Yichang Yan

770 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 589 citations indexed

About

Yichang Yan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichang Yan has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 589 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yichang Yan's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (9 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers). Yichang Yan is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (9 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (7 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers). Yichang Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yichang Yan's co-authors include Zifu Li, Xiaoqin Zhou, Peng Yu, Shangfeng Du, Tianlong Zheng, Emmanuel Alepu Odey, Xiaoxue Zhang, M.A. Qadeer, Muhammad Tahir and Muhammad Tanveer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Power Sources and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Yichang Yan

18 papers receiving 572 citations

Hit Papers

A review on fundamentals ... 2024 2026 2024 25 50 75 100
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. A review on fundamentals for designing hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst
    2024 110 citations M.A. Qadeer, Xiaoxue Zhang et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yichang Yan China 13 331 207 184 75 57 18 589
Muhammad Najam Khan Pakistan 14 207 0.6× 293 1.4× 108 0.6× 174 2.3× 44 0.8× 35 713
S. Pigeot‐Rémy France 12 308 0.9× 234 1.1× 127 0.7× 71 0.9× 59 1.0× 13 547
Jahangir Ahmad Saudi Arabia 13 180 0.5× 201 1.0× 104 0.6× 126 1.7× 125 2.2× 30 560
Chamorn Chawengkijwanich Thailand 13 298 0.9× 320 1.5× 73 0.4× 110 1.5× 148 2.6× 31 741
Rekha Pachaiappan India 13 220 0.7× 333 1.6× 99 0.5× 123 1.6× 56 1.0× 30 696
Alzhan Baimenov Kazakhstan 13 186 0.6× 233 1.1× 61 0.3× 121 1.6× 64 1.1× 24 592
Đặng Văn Thành Vietnam 15 147 0.4× 276 1.3× 173 0.9× 126 1.7× 38 0.7× 79 707
Peilun Xu China 16 216 0.7× 278 1.3× 84 0.5× 108 1.4× 85 1.5× 27 739
Ahmad Farhan Pakistan 15 308 0.9× 371 1.8× 219 1.2× 103 1.4× 22 0.4× 33 763

Countries citing papers authored by Yichang Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yichang Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yichang Yan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yichang Yan. The network helps show where Yichang Yan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichang Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yichang Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yichang Yan 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 Yichang Yan. Yichang Yan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Liu, Liqiu, Geng Qiao, Xiaoqiang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Platinum functional layer for hydrogen crossover mitigation in proton exchange membrane water electrolysers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 512. 162524–162524. 3 indexed citations
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Qiao, Geng, et al.. (2025). Challenges in scaling up testing of catalyst coated membranes for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Frontiers in Energy Research. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Yan, Yichang, et al.. (2024). Catalyst electrode based on in-situ grown Pt nanowires. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 75. 625–636. 1 indexed citations
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Qadeer, M.A., Xiaoxue Zhang, Muhammad Asim Farid, et al.. (2024). A review on fundamentals for designing hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst. Journal of Power Sources. 613. 234856–234856. 110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Yuchen, Xinhong Liang, Yichang Yan, et al.. (2024). Effect of gas diffusion layer surface property on platinum nanowire array electrode performance in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 74. 322–328. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Xinhong, Yichang Yan, Yang Li, et al.. (2024). Ionic Liquid Modification of High-Pt-Loading Pt/C Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Application. Catalysts. 14(6). 344–344. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Yichang Yan, Ming‐Shui Yao, et al.. (2023). Porous electrodes from self-assembled 3D jointed Pd polyhedra for direct formic acid fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 462. 142244–142244. 24 indexed citations
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Yan, Yichang, et al.. (2022). Catalyst Electrodes with PtCu Nanowire Arrays In Situ Grown on Gas Diffusion Layers for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(9). 11457–11464. 24 indexed citations
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Wang, Haojie, Ruiqing Wang, Sheng Sui, et al.. (2021). Cathode Design for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells in Automotive Applications. Automotive Innovation. 4(2). 144–164. 62 indexed citations
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Yu, Peng, Xiaoqin Zhou, Zifu Li, & Yichang Yan. (2019). Inactivation and change of tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli in secondary effluent by visible light-driven photocatalytic process using Ag/AgBr/g-C3N4. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 135639–135639. 49 indexed citations
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Yu, Peng, Xiaoqin Zhou, Yichang Yan, Zifu Li, & Tianlong Zheng. (2019). Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic disinfection using AgBr-modified g-C3N4 composite and its mechanism. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 179. 170–179. 38 indexed citations
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Yan, Yichang, Xiaoqin Zhou, Peng Yu, Zifu Li, & Tianlong Zheng. (2019). Characteristics, mechanisms and bacteria behavior of photocatalysis with a solid Z-scheme Ag/AgBr/g-C3N4 nanosheet in water disinfection. Applied Catalysis A General. 590. 117282–117282. 64 indexed citations
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Odey, Emmanuel Alepu, Zifu Li, Xiaoqin Zhou, & Yichang Yan. (2018). Optimization of lactic acid fermentation for pathogen inactivation in fecal sludge. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 157. 249–254. 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoqin, Zifu Li, Tianlong Zheng, et al.. (2018). Review of global sanitation development. Environment International. 120. 246–261. 59 indexed citations
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Odey, Emmanuel Alepu, Zifu Li, Xiaoqin Zhou, & Yichang Yan. (2018). Locally produced lactic acid bacteria for pathogen inactivation and odor control in fecal sludge. Journal of Cleaner Production. 184. 798–805. 23 indexed citations
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Yan, Yichang, Xiaoqin Zhou, Zifu Li, et al.. (2018). Efficient photocatalytic disinfection of Escherichia coli by N-doped TiO2 coated on coal fly ash cenospheres. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 367. 355–364. 33 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoqin, et al.. (2017). Disinfection effect of a continuous-flow ultrasound/ultraviolet baffled reactor at a pilot scale. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 37. 114–119. 14 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoqin, et al.. (2016). Kinetics of inactivation and photoreactivation of Escherichia coli using ultrasound-enhanced UV-C light-emitting diodes disinfection. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 35(Pt A). 471–477. 61 indexed citations

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