Yifei Yuan

21.5k total citations · 13 hit papers
214 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Yifei Yuan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifei Yuan has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 70 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 51 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yifei Yuan's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (125 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (95 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (66 papers). Yifei Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (125 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (95 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (66 papers). Yifei Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yifei Yuan's co-authors include Jun Lü, Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar, Khalil Amine, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, Matthew Li, Kun He, Shun Wang, Gao‐Feng Chen and Haihui 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

Yifei Yuan

209 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia via direc... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2020 2019 2019 2022 2021 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia via direct eight-electron transfer using a copper–molecular solid catalyst
    2020 1.3k citations Gao‐Feng Chen, Yifei Yuan et al. profile →
  2. Diffusion-free Grotthuss topochemistry for high-rate and long-life proton batteries
    2019 594 citations Xuanxuan Bi, Yifei Yuan et al. profile →
  3. Simultaneously Dual Modification of Ni‐Rich Layered Oxide Cathode for High‐Energy Lithium‐Ion Batteries
    2019 576 citations Yifei Yuan, Jun Lü et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  4. Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries
    2022 498 citations Yifei Yuan, Jun Lü et al. profile →
  5. Rejuvenating dead lithium supply in lithium metal anodes by iodine redox
    2021 429 citations Yifei Yuan, Zhijin Ju et al. profile →
  6. Electrochemically activated spinel manganese oxide for rechargeable aqueous aluminum battery
    2019 404 citations Chuan Wu, Ying Bai et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles on supports by the fast moving bed pyrolysis
    2020 402 citations Shaojie Gao, Shaoyun Hao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Burning lithium in CS2 for high-performing compact Li2S–graphene nanocapsules for Li–S batteries
    2017 402 citations Guoqiang Tan, Yifei Yuan et al. profile →
  9. Compact 3D Copper with Uniform Porous Structure Derived by Electrochemical Dealloying as Dendrite‐Free Lithium Metal Anode Current Collector
    2018 384 citations Yifei Yuan, Jun Lü et al. profile →
  10. Understanding intercalation chemistry for sustainable aqueous zinc–manganese dioxide batteries
    2022 245 citations Yifei Yuan, Kun He et al. profile →
  11. A Configuration Entropy Enabled High‐Performance Polyanionic Cathode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
    2024 76 citations Yifei Yuan, Jun Lü et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  12. Review of ion doping and intercalation strategies for advancing manganese-based oxide cathodes in aqueous zinc-ion batteries
    2025 35 citations Xuemei Zeng, Kun He et al. profile →
  13. Unravelling the structure-stability interplay of O3-type layered sodium cathode materials via precision spacing engineering
    2025 34 citations Yifei Yuan et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yifei Yuan China 73 14.2k 4.8k 4.1k 3.8k 3.4k 214 18.6k
Xianfeng Yang China 65 7.8k 0.5× 3.5k 0.7× 7.6k 1.8× 5.6k 1.5× 717 0.2× 267 15.0k
Yida Deng China 75 15.2k 1.1× 7.1k 1.5× 5.0k 1.2× 11.7k 3.1× 1.0k 0.3× 318 21.5k
Zhen‐Bo Wang China 69 13.8k 1.0× 4.0k 0.8× 5.0k 1.2× 9.6k 2.6× 1.6k 0.5× 462 18.0k
Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar United States 72 10.5k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 5.8k 1.4× 4.4k 1.2× 3.0k 0.9× 256 17.6k
Yi Hu China 59 8.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 5.8k 1.4× 4.4k 1.2× 801 0.2× 199 13.0k
Shenglin Xiong China 96 24.4k 1.7× 11.2k 2.4× 8.5k 2.1× 4.3k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 374 28.6k
Kai‐Xue Wang China 66 8.9k 0.6× 4.1k 0.9× 4.6k 1.1× 3.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 229 13.3k
Huigang Zhang China 46 6.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.3× 3.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 173 9.1k
Zhouguang Lu China 72 12.7k 0.9× 4.8k 1.0× 5.4k 1.3× 4.5k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 375 17.0k
Kun Chang China 59 7.9k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 10.9k 2.6× 9.4k 2.5× 721 0.2× 195 17.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xu, Ting, Hao Yang, Jingjing Lv, et al.. (2025). Microenvironment engineering by targeted delivery of Ag nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction. Nature Communications. 16(1). 977–977. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Shengbo, Kun He, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). “Pumping” Trace Cu Impurity out of Zn Foil for Sustainable Aqueous Battery Interface. Advanced Materials. 37(11). e2420166–e2420166. 15 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xu, Xingzhong Guo, Xuemei Zeng, et al.. (2025). Coherent Strain-Inhibiting Phase Construction of Lithium-Rich Manganese-Based Oxide Toward High Mechanochemical Stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 3967–3980. 14 indexed citations
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Tian, Zhaobo, Mingchu Zou, Yifei Yuan, et al.. (2025). A facile approach for generating ordered oxygen vacancies in metal oxides. Nature Materials. 24(6). 835–842. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Yun, Kun He, Qingqing Ren, et al.. (2024). Mechanically Differentiated Lithium Versus Sodium Ion Storage in an Alloying‐Type Bismuth Anode. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(52). 5 indexed citations
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Cheng, Liang, et al.. (2024). Rectifying Discrepancies Between GB-SAR Images and Terrain Model Caused by Measurement Deviations in Open-Pit Mines. Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers. 33(18).
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Qi, Defeng, Hao Zhang, Ke Su, et al.. (2024). Inclusion Strategy for Constructing S/N Orbital Hybridization‐Regulated sp3/sp2 Carbon toward Boost Electrocatalysis. ChemSusChem. 18(1). e202401267–e202401267. 3 indexed citations
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Shi, Wenhui, Yaqing Guo, Yunjie Mei, et al.. (2024). Supersaturated Doping-Induced Maximized Metal–Support Interaction for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Evolution. ACS Nano. 18(43). 29724–29735. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingjie, Yifei Yuan, Liguang Wang, et al.. (2023). Understanding the Synthesis Kinetics of Single‐Crystal Co‐Free Ni‐Rich Cathodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(20). e202302547–e202302547. 29 indexed citations
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Jiang, Haifeng, Gao‐Feng Chen, Guangtong Hai, et al.. (2023). A Nitrogen Battery Electrode involving Eight‐Electron Transfer per Nitrogen for Energy Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(30). e202305695–e202305695. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Yuezhe, Jingjing Lv, Wei Wang, et al.. (2023). Synergistic regulation of hydrophobicity and basicity for copper hydroxide‐derived copper to promote the CO2 electroreduction reaction. Carbon Energy. 5(6). 36 indexed citations
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Xu, Wangwang, Kangning Zhao, Xiaobin Liao, et al.. (2022). Proton Storage in Metallic H1.75MoO3 Nanobelts through the Grotthuss Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(38). 17407–17415. 95 indexed citations
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Tan, Jiewen, Xin Ao, Alvin Dai, et al.. (2020). Polycation ionic liquid tailored PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes for high temperature lithium metal batteries. Energy storage materials. 33. 173–180. 112 indexed citations
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Gao, Shaojie, Shaoyun Hao, Zhennan Huang, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles on supports by the fast moving bed pyrolysis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2016–2016. 402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yijuan, Yifei Yuan, Bin Han, et al.. (2020). Fe2P-decorated N,P Codoped Carbon Synthesized via Direct Biological Recycling for Endurable Sulfur Encapsulation. ACS Central Science. 6(10). 1827–1834. 33 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhennan, Yonggang Yao, Zhenqian Pang, et al.. (2020). Direct observation of the formation and stabilization of metallic nanoparticles on carbon supports. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6373–6373. 115 indexed citations
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Li, Qianqian, Yifei Yuan, Wentao Yao, et al.. (2019). Real-Time TEM Study of Nanopore Evolution in Battery Materials and Their Suppression for Enhanced Cycling Performance. Nano Letters. 19(5). 3074–3082. 32 indexed citations
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Yao, Wentao, Yifei Yuan, Guoqiang Tan, et al.. (2019). Tuning Li2O2 Formation Routes by Facet Engineering of MnO2 Cathode Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(32). 12832–12838. 130 indexed citations
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Wu, Feng, Lu Liu, Yifei Yuan, et al.. (2018). Expanding Interlayer Spacing of Hard Carbon by Natural K+ Doping to Boost Na-Ion Storage. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(32). 27030–27038. 135 indexed citations
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Qi, Mei‐li, Zhennan Huang, Abhijit H. Phakatkar, et al.. (2018). Facile hydrothermal synthesis of antibacterial multi-layered hydroxyapatite nanostructures with superior flexibility. CrystEngComm. 20(9). 1304–1312. 16 indexed citations

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