Yifei Yu

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yifei Yu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifei Yu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yifei Yu's work include 2D Materials and Applications (23 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (12 papers) and Graphene research and applications (9 papers). Yifei Yu is often cited by papers focused on 2D Materials and Applications (23 papers), MXene and MAX Phase Materials (12 papers) and Graphene research and applications (9 papers). Yifei Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Yifei Yu's co-authors include Linyou Cao, Liqin Su, Yong Zhang, Chun Li, Yi Liu, K. W. Kim, Guoqing Li, Weitao Yang, Du Zhang and Yiling Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yifei Yu

28 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films

2013 777 citations Yifei Yu, Chun Li et al. Scientific Reports profile →
All The Catalytic Active Sites of MoS₂ for Hydrogen Evolution

2016 735 citations Guoqing Li, Du Zhang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yifei Yu United States	21	3.4k	2.3k	1.1k	480	284	29	4.2k
Donglin Ma China	28	3.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	739 0.7×	482 1.0×	362 1.3×	56	4.2k
Lili Yu China	25	4.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	706 0.7×	953 2.0×	497 1.8×	69	5.8k
Thorsten Schultz Germany	25	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	744 0.7×	303 0.6×	149 0.5×	89	2.7k
Tianxing Wang China	36	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	447 0.4×	245 0.5×	444 1.6×	188	4.2k
Zhihua Su United States	9	2.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	666 0.6×	534 1.1×	273 1.0×	12	2.5k
Apoorva Chaturvedi Singapore	26	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	567 0.5×	409 0.9×	218 0.8×	45	2.9k
Junwei Chu China	24	2.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	465 0.4×	284 0.6×	244 0.9×	37	3.8k
Alireza Kargar United States	21	1.1k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	846 0.8×	382 0.8×	153 0.5×	91	2.0k
Jianwei Chai Singapore	29	1.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	234 0.5×	265 0.9×	81	3.0k
Yanyong Li Hong Kong	18	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	560 0.5×	281 0.6×	142 0.5×	32	2.0k

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Wu, Yang‐wen, Zhenglong Wu, Yifei Yu, et al.. (2025). A combined DFT and experimental study for the synergistic removal of NO and toluene on FeVO4/TiO2 catalysts: Insights from redox ability and charge transfer. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 198. 107204–107204.

Zhao, Li Na, Yifei Yu, Hanwen Wang, et al.. (2024). Insights into the effect of Cd on simultaneous removal of NO and dioxins over V2O5-MoO3/TiO2 catalyst: A combination of experimental and DFT study. Separation and Purification Technology. 357. 130159–130159. 1 indexed citations

Su, Liqin, Yifei Yu, Linyou Cao, & Yong Zhang. (2023). Correlative spectroscopic investigations of the mechanisms of inhomogeneity in CVD-grown monolayer WS2. Science China Materials. 66(10). 3949–3957. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Xin-yue, Yifei Yu, Yang‐wen Wu, et al.. (2023). Density functional theory combined thermodynamic study of the lead species adsorption on transition-metal-doped carbon materials: Intrinsic-intensified schemes. Separation and Purification Technology. 330. 125514–125514. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhihui, H. R. Zhang, Guoqing Li, et al.. (2023). Distinct Contact Scaling Effects in MoS₂ Transistors Revealed with Asymmetrical Contact Measurements. Advanced Materials. 35(21). e2210916–e2210916. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiandong, Yifei Yu, Lihui Zheng, et al.. (2022). Situational continuity-based air combat autonomous maneuvering decision-making. Defence Technology. 29. 66–79. 11 indexed citations

Aslan, Burak, et al.. (2021). Excitons in strained and suspended monolayer WSe ₂. 2D Materials. 9(1). 15002–15002. 24 indexed citations

Yu, Yifei, et al.. (2020). In-Plane and Interfacial Thermal Conduction of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. Physical Review Applied. 13(3). 58 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhihui, Yifei Yu, Shreya Singh, et al.. (2019). Immunity to Contact Scaling in MoS₂ Transistors Using in Situ Edge Contacts. Nano Letters. 19(8). 5077–5085. 103 indexed citations

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Su, Liqin, Yifei Yu, Linyou Cao, & Yong Zhang. (2017). In Situ Monitoring of the Thermal-Annealing Effect in a Monolayer of MoS2. Physical Review Applied. 7(3). 25 indexed citations

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Li, Guoqing, Du Zhang, Yifei Yu, et al.. (2017). Activating MoS₂ for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(45). 16194–16200. 186 indexed citations

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Mills, Adam, et al.. (2016). Ripples near edge terminals in MoS2 few layers and pyramid nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters. 108(8). 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Yiling, Yifei Yu, Yongqing Cai, et al.. (2015). Exciton-dominated Dielectric Function of Atomically Thin MoS2 Films. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16996–16996. 157 indexed citations

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Mai, Cong, Yuriy G. Semenov, Andrew Barrette, et al.. (2014). Exciton valley relaxation in a single layer ofWS2measured by ultrafast spectroscopy. Physical Review B. 90(4). 108 indexed citations

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Yu, Yifei, Shi Hu, Liqin Su, et al.. (2014). Equally Efficient Interlayer Exciton Relaxation and Improved Absorption in Epitaxial and Nonepitaxial MoS₂/WS₂ Heterostructures. Nano Letters. 15(1). 486–491. 324 indexed citations

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Mannebach, Ehren, Karel-Alexander N. Duerloo, Meng‐Ju Sher, et al.. (2014). Ultrafast Electronic and Structural Response of Monolayer MoS₂ under Intense Photoexcitation Conditions. ACS Nano. 8(10). 10734–10742. 42 indexed citations

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Gürarslan, Alper, Yifei Yu, Liqin Su, et al.. (2014). Surface-Energy-Assisted Perfect Transfer of Centimeter-Scale Monolayer and Few-Layer MoS₂ Films onto Arbitrary Substrates. ACS Nano. 8(11). 11522–11528. 398 indexed citations

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Yu, Yifei, Chun Li, Yi Liu, et al.. (2013). Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1866–1866. 777 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mai, Cong, Andrew Barrette, Yifei Yu, et al.. (2013). Many-Body Effects in Valleytronics: Direct Measurement of Valley Lifetimes in Single-Layer MoS₂. Nano Letters. 14(1). 202–206. 412 indexed citations

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Li, Chun, et al.. (2012). Role of Boundary Layer Diffusion in Vapor Deposition Growth of Chalcogenide Nanosheets: The Case of GeS. ACS Nano. 6(10). 8868–8877. 147 indexed citations

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