Yongfa Cheng

3.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
62 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Yongfa Cheng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongfa Cheng has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yongfa Cheng's work include MXene and MAX Phase Materials (30 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers). Yongfa Cheng is often cited by papers focused on MXene and MAX Phase Materials (30 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (19 papers) and 2D Materials and Applications (11 papers). Yongfa Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Malaysia. Yongfa Cheng's co-authors include Yihua Gao, Yue Yang, Yanan Ma, Luying Li, Nishuang Liu, Jianbo Wang, Feng Cheng, Weijie Liu, Binghui Ge and Shuangfeng Jia and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Yongfa Cheng

59 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Bioinspired Microspines for a High-Performance Spray Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-Based Piezoresistive Sensor

2020 454 citations Yongfa Cheng, Yanan Ma et al. profile →
Ti₃C₂T_x MXene-Based Flexible Piezoresistive Physical Sensors

2022 308 citations Yongxin Wang, Yue Yang et al. profile →
High‐Performance Flexible Pressure Sensor with a Self‐Healing Function for Tactile Feedback

2022 232 citations Yongfa Cheng, Yue Yang et al. profile →
Maximizing Electron Channels Enabled by MXene Aerogel for High-Performance Self-Healable Flexible Electronic Skin

2023 123 citations Yongfa Cheng, Yimei Xie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongfa Cheng China	26	1.8k	1.4k	1.4k	579	474	62	3.0k
Mengxiao Chen China	30	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	977 0.7×	775 1.3×	696 1.5×	64	3.1k
Xiaokang Hu China	17	1.4k 0.8×	888 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	467 0.8×	592 1.2×	38	2.3k
Le Thai Duy South Korea	26	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	716 1.2×	440 0.9×	78	2.8k
Lianjia Zhao China	15	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	493 0.9×	379 0.8×	20	2.1k
Shixuan Yang China	19	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	620 1.1×	545 1.1×	27	2.9k
Feng Cheng China	24	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	609 1.1×	1.0k 2.1×	48	3.4k
Jiangyu Rao China	13	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	680 1.2×	887 1.9×	17	2.7k
Sebastian Barwich Ireland	17	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	607 1.0×	912 1.9×	22	2.8k
Saewon Kang South Korea	21	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	592 0.4×	516 0.9×	376 0.8×	49	2.5k

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Cheng, Yongfa, Xinling Liu, Shiqian Fu, et al.. (2025). Effect of thermostatic freezing on physicochemical indexes and metabolism of shrimp (Solenocera melantho). Food Bioscience. 68. 106403–106403.

Liu, Mingyang, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, et al.. (2025). Study of the Growth Mechanism of Organic Chemical Bath-Synthesized PbS Thin Films at Atomic Resolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(9). 4757–4764. 3 indexed citations

Cheng, Yongfa, Li Sun, Yongyong Li, et al.. (2025). Immobilization of surfactin in zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and its application for tuna preservation. Journal of Future Foods.

Cheng, Yongfa, Yongyong Li, Huicheng Yang, et al.. (2025). Spoilage mechanism and preservation technologies on the quality of salmon: An overview. Food Bioscience. 69. 107006–107006. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Mingyang, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, et al.. (2025). Human motion and posture classification with self-powered MXene-zinc ion pressure sensor. Device. 3(12). 100937–100937.

Cheng, Yongfa, et al.. (2024). Oxidation‐Driven Enhancement of Intrinsic Properties in MXene Electrodes for High‐Performance Flexible Energy Storage. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(16). 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuhang, Yongfa Cheng, Qixiang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Hyperstable low-tortuosity fast ion nanochannels for MXene electrodes. Energy storage materials. 73. 103829–103829. 14 indexed citations

Cheng, Yongfa, et al.. (2024). Surfactin conjugated ZIF-8-NH2 based MOF with the antibacterial ability against Pseudomonas fluorescens and its application in salmon preservation. Food Bioscience. 62. 105491–105491. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Yongfa, Kunmo Koo, Xiaobing Hu, & Vinayak P. Dravid. (2024). In Situ Insight into MXene Oxidation Process via Closed-Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy under Near-Atmospheric Pressure. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 30(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zunyu, Shuangfeng Jia, Weiwei Meng, et al.. (2023). Study of the growth mechanism of a self-assembled and ordered multi-dimensional heterojunction at atomic resolution. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 16(1). 35–35. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Mengjie, Yongfa Cheng, Hongyun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Nature‐Inspired Interconnected Macro/Meso/Micro‐Porous MXene Electrode. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(12). 112 indexed citations

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Li, Li, Yongfa Cheng, Honghao Cao, et al.. (2022). MXene/rGO/PS spheres multiple physical networks as high-performance pressure sensor. Nano Energy. 95. 106986–106986. 111 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yongfa, Li Li, Zunyu Liu, et al.. (2022). 3D Porous MXene Aerogel through Gas Foaming for Multifunctional Pressure Sensor. Research. 2022. 9843268–9843268. 61 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yongfa, Rui Wan, Zunyu Liu, et al.. (2022). Research progress on improving the performance of MoS ₂ photodetector. Journal of Optics. 24(10). 104003–104003. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Luying Li, Shuangfeng Jia, et al.. (2022). Tailoring of Photoluminescence Properties in All‐Vacuum Deposited Perovskite via Ruddlesden–Popper Faults. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(6). 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yongfa, Yimei Xie, Honghao Cao, et al.. (2022). High-strength MXene sheets through interlayer hydrogen bonding for self-healing flexible pressure sensor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 453. 139823–139823. 91 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yongfa, Yimei Xie, Shuwen Yan, et al.. (2022). Maximizing the ion accessibility and high mechanical strength in nanoscale ion channel MXene electrodes for high-capacity zinc-ion energy storage. Science Bulletin. 67(21). 2216–2224. 50 indexed citations

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Li, Li, Honghao Cao, Yongfa Cheng, et al.. (2022). First-Principles Study of Ti-Deficient Ti₃C₂ MXene Nanosheets as NH₃ Gas Sensors. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(2). 2470–2475. 51 indexed citations

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Qi, Tianyu, Yongfa Cheng, Feng Cheng, et al.. (2020). Study of nanometer-scale structures and electrostatic properties of InAs quantum dots decorating GaAs/AlAs core/shell nanowires. Nanotechnology. 31(24). 245701–245701. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Luying, Xiaokang Hu, Lei Jin, et al.. (2020). Atomic scale study of the oxygen annealing effect on piezoelectricity enhancement of (K,Na)NbO₃ nanorods. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(44). 15830–15838. 5 indexed citations

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