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

Hit Papers

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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. ACS Nano 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yichen Cai	1.4k	1.0k	752	651	319	31	2.3k
Allison C. Hinckley	1.0k 0.7×	568 0.6×	915 1.2×	574 0.9×	219 0.7×	12	2.1k
Xiaokang Hu	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	888 1.2×	467 0.7×	203 0.6×	38	2.3k
Xinyi Ji	777 0.6×	585 0.6×	504 0.7×	356 0.5×	142 0.4×	61	1.8k
Yonglin He	1.1k 0.8×	537 0.5×	634 0.8×	519 0.8×	129 0.4×	80	2.0k
Yoonseob Kim	1.3k 1.0×	977 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	666 1.0×	140 0.4×	68	3.1k
Zhen Gao	815 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	805 1.1×	421 0.6×	161 0.5×	78	2.4k
Kai Qu	1.6k 1.2×	648 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	116 0.4×	64	3.1k
Shixuan Yang	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	620 1.0×	442 1.4×	27	2.9k
Mohammed Jasim Uddin	841 0.6×	664 0.7×	515 0.7×	549 0.8×	108 0.3×	72	1.8k
Dawen Zeng	834 0.6×	961 0.9×	1.5k 2.0×	348 0.5×	119 0.4×	73	2.1k

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Shen, Shuwen, Xiaofei Yue, Bobo Tian, et al.. (2025). In-Plane Polarization-Triggered WS₂-Ferroelectric Heterostructured Synaptic Devices. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(4). 7027–7035. 2 indexed citations

Hou, Xiangyu, Wei Zhang, Tengyu Jin, et al.. (2025). Scalable transition metal dichalcogenide memtransistor arrays with Schottky-barrier control for energy-efficient artificial neural networks. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9506–9506. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Ziqiao Meng, Yichen Cai, et al.. (2024). In situ aniline polymerization during NH₄V₄O₁₀ lattice formation achieves a high-performance hybrid cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 60(99). 14838–14841. 2 indexed citations

Li, Jiajie, Yichen Cai, Yanwu Zhai, & Xinghua Sun. (2024). An efficient and sustainable catalytic electrode of lithium-air batteries derived from natural wood. Applied Surface Science. 686. 162204–162204. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Yichen, Jie Shen, Nan Yang, et al.. (2024). MXene-Fiber Composite Membranes for Permeable and Biocompatible Skin-Interfaced Iontronic Mechanosensing. Nano Letters. 24(39). 12333–12342. 3 indexed citations

Li, Jiaqiang, Haicheng Cao, Qingxiao Wang, et al.. (2023). Space‐Confined Synthesis of Monolayer Graphdiyne in MXene Interlayer. Advanced Materials. 36(7). e2308429–e2308429. 18 indexed citations

Cai, Yichen, David Hardman, Fumiya Iida, & Thomas George Thuruthel. (2023). Design and Development of a Hydrogel-based Soft Sensor for Multi-Axis Force Control. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 594–600. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Xuan, Chia‐Ching Lin, Nadeem Qaiser, et al.. (2022). Three-dimensional hierarchically porous MoS2 foam as high-rate and stable lithium-ion battery anode. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6006–6006. 106 indexed citations

Shen, Jie, Yichen Cai, Chenhui Zhang, et al.. (2022). Fast water transport and molecular sieving through ultrathin ordered conjugated-polymer-framework membranes. Nature Materials. 21(10). 1183–1190. 102 indexed citations

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Xie, Yaqiang, Tingting Pan, Qiong Lei, et al.. (2021). Ionic Functionalization of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks to Achieve an Exceptionally High Iodine‐Capture Capacity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(41). 22432–22440. 282 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Yichen, Jie Shen, Chih‐Wen Yang, et al.. (2020). Mixed-dimensional MXene-hydrogel heterostructures for electronic skin sensors with ultrabroad working range. Science Advances. 6(48). 277 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Jing‐Kai, Noboru Saito, Yichen Cai, et al.. (2020). Steam-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework. ACS Materials Letters. 2(5). 485–491. 37 indexed citations

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Zhang, He, Yichen Cai, Ke Qu, et al.. (2017). Flexible and wearable 3D graphene sensor with 141 KHz frequency signal response capability. Applied Physics Letters. 111(10). 17 indexed citations

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Cai, Yichen, Jie Shen, Gang Ge, et al.. (2017). Stretchable Ti₃C₂T_x MXene/Carbon Nanotube Composite Based Strain Sensor with Ultrahigh Sensitivity and Tunable Sensing Range. ACS Nano. 12(1). 56–62. 775 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Da‐Wei, et al.. (2005). Polyaniline thin films in situ polymerized under very high pressure. Synthetic Metals. 150(2). 175–179. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Shengli, et al.. (2005). Frequency Response of AC Susceptibility in Melt Textured YBCO Superconductors. Journal of Superconductivity. 18(2). 281–285. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Shengli, Guoqing Wu, Tan Hui‐min, et al.. (2005). Dynamic scaling of ac susceptibility in melt-textured YBCO superconductors. Physics Letters A. 353(2-3). 241–244. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Shengli, et al.. (2005). Frequency and amplitude responses of ac susceptibility in high temperature superconductors. Physics Letters A. 339(3-5). 408–413. 4 indexed citations

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Yau, J.K.F., Yichen Cai, Y. Cui, et al.. (2003). Study of synthesis technology and superconductivity of MgB2. Physica C Superconductivity. 386. 638–642. 5 indexed citations

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Gu, Da‐Wei, Yichen Cai, J.K.F. Yau, et al.. (2003). Effect of Pb substitution in bulk superconducting MgB2. Physica C Superconductivity. 386. 643–647. 10 indexed citations

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