Ying Dai

21.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
314 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

Ying Dai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Dai has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 236 papers in Materials Chemistry, 164 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 99 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ying Dai's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (147 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (75 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (47 papers). Ying Dai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (147 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (75 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (47 papers). Ying Dai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ying Dai's co-authors include Baibiao Huang, Baibiao Huang, Zeyan Wang, Yandong Ma, Wei Wei, Peng Wang, Hefeng Cheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Xiaoyang Zhang and Zhaoke Zheng 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

Ying Dai

304 papers receiving 18.4k 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.

Engineering BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanostructures for highly efficient photocatalytic applications

2013 1.0k citations Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang et al. profile →
In-Situ-Reduced Synthesis of Ti³⁺Self-Doped TiO₂/g-C₃N₄Heterojunctions with High Photocatalytic Performance under LED Light Irradiation

2015 515 citations Zeyan Wang, Baibiao Huang et al. profile →
Energy transfer in plasmonic photocatalytic composites

2016 495 citations Ying Dai, Baibiao Huang et al. profile →
Ab Initio Prediction and Characterization of Mo₂C Monolayer as Anodes for Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Batteries

2016 398 citations Ying Dai, Wei Wei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ying Dai China	75	14.1k	10.9k	7.9k	1.9k	1.7k	314	18.7k
Baibiao Huang China	69	15.4k 1.1×	12.2k 1.1×	7.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	974 0.6×	243	19.2k
Yongfan Zhang China	59	11.3k 0.8×	8.1k 0.7×	5.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.5×	363	15.0k
Hideki Kato Japan	66	15.7k 1.1×	16.1k 1.5×	9.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	231	21.6k
Zhijian Wu China	56	5.9k 0.4×	4.2k 0.4×	5.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	399	12.4k
Bunsho Ohtani Japan	75	13.9k 1.0×	16.4k 1.5×	4.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	356	21.0k
Zeyan Wang China	76	14.6k 1.0×	16.0k 1.5×	8.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	388	22.2k
Renzhi Ma Japan	81	15.5k 1.1×	8.4k 0.8×	11.5k 1.5×	6.2k 3.3×	1.5k 0.9×	366	24.9k
Polycarpos Falaras Greece	65	8.0k 0.6×	7.9k 0.7×	4.6k 0.6×	892 0.5×	513 0.3×	279	14.2k
Zhaosheng Li China	65	11.7k 0.8×	13.0k 1.2×	6.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	774 0.4×	311	16.7k
Fengtao Fan China	60	8.3k 0.6×	7.8k 0.7×	3.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	174	11.7k

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Liang, Congcong, Haoqiang Ai, Xingye Lu, et al.. (2025). The Cu─O─Co Asymmetric Bimetallic Sites Constructed by Ion‐Exchange for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Small. 21(23). e2500744–e2500744. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Dongyue, et al.. (2025). Excitonic Instability in Quantum Spin Hall Insulators TlX (X = As, Sb, Bi). Nano Letters. 25(30). 11731–11737.

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Liu, Ziwei, Ying Dai, Zhi Gao, et al.. (2024). Oxidation-complexation removal of nitric oxide by anatase titanium dioxide with exposed (0 0 1) facets ultraviolet-induced ferrous ethylenediaminetetraacetate. Separation and Purification Technology. 349. 127927–127927. 3 indexed citations

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Gong, Xueqin, Peng Wang, Wenbo Li, et al.. (2024). Reinforcing the Efficiency of Plastic Upgrading through Full‐Spectrum Photothermal Effect Integration of Heat Isolator. Advanced Science. 11(48). e2410260–e2410260. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongli, Bin Sun, Difei Xiao, et al.. (2024). Plasmon‐Driven Highly Selective CO₂ Photoreduction to C₂H₄ on Ionic Liquid‐Mediated Copper Nanowires. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(42). e202410596–e202410596. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Caiyun, Congcong Liang, Honggang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen Bonds Induced Ultralong Stability of Conductive π–d Conjugated FeCo₃(DDA)₂ with High OER Activity. Advanced Materials. 36(30). e2402388–e2402388. 42 indexed citations

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Liu, Ziwei, et al.. (2023). Performance, kinetics and mechanism of Fe(II)EDTA regeneration with surface-fluorinated anatase TiO2 with exposed (001) facets. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(3). 110118–110118. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Honggang, Hefeng Cheng, Zeyan Wang, et al.. (2023). Enhanced cycloaddition between CO2 and epoxide over a bismuth-based metal organic framework due to a synergistic photocatalytic and photothermal effect. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 658. 805–814. 22 indexed citations

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Mao, Ning, et al.. (2023). Engineering Second‐Order Corner States in 2D Multiferroics. Small. 19(14). e2206574–e2206574. 12 indexed citations

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Xiao, Difei, Xiaolei Bao, Dujuan Dai, et al.. (2023). Boosting the Electrochemical 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural Oxidation by Balancing the Competitive Adsorption of Organic and OH⁻ over Controllable Reconstructed Ni₃S₂/NiO_x. Advanced Materials. 35(45). e2304133–e2304133. 117 indexed citations

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Zhang, Minghui, Yuyin Mao, Xiaolei Bao, et al.. (2023). Coupling Benzylamine Oxidation with CO₂ Photoconversion to Ethanol over a Black Phosphorus and Bismuth Tungstate S‐Scheme Heterojunction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(36). e202302919–e202302919. 58 indexed citations

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Li, Wenbo, Difei Xiao, Xueqin Gong, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic upgrading of polyethylene terephthalate plastic to formic acid at an industrial-scale current density via Ni-MOF@MnCo-OH catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal. 480. 148087–148087. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Minghui, Yuyin Mao, Xiaolei Bao, et al.. (2023). Coupling Benzylamine Oxidation with CO₂ Photoconversion to Ethanol over a Black Phosphorus and Bismuth Tungstate S‐Scheme Heterojunction. Angewandte Chemie. 135(36). 11 indexed citations

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Mao, Yuyin, Minghui Zhang, Shenghe Si, et al.. (2023). Electronic Structure Manipulation via Site-Selective Atomically Dispersed Ni for Efficient Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction. ACS Catalysis. 13(13). 8362–8371. 33 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guangyao, Yuanyuan Liu, Longfei Lei, et al.. (2021). Light-Promoted CO₂ Conversion from Epoxides to Cyclic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions over a Bi-Based Metal–Organic Framework. ACS Catalysis. 11(4). 1988–1994. 198 indexed citations

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Gao, Yugang, Shiqiang Yu, Peng Zhou, et al.. (2021). Promoting Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to C₂H₄ Production by Inhibiting C₂H₅OH Desorption from Cu₂O/C Composite. Small. 18(9). e2105212–e2105212. 31 indexed citations

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Gao, Yugang, Qian Wu, Xizhuang Liang, et al.. (2020). Cu₂O Nanoparticles with Both {100} and {111} Facets for Enhancing the Selectivity and Activity of CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethylene. Advanced Science. 7(6). 1902820–1902820. 267 indexed citations

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Liang, Xizhuang, Peng Wang, Baibiao Huang, et al.. (2018). Ag₂ZnSnS₄/Mo-mesh photoelectrode prepared by electroplating for efficient photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(4). 1647–1657. 30 indexed citations

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Jin, Cui, Xiao Tang, Xin Tan, et al.. (2018). A Janus MoSSe monolayer: a superior and strain-sensitive gas sensing material. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(3). 1099–1106. 242 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huixuan, Ying Dai, Haidong Yang, & Zhiliu Feng. (1997). Preparation and Structure Control of Poly(butyl acrylate)/Poly(methyl methacrylate)Core/Shell Impact Modifier. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry. 14(3). 93–95. 5 indexed citations

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