. Green Energy & Environment. 6(1). 33–49. 113 indexed citations
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Yao, Chuang, Yi Yu, Changqing Sun, et al.. (2020). How Stable and Powerful Can Metal cyclo-Pentazolate Salts Be? An Answer through Theoretical Crystal Design. Crystal Growth & Design. 20(7). 4794–4801. 7 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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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2019). Stabilization of the Dual-Aromatic cyclo-N5– Anion by Acidic Entrapment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(10). 2378–2385. 58 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, Chuang Yao, Yi Yu, et al.. (2019). Mechanism and Functionality of Pnictogen Dual Aromaticity in Pentazolate Crystals. ChemPhysChem. 20(19). 2525–2530. 16 indexed citations
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Duan, Chongxiong, Hang Zhang, Minhui Yang, et al.. (2018). Templated fabrication of hierarchically porous metal–organic frameworks and simulation of crystal growth. Nanoscale Advances. 1(3). 1062–1069. 25 indexed citations
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Kim, Dohyung, Chenlu Xie, Nigel Becknell, et al.. (2017). Electrochemical Activation of CO2 through Atomic Ordering Transformations of AuCu Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(24). 8329–8336. 612 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2017). Structural, mechanical properties, and vibrational spectra of LLM-105 under high pressures from a first-principles study. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 23(10). 275–275. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Yuzhang, Yanbin Li, Allen Pei, et al.. (2017). Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy. Science. 358(6362). 506–510. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →

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