Yifan Yan

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yifan Yan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Yan has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yifan Yan's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (9 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (8 papers). Yifan Yan is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (14 papers), Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (9 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (8 papers). Yifan Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and France. Yifan Yan's co-authors include Zhenhua Li, Xianggui Kong, Simin Xu, Ming Xu, Mingfei Shao, Hua Zhou, Lirong Zheng, Lina Ma, Haohong Duan and Haohong Duan 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

Yifan Yan

63 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities

2023 354 citations Yifan Yan, Hua Zhou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst

2022 345 citations Zhenhua Li, Yifan Yan 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
Yifan Yan China	19	933	479	416	300	293	74	1.8k
Mingjin Cui United States	22	905 1.0×	1.1k 2.3×	750 1.8×	413 1.4×	394 1.3×	33	2.5k
Congwei Wang China	23	637 0.7×	793 1.7×	586 1.4×	280 0.9×	690 2.4×	93	2.0k
Shan Jiang China	26	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 2.6×	876 2.1×	212 0.7×	345 1.2×	99	2.9k
Bowen Lu China	23	352 0.4×	241 0.5×	422 1.0×	378 1.3×	518 1.8×	71	1.4k
Lei Song China	27	355 0.4×	870 1.8×	965 2.3×	353 1.2×	482 1.6×	105	2.4k
Wenhui Liu China	27	641 0.7×	512 1.1×	1.2k 2.9×	888 3.0×	184 0.6×	103	2.4k
Lili Ma China	33	1.2k 1.3×	675 1.4×	1.6k 3.9×	205 0.7×	605 2.1×	102	3.2k
Hua Cheng China	32	666 0.7×	2.3k 4.8×	757 1.8×	229 0.8×	223 0.8×	79	3.1k
Haojie Ding China	20	765 0.8×	174 0.4×	598 1.4×	190 0.6×	616 2.1×	58	2.0k
Hao Wen China	36	999 1.1×	1.3k 2.7×	2.0k 4.7×	497 1.7×	598 2.0×	117	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Yan

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Yan, Yifan, et al.. (2025). Optically pumped magnetometers based on symmetric frequency-detuning modulated light. Optics & Laser Technology. 187. 112833–112833. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, Xiu‐Mei Li, Jiao Chen, et al.. (2025). A mechanism-guided descriptor for the hydrogen evolution reaction in 2D ordered double transition-metal carbide MXenes. Chemical Science. 16(21). 9424–9435. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, Lina Chen, Yu Fu, et al.. (2025). Reactant Enrichment for Aqueous Electrocatalysis. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(42). 2 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, Guanhua Jia, Zhu Li, et al.. (2024). "Smart" concrete based on microbially induced carbonate precipitation – A review. Construction and Building Materials. 451. 138904–138904. 8 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Study on frost resistance and life prediction of microbial self-healing concrete based on expanded perlite as carrier. Journal of Building Engineering. 91. 109693–109693. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Yifan Yan, Guanhua Jia, et al.. (2024). Influence of carbonate-inducing bacteria on desulfurization effect of medium and high sulfur coal gangue under spraying and preparation of desulfurized coal gangue mortar. Construction and Building Materials. 441. 137446–137446. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, Zhu Li, Guanhua Jia, et al.. (2024). Mechanical properties and frost resistance of self-healing concrete based on expanded perlite with different particle sizes as microbial carrier. Construction and Building Materials. 422. 135450–135450. 19 indexed citations

Yan, Yifan, Kaixuan Zhang, Ziao Liu, et al.. (2024). In-situ magnetic fields monitoring and compensation for zero-field atomic magnetometers. Measurement. 239. 115410–115410. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Ziao, Jixi Lu, Zhaohui Hu, et al.. (2024). High-precision alkali-atom density measurement and control methods using light absorption for dual-beam SERF magnetometers. Chinese Optics Letters. 22(5). 51201–51201. 3 indexed citations

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Xia, Xiao‐Feng, Wenting Zhang, Hongyan Wang, et al.. (2024). Van der Waals epitaxial growth of two-dimensional non-layered Cd S 1- x Se x for high-sensitivity NH 3 detection. Applied Surface Science. 684. 161830–161830.

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Wu, Yumin, Bo Liu, Yifan Yan, et al.. (2024). Thermal-responsive activation of engineered bacteria to trigger antitumor immunity post microwave ablation therapy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10503–10503. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Quguang, Yifan Yan, Chunjie Wang, et al.. (2024). Biomineralization-inspired synthesis of autologous cancer vaccines for personalized metallo-immunotherapy. iScience. 27(7). 110189–110189. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Application of expanded perlite immobilized microorganisms in cementitious materials. Journal of Building Engineering. 76. 106834–106834. 18 indexed citations

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Yan, Yifan, Guanhua Jia, Yu Zhang, Yubo Gao, & Zhu Li. (2023). The influence of expanded perlite as a bio-carrier on the freeze–thaw properties of self-healing concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 409. 133891–133891. 25 indexed citations

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Shao, Yan, Jingshan Wang, Han Wu, et al.. (2023). Shape stability control of a 3D-printed clay/biochar-based monolith to support Fe catalyst for continuous levofloxacin degradation with low metal leaching. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 680. 132664–132664. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Yifan, Shuqing Kou, Hong‐Yu Yang, et al.. (2023). Manipulating interface bonding and microstructure via tuning interfacial reaction for enhancing mechanical property of in-situ TiC/Al cermets. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 317. 117995–117995. 20 indexed citations

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Yan, Yifan, Hua Zhou, Simin Xu, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Wastes to Biodegradable Polymer Monomers and Hydrogen Fuel at High Current Densities. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(11). 6144–6155. 354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Hongzhi, Yifan Yan, Yuezhu Zhao, et al.. (2023). Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to Ethanol Enhanced by Spacing Effect of CuCu in Cu_2‐xSe Nanosheets. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(25). 54 indexed citations

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Yan, Yifan, et al.. (2023). Tandem catalysts CuSe/Au_X for increasing local *CO concentration to promote the photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to C₂H₄. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 14 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenhua, Yifan Yan, Simin Xu, et al.. (2022). Alcohols electrooxidation coupled with H2 production at high current densities promoted by a cooperative catalyst. Nature Communications. 13(1). 147–147. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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