Yilun Li

10.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
83 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Yilun Li is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yilun Li has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Yilun Li's work include Graphene research and applications (22 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (18 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers). Yilun Li is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (22 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (18 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (15 papers). Yilun Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Yilun Li's co-authors include James M. Tour, Ruquan Ye, Jibo Zhang, Christopher J. Arnusch, Swatantra P. Singh, Yieu Chyan, Zhiwei Peng, Yongsung Ji, Huilong Fei and Show‐An Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yilun Li

77 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Laser-Induced Graphene by Multiple Lasing: Toward Electro... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2018 2014 2015 2017 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Laser-Induced Graphene by Multiple Lasing: Toward Electronics on Cloth, Paper, and Food
    2018 816 citations Yilun Li, Swatantra P. Singh et al. ACS Nano profile →
  2. Chirality-specific growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on solid alloy catalysts
    2014 681 citations Yilun Li et al. profile →
  3. Flexible Boron-Doped Laser-Induced Graphene Microsupercapacitors
    2015 565 citations Zhiwei Peng, Yilun Li et al. ACS Nano profile →
  4. Laser‐Induced Graphene Formation on Wood
    2017 533 citations Yilun Li, James M. Tour et al. profile →
  5. High‐Performance Pseudocapacitive Microsupercapacitors from Laser‐Induced Graphene
    2015 488 citations Yilun Li, Nam Dong Kim et al. profile →
  6. Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency 10.31% by Employing Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer
    2014 470 citations Sih‐Hao Liao, Hong‐Jyun Jhuo et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  7. Laser-induced graphene fibers
    2017 408 citations Yilun Li, James M. Tour et al. Carbon profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yilun Li United States 42 4.4k 3.7k 3.3k 2.6k 1.4k 83 9.0k
Zhaojun Han Australia 57 5.1k 1.2× 3.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 202 9.4k
Nan Chen China 60 5.7k 1.3× 5.4k 1.5× 3.7k 1.1× 4.2k 1.6× 1.5k 1.0× 304 12.2k
Jian Lin United States 51 4.8k 1.1× 5.7k 1.5× 5.4k 1.7× 3.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 184 12.6k
Miao Zhang China 44 4.0k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 3.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 149 9.0k
Tae Hee Han South Korea 51 4.8k 1.1× 5.7k 1.5× 3.1k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 159 10.6k
Shenmin Zhu China 53 3.8k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 232 9.8k
Jung Woo Lee South Korea 38 3.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 930 0.7× 167 6.8k
Zuliang Du China 48 3.7k 0.9× 4.5k 1.2× 3.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.7× 262 8.5k
Hassan Algadi Saudi Arabia 46 2.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 1.3× 184 7.0k
Weijie Song China 47 4.4k 1.0× 2.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 961 0.4× 1.7k 1.2× 327 7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yilun Li

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guo, Wei, Yimei Huang, Yilun Li, et al.. (2025). Decoding the transport thresholds of emerging contaminants in watersheds using explainable machine learning. Water Research. 290. 125082–125082. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yilun, et al.. (2023). Construction of the Impact Analysis Platform of Grain Import and Export Trade Based on the Multi-Dimensional Data Perception Model. International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications. 152–154. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yilun, et al.. (2022). Short-term Power Load Forecasting Method Based on VMD-ARIMA-SVR. 2312–2317.
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Liu, Chao, Yilun Li, Xuequn Cheng, & Xiaogang Li. (2022). Recent Advances on the Corrosion Resistance of Low-Density Steel: A Review. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters). 35(7). 1055–1067. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Yilun, Shuangping Liu, Suyi Zhang, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal distribution of environmental microbiota in spontaneous fermentation workshop: The case of Chinese Baijiu. Food Research International. 156. 111126–111126. 39 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianyi, Yilun Li, Xuan Li, et al.. (2022). Integral effects of Ca and Sb on the corrosion resistance for the high strength low alloy steel in the tropical marine environment. Corrosion Science. 208. 110708–110708. 50 indexed citations
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Hsu, C.-C., M.L. Teague, Yiran Zhang, et al.. (2017). High-yield single-step catalytic growth of graphene nanostripes by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Carbon. 129. 527–536. 20 indexed citations
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Yang, Yingchao, Nam Dong Kim, Vikas Varshney, et al.. (2017). In situ mechanical investigation of carbon nanotube–graphene junction in three-dimensional carbon nanostructures. Nanoscale. 9(8). 2916–2924. 41 indexed citations
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Raji, Abdul‐Rahman O., Rodrigo V. Salvatierra, Nam Dong Kim, et al.. (2017). Lithium Batteries with Nearly Maximum Metal Storage. ACS Nano. 11(6). 6362–6369. 183 indexed citations
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Singh, Swatantra P., Yilun Li, Avraham Be’er, et al.. (2017). Laser-Induced Graphene Layers and Electrodes Prevents Microbial Fouling and Exerts Antimicrobial Action. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(21). 18238–18247. 197 indexed citations
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Wang, Tuo, et al.. (2016). Passive Anti-Icing and Active Deicing Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(22). 14169–14173. 171 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Huilong Fei, Gedeng Ruan, Yilun Li, & James M. Tour. (2015). Vertically Aligned WS2 Nanosheets for Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials. 25(39). 6199–6204. 109 indexed citations
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Li, Yilun, Zhiwei Peng, Eduardo Larios, et al.. (2014). Rebar Graphene from Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanotubes. ACS Nano. 9(1). 532–538. 25 indexed citations
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Liao, Sih‐Hao, Hong‐Jyun Jhuo, Po‐Nan Yeh, et al.. (2014). Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency 10.31% by Employing Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6813–6813. 470 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yeh, Po‐Nan, et al.. (2014). Large active area inverted tandem polymer solar cell with high performance via alcohol treatment on the surface of bottom active layer P3HT:ICBA. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 128. 240–247. 6 indexed citations
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Liao, Sih‐Hao, Yilun Li, Tzu‐Hao Jen, Yu‐Shan Cheng, & Show‐An Chen. (2012). Multiple Functionalities of Polyfluorene Grafted with Metal Ion-Intercalated Crown Ether as an Electron Transport Layer for Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells: Optical Interference, Hole Blocking, Interfacial Dipole, and Electron Conduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(35). 14271–14274. 152 indexed citations

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