Yichen Li

880 total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 522 citations indexed

About

Yichen Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichen Li has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 522 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 5 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yichen Li's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (17 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (7 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (5 papers). Yichen Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (17 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (7 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (5 papers). Yichen Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Australia. Yichen Li's co-authors include Li‐Dong Zhao, Shulin Bai, Xiang Gao, Yi Wen, Zhe Zhao, Cheng Chang, Hongyao Xie, Qian Cao, Shibo Liu and Lei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yichen Li

34 papers receiving 508 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.

Quadruple-band synglisis enables high thermoelectric efficiency in earth-abundant tin sulfide crystals

2025 72 citations Shan Liu, Shulin Bai et al. Science profile →
Realizing thermoelectric cooling and power generation in N-type PbS0.6Se0.4 via lattice plainification and interstitial doping

2024 65 citations Lei Wang, Yi Wen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yichen Li China	13	400	197	82	64	42	40	522
Silvia Ortega Spain	10	990 2.5×	527 2.7×	218 2.7×	45 0.7×	20 0.5×	11	1.1k
Chengjun Li China	13	361 0.9×	302 1.5×	58 0.7×	33 0.5×	3 0.1×	32	513
Sanghamitra Neogi United States	8	249 0.6×	73 0.4×	109 1.3×	56 0.9×	5 0.1×	15	322
Beibei Fu China	8	193 0.5×	334 1.7×	16 0.2×	109 1.7×	12 0.3×	13	501
Yuichiro Kunai United States	9	194 0.5×	113 0.6×	63 0.8×	95 1.5×	5 0.1×	14	372
I-Kai Hsu United States	9	378 0.9×	84 0.4×	104 1.3×	120 1.9×	8 0.2×	13	487
Debashree Banerjee India	12	117 0.3×	100 0.5×	176 2.1×	59 0.9×	35 0.8×	27	432
Scott Singer United States	6	146 0.4×	102 0.5×	39 0.5×	56 0.9×	7 0.2×	8	386

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Yichen, Jingyi Su, Yi Wen, et al.. (2025). Realizing High ZT _ave in N‐Type Diamondoid AgInSe ₂ Thermoelectrics via Lone‐Pair Electrons and Isomorphous Alloy. Small. 21(35). e2506188–e2506188. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Tzu‐Chi, Chun‐Yen Lin, Yichen Li, et al.. (2025). Probing the peculiar emission behaviors of c-Sapphire wafer and β-Ga2O3/c-Sapphire via hard X-ray nanoprobe. Optical Materials. 163. 116975–116975.

Bai, Shulin, Pengpeng Chen, Shaoping Zhan, et al.. (2025). Off-Center Distortions and Resonant Levels: A Pathway to Enhance Power Generation and Thermoelectric Cooling in PbSe Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(18). 15827–15837. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Shan, Shulin Bai, Yi Wen, et al.. (2025). Quadruple-band synglisis enables high thermoelectric efficiency in earth-abundant tin sulfide crystals. Science. 387(6730). 202–208. 72 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Wei, Yichen Li, & Kuei-Peng Lee. (2025). Effects of airflow distribution changes on the thermal environment of IT equipment in data centers. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 73. 106604–106604.

Liu, Suyao, Shulin Bai, Dongrui Liu, et al.. (2025). Promoting p‐Type PbS as Efficient Candidates for Thermoelectric Cooling and Power Generation. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(11).

Hu, Yixuan, Shulin Bai, Haonan Shi, et al.. (2025). Triple-Conduction-Band Activation Enables High Out-of-Plane Thermoelectric Efficiency in n-type SnS Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(48). 44572–44580. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Tzu‐Chi, Yen‐Ting Li, Yichen Li, et al.. (2024). Charge carrier recombination studies of Tm-doped CsPbBr3 by temperature-dependent PL and TR-PL. Optical Materials. 156. 115929–115929. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yichen, et al.. (2024). Hard X-ray nanoprobe to study the emission properties of Ce-doped YAG wafer by using XEOL and TR-XEOL. Optical Materials. 156. 116031–116031. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Yi Wen, Shulin Bai, et al.. (2024). Realizing thermoelectric cooling and power generation in N-type PbS0.6Se0.4 via lattice plainification and interstitial doping. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3782–3782. 65 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Siqi, Yi Wen, Shulin Bai, et al.. (2024). Realizing high-performance thermoelectric modules through enhancing the power factor via optimizing the carrier mobility in n-type PbSe crystals. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(7). 2588–2597. 33 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhe, Junqing Zheng, Yichen Li, et al.. (2024). Realizing BiCuSeO-based thermoelectric device for ultrahigh carrier mobility through texturation. Nano Energy. 126. 109649–109649. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Yichen, Shulin Bai, Yi Wen, et al.. (2024). Realizing high-efficiency thermoelectric module by suppressing donor-like effect and improving preferred orientation in n-type Bi2(Te, Se)3. Science Bulletin. 69(11). 1728–1737. 39 indexed citations

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Lin, Chun‐Yen, T.S. Huang, Yichen Li, et al.. (2024). Structural and optical properties of Eu-doped ZnO epitaxial thin films grown by pulsed-laser deposition. APL Materials. 12(11). 1 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yang, Yuping Liu, Yichen Li, et al.. (2024). Layer-by-layer fabrication of alginate/polyethyleneimine multilayer on magnetic interface with enhanced efficiency in immuno-capturing circulating tumor cells. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1312. 342778–342778. 3 indexed citations

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Xie, Fei, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen-induced cracking of X70 steel affected by sulfate-reducing bacteria and cathodic potential: experiment and density functional theory study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 49. 798–810. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Yichen, Kai-Hsiang Yang, & Chih‐Han Chang. (2023). Development and implementation of a game-based learning system with real-time facial emotion recognition technology. 4. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Luo, Guang, Y. K. Hor, Ruhui Li, et al.. (2023). Design optimization of plastic scintillators with wavelength-shifting fibers and silicon photomultiplier readouts in the top veto tracker of the JUNO-TAO experiment. Nuclear Science and Techniques. 34(7). 4 indexed citations

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Li, Chi‐Cheng, Yichen Li, Shih‐Che Hung, et al.. (2022). Exposure to low levels of photocatalytic TiO2 nanoparticles enhances seed germination and seedling growth of amaranth and cruciferous vegetables. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 18228–18228. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Libin, et al.. (2022). The interaction between H and CH3 of adsorption on the diamond (100)-2 × 1 surface based on DFT Calculations. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 28(6). 147–147.

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