Yingchao Yang

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Yingchao Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingchao Yang has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Materials Chemistry, 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yingchao Yang's work include Graphene research and applications (19 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (17 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers). Yingchao Yang is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (19 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (17 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers). Yingchao Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Yingchao Yang's co-authors include Jun Lou, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jingjie Wu, Róbert Vajtai, Hui Xu, Xiaojie She, Jinsong Huang, Gang Li, Yang Liu and Jun Zhong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yingchao Yang

103 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

High Efficiency Photocatalytic Water Splitting Using 2D α‐Fe₂O₃/g‐C₃N₄ Z‐Scheme Catalysts

2017 744 citations Yingchao Yang, Jun Lou et al. profile →
Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Two-Dimensional Materials by Directly Probing and Matching Surface Tension Components

2015 482 citations Yingchao Yang, Jun Lou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yingchao Yang United States	41	4.3k	3.1k	3.1k	1.0k	934	108	7.4k
Jinchen Fan China	45	3.4k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	197	7.1k
Zhaojie Wang China	46	2.9k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	825 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	237	6.7k
Feng Gu China	47	5.3k 1.2×	2.2k 0.7×	4.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	824 0.9×	230	8.7k
Ningzhong Bao China	45	5.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	214	8.0k
Zhilin Li China	42	3.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	549 0.6×	194	6.2k
Zhongzi Xu China	44	4.6k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	587 0.6×	991 1.1×	297	7.5k
Christos Trapalis Greece	46	4.6k 1.1×	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 0.7×	855 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	163	7.2k
Rui Gao China	46	3.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	6.6k 2.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	126	9.3k
Ye Song China	44	3.9k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	846 0.9×	272	6.7k
Ting Liao Australia	54	5.2k 1.2×	4.1k 1.3×	4.8k 1.6×	1.7k 1.7×	786 0.8×	185	9.8k

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Hu, Lei, Xujie Wang, Yingchao Yang, et al.. (2025). Oxidase-mimic Fe-co-Ce oxide embellished chitosan fiber for quantitative degradation of luminol and visual detection of m-aminophenol. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1370. 344394–344394. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Yingchao, Juan Yu, Chenxi Li, et al.. (2025). Mesoporous Ce/Zn Oxide Nanospheres with Prominent Oxidase-Like Activity for Reliable Tracking of the Cartap Residue and S ^2– in Living Agricultural Products. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(45). 28768–28778.

Song, Zhigong, Yingchao Yang, Guanhui Gao, et al.. (2025). Flaw-size-dependent mechanical interlayer coupling and edge-reconstruction embrittlement in van der Waals materials. Nature Materials. 24(10). 1554–1560. 7 indexed citations

Han, Yanjun, et al.. (2025). Reliable enrichment monitoring and removal of CrO42− and S2− using multivalent W-doped Ag quantum-dot biomimetic nanozyme. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1376. 344627–344627.

Yan, Zhengquan, et al.. (2025). Bi2O3-doped Au–Ag quantum dots with prominent peroxidase-mimic activity for multi-channel response to Hg2+ and Ag+. Applied Physics Letters. 127(6). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Hongyi, Chen Zhang, Wenhu Wang, et al.. (2025). High‐Valence Metal Modulating Lattice Oxygen in High‐Entropy Layered Double Hydroxides for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(47).

Wang, Min, Lu‐Cun Wang, Bin Liu, et al.. (2025). Promotional Effect of ZnO and ZrO₂ in K-Doped Fe Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Light Olefins. ACS Catalysis. 15(8). 5954–5967. 5 indexed citations

Ogunbiyi, Olugbenga, et al.. (2024). Formation mechanism of two-dimensional hexagonal silica on SiO2/Si substrate. Journal of Crystal Growth. 634. 127685–127685. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Jin, Longhao Zhang, Li Min Zhang, et al.. (2024). Full-scale polymer relaxation induced by single-chain confinement enhances mechanical stability of nanocomposites. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6747–6747. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Yingchao, Yunfei Ru, Tianyi Zhao, & Mingjie Liu. (2023). Bioinspired multiphase composite gel materials: From controlled micro-phase separation to multiple functionalities. Chem. 9(11). 3113–3137. 59 indexed citations

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Yang, Yingchao, Zhigong Song, Guangyuan Lu, et al.. (2021). Intrinsic toughening and stable crack propagation in hexagonal boron nitride. Nature. 594(7861). 57–61. 180 indexed citations

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Wang, Lu, Douglas J. Gardner, Jinwu Wang, et al.. (2020). Towards industrial-scale production of cellulose nanocomposites using melt processing: A critical review on structure-processing-property relationships. Composites Part B Engineering. 201. 108297–108297. 50 indexed citations

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Sui, Chao, Yingchao Yang, Robert J. Headrick, et al.. (2018). Directional sensing based on flexible aligned carbon nanotube film nanocomposites. Nanoscale. 10(31). 14938–14946. 43 indexed citations

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Cao, Chezheng, et al.. (2017). Stretching Micro Metal Particles into Uniformly Dispersed and Sized Nanoparticles in Polymer. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7098–7098. 11 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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Zhang, Jing, Yingchao Yang, & Jun Lou. (2016). Investigation of hexagonal boron nitride as an atomically thin corrosion passivation coating in aqueous solution. Nanotechnology. 27(36). 364004–364004. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Minglin, et al.. (2016). The Effect of VMoS3 Point Defect on the Elastic Properties of Monolayer MoS2 with REBO Potentials. Nanoscale Research Letters. 11(1). 155–155. 29 indexed citations

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Yang, Yingchao, Xin Liang, Weibing Chen, et al.. (2015). Quantification and promotion of interfacial interactions between carbon nanotubes and polymer derived ceramics. Carbon. 95. 964–971. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Yingchao, et al.. (2013). Enhancing graphene reinforcing potential in composites by hydrogen passivation induced dispersion. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2086–2086. 109 indexed citations

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Lin, Lin, Yingchao Yang, Long Men, et al.. (2012). A highly efficient TiO₂@ZnO n–p–n heterojunction nanorod photocatalyst. Nanoscale. 5(2). 588–593. 162 indexed citations

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