Yifa Chen

12.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
151 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Yifa Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifa Chen has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 47 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yifa Chen's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (61 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (45 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers). Yifa Chen is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (61 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (45 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers). Yifa Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yifa Chen's co-authors include Ya‐Qian Lan, Bo Wang, Xiao Feng, Shun‐Li Li, Haiwei Li, Jiang Liu, Shun‐Li Li, Junwen Zhou, Meng Lu and Lu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yifa Chen

138 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Flexible Solid-State Supercapacitor Based on a Metal–Organic Framework Interwoven by Electrochemically-Deposited PANI

2015 904 citations Xiao Feng, Yifa Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Rational design of a metal–organic framework host for sulfur storage in fast, long-cycle Li–S batteries

2014 449 citations Yifa Chen, Bo Wang et al. profile →
Linking oxidative and reductive clusters to prepare crystalline porous catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O

2022 410 citations Jie Zhou, Jie Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
Efficient electron transmission in covalent organic framework nanosheets for highly active electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction

2020 398 citations Hong‐Jing Zhu, Meng Lu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Stable radical anions generated from a porous perylenediimide metal-organic framework for boosting near-infrared photothermal conversion

2019 374 citations Yifa Chen, Bo Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Oxidation‐Reduction Molecular Junction Covalent Organic Frameworks for Full Reaction Photosynthesis of H₂O₂

2022 235 citations Jia‐Nan Chang, Jingwen Shi et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Covalent Organic Framework Based Functional Materials: Important Catalysts for Efficient CO₂Utilization

2022 212 citations Meng Lu, Jiang Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yifa Chen China	51	5.2k	3.5k	3.5k	3.1k	1.2k	151	9.6k
Guang Lü China	49	6.4k 1.2×	4.5k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	116	10.2k
Ming Hu China	44	4.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	3.8k 1.2×	2.7k 2.2×	176	9.9k
Jongbeom Na Australia	52	3.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	142	8.9k
Victor Malgras Japan	54	5.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	4.2k 1.2×	5.3k 1.7×	2.8k 2.3×	135	10.8k
Fang Chen China	40	4.5k 0.9×	874 0.2×	2.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	959 0.8×	177	7.2k
Guodong Li China	30	3.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	889 0.7×	72	6.2k
Guangsheng Guo China	43	5.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	610 0.5×	141	7.7k
Kenneth J. Balkus United States	53	6.7k 1.3×	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	233	12.6k
Kyung Min Choi South Korea	29	2.8k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	836 0.7×	68	4.7k

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Liu, Gang, Jun Zheng, Xianqiang Huang, et al.. (2025). One-pot cascade conversion of fructose to 2,5-diformylfuran enabled by a polyionic liquid-based porous catalyst. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(15). 4703–4711. 1 indexed citations

Xue, Pan, Wen-hai Feng, Yiwen Yang, et al.. (2025). Covalent Organic Framework Quantum Dots for Near‐Frictionless Ion Transport Battery Electrolyte. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(39). e202512031–e202512031.

Zhang, Meiyu, Fang Chen, Yalin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Piezo-Photocatalytic Flowing Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide in Water Using a Piezoelectric Heterojunction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(7). 2966–2977. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaofei, Qianqian Li, Mong Liang, et al.. (2025). Frontiers in Polyoxometalate‐Based Hybrids for Photothermal Catalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(10). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuluan, Yirong Wang, Can Guo, et al.. (2025). Delving into different roles of covalent organic frameworks in zinc-ion batteries and zinc-air batteries: A state-of-art review. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 536. 216670–216670. 10 indexed citations

Yue, Ming, Yirong Wang, Jiali Zhang, et al.. (2024). Multi-metal porous crystalline materials for electrocatalysis applications. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(6). 110049–110049. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Min, et al.. (2024). Matrix Gla protein suppresses osteoblast senescence and promotes osteogenic differentiation by the PI3K-AKT signaling pathway. Experimental Cell Research. 444(1). 114329–114329. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yirong, Ming Yue, Gang Liu, et al.. (2024). Solid‐Liquid‐Gas Three‐Phase Indirect Electrolysis Enabled by Affinity Auxiliary Imparted Covalent Organic Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(1). e202413030–e202413030.

Chang, Jia‐Nan, Shan Li, Jianhui Wang, et al.. (2024). Redox Molecular Junction Metal‐Covalent Organic Frameworks for Light‐assisted CO₂ Energy Storage. Angewandte Chemie. 136(23). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi‐Lu, Qi Li, Ping Liu, et al.. (2024). Subtle Tuning of Catalytic Well Effect in Phthalocyanine Covalent Organic Frameworks for Selective CO₂ Electroreduction into C₂H₄. Advanced Materials. 37(4). e2415799–e2415799. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Qian, et al.. (2024). Copper Nanoclusters Imparted Metalloporphyrin Based Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Enhanced CO₂ Electroreduction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(3). e202403231–e202403231.

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Chang, Jia‐Nan, Shan Li, Qi Li, et al.. (2024). Redox Molecular Junction Metal‐Covalent Organic Frameworks for Light‐assisted CO₂ Energy Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(23). e202402458–e202402458. 45 indexed citations

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Liu, Gang, Yifa Chen, Yilan Chen, et al.. (2023). Flowing scalable production of sulfenamides by active site-tuned lacunary polyoxometalate foams. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(23). 12258–12265. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Xianqiang, Yanan Cui, Gang Liu, et al.. (2022). Imidazole-Dependent Assembly of Copper Polymolybdate Frameworks for One-Pot Sulfide Oxidation and C–H Activation. Energy & Fuels. 36(3). 1665–1675. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Can, Jie Zhou, Yu‐Ting Chen, et al.. (2022). Synergistic Manipulation of Hydrogen Evolution and Zinc Ion Flux in Metal‐Covalent Organic Frameworks for Dendrite‐free Zn‐based Aqueous Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(41). e202210871–e202210871. 156 indexed citations

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Liang, Bin-yong, Yi Zhou, Manning Qian, et al.. (2021). TBX3 functions as a tumor suppressor downstream of activated CTNNB1 mutants during hepatocarcinogenesis. Journal of Hepatology. 75(1). 120–131. 39 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongjun, Yifa Chen, Chang Miao, et al.. (2020). Metal–organic framework-based foams for efficient microplastics removal. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(29). 14644–14652. 187 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hong‐Jing, Meng Lu, Yirong Wang, et al.. (2020). Efficient electron transmission in covalent organic framework nanosheets for highly active electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. Nature Communications. 11(1). 497–497. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Yifa, Fan Chen, Shenghan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Facile Fabrication of Multifunctional Metal–Organic Framework Hollow Tubes To Trap Pollutants. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(46). 16482–16485. 107 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Zhiyong Huang, Changshu Ke, et al.. (2015). Surgical Treatment of Giant Liver Hemangioma Larger Than 10 cm. Medicine. 94(34). e1420–e1420. 53 indexed citations

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