Yichao Liu

967 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 806 citations indexed

About

Yichao Liu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichao Liu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 806 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yichao Liu's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (6 papers). Yichao Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (15 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (7 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (6 papers). Yichao Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yichao Liu's co-authors include Renhai Feng, Shaohua Shen, Guangxu Cai, Meng Wang, Li Cai, Changzhong Jiang, Liejin Guo, Jigang Zhou, Yongfeng Hu and Dongniu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Advanced Energy Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Yichao Liu

26 papers receiving 795 citations

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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.

Defective High-Crystallinity g-C₃N₄ Heterostructures by Double-End Modulation for Photocatalysis

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yichao Liu China	14	582	512	255	126	56	29	806
Ziran Chen China	17	715 1.2×	714 1.4×	397 1.6×	85 0.7×	84 1.5×	49	1.1k
Nasima Khatun India	15	353 0.6×	213 0.4×	161 0.6×	100 0.8×	45 0.8×	39	520
Shuo Hou China	22	851 1.5×	731 1.4×	354 1.4×	181 1.4×	52 0.9×	49	1.2k
Mengyue Gu China	15	645 1.1×	275 0.5×	360 1.4×	50 0.4×	129 2.3×	42	855
Anna M. Henning New Zealand	9	305 0.5×	208 0.4×	164 0.6×	145 1.2×	171 3.1×	11	589
Ruzhen Zhang China	10	272 0.5×	234 0.5×	195 0.8×	135 1.1×	37 0.7×	24	525
Yuesheng Ning China	14	237 0.4×	218 0.4×	285 1.1×	164 1.3×	226 4.0×	38	756
Yuting Cui China	18	563 1.0×	189 0.4×	286 1.1×	434 3.4×	105 1.9×	89	1.1k
Junying Xu China	10	454 0.8×	474 0.9×	268 1.1×	61 0.5×	31 0.6×	12	645

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichao Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Xihao, Zhenxiang Dai, Yichao Liu, et al.. (2025). Computational investigation of Li-decorated B14 as a room temperature reversible energy storage medium. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 101. 1439–1447. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Fei, et al.. (2025). Ultra-broadband acoustic absorber based on periodic acoustic rigid-metaporous composite array. Discover Applied Sciences. 7(2).

Liu, Yichao, et al.. (2025). Study on the infrared radiation characteristics of spectrally matched pyrotechnics PTFE/B/KNO3. Infrared Physics & Technology. 150. 106020–106020.

Wang, Jiazhuo, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of C18 as a reversible hydrogen storage material by first-principles calculations. Journal of Energy Storage. 141. 119303–119303.

Zhang, Yu, Qiang Wan, Liqiu Huang, et al.. (2025). Bifunctional high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts for stable overall water splitting at industrial-level current densities. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(23). 17384–17392. 5 indexed citations

Li, Derun, Wei Guo, Zhuo Xing, et al.. (2024). Sulfate anchored on the defective NiO by ion irradiation realizes enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149890–149890. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Mingrui, et al.. (2024). Facile Solvent-Free Fabrication of All-Small-Molecule Supramolecular Photothermal Bioadhesive for Sutureless Wound Closure. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 10(6). 3935–3945. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yichao, et al.. (2024). Radiance and burning properties of KBF4 in boron-based spectral matched infrared pyrolant. Infrared Physics & Technology. 139. 105303–105303. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Liqiu, Guo Wei, Jiaqi Wang, et al.. (2023). Ion Irradiation Activated Catalytic Activity of MoSe₂ Nanosheet for High‐Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(28). 46 indexed citations

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Wu, Shixin, Huizhou Zhong, Shuangfeng Jia, et al.. (2023). A general method to synthesize high-entropy oxide nanoparticles by low-energy-recoil ion implantation for efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Applied Physics Reviews. 10(3). 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yusen, et al.. (2022). Emerging photodynamic/sonodynamic therapies for urological cancers: progress and challenges. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 20(1). 437–437. 33 indexed citations

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Wu, Hengyi, Shaohua Shen, Yichao Liu, et al.. (2020). Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of an α-Fe2O3 nanorods photoanode with embedded nanocavities formed by helium ions implantation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(16). 9408–9415. 14 indexed citations

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Han, Feng‐Juan, Jia Li, Ying Guo, et al.. (2020). microRNA-1271-5p/TIAM1 suppresses the progression of ovarian cancer through inactivating Notch signaling pathway. Journal of Ovarian Research. 13(1). 110–110. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Yichao, Shaohua Shen, Jianan Chen, et al.. (2017). Vacancy-doped homojunction structural TiO2 nanorod photoelectrodes with greatly enhanced photoelectrochemical activity. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43(4). 2057–2063. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Meng, Renhai Feng, Jigang Zhou, et al.. (2015). N Doping to ZnO Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting under Visible Light: Engineered Impurity Distribution and Terraced Band Structure. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12925–12925. 220 indexed citations

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Liu, Yichao, Shaohua Shen, Renhai Feng, et al.. (2015). Fabrication of porous TiO₂nanorod array photoelectrodes with enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting by helium ion implantation. Nanoscale. 8(20). 10642–10648. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Dan, Renhai Feng, Guangxu Cai, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of TiO₂-based composite films by sequential ion implantation and subsequent annealing. Materials Research Express. 1(2). 25703–25703. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Meng, Renhai Feng, Guangxu Cai, et al.. (2014). Activating ZnO nanorod photoanodes in visible light by Cu ion implantation. Nano Research. 7(3). 353–364. 88 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongxiu, Renhai Feng, Yongqiang Wang, et al.. (2014). Enhanced radiation tolerance of nanochannel V films through defects release. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 334. 1–7. 17 indexed citations

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Feng, Renhai, Xiaodong Zhou, Yichao Liu, et al.. (2013). Fabrication and properties of TiO₂nanofilms on different substrates by a novel and universal method of Ti-ion implantation and subsequent annealing. Nanotechnology. 24(25). 255603–255603. 15 indexed citations

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