Yichen Cai

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
31 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yichen Cai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichen Cai has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yichen Cai's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (6 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (6 papers). Yichen Cai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (6 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (6 papers). Yichen Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. Yichen Cai's co-authors include Xiaochen Dong, Jie Shen, Wei Huang, Jinjun Shao, Gang Ge, Jian Yang, Wanqin Jin, Yizhou Zhang, Qiuchun Dong and Yu Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yichen Cai

30 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Stretchable Ti₃C₂T_x MXene/Carbon Nanotube Composite Based Strain Sensor with Ultrahigh Sensitivity and Tunable Sensing Range

2017 775 citations Yichen Cai, Jie Shen et al. profile →
Ionic Functionalization of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks to Achieve an Exceptionally High Iodine‐Capture Capacity

2021 282 citations Yaqiang Xie, Tingting Pan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Mixed-dimensional MXene-hydrogel heterostructures for electronic skin sensors with ultrabroad working range

2020 277 citations Yichen Cai, Jie Shen et al. Science Advances profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	In-Plane Polarization-Triggered WS₂-Ferroelectric Heterostructured Synaptic Devices 2025 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), Shuwen Shen, Xiaofei Yue, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bobo Tian, Yichen Cai, Zhijun Qiu, Ran Liu, Laigui Hu, Chunxiao Cong	2
2	Scalable transition metal dichalcogenide memtransistor arrays with Schottky-barrier control for energy-efficient artificial neural networks 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Xiangyu Hou, Wei Zhang, (unknown), Tengyu Jin, Xinyu Geng, Ming Lin, Yichen Cai, Jingyu Mao, (unknown), Jinlong Zhu, Junhao Lin, Wei Chen	1
3	In situ aniline polymerization during NH₄V₄O₁₀ lattice formation achieves a high-performance hybrid cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries 2024 ·Chemical Communications ·Chang Liu, Ziqiao Meng, Yichen Cai, (unknown), Jingjing Xu, Yuming Chen, Xinlei Wang, Jie Zhou	2
4	An efficient and sustainable catalytic electrode of lithium-air batteries derived from natural wood 2024 ·Applied Surface Science ·Jiajie Li, Yichen Cai, Yanwu Zhai, Xinghua Sun	4
5	MXene-Fiber Composite Membranes for Permeable and Biocompatible Skin-Interfaced Iontronic Mechanosensing 2024 ·Nano Letters ·Yichen Cai, Jie Shen, Nan Yang, Zhuo Chen, Yi Wan, (unknown), Liang Ying Ee, Yingge Wang, Vincent Tung, Yu Han, Ingo Pinnau, Kuo‐Wei Huang, Lain‐Jong Li, Xiaochen Dong	3
6	Space‐Confined Synthesis of Monolayer Graphdiyne in MXene Interlayer 2023 ·Advanced Materials ·Jiaqiang Li, Haicheng Cao, Qingxiao Wang, Hui Zhang, Qing Liu, Cailing Chen, Zhan Shi, Guanxing Li, Ya Kong, Yichen Cai, Jie Shen, Ying Wu, Zhiping Lai, Yu Han, Jin Zhang	18
7	Pieces of 2D materials: The next step to crystallize the polycrystalline domains 2023 ·Matter ·Jui‐Han Fu, Yichen Cai, Jie Shen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kevin C.‐W. Wu, Yu Han, Lain‐Jong Li, Vincent Tung	4
8	Three-dimensional hierarchically porous MoS2 foam as high-rate and stable lithium-ion battery anode 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Xuan Wei, Chia‐Ching Lin, (unknown), Nadeem Qaiser, Yichen Cai, Ang‐Yu Lu, (unknown), Jui‐Han Fu, (unknown), Zheng Yang, Lianhui Ding, (unknown), Wei Xu, Wenli Zhang, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Jing Kong, Han‐Yi Chen, Vincent Tung	106
9	Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes 2022 ·Nature Materials ·Jie Shen, Yichen Cai, Chenhui Zhang, Wei Wan, Cailing Chen, Lingmei Liu, Kuiwei Yang, Yinchang Ma, Yingge Wang, Chien‐Chih Tseng, Jui‐Han Fu, Xinglong Dong, Jiaqiang Li, Xixiang Zhang, Lain‐Jong Li, Jianwen Jiang, Ingo Pinnau, Vincent Tung, Yu Han	102
10	Current Progress and Scalable Approach toward the Synthesis of 2D Metal–Organic Frameworks 2022 ·Advanced Materials Interfaces ·Jeffrey E. Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Shen, Yichen Cai, Yusuke Yamauchi, Li‐Hsien Yeh, Vincent Tung, Kevin C.‐W. Wu	23
11	Ionic Functionalization of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks to Achieve an Exceptionally High Iodine‐Capture Capacity breakdown → 2021 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yaqiang Xie, Tingting Pan, Qiong Lei, Cailing Chen, Xinglong Dong, Youyou Yuan, Jie Shen, Yichen Cai, Chunhui Zhou, Ingo Pinnau, Yu Han	282
12	Mixed-dimensional MXene-hydrogel heterostructures for electronic skin sensors with ultrabroad working range breakdown → 2020 ·Science Advances ·Yichen Cai, Jie Shen, Chih‐Wen Yang, Yi Wan, Hao‐Ling Tang, Areej Aljarb, Cailing Chen, Jui‐Han Fu, Xuan Wei, Kuo‐Wei Huang, Yu Han, Steven J. Jonas, Xiaochen Dong, Vincent Tung	277
13	Steam-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework 2020 ·ACS Materials Letters ·Jing‐Kai Huang, Noboru Saito, Yichen Cai, Yi Wan, Chia-Chin Cheng, Mengliu Li, Junjie Shi, Kaoru Tamada, Vincent Tung, Sean Li, Lain‐Jong Li	37
14	Flexible and wearable 3D graphene sensor with 141 KHz frequency signal response capability 2017 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), He Zhang, Yichen Cai, (unknown), Ke Qu, (unknown), Xiaobo Ni, Ming‐Hui Lu, Xiaochen Dong	17
15	Frequency Response of AC Susceptibility in Melt Textured YBCO Superconductors 2005 ·Journal of Superconductivity ·Shengli Liu, (unknown), Xibin Xu, (unknown), H.M. Shao, Yichen Cai, (unknown)	7
16	Polyaniline thin films in situ polymerized under very high pressure 2005 ·Synthetic Metals ·Da‐Wei Gu, (unknown), (unknown), Yichen Cai, (unknown)	17
17	Dynamic scaling of ac susceptibility in melt-textured YBCO superconductors 2005 ·Physics Letters A ·Shengli Liu, Guoqing Wu, Tan Hui‐min, Xibin Xu, H.M. Shao, Yichen Cai, (unknown), (unknown)	1
18	Frequency and amplitude responses of ac susceptibility in high temperature superconductors 2005 ·Physics Letters A ·Shengli Liu, Guoqing Wu, (unknown), (unknown), H.M. Shao, Yichen Cai, (unknown)	4
19	Study of synthesis technology and superconductivity of MgB2 2003 ·Physica C Superconductivity ·(unknown), J.K.F. Yau, Yichen Cai, Y. Cui, Da‐Wei Gu, Peng Yuan, Guoliang Yuan, (unknown), (unknown)	5
20	Effect of Pb substitution in bulk superconducting MgB2 2003 ·Physica C Superconductivity ·Da‐Wei Gu, Yichen Cai, J.K.F. Yau, Y. Cui, (unknown), Guoliang Yuan, (unknown), Xiaofeng Jin	10

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