Yifan Gu

5.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
125 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Yifan Gu is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Gu has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 29 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yifan Gu's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (31 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (20 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (17 papers). Yifan Gu is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (31 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (20 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (17 papers). Yifan Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Yifan Gu's co-authors include Fengting Li, Yufeng Wu, Tieyong Zuo, Susumu Kitagawa, Hongtao Wang, Fengting Li, Ming Xu, Tao Jia, Yi‐nan Wu and Wei Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Gu

118 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Controllable Modular Growth of Hierarchical MOF‐on‐MOF Architectures

2017 349 citations Yifan Gu, Yi‐nan Wu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Progress and potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas storage and separation: A review

2022 254 citations Tao Jia, Yifan Gu et al. profile →
Host–Guest Interaction Modulation in Porous Coordination Polymers for Inverse Selective CO₂/C₂H₂Separation

2021 153 citations Yifan Gu, Jia‐Jia Zheng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Gu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yifan Gu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yifan Gu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yifan Gu. Yifan Gu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synergistic reduction of pollutants and GHGs in China's PET industry: A material metabolism perspective 2025 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·Fu Guo, Rui Li, Yifan Gu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ming Yang, Yufeng Wu	2
2	A comparative study of dynamic models for gravity-driven particle-laden flows 2025 ·Applied Mathematics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yifan Gu, (unknown), Lingyun Ding, Andrea L. Bertozzi	1
3	Self‐Driven Seeding, Acid Stalling, and Solidifying: Time‐Resolved Mapping of Nonclassical Pathways in Metal–Organic Gel Assembly 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Kun Qian, Lina He, Hailong Huang, Yifan Gu, Fengting Li, Jianrong Zeng, Yi‐nan Wu	0
4	Governance challenges for domestic cross-border carbon capture and storage 2025 ·Nature Climate Change ·Xiaoyu Zhang, Fengting Li, Yifan Gu	2
5	Comprehensive impact assessment on resource and environment of emerging recycling technologies for waste materials: Evidence from waste rare earth phosphors recycling 2024 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·Yufeng Wu, (unknown), Yifan Gu, Qijun Zhang, Qingbin Yuan	1
6	Flexible, Transparent and Conductive Metal Mesh Films with Ultra-High FoM for Stretchable Heating and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding 2024 ·Nano-Micro Letters ·Zibo Chen, Shaodian Yang, (unknown), Yifan Gu, Weibo Huang, Shaoyong Liu, Zhiqiang Lin, Zhiping Zeng, Yougen Hu, Zimin Chen, Bo‐Ru Yang, Xuchun Gui	60
7	Temporal Evolution of Environmental Impact Arising from Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Systems: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China 2024 ·Systems ·Guangli Zhou, Yifan Gu, Yufeng Wu, Yu Gong	1
8	Comprehensive evaluation method based on objective and subjective factors: A case of printed circuit board resin waste treatment technologies in China 2024 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·Shuhao Zhang, Lei Wang, Bin Li, Yifan Gu, Yufeng Wu	4
9	A Stretchable, Sweat‐Resistant Electrophoretic Display Device Driven by Human‐Safe Voltage for Smart E‐Textile Application 2024 ·Advanced Materials Technologies ·(unknown), (unknown), Yifan Gu, Ting Wang, Hao Lu, Zhiguang Qiu, Bo‐Ru Yang, Shaozhi Deng	1
10	Liquid Metal Interlayer for Ultrastable Solid‐State Sodium Metal Battery 2024 ·Small ·Yifan Gu, Huachao Tao, Xuelin Yang	11
11	Copper selenide sensitized low-cost porous coordination polymers towards efficient capture trace gaseous elemental mercury 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Tao Jia, Yifan Gu, Jiang Wu, Fengting Li	17
12	Direct air capture of CO2 in designed metal-organic frameworks at lab and pilot scale 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xiaoyu Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Ming‐Shui Yao, Yi‐nan Wu, Yifan Gu	23
13	Growth mechanisms and anisotropic softness–dependent conductivity of orientation-controllable metal–organic framework nanofilms 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ming‐Shui Yao, Ken‐ichi Otake, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, (unknown), Hitoshi Asakawa, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Ziqian Xue, Yanhong Li, Nathan C. Flanders, Ping Wang, Yifan Gu, Tetsuo Honma, Shogo Kawaguchi, Yoshiki Kubota, Susumu Kitagawa	18
14	Hierarchical Porous Bimetallic FeMn Metal–Organic Framework Gel for Efficient Activation of Peracetic Acid in Antibiotic Degradation 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Lu Zheng, (unknown), (unknown), Yi‐nan Wu, Yifan Gu, Nianqiao Qin, Fengting Li	11
15	Designed metal-organic frameworks with potential for multi-component hydrocarbon separation 2023 ·Coordination Chemistry Reviews ·Luyao Wang, (unknown), Xiaoyu Zhang, (unknown), Fengting Li, Yifan Gu	75
16	Integrated Soft Porosity and Electrical Properties of Conductive‐on‐Insulating Metal‐Organic Framework Nanocrystals 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ming‐Shui Yao, Ken‐ichi Otake, Jia‐Jia Zheng, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Yifan Gu, Zheng Lu, Ping Wang, Mohana Shivanna, Mickaële Bonneau, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Tetsuo Honma, (unknown), Shogo Kawaguchi, Yoshiki Kubota, Susumu Kitagawa	22
17	Host–Guest Interaction Modulation in Porous Coordination Polymers for Inverse Selective CO₂/C₂H₂Separation 2021 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yifan Gu, Jia‐Jia Zheng, Ken‐ichi Otake, Mohana Shivanna, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Haruka Yoshino, Masaaki Ohba, Shogo Kawaguchi, Ying Wang, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa	18
18	Structural‐Deformation‐Energy‐Modulation Strategy in a Soft Porous Coordination Polymer with an Interpenetrated Framework 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yifan Gu, Jia‐Jia Zheng, Ken‐ichi Otake, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa	50
19	Structural‐Deformation‐Energy‐Modulation Strategy in a Soft Porous Coordination Polymer with an Interpenetrated Framework 2020 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yifan Gu, Jia‐Jia Zheng, Ken‐ichi Otake, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa	6
20	Quantification of interlinked environmental footprints on a sustainable university campus: A nexus analysis perspective 2019 ·Applied Energy ·Yifan Gu, Hongtao Wang, Jin Xu, Ying Wang, (unknown), Zoë Robinson, Fengting Li, Jiang Wu, Jianguo Tan, (unknown)	46

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