Yongchao Qian

3.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Yongchao Qian is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongchao Qian has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Yongchao Qian's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (34 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (22 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (19 papers). Yongchao Qian is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (34 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (22 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (19 papers). Yongchao Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Iran. Yongchao Qian's co-authors include Liping Wen, Lei Jiang, Xiang‐Yu Kong, Weiwen Xin, Zhen Zhang, Linsen Yang, Weipeng Chen, Xiaolu Zhao, Congcong Zhu and Yadong Wu 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

Yongchao Qian

63 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Improved osmotic energy conversion in heterogeneous membrane boosted by three-dimensional hydrogel interface

2020 312 citations Zhen Zhang, Congcong Zhu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Bioinspired hierarchical porous membrane for efficient uranium extraction from seawater

2021 258 citations Linsen Yang, Hongyan Xiao et al. profile →
Anion Concentration Gradient-Assisted Construction of a Solid–Electrolyte Interphase for a Stable Zinc Metal Anode at High Rates

2022 184 citations Xiaofeng He, Yanglansen Cui et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongchao Qian China	27	1.9k	1.3k	978	716	534	63	3.1k
Weiwen Xin China	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	680 0.9×	517 1.0×	54	2.8k
Ranwen Ou Australia	26	1.4k 0.8×	871 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	934 1.3×	298 0.6×	49	2.9k
Xiaoyi Hu China	20	649 0.4×	997 0.7×	405 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	1.2k 2.3×	39	2.4k
Yuan Kang Australia	16	684 0.4×	676 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	1.2k 2.2×	23	2.5k
Fang Xu China	34	792 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	771 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	1.1k 2.0×	98	3.0k
Mildred Quintana Mexico	27	949 0.5×	983 0.7×	234 0.2×	1.9k 2.6×	461 0.9×	97	2.9k
Zhijun Zhu China	30	881 0.5×	846 0.6×	410 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	530 1.0×	69	2.8k
Rijia Lin Australia	28	483 0.3×	778 0.6×	723 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	501 0.9×	58	2.9k
Chenglong Chi China	12	692 0.4×	592 0.4×	818 0.8×	1.6k 2.2×	215 0.4×	16	2.4k
Jiarui Huang China	37	1.4k 0.8×	3.5k 2.6×	221 0.2×	1.9k 2.7×	636 1.2×	166	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Qi, Ke Li, Zhehua Zhang, et al.. (2025). Olfactory-Inspired Separation-Sensing Nanochannel-Based Electronics for Wireless Sweat Monitoring. ACS Nano. 19(3). 3781–3790. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingchen, Zidi Yan, Yuhao Hu, et al.. (2025). Light-Boosted Osmotic Energy Conversion and Ion Pumping through a Graphdiyne Oxide-Based Membrane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(17). 14595–14604. 5 indexed citations

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Qian, Yongchao, Min Zhou, Xiaoyan Jin, et al.. (2024). Competing host-guest interactions to explore the alkyl anion transport in photo-responsive, space-confined hydrogels. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(9). 102174–102174. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Biying, Yuhui Zhang, Yongchao Qian, et al.. (2023). Single Idiosyncratic Ionic Generator Working in Iso‐Osmotic Solutions Via Ligand Confined Assembled in Gaps Between Nanosheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(7). e202317361–e202317361. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingchen, Yadong Wu, Congcong Zhu, et al.. (2023). Efficient Solar‐osmotic Power Generation from Bioinspired Anti‐fouling 2D WS₂ Composite Membranes. Angewandte Chemie. 135(23). 2 indexed citations

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Qian, Yongchao, Yadong Wu, Shuai Qiu, et al.. (2023). A Bioinspired Free‐Standing 2D Crown‐Ether‐Based Polyimine Membrane for Selective Proton Transport. Angewandte Chemie. 135(18). 2 indexed citations

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Qian, Yongchao, Yadong Wu, Shuai Qiu, et al.. (2023). A Bioinspired Free‐Standing 2D Crown‐Ether‐Based Polyimine Membrane for Selective Proton Transport. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(18). e202300167–e202300167. 31 indexed citations

8.

Li, Tingyang, Xiangbin Lin, Zhehua Zhang, et al.. (2023). Photothermal‐Enhanced Uranium Extraction from Seawater: A Biomass Solar Thermal Collector with 3D Ion‐Transport Networks. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(19). 91 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingchen, Yadong Wu, Congcong Zhu, et al.. (2023). Efficient Solar‐osmotic Power Generation from Bioinspired Anti‐fouling 2D WS₂ Composite Membranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202302938–e202302938. 49 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Haoyang Ling, Yanglansen Cui, et al.. (2023). Tunable Ion Transport in Two-Dimensional Nanofluidic Channels. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(3). 627–636. 20 indexed citations

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Lin, Xiangbin, Weiwen Xin, Shusen Chen, et al.. (2023). Skeleton engineering of rigid covalent organic frameworks to alter the number of binding sites for improved radionuclide extraction. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131978–131978. 27 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Jingru Fu, Yongchao Qian, et al.. (2022). Biomimetic KcsA channels with ultra-selective K+ transport for monovalent ion sieving. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1701–1701. 104 indexed citations

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He, Xiaofeng, Yanglansen Cui, Yongchao Qian, et al.. (2022). Anion Concentration Gradient-Assisted Construction of a Solid–Electrolyte Interphase for a Stable Zinc Metal Anode at High Rates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(25). 11168–11177. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yadong, Teng Zhou, Xiaojing Yao, et al.. (2021). The synergistic effect of space and surface charge on nanoconfined ion transport and nanofluidic energy harvesting. Nano Energy. 92. 106709–106709. 34 indexed citations

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Zhu, Congcong, Yunfei Teng, Ganhua Xie, et al.. (2020). Bioinspired hydrogel-based nanofluidic ionic diodes: nano-confined network tuning and ion transport regulation. Chemical Communications. 56(58). 8123–8126. 19 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaolu, Long Li, Wenyuan Xie, et al.. (2020). pH-regulated thermo-driven nanofluidics for nanoconfined mass transport and energy conversion. Nanoscale Advances. 2(9). 4070–4076. 7 indexed citations

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Xin, Weiwen, Chao Lin, Lin Fu, et al.. (2020). Nacre-like Mechanically Robust Heterojunction for Lithium-Ion Extraction. Matter. 4(2). 737–754. 87 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhen, Xiaodong Huang, Yongchao Qian, et al.. (2019). Engineering Smart Nanofluidic Systems for Artificial Ion Channels and Ion Pumps: From Single‐Pore to Multichannel Membranes. Advanced Materials. 32(4). e1904351–e1904351. 126 indexed citations

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Qian, Yongchao, Zhen Zhang, Wei Tian, Liping Wen, & Lei Jiang. (2018). A Pb²⁺ ionic gate with enhanced stability and improved sensitivity based on a 4′-aminobenzo-18-crown-6 modified funnel-shaped nanochannel. Faraday Discussions. 210(0). 101–111. 27 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhen, Pei Li, Xiang‐Yu Kong, et al.. (2017). Bioinspired Heterogeneous Ion Pump Membranes: Unidirectional Selective Pumping and Controllable Gating Properties Stemming from Asymmetric Ionic Group Distribution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(3). 1083–1090. 97 indexed citations

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