Yingfang Yao

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Yingfang Yao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingfang Yao has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 56 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 47 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yingfang Yao's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (33 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (20 papers). Yingfang Yao is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (33 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (20 papers). Yingfang Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and United States. Yingfang Yao's co-authors include Zhigang Zou, Zhan Lin, Xiangwu Zhang, Congping Wu, Bing Wang, Xiwen Yu, Yong Zhou, Liwen Ji, Wenjun Luo and Jianguo Liu 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

Yingfang Yao

103 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO2 with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO2

2023 265 citations Yan Shen, Chunjin Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →
General synthesis of high-entropy alloy and ceramic nanoparticles in nanoseconds

2022 230 citations Bing Wang, Xiwen Yu et al. profile →
Unraveling the Transformation from Type-II to Z-Scheme in Perovskite-Based Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction

2024 173 citations Wentao Song, Bowen Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yingfang Yao China	38	2.7k	2.2k	2.0k	686	582	109	4.9k
Xianxia Yuan China	36	3.4k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	617 0.9×	424 0.7×	114	4.8k
Jie Zheng China	33	3.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	3.8k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	570 1.0×	110	6.6k
Pengcheng Dai China	40	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	436 0.7×	103	5.2k
Chao Huang China	36	2.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	2.2k 1.1×	801 1.2×	603 1.0×	137	5.1k
Qinggang He China	38	3.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	554 0.8×	517 0.9×	125	5.6k
Xianjue Chen Australia	41	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	515 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	106	4.9k
Yaocai Bai United States	30	2.9k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.9×	933 1.6×	77	5.9k
Zhilin Li China	42	3.3k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	3.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	549 0.9×	194	6.2k
Qingze Jiao China	44	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 3.0×	571 1.0×	164	5.7k
Jiabiao Lian China	46	4.3k 1.6×	2.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.5×	2.5k 3.6×	565 1.0×	149	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingfang Yao

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Song, Wentao, Yong Liu, Yao Wu, et al.. (2025). Single-atom bridges across biotic-abiotic interfaces facilitate direct electron transfer for solar-to-chemical conversion. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6708–6708.

Long, Yongde, Kai Wang, Yingfang Yao, et al.. (2025). Entropy‐Driven Engineering Enables Electron‐Enriched Pt for Industrial Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(9).

Gao, Wanguo, Chengyang Wu, Yingfang Yao, et al.. (2025). Phonon resonance enabled Cu(I) valence pinning in hydroxyapatite for photothermal CO2 hydrogenation. Science Bulletin. 70(15). 2504–2513. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Bing, Gap Soo Chang, Yue Xu, et al.. (2025). Laser-induced strong metal-lunar basalt interaction for boosted hydrogen evolution. Nano Energy. 138. 110879–110879. 1 indexed citations

Bo, Lili, Xiaochao Ji, Wenping Shi, et al.. (2023). Active sites engineering construction of spinel cobalt oxide based excellent bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting by modifying oxygen vacancy with S dopant. Separation and Purification Technology. 322. 124355–124355. 16 indexed citations

Gong, Yuancai, Pin Wang, SocMan Ho‐Kimura, et al.. (2023). Potential window alignment regulating ion transfer in faradaic junctions for efficient photoelectrocatalysis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7969–7969. 9 indexed citations

Lu, Xinxin, Shun‐Cheung Cheng, Hao Huang, et al.. (2023). Visible light-mediated radical perfluoroalkylation reactions using heterogeneous graphitic carbon nitride. Journal of Catalysis. 426. 52–60. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Hao, Wenguang Tu, Liping Fang, et al.. (2023). Lithium-Mediated Photoelectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis with 95% Selectivity on Silicon Photocathode. ACS Energy Letters. 8(10). 4235–4241. 17 indexed citations

Sun, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Controlling the density of storable charge of surface faradaic layers on Fe₂O₃ photoanodes for solar rechargeable devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(8). 4030–4036. 4 indexed citations

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Shen, Yan, Chunjin Ren, Lirong Zheng, et al.. (2023). Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO2 with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO2. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1117–1117. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Yuan, Linfeng Gao, Bing Wang, et al.. (2022). Polar Bear Hair Inspired Supra-Photothermal Promoted Water Splitting. ACS Materials Letters. 4(10). 1912–1920. 16 indexed citations

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Niu, Feng, Wenguang Tu, Xinxin Lu, et al.. (2022). Single Pd–S_x Sites In Situ Coordinated on CdS Surface as Efficient Hydrogen Autotransfer Shuttles for Highly Selective Visible-Light-Driven C–N Coupling. ACS Catalysis. 12(8). 4481–4490. 57 indexed citations

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Cao, Yuan, Linfeng Gao, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2021). Constructing spin pathways in LaCoO3 by Mn substitution to promote oxygen evolution reaction. Applied Physics Letters. 119(16). 21 indexed citations

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Li, Menglu, Wenbo Li, Wentao Song, et al.. (2021). Do Cu Substrates Participate in Bi Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction?. ChemNanoMat. 7(2). 128–133. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Bing, Yingfang Yao, Xiwen Yu, et al.. (2021). Understanding the enhanced catalytic activity of high entropy alloys: from theory to experiment. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(35). 19410–19438. 123 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingfang, Zhe Xu, Feng Cheng, et al.. (2018). Unlocking the potential of graphene for water oxidation using an orbital hybridization strategy. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(2). 407–416. 56 indexed citations

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Li, Ying, Guanjie Xu, Leigang Xue, et al.. (2013). Enhanced Rate Capability by Employing Carbon Nanotube-Loaded Electrospun Si/C Composite Nanofibers As Binder-Free Anodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 160(3). A528–A534. 31 indexed citations

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Wu, Bingbing, Bo Li, Wenming Liu, et al.. (2013). The performance improvement of membrane and electrode assembly in open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 38(25). 10978–10984. 26 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingfang, Bingkun Guo, Liwen Ji, et al.. (2011). Highly proton conductive electrolyte membranes: Fiber-induced long-range ionic channels. Electrochemistry Communications. 13(9). 1005–1008. 34 indexed citations

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Ji, Liwen, Zhan Lin, Mataz Alcoutlabi, et al.. (2011). Electrospun carbon nanofibers decorated with various amounts of electrochemically-inert nickel nanoparticles for use as high-performance energy storage materials. RSC Advances. 2(1). 192–198. 47 indexed citations

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