Yihua Gao

19.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
297 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Yihua Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yihua Gao has authored 297 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Materials Chemistry, 157 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 99 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yihua Gao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (66 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (59 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (46 papers). Yihua Gao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (66 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (59 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (46 papers). Yihua Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yihua Gao's co-authors include Nishuang Liu, Jun Su, Luying Li, Yanan Ma, Yue Yang, Yoshio Bando, Zhi Zhang, Feng Cheng, Jiangyu Rao and Yongfa Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yihua Gao

287 papers receiving 16.3k 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.

3D Synergistical MXene/Reduced Graphene Oxide Aerogel for a Piezoresistive Sensor

2018 754 citations Yanan Ma, Yue Yang et al. profile →
A highly flexible and sensitive piezoresistive sensor based on MXene with greatly changed interlayer distances

2017 677 citations Yanan Ma, Nishuang Liu et al. profile →
WO_3–x@Au@MnO₂ Core–Shell Nanowires on Carbon Fabric for High‐Performance Flexible Supercapacitors

2012 640 citations Yihua Gao et al. profile →
Highly Self-Healable 3D Microsupercapacitor with MXene–Graphene Composite Aerogel

2018 634 citations Yue Yang, Nishuang Liu et al. profile →
3D hybrid porous Mxene-sponge network and its application in piezoresistive sensor

2018 492 citations Yue Yang, Nishuang Liu et al. Nano Energy profile →
Bioinspired Microspines for a High-Performance Spray Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-Based Piezoresistive Sensor

2020 454 citations Yongfa Cheng, Yanan Ma et al. profile →
Highly Stretchable and Self-Healable Supercapacitor with Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Fiber Springs

2017 417 citations Nishuang Liu, Jun Su et al. profile →
Biodegradable and Electroactive Regenerated Bacterial Cellulose/MXene (Ti₃C₂T_x) Composite Hydrogel as Wound Dressing for Accelerating Skin Wound Healing under Electrical Stimulation

2020 328 citations Yihua Gao et al. profile →
Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-Based Flexible Piezoresistive Physical Sensors

2022 308 citations Yue Yang, Yongfa Cheng et al. profile →
High‐Performance Flexible Pressure Sensor with a Self‐Healing Function for Tactile Feedback

2022 232 citations Yongfa Cheng, Yue Yang et al. profile →
Roles of MXene in Pressure Sensing: Preparation, Composite Structure Design, and Mechanism

2022 194 citations Dandan Lei, Nishuang Liu et al. profile →
Flexible MXene/Bacterial Cellulose Film Sound Detector Based on Piezoresistive Sensing Mechanism

2022 183 citations Nishuang Liu, Dandan Lei et al. profile →
Maximizing Electron Channels Enabled by MXene Aerogel for High-Performance Self-Healable Flexible Electronic Skin

2023 123 citations Yongfa Cheng, Yimei Xie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yihua Gao China	64	8.5k	7.8k	7.2k	5.7k	3.6k	297	16.6k
Jiajie Liang China	57	7.1k 0.8×	9.0k 1.1×	6.9k 1.0×	4.6k 0.8×	4.9k 1.3×	123	17.1k
Qingliang Liao China	74	7.0k 0.8×	6.8k 0.9×	6.6k 0.9×	3.6k 0.6×	4.2k 1.2×	226	16.1k
Anyuan Cao China	65	6.7k 0.8×	5.7k 0.7×	6.1k 0.9×	4.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	164	15.7k
Xuhui Sun China	72	7.2k 0.8×	7.6k 1.0×	5.8k 0.8×	3.2k 0.6×	4.6k 1.3×	330	17.4k
Nishuang Liu China	50	5.2k 0.6×	5.6k 0.7×	4.6k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	157	10.5k
Kenji Hata Japan	55	6.7k 0.8×	8.9k 1.1×	10.2k 1.4×	4.2k 0.7×	5.1k 1.4×	274	20.3k
Rusen Yang China	56	5.7k 0.7×	7.7k 1.0×	6.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.4×	3.5k 1.0×	179	14.0k
Don N. Futaba Japan	42	4.4k 0.5×	5.6k 0.7×	7.5k 1.1×	3.5k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	137	13.7k
Jinquan Wei China	65	6.1k 0.7×	6.6k 0.8×	9.9k 1.4×	3.7k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	269	16.4k
Wenzhuo Wu United States	62	7.3k 0.9×	9.8k 1.3×	7.4k 1.0×	3.1k 0.5×	5.0k 1.4×	152	17.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yihua Gao

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Fu, Xiutao, et al.. (2025). Medium-Entropy heterostructure of crystalline NiCoFeP @ amorphous NiCoFe-LDH for Industrial-Current density and ultrastable overall water splitting. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159520–159520. 15 indexed citations

He, Jian, J. Su, Bin Ma, et al.. (2025). UV-Resistant Nanostructured Anti-reflective Film for Achieving Efficiency Enhancement of Perovskite Solar Cells and Potential of Fabricating Large-Scale Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(6). 9266–9277. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Long, et al.. (2025). When energy and information revolutions meet 2D Janus. Applied Physics Reviews. 12(4).

Long, Fei, et al.. (2025). Enabling a High‐Entropy Effect Paradigm for Efficient Zn ²⁺ /NH ₄ ⁺ Energy Storage. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(43).

Liu, Mingyang, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, et al.. (2025). Study of the Growth Mechanism of Organic Chemical Bath-Synthesized PbS Thin Films at Atomic Resolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(9). 4757–4764. 3 indexed citations

Yan, Shuwen, et al.. (2024). Activated proton storage in molybdenum selenide via nanostructure molecular engineering. Chemical Engineering Journal. 502. 158035–158035. 3 indexed citations

Yan, Shuwen, Zunyu Liu, Ning Ma, et al.. (2024). Understanding perovskite light-emitting diodes through transmission electron microscopy: Materials structure, optical regulation and devices. Nano Energy. 135. 110627–110627. 3 indexed citations

Li, Ying, Ziqi Tang, Bo Jiang, et al.. (2024). SnO₂–Perovskite Interface Engineering Based on Bifacial Passivation via Multifunctional N-(2-Acetamido)-2-aminoethanesulfonic Acid toward Efficient and Stable Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(7). 9388–9399. 10 indexed citations

Zhou, Yang, Fei Long, Yixin Hou, et al.. (2024). In situ grown Na ⁺ -doped NH ₄ V ₄ O ₁₀ nano-arrays on carbon cloth with ultra-high specific capacity for high-performance aqueous ammonium ion hybrid supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(2). 1023–1033. 6 indexed citations

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Shi, Junjie, Mengjie Wang, Qingrong Chen, et al.. (2024). High‐Performance Co‐Solvent Engineering Electrolyte for Obtaining a High‐Voltage and Low‐Cost K⁺ Battery Operating from −25 to 50 °C. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(35). 4 indexed citations

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Hou, Yixin, Shiyuan Chen, Junjie Shi, et al.. (2023). MXene-derived titanic acid with an ultralow-potential as a promising anode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 938. 168714–168714. 6 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yifan, Zhi Zhang, Tingting Yin, et al.. (2023). Micron-sized H2MoO3/PANI for superfast proton batteries in frozen electrolyte through Grotthuss mechanism. Science Bulletin. 68(23). 2945–2953. 8 indexed citations

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Jia, Peixue, Qixiang Zhang, Ziqi Ren, et al.. (2023). Self-powered flexible battery pressure sensor based on gelatin. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147586–147586. 36 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyun‐Kyung, et al.. (2023). Materials challenges for supercapacitors. APL Materials. 11(7). 9 indexed citations

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Gao, Yihua, et al.. (2023). A Model for Predicting the Erosion Rate Induced by the Use of a Selective Catalytic Reduction Denitrification Technology in Cement Kilns Flue Gas. Fluid dynamics & materials processing. 19(8). 1997–2011.

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Huang, Tao, Bowen Gao, Haizhou Zhang, et al.. (2023). All-MXenes zinc ion hybrid micro-supercapacitor with wide voltage window based on V2CTx cathode and Ti3C2Tx anode. Nano Energy. 111. 108383–108383. 119 indexed citations

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Li, Li, Li Li, Honghao Cao, et al.. (2022). First-Principles Study of Ti-Deficient Ti₃C₂ MXene Nanosheets as NH₃ Gas Sensors. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(2). 2470–2475. 51 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yongfa, Yimei Xie, Honghao Cao, et al.. (2022). High-strength MXene sheets through interlayer hydrogen bonding for self-healing flexible pressure sensor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 453. 139823–139823. 91 indexed citations

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Li, Luying, Luying Li, Xiaokang Hu, et al.. (2020). Atomic scale study of the oxygen annealing effect on piezoelectricity enhancement of (K,Na)NbO₃ nanorods. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(44). 15830–15838. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Haixia, Yang Liu, Yi Liang, et al.. (2018). High-level-Fe-doped P-type ZnO nanowire array/n-GaN film for ultraviolet-free white light-emitting diodes. Materials Letters. 239. 45–47. 21 indexed citations

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