Yingwei Li

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yingwei Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingwei Li has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Materials Chemistry, 24 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yingwei Li's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (38 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (27 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (23 papers). Yingwei Li is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (38 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (27 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (23 papers). Yingwei Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Yingwei Li's co-authors include Rongchao Jin, Xiang‐Sha Du, Tatsuya Higaki, Manzhou Zhu, Meng Zhou, Xi Kang, Gao Li, Sachil Sharma, Yongbo Song and Site Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yingwei Li

43 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Toward Active-Site Tailoring in Heterogeneous Catalysis by Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters with Crystallographic Structures

2020 597 citations Rongchao Jin, Yingwei Li et al. profile →
Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

2020 563 citations Xi Kang, Yingwei Li et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Double-helical assembly of heterodimeric nanoclusters into supercrystals

2021 223 citations Yingwei Li, Meng Zhou et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yingwei Li United States	28	3.4k	1.7k	399	303	241	44	3.6k
Sakiat Hossain Japan	33	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	401 1.0×	224 0.7×	338 1.4×	76	2.9k
Wataru Kurashige Japan	34	3.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	409 1.0×	280 0.9×	134 0.6×	54	3.9k
Yongbo Song China	39	5.0k 1.5×	2.9k 1.7×	302 0.8×	265 0.9×	262 1.1×	88	5.2k
Yoshiki Niihori Japan	30	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	253 0.6×	165 0.5×	108 0.4×	61	3.0k
Zong‐Jie Guan China	36	4.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	261 0.7×	518 1.7×	607 2.5×	117	4.4k
Shang‐Fu Yuan China	34	3.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	174 0.4×	353 1.2×	318 1.3×	65	3.7k
Xiang‐Sha Du United States	19	2.1k 0.6×	995 0.6×	254 0.6×	239 0.8×	348 1.4×	27	2.3k
Lingwen Liao China	37	3.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 2.6×	238 0.8×	162 0.7×	95	4.2k
Kyuju Kwak South Korea	21	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	336 0.8×	116 0.4×	93 0.4×	28	2.6k
Ren‐Wu Huang China	29	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	241 0.6×	317 1.0×	1.1k 4.5×	58	3.5k

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Qiu, Shuilai, Jiafeng Wu, Liyu Chen, & Yingwei Li. (2025). ZnO/Co₃O₄ supported on carbon nanotubes as anode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. RSC Sustainability. 3(2). 995–1002. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yingwei, Hong Ki Kim, Surendra Thapa, et al.. (2025). Self-assembly of chiroptical ionic co-crystals from silver nanoclusters and organic macrocycles. Nature Chemistry. 17(2). 169–176. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjing, Yu Chen, Kang Xie, et al.. (2025). Multifunctional hydrogel embedded with Au−Cu nanoclusters for catalytic cascade therapy of infected diabetic wounds. Chinese Chemical Letters. 111481–111481. 3 indexed citations

Yuan, Peng, Hansong Zhang, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2024). Thermally activated delayed fluorescence Au‐Ag‐oxo nanoclusters: From photoluminescence to radioluminescence. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 20 indexed citations

Li, Yingwei, et al.. (2024). Steel surface defect detection based on improved YOLOv8. 36–36.

Li, Site, et al.. (2023). Size Effects of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters in Catalysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 14–28. 56 indexed citations

Li, Yingwei, Hong Ki Kim, Ryan D. McGillicuddy, et al.. (2023). A Double Open-Shelled Au₄₃ Nanocluster with Increased Catalytic Activity and Stability. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(16). 9304–9312. 36 indexed citations

Li, Yingwei, et al.. (2023). The role of metal accessibility on carbon dioxide electroreduction in atomically precise nanoclusters. Chemical Science. 14(43). 12283–12291. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Zhongyu, et al.. (2022). Tailoring the Electron–Phonon Interaction in Au₂₅(SR)₁₈ Nanoclusters via Ligand Engineering and Insight into Luminescence. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18448–18458. 51 indexed citations

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Song, Yongbo, Yingwei Li, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2022). Atomic structure of a seed-sized gold nanoprism. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1235–1235. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Yingwei, Meng Zhou, Yongbo Song, et al.. (2021). Double-helical assembly of heterodimeric nanoclusters into supercrystals. Nature. 594(7863). 380–384. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yingwei, Site Li, Anantha Venkataraman Nagarajan, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst Design: Turning Inert Gold into Active Catalyst by Atomically Precise Nanochemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(29). 11102–11108. 96 indexed citations

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Song, Yongbo, Yingwei Li, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2021). Ultrabright Au@Cu ₁₄ nanoclusters: 71.3% phosphorescence quantum yield in non-degassed solution at room temperature. Science Advances. 7(2). 142 indexed citations

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Kang, Xi, Yingwei Li, Manzhou Zhu, & Rongchao Jin. (2020). Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties. Chemical Society Reviews. 49(17). 6443–6514. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yingwei, Michael Cowan, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2020). Atom-by-Atom Evolution of the Same Ligand-Protected Au₂₁, Au₂₂, Au₂₂Cd₁, and Au₂₄ Nanocluster Series. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(48). 20426–20433. 41 indexed citations

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Li, Yingwei, Michael Cowan, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2020). Heterometal-Doped M₂₃ (M = Au/Ag/Cd) Nanoclusters with Large Dipole Moments. ACS Nano. 14(6). 6599–6606. 31 indexed citations

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Song, Yongbo, Yingwei Li, Hao Li, et al.. (2020). Atomically resolved Au52Cu72(SR)55 nanoalloy reveals Marks decahedron truncation and Penrose tiling surface. Nature Communications. 11(1). 478–478. 51 indexed citations

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Li, Yingwei, Tian‐Yi Luo, Rosalba Juarez‐Mosqueda, et al.. (2020). Doping Effect on the Magnetism of Thiolate-Capped 25-Atom Alloy Nanoclusters. Chemistry of Materials. 32(21). 9238–9244. 27 indexed citations

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Higaki, Tatsuya, Yingwei Li, Shuo Zhao, et al.. (2019). Atomically Tailored Gold Nanoclusters for Catalytic Application. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(25). 8291–8302. 235 indexed citations

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Li, Yingwei, Qifeng Han, Tae Whan Kim, & Wangzhou Shi. (2014). Synthesis of wurtzite–zincblende Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 nanocrystals: insight into the structural selection of quaternary and ternary compounds influenced by binary nuclei. Nanoscale. 6(7). 3777–3777. 53 indexed citations

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